Forest Defenders Vow Resistance After Court Green-Lights Phase I of “Cop City”
A judge denied a restraining order against initial construction of the $90 million militarized police training complex.
Ralph Nader: The 20th Anniversary of the Sociocide of Iraq by Bush/Cheney
Will President Biden, Congress and other Americans recognize the massive war crimes committed against the Iraqi people with appropriate declarations and actions on March 19, 2023?
John Kiriakou: Covid & the Way of Death in US Prisons
If we don’t care about prisoners on any normal day, then why would we care about them when a pandemic is spreading through the system?
Beware the Time Thieves
By Jenny Brown / Labor Notes French workers have shut the country down with general strikes three times in the last month to defend their time. They’re protesting a proposal…
The Lesson We Need to Teach Our Nation’s Rich
Our educational house most definitely is burning, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders told a town hall on America’s teacher pay crisis at the U.S. Capitol earlier this week.
Mark Fiore: Freedom Liberry
By Mark Fiore / Original to ScheerPost The movement to ban certain books is gaining traction in Florida and around the country. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is riding the book…
LuxLeaks Whistleblower Wins Case Before Europe’s Top Human Rights Court
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The grand chamber of the European Court of Human Rights recently ruled in favor of a whistleblower who worked for the multinational accounting conglomerate…
Biden Administration Takes Its Capitulation to Israel to an Absurd New Level
An independent human rights expert was denied a post for accurately criticizing Israel.
A Norfolk Southern Policy Lets Officials Order Crews To Ignore Safety Alerts
In October, months before the East Palestine derailment, the company also directed a train to keep moving with an overheated wheel that caused it to derail miles later in Sandusky,…
Scott Ritter: Arms Control or Ukraine?
As Russia suspends New START, the sooner the Ukraine war ends, the sooner the U.S. and Russia can work to preserve arms control to avert the ultimate disaster.
‘Victory for the Afghan People’ as US Judge Blocks 9/11 Families From Seizing Frozen Assets
"This money belongs to the Afghan people, and no one else," said Afghans for a Better Tomorrow, a coalition of Afghan-American community groups.
Patrick Lawrence: Russia Takes Another Step Back From the West
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost News that Russia will suspend its participation in the New START nuclear arms pact, which arrived Tuesday via Vladimir Putin’s annual address to…
What Will Happen When Banks Go Bust? Bank Runs, Bail-Ins and Systemic Risk
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost Financial podcasts have been featuring ominous headlines lately along the lines of “Your Bank Can Legally Seize Your Money” and “Banks Can STEAL…
China Report Excoriates ‘US Hegemony’, War Crimes, CIA Coups 400 Foreign Interventions
China’s Foreign Ministry published a lengthy report condemning “US hegemony” and its crimes around the world, including wars with millions of victims, coups and “regime change” against elected leaders, and…
AI and ChatGPT: Yet Another Assault on Democratic Governance?
We must understand that democracy is morphing with more technocratic systems of governance that lack full oversight and a clear understanding of their social and political impacts.