The upcoming United Nations General Assembly may show whether those nations who have pledged to support a Palestinian state really mean business. By Patrick Lawrence ScheerPost United Nations General Assembly sessions, held each September since 51 nations convened in a Methodist…Read more →| Consortium News
Information uncovered by plaintiffs undermined F.B.I.’s conclusion that two U.S.-based Saudi officials “unwittingly” helped al-Qaeda hijackers. By Tim Golden ProPublica More than two decades after victims of the 9/11 attacks began trying to hold the government of Saudi Arabia responsible| Consortium News
Indications are that Israel with the support of Washington is spoiling for a fight with Iran as the E3 moves for snapback sanctions against Tehran, writes M. K. Bhadrakumar. By M.K. Bhadrakumar Indian Punchline There is extremely alarming news about the situation around Iran. In consult| Consortium News
Volume 30, Number 246 — Thursday, September 4, 2025| Consortium News
What government lacks all sense of natural rights, humanitarian dignity and due process? America’s, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano While the public’s attention this summer has been drawn to masked ICE agents arresting folks without warrants; presidentially-imposed…Read more →| Consortium News
U.S. plan proposes to replace Palestinians in Gaza with projects including Gaza Trump Riviera & Islands and Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zones. By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams The White House is "circulating" a plan to transform a substantially depopulated Gaza into U.S. President Don| Consortium News
Volume 30, Number 246 — Thursday, September 4, 2025| Consortium News
The barrage of Israeli lies amplified and given credibility by the Western press violates a fundamental tenet of journalism, the duty to transmit the truth to the viewer or reader. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are two types of war correspondents.…Read more →| Consortium News
While Modi has deepened ties with the U.S., he’s been careful to preserve India’s strategic autonomy, stopping short of aligning too closely with Washington, writes Betwa Sharma. By Betwa Sharma in Delhi, India Special to Consortium News It has become…Read more →| Consortium News
Andrew Feinstein, Paul Holden and Jack Cinamon challenge why Israel’s largest arms firm and a company mired in a corruption scandal are even being considered for training British troops. By Andrew Feinstein, Paul Holden and Jack Cinamon Declassified UK Britain’s…Read more →| Consortium News
The passivity — and complicity — of Global North liberals and social democrats has paved the way for the global rise of the far-right of a special type. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research Samar Abu Elouf, who won the…Read more →| Consortium News
The controversial appointment of Josh Smith as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Prisons has drawn ire from employees while many inmates are supportive. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News President Donald Trump in early June did something that no…Read more →| Consortium News
Mara Kronenfeld, executive director of UNRWA USA exposes Israel’s war on the U.N. and how the destruction of UNWRA infrastructure is an attack on all civilian life in Gaza. By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report For millions of Palestinians, the…Read more →| Consortium News
The political and media establishment has finally begun to acknowledge Palestinian suffering, but this shift remains hollow until those complicit in Israel’s genocide are truly exposed. By Anthony Hayward Declassified UK Some 21 months into Israel’s genocide, Palestinian suffering is…Read more →| Consortium News
Dozens of small civilian vessels carrying activists, parliamentarians, doctors and trade unionists, along with humanitarian cargo, are preparing for departure. By Peoples Dispatch In July 2025, a new international maritime initiative was launched: the Global Sumud Flotilla. It was formed| Consortium News
Volume 30, Number 246 — Thursday, September 4, 2025| Consortium News
The very act of the U.N. Secretary General accepting a Palestinian membership application was an acknowledgement from the U.N. that Palestine is already a state, since only states can apply, wrote Joe Lauria. As a U.N. observer state, Palestine became a member of the International Criminal Court| Consortium News
CN editor Joe Lauria tells RT News the significance of the recent flurry of high-level diplomatic activity on Ukraine may be overblown and that tangible progress depends on Donald Trump's shaky resolve. https://youtu.be/CHb0MuyO5mo RT: And let's discuss this live with Joe Lauria, editor in chief o| Consortium News
ALASKA SUMMIT: CN Editor Joe Lauria joined Jackson Hinkle's Legitimate Targets to discuss the Putin-Trump meeting and the Middle East. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qo1PNaeeNM What was once Seward's Folly may become Trump's as the U.S. and Russian presidents meet this Friday in Alaska. CN's Ed| Consortium News
