USC: This is a Teachable Moment
The April 24 pro-Palestinian protest did not disrupt student life; it is at its very heart.
Chris Hedges: Revolt in the Universities
University students across the country, facing mass arrests, suspensions, evictions and explusions are our last, best hope to halt the genocide in Gaza.
An Establishment Scholar’s Indictment of the West’s ‘Blind Support for Israel’s Slaughter in Gaza’
Award-winning author Trita Parsi explains the changing dynamics of the Middle East following Iran’s unprecedented retaliatory attack on Israel.
Michael Tracey: America First, or Ukraine First?
By Max Jones and Diego Ramos / ScheerPost Staff Writers This week, the U.S. government passed a foreign “aid” package of $95 billion for America’s wars, including $60 billion for…
Edward Said Warned Against Anti-Palestinian McCarthyism
Said’s legacy reads today as a scathing condemnation of the hypocrisy of U.S. liberal institutions, their moral corruption, and the hollowness of the very values that they profess to teach.
Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
By Medea Benjamin / CounterPunch The non-violence training to join the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s ships to Gaza has been intense. As hundreds of us from 32 countries gathered in Istanbul,…
Columbia Faculty Walk Out Over Student Suspensions, Arrest for Gaza Protests
While expressing gratitude for solidarity actions, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar—whose daughter was suspended—said that "this about the genocide in Gaza and the attention has to remain on that."
The McCarthyist Attack on Gaza Protests Threatens Free Thought for All
With the encouragement of the state, universities are taking draconian steps to silence debate about US-backed violence in the Middle East.
Michael Brenner: The Moral Depravity of Western Imperialism
By Max Jones and Diego Ramos / ScheerPost Staff Writers Professor Michael Brenner joins this episode of Journalists for Sale to discuss the moral emptiness of Western empire, most visibly…
Ralph Nader: Palestinians as “The Others”
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org Throughout history, military empires have reduced their victims, their subjugated, and their abducted to a state of “The Others.” The political and mass media institutions…
Chris Hedges: Technocapitalism—Bitcoin, Mars, and Dystopia
Blockchain, AI, and other technological innovations could be used to improve human flourishing. Instead they’re making the oligarchy richer and more powerful at all of our expense.
Etiquette for College Students
Editor’s note: The University of Southern California recently cancelled the commencement address of its pro-Palestinian Muslim valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, after pressure from Jewish groups, and as of today has also…
Ray McGovern: One More Presidential Briefing w/ ‘President Scheer’
The 27-year CIA veteran who counseled seven presidents reenacts his role in the current Theatre of the Absurd.
Patrick Lawrence: Becoming Who We Are
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost The following is an edited, amended, and condensed version of a speech I delivered in Zurich’s environs earlier this month. The occasion was…
Google Employees Lead Sit-Ins Protesting the Company’s Complicity in Genocide
Tech workers are joining the Palestine solidarity movement in leading coast-to-coast sit ins at Google offices across the country.