Peter Thiel Is Unleashing a Neocolonial Billionaire Fantasy in Honduras
By Edith Romero for Truthout n April 2025, Peter Thiel’s Palantir made headlines after documents were released detailing its partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to create ImmigrationOS, a…
Jeffrey Epstein’s Sinister Shadow Over West Asia
Kit Klarenberg Substack In late January, the US Department of Justice dumped millions of documents detailing the criminal activities of US oligarch and serial paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, including his vast…
Who Fears the Truth? The Deep Fake Campaign to Silence Francesca Albanese on the Gaza Genocide
by Kurniawan Arif Maspu Middle East Monitor Francesca Albanese has become one of the most polarising figures in contemporary diplomacy, not because she commands armies or signs treaties, but because…
Keir Starmer-tied think tank paid PR firm to target The Grayzone
By Kit Klarenberg for The Grayzone A shadowy think tank run by British PM Keir Starmer’s top strategist has been exposed for paying a PR firm to spy on journalists…
The Increasing Attacks on Francesca Albanese Presage a New Dark Age
Chris Hedges Subsatck Full Text The vicious and sustained campaign mounted against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since…
The Trauma of ICE Raids Is Rippling Through Public Schools Across the US
By Eleanor J. Bader for Truthout In several Minnesota communities, public school teachers and community volunteers are now riding school buses with their students to ensure that at each afternoon…
When Palestinian Peasants Brought an Empire to its Knees
By Qassam Muaddi for Mondoweiss There was a time in Palestine when the greatest empire in the world lost control of entire areas, when highly educated lawyers followed the orders…
The World This Week — Ray McGovern on War, Resistance & Ruling‑Class Panic
Posted by Joshua Scheer In case you missed it, our friends at Consortium News brought together three wise men for a wide‑ranging livestream on the state of world affairs—from the…
Apple Just Bought A Sinister ‘Pre-Speech’ Tech Company Implicated In Genocide
Nate Bear for Do Not Panic Substack Apple has paid nearly $2 billion for a ‘pre-speech’ tech company whose employees helped Israel commit genocide in Gaza. And Apple has paid…
As Dem Voters Seek a ‘Fight’ With the Superrich, AOC is Now Their Favorite Candidate: Poll
By Stephen Prager for Common Dreams. Democratic voters overwhelmingly want a leader who will fight the superrich and corporate America, and they believe Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the person to…
Israel Still Throttling Medical Supplies to Gaza: “The Fungus is Eating Her Face”
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The Israeli authorities are still not permitting journalists into Gaza, even months after a supposed ceasefire. The big Western news corporations are taking this…
Trump Tries to Seize a Bridge — Canada Calls His Bluff
Posted by Joshua Scheer For more reporting on this ProPublica’s new investigation exposes a story that was never really about a bridge — it was about power, pressure, and a…
The Love We See in Minneapolis Isn’t Exceptional — It’s How We Survive Together
By Susan Raffo for Truthout My partner, an immigrant from Brazil, shows love through acts of service. At first, I was confused. I had been raised to see romantic love,…
US officials boast their illegal sanctions ‘collapsed’ Iran’s economy, causing high inflation and protests
By Ben Norton for Geopolitical Economy Report Donald Trump has openly called for “regime change” in Iran. He has surrounded the country with what he calls a “massive armada”, and…
“Tyrants Hate Truth”: Austin Sarat on the New War Against Academic Freedom
Welcome to Academic Freedom on Life Support, hosted by Joshua Scheer. In this episode, we speak with Austin Sarat, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at…