‘A Big F*ck You to Big Tech’: New Jersey Residents Defeat AI Data Center
“It’s time to build communities, not data centers,” said one local activist.
Ring Scraps Flock Partnership Following Uproar Over Super Bowl AI Commercial
There is still “reason to distrust” the company, one security expert said, warning it has backtracked on plans before.
Scotiabank Subsidiary Fully Divests From Israeli Arms Firm
The decision follows two years of nationwide protests, cultural boycotts, and investor pressure.
Mediterranean Dockworkers Launch Historic International Strike
On February 6, dockworkers in more than 20 Mediterranean ports went on strike against war, militarization, and port privatization.
The Young Organizers Survival Corps
Can the Young Wrest This Nation from the Clutches of Full-Throated Authoritarianism?
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…
“Prevent the Bloodshed”: Filmmaker Sepideh Farsi on Iran Protests & U.S. Threats of Military Strikes
From Democracy Now The latest reliable estimates of the death toll in Iran’s recent nationwide protests are growing, potentially reaching the tens of thousands. Some estimates place the number of…
ICE and Fire: Momentum Surges in Minnesota Toward a General Strike Against Trump’s Agenda
A statewide shutdown looms in Minnesota as mass opposition to ICE builds into a general strike with implications far beyond the Twin Cities.
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…
Can the Left Resist In the Face of Increasing Repression?
Posted by Joshua Scheer In a stark warning about the collapse of organized dissent, Chris Hedges argues that the U.S. has entered an age of authoritarian consolidation, where meaningful resistance…
Academic Freedom on Trial: The Firing of Sang Hea Kil and the Campus Culture of Fear
By Joshua Scheer I started the morning reading about the case of Professor Sang Hea Kil in an interview with her on Mondoweiss. I strongly encourage everyone to read that…
Hunger Strikers’ Lives at Risk As Starmer Government Refuses Engagement
Palestine solidarity hunger strikers in Britain face mounting health risks as Starmer government continues to refuse engagement with their demands.
Holiday shoppers are flexing political power through big boycott campaigns
Genocide in Gaza, raids on immigrants and attacks on DEI have spurred urgent calls to boycott companies like Home Depot, Target, Chevron and Microsoft.
Gen-Z Protests in Mexico or Coordinated Chaos?
The executive branch has denounced the recent anti-government demonstrations in Mexico and questioned what actors may really be behind the so-called youth uprising.