Hubris has been the fatal weakness of every empire there has been, says John Wight.
Human Rights, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration, WikiLeaks
The Human Cost of War on Iran
Left out of the frame of U.S. military strategists is the certainty of mass human suffering, a reality forgotten since the days of the Vietnam War, wrote former U.S. intelligence analyst Elizabeth Murray back in Aug. 2012.
Commentary, Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
The USA’s Slavish Saudi Allegiance Against Iran
The assassination of a top Iranian general reflects a U.S. foreign policy tied to Saudi interests, says Craig Murray.
China, CN Live!, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, International, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Russia, Trump Administration, Uncategorized
Premiere of CN Live! Season 2 on the Crisis With Iran
CN Live!’s second season premiered on Saturday night with an in-depth discussion on the Crisis with Iran, with Scott Ritter and Giorgio Cafiero.
China, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, International, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Middle East, Middle East, Politics, Russia, Syria, Trump Administration, U.S., VIPS, VIPS Memos
VIPS MEMO: Doubling Down Into Yet Another ‘March of Folly,’ This Time on Iran
“We write with a sense of urgency suggesting you avoid doubling down on catastrophe,” VIPS tells Donald Trump in its latest memo to the president.
Column, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, International News Analysis, Iran, Iraq, Trump Administration, U.S.
PEPE ESCOBAR: US Kick Starts Raging ’20s Declaring War on Iran
Iraq is the preferred battleground of a proxy war against Iran that may now metastasize into hot war, with devastating consequences.
Commentary, Foreign Policy, International, Iran, Trump Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Qassem Suleimani Air Strike Escalates US Assassination Policy
The killing of the Iranian general signals an escalation in the U.S. policy of assassination and targeted killing, says Luca Trenta.
Fear of a Major Mideast War
Fears of a major war in the Middle East exploded Thursday night with the U.S. assassination of arguably the second most powerful man in Iran.
In the Footsteps of Xuanzang in Kyrgyzstan
This journey into the past also reaches the heart of 21st century China’s New Silk Roads strategy, says Pepe Escobar in this photo and text reportage from Central Asia.
Come Free Me
It is no surprise that young people are on the streets with banners that plead for a new world, for it is these young people who recognize that their lives are at stake, writes Vijay Prashad.
AMLO’s Attempt to Transform Mexico
Jeremy Corbyn lost the U.K. election but progressive Mexican leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has been in power for one year. He is carrying out the plans described in his 2018 book “New Hope for Mexico,” writes Rick Sterling.
Thank You for Your 2019 Tax Deductible Donation to an Internet Pioneer; Our Winter Fund Drive Continues
Please make a 2020 tax deductible donation to the unique website begun by Robert Parry in 1995 at the dawn of internet journalism.
Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration, Trump Administration, WikiLeaks
ROBERT PARRY: An Apology & Explanation, Two Years On
On New Year’s Eve 2017, less than a month before he would die, CN founder Bob Parry wrote a manifesto on the remit of journalism and its threatened demise, a chilling forecast of what was to come.
Bolivia, Climate Change, Column, Commentary, Egypt, Foreign Policy, International, Latin America, Libya, Obama Administration, Propaganda, Russia, Russiagate, Syria, Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
PATRICK LAWRENCE: ‘As the Clever Hopes Expire’: A Look Back at the Ending Decade
A monumentally destructive U.S. decade — symptomatic of imperial decline — exposed a shamefully pliant press. But we have at least one reason to resist incurable pessimism.
The Pentagon Budget Still Rising, 40 Years Later
William D. Hartung surveys U.S. military spending, which in 2019 was higher than at the peak of either the Korean or Vietnam conflicts.
‘We Are the Ones Who Will Awaken the Dawn’
Rather than saying the defense of property is the State’s goal, it’s said the State’s goal is to maintain order, which becomes an association of democratic practices with hooliganism and criminality, says Vijay Prashad.
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Commentary, Human Rights, Indigenous People, International, Right Wing, U.S.
Those Who Search for Dawn Don’t Fear the Night
There is little that divides Modi’s fascistic Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and his Vishwa Hindu Parishad from the piety movements of Tablighi Jamaat (with its millions of Muslim followers) and these neo-Pentecostal formations in Latin America, says Vijay Prashad.
CN Live! Depends on Your Support to Continue
Consortium News‘ webcast CN Live! broke new ground in online journalism during 2019 with the only in-depth video journalism to be found anywhere.
Remembering America’s First (& Longest) Forgotten War on Islamists
Danny Sjursen finds America’s Moro War – which included misleading accounts of progress by military commanders — grimly familiar in the context of today’s Afghan War.
PEPE ESCOBAR: You Say You Want a (Russian) Revolution?
Andrei Martyanov’s latest book provides unceasing evidence about the kind of lethality waiting for U.S. forces in a possible, future war against real armies (not the Taliban or Saddam Hussein’s).