There are many reasons to root for peace in war-scarred Afghanistan, writes Hanif Sufizada. Its financial health is one of them.
‘Pandemic Profits’ of Billionaires Could Fully Fund $3,000 Stimulus Checks for US Workers
“America’s billionaires could pay for a major Covid relief bill and still not lose a dime of their pre-virus riches.”
Advanced Technologies, American Empire, Censorship, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, International, Media, Militarism, Secrecy, Syria, Trump Administration, U.S.
OPCW Execs Praised Whistleblower & Criticized Syria Cover-up, Leaks Reveal
These private admissions obtained by The Grayzone further expose the public whitewash of the Douma cover-up, and undermine the ongoing attacks on the whistleblowers who challenged it, Aaron Maté reports.
Biden Administration, Commentary, Election 2020, Lobbying, Militarism, Military, Military Industry, Pentagon
Biden Picks Raytheon Board Member To Lead US War Machine
Caitlin Johnstone thinks it would be more honest for Biden to appoint the CEOs and boards of corporations to cabinet posts, rather than their lobbyists.
The Odd Way a New US President Picks a Cabinet
American voters should have a say on the cabinet that a presidential candidate proposes to go into power with, writes Joe Lauria.
Year-End Tax Deductions: Please Remember Consortium News
As you close out the 2020 tax year, please consider a tax-deductible donation to Consortium News, the oldest independent news site on the Web.
American Empire, Assange extradition, Censorship, Election 2020, Human Rights, Intelligence, Legal, Middle East, Torture, Trump Administration, U.S., WikiLeaks
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Top UN Anti-Torture Official Again Urges Assange’s Release
The WikiLeaks founder’s “prolonged solitary confinement in a high security prison is neither necessary nor proportionate,” said Nils Melzer on Tuesday.
Advanced Technologies, American Empire, China, Commentary, Election 2020, Militarism, Military, Russia, Trump Administration, U.S.
Trump’s Pernicious Military Legacy
Michael Klare says it’s impossible to overstate the significance of the Pentagon’s shift in posture during the term of the outgoing president.
Who Gets it First?
The run on the coronavirus vaccine is also about power and image. Dispatches from Argentina, Kenya and Serbia.
Australia, China, Commentary, COVID-19, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, International News Analysis, Militarism
Australia Sabotaged Its Own Interests in China Relations
The destruction over the past five years of Australia’s mutually beneficial diplomatic and trade relationship with China was probably a successful “Five Eyes” information warfare operation, writes Tony Kevin.
American Empire, Books, Censorship, Commentary, History, Propaganda, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Democracy is Not a Fact, But an Enduring Struggle
Trump has been defeated, but Ursula Wolfe-Rocca warns that his commitment to institutionalize the teaching of American exceptionalism has not.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Commentary, Election 2020, Foreign Policy, Iran, Labor, Middle East, Militarism, Obama Administration, U.S.
Biden’s Young Hawk: The Case Against Jake Sullivan
Either the national security adviser-designate and other “exceptionalists” are true believers, or rank cynics driven by ambition and enough intelligence or charisma to say what’s needed to justify U.S. aggression, says Danny Sjursen.
American Empire, Commentary, International News Analysis, Middle East, Militarism, Propaganda, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Barack Obama & the Death of Idealism
The former president’s deception and warmongering killed the “hope and change” he promised on the campaign trail, writes James Bovard.
This CN Live! Documentary May Have Been Illegal Under Proposed Law
In March CN Live! was in Paris to film a documentary on the Yellow Vests movement that included footage of French police that under a proposed law, now being rewritten, could have incurred a €45,000 fine.
WATCH: Assange–The Right to a Fair Trial?
POSTPONED: Andy Worthington & Thomas Durkin, witnesses at Julian Assange’s extradition hearing, to discus his right to a fair trial in a CN Live! simulcast of a Don’t Extradite Assange production, which has been postponed.
American Empire, Foreign Policy, International News Analysis, Iran, Israel, Media, Nuclear Weapons, Propaganda, Secrecy, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
How Israel Deployed an Intelligence Deception to Justify Killing Scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
The Mossad has spent years on a propaganda campaign aimed at convincing the world Iran possessed a nuclear weapons program – and legitimizing its assassinations of Iranian academics, Gareth Porter reports.
American Empire, Commentary, Election 2020, Foreign Policy, Iran, News Analysis, Nuclear Weapons, Trump Administration, U.S.
Trump’s Dangerous Support for Israel’s Killing of Iranian Scientist
The current U.S. administration is taking actions — including aiding and abetting murder — to prevent Biden’s incoming team from pursuing diplomacy with Iran, writes Marjorie Cohn.
India’s One-Day General Strike Largest in History
If those who struck on Nov. 26 formed a country, it would be the fifth largest in the world after China, India, the United States and Indonesia, writes Vijay Prashad.
LETTER FROM INDIA: ‘Love Jihad’: India Is Further Dividing Hindus & Muslims
A new law in Uttar Pradesh adds to the attack on the country’s core values of secularism and pluralism, Betwa Sharma reports.
Thinktanklandia: A Washington Echo Chamber for a New Cold War
Cassandra Stimpson and Holly Zhang report on the world of constant military-buildup promotion led by those who would gain most from it.