Economic sanctions have notched some successes, like freeing Nelson Mandela and ending South Africa’s apartheid, but other sanctions have lost sight of practical reforms and become destructive ends in themselves, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar notes about Iran.
Real Journalism v. Big Brother
Why We Need Consortiumnews
Meaning of the War Over Christmas
Warring Over the ‘War on Christmas’
Saudi-Israeli Alliance Boosts Al-Qaeda
Neocons Ignore Real Lessons of Munich
US Shutting Down a Key News Source
Two Books with Robbie Conal Cover Art
From Editor Robert Parry: My friendship with Robbie Conal, the brilliant Los Angeles-based poster artist, goes back to his first poster, depicting a skeleton in a suit on a camouflage backdrop over the words “Contra Cocaine,” which Robbie said was…
How Terror War Hurts Cuba Policy
Contra-Cocaine Was a Real Conspiracy
Exclusive: The 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination saw a mainstream media blackout of nearly all evidence of conspiracy in that case. But New York Magazine went even further, mocking the proven Contra-cocaine scandal as a “conspiracy theory,” Robert Parry writes.
The Neocons Go Nuclear
Anti-Bullying as a Civil Right
Even as more Americans accept gay marriage and reject discrimination against people over sexual orientation, bullying remains a serious problem in the nation’s schools where teachers do not do enough to protect LGBT students, write Laura Finley and Joseph Schroer.
‘Black Friday’ at Consortiumnews
From Editor Robert Parry: “Black Friday” the day after Thanksgiving is the traditional start of the Christmas buying season with billions of dollars spent on merchandise. We would modestly encourage readers of Consortiumnews to consider purchases of our books as…
The Right’s Misconstrued Constitution
Exclusive: The U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the right of a corporation owned by abortion opponents to assert its freedom of religion on health insurance, trumping a woman’s choice of birth control, another chance for the Right to expand corporate rights, says…
Double Standards for US War Crimes
U.S. pundits cheer when some African warlord or East European brute is dragged before an international tribunal, but not at the thought of justice being meted out to George W. Bush or other architects of post-9/11 torture and aggressive war…
A Possible Path Out of Afghanistan
Neocon Name-Calling on Iran Deal
Exclusive: The neocons won’t give up on their agenda for more “regime change” in the Middle East, as they lash out at President Obama for daring to negotiate with Iran over its nuclear program rather than use it as an excuse…
End-of-Year Fund Goal Set at $35,000
JFK’s Embrace of Third World Nationalists
Exclusive: The intensive media coverage of the half-century anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s murder was long on hype and emotion but short on explaining how revolutionary JFK’s foreign policy was in his extraordinary support for Third World nationalists, as Jim…