Consortium News
83 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsConsortium News is the podcast for Consortiumnews.com, a home for important, well-reported stories that challenge the dominant mainstream news media of our day. We focus on international and domestic policies, as well as political and media developments in the United States and abroad. Consortium News was founded in 1995 as the first investigative news magazine on the internet by Robert Parry, one of the reporters who helped expose the Iran-Contra scandal for The Associated Press in the mid-1980s. Funded through small donations from readers, Consortium News is not beholden to any government or corporate special interests.
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CNLIVE! S4E8 - CRUSHING DISSENT - George Galloway, Chris Hedges, Scott Ritter & Jill Stein
October 09, 2023 11:48 - 1 hour - 157 MBIt may be worse than McCarthyism, which was defeated by its own excesses. Today's information war against individuals and media who do not adhere to the Western-government-enforced narrative on Ukraine is part of a long history in the U.S. of officially crushing dissent. With the advances of technology for both surveillance and censorship, we might be in the most chilling atmosphere yet for thought control. Will it too be brought down by its own excesses? The First Amendment has not preven...
CNLIVE! S4E7 UKRAINE ON FIRE - with Director Igor Lopatonok
October 08, 2023 05:25 - 3 hours - 276 MBScreening of UKRAINE ON FIRE in presence of the director Igor Lopatonok. Produced by and starring Oliver Stone, with the participation of the late Robert Parry, founding editor of Consortium News. Film starts at 1 hr 42 mins 46 secs.
CN Live! S4E6 EPSTEIN UPDATE - Maxwell Denied Retrial
October 08, 2023 04:43 - 39 minutes - 55.6 MBConviction upheld for Ghislaine Maxwell. Interview with Nick Bryant, publisher of the Epstein 'Little Black Book' and author of 'The Franklin Scandal'.
CN LIVE! S4E5- UKRAINE - The Economic Fallout - Wolff & Hudson
October 08, 2023 04:24 - 1 hour - 96.4 MBThe West, led by the United States, declared economic war against Russia last month in response to the invasion of Ukraine, imposing perhaps the harshest sanctions against any nation in history. President Joe Biden has said that the aim of this economic warfare is to turn the Russian people against its government. Sanctions against Russia’s Central Bank were intended to destroy the value of the ruble. One U.S. dollar was worth 85 rubles on Feb. 24, the day of the invasion and soared to 154 p...
CN LIVE! S4E4 HAS HOPE RUN OUT FOR ASSANGE?
October 08, 2023 03:27 - 1 hour - 187 MB VideoGUESTS: Julian Hill MP, Lissa Johnson, Prof Bill Hogan, Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans, Prof Bill Hogan, Mary Kostakidis, Alison Broinowski, Professor Stuart Rees, John Pilger, Alexander Mercouris & Greg Barns.
CN LIVE! S4E3 UKRAINE UPDATE
May 08, 2022 12:16 - 2 hours - 118 MBApologies for the audio dropout in Joe Lauria's introduction. This is what he said: "The Russian intervention in Ukraine is now one week old and the situation on the ground is subject to an information war that makes it hard to assess what is happening. Western media is saying that things are going badly for Russia, while Russian President Vladimir Putin says things are going according to plan. But what that plan is, is not entirely certain. Putin said the object of the intervention is to dem...
CN LIVE! S4E2 RUSSIA HITS BACK
May 08, 2022 12:06 - 2 hours - 122 MBGUESTS Scott Ritter : military analyst, former UN weapons inspector Tony Kevin : former Australian Ambassador to Poland & AU diplomat in Moscow Alexander Mercouris: legal and political analyst Mark Sleboda : political analyst in Moscow, radio host
CN Live! S4E1 BEAR TRAP IN UKRAINE?
May 08, 2022 11:52 - 1 hour - 106 MBEven the President of Ukraine itself told the U.S. to tone down its war hysteria, which seems intended to lure Russia into a trap. Alexander Mercouris and Scott Ritter join CN Live at 9 am EST Wednesday to discuss what's next for Ukraine, Russia and the United States.
