The True Costs of America’s All-Consuming War-Culture
This country has sacralized its version of global war and now the world is reaping what we sowed.
Neil Richards: Is It Too Late to Protect Our Privacy in the Internet Age?
Leading privacy lawyer Neil Richards joins Robert Scheer to discuss his new book “Why Privacy Matters” and whether we can still claw back some control over our personal data.
How Cryptocurrencies Allow Fundraisers to Sidestep Censorship
Fundraisers for Julian Assange’s legal defense and Freedom Convoy protesters highlight faults and affordances of crypto-funded initiatives.
Hedges: Democrats, the More Effective Evil
The US is a de facto one-party state where the ideology of national security is sacrosanct, unsustainable debt props up the empire and the primary business is war.
Mr. Fish: Demokracy and the Whole Point of Political Cartooning and Satire
Mr. Fish will display and sell his original art work on Feb. 19 at the Robert Berman Gallery in Santa Monica
Oliver Stone
Robert Scheer
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Oliver Stone: American Exceptionalism Is on Deadly Display in Ukraine
The creator of the Showtime documentary series “The Putin Diaries” speaks to Robert Scheer about the escalating crisis in Ukraine.
Ellen Brown: Rather Than Sink Main Street by Raising Interest Rates, the Fed Could Save It. Here’s How.
The central bank has the tools to help American families suffering from rising food and energy bills right now, with a bit of updating to its rules.
Chris Hedges and Louis Hyman on the Harmful Gig Economy
On the show Chris Hedges discusses the gig economy to Louis Hyman, Professor of Economic History at Cornell University.
Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Exit From the Ukraine Crisis That’s Hiding in Plain Sight
The crisis over Ukraine grows simultaneously more dangerous and more absurd. There is, however, a glimmer of hope.
Juan Cole: America Gets Islam All Wrong. Muslim Americans Pay the Price.
On this week's "Scheer Intelligence," Middle East expert Juan Cole talks about lesser known peaceful Muslim movements and how the U.S. maligns Muslims at home and abroad.
Hedges: Heeding James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’
A century after its publication, the timeless novel warns us about the poisons of nationalism and idolatry and the commonality of our sojourns between birth and death.
Greenwald: The Pressure Campaign on Spotify to Remove Joe Rogan Reveals the Religion of Liberals: Censorship
All factions, at certain points, succumb to the impulse to censor. But for the Democratic Party's liberal adherents, silencing their adversaries has become their primary project.
Juan Cole
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Juan Cole: The FBI’s Islamophobia Enabled the January 6th Insurrection
The FBI has given a pass to violent white supremacists--allowing them to freely organize the attack on the Capitol--while spying 24/7 on Muslim Americans.
Robert Scheer
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Michael Smith and Zachary Sklar: Michael Ratner Was a Revolutionary Lawyer Like No Other
The late human rights lawyer took on some of the most important cases of our time, including defending Guantanamo Bay detainees and representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Ralph Nader on Morton Mintz— Investigative Nemesis of Corporate Criminals — Turning 100
More than any other reporter, the centenarian broke open the walls surrounding the media’s non-coverage of serious consumer, environmental, and worker harms and rights.