At Consortiumnews, we mix today’s journalism with historical analyses on a wide range of topics, showing how current events fit into a larger context, an approach often lacking in the mainstream media. So a selection of our stories from 2015 is an intriguing way to look back — and to understand — the year just ended.
“Rebuilding the Obama-Putin Trust” by Ray McGovern, Jan. 3, 2015
“NYT Still Pretends No Coup in Ukraine” by Robert Parry, Jan. 6, 2015
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a crowd on May 9, 2014, celebrating the 69th anniversary of victory over Nazi Germany and the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Crimean port city of Sevastopol from the Nazis. (Russian government photo)
“CIA’s Hidden Hand in ‘Democracy’ Groups” by Robert Parry, Jan. 8, 2015
“Behind the Saudi Oil-Price Gambit” by Andrés Cala, Jan. 13, 2015
“Neocons: The ‘Anti-Realists’” by Robert Parry, Jan. 17, 2015
“How Propaganda Conquers Democracy” by Nicolas J S Davies, Jan. 19, 2015
“The Danger of an MH-17 ‘Cold Case’” by Robert Parry, Jan. 19, 2015
“Risky Blowback from Russian Sanctions” by Jonathan Marshall, Jan. 19, 2015
“NYT Is Lost in It’s Ukraine Propaganda” by Robert Parry, Jan. 24, 2015
“How Roy Cohn Helped Rupert Murdoch” by Robert Parry, Jan. 28, 2015
President Reagan meets with publisher Rupert Murdoch, U.S. Information Agency Director Charles Wick, lawyers Roy Cohn and Thomas Bolan in the Oval Office on Jan. 18, 1983. (Photo credit: Reagan presidential library)
“Why FDR Matters Now More Than Ever” by Beverly Bandler, Jan. 30, 2015
“‘Group-Thinking’ the World into a New War” by Robert Parry, Jan. 30, 2015
“What Syriza’s Victory Means for Europe” by Andrés Cala, Feb. 1, 2015
“Examining the STASI, Seeing the NSA” by Elizabeth Murray, Feb. 3, 2015
“A Pointed Letter to Gen. Petraeus” by Ray McGovern, Feb. 3, 2015
“Al-Qaeda, Saudi Arabia and Israel” by Robert Parry, Feb. 4, 2015
“From Tiger Cages to Soup Kitchens” by Ted Lieverman, Feb. 5, 2015
“Nuclear War and Clashing Ukraine Narratives” by Robert Parry, Feb. 6, 2015
“When Silencing Dissent Isn’t News” by Robert Parry, Feb. 7,…