Michael Tracey: America First, or Ukraine First?
By Max Jones and Diego Ramos / ScheerPost Staff Writers This week, the U.S. government passed a foreign “aid” package of $95 billion for America’s wars, including $60 billion for…
Edward Said Warned Against Anti-Palestinian McCarthyism
Said’s legacy reads today as a scathing condemnation of the hypocrisy of U.S. liberal institutions, their moral corruption, and the hollowness of the very values that they profess to teach.
Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
By Medea Benjamin / CounterPunch The non-violence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to Gaza has been intense. As hundreds of us from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul,…
Senate Passes $95 Billion Foreign Military Aid Bill
The bill passed in a vote of 79-18.
UN Report Demolishes Israeli Propaganda Campaign Against UNRWA
Israel has waged a multi-year campaign against the UN aid group for Palestinian refugees in hopes of eradicating the right of return.
Industrial Policy Is a Good Idea, but So Far We Don’t Have One
The American state has lost the capacity for concentrated and decisive effort at the forefront of technology and the associated science.
Cruelty of Language — The NYT’s Leaked Gaza Memo
Ramzy Baroud responds to revelations about The New York Times “guidance” on language about the Israeli mass slaughter in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7.
UN Puts Spotlight on Attacks Against Indigenous Land Defenders
Indigenous peoples around the world are harassed and killed at alarming rates. Will the world act?
Columbia Faculty Walk Out Over Student Suspensions, Arrest for Gaza Protests
While expressing gratitude for solidarity actions, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar—whose daughter was suspended—said that "this about the genocide in Gaza and the attention has to remain on that."
The War on Protest
Political repression is on the rise as the state finds new ways to criminalize dissent and collective action.
Iran’s Strategic Patience Is Spent
Direct retaliatory strikes mark a new phase of the Islamic Republic’s conflict with Israel.
Biden Terrifyingly Grows Ranks of Government Spies
The White House enthusiastically backed surveillance reauthorization that despite a fresh record of routine abuses expands security agencies' spying power.
Liberal Justices Grill Attorney in Supreme Court Case on Criminalizing Homelessness
"Where are they supposed to sleep? Are they supposed to kill themselves not sleeping?" asked Justice Sonia Sotomayor of unhoused people who have been barred from sleeping outside in Grants…
The McCarthyist Attack on Gaza Protests Threatens Free Thought for All
With the encouragement of the state, universities are taking draconian steps to silence debate about US-backed violence in the Middle East.