Russia's deputy representative to the United Nations told the Security Council on Sunday that Israel is putting "Palestinians in ghettos" and seeks their "complete annihilation." ?????????? By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News Dmitry A. Polyanskiy, Russia's deputy permanent representative| Consortium News
A dark secret behind the Hiroshima bomb is where the uranium came from, a spy-vs.-spy race to secure naturally enriched uranium from Congo to fuel the Manhattan Project and keep the rare mineral out of Nazi hands, reports Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News Since the firs| Consortium News
An event in support of Mary Kostakidis, the Australian journalist hauled into court for criticizing Israel's genocide on social media. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVcCOCZNl84 An event Saturday night in Sydney, Australia in support of the Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis, who is accused by| Consortium News
The conflation of anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism is the test in the Zionist lobby case against Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis for her Gaza reporting and the outcome will be of great international significance, says Joe Lauria. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY360nnv-wY The above is an add| Consortium News
Mary Kostakidis was in federal court in Adelaide on Tuesday defending herself against racial discrimination charges for her reporting and commentary on Gaza, reports Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News Mary Kostakidis, the Australian journalist accused in a civil action b| Consortium News
It's been long dead but new revelations have thrown dirt on it. Ex-C.I.A. Ray McGovern and ex-NSA Bill Binney were pioneers in debunking it. They joined CN Live! Friday. Watch the replay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C076WWAP3ak The phony scandal of Russiagate was already dead. Now it is decom| Consortium News
Volume 30, Number 220 — Saturday, August 9, 2025| Consortium News
On Aug. 9, 1945, as Japan’s high command met on surrender plans, the U.S. dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki killing 74,000 people instantly, a decision that's never been adequately explained, writes John LaForge. By John LaForge “The rights and wrongs of Hiroshima are debatable,” Telford T| Consortium News
An all-Christian American crew used the steeple of Japan’s most prominent Christian church as the target for an act of unspeakable barbarism, writes Gary G. Kohls. What Imperial Japan Couldn't Do in 250 Years American Christians Did in Nine Seconds By Gary G. Kohls Eighty years ago today, a| Consortium News
Author and attorney Jennifer Harbury describes the "Silent Holocaust" in Guatemala and its links to the genocide in Gaza, using "any methods of barbarity necessary." By Chris Hedges The Chris Hedges Report Known as the “Silent Holocaust,” the genocide in Guatemala is seldom mentioned in modern| Consortium News
Taking a cue from the Declaration of Independence, M. Reza Behnam submits facts "to a candid world" that impel the dissolution of a destructive liaison. By M. Reza Behnam Z-Network It has become abundantly clear that after 250 years, a second American revolution is necessary. Thomas Jeffer| Consortium News
Now the countless images of starving Palestinians — men, women, children, ordinary people, doctors, nurses, aid workers — have pushed matters to the point we can now call genocide by its proper name. By Patrick Lawrence ScheerPost Correct nomenclature, as I have long argued, is essential for o| Consortium News
Mick Hall covers the upgrade of the U.S. intelligence agency's Wellington operation to "counter the CCP" as another milestone of U.S. meddling in the Asia-Pacific. By Mick Hall in Whangarei, New Zealand Special to Consortium News The opening of a Federal Bureau of Investigations standal| Consortium News
Palestinians and all supporters of justice worldwide should urgently seize this critical opportunity to decisively defeat the Israeli Hasbara for good, writes Ramzy Baroud. By Ramzy Baroud Common Dreams I rarely visit Rome without stopping at the Campo de' Fiori to pay homage to Giordano| Consortium News
This outcome adds to a growing list of union-led actions across Europe in solidarity with Palestine and against the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Ana Vracar reports. By Ana Vracar Peoples Dispatch Italian port workers secured a significant win last week in their ongoing resistance to milit| Consortium News
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were acts of premeditated mass murder unleashing a weapon of intrinsic criminality. It was justified by lies that form the bedrock of 21st century U.S. war propaganda, casting a new enemy, and target — China. By John Pilger When I first went to Hiroshima in 1967, t| Consortium News
The first atomic bomb burst at 8:15 a.m. over the city of Hiroshima leaving its impression on a watch that disappeared 44 years later, reports Joe Lauria. On the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Joe Lauria retells the story of Akiko Mikamo and her father Shinji, who was just 15| Consortium News
