Jonathan Cook says the wall-to-wall propaganda surrounding the death of Prince Philip may look exceptional but is in fact entirely routine.
We Only Notice When a Royal Dies
Assange extradition, Australia, Britain, CN Live!, Ecuador, Election 2016, Intelligence, International, Legal, WikiLeaks
WATCH: CN Live! — 2 Yrs After Arrest: ‘Lawmakers for Assange’; Exclusive: Labor Party Resolution of Support
On the 2nd anniversary of the arrest, Australian MPs joined CN Live! to tell PM Scott Morrison to pick up the phone and tell Joe Biden to release Julian Assange. Watch the replay here.
A Manchester United for a More Equal Metropolis
Sam Pizzigati says the British urban center has just delivered what egalitarians worldwide have sorely needed in the face of this pandemic.
Auditing Absentee Ballot Deadlines in US 2020 Election
The results provide perspective on a controversy that sharply divided the Supreme Court, writes Richard Pildes.
Britain, Censorship, Civil Rights, Commentary, Germany, History, Intelligence, International, Legal, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Propaganda, U.S., Vietnam, WikiLeaks
How America’s Official Secrets Act Ensnared Julian Assange
If the U.S. wins its appeal, Julian Assange will face prosecution under a severe espionage law with roots in the British Official Secrets Act that is part of a history of repression of press freedom, reports Joe Lauria.
Bitcoin: Revolutionary Money in a Time of Universal Deceit
In the cryptocurrency’s decentralized network, Nozomi Hayase says those who seek to conspire in secret have no place to hide, as Bitcoin aids WikiLeaks’ mission to keep governments transparent and honest.
US-Funded Uyghur Activists Train as Soldiers of Empire
Profoundly illiberal forces lie behind the veneer of a peaceful campaign for human rights, Ajit Singh reports.
American Empire, Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
People-to-People Projects Build Israeli Impunity
Yara Hawari details how citizen-diplomacy legislation passed by U.S. Congress in December undermines Palestinian rights.
American Empire, Commentary, International News Analysis, Militarism, Propaganda, Syria, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
DIANA JOHNSTONE: The Imperialism of Foolery
Pro-Western Syrian exiles have issued a diatribe against the most informative critics of U.S. war policy at a time when Washington’s aggressiveness is reaching new levels of intensity.
Calling Chauvin a ‘Bad Apple’ Denies Systemic Nature of Racist Police Violence
Regardless of the trial outcome, Marjorie Cohn says the entire system must be indicted as racist and violent.
Emmanuel Macron’s Dangerous Election Gamble
Bruno Amable says the French president, in order to continue his neoliberal project, is wooing the country’s right-wing base.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Biden’s Inhumanity on Syria
The U.S. hypocrisy to come will be even greater than anything tried by the Trump administration.
American Empire, Biden Administration, Obama Administration, Secrecy, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale’s Guilty Plea
Prosecuting journalists’ sources as spies under the Espionage Act chills news-gathering and hurts the public interest, press-freedom advocates warn.
‘Tankie’ & Other Popular Terms of Narrative Control
Caitlin Johnstone presents some of the most common pejoratives deployed by imperial-narrative managers to smear critical thinkers as untrustworthy.
In WWII British Special Forces Were More Transparent Than Today
Researchers have unearthed long-forgotten ministerial statements to show how Whitehall’s culture of secrecy deepened in the late 1980s, Murray Jones and Phil Miller report.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Leave Prisoners in Home Confinement
Unaccompanied Minors Sent to Contaminated Military Bases
An environmental group blasts Biden’s plan to use toxic military sites as detention centers for migrant children in U.S. custody.
Bahrain, CN Live!, Egypt, International, Israel, Libya, Middle East, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Yemen
WATCH: CN Live! — The ‘Arab Spring’ 10 Years On
A decade ago rebellions roiled the region with great hope that democracy would take root. What went wrong?
Commentary, Foreign Policy, Militarism, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Vietnam
The Liberal Contempt for Martin Luther King’s Final Year
This Sunday, on the anniversary of his assassination, few will recall Dr. King’s condemnation of U.S. militarism, write Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon.
PEPE ESCOBAR: The Slave, The Orator & The Emperor
A trio of Stoics from Ancient Greece offer philosophical opposition to today’s turbo capitalism in this excerpt from “Raging Twenties, Great Power Politics Meets Techno-Feudalism.”
The UK Military’s Secrecy Problem
Richard Norton-Taylor says a new book illustrates how the military establishment tries to censor, bully and threaten publishers and journalists.
COVID-19: The Vaccine Must Be a Common Good for Humanity
Vijay Prashad calls out the Global North, Big Pharma and the capitalist logic of intellectual property rights.
The Problem Isn’t Human Nature
The problem, says Caitlin Johnstone, is a few manipulative sociopaths who are willing to do anything to get ahead and into positions of power.
NATO Expanding its Theater With China in its Sights
Ann Wright says a new proposed roadmap reflects an alarming expansion beyond Europe and Russia, the alliance’s traditional traditional area of operations and concern.
COVID-19: Experts Warn of Failing to Rapidly ‘Vaccinate the World’ & Creating Dangerous Opening for Virus
Many leading epidemiologists believe the international community has a year or less before mutations proliferate widely.
Pope Needs to Send Easter Message to Biden on Assange
Francis the First thought of the WikiLeaks publisher languishing in his cell on Palm Sunday and should consider sending a second message, writes Elizabeth Vos.
LETTER FROM LONDON: A Troubling Decision
Alexander Mercouris says the conviction of former British diplomat Craig Murray undermines the right of the media to report cases, which is vital to protect the right to a fair trial.
American Empire, Biden Administration, Column, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Trump-Biden Middle East Policy
From Iran to Yemen, As`ad AbuKhalil summarizes the bipartisan consistency with which Israeli interests dominate in U.S. foreign policy.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Commentary, Militarism, The Bush-43 Administration, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Requiem for the ‘American Century’
As the longest U.S. war winds down in Afghanistan, Andrew Bacevich says vows of “never again” can only be taken seriously when Americans call imperialism by its name.
COVID-19: People Gave Up on Flu Pandemic Measures a Century Ago When They Tired of Them – and Paid a Price
If we have anything to learn from the history of the 1918 influenza pandemic, it is that a premature return to pre-pandemic life risks more cases and more deaths, writes J. Alexander Navarro.
COVID-19: Greed Drove Big Pharma Companies to Privatize Vaccines
The AstraZeneca jab was actually developed by scientists from a publicly-funded institution, writes Nick Dearden in a retort to comments by Boris Johnson.
In Quest of a Multi-Polar World
Michael Hudson and Pepe Escobar resume their conversation about a global monetary system that appears headed for divorce.