From the Archives: A newly discovered document undercuts a key storyline of the anti-Soviet Afghan war of the 1980s that it was Charlie Wilson’s War, wrote Robert Parry on April 7, 2013.
Hollywood’s Dangerous Afghan Illusion
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Consortium News launches its Summer Fund Drive to raise the funds necessary to feed our addiction to covering the Julian Assange case.
Lynching and the Jeff Davis Highway
The Fairfax County, Virginia Board of Supervisors this week set up a task force to suggest renaming two major roads in the county named after Confederate generals, a topic discussed six years ago by CN‘s founding editor Robert Parry.
Key Witness in US Case Against Assange Changes His Story
An FBI informant on Julian Assange upon whose information the U.S. based a key part of its computer intrusion charge against Assange has now admitted that he lied.
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50 Years Ago on May Day 1971: When Bob Parry Went to Jail in the Biggest Mass Arrest in US History
On May 1, 1971, Bob Parry, the late founder and editor of Consortium News, traveled to Washington to take part in an anti-Vietnam War protest. Here is Bob’s account of that day.
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Consortium News on Friday launched its Spring Fund Drive to raise enough money to pay our writers, editors and staff to continue providing you with the Web’s best take on the news.
Three Years Ago Today…
On this day in 2018 Consortium News lost its founder and editor Robert Parry, who succumbed to cancer at 68. We look back on his life in this video of his memorial service held on April 14, 2018.
Consortium News Still Blazing Trails in its 26th Year
Consortium News just celebrated its 25th anniversary as the oldest, independent news site on the Web. Today and tomorrow are the last chances to help us meet our Winter Fund Drive goal before the drive ends on Saturday.