The author has no doubt we are in for a period of more propaganda, fake terrorist plots, false flag actual terrorism and agent provocateur-led terrorism.
Craig Murray: What We’ve Learned in 2023
The Origins of Christmas
Today’s holiday culture wars continue an ancient struggle, as Nat Parry explores in this adaptation from his book, How Christmas Became Christmas: The Pagan and Christian Origins of the Beloved Holiday.
When The New Yorker Tried to Preempt a Future Biden Impeachment
In 2019, The New Yorker‘s partisan Jane Mayer tried to blame Republicans for “conspiracy theories” that now make up substantial evidence in Joe Biden’s impeachment inquiry, wrote Joe Lauria.
Evidence Missing in ‘Mass Rape’ Charge Against Hamas
Jonathan Cook examines two articles in Haaretz that form the backbone of Western political and media claims about mass rape by the Palestinian resistance group.
WATCH: CIA Loses Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit Against It
Plaintiffs in a case against C.I.A. surveillance of U.S. citizens visiting Julian Assange in London discussed the judge’s decision to reject the C.I.A.’s motion to dismiss the suit.
Israeli Commanders Reported to ICC
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is at the top of the dossier of 40 commanders that Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN) submitted to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Caitlin Johnstone: Gaza Atrocities Are ‘Western Values’
What we see in Gaza is a much better representation of what Western civilization is really about than all the gibberish about freedom and democracy we learned in school.
US Students for Palestine Under Attack
The congressional committee hearing of three elite university presidents earlier this month slandered the Palestine solidarity movement on college campuses, writes Natalia Marques.
Keeping Consortium News Free
The extraordinary generosity of some of our readers has allowed Consortium News to remain free for all to read, the same policy our founder Bob Parry adopted in 1995.
Cold War, Column, Commentary, Europe, NATO, Propaganda, Russia, U.S., Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
SCOTT RITTER: On Speaking Plain ‘Putin,’ Part Two
Because of their grossly inaccurate assessments of the Russian president and his country, “Putin Whisperers” in the West have Ukrainian blood on their hands.
Caitlin Johnstone: The Two-State Lie
Netanyahu is so politically desperate, and opposing Palestinian rights is so popular in Israel, that the regime can’t resist telling the truth about itself.
Biden Administration, Civil Rights, Commentary, Constitution, Ecuador, Julian Assange, Legal, United Kingdon
With Hearing Set, Time For Biden to Drop Assange Charges
Ann Wright says Attorney General Garland must either drop the Trump-era case against the WikiLeaks publisher or move to indict The New York Times publisher on same charges.
Prisoners of Context
Despite Israel’s abusive behavior, Palestinian resistance is never seen as warranted, writes Lawrence Davidson. Israel must respond to that resistance as matter of self-defense.
Assange Appeal Hearing Set for February
Julian Assange’s wife Stella Assange confirmed that the hearing will take place at the Royal Courts of Justice in the middle of February.
Biden Administration, Books, Cold War, Column, Commentary, NATO, Russia, U.S., Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
SCOTT RITTER: On Speaking Plain ‘Putin’
Any retrospective on the Russian-Ukraine conflict begins with a modicum of interest in how Moscow defines the conflict. First of an article in two parts.
Algeria, Biden Administration, Colonialism, Commentary, Germany, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Racism, Right Wing, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Chris Hedges: The Death of Israel
With No Ideology & Belonging to No Camp
As ideologies harden to fanaticism and people with banners herd into warring camps, it remains possible — still — to stand above the fray.
Analysis, Biden Administration, China, Commentary, Election 2024, Legal, Media, Politics, U.S. Congress, Ukraine
IMPEACHMENT: Biden Under Formal Investigation
Patrick Lawrence writes that Joe Biden, a.k.a. “the Big Guy,” will be formally investigated on accumulating evidence he participated and benefited from his son Hunter’s years of manifestly criminal conniving.
Caitlin Johnstone: That Can’t Be True About Israel
Israel’s actions are so horrific and depraved I keep thinking I must be misinterpreting what I’m reading or disregarding a claim as over the top, only to find out it’s true, says Caitlin Johnstone.
WATCH: ‘They Stole a Country in Full Bloom’
Pro-Palestinian Israeli activist Miko Peled explains to a Melbourne, Australia audience Thursday how Israel stole Palestinian cities and farmland in 1948 and has continued its ethnic cleansing until today’s brutal operation in Gaza.