In this interview, our founder and supporting editor, Zain Raza, speaks with historian Prof. Peter Kuznick about the hidden geopolitical context behind today’s major flashpoints — from Ukraine and Europe’s militarisation to U.S. pressure on Venezuela and rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific involving Japan, China, and Taiwan. The conversation explores recent diplomatic efforts, military escalations, […]
We are currently in our annual crowdfunding campaign. If you want our independent and non-profit media network to continue in 2025, please participate in this campaign by clicking here. In November, the Trump administration released its so-called “new” National Security Strategy. Across both mainstream and alternative media, many commentators portrayed the document as a significant break from […]
Written by Jeffrey Sachs To read the original text in English, visit the following link: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-national-security-strategy-memo ABOUT JEFFREY D. SACHS Jeffrey D. Sachs is University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed the Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development […]
We are currently in our annual crowdfunding campaign. If you want our independent and non-profit media network to continue in 2025, please participate in this campaign by clicking here. In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald explains how, since the Snowden revelations, biometric, AI-driven, and corporate-backed surveillance systems have massively expanded while public concern has declined. […]
In this video, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald comments on the indictment of former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton for mishandling classified information. He examines the details of the case and the broader media and political reactions surrounding it. This video was produced by System Update and published on their YouTube channel on the […]
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In this second part of the interview series with filmmaker and journalist Paul Jay, we assess why the national security state is after Assange.
In this exclusive interview with Wikileaks Sections Editor, Sarah Harrison, we talk about the case of Julian Assange, the findings of the UN working group on arbitrary detention, national security, international law and how one can support whistleblowers.
The Guardian published a stunning new chapter in the saga of NSA whistleblowers on Sunday, revealing a new key player: John Crane, a former assistant inspector general at the Pentagon who was responsible for protecting whistleblowers, then forced to become one himself when the process failed.