Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. As the climate crisis intensifies, bringing extreme weather events, fires, droughts and flooding to our communities, and governments refuse to take effective action, a growing…
Joshua Scheer As right-wing governments regain ground across Latin America, grassroots movements are warning that the region is entering a new phase of political confrontation. Following years of progressive victories…
Joshua Scheer As public support for Israel continues to erode amid the wars in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran, a little-noticed provision buried inside the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act could…
Medea Benjamin warns that a decades-long economic war against Cuba has escalated into what she calls a “medieval siege,” as fuel shortages cripple hospitals, food systems and daily life while…
Joshua Scheer I posted an article from Truthout about Trump and healthcare, but nowhere in the piece did it mention Obama and the failure of his administration — and the…
Attorney and Palestine solidarity activist James Marc Leas tells Margaret Flowers why global flotillas are challenging not only Israel’s blockade, but the collapse of international law itself. Joshua Scheer As…
From campus arrests to banking shutdowns, dissent is no longer debated—it’s punished. Joshua Scheer The crackdown on dissent in the United States is no longer abstract—it’s operational. What was once…
By The Yousof Azizi Defense Committee, Popular Resistance Yousof Azizi, a final-year PhD student in public policy at the University of Virginia, was arrested on the morning of Tuesday, April…
Joshua Scheer At a moment when global instability is already rippling through supply chains, economies, and political systems, a quiet but potentially devastating shift is unfolding inside the backbone of…
Joshua Scheer The global economy is already reeling from the cascading effects of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran—fuel shortages, disrupted supply chains, and a deepening energy crisis. But beneath the…
In recent interviews on Clearing the FOG, Margaret Flowers highlights a sharp rise in military personnel seeking conscientious objector status, speaking with Mike Prysner of the Center on Conscience and…
Joshua Scheer If you think the future of global capitalism looks like more deregulation, more privatization, and more billionaire capture of public life, you’re only seeing the surface. As Margaret…
Posted by Joshua Scheer As the United States hurtles deeper into political, economic, and imperial crisis, the word “fascism” is no longer rhetorical—it’s descriptive. On this week’s Clearing the FOG,…
The US government has seized Venezuelan oil tankers, effectively taking control of the country’s crude. Donald Trump openly boasted that the United States will “keep” the oil and the ships—an…
By Jill Clark-Gollub and Margaret Flowers Printed From Popular Resistance Speakers from four affected countries — Cuba, Nicaragua, Palestine and Venezuela — describe the deadly toll of blockades and sanctions,…