CN LIVE! S3E13 The Survival of Julian Assange
May 08, 2022 11:42 - 1 hour - 83.1 MBWith Doctors for Assange: Dr Jill Stein, Lissa Johnson and Prof Bill Hogan And legal analyst: Alexander Mercouris Read the Doctors for Assange Statement https://doctorsforassange.org/d4a-sta...
CN Live! S3 E12: The Espionage Act & Julian Assange
May 08, 2022 11:33 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBAs a ruling by the High Court in London is imminent in the U.S. appeal seeking to overturn an order not to extradite imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, we look at the High Court's options and examine the parallel history of the U.K. Official Secrets Act and the U.S. Espionage Act, under which Assange has been charged. Our guests are James Goodale, who was The New York Times counsel during the Pentagon Papers case, and CN legal analyst Alexander Mercouris. For additional informati...
CN Live! S3E11 Julian Assange: Malingerer or Martyr?
May 08, 2022 11:28With Prof Bill Hogan, Andrew Fowler and John Kiriakou
CN Live! S3E10 AFGHANISTAN: The 20-Year Disaster
May 08, 2022 11:16 - 2 hours - 165 MBCN Live! S3E10 AFGHANISTAN: 20 Years of Disaster
CN Live! S3E9: Doctors Warn Assange may not Survive the Appeal Process
May 08, 2022 11:08 - 1 hour - 70.3 MB"Doctors for Assange began writing to governments in late 2019 warning that Julian Assange was in a fragile state of health, and could die in prison. We have repeatedly called for his release on urgent medical grounds. Since then, medical experts who examined Julian Assange testified in court to the seriousness of his medical condition. They explained that he would not survive oppressive prison conditions, and his extradition to the United States was denied on those grounds. The High Cour...
CN Live! S3E8 - PALESTINE 20 YEARS LATER - John Pilger & Ilan Pappé
May 08, 2022 11:04 - 16 minutes - 18.8 MBAcclaimed journalist and filmmaker John Pilger on the changes that have come over Palestine since the making of his film ‘Palestine is Still the Issue’, released in 1974 & 2002. We will start by screening the film. The past two decades have seen an extreme turn to the right in Israeli politics with grave consequences for Palestine and its quest for independence, including four major Israeli attacks against Gaza. Pilger and Israeli historian Ilan Pappé, who appeared in the 2002 film, will dis...
CN Live! S3E7 - ASSANGE ON THE BRINK
May 08, 2022 10:56 - 1 hour - 77.8 MBThere have been two dramatic developments in the U.S. case against imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange within the past two weeks. The Icelandic newsmagazine Stundin on June 26 revealed that a key U.S. witness in the indictment of Assange for conspiracy to commit computer intrusion had changed his story. And on Wednesday the High Court in London allowed the U.S. to appeal a Jan. 4 magistrate's decision against extraditing Assange to the U.S. because of his mental health and the hars...
CN Live! S3E6 THE SILENCED NUCLEAR THREAT
May 08, 2022 10:37 - 1 hour - 121 MBGuests: Alice Slater: Advisor to Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Coordinating Committee, World Beyond War; Abel Tomlinson, nuclear activist. Presented by Elizabeth Vos.
CN LIVE! S3E5 Seeking Justice in Gaza & in the US Prison System
May 08, 2022 10:31 - 1 hour - 55.3 MBNew CN Live! host John Kiriakou invites Richard Becker, author of the book 'Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire' and West Coast Coordinator for the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition, to discuss the situation in Gaza. Journalist Kevin Gosztola will update us on the plight of drone whistleblower Daniel Hale; and Rights Defense Center founder Paul Wright will talk about prison reform and sentencing reform in the era of Covid. Co hosted by Elizabeth Vos.
CN Live! S3E4 THE FUTURE OF RACISM
May 08, 2022 10:20 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBWith Margaret Kimberley from 'Black Agenda Report' and Garland Nixon, political analyst, talk show host and former police officer. They will discuss what the Chauvin verdict means moving forward in the big picture and Democrats exploiting the situation for their political ends. Can racism be "ended" as politicians suggest? Is it enough to punish it just this time, or even intermittently? Can police forces really be reformed?
