The list, writes Danny Sjursen, includes the latest atrocity in northern Ethiopia – and the broader Horn of Africa chess game.
Global Hot Spots You Probably Don’t Know About (But Should)
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What Happened to the Global Uprisings of a Decade Ago?
Ten years have slipped by since a man named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, begins Vijay Prashad.
Melzer Asks Trump to Pardon Assange
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment has written to the U.S. president asking him to grant a pardon to the imprisoned publisher.
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Chris Hedges: The Great Delusion
We must destroy the centers of power that lure us and our children—like the Pied Piper of Hamelin—to certain doom.
Biden Quietly Adds Goldman Sachs, Big Tech Officials to Transition
Alumni of Wall Street titan Goldman Sachs, tech giants Google and Facebook and notorious consulting firm McKinsey, are on the agency review teams.
Consortium News Facing Cutbacks With Slow Winter Fund Drive
LETTER FROM INDIA: Indian Farmers’ Protest Takes Tragic Turn
New laws deregulating Indian agriculture, and the undemocratic way they were passed, have triggered one of the largest farmers’ movements in the world, reports Betwa Sharma for CN from Delhi.
VIPS MEMO: To Biden: Don’t Be Suckered on Russia
VIPS hopes President-elect Joe Biden will avoid the mousetrap being laid for him to make it more difficult for his administration to deal in a sensible way with Russia.
A Pandemic of ‘Russian Hacking’
Neither the actor, nor the motive, nor the damage done is known for certain in this latest scare story, write Ray McGovern and Joe Lauria.
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25 YEARS OF CN: Russia-Hack Story, Another Media Failure—Dec. 19, 2016
The mainstream U.S. media’s gullible acceptance of unproven CIA claims about Russian interference in the U.S. elections is another reason to doubt the media and fear for the future of American democracy, Joe Lauria wrote on Dec. 19, 2016.
Washington Post: Russians Are ‘Hacking Our Minds’
WaPo keeps hammering this narrative about powerful Russian mind-hackers as though Russia is the only nation with an existing propaganda campaign on the world stage, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Study of 50 Years of Tax Cuts for Rich Confirms ‘Trickle Down’ an Absolute Sham
Supply-side economics fuels inequality, finds a new analysis of 18 countries over the past 50 years. Those who benefit are the super-rich.
Glenn Greenwald’s Call Same as Bob Parry’s in 1995
After resigning from The Intercept when it suppressed one of his stories, Greenwald is calling for a new news outlet whose aim is the same as what the creator of this website established in November 1995.
Corporations Accused of Crimes Get More Rights Than People
The U.S. Labor Department guarantees privacy rights to corporations under investigation, a reasonable precaution not afforded to regular Americans, say Sarah Esther Lageson and Elizabeth Chiarello.
Only Freedom Can Quench the Thirst
Part of the work is going back to go forward, writes Vijay Prashad. Returning to the sources of tradition advances present struggles.
COVID-19: Intellectual Property Monopolies Block Vaccine Access
Few people in poor countries will get vaccinated in 2021, making a mockery of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals’ over-arching principle of “leaving no one behind,” the authors say.
COVID-19: A Vaccine That Was Hijacked by the Rich
Some of world’s most affluent nations, including the U.S., Canada and the U.K., seem to have cornered most of the supplies, writes Thalif Deen.
America’s Ongoing Imperial Scam
Biden ends speeches now with “God Bless the Troops,” writes Karen Kwiatkowski. He should respect their sacrifices with a more honorable foreign policy.
Our Distance from Dirt
Many of us on the African continent clutch our unethically sourced pearls and briefly confront the ugly truths about our consumption, writes Takondwa Semphere. But then we forget.
Global Forest Treaty Needed Now
While illegal deforestation is not new, there is no moment in history that has attracted as much attention to it as now — or generated so much alarm, writes Adriana Erthal Abdenur.