Michael Brenner: The True, The Brave, The Few
By Michael Brenner Victims of great crimes deserve to be memorialized. So, too, those who bravely protected them. Hitler’s genocide indeed is solemnly recognized in prominent votive memorials – in…
Michael Brenner: America Meets Its Hidden Destiny
By Michael Brenner Healthy societies revel in who they are. Unhealthy societies view themselves in terms of either an ignominious past, current enemies who endanger them, or internal elements degrading…
Michael Brenner: Over the Brink
By Michael Brenner Friends & Colleagues As of this writing, the Trump White House has launched an attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran – a country that already is…
Michael Brenner: Core Trump
“For the U.S. president, the truth has no claim” — Michael Brenner scrutinizes the effects of Trump’s behavior on foreign policy over the past 100-plus days.
Michael Brenner: Moral Suicide
The exaltation of the Jews of Israel - honored and cosseted - is matched by the dehumanization of Palestine's Muslims.
Michael Brenner: CHAPTER & VERSE
By Michael Brenner On a whim over the July 4 holiday, I wrote to a cross-section of our leaders and celebrities requesting that they tell us what passage of the…
Michael Brenner: Humiliation Upon Request
By Michael Brenner EUROPE -JEWS-MUSLIMS Europe has an obsession about Jews. For nearly 2 millennia, it shunned them, despised them and persecuted them. Now, after a respite of a few…
Michael Brenner: Hegemony or Bust
By Michael Brenner Novelty has observers rummaging through their inventory of ideas and concepts to find one to fit the new experience. Its application is supposed to provide some rudimentary…
Michael Brenner: Signposts to Perdition
Is Fascism the natural default setting for failed Constitutional democracies? ‘Natural’ in the sense that there is a connection between these societies’ characteristic features – especially ones figuring prominently in…
Michael Brenner: Still Unthinkable?
The United States's provocative actions are the principal reason the "unthinkable" possibility of nuclear war is becoming ever more likely.
Michael Brenner: A Brutal Suppression of Speech
The increasingly common resort to diktats by U.S. authorities is a notable feature of contemporary American society — in all spheres, writes Michael Brenner.
Michael Brenner: The Moral Depravity of Western Imperialism
By Max Jones and Diego Ramos / ScheerPost Staff Writers Professor Michael Brenner joins this episode of Journalists for Sale to discuss the moral emptiness of Western empire, most visibly…
Michael Brenner: Morality Challenged
Michael Brenner explores the moral conundrum of the U.S. backing of Israeli atrocities in Gaza.
Michael Brenner: The West’s Reckoning?
Western leaders are facing defeats in Ukraine and atrocities in Palestine yet feel no shame or humiliation. Their actions highlight a path of collective self-destruction through moral, diplomatic, and economic…
Michael Brenner: The Context Behind Yemen
In much of the media coverage of the recent U.S. bombing on Yemen, the historical context behind the violence has been omitted — making many unaware of the U.S.-backed genocide…