Mary Kostakidis, a national TV news presenter in Australia for two decades, has asked a federal judge to throw out the Zionist Federation’s charge against her of racially vilifying Jews, reports Joe Lauria.
Consortium News’ reporting has stood out since the 2012 arbitrary detention and later imprisonment of Julian Assange; the U.S. using social media firms to curb speech after 2016; and the vast crackdown against criticism of Israel in Gaza.
Yury Ushakov, Putin’s man on Ukraine, said there’s no firm plan for Ukraine yet and some American ideas are acceptable to Russia, some not. But the plan is not dead.
A history of U.S. bullying — from a broken promise not to expand NATO to deceit over Minsk — shows that U.S. leaders since the Cold War’s end have ignored J.F.K.’s dire warning not to humiliate a nuclear power.
Project Censored marked its 50th anniversary Friday night in Washington with Ryan Grim, John Kiriakou, Lauren Harper, Joe Lauria, Mischa Geracoulis and Mickey Huff.
Consortium News is comprised of former insiders at senior levels of intelligence and mainstream media who broke with the establishment to share their unique insights about the world with our readers.
Consortium News looked back at the career of Richard Falk, a former U.N. special rapporteur on Palestine, and outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy, who joined CN Live! on March 17, 2021.
Founding editor Bob Parry left a legacy of strict, non-partisan journalism, really the only kind of journalism that there is, which this site has endeavored to continue, writes Joe Lauria.