US Funds ‘Independent Journalism’ in Cuba to Spread Propaganda, Ex-Spy Admits
Former CIA analyst Fulton Armstrong told The Guardian that, in Cuba, “a lot of the so-called independent journalists are indirectly funded by the US”. They spread anti-government disinformation with the…
Scott Ritter: The Nightmare of NATO Equipment Being Sent to Ukraine
The West’s recent approval of more military assistance for Kiev risks nuclear nightmare, fails Ukrainian expectations and rebukes the World War II history enshrined in a prominent Soviet war memorial…
Debt, Overcrowding, or Death: America’s Very Broken Healthcare System
Despite the lack of universal healthcare coverage in the US, the country spends significantly more on healthcare related costs than comparable countries.
Who Will Speak Up for My Child, the Drag Queen?
And the Non-Binary and Transgender Folks Among Us, Too.
Missing Links: The Legacy of Textbook History
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost It took almost 10 years of teaching before I finally grasped the extent to which secondary American history textbooks fostered misunderstanding and confusion.…
Ukraine’s Corruption Comes Home To Roost
Around 15 advisers, deputy ministers and regional governors either resigned or were fired as a massive corruption drive shakes up the Ukrainian government.
‘This Is a National Emergency’: Dems Push for Assault Weapons Ban Amid String of Massacres
It is far past time to reenact an assault weapons ban and get these weapons of war out of our communities.
Did Washington Boost Another South American Coup?
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch The U.S. tyranny of monopoly capital has long preferred to deal with fascist governments abroad, specifically in the Global South. American oligarchs’ foreign fascist sycophants…
Germany: Ukraine Losing Hundreds of Soldiers Everyday
Washington believes Kiev is expending significant resources in the battle for Bakhmut.
Climate Change Will Supersede Everything
The Pentagon's Massive Intelligence Failure on China.
Patrick Lawrence: Investigate This, Jim Jordan
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Somewhere between the first and second times I heard someone say “weaponize,” this term and its derivatives—“weaponizing,” “weaponization,” and so on—began to repel…
Daniel Ellsberg: Losing 1st Amendment Reverses War of Independence
Daniel Ellsberg says using the Espionage Act against journalist Julian Assange in blatant violation of the First Amendment means the First Amendment is essentially gone.
Chris Hedges: The Plague of Social Isolation
The rupture of social bonds and loss of community, caused by the decades-long assault on the poor and working class and the ravages of the pandemic, have resulted in a…
Is SCOTUS on the Verge of Dismantling Labor and the Administrative State in One Blow?
By Nancy Snyder / CounterPunch On Tuesday, January 10, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the matter of Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local…