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Patrick Lawrence: The Center the Centrists Can’t Hold

corinna barnard — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:10:03 +0000

What is unfolding now in France and Germany is happening one or another way across the Western powers that form the walls of the neoliberal fortress. By Patrick Lawrence in London ScheerPost “Turning and turning in the widening gyre The…

JOHN KIRIAKOU: Sebastian Gorka Is Back

corinna barnard — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 19:00:36 +0000

This time around, Trump has elected to ignore the F.B.I. security clearance vetting process for the sworn member of Vitezi Rend, a Hungarian group that served under the Nazis. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News Sebastian Gorka is back. …

Chris Hedges: To Kill a People

corinna barnard — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 17:00:56 +0000

The vaunted democratic values, morality and respect for human rights, claimed by Israel and the U.S. have always been a lie. The real credo is this – we have everything and if you try and take it away from us…

JOE LAURIA: A History of Humiliation

Consortiumnews.com — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 10:06:45 +0000

After a history of U.S. bullying and humiliation — from a broken promise not to expand NATO to deceit over Minsk — it can’t be assumed Moscow is bluffing when it warns of nuclear war. By Joe Lauria Special to…

Ukraine Fires US Missiles at Russia Risking Wider War

Consortiumnews.com — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 02:44:25 +0000

The Pentagon refuses to say whether Joe Biden even informed it of his reckless decision to allow the strikes, which the DoD has strenuously opposed, reports Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News Ukraine on Tuesday fired six…

In the US, Make it Armistice Day Again

Consortiumnews.com — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:35:19 +0000

Declare an armistice in Gaza and Lebanon and make Veteran’s Day Armistice Day once more in the U.S., says Gerry Condon. By Gerry Condon Nov. 11, declared Armistice Day at the end of World War I, is celebrated in the…

The Palestinian Struggle’s Necessary Realignment

corinna barnard — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:00:01 +0000

Yara Hawari reflects on the immense losses for the Palestinian people since October 2023 and the need, after the failure of international law, for the liberation movement to set new priorities. By Yara Hawari Al-Shabaka Over the last year, Palestine…

Chris Hedges Report: Roots of Mideast Conflict

corinna barnard — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 18:00:29 +0000

“It took the weight of the British Empire to turn the Zionist dream … into an agenda.” Historian and author Eugene Rogan on the consequences of the fall of the Ottoman Empire. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost Modern borders represent mere…

Hiding an Ugly Truth About Israel

corinna barnard — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:00:58 +0000

Jonathan Cook on Tony Greenstein’s exposure of a glaring omission in a new biography of Rudolf Vrba, the first Jew to escape Auschwitz and an intense critic of the Zionist movement. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net Tony Greenstein offers an excoriating…

Craig Murray: We Are the Bad Guys

corinna barnard — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:00:05 +0000

Those of us in the West must resist our own governing systems, or we are complicit. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk In Murder in Samarkand I describe how as a British ambassador, when I discovered the full extent of our complicity…