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Joe Lauria has been a independent journalist covering international affairs and the Middle East for more than 20 years. A former Wall Street Journal United Nations correspondent, Mr. Lauria has been an investigative reporter for The Sunday Times of London, and has also corresponded from the U.N. in New York for the The Boston Globe, The Montreal Gazette, The London Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail, The Johannesburg Star, and The National. He has reported on business and finance for Bloomberg News and was New York correspondent for The Sunday Business of London.
Mr. Lauria's work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Salon.com, New York Magazine and The Guardian, among other publications. He has appeared on BBC World, PBS News Hour, Al-Jazeera, CNN, and other TV and radio programs. Mr. Lauria has taught journalism at two American universities and travelled widely throughout the Middle East and the world. He is the author, with former U.S. Senator and American presidential candidate Mike Gravel, of A Political Odyssey, published by Seven Stories Press. Joe Lauria is editor-in-chief of Consortium News.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, February 27, 2021 YouTube Rejects Consortium News Appeal
The social media company says it carefully reviewed the content of the banned CN Live! episode; says it won't be restored and that a strike will remain against CN -- an impossible decision if the entire video was indeed carefully reviewed.
SHARE Tuesday, April 28, 2020 The FBI Investigated Robert Parry
Parry joined the Associated Press in 1974, and in 1977 was transferred from its Providence, RI bureau to Washington DC. In 1980 Parry joined AP's investigative unit, where he broke some of the biggest stories about the Iran-Contra scandal, including revealing the role of Col. Oliver North in 1985.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, April 6, 2020 "Collateral Murder" and the My Lai Massacre
Comparing the reaction to the evidence of two war crimes reveals how much the United States has changed in the past 50 years, writes Joe Lauria.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, February 10, 2020 Julian Assange Wins 2020 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award
Imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has been awarded Consortium News' 2020 Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award for courage in the face of an unprecedented attack on press freedom.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, January 30, 2020 Trump Gives Away the Store and Israel Will Now Officially Become an Apartheid State
Ignoring past Israeli prime ministers who warned that annexation of the West Bank would introduce legal apartheid to Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu said the first phase of annexations would go to the Cabinet on Sunday, reports Joe Lauria.
SHARE Wednesday, November 6, 2019 The Media's Obsession With Personalities
Roger Stone is playing a key role in the Democrats' attempt to revive the discredited "collusion" story, writes Joe Lauria.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, October 21, 2019 Judge Denies Assange Extension on Extradition Hearing
A judge at a hearing in London has denied the WikiLeaks' publisher more time to prepare his defense, while a group of Australian politicians coalesce around a demand to return Julian Assange home.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, July 26, 2019 Democrats Blowing on Embers With a Politicized Mueller
Robert Mueller appeared to have difficulty understanding and answering questions during his day-long hearings on Wednesday but snapped to attention to make political points, says Joe Lauria.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, May 27, 2019 Tide of Public Opinion is Turning in Assange's Favor
Corporate media and some politicos who opposed Assange after the 2016 election have radically changed their tune, favorably influencing public opinion after the Espionage Act indictment of the WikiLeak's founder, reports Joe Lauria.
(13 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 23, 2019 The Pathology of John Bolton
John Bolton has been saying for years he wants the Iranian government overthrown, and now he's made his move. But this time he may have gone too far, writes Joe Lauria.
SHARE Monday, March 4, 2019 Media Serve the Governors, Not the Governed
Consolidation of media ownership has increased obedience of desperate journalists; entertainment divisions have taken over news departments; and careerist reporters live vicariously through the power of those they cover, rejecting the press' unique power to hold those officials to account.
SHARE Saturday, January 12, 2019 Watch the 12th Vigil for Julian Assange Here
Consortium News broadcast the 12th Unity4J online vigil for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange on Friday, hosted by Consortium News Editor Joe Lauria.
(7 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 1, 2019 Giuliani Says Assange Should Not Be Prosecuted
Donald Trump's lawyer said on Monday that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange should not be prosecuted and he compared WikiLeaks publications to the Pentagon Papers.
SHARE Tuesday, December 25, 2018 VIDEO: Pilger Says Assange Denies Meeting Manafort
The Guardian has claimed Paul Manafort visited Julian Assange at the Ecuador embassy. John Pilger visited Assange and tells CN's Joe Lauria Assange strongly denied any such meeting.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 27, 2018 Judge Delays Decision Whether to Unseal Assange Criminal Complaint
A hearing was held in Alexandria, Virginia on Tuesday on a motion to make public the sealed U.S. charges against Julian Assange. Joe Lauria, editor of Consortium News, was in the courtroom and filed this report.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, November 5, 2018 Break-in Attempted at Assange's Residence in Ecuador Embassy
An attempt was made on Oct. 29 to break into the Ecuadorian embassy, where security has been removed and apparently new surveillance devices installed, reports Joe Lauria.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, July 9, 2018 USS Liberty Survivor Named US Delegate on Gaza Flotilla
A survivor of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty that killed 34 U.S. sailors has joined the Freedom Flotilla headed towards Gaza, as Joe Lauria reports.
