Ex-C.I.A. analyst Ray McGovern turned 87 Tuesday. From his Bronx days, to Fordham, the U.S. Army and C.I.A., McGovern grew close to power, then became one of its fiercest critics. Watch the replay!
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Force-Feeding ICE Detainees
“If they admit openly that there are hunger strikes,” said one lawyer, “they admit that the conditions in detention are so bad that people are willing to forgo food to raise awareness.”
JOE LAURIA: Mutual Aid or Mutual Assured Destruction
WATCH: Cooperation is more important than competition in human survival, argued Peter Kropotkin. After competition brought two world wars, mutual aid twice sought to rescue humanity. Will there be a third chance?
Trump Made No Case for War on Iran
The case for each U.S. war in the Middle East over the past 35 years has had progressively weaker rationale and international support. The aggression against Iran launched Saturday has almost none of either, writes Joe Lauria.
Remembering Robert Parry, Who Died 8 Years Ago Today
We remember the great investigative reporter Robert Parry, who founded this website in 1995. He left us way too soon on Jan. 27, 2018.
Trump’s Teatro Yanqui del Absurdo
UPDATED: Donald Trump’s Mar-al-Lago press conference announcing that the U.S. would “run” Venezuela was pure Yankee theater of the absurd, writes Joe Lauria.
CN at 30: Why Bob Parry Started Consortium News
Consortium News founder Robert Parry wrote this short history of the site in 2011, explaining the principles that still guide CN after 30 years of continuous publication.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Bernie Sanders, Zionist
Sanders has made clear all along that he isn’t actually disagreeing with the tenets of Zionism, as much as distancing himself personally from the revisionist Zionism of Benjamin Netanyahu.
CN at 30: A History of Consortium News By Robert Parry
As we celebrate Consortium News‘ 30th Anniversary this month and appeal for funds for our future, we republish this history of the site written by the founding editor, Bob Parry, on Dec. 21, 2014.
VIPS on Dick Cheney: Intelligence Unglued
The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) sent this memo to George W. Bush about Dick Cheney’s deceptive role in the Iraq invasion, published by Consortium News in 2003.