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Biden Administration, Britain, Canada, China, Cold War, Column, Commentary, European Union, France, Intelligence, Iran, Israel, Middle East, NATO, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, U.S., U.S. Congress, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

Ukraine Is the New Israel

September 15, 2022

As`ad AbuKhalil says current U.S.-NATO strategic calculations are demoting Israel from its once central position and will leave the apartheid state increasingly reliant on new alliances with the U.A.E. and Saudi Arabia.

Latin America

Colombia & Venezuela to Reopen Border

September 15, 2022

Diplomatic relations between the two nations were broken in February 2019 after Colombia’s former president recognized Juan Guaidó, the self-proclaimed “president,” as Venezuela’s legitimate leader.

Biden Administration, Chile, Commentary, Japan, Militarism, North Korea, Pentagon, South Korea, U.S.

US-South Korea Provocations in the Pacific

September 14, 2022

The resumption of the recent joint military exercises is viewed with alarm by China, which, like North Korea, has repeatedly pointed to U.S. attempts to set up a NATO-like organization in Asia, writes Aditya Sarin.

Climate Change, Commentary, Income Inequality

What’s Hiking Up the Heat

September 14, 2022

Sam Pizzigati says inequality is missing from the coverage of what’s driving the mercury higher.

Biden Administration, Civil Rights, Commentary, Israel, Politics, Racism, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

Biden’s Democracies

September 14, 2022

The U.S. had close to 200 years to inculcate its biases and shape its rule of law accordingly, writes Lawrence Davidson.

Civil Rights, Protest, United Kingdon

Anti-Royal Protester: Even Police Doubted Arrest Legal

September 13, 2022

The Edinburgh student charged with “breaching the peace” says officers feared they would be a “laughing stock,” Adam Bychawski reports.

Biden Administration, Commentary, Income Inequality, Labor, Politics, U.S.

Who Runs the Railroads? Looming Strike Pressures Biden

September 13, 2022

Many workers remain unsatisfied with the compromise proposed last month by the U.S. president’s appointed arbitrators.

Analysis, Commentary, Economy, Labor, U.S., U.S. Supreme Courrt, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

A ‘Quiet Fleecing’

September 13, 2022

The Economic Policy Institute responds to talk of “quiet quitting” by U.S. workers.

Analysis, Commentary, Intelligence, NATO, Russia, Ukraine

SCOTT RITTER: Why Russia Will Still Win, Despite Ukraine’s Gains

September 12, 2022

Russia is no longer fighting a Ukrainian army equipped by NATO, but a NATO army manned by Ukrainians. Yet, Russia still holds the upper hand despite its Kharkiv setback.

Climate Change, Commentary, Human Rights, Income Inequality, Pakistan, United Nations

Who’s Responsible for Pakistan’s Floodwaters?

September 12, 2022

It is criminal that the IMF would impose strict austerity when the agricultural infrastructure is utterly destroyed, writes Vijay Prashad. Pakistan is suffering from “climate apartheid.”

Afghanistan, Africa, Canada, Commentary, Income Inequality, India, Iraq, Ireland, Kenya, Media, NATO, Qatar, Rwanda, Satire, South Africa, U.S., Ukraine, United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, War Crimes, Yemen

Chris Hedges: Monarchs Belong in the Dustbin of History

September 12, 2022

No other institution helps obscure the crimes of empire and buttress class rule and white supremacy so effectively.

Cold War, Commentary, Europe, European Union, France, Georgia, Germany, History, International, NATO, Nazism, Russia, Soviet Union, Ukraine, Yugoslavia

DIANA JOHNSTONE: The Specter of Germany Is Rising

September 12, 2022

To meet the imaginary Russian threat to Western Europe, Germany will lead an expanded, militarized EU.

Commentary, Human Rights, Kenya, Racism, South Africa, Yemen

Cruelties of the Queen’s Reign

September 9, 2022

Victims of British imperialism explain why they are far from mourning the death of the U.K. monarch.

Afghanistan, Commentary, Election 2016, Iraq, Libya, Militarism, NATO, Obama Administration, Pentagon, Politics, Russiagate, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Women

What if the 2024 ‘Whispers’ Are Right?

September 9, 2022

Queen of Chaos: Her record, and her own words, show us exactly what we can expect from a Hillary Clinton presidency, write Jeremy Kuzmarov and Steve Brown.

Commentary, Media, Propaganda, United Kingdon

Craig Murray: That’s Enough Monarchy for Now, Thank You

September 9, 2022

Coverage of the demise of Elizabeth II provides a glaring example of the unrelenting media propaganda by which the establishment maintains its grip.

