#joelauria — Public Fediverse posts

Did Venezuela VP Hand Over Maduro in Deal With the US?
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/01/05/did-venezuela-vp-hand-over-maduro-in-deal-with-the-us/
Reports in the Miami Herald and The Daily Telegraph in London suggest Vice President Delcy Rodríguez betrayed President Nicolas Maduro to rule Venezuela in an arrangement with the U.S., writes Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News Venezuela’s…
#Politics #Analysis #Colonialism #U.s. #Venezuela #DelcyRodriguez #DonaldTrump #JoeLauria #MarcoRubio #NicolasMaduro

Trump’s Teatro Yanqui del Absurdo
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/01/04/trumps-teatro-yanqui-del-absurdo/
UPDATED: 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. Updated with news of possible deal between U.S. and Venezuelan vice president to allow Maduro to be…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #China #Commentary #Corruption #Cuba #History #Iraq #Israel #Military #Russia #TheBush43Administration #U.n.SecurityCouncil #U.s.Congress #UnitedNations #Venezuela #DelcyRodriguez #DonaldTrump #GeorgeW.Bush #HugoChavez #JoeLauria #MarcoRubio #MaríaCorinaMachado #NicolasMaduro #TulsiGabbard

WATCH: Pilger & Palestine
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/30/watch-pilger-palestine/
To mark the second anniversary of the passing of John Pilger, CN presents his 2002 documentary Palestine Is Still the Issue followed by CN’s 2021 discussion with Pilger and historian Ilan Pappé. John Pilger, who was among the most important…
#Politics #Analysis #Commentary #Film #History #HumanRights #IndigenousPeople #Israel #Nakba #Palestine #U.s. #UnitedNations #UnitedStates #CathyVogan #ElizabethVos #IlanPappe #JoeLauria #JohnPilger

Consortium News’ Suit Against NewsGuard & the USG
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/31/consortium-news-suit-against-newsguard-the-usg/
A U.S. federal judge dismissed Consortium News’ action, calling CN “contrarian” and saying it resorted to a “Hail Mary pass.” CN then settled legal fees with NewsGuard. U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla in the Southern District of New York…
#Politics #Analysis #CnLive! #ConsortiumNews #Legal #Media #Russia #Syria #U.s.Congress #Ukraine #JoeLauria #Maidan #SouthernDistrictOfNewYork #ViktorYanukovych #VladimirPutin #VolodymyrZelensky

2024 Photo Contest Winners
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/01/02/2024-photo-contest-winners/
As Consortium News launches its Top 10 Photos of the Year Contest for 2025, we reveal 2024’s winners. Here are winners of the top 10 Photos of 2024 as selected by our readers, from 20 nominees. First Place Second Place …
#Politics #AssangeExtradition #Australia #Britain #ConsortiumNews #Gaza #Photography #ArthurScargill #CathyVogan #GordonDimmack #JoeLauria.GeorgeGalloway #OrlandoHarrison

John Pilger: Afflictor of the Powerful
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/30/john-pilger-afflictor-of-the-powerful-2/
UPDATED: John Pilger died two years ago today on Dec. 30, 2023. Better than just about anyone else, he used his prodigious talents to simply do his job as a reporter, writes Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium…
#Politics #Analysis #AntiColonialism #Australia #Books #Cambodia #Commentary #Film #FreePress #Iraq #Media #Palestine #WarCrimes #ConsortiumNews #JoeLauria #JohnPilger #MargaretThatcher #RobertParry

Support CN at 30: The Meaning of Independent Media
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/27/support-cn-at-30-the-meaning-of-independent-media/
During Consortium News‘ 30th Anniversary, Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria explains what independent media and ethics mean to CN. CN Editor Joe Lauria made the following brief remarks at the Mut Zum Ethiks conference in Switzerland in August. The min. audio recording…
#Politics #Analysis #Commentary #ConsortiumNews #ConsortiumNewsAt30 #FreePress #Media #IndependentMedia #JoeLauria

