Rubio Declared a Return to Brutal Western Colonialism – and Europe applauded
In Munich, the US announced its intent to crush all opposition to its permanent status as imperial top dog, even if that means destroying everything, and all of us, in…
Rubio at Munich: No More Guilt for Colonialism
Posted by Joshua Scheer Rubio’s speech isn’t just another round of transatlantic posturing. It marks a moment when a top U.S. official openly reframes five centuries of Western expansion —…
Labour Spied On Journalists, Including Me
By Kit Klarenberg Substack An extraordinary political scandal has erupted in Britain, raising the prospect Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s already embattled government could tumble. On February 5th, it was revealed…
Techno-Fascism Exposed: The Epstein Files and the Naked Ruling Class
Welcome to Scheer Intelligence, in this episode, Robert Scheer sits down with media scholar Nolan Higdon to dissect the explosive revelations emerging from the Epstein Files — newly exposed documents…
Bernie Sanders’ “Billionaire Tax Now”
Posted by Joshua Scheer California’s 2026 election isn’t just another policy fight — it’s a stress test for whether democracy can still regulate concentrated wealth. As Silicon Valley’s billionaire class…
Iran Crisis Exposes the Impotence of America’s Neoliberal War Machine
By Nicolas J. S. Davies After some delays, the United States is dispatching a second aircraft-carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, from the Caribbean to the Middle East to join…
Mexico Declines Trump’s Gaza Peace Board and Reaffirms Support for Palestine
Mexico will instead attend the inaugural session as an observer through its ambassador to the United Nations, signaling that it is not withdrawing from dialogue but insisting on inclusive diplomatic…
Why Labor Needs a Declaration of Political Independence
Wouldn’t it be better to build with the membership a vision that puts working people in the center of the economy rather than as an afterthought of trickle-down two-party politics?
The Value Chain of Suffering in the Global South
The drug trade – and the ‘War on Drugs’ that polices it – unleashes a value chain of suffering on peasant communities in the Global South. You cannot explain such…
‘Extremely Dangerous Situation’: Trita Parsi Warns U.S. & Iran Have Incentives to Escalate Conflict
“Both sides actually believe that a short, intense war may improve their negotiating position.”
Algorithms and AI have turned Gaza into a Laboratory of Death
By Sayid Marcos Tenorio for The Middle East Monitor The revelations by +972 Magazine and Local Call have exposed the darkest core of the contemporary war in Gaza, in which…
As Trump Marches US Toward Iran War, Critics Ask: Where’s the ‘Pushback’ From Dems and Media?
By Stephen Prager for Common Dreams Amid reports that President Donald Trump is pushing the US toward a “massive” war in Iran, critics have found themselves shocked by the lack…
The Big Tech Flex: Silicon Valley’s Money Machine Takes on Bernie Sanders
Posted by Joshua Scheer In 2026, California isn’t just debating a tax. It’s staging a showdown over who actually governs the Golden State: voters or venture capital. Politico has already…
Sun, Sand… and Sabotage: Washington’s Dirty Cuba Games Exposed
Posted by Joshua Scheer While U.S. officials publicly thump their chests about “freedom” and “democracy” in Cuba, the real work of empire continues in the shadows — and sometimes in…
The U.S. Is “On the Cusp of a Police State”: Chris Hedges on Resistance Before It’s Too Late
Posted By Joshua Scheer In this wide‑ranging and deeply sobering conversation, journalist and author Chris Hedges speaks with Bad Faith’s Briahna Joy Gray and they lay out the accelerating collapse…