What happened on Election Day in the U.S. is the denouement of a story that goes back nearly six decades.
Patrick Lawrence: Notes of a Non-Voter
Israel & the Evidence Gap
For the small segment of U.S. citizens looking beyond the mainstream media, Lawrence Davidson says the discrepancy between popular perceptions and evidentiary reality is relatively easy to spot.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Zionists in Amsterdam
What happened in one Dutch city is the world since the Zionist regime began its limitlessly barbaric assault on Gaza: Western powers blessed it, and Western media determined to hide it from view.
WATCH: Pilger & the Palestinians
John Pilger is being honored this month by the British Film Institute for his more than 60 extraordinary documentaries. We present here one on Palestine followed by CN’s 2021 discussion with Pilger and historian Ilan Pappé.
Consolidation Threatens US Postal Service
Thousands of the jobs in the nation’s biggest unionized work force are at stake under Louis Dejoy’s modernization plan, which would slow down service for much of the country, writes Alexandra Bradbury.
Chris Hedges: Genocidal Scorecard
U.N. Special Rapporteur Albanese’s report is an an urgent appeal for a full arms embargo and sanctions on Israel until the genocide of Palestinians is halted.
RAY McGOVERN: Thawing Russia-US Relations?
Whether Trump spoke with Putin or not, it’s high time that the U.S. and Russian leaders communicate to resolve the existential crisis over Ukraine.
Analysis, Britain, Commentary, France, Germany, History, Israel, Italy, Middle East, Palestine, Russia, Turkey
In the US, Make it Armistice Day Again
Declare an armistice in Gaza and Lebanon and make Veteran’s Day Armistice Day once more in the U.S., says Gerry Condon.
Analysis, Bahrain, Biden Administration, Commentary, Constitution, Election 2024, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, NATO, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
The Chris Hedges Report: The World According to Trump
Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired Army colonel, provides insight into what a Trump presidency may look like outside of the borders of America.
Biden Administration, Commentary, Election 2024, Israel, Militarism, Palestine, Politics, Russia, U.S., Ukraine
Trump’s Return to the White House
Trump is clearly not the change required, says John Wight, but he understands far better the America that for Washington has become enemy territory.
Tooth-Fairy Politics
Trump or Harris, the outcome of this election was never going to make a meaningful difference to the victims of the U.S. empire, whatever we were told, writes Jonathan Cook.
Localizing the Conflict
“The fight against genocide is in our own backyards” — Two of the “Merrimack 4” reflect on their decision to take direct action against Elbit facilities near them. Second of two parts.
Commentary, Egypt, Germany, Gulf States, Human Rights, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Legal, Palestine, United Nations
The Palestinian Struggle’s Necessary Realignment
Yara Hawari reflects on the immense losses for the Palestinian people since October 2023 and the need, after the failure of international law, for the liberation movement to set new priorities.
What If Voting Is Fruitless?
Chris Hedges: The Politics of Cultural Despair
It is despair that is killing us. It fosters what Roger Lancaster calls “poisoned solidarity,” the intoxication forged from the negative energies of fear, envy, hatred and a lust for violence.
American Empire, Analysis, BRICS, Campaign 2024, CN Live!, Commentary, Israel, Palestine, Politics, Russia, Ukraine
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘US Election: What’s Next?’
CN Live! discusses Donald Trump’s victory with Margaret Kimberley, John Kiriakou, Gerald Celente, Niko House, Richard Wolff and Patrick Lawrence.
Vijay Prashad: When Guns Are in Museums
WATCH: Live Election Coverage
Trends Journal Editor Gerald Celente hosted a live roundtable on the U.S. election with CN columnist Scott Ritter, CN board member Garland Nixon and CN Editor Joe Lauria. Watch the replay of the marathon coverage.
BRICS Summit Should End Neocon Delusions
The majority of the world does not want or accept U.S. hegemony and is prepared to face it down rather than submit to its dictates, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs.
Israel, Blackmail & the Presidents
Sam Husseini reviews the web of connections linking Jeffrey Epstein to Israeli intelligence, U.S. presidents and the current U.S. secretary of state.