China’s Export Boom Exposes the Myth of Economic War
ScheerPost Staff For years Americans have been told that tariffs, trade wars, and geopolitical brinkmanship would finally slow China’s economic rise. The promise was simple: punish Beijing, rebuild American industry,…
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,…
178 Killed in South Sudan Massacre as Fragile Peace Deal Collapses
The massacre in Abiemnom County follows the unravelling of the 2018 peace agreement between President Salva Kiir and his former vice president Riek Machar last year, dragging the world’s youngest…
Pípsell: The last stand (Documentary)
Brandi Morin The Real News Network (TRNN) In their new feature documentary, Pípsell: The Last Stand, award-winning journalist Brandi Morin and filmmaker Geordie Day expose the human and environmental costs…
Number of Children in ICE Detention Skyrockets Under Trump
Mansa Musa for TRNN A new report from the Marshall Project reveals that the daily number of kids in ICE detention has increased sixfold under the second Trump administration. In…
Israel Googling Real Names of Anonymous X Users
Alan MacLeod for MintPress News wide range of anonymous X (Twitter) users have reported that their real names are suddenly being Googled in Israel shortly after they began criticizing the…
No Safe Place in Lebanon as Israeli Airstrikes and Raids Kill Hundreds and Displace Hundreds of Thousands
ScheerPost Staff As Israel dramatically escalates its military campaign across Lebanon, civilians are once again caught between bombardment, displacement orders, and a collapsing shelter system. Reporting from Beirut, journalist Lylla…
Punching Them While They’re Down”: US & Israel Bomb Iran’s Schools and Hospitals With “No Stupid Rules of Engagement
Ben Norton for Geopolitical Economy Report The United States and Israel are intentionally devastating civilian areas in Iran, brutally bombing schools, hospitals, and residential neighborhoods, in an attempt not only…
Israel’s Goal in Iran Is Not Just Regime Change, but Complete Collapse
Kate McMahon for Mondoweiss After decades of disastrous wars in the Middle East, the U.S. may have finally learned one lesson: regime change is exceedingly difficult. Removing a head of…
‘That Was Done by Iran,’ Trump Lies as More Evidence Shows US Was Behind School Massacre
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams. US President Donald Trump baselessly claimed over the weekend that Iran was behind the strike on an Iranian elementary school that killed more than 160…
“We’re Gonna Make a Ton of Money”: The Ugly Truth Behind the Iran War
Posted by Joshua Scheer As the war surrounding Iran widens and global energy markets jitter, the narrow waters of the Strait of Hormuz have once again become the world’s most…
‘The Situation Is Scary’: Global Economic Chaos as Trump’s Iran War Sends Markets Diving
Brad Reed for Common Dreams President Donald Trump’s unprovoked and unconstitutional war against Iran is sending shockwaves across the global economy in the form of skyrocketing oil prices and diving…
A Clique of Unhinged Techno-Optimists Is Putting Humanity at Risk
By Janet Abou-Elias and William D. Hartung for Tomdispatch.com – “I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl-laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw…
Israel’s Descent Into Madness: MJ Rosenberg on Gideon Levy’s Warning
ScheerPost Staff In his latest Substack column, longtime analyst and former Hill staffer MJ Rosenberg turns his attention to a chilling new reality inside Israel—one captured with brutal clarity by…