Former Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein joins CN Live! to discuss Doctors for Assange, as well as the growing menace of revived McCarthyism.
CN Live! Season 2 Episode 3: Jill Stein on Assange and the New McCarthyism
Afghanistan, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, The Bush-43 Administration, Trump Administration, U.S.
Trump Is Third President to Lie About Afghan War Success
After the deaths of 157,000 people at a cost of $2 trillion, corruption is rampant and the carnage continues, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Commentary, Foreign Policy, International, Iran, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
What Trump Didn’t Know About Cultural Locations in Iran
Occupying forces are required to protect numerous buildings and sites, says Colonel Ann Wright. Medical facilities are also protected, but economic sanctions are harming and killing citizens by other means.
Campaign 2016, Canada, CN Live!, Consortiumnews.com, Intelligence, International, Legal, Media, Politics, Russia, Russiagate, United Nations
Consortium News Sends Libel Notices to Canadian Signals Intelligence Agency and Major Television Network
Consortium News has sent libel notices to a Canadian spy agency and major broadcaster after their reports said CN is part of a Russian-directed propaganda campaign targeting Canadian leaders.
Column, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Trump Administration, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
THE ANGRY ARAB: US Violated Unspoken Rule of Engagement with Iran
As’ad AbuKhalil analyzes the Trump administration’s decision to escalate hostilities with Iran and its regional allies.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Latest & Most Reckless US Imperial Act
Following the U.S. assassination of Soleimani, the Trump administration is leading American conduct abroad into a zone of probably unprecedented lawlessness.
Civil Rights, Commentary, Human Rights, Intelligence, Media, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Remembering the FBI’s Vilification of Martin Luther King
In 2017, when the FBI hailed the civil rights leader for PR reasons in a tweet, Ben Norton issued a reminder about the agency’s ugly history.
Part Two of ‘UkraineGate – Inconvenient Facts’
Part Two of a new documentary by Olivier Berruyer, editor of the website les-crises.fr, released in conjunction with Consortium News, delves even deeper into the complicated scandal and Joe Biden’s part in it.
Putin Proposes Changes to Constitution, Medvedev Resigns: What’s Going On?
Campaign 2020, Commentary, Foreign Policy, International News Analysis, Iran, Iraq, Trump Administration, U.S.
Democrats Let Trump Off the Hook on Iran
Party leaders did not challenge the president’s decision to once again have the U.S. dictate behavior to the rest of the world, writes Jeff Faux.
French Popular Uprising: Revolution or Frozen Conflict?
This conflict is essentially over policies that put the avaricious demands of financial markets ahead of the needs of the people, writes Diana Johnstone.
Hyper Over Russian Hypersonics
The West is out of practice when it comes to serious strategic appraisal of the U.S.-Russian arms race, writes Michael Brenner.
The Authoritarian Dreamscape of the New Wild West
William deBuys reports on the humanitarian and environmental disaster of Trump’s border wall.
#CNNIsTrash Trends as Pushback Grows Against Oligarchic Election Meddling
Angry Berners have been rightly decrying the despicable manipulations of CNN, says Caitlin Johnstone.
Censorship, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, International, Iran, Media, Politics, Trump Administration, U.S., Venezuela
Under US Pressure, Social Media Companies Suspend Venezuelan, Iranian & Syrian Accounts
Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are censoring content that conflicts with Washington’s pro-war narrative, Ben Norton reports.
Interview: The Embattled Catalan President
Thomas S. Harrington speaks with Quim Torra about the constitutional crisis in Madrid and the legacy of the Franco regime.
Establishment Pundits Go Nuts Over New Russian Hacking Conspiracy
Since the story concerns Russia, all journalistic standards have, as usual, gone out the window, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Campaign 2020, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Iraq, Politics, Propaganda, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Biden Has Been Lying About His Record on Iraq for Years
In Tuesday night’s debate, Sam Husseini would like to see the Democratic presidential candidate finally face serious scrutiny for his support for the Iraq war.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Actually, Congress is Overdoing It
We hear a lot about the “do-nothing” Congress. But in fact, legislators have been on a spree of criminalizing previously legal behavior.
Afghanistan, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, International, Iran, Middle East, The Bush-43 Administration, Trump Administration, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, WikiLeaks, WikiLeaks Series
The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 6 — US Diplomatic Cables Spark ‘Arab Spring,’ Expose Spying at UN & Elsewhere
WikiLeaks’ publication of “Cablegate” in late 2010 dwarfed previous releases in both size and impact and helped cause what one news outlet called a political meltdown for United States foreign policy.