By Joshua Scheer As has been said by the sage of ScheerPost Chris Hedges “Effective resistance—or effective mass mobilization, as any effective union will tell you—requires months and months of…
By Joshua Scheer It hits different when it’s your family. In this case, the mother of the nephew of White House press secretary overstayed her visa 26 years ago. Her…
By Jill Clark-Gollub / Common Dreams The SanctionsKill campaign was formed in 2019 to raise awareness of the human cost of the “sanctions”—actually economic coercive measures—imposed by the United States…
By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now! As immigration raids and arrests continue to terrorize communities across the United States, we look at grassroots efforts to fight back. ICE has faced…
By Sonali Kolhatka / Truthout “Black and Brown always stood together in struggles from the beginning of time,” said Christian Smalls, explaining his pro-Palestinian activism. The Amazon Labor Union leader…
By Joe Lauria / Consortium News Thousands of angry protestors denouncing Donald Trump and his aggressive immigration policies marched peacefully through downtown Los Angeles on Saturday with the day marred…
Once a global icon embraced by the media and political elite, Greta Thunberg is now marginalized for speaking out against war, imperialism, and Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Despite facing existential threats, unarmed Indigenous guards are at the forefront of the struggle to reclaim their ancestral lands and end oil drilling in the Amazon.
“When he addressed almost any issue, he would begin with the experience of people at the margins."
"Will the millions who will mourn his death these coming days respect this wish of his? Will they care for Gazans and Palestinians the way he did?"
Ralph Nader was at the center of the political dynamics that eventually brought us Trump. Watch him describe how the Democrats destroyed civic advocacy, and led us to the dystopian…
On my last livestream, a commenter asked me about resistance in the face of insurmountable odds and how it relates to the human spirit.
From Palestine to the death penalty to student loans, Biden has one last chance to make good on his campaign promises before leaving office.
The lawsuit was filed "to vindicate the fundamental democratic and constitutional rights to free speech, free assembly, and due process against overreach by university authorities," the text said.
As Cop Cities spread to nearly every state, grassroots activists are pushing back by forming coalitions that press for investment in communities over militarized policing.
