This Is What Fascist Politics Sounds Like in America
Joshua Scheer When Donald Trump told a radio audience that there is “something wrong” with the “genetics” of Muslim immigrants, it did not land as an accidental slip, nor as…
Juan Cole, Trump and the Return of the White Man’s Burden
Intro by Tom Engelhardt, Article by Juan Cole Once again, the “President of Peace” Donald Trump who, while running for office in 2016, announced that “regime change is a proven,…
The United States Is On The Path To Fascism; How To Change Course
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 Black Anti-Fascist Tradition Recognized Fascism Didn’t Begin in Europe
By George Yancy for Truthout Back in 2016, I was asked what I thought about Donald Trump. Even back then, I saw him as an aspiring fascist, and I responded:…
The Hardest Part of Fighting Fascism Comes After the Fascists Have Fallen
By Joel Westheimer for Truthout lived in Argentina in the mid-1980s, just after the fall of the brutal military dictatorship that ruled from 1976 to 1983. The country was taking…
You Can Arrest Journalists, But You Can’t Arrest the Truth
Posted by Joshua Scheer I have reported this time and time again, and it bears repeating: where are our so-called “leaders”? As democratic norms erode in real time, we are…
TRUMP’S WARS: THE POPULIST CRITIQUE
By Charles Derber Trump’s foreign policy is coming into clearer focus, as his attacks on Venezuela and his threats against Colombia, Mexico, Cuba and Greenland, as well as Iran, have…
ICE Executes Beloved ICU Nurse in Minneapolis — Nation Erupts, Government Lies Exposed.
By Joshua Scheer Some of the responses to the brutal murder of Alex Pretti by federal agents. Pretti, a U.S. citizen and an ICU nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital…
We Tolerated Their Violence Abroad. Now We See Its Victims Here
Posted by Joshua Scheer I wanted to post this stand‑alone tweet from Chris Hedges for those who wanted to have his thoughts on what’s going on — as the streets…
Is Trump a Useful Idiot? Project 2025 Is in Power Now
Posted by Joshua Scheer With Project 2025 in full effect, Chris Hedges explains that Trump is neither necessary nor a real player. The “death grip” on our society is already…
Tracking, Targeting, and Terrorizing: ICE’s Surveillance State
By Joshua Scheer I just wrote about the murder of a man in Minneapolis and the country’s descent toward a fascist state, and of course what goes along with that…
Safe for ICE, Unsafe for Refuge: How the State Reclaimed the Church
By Joshua Scheer Two community leaders were arrested Sunday after disrupting church services at Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, chanting “ICE out” and “Justice for Renee Good.” The protest…
Fascism, ICE, and the Union Rank-and-File: Why January 23 Must Be More Than a Protest
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…
F(ascism) YOU!
Posted by Joshua Scheer A cartoon by the one and only, sadly but truly, Mr. Fish. It is vital for the times we are living in, and like much of…
From Raid to Revolt: Minnesota Organizes a January 23 Shutdown
Posted by Joshua Scheer I had to share this—one of the president’s goons telling someone, “This is what happens when you report on their illegal, unethical, and immoral behavior.” @nowthisimpact…