The U.S. tour by Julian Assange’s father and brother continued in NYC on Thursday with Roger Waters, Chris Hedges, Aaron Mate’ and Randy Credico. Watch the replay here.
WATCH: US Tour For Assange–NYC With Waters, Hedges, Mate’ & Credico
UK Hypes China ‘Threat’ While Selling Country Billions in Military-Related Equipment
Last year saw a tripling in exports to Beijing of “dual use” items defined as “civilian goods with a military purpose,” Mark Curtis reports.
Consortium News Adds New Board Members
The internet’s oldest independent news site welcomes Chris Hedges, Diana Johnstone, Margaret Kimberley, John Kiriakou, Garland Nixon and Jill Stein to its board of directors.
WATCH: Assange Wins Sacco & Vanzetti Award in Boston
Julian Assange’s father and brother continue their U.S. tour and were in Boston on Wednesday where Assange was presented with the Sacco and Vanzetti award. Watch the replay here.
Trillion Dollar Pools of Unregulated Capital
Chuck Collins considers the systemic risks of “family offices,” those in-house wealth management systems that hit the headlines with the the collapse of Archegos Capital.
Books, Column, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Lebanon, Middle East, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
THE ANGRY ARAB: Michael C Hudson & the Arabs
The late scholar was co-founder of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown, which directly challenged the Zionist narrative and traditional Orientalist teaching, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Murray Scottish Appeal Denied; Allowed to Try UK Court
The former British diplomat will be free for four weeks to apply for appeal to U.K. Supreme Court of his eight month sentence for contempt of court in the trial of former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond.
Pedro Castillo Poised to Write New Chapter in Peru
His victory will be remarkable not only because he is the son of illiterate peasants and his campaign was grossly outspent, but there was also a relentless propaganda attack against him, write Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores.
American Empire, Commentary, Election 2016, Election 2020, Militarism, Politics, Propaganda, Trump Administration, U.S.
Mainstream US Politics & Pretend Revolutions
A power structure built upon economic injustice will never permit economic justice, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Swept into a Covid Hell of Profits
Nina Burleigh says that what looked like chaos or ad-hoc decision-making by Trump in the early days of the pandemic was, in fact, deeply rooted in ideology.
Commentary, Legal, Militarism, Pentagon, U.S., U.S. Congress, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Vietnam
Bill Introduced in US Congress to Help Agent Orange Vietnamese Victims
U.S. veterans have received some compensation, writes Marjorie Cohn, but very little assistance has been given to the intended victims of the defoliant.
China, Foreign Policy, Militarism, Nuclear Weapons, Pentagon, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Eisenhower Rejected Military Demands for Nuclear War on China
Gareth Porter reports on a previously censored account that Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg has published in full out of concern for the growing threat of U.S. war with China over Taiwan.
American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Protests, U.S.
The Fumbling King & Palestinians’ Defeat of Oslo Culture
WATCH: Assange’s Father on US Tour–First Stop Miami
Julian Assange’s father John Shipton begins a month-long, 17-city U.S. tour in Miami as his son languishes in Belmarsh Prison in London awaiting a U.S. appeal against the denial of his extradition. Watch the replay.
Vijay Prashad: Trees Have No Voice
Former British Minister: ‘Israelis Think They Control the Foreign Office. And They do!’
Matt Kennard reports on revelations of Israeli state influence on U.K. politics in Alan Duncan’s recently published diaries.
Advanced Technologies, American Empire, Censorship, China, Commentary, Media, Propaganda, Russia, U.S., U.S. Congress
Media Using UFO Report to Stir Arms Race
Caitlin Johnstone advises readers to question the latest episode of Cold War propaganda.
Biden Administration, Censorship, China, Commentary, COVID-19, Intelligence, News Analysis, Propaganda, Secrecy, Trump Administration, U.S.
Was There a Wuhan Lab Leak?
The Possibility of Thought & BDS
Mohammad Shabangu, a Black South African academic, analyzes the unspoken and accepted censorship around the question of Palestine in his U.S. classroom.
Commentary, Israel, Middle East, Militarism, Palestine, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Twisting UK Law to Criminalize Dissent on Palestine
Craig Murray denounces the U.K.’s persecution of Richard Barnard for calling out his country’s role in the manufacture of instruments for the death and maiming of Palestinians.