George Ajjan and Carol Malouf Khattab

September 8, 2020

Over a month has now passed since the Beirut explosion that shook Lebanon to its core and captured global attention. The French President, Emmanuel Macron, made 2 visits within 4 weeks, putting his political capital on the line in what he admits is a "risky bet." But even his ability to stabilize Lebanon’s already-fragile domestic […]

Anya Parampil

September 7, 2020

From Grayzone: Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with journalist Juan Passarelli, director of the film “The War on Journalism: The Case of Julian Assange,” about the trial of Julian Assange and his experience working with WikiLeaks.

Joe Lauria

September 7, 2020

Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the extradition hearing, Here is his recap of the first day’s dramatic events.

Paul Antonopoulos

September 7, 2020

Speaking last week at the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, US Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Biegun said that the US wants the defense relations with India, Japan and Australia – known as "the QUAD" – to resemble something more closely to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). QUAD is an acronym for Quadrilateral Security Dialogue" involving […]

Aaron Maté

September 7, 2020

Pushback with Aaron Maté Claims that Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has been poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok are threatening a new standoff between Russia and NATO states, with calls for punitive measures against Moscow, including cancelling the Nordstream 2 German-Russia pipeline. Navalny’s opposition activism is “marginal in Russian politics — it’s not currently […]

Eric Garris

September 6, 2020

Howie Hawkins reports that Kevin Zeese had a heart attack and died suddenly last night following a dinner at home with his partner Margaret Flowers.) From Medea Benjamin: Heartbreaking! Our dear Kevin Zeese passed away suddenly. Kevin was a brilliant writer, organizer, strategist and visionary. Wherever there was injustice, Kevin was there, with his partner […]

Gilbert Doctorow

September 6, 2020

A couple of days ago, several European news channels reminded us all of the fifth anniversary of Merkel’s opening the doors of Europe to mass uncontrolled entry of Syrian, North African, Sub-Saharan African, Afghani, Iraqi, Bengladeshi and other assorted migrants. They gave us heartwarming stories of the successful settlers, all of which would appear to […]

Paul Antonopoulos

September 4, 2020

French President Emmanuel Macron has visited Lebanon for the second time in less than a month following the terrible blasts that destroyed Port Beirut. Macron first visited Lebanon on August 6, two days after a warehouse with 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded, killing 190 people, injuring another 6,500 and leaving 300,000 citizens homeless. The […]

Grant Smith

September 4, 2020

Thursday, September 10, 2020 – 12:00 Noon (EDT) (online event) Sponsored by the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy and the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs Free: Sign up on Eventbrite! Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Jewish Voice for Peace, will describe Jewish Zionism as a failing ideology for many younger American Jews who reject Israel’s […]

Daniel Larison

September 3, 2020

From The American Conservative: Richard Haass and David Sacks make the case for the very dangerous idea of explicitly committing the U.S. to defend Taiwan: The policy known as strategic ambiguity has, however, run its course. Ambiguity is unlikely to deter an increasingly assertive China with growing military capabilities. The time has come for the […]