Mutual Aid or Mutual Assured Destruction
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/26/mutual-aid-or-mutual-assured-destruction/
Cooperation is more important than competition in human survival, argued Peter Kropotkin. After competition brought two world wars, mutual aid twice sought to rescue humanity. Will there be a third chance? asks Joe Lauria. The following is the full text…
#Politics #Analysis #AncientWorld #Books #Brics #Britain #Commentary #Europe #France #History #NuclearWeapons #Revolution #Russia #Switzerland #UnitedNations #UnitedStates #WorldWarI #WorldWarIi #Anarchism #CoordinatorOfGovernmentActivitiesInTheTerritories #Habsburg(austriaHungary) #Hohenzollern(germany) #JoeLauria #MargaretThatcher #MiddleAges #MihailBakunin #MutualAid #NationalHealthService(nhs) #PetrKropotkin #Romanov(russia) #RonaldReagan #VladimirLenin

Ignoring JFK’s Warning on Russia
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/12/01/ignoring-jfks-warning-on-russia/
A history of U.S. bullying — from a broken promise not to expand NATO to deceit over Minsk — shows that U.S. leaders since the Cold War’s end have ignored J.F.K.’s dire warning not to humiliate a nuclear power. By…
#Politics #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #ColdWar #Commentary #History #SovietUnion #Wikileaks #BillClinton #BorisYeltsin #DonaldTrump #GeorgeH.w.Bush #JoeBiden #JoeLauria #JohnF.Kennedy #MarcoRubio #SergeiLavrov #VladimirPutin #WilliamBurns

RAY McGOVERN: The Neocon-Realist War Over Ukraine
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/28/ray-mcgovern-the-neocon-realist-armageddon-over-ukraine/
Trump holds the cards to end this war but he has to find the fortitude to stand up to the Europeans and the neocons he appointed. By Ray McGovern Special to Consortium News Donald Trump made some revealing remarks to…
#Politics #Analysis #Commentary #Europe #France #Germany #Neoconservatism #Russia #U.n.SecurityCouncil #U.s. #Ukraine #UnitedNations #DonaldTrump #JoeLauria #LindseyGraham #MarcoRubio #RayMcgovern #SteveWitkoff #VladimirPutin #VolodymyrZelensky

WATCH: 50 Yrs of Combatting Suppressed News
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/23/watch-50-yrs-of-combatting-suppressed-news/
Project Censored marked its 50th anniversary Friday night in Washington with Ryan Grim, John Kiriakou, Lauren Harper, Joe Lauria, Mischa Geracoulis and Mickey Huff. The problem of censorship and suppressed news in the United States is older than 50 years,…
#Politics #Analysis #Censorship #Commentary #ConsortiumNews #ConsortiumNewsAt30 #FreePress #FreeSpeech #Gaza #History #Intelligence #IranContra #Israel #Media #Palestine #PressFreedom #Propaganda #Russia #Russiagate #Ukraine #UnitedStates #Wikileaks #CathyVogan #JoeLauria #JohnKiriakou #LaurenHarper #MickeyHuff. #MischaGeracoulis #ProjectCensored #RyanGrim

WATCH: 50 Yrs of Combatting Suppressed News
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/22/watch-50-yrs-of-combatting-suppressed-news/
Project Censored marked its 50th anniversary Friday night in Washington with Ryan Grim, John Kiriakou, Lauren Harper, Joe Lauria, Mischa Geracoulis and Mickey Huff. The problem of censorship and suppressed news in the United States is older than 50 years,…
#Politics #Analysis #Censorship #Commentary #ConsortiumNews #ConsortiumNewsAt30 #FreePress #FreeSpeech #Gaza #History #Intelligence #IranContra #Israel #Media #Palestine #PressFreedom #Propaganda #Russia #Russiagate #Ukraine #UnitedStates #Wikileaks #CathyVogan #JoeLauria #JohnKiriakou #LaurenHarper #MickeyHuff. #MischaGeracoulis #ProjectCensored #RyanGrim