CN live! S3E3 Lawmakers for Assange Australia
May 08, 2022 10:13 - 1 hour - 80 MBWith Julian Hill MP, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson, former Senator Scott Ludlam, Andrew Wilkie MP & George Christensen MP
CN Live! S3E2: ARAB SPRING: 10 years on
May 08, 2022 10:05Professor of political science As'ad Abukhalil and Annelle Sheline, of the Quincy Institute on what has happened in the past ten years; the origins of uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Syria & Yemen; where we are today in those countries and how we go there.
CN Live! Season 3 E1: Dissident Intellectual
May 08, 2022 09:55 - 1 hour - 94.2 MBCN Live! interviews Prof. Richard Falk about his new memoir. Falk became prominent in America and internationally as both a public intellectual and citizen pilgrim. Falk built a life of progressive commitment, highlighted by visits to North Vietnam where he met PM Pham Von Dong, to Iran during the Islamic Revolution after meeting Khomeini in Paris, to South Africa where he met with Nelson Mandela at the height of the struggle against apartheid, and frequently to Palestine and Israel. His mem...
CNLIVE! S2E25 ROGER WATERS & JOHN PILGER: Freedom Denied
April 04, 2022 12:20 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBJohn Pilger and Roger Waters discuss the outcome of today's bail hearing, in the wake of a ruling by UK judge, Vanessa Baraitser, not to extradite Julian Assange to the US and to discharge him. The prosecution announced that an appeal against the decision had been lodged, in response to which Judge Baraitser suggested he be kept in custody, pending that appeal. Mr Fitzgerald for the defense immediately raised the issue of bail, given the high risk to Mr Assange's health if he remains in Belma...
CN Live S2 E25 ROGER WATERS & JOHN PILGER: Freedom Denied
April 04, 2022 12:20 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBJohn Pilger and Roger Waters discuss the outcome of today's bail hearing, in the wake of a ruling by UK judge, Vanessa Baraitser, not to extradite Julian Assange to the US and to discharge him. The prosecution announced that an appeal against the decision had been lodged, in response to which Judge Baraitser suggested he be kept in custody, pending that appeal. Mr Fitzgerald for the defense immediately raised the issue of bail, given the high risk to Mr Assange's health if he remains in Belm...
CNLIVE! S2E24 JULIAN ASSANGE: JUDGEMENT DAY
April 04, 2022 12:10 - 1 hour - 62.5 MB@consortiumnews will live-tweet from the Julian Assange extradition courtroom from 10am BST / 9pm AEST / 5am EST on January 4th. Our live-stream with Mary Kostakidis, Andrew Fowler and Alexander Mercouris will begin about 30 minutes after the hearing.
CN Live! S2E24 JULIAN ASSANGE: JUDGEMENT DAY
April 04, 2022 12:10 - 1 hour - 62.5 MB@consortiumnews will live-tweet from the Julian Assange extradition courtroom from 10am BST / 9pm AEST / 5am EST on January 4th. Our live-stream with Mary Kostakidis, Andrew Fowler and Alexander Mercouris will begin about 30 minutes after the hearing.
CNLIVE! S2E23 A PARDON FOR ASSANGE
April 04, 2022 09:29 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBConservative Australian politician George Christensen appeals to President Donald J. Trump to pardon the journalist Julian Assange.
CN LIVE! S2E23 A PARDON FOR ASSANGE
April 04, 2022 09:29 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MBConservative Australian politician George Christensen appeals to President Donald J. Trump to pardon the journalist Julian Assange.
CNLIVE! S2E22 WAR CRIMES
April 04, 2022 08:55 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBAustralian Broadcasting Corporation 'Four Corners' journalist Peter Cronau and (ret.) U.S. Col. Ann Wright will discuss the recently released Brereton Report on war crimes in Afghanistan by Australia's Special Forces as well as the long history of impunity of U.S. war crimes.
CNLive! S2E22 WAR CRIMES
April 04, 2022 08:55 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBAustralian Broadcasting Corporation 'Four Corners' journalist Peter Cronau and (ret.) U.S. Col. Ann Wright will discuss the recently released Brereton Report on war crimes in Afghanistan by Australia's Special Forces as well as the long history of impunity of U.S. war crimes.
