Through the lenses of economics, politics, law and history, an examination of the case of Julian Assange and lessons learned from the Tolpuddle ‘martyrs’.
UFO Hype Is Probably Just the US Military Lying Again
The U.S. military has for years been using mass media to inflame public interest in alleged UFOs, and it’s entirely possible it is a domestic ploy to get more Space Force funding, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
25 YEARS OF CN: ‘Iraq & the Nuremberg Precedent’ — March 16, 2006
COVID-19: Time to Cancel Foreign Debt is Overdue
37 Senate Dems Join GOP to Approve $740 Billion War Budget
Israel Demolishes Covid-19 Clinic in Epicenter of West Bank Outbreak
“There is no humanity in destroying grassroots attempts to support an already deprived health system suffocated by occupation.”
What Will Lula Do?
Pepe Escobar says revelations of major money laundering in Brazil give the former president an opening to go for broke.
THE ANGRY ARAB: War & Peace in the Middle East
The pandemic hasn’t spread a ceasefire, but prospects of a major regional war during Coronavirus appear slim, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
Biden’s Vision for Venezuela Indistinguishable from Trump’s
Influential DC-Based Ukrainian Think Tank Hosts Neo-Nazi Activist Convicted for Racist Violence
CIA ‘Obsessed’ With Former UK Envoy Who Will Testify in Spying-on-Assange Case
Craig Murray says he’s been asked to testify in the case of illegal spying against Julian Assange.
State Dept-Funded Transparency International Silent on Jailed Transparency Activist Julian Assange
Patrick Maynard connects U.S. and U.K. influence to the indifference of the West’s top anti-corruption NGO toward the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder.
Cold Wars & Profit
COVID-19: The Pentagon Confronts the Pandemic
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Cold War Escapades in the Pacific
The Long History of How Jesus Came to Resemble a White European
White, European representations of Christ are under renewed scrutiny during this period of introspection over the legacy of racism in society, writes Anna Swartwood House.
Protestantism’s Troubling History with White Supremacy in the US
The early leaders of the United States were steeped in a racial ideology of a divinely ordained Anglo-Saxon heritage, writes Tiffany Puett.
Why Our Analyses on Powell and Iraq Matter Today
CN on Saturday published three articles analyzing different aspects of a NYT story on Colin Powell & Iraq. It matters because we live in the world the invasion has left behind.