Mark Fiore: Diplomacy Dismembered
By Mark Fiore / Original to ScheerPost President Joe Biden was caught off guard when Saudi Arabia and Russia joined together to lead OPEC to cut oil production by 2…
‘Next Up? Legalize It’: Advocates Cheer Biden Move to Pardon Marijuana Convictions
This must be the first of many steps to ending our decades long failed policies on marijuana.
US Ignores Growing Calls for Diplomacy and Sends More Weapons to Ukraine
"Are there still negotiation possibilities?" asked Noam Chomsky. "There's only one way to find out. That's to try. If you refuse to try, of course, there's no option, no possibilities."
Scott Ritter: The Onus Is on Biden & Putin
We are, literally, on the eve of destruction. Now is the time for the kind of political maturity leaders rarely demonstrate.
US and UK Sabotaged Ukrainian Peace Deal
The West's aim "is not the victory of Ukraine, It's the defeat of Russia," Baud says. "The problem is that nobody cares about Ukraine. We have just instrumentalized Ukraine for…
Chris Hedges: The Return of Fascism
As in the 1930s, a bankrupt liberalism, grotesque social inequality and declining living standards are empowering fascist movements in Europe and the U.S.
Andres Auraz: Biden’s Peace for Afghanistan Is a Humanitarian Disaster
The U.S. withdrew its troops and with them all humanitarian aid while freezing Afghanistan’s foreign reserves, leading to mass deprivation for Afghanistan’s innocent civilian population.
Mark Fiore: Sending Migrants Around the Country: Cruelty Travel
DeSantis' latest stunt sheds light on the treatment of migrants by the country's top politicians.
White House Official Says Biden’s Comments on Defending Taiwan ‘Speak for Themselves’
Kurt Campbell, the top Asia official on the NSC, says the White House didn't walk back Biden's comments.
Biden Doubles Down on Defending Taiwan From Potential Chinese Invasion
President Biden says he doesn't encourage Taiwanese independence but also says US forces would defend the island in the case of a Chinese invasion.
The President Gets an “F” in American History
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost For 35 years I taught high school classes in politics, economics and American history. And for 35 years I struggled against a mythological…
The Chris Hedges Report Podcast: Historian Paul Street on the Bankrupt Liberalism and Gilded Absurdities of the Democratic Party
Click here or the picture below to listen to the podcast: What are we to make of a Democratic Party that has embraces an election strategy that includes demobilizing the…
Chris Hedges: Let’s Stop Pretending America Is a Functioning Democracy
A functioning democracy could easily dispatch Donald Trump and his doppelgängers. A failed democracy and bankrupt liberalism assures their ascendancy.
Medea Benjamin & Jodie Evans: What Killed America’s Peace Movement?
CODEPINK founders Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans are rare voices of conscience confronting the bipartisan warmongers.
How the American Dream Became the American Scream
Isn’t it a strange form of science fiction that, in response to a crisis that could someday signal the end of civilization, the focus in this country is on Donald…