Previously unreleased drawings by Abu Zubaydah, featured in a new report, add further evidence of what the authors say the federal government, particularly the C.I.A., tried to conceal.
Guantánamo Prisoner’s Graphic Details of US Torture
US ‘Seizes’ Web Domains Related to Hezbollah
Most of the dozen or so domains seized on Thursday were registered in the U.S. and belonged to Al Manar TV which is affiliated with the Lebanese resistance group.
US 8th Graders Don’t Know Much About History
What American kids know – or don’t – about the nation’s history and civics is a reflection of the political and economic circumstances affecting their schools, writes Diana D’Amico Pawlewicz.
Africa, Climate Change, Commentary, COVID-19, Economy, Health Care, Human Rights, Income Inequality, Russia, Ukraine, United Nations
Amnesty Calls for ‘Social Protection’ Rather Than Social Repression
Amnesty lamented that governments have turned to “repression and unnecessary and excessive use of force” against struggling demonstrators instead of addressing their core concerns, such as high food prices and paltry wages.
The Hidden Hand of the IMF in Sudan’s Crisis
Orthodox economics is the ideology of the rich and powerful, writes Dian Maria Blandina. Poor countries such as Sudan, that are trying to develop, cannot afford a regime of free trade.
Civil Rights, Commentary, Israel, Legal, Militarism, Palestine, Police Brutality, Protests, United Kingdon
Craig Murray: Extreme Policing
People are getting arrested at a factory in the U.K. belonging to Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer for doing nothing but exercising the democratic right to protest.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Depleted Ukranium’
John Pilger and Declassified UK’s Phil Miller join CN Live! to discuss depleted uranium shells for an offensive Ukraine and the West knows will fail. Will DU be used just to poison ethnic Russians in Donbass?
Biden Administration, Civil Rights, Commentary, Human Rights, Israel, Legal, Palestine, Press Freedom, U.S.
A Year Since Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing
Justice for the Al Jazeera journalist — so far delayed — would serve press freedom in the occupied territories, where at least 20 journalists have been killed by Israeli forces in the last two decades.
Britain’s Revolving Door
Senior civil servants and military top brass move seamlessly into lucrative jobs in companies they were previously responsible for regulating, writes Richard Norton-Taylor.
The Poverty Trap
Lower interest rates and longer-term paybacks that match the pace of underlying social progress are key to successful development finance, writes Jeffrey Sachs.
US Remains Largest Military Spender by Far
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s data shows that Washington spends three times as much on its military than China, the second-largest spender, Ashik Siddique reports.
American Empire, Biden Administration, Commentary, India, Korea Peninsula, Militarism, NATO, North Korea, South Korea, U.S., United Nations
South Korea’s Pivot to Conflict
President Yoon is staking the country’s security and economic future on a declining U.S.-led global order, write Dae-Han Song and Alice Kim.
The Guardian’s ‘Anti-Semitism’ Incident
With the row over its cartoon, the newspaper that helped oust Jeremy Corbyn from the Labour Party has briefly found that what you sow, you can reap, writes Jonathan Cook.
Biden Administration, Commentary, Ecuador, Julian Assange, Militarism, Press Freedom, Surveillance, Trump Administration, U.S., U.S. Justice Dept., War Crimes, WikiLeaks
Chris Hedges: Julian Assange — A Fight We Must Not Lose
“This legal lynching marks the official beginning of corporate totalitarianism” — from a talk the author gave at a rally in New York on World Press Freedom Day.
Assange extradition, Australia, Biden Administration, Julian Assange, Legal, U.S. Justice Dept., WikiLeaks
Australian MPs Meet US Envoy Caroline Kennedy on Assange
The breakfast was held in the Australian capital Canberra just two weeks before President Joe Biden visits Australia and after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ended his “quiet diplomacy” on Julian Assange.
Assange extradition, Brazil, Ecuador, Film, Julian Assange, Latin America, Legal, Media, Mexico, Press Freedom, U.S. Justice Dept., WikiLeaks
Mexico Embraces Assange
Julian Assange’s father and brother ended a 48-day North American tour in Mexico City, getting the president’s support and a letter from Mexican MPs to Joe Biden demanding he drop the charges, reports Joe Lauria from Mexico.
Brazil’s Lula Calls for Julian Assange’s Freedom
While in London for the coronation of King Charles III, the Brazilian president called for a movement by the world press to free the journalist.
WATCH: The Missiles at the Heart of the Ukraine War
Former C.I.A. Soviet analyst Ray McGovern gave this talk, about the critical U.S. missile deployments in Eastern Europe, to the Massachusetts Peace Action and Community Church of Boston.
Russian & Soviet Flags Banned at Berlin Victory Day
A court in Berlin has outlawed the display of the Russian and Soviet flags on May 8 and 9 celebrations of victory over Nazi Germany because they can “convey a readiness for violence.”
Commentary, Economy, Human Rights, Income Inequality, India, Labor, United Nations, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
There Is Wealth, But No Life in the Factories
The class struggle is alive and well, writes Vijay Prashad. Although one of the weaknesses of our time is that massive mobilizations have not been easily converted into political power.