In a leaked recording, the Tory chair of a foreign affairs committee says government lawyers advised Britain to stop arming Israel because it is committing war crimes, reports Joe Lauria.
UK Ignores Its Lawyers’ Warnings on Arms to Israel
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WATCH: CN Live! — The Assange Dilemma for the US
Watch the show on the High Court’s ruling this week on WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Guests: Chris Hedges, Craig Murray, Marjorie Cohn and Bruce Afran. (With timeline.)
Assange’s Fate Awaits US ‘Assurances’
The High Court on Tuesday rejected six Assange grounds for a new appeal, agreeing he had only three legitimate arguments but that the U.S. could nullify them with new “assurances,” reports Joe Lauria.
When Criticizing Israel Wasn’t Anti-Semitic
Just two decades ago the difference between anti-semitism and criticism of Israel was clear enough for even a U.S. secretary of state to say so, writes Joe Lauria.
The Legacy of Thatcher’s War on the Miners
Forty years after their powerful union was crushed in an early battle of neoliberalism, still defiant ex-miners marched last weekend to their closed Yorkshire pit to hear their 86-year old former leader reflect on their struggle, reports Joe Lauria.
WATCH: CN Live! — Miners March 40 Yrs After Strike
Miners in a once bustling South Yorkshire coal region marched with their champion, Arthur Scargill, at the weekend to mark 40 years since their war with Margaret Thatcher.
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Covering Assange in Court
The press needs its own street, the way traders still have Wall Street. A tribe needs a common territory, writes Joe Lauria.
WATCH: Why Galloway Won
CN Live! spoke to Galloway campaign manager James Giles and Chris Williamson (below), deputy leader of the Workers Party of Britain, in the vote counting center in Rochdale on Thursday night.
Why Putin Went to War
Two years ago Saturday Vladimir Putin explained why he went to war. He said he had no intention to control Ukraine and only wanted to “demilitarize” and “de-Nazify” it, after the U.S. had pushed Russia too far, wrote Joe Lauria.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Assange’s Last Stand?’
Chris Hedges and Alexander Mercouris joined CN Live! from London to discuss Julian Assange’s two-day hearing at the High Court.