The World According to Gaza
Chris Hedges Gaza is only the start. The new world order is one where the weak are obliterated by the strong, the rule of law does not exist, genocide is…
‘Serious Threat to the First Amendment’ as Trump Admin Wins First Antifa Terror Charge
Olivia Rosane for Common Dreams The government has largely won its first case bringing material-support-for-terrorism charges against protesters alleged to belong to “antifa,” which President Donald Trump designated as a…
The United States Is On The Path To Fascism; How To Change Course
Posted by Joshua Scheer As the United States hurtles deeper into political, economic, and imperial crisis, the word “fascism” is no longer rhetorical—it’s descriptive. On this week’s Clearing the FOG,…
From Gaza to Main Street: Chris Hedges on the Moral and Political Freefall of the U.S.
In a wide-ranging conversation, journalist and former foreign correspondent Chris Hedges speaks with Palestinian journalist and media critic Ahmed Eldin about the role of Western media in shaping public understanding…
Private Eyes on Campus: The New Era of Student Monitoring and Suppression
Posted by Joshua Scheer A few weeks ago we had a chance to speak with Hannah Epstein. Sadly, as the American empire descends into its last gasps, we have fallen…
The U.S. Is “On the Cusp of a Police State”: Chris Hedges on Resistance Before It’s Too Late
Posted By Joshua Scheer In this wide‑ranging and deeply sobering conversation, journalist and author Chris Hedges speaks with Bad Faith’s Briahna Joy Gray and they lay out the accelerating collapse…
When a Deportation Case Falls Apart, Free Speech Is on Trial
Posted by Joshua Scheer In an era of hypercharged politics and hardened rhetoric around immigration, it is easy for individual cases to blur into abstraction. But every so often, one…
A Medic, Surrounded by Agents: What the Alex Pretti Case Reveals About Political Policing
What happened to Alex Pretti should stop anyone who still believes the line between “public safety” and political policing is bright and uncrossable. As The Intercept reports, a volunteer EMT…
The Surveillance State Just Bought a Super Bowl Ad
Just a decade after a global backlash was triggered by Snowden reporting on mass domestic surveillance, the state-corporate dragnet is stronger and more invasive than ever.
You Can Arrest Journalists, But You Can’t Arrest the Truth
Posted by Joshua Scheer I have reported this time and time again, and it bears repeating: where are our so-called “leaders”? As democratic norms erode in real time, we are…
ICE Agents Film Minnesota Protesters & Immigrants as Part of Massive Facial Recognition Push
“It’s being used on the street in ways that are dangerous, that are totally unprecedented in this country, and that are, frankly, blatantly illegal."
How Minnesotans became Palestinians: Top 5 Ways they are Occupied
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment The people of Palestine are occupied by the Israelis. In my experience most Americans do not even know this basic fact. Ignorance of it…
‘What Are You Hiding?’ Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Says ICE Killing of Renee Good Must Be Investigated
“This is an unprecedented attack on American institutions.”
‘A Chilling Assertion’: Trump Officials Falsely Claim Citizens Must Carry Immigration Docs to Prove Their Status
By Stephen Prager for Common Dreams Federal law enforcement agencies are detaining US citizens who do not carry proof of their citizenship in what civil rights advocates describe as a…
Trump Deportation Push Continues With TSA-ICE Partnership and Move to Strip Legal Status
By Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams As a “chilling” report in the New York Times revealed that the Transportation Security Administration is providing the names of all airline passengers to…