In early 1968, a horrendous event took place that might have never been exposed, were it not for the work of investigative journalist Seymour Hersh. In what became known as the My Lai massacre, U.S. troops gunned down (and in many cases, raped and multilated) hundreds of Vietnamese civilians including children and elderly people. The event escaped public attention until November of the following year, when Hersh brought it to the front pages of America’s newspapers, triggering widespread horror and catalyzing opposition to the war, as the American public finally got a better understanding of the relentless, grotesque violence that was being carried out overseas with their tax dollars.
You may have heard of the biggest story on CBS News’ 60 Minutes this year. It was a report that the show never aired. The network’s editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, pulled the segment, about what happened to migrants deported to El Salvador’s CECOT prison, less than 48 hours before it was supposed to air. Now, editors-in-chief […]
To mark the second anniversary of the passing of John Pilger, CN presents his 2002 documentary Palestine Is Still the Issue followed by CN’s 2021 discussion with Pilger and historian Ilan Pappé.
We must insist on drawing connections across time and place — from the Holocaust to Gaza, or ICE detention to Israeli prisons — to disrupt the normalization of authoritarianism at every turn.
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