US Blocks Gaza Peace Proposal at UN for 3rd Time, Holding World Hostage
The US government has paralyzed the United Nations, voting against the rest of the world and preventing peace in Gaza by vetoing three different resolutions in the Security Council. Meanwhile,…
West Bank General Strike Kicks Off Global Protest Against Israel’s War on Gaza
Work stoppages were also held in Jordan, Lebanon, and elsewhere to demand an end to the Israeli onslaught.
Norman Lear, A Giant of the Public Interest
By Mark Lloyd / Original to ScheerPost For a brief decade and a half the U.S. government gave the Archie Bunkers of America the power to have a real say,…
Chris Hedges: ‘The Genocide in Gaza’
Chris Hedges addresses the Middle East crisis with a talk titled "The Genocide in Gaza" on December 6, 2023 at The Sanctuary for Independent Media in North Troy NY.
The US Condemned Stalin’s Prosecution of Journalists. Now It Uses His Playbook.
The prosecution of Julian Assange in 2023 mirrors the prosecution of journalist Bill Oatis during the Cold War.
‘Moral Insanity’: Biden Admin Bypasses Congress to Rush Tank Shells to Israel
"Rushing deadly weapons to the far-right and openly genocidal Israeli government without congressional review robs American voters of their voice in Congress," said one critic.
Senate Votes Down Resolution to Withdraw Troops from Syria
The bill was led by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and failed in a vote of 13-84.
As the US Vetoes UN Ceasefire Resolution, the People Take the Streets for Palestine
Crowds of thousands take to the streets across the country, disrupting centers of power, responding to a call to “Shut It Down for Palestine”
Time for a Transnational Uprising Against a Reckless Escalation of the Arms Race?
The specter of omnicide looms.
White House Says No Deadline for Israel to End Gaza Onslaught
Gaza's Health Ministry says over 17,000 Palestinians have been killed.
The House Intelligence Committee’s Surveillance ‘Reform’ Bill Is a Farce
By India McKinney / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Earlier this week, both the House Committee on the Judiciary (HJC) and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) marked up…
Beltway Geniuses Keep Flinging Russia and China Into Each Other’s Arms
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch You don’t hear much about it in the U.S., but Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative is a big deal in the Global South. That’s because…
Make America Fascist Again (MAFA!)
The Future If Donald Trump Returns to the Oval Office.
Ralph Nader on Israeli Government’s War Crimes – Enabled & Defended by Biden & Congress
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org The humiliation of the U.S. government, which is actively complicit in providing the weaponry, funding, and UN vetoes backing the Israeli government’s attack on the…
Chris Hedges: The Evil Israel Does is the Evil Israel Gets
Israel’s settler colonial project perpetuates the cycle of violence against the indigenous inhabitants of historic Palestine. Palestinians have been forced to speak back in the language Israel speaks.