Lawrence Davidson on New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman’s repetition of Israeli propaganda about Oct. 7.
An Egregious Misreading
Ex-UN Peacekeeper: Israel Wants UNIFIL Out
“The pattern of intimidation may get worse” — retired Irish officer Kevin McDonald shares his insights into Israeli tactics with Mick Hall as IDF attacks on U.N. positions in south Lebanon continue.
SCOTT RITTER: Iran’s Bomb Is Real — And It’s Here
For months now, the world has focused on the danger of nuclear war between the United States and Russia. But Iran and Israel could beat them to it.
Africa, American Empire, Analysis, Asia, Biden Administration, Brazil, BRICS, China, CN Live!, Colonialism, Commentary, Economy, Egypt, Eurasia, France, History, India, International, Iran, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Pentagon, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘BRICS Rising’
CN Live! previews the BRICS summit starting Tuesday in Kazan, Russia as Ukraine falters, the Mideast blows up and BRICS advances its alternate economic system. With Pepe Escobar, Scott Ritter and Mark Sleboda.
Vijay Prashad: A World Without Context
Providing an excess of information that comes without proper, democratic analysis and is almost entirely controlled by a small oligarchy is its own form of censorship. And it eliminates knowledge and wisdom.
Police Escalate Britain’s War on Independent Journalism
The raid on investigative journalist Asa Winstanley isn’t about terrorism, writes Jonathan Cook – except that of the U.K. government. It is about scaring us into staying silent on Britain’s collusion in Israel’s genocide.
Capitalism’s In-House Critic: Hedges’ Monbiot Interview
Capitalism would need to invent a Guardian, if it did not already exist, writes Jonathan Cook. And in turn, The Guardian would need to invent a George Monbiot if he was not already one of its columnists.
Books, Climate Change, Commentary, Economy, Greece, Income Inequality, Indonesia, U.S., United Kingdon
The Chris Hedges Report: The Secret History of Neoliberalism
“It disenchants us with everything which cannot be measured in dollars and cents” — George Monbiot on his new book, Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism.
WATCH: CN Live! — Anti-Zionism Ruled Protected Speech
Prof. David Miller won a wrongful dismissal case after a British employment tribunal ruled that his “anti-Zionist beliefs qualified as a philosophical belief and as a protected characteristic” of the U.K.’s Equality Act. Watch the replay.
Between Russia & Iran All’s Well That Ends Well
M.K. Bhadrakumar mulls over Putin’s hastily arranged meeting with Pezeshkian in Turkmenistan last week, shortly before they are due to reconvene on the sidelines of the upcoming BRICS summit.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: US Prisons Still a Disaster Zone
The BOP had long been one of the biggest embarrassments in the federal government and Joe Biden’s administration hasn’t changed that.
Who Cares What the Government Thinks?
Whatever one thinks of Elon Musk, the government has no business exercising the levers of power against him based on his political speech, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
Last Day to Donate to Fall Fund Drive
Please make your donation to keep Consortium News on the road to its 30 anniversary next year.
No More Texts From My Sister
I kept calling her, writes Ramzy Baroud, over and over again, hoping that the line would crackle a bit, and then her kind, motherly voice would say, “Marhaba Abu Sammy. How are you, brother?”
More US PR Stunts While Hospital Patient Burns Alive
The massive disparity between the way the mainstream press report on Israeli and Palestinian deaths is evidence that Palestinians are not viewed as human beings by the Western political-media class, writes Caity Johnstone.
Afghanistan, Biden Administration, Books, Commentary, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Vietnam, War Crimes
Chris Hedges: Extermination Works. At First.
In the long term, this indiscriminate violence waged by Netanyahu and those driving Middle East policy in the White House creates adversaries that, sometimes a generation later, outdo in savagery — we call it terrorism.
Catastrophe at the Ballot Box
The U.S. political and media culture has produced two of the most incompetent figures imaginable to vie for the role of leading the country into the abyss, writes Jim Kavanagh.
Books, Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, North Korea, Palestine, South Korea, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, War Crimes
Han Kang’s Nobel Prize is a Cry for Palestine
The South Korean author is dedicated to witnessing the historical atrocities perpetrated by imperial colonial powers, writes KJ Noh.
Biden Administration, Books, China, Column, Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
PATRICK LAWRENCE: De-Westernizing Ourselves
Embarking on a process of personal, individual “de–Westernization” is absolutely essential if we propose to defend the humanity of humanity.
