Trump's Teatro Yanqui del Absurdo

Donald Trump's Mar-al-Lago press conference announcing that the U.S. would "run" Venezuela was pure Yankee theater of the absurd, writes Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News The administration of George W. Bush expended huge effort trying to convince the U.S. populatio

AS'AD AbuKHALIL:  Bernie Sanders, Zionist

Sanders has made clear all along that he isn't actually disagreeing with the tenets of Zionism, as much as distancing himself personally from the revisionist Zionism of Benjamin Netanyahu. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News In a recent interview, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders respon

NATO: The Most Dangerous Organization

By the time of its out-of-theater intervention in Afghanistan, it became clear that NATO now had the ability and permission to operate as the policeman of the U.S.-led order. By Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) claims that it i

Chris Hedges: War Deja Vu

We heard these canards leading up to the 2003 war in Iraq. Twenty-two years later they have been resurrected. Anyone who advocates for negotiations, for diplomacy and peace, is a stooge for terrorists. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost There are few differences between the lies told to ignite

AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Dangers of Renewed Civil War in Syria

With 150 armed groups in Syria, the ruling HTS (Al-Qa`idah) doesn't control the country, while Israeli bombing intends to expose the weaknesses of the so-called central government in Damascus. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News The Syrian civil war was a Western (and Gulf) proj

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Abortion Opponents Are Targeting a Signature G.O.P. Public-Health Initiative

Peter Slevin on the anti-abortion activists targeting PEPFAR, an H.I.V./AIDS-relief program created by President George W. Bush that has historically received bipartisan support.