Patrick Lawrence: Why Do Nations Erase the Past?
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost A recent report by the German news agency DPA has had me thinking ever since about various small, inconsequential matters: war, nationalism, identity,…
Indigenous People Push Back Against US ‘Thanksgiving Mythology’
"We will not stop telling the truth about the Thanksgiving story and what happened to our ancestors," says Kisha James, whose grandfather founded the National Day of Mourning in 1970.
How Terror Came Home and What to Make of It
By Andrea Mazzarino | TomDispatch Recently, an agent of the Department of Homeland Security called me and started asking questions about a childhood acquaintance being investigated for extremism. I put…
Mark Fiore: Thanksgiving for Billionaires
By Mark Fiore / Original to Scheerpost As we revel in the joy and wonder of Thanksgiving, let us be particularly thankful that a good number of billionaires are making…
My Thanksgiving: How Testifying for Native Americans Made Me a Witness to History
I'm a scholar of Native American history. But my real education came from working with Native people in the present.
[rewind] Robert Scheer: Three Antidotes to America’s Toxic Thanksgiving Myth
This Thanksgiving, we're reposting three critical "Scheer Intelligence" episodes that highlight the country's original sins of white settler colonialism and Native American genocide.
African and Indigenous Peoples: An Alliance for Defense, Survival and Revolution
The Thanksgiving Holiday Is An Opportunity To Remember How The Settler Colonial State Began Its Genocide Against Both Indigenous People And Enslaved Africans.
BBC Accused of ‘Whitewashing’ Autocratic Azerbaijan in BP-Sponsored Film
‘Wonders of Azerbaijan’ film was made with BP funding and the help of the country’s controversial ruling Aliyev family.
‘Historic Win’: UN Members to Start Talks on ‘Inclusive and Effective’ Global Tax Standards
Applauding African nations that led the new resolution, one activist argued that "shifting power from the OECD is paramount to end the exploitation and plunder of developing countries."
Steven Donziger & Lee Camp: Big Oil Owns the US Justice System
By Lee Camp / MintPress News
Kamala Harris Hits Out at China in Speech on Philippine Coast Guard Ship
Harris delivered the speech in Palawan, a Philippine island province with a coast on the South China Sea.
All Eyes on Delaware—and a Promising Challenge to the World’s Richest Man
So Elon Musk may not be all that fabulously ‘brilliant’ after all.