Michael Brenner: Epstein & The Banality of Evil
It’s the world of power and celebrity whose members are aware of each other, but whose connective tissue is of varying strength and extent.
Michael Brenner: America Meets Its Hidden Destiny
By Michael Brenner Healthy societies revel in who they are. Unhealthy societies view themselves in terms of either an ignominious past, current enemies who endanger them, or internal elements degrading…
Michael Brenner: Core Trump
“For the U.S. president, the truth has no claim” — Michael Brenner scrutinizes the effects of Trump’s behavior on foreign policy over the past 100-plus days.
Michael Brenner: Moral Suicide
The exaltation of the Jews of Israel - honored and cosseted - is matched by the dehumanization of Palestine's Muslims.
Michael Brenner: Hegemony or Bust
By Michael Brenner Novelty has observers rummaging through their inventory of ideas and concepts to find one to fit the new experience. Its application is supposed to provide some rudimentary…
Michael Brenner: Signposts to Perdition
Is Fascism the natural default setting for failed Constitutional democracies? ‘Natural’ in the sense that there is a connection between these societies’ characteristic features – especially ones figuring prominently in…
Michael Brenner: Still Unthinkable?
The United States's provocative actions are the principal reason the "unthinkable" possibility of nuclear war is becoming ever more likely.
Michael Brenner: A Brutal Suppression of Speech
The increasingly common resort to diktats by U.S. authorities is a notable feature of contemporary American society — in all spheres, writes Michael Brenner.
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…
Michael Brenner: Morality Challenged
Michael Brenner explores the moral conundrum of the U.S. backing of Israeli atrocities in Gaza.
Michael Brenner: The West’s Reckoning?
Western leaders are facing defeats in Ukraine and atrocities in Palestine yet feel no shame or humiliation. Their actions highlight a path of collective self-destruction through moral, diplomatic, and economic…
Michael Brenner: The Context Behind Yemen
In much of the media coverage of the recent U.S. bombing on Yemen, the historical context behind the violence has been omitted — making many unaware of the U.S.-backed genocide…
Michael Brenner: Europe-Jews-Muslims
Israel's inhuman treatment of the Palestinians - culminating in their massacre and mass eviction from Gaza - leaves Europeans unmoved. Instead, they cheer on the Israelis, outdo themselves in effusive…
Michael Brenner: Defeat
By Michael Brenner / Original to ScheerPost The United States is being defeated in Ukraine. One could say that it is facing defeat – or, more starkly, that it is…
The New ‘New World’
What happens when reality hits delusion? U.S. mythology and fantasy will remain resilient. Denial, doubling-down, scapegoating, recrimination and more audacious adventures are the instinctive responses, writes Michael Brenner.