In 2020, Consortium News celebrates 25 years of journalism, considered the first independent online news site. Our founder, Robert Parry, wrote this short history of the site in 2011, explaining the principles that still guide us.
We like to think of journalists as plucky truth-tellers standing up to power, writes Alan MacLeod. In reality, most are parts of enormous corporate machines with their own agendas.
The former FBI director knew exactly what his agency had on Carter Page and, contrary his assertion, it’s incredibly easy to get a FISA warrant.
An influential D.C. network of military interventionists placed Mayor Pete on an inside track to power, reports Max Blumenthal.
Trump’s victories in key swing states showed that Democrats had to focus more on workers’ support, writes Ruben J. Garcia.
With an eye on Trump’s impeachment trial, Steven Lubet points out that senators at such a trial are not the equivalent of a jury and are not held to a juror’s standard of neutrality.
A Democrat in the White House could easily engage the U.S. in more regional conflicts and wars, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
The demand that only mainstream establishment media sources be used to argue against establishment narratives is inherently contradictory, says Caitlin Johnstone.
Post-election commentary speaks of Corbyn’s party achieving “its worst result since 1935.” Alexander Mercouris shows why that is a serious misrepresentation.
Caitlin Johnstone draws attention to the scramble by TV show hosts last week to get a Labour Party opponent of Jeremy Corbyn’s back on script.
Land in Colombia has been militarized to secure the profits of the elite, writes Vijay Prashad.
Donald Trump’s Palestine policy has been just a culmination of previous presidents’ conflicted attitude towards the Palestinian question, argues Khaled Elgindy.
The reality is that the corporate class – the 0.001 percent – has been in control of our political life uninterrupted for 40 years, writes Jonathan Cook.
More than 100 medical doctors urge the Australian government to protect the life of its citizen “before it is too late.”
John Wight analyzes the now-shaken British national identity.
The disillusionment will be on the same scale as Boris Johnson’s bombastic promises, writes Craig Murray.
Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn was targeted by billionaire-controlled media outlets, along with intelligence and military agencies, as well as state media’s BBC, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Consortium News will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2020 of providing an increasingly unique brand of non-partisan, critical journalism.
Taking on water from revealed FBI conflicts of interest, the foundering Russia-gate probe – and its mainstream media promoters – are resorting to insults against people who note the listing ship, Robert Parry wrote two years ago today.
When corporations sense a threat, they often frame the free market as the optimal venue for Americans to enjoy individual autonomy, writes Burton St. John III.