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JOE LAURIA: The Easy Way, or the Hard Way

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Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · 21h

JOE LAURIA: The Easy Way, or the Hard Way

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All Trump’s deal does is hand total victory to Israel. Arab states are key to whether Hamas capitulates.

All Trump's deal does is hand total victory to Israel. Arab states are key to whether Hamas capitulates. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News Speaking to the Israeli nation about the ceasef...

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Let Us Now Bury the Truth (Again)

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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Let Us Now Bury the Truth (Again)

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What is going around now is another cover up, another denial of what a lot of people on both sides call “the second Nakba,” the sin atop the original sin.

What is going around now is another cover up, another denial of what a lot of people on both sides call “the second Nakba,” the sin atop the original sin. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium...

Patrick Lawrence: Keep the Champagne Corked

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Patrick Lawrence: Keep the Champagne Corked

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We must allow for the possibility of success of Trump’s 20-point peace plan in Gaza, of course. But at writing I simply cannot see it.

We must allow for the possibility of success of Trump's 20-point peace plan in Gaza, of course. But at writing I simply cannot see it. By Patrick Lawrence The Floutist As I read of the ceasefire...

Politicians, the police and the media want millions of us to imagine we are alone in grieving the slaughter of Gaza’s children — and that our grief is shameful. They need us to succumb to their lies. ...

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Hedges Report: Inside America’s Academic Gulags consortiumnews.com/2025/10/10/h...

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Jonathan Cook: I Grieve
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Politicians, the police and the media want millions of us to imagine we are alone in grieving the slaughter of Gaza’s children — and that our grief is shameful. They need us to succumb to their lies.

Jonathan Cook: I Grieve

NUCLEAR WAR -- Diplomacy to Stave Off Annihilation

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Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · 6d

NUCLEAR WAR -- Diplomacy to Stave Off Annihilation

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With the last remaining U.S.-Russia missile treaty expiring in February, Chris Wright calls for diplomacy between the two countries to prevent a massive arms race.

With the last remaining U.S.-Russia missile treaty expiring in February, Chris Wright calls for diplomacy between the two countries to prevent a massive arms race. By Chris Wright Common Dreams In...

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Jeffrey Sachs: 20 Points Minus US-UK Colonialism

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Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares offer a revised version of the Trump plan for an end of the war in Gaza and the occupation of the West Bank.

Patrick Lawrence: Power & Justice

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Patrick Lawrence: Power & Justice

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The world broke its silence at the U.N. late last month, but force alone is what counts for Trump and Netanyahu, who propose to stand astride the world like co-emperors.

The world broke its silence at the U.N. late last month, but force alone is what counts for Trump and Netanyahu, who propose to stand astride the world like co-emperors. By Patrick Lawrence Scheer...

Gaza Outrage at Trump’s ‘Governor Blair’ Plan

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Gaza Outrage at Trump’s ‘Governor Blair’ Plan

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The return of this name to the scene in Gaza signals the return of the same policies that set the Middle East on fire, writes Shaimaa Eid.

The return of this name to the scene in Gaza signals the return of the same policies that set the Middle East on fire, writes Shaimaa Eid. By Shaimaa Eid in Gaza Declassified UK Amid growing contro...

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Resisting Hegseth's Destructive Vision for the US Military | Common Dreams

Isn’t it finally time for a respectful national dialogue about what constitutes an adequate defense and how to balance military preparations with other urgent national needs?

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WATCH: UN General Assembly on Palestinian State

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Heads of state and government spoke at the U.N. assembly on the recognition of the state of Palestine and the Gaza war in a meeting chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.

WATCH: UN General Assembly on Palestinian State

Heads of state and government spoke at the U.N. assembly on the recognition of the state of Palestine and the Gaza war in a meeting chaired by France and Saudi Arabia. ?? High-Level International Con...

China's Ignored Role in Winning World War II

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Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · 21d

China's Ignored Role in Winning World War II

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A Eurocentric perspective on the war dominates, while the conflict in Asia is little known in the West. Historical memory of WW II fades as generations of participants and witnesses pass away, says Uroš Lipušcek.

A Eurocentric perspective on the war dominates, while the conflict in Asia is little known in the West. Historical memory of WW II fades as generations of participants and witnesses pass away, says Ur...

