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A Summer of Protest, Unemployment & Presidential Politics – Welcome to 1932
A Summer of Protest, Unemployment & Presidential Politics – Welcome to 1932 In 1932, as in 2020, the nation experienced an explosion of civil unrest on the eve of a presidential election, writes James N. Gregory. The Bonus Army stages a demonstration at the empty Capitol on July 2, 1932.(Underwood and Underwood, photographers; Library of […]
McCarthyism Down Under
McCarthyism Down Under UPDATE: 5 Eyes media have been amplifying the story. BBC quoted Sydney Morning Herald saying, “No allegations had been proven.” The New York Times, which rarely reports on Australia, ran a staff-written story, writes Joe Lauria. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison held a somber press conference on Friday to announce that the Australian Federal Police […]
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: ’60 Minutes’ Gives Assange Fair Shake
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: ’60 Minutes’ Gives Assange Fair Shake The Australian version of the CBS News program ’60 Minutes’ presented a segment on Julian Assange Sunday night that was missing the usual mainstream media smears and distortions about his case. Consortium News Australia’s 60 Minutes newsmagazine Sunday night aired an extensive interview with Stella Morris, Julian […]
LEE CAMP: The Secret Reason Billionaires Love a Pandemic
LEE CAMP: The Secret Reason Billionaires Love a Pandemic You see, there has been a class war going on for years – perpetrated by the rich (who aren’t smarter or better) against everyone else. We live in a time when there are more billionaires walking around than ever before. (They don’t actually walk. They have […]
RAY McGOVERN: How an Internet ‘Persona’ Helped Birth Russiagate
RAY McGOVERN: How an Internet ‘Persona’ Helped Birth Russiagate Guccifer 2.0 turns four years old today and the great diversion he took part in becomes clearer by the day, writes Ray McGovern. Four years ago today, on June 15, 2016, a shadowy Internet persona calling itself “Guccifer 2.0” appeared out of nowhere to claim credit […]
Covering the Julian Assange Story
Covering the Julian Assange Story With corporate TV and press abandoning the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher, Consortium News has been in the forefront among alternative media in chronicling his plight. But we can’t do it without you. Assange outside UK Supreme Court in 2011. (Flickr) Except for a brief moment after his dramatic arrest, the mainstream media has abandoned Julian Assange. […]
Facebook Singles Out State Media of US Adversaries for a Warning
Facebook Singles Out State Media of US Adversaries for a Warning Ignoring state-owned media in nations allied with the U.S., Facebook is attaching a warning label to state media from countries the U.S. doesn’t like. Facebook has begun adding labels to news articles it publishes from “state media” to warn readers about where their news […]
UPRISING: Goliath Is Not Invincible
UPRISING: Goliath Is Not Invincible Revolutions are difficult, writes Vijay Prashad. They must chip away at hundreds of years of inequality, erode cultural expectations and build the material foundations for a new society. Comando Creativo, History is watching us, Bellas Artes, Caracas, 2011. The streets in the U.S. are on fire once more because of the murder […]
VIPS MEMO: To the President—Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela
VIPS MEMO: To the President—Avoid Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to Venezuela The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) urges Donald Trump to avoid the slippery slope toward armed conflict as an Iranian oil tanker nears Venezuela on Sunday. MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Avoiding Hostilities Over Iranian Fuel Shipment to […]
LEE CAMP: While Pandemic Destroys So Many Lives, The Surveillance State Celebrates
LEE CAMP: While Pandemic Destroys So Many Lives, The Surveillance State Celebrates If they’re able to track “violators” who follow within a flying spit particle of someone else, then it stands to reason they could choose to track pretty much any other type of behavior. If we don’t fight back against the secretive surveillance state […]
RAY McGOVERN: German TV Exposes the Lies That Entrapped Julian Assange
RAY McGOVERN: German TV Exposes the Lies That Entrapped Julian Assange A major German TV network has aired an interview with the UN rapporteur on torture that reveals the invention of the Swedish “rape” case against Julian Assange. Truth has broken through for those confused about how a publisher ended up in a maximum security […]
RAY McGOVERN: Thanks to a Soviet Navy Captain — We Survived 1962
RAY McGOVERN: Thanks to a Soviet Navy Captain — We Survived 1962 Captain Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov spared humanity from extinction on what has been called “the most dangerous moment in human history.” Oct. 27, 1962, is the date on which we humans were spared extinction thanks to Soviet Navy submarine Captain Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov. Arkhipov insisted on […]
