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WATCH: Return From Hormuz

Consortiumnews.com — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:25:59 +0000

Dimitri Lascaris and Tim Anderson have just returned from the Strait of Hormuz and 11 days reporting inside Iran. They tell CN Live! what they saw. Tonight, Monday, 8pm EDT. Guests: Dimitri Lascaris and Tim Anderson. Interviewer: Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy…

Blowback 2026

corinna barnard — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:14:25 +0000

In case after case, conflicts initiated or intensified by the United States appeared to subside, only to reemerge in new, more volatile forms, writes Eric Ross as he assesses the price of empire and the costs of war on Iran.…

DAYS 35-37: WAR ON IRAN — And Now a Word From the President of the United States: ‘Open the Fuckin’ Strait, You Crazy Bastards’

Consortiumnews.com — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:20:06 +0000

The utter collapse of the world economy and the depopulation of vast parts of the Middle East. That is what is at stake and it’s in the hands of a madman, writes Joe Lauria. Friday, April 3 to Sunday, April…

DAYS 33-34: WAR ON IRAN — ‘Talking Back to Trump’

Consortiumnews.com — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 13:13:52 +0000

Because of his title and the office he holds Western leaders must privately grumble about Donald Trump but have been timid about speaking back to him, until Emmanuel Macron let loose, writes Joe Lauria. Thursday, April 2 to Friday, April…

WATCH: The World This Week — ‘Back to the Stone Age’

Consortiumnews.com — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:37:13 +0000

Scott Ritter on The World This Week discusses Donald Trump’s escalating Stone Age War, Emmanuel Macron telling Trump to shut up and F15 Down. Watch the replay. Guest: Scott Ritter. Interviewer: Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy Vogan.

Trump’s $1.5 Trn Pentagon Budget Will Weaken the US

corinna barnard — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:30:52 +0000

Reckless force doesn’t work, as the devastating human and economic consequences of the Middle East war shows, writes William Hartung. Passing a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget will mean endless war. By William Hartung Common Dreams The Pentagon on Friday released…

Chris Hedges: The New World Order

corinna barnard — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:00:25 +0000

Gaza is just the beginning, the author said in a recent speech at Princeton in which he offered a sweeping indictment of a global order collapsing into what he calls “technologically advanced barbarism.” By ScheerPost Staff ScheerPost Chris Hedges’ recent…

Caitlin Johnstone: The Empire Exposes Itself

corinna barnard — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:00:37 +0000

What was once revealed solely by whistleblowers, investigative journalists, activists and dissident media is now being shown by the empire itself, because there’s only so long you can hide the truth about something so malignant. By Caitlin Johnstone Caitlin’s Newsletter Listen…

Vijay Prashad: US Aggression Across the World

Michele Steinberg — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:45:08 +0000

In its latest statement, No Cold War takes stock of the long history of U.S. aggression across the world and the need to reject a future of wars without end. By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research As violence spreads…

WATCH: CN Live! – ‘Escalating Madness’

Consortiumnews.com — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:00:23 +0000

Antiwar.com‘s Scott Horton joins CN Live! to provide insight into the deepening madness of Donald Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s reckless war on Iran. Watch the replay. Guest: Scott Horton. Interviewer: Joe Lauria. Producer: Cathy Vogan. Donald Trump addressed the world on…