This week provides chances to monitor resets in Trump’s foreign policy after John Bolton’s destructive tenure.
The Spy Who Walked Away
OPINION: Scott Ritter probes Oleg Smolenkov’s role as a CIA asset and the use of his data by the director of the CIA to cast doubt over the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
WATCH THE REPLAY, LISTEN TO THE PODCAST: CN Live! Special on Russia-US Relations with George Beebe, Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter, Tony Kevin, Mark Sleboda and Patrick Lawrence: Episode 9
Episode 9 of CN Live! was a four-hour special on the state of relations between Washington and Moscow.
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The Devolution of US-Russia Relations
A retired Australian diplomat who served in Moscow dissects the emergence of the new Cold War and its dire consequences.
My Brush with the FBI
Thomas Haines, in this excerpt from his new book, recalls how advice from a civil liberties lawyer saved him from entrapment during the Cold War.
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The Forbidden Topic in Pompeo’s Arctic Doctrine
Michael T. Klare examines the U.S. secretary of state’s grim and historic proclamation on the Far North.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Hyping the Arab-Iran Conflict
Numerous Middle East conflicts that undermine U.S. and Israeli propaganda are getting ignored by Western media even as they tear the region apart, writes As’ad AbuKhalil.
UK Security Services Neutralized Country’s Leading Liberal Newspaper
The Guardian has been successfully deterred from producing its former adversarial reporting on the “security state,” report Matt Kennard and Mark Curtis.
Mugabe’s Obituaries Rife with White Supremacism
The justified criticisms of Mugabe’s human rights abuses seldom recount the atrocities perpetrated by white rule in Zimbabwe, writes Craig Murray.
Consortium News Reported in June That Bolton Would be Fired
John Kiriakou accurately predicted on June 12 that Bolton’s days as national security adviser were numbered.
Militantly Pro-Israel Trump Official is Directing the Economic War on Iran
A Treasury official’s orders have led to FBI interrogations of U.S. citizens who attended a public media conference in Iran, reports Max Blumenthal.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Establishment is Changing its Tune on Russia
Scotland Has Only One Move to React to Boris Johnson’s Maneuvers
The prime minister’s coming suspension of parliament means Scotland must move swiftly with a vote on independence, writes Craig Murray.
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PEPE ESCOBAR: On the Road to Interview Lula, Into a Brazilian Black Hole
From Cambodia to Brazil and Argentina and back to Bangkok gave Pepe Escobar insights into the disastrous course his native land is taking.
A Trump Brexit Threatens
Rapacious U.S. interests lurk behind Boris Johnson’s no-deal Brexit bluster, which would imperil Britain’s welfare state & move the UK even closer to U.S. Empire, says John Wight.
Consortium News is Back Online After Five Days
The website is once again able to publish new material after five days of being locked out of the back end of its site.
WATCH: CN Live! Episode 8 on Three Crises: in Britain, Italy and Kashmir, with Pakistan’s UN Ambassador
The 8th episode of CN Live! looked at three political crises: the drama unfolding in Westminster over Brexit; the new cabinet in Italy and India’s attempt to annex Kashmir.
A Modest Proposal for a US Labor Day Every Month
Happy Do Nothing Day.
Amazon Burns Amid Brazil’s Incendiary Politics
Fires rage in the Amazon as Brazilian President Bolsonaro becomes a target of global indignation, writes Pepe Escobar.
BRICS was Created as a Tool of Attack, Says an Imprisoned Lula
Former Brazilian leader wishes emerging economies were closer; recalls Obama ‘crashing’ Copenhagen climate meeting, writes Pepe Escobar.