With torture-overseer Gina Haspel set to face the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday instead of a judge, the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity urge committee members to vote against her nomination.
VIPS Call on Trump Not to Pull Out of Iran Nuclear Deal
Will a Torturer Become CIA Director?
Plight of the Rohingya: Ethnic Cleansing, Mass Rape and Monsoons on the Way
Trump Disregards Caravan Asylum Seekers’ Legal Rights
Letter from Britain: Increasingly Illiberal Establishment and the Challenge of Jeremy Corbyn
Consortium News’ Comments Policy
Trotskyist Delusions: Obsessed with Stalin, They See Betrayed Revolutions Everywhere
On This Date in Consortium News: May 4, 2004, Apocalypse Again
The Latest Act in Israel’s Iran Nuclear Disinformation Campaign
The Ghosts of ‘New Democrats’ Are Haunting Us
The ‘Values,’ ‘Vision,’ and ‘Democracy’ of an Inauthentic Opposition
‘Russian Talking Points’ Look An Awful Lot Like Well-Documented Facts
The Existential Question of Whom to Trust
Beware of Bolton Undermining Korean Peace
The Tragedy of Benjamin Netanyahu
Robert Mueller: Gone Fishing
Month in Review: Syria, Gaza, Russia and Tributes to Bob Parry
Laughing While Pulling the Trigger
Donald Trump has shown “sadism” against Palestinians who’ve turned to Ghandian protests but are still being slaughtered by Israel, says Max Blumenthal in this interview with Dennis J. Bernstein.
Turning on Russia, Part Two
In the second part of this two-part series, Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould explore how neo-conservatives, behind the scenes, took control of U.S. foreign policy. Part One can be found here.