PATRICK LAWRENCE: Pedro Sánchez’s ‘No a la Guerra’
Patrick Lawrence for Consortium News I saw a video the other day that reminded me: Images often lie, which is why the propagandists favor them (and why I don’t usually…
As Trump Talks of Taking Cuba, Havana Promises “Impregnable Resistance”
Joshua Scheer As Miguel Díaz-Canel denounced escalating threats from Donald Trump, Havana made clear that any U.S. attempt to impose regime change by force would not go unanswered. “The United…
Fortunes, Loopholes, and the Political Protection of Billionaire Wealth
Joshua Scheer As inequality hardens into a defining feature of American political life, efforts to challenge the tax privileges of concentrated wealth remain rare—and fiercely resisted. Senator Ed Markey’s new…
Afghanistan War Veteran Dies in ICE Custody One Day After Arrest
Mike Ludwig for Truthout On March 13, multiple Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in unmarked vehicles surrounded Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal in front of his home in Texas as he…
Trump Can’t Blockade Love: Why I’m Going to Cuba
By Leonardo Flores I’m traveling to Cuba for the first time on March 21 to be in Havana with the Nuestra América Convoy, in which people from dozens of countries…
Conscription and the Politics of Shared Sacrifice
In a recent article published by investigative journalist Dave Lindorff on his substack ThisCantBeHappening! offers a forceful argument that the political detachment many Americans display toward war is rooted in…
The Strait, the Dollar and the Limits of Empire
Joshua Scheer What is unfolding around Iran is not simply another regional war—it is the latest violent convulsion of an empire trying to preserve a crumbling order through force. Washington’s…
Venezuela Topples Team USA in Historic World Baseball Classic Upset
Joshua Scheer Before bed I saw this and can’t help but think how great it is to at least topple the United States at something while that empire gears up…
War, Silence, and a Resignation Washington Can’t Easily Dismiss
ScheerPost Staff As Washington sinks deeper into confrontation with Iran, one of the most consequential signs of internal rupture yet has emerged: a senior national security official leaving his post…
Washington’s Public Swagger Meets Private Panic Over Iran
ScheerPost Staff The White House is denying that special envoy Steve Witkoff sent back-channel messages to Iranian officials during the current war—but the denial itself is beginning to look like…
The Most Obvious Question Liberal Media Refuses to Ask About the Iran War
Ramzy Baroud for Common Dreams Doubtless, the war launched by US President Donald Trump is not popular among ordinary Americans. According to the latest public opinion poll, only a minority…
‘Iran Posed No Imminent Threat’: Trump’s Counterterrorism Director Resigns in Protest
Brett Wilkins for Common Dreams National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent announced his resignation Tuesday, accusing President Donald Trump of being manipulated by Israel into launching a war on Iran.…
Children of War
Fariba Amini for Informed Comment “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.” — Ernest Hemingway…