CNLIVE! S2E21 A TERRIBLE CHOICE - Chris Hedges, Rick Wolff, Jill Stein & Mike Gravel
April 04, 2022 08:43 - 1 hour - 102 MBIn the midst of a pandemic, the 2020 U.S. presidential election is perhaps like no other. But as in 2016, U.S. voters must decide on two establishment candidates unconcerned about the real issues facing ordinary Americans. Join our panel of Jill Stein, Chris Hedges, Mike Gravel and Rick Wolff, who will discuss the American Decision.
CN Live! S2E21 A TERRIBLE CHOICE - Chris Hedges, Rick Wolff, Jill Stein & Mike Gravel
April 04, 2022 08:43 - 1 hour - 102 MBIn the midst of a pandemic, the 2020 U.S. presidential election is perhaps like no other. But as in 2016, U.S. voters must decide on two establishment candidates unconcerned about the real issues facing ordinary Americans. Join our panel of Jill Stein, Chris Hedges, Mike Gravel and Rick Wolff, who will discuss the American Decision.
CN Live! S2E20: VOTER SUPPRESSION
April 04, 2022 08:36 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBJournalist Greg Palast joins CN Live! to talk about what kinds of dirty tricks are being employed to suppress the vote for the next president of the United States.
CNLIVE! S2E20 VOTER SUPPRESSION
April 04, 2022 08:36 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBJournalist Greg Palast joins CN Live! to talk about what kinds of dirty tricks are being employed to suppress the vote for the next president of the United States.
CNLive! S2E19 GREEN TICKET
April 04, 2022 08:18 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB2020 Green Party nominee for President Howie Hawkins & VP candidate Angela Walker will answer questions on domestic and foreign policy.
CNLIVE! S2E19 GREEN TICKET
April 04, 2022 08:18 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB2020 Green Party nominee for President Howie Hawkins & VP candidate Angela Walker will answer questions on domestic and foreign policy.
CN Live! S2E18 THE TRUTH IS A JOKE - Comedy and the U.S. Election
April 04, 2022 06:56 - 1 hour - 96.3 MBA CN Live! election comedy special with Randy Credico, Lee Camp, Ron Placone & Juice Media. Comedians seem to have a special license to speak truth about politics that mainstream journalists.
CNLIVE! S2E18 THE TRUTH IS A JOKE - Comedy and the U.S. Election
April 04, 2022 06:56 - 1 hour - 96.3 MBA CN Live! election comedy special with Randy Credico, Lee Camp, Ron Placone & Juice Media. Comedians seem to have a special license to speak truth about politics that mainstream journalists.
CNLIVE! S2E17 A SENSE OF JUSTICE
April 04, 2022 05:51 - 3 hours - 174 MBWith Daniel Ellsberg, John Kiriakou, Andrew Fowler, Mary Kostakidis, Alexander Mercouris & Fidel Narváez.
CNLive! S2E17: A SENSE OF JUSTICE
April 04, 2022 05:51 - 3 hours - 174 MBWith Daniel Ellsberg, John Kiriakou, Andrew Fowler, Mary Kostakidis, Alexander Mercouris & Fidel Narváez.
CN Live! E16 The Extradition Extra Edition: Ellsberg, Pilger & Mercouris.
April 04, 2022 05:20 - 1 hour - 92.8 MBAfter a powerful week for the Assange defence we invite expert witness Daniel Ellsberg, veteran journalist John Pilger and UK legal analyst Alexander Mercouris to comment.
CNLIVE! S1E16 The Extradition Extra Edition: Ellsberg, Pilger & Mercouris.
April 04, 2022 05:20 - 1 hour - 92.8 MBAfter a powerful week for the Assange defence we invite expert witness Daniel Ellsberg, veteran journalist John Pilger and UK legal analyst Alexander Mercouris to comment.
CNLIVE! S2E15 DRAMA IN THE COURT - Timm, Maurizi, Gosztola, Mercouris & Kim Dotcom
April 04, 2022 04:46 - 2 hours - 150 MBOur guests are defense witness Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation; Shadowproof managing editor Kevin Gosztola, who is receiving wide praise for his live tweeting of the courtroom action; Stefania Maurizi, the Italian journalist who has partnered with WikiLeaks to publish some of its biggest releases, and whose freedom of information requests exposed corruption surrounding the Swedish process against Asssange; by Alexander Mercouris, a British legal analyst...
