From Editor Robert Parry: Our Web site was knocked off line for several hours on Tuesday because of a flood of fake comments into the Comment section. That has required us to eliminate some comment files and to install a more…
A Neocon Admits the Plan to Bomb Iran
Exclusive: The neocon Washington Post, which wants to kill the talks aimed at constraining Iran’s nuclear program, allowed a contrary opinion of sorts onto its pages a neocon who also wants to collapse the talks but is honest enough to…
The Not So Land of the Free
The United States may be the least self-aware nation on earth, condemning other countries for repressive policies and calling itself the “land of the free” while locking up citizens in staggering numbers often for minor, non-violent offenses, as anti-war activist Kathy Kelly…
Spring Fund Drive Goal: $35,000
From Editor Robert Parry: Over the past year, Consortiumnews.com’s refusal to join the propaganda pack rushing into a dangerous war over Ukraine has made us a pariah in some circles, but we are doing what independent journalists are supposed to do:…
In Case You Missed…
Some of our special stories in February focused on the risks of nuclear war over Ukraine, the unpublicized suppression of dissent in America, some lost history around the Civil War, and the shocking connections linking Al-Qaeda, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Guiding Obama into Global Make-Believe
US Intel Stands Pat on MH-17 Shoot-down
In Venezuela, Who’s Threatening Whom?
GOP Senators Take Orders from AIPAC
LBJ’s ‘X’ File on Nixon’s ‘Treason’
How ‘Free Markets’ Defame ‘Democracy’
Exclusive: Venezuela seems to be following Ukraine on the neocon hit list for “regime change” as Washington punishes Caracas for acting against a perceived coup threat. But a broader problem is how the U.S. conflates “free markets” with “democracy,” giving “democracy” a…
How the GOP Undermines America
The world might find the goofy behavior of the “last remaining superpower” comical if it weren’t so scary. Though Democrats surely have their share of unfunny clowns, the Republicans took center stage in this circus of buffoonery with an open letter to…
Nuland’s Mastery of Ukraine Propaganda
Treading a Delicate Line on Israel
The Secret Saudi Ties to Terrorism
Official Washington’s Delusions on Delusions
Rearranging the Chairs at CIA
CIA at 50, Lost in the ‘Politicization’ Swamp
Ben Bradlee’s Not Such ‘A Good Life’ – Part 2
Special Report: In recent years, the Washington Post’s emergence as a neocon propaganda sheet has struck some as a betrayal of the Post’s earlier reputation as a serious newspaper. But many of the paper’s current tendencies can be traced back to…
Ben Bradlee’s Not Such ‘A Good Life’
Special Report: Washington Post’s editor Ben Bradlee, whose memoir was entitled “A Good Life,” is remembered by many as a tough-talking, street-smart journalist. But that reputation was more image than truth as the real Bradlee was an Establishment insider who…