A note from American Committee for East-West Accord Board Member and President of the Center for Citizen Initiatives Sharon Tennison on the passing of Professor Stephen F. Cohen… Dear Friends, We are all reeling from the shock that Steve Cohen is no longer with us....
Testimony on US War Crimes Heard at Assange Extradition
Friday gave us the most emotionally charged moments yet at the Assange hearing, showed that strange and sharp twists in the story are still arriving at the Old Bailey, and brought into sharp focus some questions about the handling and validity of evidence, which I...
The US Needs to Abandon Its Dead-End Venezuela Policy
From The American Conservative:Geoff Ramsey calls for an overdue change to U.S. policy towards Venezuela:After a year and a half of diminishing returns since recognizing Juan Guaido as interim president and imposing crippling oil sanctions, US strategy in Venezuela...
Stephen F. Cohen, Influential Historian of Russia, Dies at 81
From Aaron Maté: RIP to Professor Stephen Cohen. I‘m too sad for words right now. Sending condolences to @KatrinaNation and all of his loved ones. He was an incredible person. And from Russia Today
Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing: Day 9
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-20 minute report every days the court is in session during the extradition hearing. Watch his recap of the ninth day’s events. The testimony of John Sloboda and Carey Shenkman.
Assange Extradition: Prosecution’s Dirty Tricks Elicits Anger From Judge
A less dramatic day, but marked by a brazen and persistent display of this US Government’s insistence that it has the right to prosecute any journalist and publication, anywhere in the world, for publication of US classified information. This explicitly underlay...
Daily Video Report on Assange Hearing: Day 8
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-20 minute report every night during the extradition hearing. Watch his recap of the eighth day’s events. The testimony of John Sloboda and Carey Shenkman.
The New Cold War and the Marginalization of Europe
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union Address was remarkable in a number of ways. It marked an informal but very tangible constitutional change in European Institutions whereby the Commission becomes in practice if not in law a...
Daniel Ellsberg Explains the Importance of WikiLeaks at Assange’s Extradition
Yet another shocking example of abuse of court procedure unfolded on Wednesday. James Lewis QC for the prosecution had been permitted gratuitously to read to two previous witnesses with zero connection to this claim, an extract from a book by Luke Harding and David...
Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing: Day 7
Consortium News’ Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the extradition hearing. Watch his recap of the seventh day’s events. The testimony of Dan Ellsberg and John Goetz.