CN LIVE! S2E15 DRAMA IN THE COURT - Timm, Maurizi, Gosztola, Mercouris & Kim Dotcom
April 04, 2022 04:46 - 2 hours - 150 MBOur guests are defense witness Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation; Shadowproof managing editor Kevin Gosztola, who is receiving wide praise for his live tweeting of the courtroom action; Stefania Maurizi, the Italian journalist who has partnered with WikiLeaks to publish some of its biggest releases, and whose freedom of information requests exposed corruption surrounding the Swedish process against Asssange; by Alexander Mercouris, a British legal analyst ...
CN LIVE! S2E14 THE MEDIA TRIAL OF THE CENTURY
April 04, 2022 03:40Prominent Australian journalists Mary Kostakidis and Andrew Fowler, plus British legal analyst and editor Alexander Mercouris, and reporter Mohamed Elmaazi, will discuss what's at stake beyond Assange's fate; what the prosecution and defense strategies might be; the weakness of the prosecution case; the political nature of the proceedings and how the media has covered Assange.
CN Live! S2:E13 - WILL MAXWELL SING?
July 31, 2020 15:27 - 1 hour - 72.7 MBCN Live! co-host Elizabeth Vos discusses the Epstein & Maxwell cases with investigative journalist Whitney Webb of The Last American Vagabond and former Israeli intelligence officer Ari Ben-Menashe, especially the intelligence angle. (NOTE CORRECTION: Webb is no longer with Mint Press News)
CNLive! S2E12: Andrew Fowler’s ‘The Most Dangerous Man in the World’
July 31, 2020 03:27 - 1 hour - 86.4 MB“By far the best book written about WikiLeaks”, according to Joel Deane in the Australian Book Review, Andrew Fowler’s ‘The Most Dangerous Man in the World’ has had three chapters added for its 2020 updated edition, including his probe into the trafficking of UC Global data. LIVE-TO-AIR and in partnership with Melbourne University Publishing, CNLive! brings you the launch of Andrew Fowler's new book, where he will be in conversation with veteran Australian news anchor, Mary Kostakidis. And...
CNLive! S2E11- AMERICA in REVOLT
June 29, 2020 22:02 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBIt has been a time it seems that many have anticipated, but whose timing could never precisely be predicted. After 40 years of economic policies designed to create massive income inequality and after 400 years of oppression of African-Americans, and in the midst of an historic pandemic--the social explosion has occurred. A protest begun by yet another police killing of an unarmed black man filmed with mobile phones spread in days beyond the United States. One act of police brutality has ...
CNLive S2-E9 RUSSIAGATE- WHO IS GUCCIFER2- - Binney McGovern
June 29, 2020 21:19 - 1 hour - 78.4 MBVeteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity's Ray McGovern and Bill Binney analyse the evidence, and lack thereof, behind the Russiagate narrative that consumed America for 3 years, and Guccifer 2.0's diverse claims about hacking, Russians & Wikileaks. Bill Binney is a former NSA technical Director. Ray McGovern is a former CIA analyst (Head of Russia Desk) and former Chair of National Intelligence Estimates. He also prepared the daily brief for two US presidents. Special thanks to Tim...
CN LIVE! S2E10 - PANDEMIC DOWN UNDER
June 29, 2020 20:52 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBPlenty of people in Europe and the US are wondering why Australia has so far been able to escape the same devastation of the Coronavirus pandemic that they have experienced. While the US moves towards 2 million infections and has surpassed 105,000 dead, Australia has only had 7204 cases, resulting in just 103 deaths. It didn't necessarily come easily to Australia, and the pandemic has seriously undermined relations with its biggest trading partner.
CN LIVE! S2E8: PANDEMIC AMERICA - Jill Stein + Rick Wolff
May 06, 2020 14:22 - 1 hour - 67.4 MBThere is still plenty that we don't know about the coronavirus. We don't know for sure where it came from, how it always behaves, whether you get immunity if you've had it, or how to treat or prevent it. What we do know is that communities are being devastated around the world. Frontline and essential workers, and the elderly and some young are getting sick and dying in alarming numbers. We know that virtually every government in the world was unprepared for this crisis, despite being warn...