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UK Media Peddled Iran ‘Link’ to Palestine Action
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/16/uk-media-peddled-iran-link-to-palestine-action/
The Home Office briefed The Times that the direct-action group could be funded by Iran, and then U.K. media kicked into action spreading the story, Mark Curtis reports. By Mark Curtis Declassified UK The proscription of Palestine Action [under the…
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Scott Ritter: The Birth of the German Fourth Reich
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/15/scott-ritter-the-birth-of-the-german-fourth-reich/
After its defeat, Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich was coaxed back to life by the very forces that once conspired to defeat it. Germany today has dangerously embarked on a rearmament campaign to prepare for a supposed Russian threat. New Chancellor…
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Craig Murray: A ‘Draconian’ UK Government
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/15/craig-murray-a-draconian-uk-government/
“We accept of course that it is draconian and deliberately so”— those chilling words were spoken during the second part of a proceeding that took a further step into authoritarianism. This is the second in a two part article. Part…
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Craig Murray: UK Attempt to Name Non-Violent, Anti-Genocide Group as ‘Terrorist’ Is Challenged in Court
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/14/craig-murray-uk-attempt-to-name-non-violent-anti-genocide-group-as-terrorist-is-challenged-in-court/
The direct-action group’s request for temporary relief from the government’s high-profile terrorist designation drew the author to an all-too familiar London court earlier this month. Part 1 of 2 articles. The activist group Palestine Action was designated a terrorist organization…
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Chris Hedges: The Persecution of Francesca Albanese
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/10/chris-hedges-the-persecution-of-francesca-albanese/
The Trump administration’s attack on the courageous U.N. special rapporteur presages a world without rules, where rogue states, such as the U.S. and Israel, carry out war crimes without restraint. By Chris Hedges ScheerPost When the history of the genocide…
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Independence From Empire Day 2025
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/04/independence-from-empire-day-2025/
The former American republic is now an empire, the type of government from which Thomas Jefferson and his colleagues violently seceded, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington?…
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Britain’s Authoritarian Ban on Palestine Action
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/30/britains-authoritarian-ban-on-palestine-action/
Pouring paint on a plane is hardly 9/11, notes Richard Norton-Taylor. Non-violent protesters are not terrorists. By Richard Norton-Taylor Declassified UK The government’s plan to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation is a hugely significant step in the steady…
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Craig Murray: Hedge Fund Owns ‘RAF Planes’ Targeted by Palestine Action
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/30/craig-murray-hedge-fund-owns-raf-planes-targeted-by-palestine-action/
Untangling the ownership of the RAF’s Voyager refueling aircraft shows how public money lavished on U.K. “defence” winds up rewarding rich financiers. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk If you thought Royal Air Force (RAF) jets were owned by the RAF, think…
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Craig Murray: The UK’s Genocide Spectre
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/18/craig-murray-the-uks-genocide-spectre/
Last week at the U.N. General Assembly, before Israel attacked Iran, the U.K. ambassador’s written explanation of her vote on a Gaza ceasefire suggested Starmer and Lammy are terrified. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk Western governments’ abandonment of the very system…
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Judge Rules Police Raid on UK Journalist Is Illegal
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/11/judge-rules-police-raid-on-uk-journalist-is-illegal/
Following his recent court victory, Asa Winstanley calls on police to stop investigating his social media account and for journalists to stick together against police repression. By Asa Winstanley Declassified UK The Metropolitan Police carried out a dawn raid on…
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Palantir’s Value Soars With Dystopian Spy Tool that Will Centralize Data on Americans
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/06/palantirs-value-soars-with-dystopian-spy-tool-that-will-centralize-data-on-americans/
By contracting the surveillance firm to agglomerate the U.S. population’s personal data across government agencies, the White House has turbo-charged the company’s value, Kit Klarenberg reports. By Kit Klarenberg The Grayzone During an end-of-year investor call this February, Palantir CEO,…
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Jonathan Cook: UK Sheltering Israel’s Genocidal Ambassador
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/07/jonathan-cook-uk-sheltering-israels-genocidal-ambassador/
It is long past time Tzipi Hotovely was expelled from London. Starmer’s inaction proves he has no intention of stopping his support for Israel’s crimes in Gaza. By Jonathan Cook Declassified UK Keir Starmer has been desperately searching for ways…
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Blair & Major Reassured Russia About NATO
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/05/blair-major-reassured-russia-about-nato/
Two British prime ministers recognised Moscow’s fears over NATO expanding in eastern Europe — a major cause of the Ukraine war — files show, Mark Curtis reports. By Mark Curtis Declassified UK Declassified British files shed further light on the…
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Lobbying for Israeli Arms in the UK Shadows
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/06/04/lobbying-for-israeli-arms-in-the-uk-shadows/
After the U.K. suspended some arms to Israel amid public calls for an arms embargo, a pro-Israel lobbyist met with a top U.K. diplomat to offer “recommendations” on Middle East policy, John McEvoy reports. By John McEvoy Declassified UK Britain’s…
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Israel Is off the Leash
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/29/israel-is-off-the-leash/
Des Freedman on the dramatic change that a plethora of editorials in the broadsheet U.K. press have taken on Israel’s assault on Gaza. By Des Freedman Declassified UK After 19 months of supporting Israel’s “right to self-defence,” gently criticising its…
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Blood of Gaza Will Not Wash From Keir Starmer’s Hands
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/24/blood-of-gaza-will-not-wash-from-keir-starmers-hands/
The Labour government’s suspension of free trade talks with Israel is too little too late, writes John McEvoy. The U.K. prime minister and Foreign Minister Lammy should be in The Hague. By John McEvoy Declassified UK The U.K. government announced…
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Craig Murray: UK’s Latest Thought-Policing on Iran
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/23/craig-murray-uks-latest-thought-policing-on-iran/
Charges of thinking about a terrorist attack, without any evidence of ever having communicated such a thought to anybody, is going several steps too far. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk Imagine my hilarity when the front page headline about a new…
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A 21st Century Stamp Act
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/22/a-21st-century-stamp-act/
Andrew P. Napolitano on returning to the dark days of pre-revolutionary law enforcement due to the Constitution’s failure to protect the quintessentially American right to be left alone. By Andrew P. Napolitano A recent Supreme Court oral argument about the…
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The Empire Never Died
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/22/the-empire-never-died/
Challenging the numerous insidious aspects of current U.K. foreign policy amounts to nothing less than truly ending the British Empire, writes Mark Curtis. By Mark Curtis Declassified U.K. There’s long been a debate over whether Britain’s Empire — the largest…
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