The former British diplomat sought to visit the courtroom where Julian Assange would be tried if he is extradited to Virginia. He was told he could not enter.
Murray Blocked from Assange Courthouse in Virginia
Assange extradition, Australia, Britain, Commentary, Julian Assange, Legal, Politics, Press Freedom, U.S., U.S. Justice Dept., WikiLeaks
WATCH: A US Tour for Assange
Former British diplomat Craig Murray has been touring the U.S. ahead of the possible extradition of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Watch these events with Chris Hedges, Scott Ritter and other supporters.
American Empire, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Commentary, Cuba, History, Human Rights, Intelligence, International, Latin America, Militarism, New Zealand, U.S.
CHILE 50 YRS: Allende Grandson Tells CN: US Empire ‘Is Going Down’
The grandson of Salvador Allende, the democratically-elected president of Chile who was overthrown by a U.S.-backed, fascist junta 50 years ago on Sept. 11, 1973, spoke with CN at a conference in Australia remembering the coup. (w/Spanish transcript).
American Empire, Chile, Human Rights, Mexico, Militarism, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, Venezuela
CHILE 50 YRS: Allende Lives in Santiago Vigil
Zoe Alexandra reports on the commemorations in Chile of the 1973 coup, including a centerpiece candle light vigil at the National Stadium in Santiago, one of the largest centers of torture and detention during the Pinochet dictatorship.
A Different Take on Ukraine
CN has been ahead of the news on Ukraine, from reporting the coup and warning of nuclear catastrophe as far back as 2015, to news of the current phase of the conflict. Help us to continue our coverage.
Advanced Technologies, Commentary, Militarism, Military Industry, Propaganda, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, United Kingdon, Yemen
A Very British Arms Fair
While the Defence and Security Equipment International expo is underway this week in London, Anna Stavrianakis looks at the deep, entrenched relationship between the British state and arms companies and the violation of U.K. export controls.
It’s Hard to Think About the End of the World
Tony Blinken, the top U.S. diplomat, just made comments about U.S.-supplied long-range missiles that further raise the risks of a direct confrontation between the world’s two nuclear superpowers, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Australia, Biden Administration, Canada, Climate Change, Commentary, Norway, U.S., United Kingdon, United Nations
The ‘Planet-Wrecker in Chief’
Planned fossil fuel expansion in the U.S. accounts for more than a third of new oil and gas extraction projects through 2050, according to Oil Change International.
Afghanistan, American Empire, Analysis, Britain, Commentary, Disinformation, France, History, Intelligence, Media, Middle East, Militarism, Propaganda, Terrorism, United Nations
Why Americans Are Never Told Why
When Western media discusses terrorism against the West, such as 9/11, the motive is almost always left out, even when the terrorists state they are avenging longstanding Western violence in the Muslim world, reports Joe Lauria.
Afghanistan, Censorship, Commentary, History, Iraq, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, The Bush-43 Administration, U.S., U.S. Supreme Courrt
Teaching Sept. 11
Approaching the terrorist attacks as a memorializing event on the anniversary generally avoids deeper inquiry into the historic U.S. role in the Middle East and Afghanistan, write Jeremy Stoddard and Diana Hess.
Chris Hedges: The Pedagogy of Power
The ruling classes always work to keep the powerless from understanding how power functions. This assault has been aided by a cultural left determined to banish “dead white male” philosophers.
American Empire, Analysis, Foreign Policy, International, Militarism, NATO, Opinion, Russia, U.S., U.S. State Department, Uncategorized
Avoiding Nuclear War
The road to possible nuclear Armageddon has been littered with lost opportunities for peaceful co-existence with Russia and signposted by repeated U.S. provocations, but Ukraine’s neutrality remains key to everyone’s security, writes Edward Lozansky.
American Empire, Commentary, Europe, Militarism, Politics, Propaganda, U.S., Ukraine, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Patrick Lawrence: Exceptionalism & Its Consequences
Considering the common U.S. reaction to 9/11, we must ask: Can the U.S. do without its exceptionalist consciousness? Or is this consciousness indispensable to America?
American Empire, Analysis, Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Commentary, Guatemala, History, Indigenous People, Intelligence, Latin America, Mexico, Militarism, Panama, South America, Torture, United Nations
CHILE 50 YRS: US Scars From 9/11/73
Chile under Pinochet was the experimenting ground for an economic project, neoliberalism, that inspired both Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. It was also a laboratory for torture and enforced disappearance of human beings, writes Brad Evans.
Afghanistan, Commentary, Iraq, Libya, Militarism, Military, Military Industry, NATO, Terrorism, Torture, U.S., War Crimes, WMD
9/11 Bred a ‘War on Terror’ from Hell
A pattern of regret — distinct from remorse — for the venture militarism that failed in Afghanistan and Iraq does exist, writes Norman Solomon. But the disorder persists in U.S. foreign policy.
CHILE 50 YRS: Art Censored in UK to Appease Pinochet
Fifty years after the murderous coup in Chile, the U.K.’s most important political artist, Peter Kennard, recounts how the Barbican censored his work to placate high-ranking Chilean finance officials and British bankers.
CN Wins First International ‘Julian Assange Award’
Consortium News has won the first annual international Julian Assange Award at a ceremony in the Netherlands on Saturday.
NATO Chief: NATO Expansion Caused Russian Invasion
It’s the damnedest thing how you’re called a Kremlin agent for saying the war was provoked by NATO expansionism and it serves U.S. interests, even when NATO and U.S. officials openly admit the same thing, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
CHILE 50 YRS: MI6 Secretly Helped Pinochet
As the regime murdered political opponents, a U.K. propaganda unit passed material to Chile’s military intelligence and MI6 connived with a key orchestrator of the coup, newly declassified files show, John McEvoy reports.
CHILE 50 YRS: UK Backed Pinochet’s Bloody Coup
When the Chilean military overthrew Allende’s democratically elected government on Sept. 11, 1973, U.K. officials worked with the new junta as it committed widespread atrocities, declassified files show, Mark Curtis reports.