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WATCH: Russia Debate — Ritter vs. McGovern

Consortiumnews.com — Tue, 19 May 2026 21:00:20 +0000

Scott Ritter says Russia will strike command centers in Kiev, as well as German and English factories after Ukrainian attacks cut Russia’s oil exports 20 percent. Ray McGovern disagrees, saying Russia will continue to cautiously avoid hitting Germany or England…

Chris Hedges: Trump’s Iranian Nightmare

Michele Steinberg — Tue, 19 May 2026 18:00:43 +0000

Trump’s catastrophic miscalculation in Iran and refusal to accept the inevitability of defeat is pushing us towards a global depression and ensuring the suffering and immiseration of millions. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost America’s newest quagmire in the Middle East is like…

Ignoring Israeli Sexual Abuse of Palestinians

Elizabeth Vos — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:00:16 +0000

Israeli soldiers and settlers are using sexual violence as a weapon to displace Palestinians, a new report finds. Britain should pull every lever available to stop this, writes Anne-Marie Simpson. By Anne-Marie Simpson Declassified UK A new report documenting gendered and…

Resisting Regime Change in Cuba

corinna barnard — Tue, 19 May 2026 04:53:34 +0000

The Cuban people have vowed to resist a new U.S. invasion, writes Marjorie Cohn. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said the nation is a “free sovereign state” with the right to “self-determination,” and not “subject to the designs” of the U.S.…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: History Turned in Beijing

corinna barnard — Mon, 18 May 2026 18:01:09 +0000

To say not much happened during Trump’s two days in the Chinese capital, as a lot of people seem to think, is to miss the forest for the trees. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News How polished are the Chinese,…

OPCW Inadvertently Admitted Burying Critical Evidence on Syria Chemical Weapons Investigation

corinna barnard — Mon, 18 May 2026 16:00:22 +0000

As part of a legal battle, the chemical watchdog group released a document that shows it concealed information about the deadly 2018 incident in Douma, Aaron Maté reports. By Aaron Maté The Grayzone For the first time in a prolonged…

The United States’ Long War on Cuba

Elizabeth Vos — Mon, 18 May 2026 12:07:41 +0000

A U.S. invasion would only mark the bloodiest phase in an extended bipartisan war against Cuba for the “sin” of reclaiming national sovereignty and providing an example of independence from Empire, writes Eric Ross. By Eric Ross CommonDreams In recent weeks…

WATCH: The World This Week — ‘Hitting a Chinese Wall’

Consortiumnews.com — Sat, 16 May 2026 12:20:49 +0000

A brash, expansionist Donald Trump returned from two days in China, having been schooled by Xi Jinping in what global stability looks like. Watch the replay. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News In his January 2025 inaugural address, Donald…

Names of Some US Boat Strike Victims Revealed

corinna barnard — Sat, 16 May 2026 03:57:14 +0000

Despite the Trump administration’s effort to conceal their victims’ identities, journalists and researchers have disclosed some biographical detail about some of the people “blown away over vast stretches of ocean.” By Julia Conley Common Dreams The 57 confirmed bombings of…

Vijay Prashad: The Necessary Future

Elizabeth Vos — Fri, 15 May 2026 18:00:40 +0000

Dark forces seek to colonise the future to ensure it remains subordinate to accumulation, not dignity. Talk of the future is not utopian fantasy but affirmation that the current order is intolerable and impermanent. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research…