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JOHN KIRIAKOU: The FBI Deserves Kash Patel

corinna barnard — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:05:29 +0000

After all the bureau’s crimes, Americans need somebody who is willing to tear this organization down to its bare studs. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News On the surface of things, Kash Patel is the kind of person most…

Rights Groups: Stop Pro-Palestine College Crackdown

corinna barnard — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:30:20 +0000

Instead of resorting to excessive policing, three rights groups say universities need to do more to protect student speech from violence and intimidation. By Jessica Corbett Common Dreams Three leading human rights groups have responded to U.S. university and college…

Netanyahu Commands, US Obeys

Consortiumnews.com — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 08:03:04 +0000

UPDATED: U.S. support for Israel’s genocide against Palestine is rooted not only in campaign financing but other factors, including a rigid ideology stuck in the shadow of World War II, writes Joe Lauria. America as ‘Savior,’ Israel as ‘Victim’ Updated…

The Trump Assassination Attempt & US Political Violence

corinna barnard — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 22:00:16 +0000

The assassination attempt on the former U.S. president was a minor affair compared to the treatment that Washington doles out around the world and even against its own people, writes Margaret Kimberley. By Margaret Kimberly Black Agenda Report On Jan.…

The Homeland Security Campus

corinna barnard — Fri, 31 May 2024 20:00:19 +0000

Repress U., Class of 2024: Michael Gould-Wartofsky provides an overview of the wide-reaching crackdown on U.S. campus protest. By Michael Gould-Wartofsky TomDispatch.com The academic year that just ended left America’s college campuses in quite a state: with snipers on the…

Funding Attacks on the Pro-Palestine Student Movement

corinna barnard — Fri, 31 May 2024 18:00:38 +0000

Natalia Marques rounds up the links between the violent crackdown on Gaza solidarity student encampments and billionaire activists. By Natalia Marques Peoples Dispatch It has been weeks since the brutal state repression and right-wing violence unleashed against some of the…

Chris Hedges: The Nation’s Conscience

corinna barnard — Thu, 09 May 2024 16:05:28 +0000

The courageous stance of students across the country in defiance of genocide is accompanied by a near total blackout of their voices. Their words are the ones we most need to hear. By Chris Hedges in New York ScheerPost I…

Patrick Lawrence: Of Journalists, Students & Power

Consortiumnews.com — Mon, 06 May 2024 18:00:59 +0000

Student protesters with their clarity of words and actions are riveted to reality, while the media class flinches from it. By Patrick Lawrence ScheerPost The American media are never short of red-letter days when it comes to their wonderful combination of…

The Israeli Connection to the Raid on Columbia University

Consortiumnews.com — Fri, 03 May 2024 21:15:34 +0000

The NYPD’s Counterterrorism Bureau’s Tel Aviv office coordinates with Israeli security. A Columbia lecturer, heading the NYPD bureau, probed the students, whom the bureau arrested, and is the bridge between Israel and New York, The GrayZone reports. By Wyatt Reed…

Caitlin Johnstone: CNN Compares Campus Protesters To Nazis

Consortiumnews.com — Fri, 03 May 2024 13:24:33 +0000

The stunning propaganda segment in defence of police repression of anti-genocide protesters drew parallels between fear experienced by Jews in the 1930s and supposed fears of theatrical Zionists at UCLA. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com.au Listen to Tim Foley reading this…