The Return of the War Department

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The Return of the War Department

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America’s rebranded Department of War promises a new era of endless death and violence, says William Astore.

America’s rebranded Department of War promises a new era of endless death and violence, says William Astore. By William Astore TomDispatch A rebranded Department of War, President Donald Trump re...

Trump Trashes the US Constitution

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Trump Trashes the Constitution
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The president of the United States is not taking the U.S. Constitution seriously, writes Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, as due process is the foundation of American law.

The president of the United States is not taking the U.S. Constitution seriously, writes Judge Andrew P. Napolitano, as due process is the foundation of American law. By Andrew P. Napolitano The...

The Chris Hedges Report: The Death of Holocaust Studies

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Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · Sep 11

The Chris Hedges Report: The Death of Holocaust Studies

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How distortion of the Holocaust, in the midst of the genocide in Gaza, has been used to serve the narrative of Zionists and the Israeli government, analyzes Israeli historian Raz Segal.

How distortion of the Holocaust, in the midst of the genocide in Gaza, has been used to serve the narrative of Zionists and the Israeli government, analyzes Israeli historian Raz Segal. By Chris Hedge...

Caitlin Johnstone: Hamas Surrender Won't Stop the Genocide

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Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · Sep 10

Caitlin Johnstone: Hamas Surrender Won’t Stop the Genocide consortiumnews.com/2025/09/09/c...

If Hamas surrenders, the genocide won't end: but Palestinians will be erased from a Palestinian territory forever. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com.au Listen to Tim Foley reading this art...

Vijay Prashad: The United Nations Turns 80

Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · Sep 10

Vijay Prashad: The United Nations Turns 80 consortiumnews.com/2025/09/10/v...

The U.N. is bogged down by structural limitations and political divisions that render it powerless to act decisively – nowhere more clearly than in the Gaza genocide. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinenta...

PATRICK LAWRENCE: A Nation of Narcissists

Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · Sep 10

India Disavows 'Taijin Spirit," Turns to EU
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping, at the 2025 Shanghai Cooperation Summit in Tianjin, China. (Wikimedia/CC BY 4.0)

Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · Sep 9

PATRICK LAWRENCE: A Nation of Narcissists consortiumnews.com/2025/09/09/p...

Narcissism is the open-and-shut condition of the elites who fashion and execute American foreign policy. And they are utterly incapable of seeing their country as it is. By Patrick Lawrence Speci...

US Federal Judge: Trump Isn't National Police Chief

Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · Sep 8

US Federal Judge: Trump Isn't National Police Chief

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Trump “willfully” violated the Posse Comitatus Act and his deployment of federal troops to L.A. was illegal, a federal judge ruled, Marjorie Cohn reports.

Trump "willfully" violated the Posse Comitatus Act and his deployment of federal troops to L.A. was illegal, a federal judge ruled, Marjorie Cohn reports. By Marjorie Cohn Truthout Donald Trump ap...

Vijay Prashad: Liberals Paved the Way to the Far Right

Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · Sep 3

Vijay Prashad: Liberals Paved the Way to the Far Right consortiumnews.com/2025/09/02/v...

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...

WATCH: Out-Flattering a Capricious Trump

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Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · Aug 20

WATCH: Out-Flattering a Capricious Trump

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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.

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 resolv...

Prospects for Trump & Putin in Alaska

Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · Aug 14

Prospects for Trump & Putin in Alaska consortiumnews.com/2025/08/13/p...

ALASKA SUMMIT: Those who hope for progress when the two leaders meet for their “feeling-out” summit are gloomy and anxious, writes Tony Kevin. But the warmongers are gloomy and anxious too.

ALASKA SUMMIT: Those who hope for progress when the two leaders meet for their “feeling-out” summit are gloomy and anxious, writes Tony Kevin. But the warmongers are gloomy and anxious too. By To...

WATCH: March That Sent Message to Israel: You're Losing the West

Consortium News @consortiumnews.bsky.social · Aug 12

WATCH: March That Sent Message to Israel: You’re Losing the West
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As many as 300,000 people, including WikiLeaks founder Assange, marched across Sydney’s Harbour Bridge with support of the Supreme Court & Sydney’s mayor in a sign of Western resistance to genocide.

As many as 300,000 people, including WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, marched across Sydney’s Harbour Bridge last weekend with the support of the Supreme Court and Sydney’s mayor in a sign of Western...