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J. Edgar Hoover was the QAnon of his Era, and Martin Luther King Jr. was the Victim of his Dirty Tricks
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Ours is an age beset by conspiracy theories, with the fascist QAnon cult at the center of much public…
Veterans Understand Martin Luther King Jr’s Powerful Demand for Peace
Foreign policy is a blind spot for Americans. This became part of Martin Luther King’s message.
The 11 Most Anti-Capitalist Quotes from Martin Luther King Jr.
"The truth is, most politicians would distance themselves from Dr. King's stunning (and spot on) indictments of capitalism."
Chris Hedges: Russell Banks, John Brown and the American Soul
There are few contemporary novelists who have explored the dark undercurrents of American society with more insight and pathos than Russell Banks, who died earlier this month.
[Repost] The Liberal Contempt for Martin Luther King’s Final Year
The MLK tributes are sure to pour on the anniversary of the civil rights hero's death, but don't expect them to acknowledge his anti-militarist ideals.
Why America Might Want to Lower Its Expectations
Rebecca Gordon, author of American Nuremberg, reminds us, lest you think otherwise, this country remains all too exceptional, even if in ways that couldn’t be more unnerving.
Some Africans Can’t Get Asylum in Israel Because Persecution Is Normal There
While the numbers of Israeli atrocities and crimes are far too many to count, from time to time we come across something that stands out. This time it is the…
CIA Pushes for Dismissal of Lawsuit Against Alleged Spying on Assange Visitors
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The Central Intelligence Agency and former CIA director Mike Pompeo notified a federal court in New York that they intend to push for the…
Weapons Contractors Destroy Lives While Reading Fairy Tales To Children
By Lee Camp / MintPress News A UN report recently revealed that at least 11,000 children have been killed or maimed in the US-backed War in Yemen. At the same…
Briahna Joy Gray: Inside Biden’s DIRTY MONEY Insurance Scheme
Briahna Joy Gray makes the case that the American healthcare system will only change if voters' standards change.
The Fading of Washington’s Global Dreams and the Coming of a New World
Alfred McCoy suggests what a United States that remains a significant regional power might do in its own hemisphere to come to grips with the decline of our own country,…
Patrick Lawrence: ‘Pessimism of the Mind, Optimism of the Will’
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Some years ago now, while researching a book that eventually came out as Somebody Else’s Century, I spent time in Ahmedabad, a city…
Walking Back the Russian Troll Scare
None of the news outlets that helped spread suspicion about Russian Twitter trolls helping Trump win the 2016 U.S. election is owning up to their hype or catching any flak.
In Biden Documents Story, Stenography and Scandal Take Center Stage
Many outlets focused on what each party had to say about the story—rather than what the general public ought to understand about it.
What It Means for Hunger to Burn Through the Pentagon’s Ranks
Co-creator of the Costs of War Project and military spouse Andrea Mazzarino describes in all-too-devastating detail that a staggeringly over-funded military-industrial complex is, to use Eisenhower’s phrasing, indeed stealing from…