SHARE Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Trump-Kim Summit Raises Cautious Hopes for Peace
The U.S. and North Korean leaders have ended their historic summit in Singapore temporarily silencing the naysayers but only time will tell whether it will bring peace to the Korean Peninsula, reports Joe Lauria.
(5 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 31, 2017 Worries about a Galveston Bio-Lab
The flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey has left thousands homeless in the greater Houston area but there also is rising concern about a biological lab in Galveston that houses deadly diseases, notes Joe Lauria.
(5 comments) SHARE Tuesday, August 8, 2017 A New Twist in Seth Rich Murder Case
The U.S. mainstream media dismisses any link between the murder of DNC official Seth Rich and leaked DNC emails as a "conspiracy theory" -- while blaming Russia instead -- but a new possibility has arisen, writes Joe Lauria.
(5 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 3, 2016 A Bare-Knuckle Fight Over Recounts
Democrats are trying to stop Donald Trump's inauguration by claiming Russian interference in the election, but the White House sees no evidence and Trump is now challenging the recounts, reports Joe Lauria.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 27, 2016 Clinton Campaign Joins Vote Challenge
As millions of dollars have poured in for Green Party nominee Jill Stein's three-state recount, Hillary Clinton's campaign is now joining the effort to investigate possible vote tampering, reports Joe Lauria.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, November 24, 2016 Greens Question Trump's Victory
A sudden flood of cash has enabled the Green Party to demand recounts of votes in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, three formerly Democratic states that largely decided the 2016 election for Donald Trump, reports Joe Lauria.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 5, 2016 Obama's Last Stand Against War on Syria
For five years, President Obama has resisted neocon/liberal-interventionist pressure to go to war against Syria, but -- as his departure grows near -- the hawks see more "regime change" wars coming into view, says Joe Lauria.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 5, 2016 Hillary Clinton's Ace-in-the-Hole: Russia
Much has been made of Donald Trump saying he might not accept the results of the election. But what if Hillary Clinton loses a squeaker. Would she accept the results or does she have an ace up her sleeve?
(28 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 26, 2016 Bernie Sanders's Hopes and Regrets
Bernie Sanders hopes to hold a President Hillary Clinton to the Democratic platform's commitment to progressive policies, but the Vermont senator may be having doubts and possibly regrets, writes Joe Lauria.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, July 1, 2016 Is an Independent Europe Possible?
A significant crack has opened unexpectedly in the wall of Europe's disciplined obedience to the United States when an unlikely blow was struck against Washington's information war on Moscow by Germany's foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who a week ago shockingly accused the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of "war-mongering" against Russia.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 23, 2016 Sanders Offers Little Hope for Mideast Peace
Perhaps Bernie Sanders is holding back his real views on Israel and Palestine, fearful that he could not withstand the attacks of the Israel Lobby and a pro-Israel corporate media.
SHARE Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Will Russian Withdrawal Lead to Federal Syria or More War?
Vladimir Putin's bold move to withdraw most of his military force from Syria is fraught with risks if U.N. peace talks underway in Geneva fail to produce a settlement to the five-year old war.
SHARE Monday, February 8, 2016 The Historic Battle for Syria
As the Russian-backed Syrian army threatens to liberate Aleppo, potentially determining the outcome of five years of civil war, Saudi Arabia is challenging the US to lead a ground invasion that could escalate into an historic battle for a country fought over for centurie
(7 comments) SHARE Monday, January 25, 2016 Who is a Terrorist in Syria?
U.N.-led peace talks on Syria are delayed because Washington and Moscow cannot agree on which rebels are terrorists. Russia has struck U.S.-backed extremists groups. There is clear evidence that the U.S. is supporting extremists. Meanwhile, an 80-year failure to agree on a common legal definition of terrorism is undermining the search for peace in Syria.
(12 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 1, 2014 A History of 'Fear'
False fear is what NSA and its contractor careers are built on. At heart the Edward Snowden story then is about money - and political power. And Snowden has threatened both.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, July 9, 2013 Snowden's Common Law Defense
The U.S. Senator who divulged the Pentagon Papers in Congress says Edward Snowden and other citizens with access to classified information should have the same immunity as members of Congress to make public secret documents exposing government wrongdoing. He says that Snowden and Manning should mount a common law defense on the grounds that it is a crime to not report a crime.