Netanyahu Appears Doomed as Arabs Join Opposition
3rd UPDATE. Arab parties in Israel on Thursday supported Gadi Eiskenkot, Netanyahu’s opponent, giving him a 67-46 seat lead with the president poised to ask him to form a government,…
The ‘War Of Grand Design’
Alastair Crooke, Consortium News. To preserve its supremacy, Washington is pushing Europe to the front line against Russia. Even at the risk of nuclear escalation. The paradigm shifts. The networked…
Israel Has Its Pretext for Total War on West Bank
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with his generals to discuss the offensive in Gaza in 2014. (Israeli Government Photo) Joe Lauria Consortium News After two Israeli soldiers were killed…
US Tech Searches For Rules On AI; China Already Has Them
Madeline Carr, Consortium News. A global debate that treats AI governance as an aspiration should at least recognise that one country is already ahead of the curve. Recent warnings from…
SHAMELESS! – Ray McGovern & Prof. Rick Wolff on THE WORLD THIS WEEK
Consortium News Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu this week used the seat of world diplomacy — established to pursue peace — to spread their vile supremacist ideologies. Ray McGovern &…
Remaining Silent
Jean Bricmont Special to Consortium News If we can’t curb the violence of our own governments, what sense does it make to condemn the violent reactions of the states or…
Defiant Iran Responds To Trump
Consortium News Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told Donald Trump Iran will never stop resisting U.S. terror. A day after Donald Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran, the Islamic Republic’s president told…
Trump’s Unconscionable United Nations Rant
Joe Lauria, Consortium News. Donald Trump threatened Iran with annihilation from the seat of diplomacy on the East River Tuesday. And then dismissed the real threats of AI as a…
Interview: Indian Communist Leader Mohammed Salim
Where does the Communist movement go from here? That’s the first question Betwa Sharma asks Mohammed Salim, a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Betwa Sharma Consortium News…
Australia Challenges Israel Over Gaza Flotilla Allegations
Australia has launched what could become a landmark investigation into allegations that Israeli forces assaulted Australian citizens after intercepting the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters, raising new questions about…
The Cracks in the Alliance: Trump, Netanyahu and the Fight Over the Future of the Middle East
In the latest edition of The World This Week, host Joe Lauria is joined by former CIA analyst Ray McGovern and journalist Patrick Lawrence for a wide-ranging discussion on what…
The Russian-Chinese Communiqué
Consortium News After their summit in Beijing on Wednesday, the Russian and Chinese presidents issued the following communiqué, declaring the failure of neocolonial hegemony and the emergence of a new…
Iran And Ukraine: Two Theaters In The Non–West’s Single War For Parity
Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News In Iran and Ukraine, what is at stake is a rebalancing of power that will prove of world-historical magnitude when it is at last accomplished. First…
WATCH: Fighting America’s War
Consortium News Guests: Senator David Shoebridge; Peter Cronau, journalist, former ABC producer, co-founder Declassified Australia. Interviewers: Cathy Vogan and Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy Vogan. Time: 1 hr. 0 min. 29…
Marco Rubio’s Cecil Rhodes Moment
The U.S. secretary of state is reviving the language and intent of 19th century colonialism to deter what he sees as “the forces of civilizational erasure that today menace both…