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Australia, Brazil, China, CN Live!, Environment, Foreign Policy, France, International, Obama Administration, Russia, Trump Administration

WATCH: CN Live! Episode 7—John Kiriakou on the 9/11 Trial; Pepe Escobar on His Prison Interview with Lula; New Whitney Webb Interview on Epstein & the Clintons, and a Scandal Rocking Australia

August 30, 2019

CN Live! was back in prime time Friday night with John Kiriakou, Pepe Escobar, Whitney Webb, John Shipton, Quentin Dempster, Peter B. Collins and Cathy Vogan. Watch the replay right here on Consortium News.

Arts, Commentary, Film, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, International, Iraq, Mexico, United Nations

Film ‘Official Secrets’ is the Tip of a Mammoth Iceberg

August 29, 2019

A new film depicting the whistleblower Katherine Gun, who tried to stop the Iraq invasion, is largely accurate, but the story is not over, says Sam Husseini.

Commentary, Media

The Real Big Brother

August 29, 2019

It’s a billionaire’s world and the biggest of them all is in the thick of it, as Eric Zuesse explains.

Campaign 2016, Column, Commentary, Guns, International, Russia, Russiagate

JOHN KIRIAKOU: In Search of a Russiagate Scalp: The Entrapment of Maria Butina

August 28, 2019

In need of a “collusion” connection, top FBI officials have now been shown to be behind the false portrayal of an unregistered lobbyist as a spy.

Foreign Policy, International, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Trump Administration

Behind Israel’s Bombing in Iraq’s Heartland

August 28, 2019

It is difficult to imagine how the Trump administration could have not given Israel the green light to carry out these attacks as part of the U.S. maximum pressure campaign against Iran, writes Giorgio Cafiero.

Climate Change, Commentary, Environment

Debating How Much Time We Have to Avert Climate Disaster is a Waste of Time

August 27, 2019

The UN’s warnings are dire, but they are still likely overestimating the time we have to act, writes Arn Menconi.

Arts, Commentary, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

The Misguided Attacks on ‘This Land Is Your Land’

August 27, 2019

Woody Guthrie might not have been perfect, but we don’t need to “cancel” him, writes Will Kaufman.

Books, Commentary, United Kingdon

Brexit & the Madness of the ‘Sovereign Individual’

August 26, 2019

Daniel Lazare analyzes the Trump-Bojo attacks on democracy and equality.

Commentary, Foreign Policy, International, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Politics, Trump Administration

Israel’s Ban on Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Backfires

August 26, 2019

Trump and Netanyahu thought they were pulling a fast one on two U.S. congresswomen, but it has blown up in their faces, as Marjorie Cohn explains.

Censorship, Secrecy, U.S., United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

Long Before Epstein: Sex Traffickers & Spy Agencies

August 23, 2019

Elizabeth Vos reviews the unsavory history of intelligence agencies providing protection to child sex-trafficking rings.

CN Live!, CN Video, Guns, Intelligence, International, Middle East, Politics, Russiagate, United Nations, WikiLeaks

CN Live! is Going Prime Time!

August 23, 2019

CN Live!, the webcast of Consortium News, is moving to a new time slot.

Commentary, Politics, U.S., Women

The Missing Howls of Denunciation Over Major Sex Trafficking

August 22, 2019

Michael Brenner considers the dearth of #MeToo outrage at the foul activities of the 25-year-long Epstein-Maxwell operation.

Commentary, Immigration, Trump Administration, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

US Revives Clause That Kept Nazi-Era Refugees Out of the Country

August 22, 2019

A clause in U.S. immigration law that restricted those “likely to become a public charge” has made a disturbing comeback, reports Laurel Leff.

Advanced Technologies, Climate Change, Commentary, Consortium News on Flash Points

The Oligarchy’s Plans for Our Future Keep Getting Dumber

August 21, 2019

Caitlin Johnstone discards the high-flown dogma around space colonization and challenges readers to accept themselves and life on planet Earth.

Commentary, Foreign Policy, Israel, Palestine, Trump Administration, United Kingdon

Talk of Moving UK’s Embassy in Israel

August 21, 2019

As things stand, the EU prohibition on relocating embassies to Jerusalem will fall on Nov. 1, writes Craig Murray.

Afghanistan, Campaign 2020, Commentary, Foreign Policy, International, Politics

As Afghan Carnage Continues, US Presidential Candidates Face Key Question

August 20, 2019

Marjorie Cohn says Democratic contenders should commit to immediate troop withdrawal and to cooperate with international investigations of U.S. war crimes.

Commentary, Intelligence, Media, Secrecy, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

The Pseudo Debate Over Jeffrey Epstein’s Suicide

August 20, 2019

Death, sex, power, intrigue, murder, suicide — these are the staples of the 19th century penny press, mass media and the CIA, writes Edward Curtin.

China, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Media, U.S.

US Backs Xenophobia & Mob Violence in Hong Kong

August 19, 2019

The ferociously anti-Chinese network behind the demonstrations has been cultivated with the help of U.S. funding and a Washington-linked local media tycoon, reports Dan Cohen.

China, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Propaganda, U.S.

Hong Kong in Crosshairs of Global Power Struggle

August 19, 2019

The U.S. and other Western powers are working to preserve a capitalist dystopia and manufacture consensus for long-term conflict with China, write Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers.

Campaign 2016, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Iran, Obama Administration, Saudi Arabia, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

Trump’s Persian-Gulf Car Crash

August 19, 2019

Trump has taken an insane U.S. policy towards Iran and make it even crazier, writes Daniel Lazare.

Britain, China

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Hong Kong’s Inevitable Showdown

August 16, 2019

This reckoning with Beijing’s authority was baked into the cake 22 years ago when the Union Jack came down over Government House.

CN Live!, Intelligence, Iran-Contra, Legal, WikiLeaks

FULL VIDEO: CN LIVE!: Webb on Epstein and the Guardian, the NYT and WikiLeaks: Episode 6

August 16, 2019

Episode 6 of CN Live! Whitney Webb’s powerful interview on Epstein and Mark Davis on The Guardian, the NYT, WikiLeaks and the publication of the Afghan War Logs.

Argentina, Commentary, Foreign Policy, India, Latin America, Pakistan, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

History Runs in Zig-Zags: Crisis in Kashmir, Hope in Argentina

August 15, 2019

As one door bangs shut in Kashmir, another opens in Argentina, writes Vijay Prashad.

Bahrain, Egypt, Gulf States, Media, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Syria

Blaming Each Other for Backing Terrorism

August 15, 2019

The two sides of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)’s Qatar rift are far from reconciling as both accuse the other of supporting terrorism, reports Giorgio Cafiero.

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