Project Censored Marks 50th Year
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/20/project-censored-marks-50th-year/
Project Censored celebrates 50 years at a D.C. event Friday with Ryan Grim, John Kiriakou, Lauren Harper, Joe Lauria, Mischa Geracoulis & Mickey Huff. Project Censored has tracked the most censored news stories in the U.S. since it was founded…
#Politics #Censorship #FreePress #FreeSpeech #History #Media #UnitedStates #JoeLauria #JohnKiriakou #LaurenHarper #MickeyHuff. #MischaGeracoulis #ProjectCensored #RyanGrim

CN at 30: The Knowledge & Experience of Insiders
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/21/cn-at-30-the-knowledge-experience-of-insiders/
Consortium News is comprised of former insiders at senior levels of intelligence and mainstream media who broke with the establishment to share their unique insights about the world with our readers. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News CN at…
#Politics #ConsortiumNews #ConsortiumNewsAt30 #FreePress #History #Intelligence #IranContra #Media #C.i.a. #CathyVogan #CentralIntelligenceAgency #CorinnaBarnard #DanEllsberg #JoeLauria #JohnKiriakou #JohnPilger #MikeGravel #OliverNorth #PatrickLawrence #RayMcgovern #RobertParry

CN at 30: WATCH: CN Live! — Dissident Intellectual
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/17/cn-at-30-watch-cn-live-dissident-intellectual/
Consortium News looked back at the career of Richard Falk, a former U.N. special rapporteur on Palestine, and outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy, who joined CN Live! on March 17, 2021. CN Live! hosts Elizabeth Vos and Joe Lauria…
#Politics #Analysis #CnLive! #Commentary #Gaza #History #HumanRights #Iran #Israel #MiddleEast #Palestine #SouthAfrica #UnitedNations #Vietnam #AyatollahKhomeini #CathyVogan #CornelWest #DanielEllsberg #DavidPetreaus #ElizabethVos #JoeLauria #NelsonMandela #NoamChomsky #RichardFalk #RobertMueller #VandanaShiva

CN at 30: The Meaning of Consortium News
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/16/cn-at-30-the-meaning-of-consortium-news/
Founding editor Bob Parry left a legacy of strict, non-partisan journalism, really the only kind of journalism that there is, which this site has endeavored to continue, writes Joe Lauria. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News CN at 30…
#Politics #Afghanistan #AmericanEmpire #Analysis #Commentary #ConsortiumNews #ConsortiumNewsAt30 #Intelligence #Iraq #Media #PressFreedom #RobertParry #Russia #Russiagate #Ukraine #Vips #Wikileaks #Wmd #JoeLauria #JulianAssange

CN at 30: Three Decades of Independence
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/12/cn-at-30-three-decades-of-independence/
Consortium News was launched on Nov. 15, 1995 when the internet was in its infancy, blazing a trail for the explosion of independent media to follow. By Joe Lauria Special to Consortium News CN at 30 In terms of the…
#Politics #ConsortiumNews #ConsortiumNewsAt30 #Media #JoeLauria #JohnPilger #RobertParry

WATCH: Our 30th Birthday Celebration
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/11/14/watch-our-30th-birthday-celebration/
Consortium News turned 30 years old Saturday. Robert Parry founded the first independent, online news publication in the U.S. on Nov. 15, 1995. We’re celebrating 3 decades of bringing you news others won’t. Watch the replay of our Saturday night…
#Politics #Analysis #Australia #ColdWar #Commentary #FreePress #Gaza #Genocide #History #Intelligence #Israel #Legal #Media #MiddleEast #Palestine #Russia #Ukraine #UnitedNations #Vips #Wmd #CathyVogan #ChrisHedges #ElizabethVos #JoeLauria #JohnKiriakou #JohnPilger #MaryKostakidis #PatrickLawrence #RayMcgovern #TheOttawaCitizen

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I sometimes feel as if I live in the Middle Ages!

Acclaimed #Journalist Charged with 'Anti-semitism'
by #JoeLauria 31 August 2024

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