In June, Biden was confronted with the ultimate “3 a.m. phone call” moment. He could have made a call which would have helped reduce the threat of a nuclear crisis or worse.
SCOTT RITTER: Biden’s 3am Moment in Ukraine
Ukraine Timeline Tells the Story
Without historical context, buried by corporate media, it’s impossible to understand Ukraine. Historians will tell the story. But the Establishment hits back at journalists, like at CN, who try to tell it now.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Why Israel Is Afraid of Hezbollah
The emergence of a disciplined resistance movement in Lebanon not only brought military defeat to Israel and the rise of Hezbollah, it heralded a new era of Arab assertiveness.
Israel Cannot Rebut Apartheid
In late June, after visiting Palestine and Israel on behalf of a group formed by Nelson Mandela, two former senior U.N. officials — Ban Ki-moon and Mary Robinson — published a scathing report on their findings, writes Vijay Prashad.
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Nailing the Assange Story Since 2010
The essential issues at the core of the Julian Assange case were laid out in exact detail by CN‘s late founder Robert Parry as early as December 2010.
Patrick Lawrence: Ellsberg & ‘The Process of Awakening’
Ellsberg could never have gotten the Pentagon Papers published had he not first done something far larger, if he had not changed his life — the way he lived it and what he did with it.
Assange extradition, Biden Administration, Julian Assange, Legal, Obama Administration, Sweden, U.S., U.S. Justice Dept., United Kingdon
Records Destroyed of Starmer Trips to DC During Assange Case
U.K. public prosecutor destroyed records showing Keir Starmer met with U.S. attorney general and other U.S. and U.K. national security officials in D.C. in 2011, when Starmer led Assange’s proposed extradition to Sweden, Matt Kennard reports.
Resistance in Jenin
The refugee camp terrifies Israel because it is a representation of a much greater fight undertaken by Palestinians in besieged Gaza and throughout the Occupied West Bank, writes Ramzy Baroud.
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Caitlin Johnstone: Why Propaganda Works
The primary reason people tend to remain committed to their propaganda-installed perspectives has a simple, well-documented explanation.
Israel’s Massive Colony Expansion
The approval by Netanyahu’s coalition government of thousands of new colonial settlement units in the Occupied West Bank comes in the midst of a nearly week-long wave of violence that has drawn international condemnation.
Misdirecting the Fight Against Anti-Semitism
Embracing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance document on anti-Semitism was a mistake by the Biden administration, writes Lawrence Davidson, a mistake likely made with eyes wide open.
American Empire, Commentary, Militarism, Police Brutality, Politics, Protests, Racism, U.S., U.S. Justice Dept.
Racism & US Empire
In political and media realms, the people of color who’ve suffered from U.S. warfare abroad have been relegated to a kind of psychological apartheid — separate, unequal and implicitly not of much importance, writes Norman Solomon.
Biden Administration, Civil Rights, Cuba, Human Rights, International, Prisons, The Bush-43 Administration, Torture, U.S., United Nations, WikiLeaks
UN Expert Says Close Gitmo After Historic Visit
U.N. Special Rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, the first such expert to visit the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison, said those responsible for the U.S. “cruel, inhuman and degrading” treatment of detainees there should be held accountable.
Bangladesh, Climate Change, Commentary, Environment, Human Rights, Income Inequality, United Kingdon, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Bangladesh Getting Drowned by Colonial History
Developed countries must take responsibility for the climate crisis they initiated by paying reparations to developing countries, writes Tapti Sen. There’s a number of ways they could do this.
American Empire, Australia, China, Civil Rights, Commentary, Film, Human Rights, India, Indonesia, Religion, U.S.
Born in the USA – Australia, India & the Quad
Australia has every reason to seek good relations and friendship with India, writes Peter Job. But that does not require an unqualified endorsement and deification of Prime Minister Modi and his agenda.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Breaking Bread with Authoritarians
In his way, India’s prime minister is as bad as some of the old Latin American dictators who got plenty of American support but never an evening meal — and certainly no cardamon-flavored strawberry shortcake for dessert.
A Tumultuous and Dangerous Year
A new economic and diplomatic order is emerging in reaction to the escalation of the Ukrainian war.
American Empire, Analysis, Biden Administration, Commentary, Intelligence, Media, Militarism, Russia, Ukraine
Casualties of Russian ‘Civil War’: Beltway Experts
The Grayzone‘s in-depth look at the massacre carried out by some of America’s top Russia experts against their own credibility, report Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed.