Factchecking the Factchecker on Chomsky, Russia and Media Access
Millions of people in the Soviet Union, including virtually all intellectuals, had access to and tuned into Western media in the 1970s.
Corporate Media Has Failed to Report on the Threats to Women’s Reproductive Rights
The establishment press ignored stories about the right's racist assault on reproductive health for years.
Craig Murray: Marx Was Right
By Craig Murray / CraigMurray.org.uk I have never considered myself a Marxist. I came to adulthood at the end of the one, forty year long, period in the history of…
Want More Teachers? Start Valuing Education
Too many lawmakers are happy to dole out subsidies for the rich and corporations while resisting pay increases for educators.
The Federal Reserve Is Wrong: Corporations Should Pay To Stop Inflation, Not Workers
The Federal Reserve says wages should go down to get inflation under control. What if we just stopped corporate profiteering and the lax rules that make it possible?
We’re Being Trained to Worry About ‘Russian Propaganda’ While Drowning in US Propaganda
The only difference between Russian state media and US state media is that Russian state media is honest about what it is.
Patrick Lawrence: When Correspondents Came Home, Part 2
September 11 was a paradigm shifting moment in American journalism.
Robert Scheer: Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev, the Greatest Modern Champion of World Peace
ScheerPost revisits Robert Scheer’s 1987 Los Angeles Times review: “From Moscow, First Report of an Unprecedented Call for Change: The Gorbachev Manifesto.”
The Alex Jones Playbook
Jones and legacy news media hate each other, but they often use the same playbook.
How to Elect Progressives and Defeat Republicans in the Midterms
By Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon Almost all the primaries are behind us now, and the current outlook is still grim for the midterm elections this fall. The semi-fascist Republican…
How the American Dream Became the American Scream
Isn’t it a strange form of science fiction that, in response to a crisis that could someday signal the end of civilization, the focus in this country is on Donald…
CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou on What We Learned From FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Search Affidavit
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Kevin Gosztola was joined by CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou, who helped him go through the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search affidavit and break down what was…
Biden To Ask Congress To Approve $1.1 Billion Arms Sale for Taiwan
The planned sale comes amid soaring tensions sparked by Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.
Ukraine’s Anti-Worker Law Comes Into Effect
Law 5371, which strips back labour protections, has been ratified. Is there more to come?
US Judge Says Billions in Seized Central Bank Funds Belong to Afghan People
The judge's report, said a Center for Constitutional Rights attorney, "provides some hope that the people of Afghanistan will have access to the resources they so desperately need."