UPDATED: Consortium News is extending a job offer to ex-Radio New Zealand editor Michael Hall, who was suspended for editing Reuters copy to reflect the facts in Ukraine.
CN Offers Work to NZ Editor Suspended for Ukraine Edits
WATCH: Approaching a Climax
Julian Assange supporters rallied in London’s Parliament Square on Saturday as the climax of his extradition case nears.
WATCH: Twitter Files & Government Censorship
Watch the Q&A with Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and Russell Brand on Thursday night at Westminster Central Hall in London.
Afghanistan, Commentary, Iraq, Julian Assange, Legal, Media, Press Freedom, U.S., United Kingdon, Vietnam, WikiLeaks
Craig Murray: Ellsberg’s Day in Court for Assange
At Assange’s extradition hearing in London, Ellsberg fought against the way WikiLeaks’ publication of papers from Manning, similarly to the Pentagon Papers, had became demonized and then criminalized.
Can Europe Break Free of Atlanticism?
Europe has every reason to support the development of an independent foreign policy that rejects U.S. dominance and militarisation in favour of embracing international cooperation and a more democratic world order, writes Vijay Prashad.
WATCH: Stella Assange — ‘Julian Is a Deterrent’
Stella Assange told a packed house at Westminster Central Hall in London Thursday night that her imprisoned husband has become a “deterrent” to stop other journalists from publishing secrets.
Punished For the Facts
The Failed Ukrainian Peace Deal
Vladimir Putin displayed copies of the collapsed draft treaty from last year at a recent meeting with a peace delegation of leaders of several African nations led by South African President Ramaposha.
Commentary, Constitution, Health Care, Human Rights, Income Inequality, Legal, U.S., U.S. Supreme Courrt, Women
One Year After the Fall of Roe v. Wade
Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling, abortion care has become a patchwork of confusing state laws that deepen existing inequalities, writes Heidi Fantasia.
Analysis, Assange extradition, Australia, Biden Administration, Britain, Commentary, Intelligence, International, Legal, Politics, Press Freedom, U.S. Justice Dept., WikiLeaks
Biden Would Need His Pound of Flesh From Assange
The U.S. president would not likely move on the case without some face-saving measure to ward off pressure from the C.I.A. and his own party, writes Joe Lauria.
Books, Column, Commentary, Human Rights, Iraq, Obama Administration, Pentagon, The Bush-43 Administration, Torture, U.S., Vietnam
JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Godfather of Whistleblowers
When the author blew the whistle on the C.I.A.’s torture program in 2007, Daniel Ellsberg called to congratulate him and say he had friends at his side. Years later, at a red-carpet event in Hollywood, the “most dangerous man in…
Advanced Technologies, Analysis, Belarus, Biden Administration, Column, Commentary, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Rwanda, U.S., Ukraine
SCOTT RITTER: On Horseradish & Nuclear War
When Vladimir Putin was recently asked about the potential use of nuclear weapons in the context of Ukraine, an understanding of back-alley Russian slang was needed to understand his response.
American Empire, Biden Administration, China, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Trump Administration, U.S., U.S. Congress
Patrick Lawrence: US Still Nowhere with the Chinese
The bitter truth is that the leaders of Biden’s foreign policy are too paralyzed by the ideology of American primacy to come up with a single, solitary new thought as to how to address other great powers as we enter…
Biden Administration, Denmark, Europe, European Union, Finland, Germany, Hungary, NATO, Russia, Turkey, U.S., Ukraine
Turkey & Hungary Blocking Sweden’s Entry to NATO
Biden and Stoltenberg are both expressing optimism about Sweden joining the military alliance, but Vijay Prashad explains why Erdogan and Orban are currently standing in the way.
Belarus, Biden Administration, Commentary, Militarism, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Pentagon, Poland, Propaganda, Surveillance, U.S.
Caitlin Johnstone: Marching into Oblivion
If the war machine is alone responsible for placing checks on its nuclear brinkmanship, then there are no real checks on the nuclear brinkmanship of the war machine.
Advanced Technologies, Biden Administration, Civil Rights, Commentary, Economy, Environment, Mexico, U.S.
US ‘Exports Obesity’
Timothy A. Wise says the dispute over GM corn in Mexico may test the extent to which a trade agreement can be used against a country’s public health and environmental efforts.
Books, CN Live!, Commentary, History, Legal, Media, Militarism, U.S. Justice Dept., U.S. Supreme Courrt, Vietnam, WikiLeaks
JOE LAURIA: Memories of Dan Ellsberg
UPDATED: Recollections of significant interactions with one of America’s most courageous men.
World Bank Seems to Finally Get It
A new World Bank report says hundreds of billions of dollars of subsidies to energy producers need to be used instead to “ensure a green and just transition.”
Africa, American Empire, Biden Administration, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Commentary, Income Inequality, India, Latin America, NATO, South Africa
Emergence of a New Non-Alignment
From Bolivia to Sri Lanka, countries fed up with the IMF-driven debt-austerity cycle and bullying by the U.S.-led bloc are beginning to assert their own agendas, writes Vijay Prashad.
Analysis, Assange extradition, Britain, Commentary, Ecuador, Intelligence, Julian Assange, Legal, Media, Press Freedom, Surveillance, WikiLeaks
Chris Hedges: The Imminent Extradition of Julian Assange & the Death of Journalism
Julian Assange’s legal options have nearly run out. He could be extradited to the U.S. this week. Should he be convicted, reporting on the inner workings of power will become a crime.