In the middle of a shopping street in Dahiya, our driver pulls up at a checkpoint manned by armed militia in civilian clothes, to see if we could start filming. Then it all starts to go wrong.
Craig Murray: Two Weeks in Beirut
Analysis, Campaign 2024, Column, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Korea Peninsula, Middle East, North Korea, Russia, Trump Administration, Ukraine
SCOTT RITTER: Tulsi Gabbard & the Trump Revolution
Gabbard is well positioned to become the most influential advisor to President Trump regarding the critical foreign policy and national security problems that will be faced by his administration.
Biden Administration, Civil Rights, Commentary, Human Rights, Legal, Military, Pentagon, The Bush-43 Administration, Torture, U.S.
Gitmo Continues to Haunt
Even in the military, the secretary of defense cannot change the rules and procedures for criminal prosecutions and tell military judges how to try cases, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.
RAY McGOVERN: Will Gabbard Be Able to Direct the Intelligence ‘Community’?
The next director of national intelligence needs courage, political smarts and strong presidential backing to fulfill her duty to oversee and provide advice on covert action.
Tell the British State Journalism’s Not a Crime
Des Freedman on why national news outlets are not covering the crackdown on pro-Palestinian journalists in Britain.
Civil Rights, Commentary, Election 2024, Immigration, Legal, Militarism, Military, Protests, U.S., U.S. Supreme Courrt
Trump Doesn’t Hide Plan to Use Military Against Protestors & Immigrants
The recent Supreme Court decision granting presidents nearly absolute immunity for official acts leaves fewer guardrails to prevent Trump from abusing his authority, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Patrick Lawrence: Notes of a Non-Voter
What happened on Election Day in the U.S. is the denouement of a story that goes back nearly six decades.
Israel & the Evidence Gap
For the small segment of U.S. citizens looking beyond the mainstream media, Lawrence Davidson says the discrepancy between popular perceptions and evidentiary reality is relatively easy to spot.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Zionists in Amsterdam
What happened in one Dutch city is the world since the Zionist regime began its limitlessly barbaric assault on Gaza: Western powers blessed it, and Western media determined to hide it from view.
WATCH: Pilger & the Palestinians
John Pilger is being honored this month by the British Film Institute for his more than 60 extraordinary documentaries. We present here one on Palestine followed by CN’s 2021 discussion with Pilger and historian Ilan Pappé.
Consolidation Threatens US Postal Service
Thousands of the jobs in the nation’s biggest unionized work force are at stake under Louis Dejoy’s modernization plan, which would slow down service for much of the country, writes Alexandra Bradbury.
Chris Hedges: Genocidal Scorecard
U.N. Special Rapporteur Albanese’s report is an an urgent appeal for a full arms embargo and sanctions on Israel until the genocide of Palestinians is halted.
RAY McGOVERN: Thawing Russia-US Relations?
Whether Trump spoke with Putin or not, it’s high time that the U.S. and Russian leaders communicate to resolve the existential crisis over Ukraine.
Analysis, Britain, Commentary, France, Germany, History, Israel, Italy, Middle East, Palestine, Russia, Turkey
In the US, Make it Armistice Day Again
Declare an armistice in Gaza and Lebanon and make Veteran’s Day Armistice Day once more in the U.S., says Gerry Condon.
Analysis, Bahrain, Biden Administration, Commentary, Constitution, Election 2024, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, NATO, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia
The Chris Hedges Report: The World According to Trump
Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired Army colonel, provides insight into what a Trump presidency may look like outside of the borders of America.
Biden Administration, Commentary, Election 2024, Israel, Militarism, Palestine, Politics, Russia, U.S., Ukraine
Trump’s Return to the White House
Trump is clearly not the change required, says John Wight, but he understands far better the America that for Washington has become enemy territory.
Tooth-Fairy Politics
Trump or Harris, the outcome of this election was never going to make a meaningful difference to the victims of the U.S. empire, whatever we were told, writes Jonathan Cook.
Localizing the Conflict
“The fight against genocide is in our own backyards” — Two of the “Merrimack 4” reflect on their decision to take direct action against Elbit facilities near them. Second of two parts.
Commentary, Egypt, Germany, Gulf States, Human Rights, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Legal, Palestine, United Nations
The Palestinian Struggle’s Necessary Realignment
Yara Hawari reflects on the immense losses for the Palestinian people since October 2023 and the need, after the failure of international law, for the liberation movement to set new priorities.
