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WATCH: The World This Week, Episode 3

WATCH: The World This Week, Episode 3

January 30, 2026 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Appearances, Articles, Consortium News

The World This Week looks at Trump’s new threats against Iran, his tendency to chicken out, and a tribute to the great Michael Parenti, with Joe Lauria and Patrick Lawrence. Producer: Cathy Vogan

The Global Immigration Crisis Is Changing the Face of Europe

The Global Immigration Crisis Is Changing the Face of Europe

April 27, 2015 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

A rickety, overcrowded ship sinks in the Mediterranean and the long-festering problem of illegal migrants crossing into southern Europe is suddenly an emergency. The Financial Times calls the human flow into the European Union “one of the most serious challenges…

The truth about the immigration “crisis”: Our drug policies and U.S.-backed tyrants created Central America’s culture of violence

The truth about the immigration “crisis”: Our drug policies and U.S.-backed tyrants created Central America’s culture of violence

July 15, 2014 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Salon

If you want to really understand what’s happening at the border, revisit the violence we visited upon the region Some years ago, I flew in from Asia to interview some State Department people and stayed with my dear friend Judith…

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