American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, Militarism, Pentagon, Politics, Propaganda, Russia, U.S., Ukraine

Caitlin Johnstone: Ukraine & the Triumph of Militarism

September 8, 2022

A new piece of empire apologia in The Atlantic is also annoyingly accurate. It’s just a fact that in 2022, liberals are gaga for U.S. interventionism.

Commentary, Economy, Human Rights, Labor, Mexico, South Korea, Thailand, U.S.

Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich & Work Left Undone

September 8, 2022

Every walkout, every outstretched hand, every word written or spoken in defense of workers’ rights, is a victory — whether it results in immediate and obvious success or not, writes Richard Eskow.

Climate Change, Commentary, Environment, Human Rights, Income Inequality, United Nations

Carbon-Fueled Capitalism

September 8, 2022

In advance of the next U.N. climate change gathering, which takes place in Egypt in November, Vijay Prashad outlines how governments can live up to their “common but differentiated responsibilities” to stave off catastrophe.

Climate Change, Commentary, Pakistan, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

Pakistan’s Climate Catastrophe

September 8, 2022

The inaction of developed countries could cost us the world, writes Robert Sandford.

American Empire, Column, Commentary, U.S., Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Hearts Versus Minds

September 7, 2022

There is a time-honored and destructive tradition in the U.S. of citizens approaching their political causes with blind faith.

Assange extradition, Censorship, Commentary, Film, Julian Assange, Militarism, NATO, Press Freedom, Propaganda, Russia, Social Media, Theater, U.S., Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

JOHN PILGER: Silencing the Lambs — How Propaganda Works

September 7, 2022

Leni Riefenstahl said her epic films glorifying the Nazis depended on a “submissive void” in the German public. This is how propaganda is done.

American Empire, Cold War, Commentary, History, Russia, Soviet Union, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

When Gorbachev’s Luck Ran Out

September 7, 2022

There is an almost Shakespearean tragic quality about the late Soviet leader’s 1985-90 time in power, writes Tony Kevin. But Russian historians of the future may have reason to treat him kindly.

Commentary, History, International, Iraq, Japan, Korea Peninsula, Media

The Historic Collapse of Journalism

September 6, 2022

Accuracy no longer matters. Witnessing no longer matters. Conformity matters, writes Patrick Lawrence.

American Empire, Commentary, Militarism, Politics

Chris Hedges: Stop Pretending US Is a Functioning Democracy

September 6, 2022

There are no institutions, including the press, an electoral system, the imperial presidency, the courts or the penal system, that can be defined as democratic. Only the fiction of democracy remains.

Censorship, CN Live!, Consortiumnews.com, Fall Fund Drive, Ukraine

Defend CN Against Its Foes During Its Fall Fund Drive

September 5, 2022

PayPal, a British government official, and now NewsGuard have all targeted Consortium News this year for challenging official narratives. Help us to fight back.

Analysis, Commentary, Constitution, History, Legal, Media, Politics, U.S. Congress, U.S. Supreme Courrt

Autocracy, American-Style

September 5, 2022

Governmental bodies in the U.S. aren’t meant to be owned by those who lead them. They aren’t possessions to be disposed of according to the will and inclination of the governors, writes Michael Brenner.

Labor, Ukraine

US LABOR DAY: Ukraine’s Anti-Worker Law

September 2, 2022

The Zelensky government has claimed it is trying to alleviate the difficulties faced by companies in wartime. However, it first tried to introduce the new law in 2021.

COVID-19, Economy, Labor, U.S.

US LABOR DAY: Union Support in US at Five-Decade High

September 2, 2022

The Gallup poll comes amid an ongoing high-profile push for workers’ rights at U.S. companies including Starbucks and Amazon.

Film, Labor, Media, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

US LABOR DAY: 5 Unsung Films About Workers

September 2, 2022

They are all based on real-life events that Peter Dreier thinks deserve more attention.

Central America, Commentary, Economy, Guatemala, History, Human Rights, Immigration, Income Inequality, Labor, Latin America, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

US LABOR DAY: Central American Migrants & US Labor History

September 2, 2022

Worker wins at Amazon and Starbucks recall a previous period of union success, writes Elizabeth Oglesby.

American Empire, Commentary, Nuclear Weapons, Russia, Soviet Union, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News

SCOTT RITTER: Mikhail Gorbachev, a Vector of Change

September 1, 2022

In ways that he never intended, the first and only president of the Soviet Union shaped world history.

Africa, Cold War, Intelligence, Media, Middle East, Propaganda, United Kingdon

Shell, BP & Cold War Propaganda

September 1, 2022

Formerly top-secret files show how the two oil corporations bankrolled British covert propaganda operations during the 1950s and 60s, John McEvoy reports.

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