Volume 30, Number 186 —Sunday, July 6, 2025| Consortium News
The U.K. has spent decades trying to subvert Iran’s government, but also secretly sold them chemical weapons and spied on opposition activists, reports Martin Williams. By Martin Williams Declassified UK As bombs fell on Iran last month, the U.K. government claimed it had “not partici| Consortium News
Based on the 1985 Soviet-U.S. citizen's summit, the 2025 version with Russians in St. Petersburg and Americans in Kingston, N.Y., kicked off Tuesday with a discussion featuring Dennis Kucinich, Scott Ritter, Garland Nixon, Gerald Celente and Joe Lauria. Watch the replay. https://www.youtube.com/wat| Consortium News
The news host's treatment of a Palestinian journalist reveals a lot about why the Western political and media class have been so comfortable watching Israel commit a genocide. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net I already had a very low opinion of Piers Morgan. But I was stunned by his displ| Consortium News
Two British prime ministers recognised Moscow’s fears over NATO expanding in eastern Europe — a major cause of the Ukraine war — files show, Mark Curtis reports. By Mark Curtis Declassified UK Declassified British files shed further light on the controversial question as to what assurances| Consortium News
The author's break with the Democrats began when Obama's administration sought revenge on him for blowing the whistle on C.I.A. torture. Now he has many more reasons. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News In the movie Network, newsman Howard Beale famously shouted (and made a living f| Consortium News
It’s amazing how creative these editors get when they need to publicly exonerate Israel and its western allies of their crimes. Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): By Caitlin Johnstone Caitlin's Newsletter The New York Times has just published one of| Consortium News
Wolfgang Messner explores the risks that mediocrity and conformity will accompany an AI-powered cognitive revolution. By Wolfgang Messner The Conversation Artificial Intelligence began as a quest to simulate the human brain. Is it now in the process of transforming the human brain| Consortium News
After the U.K. suspended some arms to Israel amid public calls for an arms embargo, a pro-Israel lobbyist met with a top U.K. diplomat to offer "recommendations" on Middle East policy, John McEvoy reports. By John McEvoy Declassified UK Britain’s Foreign Office met privately with a pro-Isra| Consortium News
The black-eye given Russian security services will eventually heal while the artful destruction of a handful of bombers – like earlier high-profile, but misguided operations – will have zero effect on the war in Ukraine. By Ray McGovern Special to Consortium News Ukraine’s drone attacks| Consortium News
No one should be surprised that Israel is integrating its so-called humanitarian effort into its genocide of Palestinians. By Jonathan Cook Jonathan-Cook.net It is entirely unsurprising that Israel has yet again been caught out in a lie — a lie that the BBC once again spread far and wide| Consortium News
With his talk about providing ballistic missiles to Ukraine, Friedrich Merz, Germany's warmongering new chancellor, is toying with a tripwire for Moscow. By Patrick Lawrence ScheerPost Friedrich Merz has been in office as Germany’s new chancellor a matter of weeks, and already he has the Ge| Consortium News
The Australian government whistleblower is headed back to jail with no end of incarceration in sight. He is serving nearly six years for leaking documents to the media exposing Australian war crimes in Afghanistan, reports Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria in Canberra, Australia Special to Consor| Consortium News
British police have given the Crown Prosecution Service the file on journalist Richard Medhurst in a test of how far Western governments will go to continue defending Israel's monstrous atrocities in Gaza, writes Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News British journalist Rich| Consortium News
A rare fracture among Republicans helped stall what would have been the most extreme escalation yet of anti-BDS laws in the U.S., Robert Inlakesh reports. By Robert Inlakesh MintPress News A sweeping pro-Israel bill backed by Republican leadership and American Israel Public Affairs Committe| Consortium News
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This ethnic cleansing plan is being presented as a humanitarian solution to tragic circumstances, when in reality the U.S. and Israel purposely destroyed the enclave. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com.au Listen to Tim Foley reading this article. Grinning like the cat that ate the c| Consortium News
Abba Solomon commends Peter Beinart’s radical re-conception of Jewish life in Palestine in his new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning. By Abba Solomon Z Network The dominant self-conception of the Jewish story is innocence, repeated persecutions, and then re| Consortium News
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