[rewind] Missing Links in Textbook History: Indigenous People
ScheerPost is rewinding this piece from February of this year in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost Oh, the history books tell itThey tell…
Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day from Those Who Made it Possible
This ScheerPost original illustration by Mr. Fish was the winner of “Best Cartoon” in the 64th Southern California Journalism Awards.
Chris Hedges: Palestinians Speak the Language of Violence Israel Taught Them
By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost The indiscriminate shootings of Israelis by Hamas and other Palestinian resistance organizations, the kidnapping of civilians, the barrage of rockets into Israel, drone…
Patrick Lawrence: Depleted Ukrainium
What Comes After Failure?
Missing Links in Textbook History: Labor Before World War I
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” – Frederick Douglass Canandaigua, New York 1857 When I was…
Chris Hedges: Why Our Popular Mass Movements Fail
The wave of global popular protests that erupted in 2010 and lasted a decade were extinguished. This means new tactics and new strategies, as Vincent Bevins explains in his book…
Max Blumenthal: Where Did It All Go Wrong for the Internet?
The rise in Clinton liberalism and Trump derangement has led to the highly censored and heavily surveilled Internet of today.
[Rewind]: Dianne Feinstein’s Claim to a Profile in Courage
The late senator's courage in exposing the torture program was on full display in this Hollywood thriller.
Patrick Lawrence: The Undiscovered Country
We are responsible for our irresponsibility
Newsom Vetoed Bill Restricting California Prison Transfers to ICE
California was one signature away from placing restrictions on prison transfers to ICE. Gov. Newsom blocked the action, even though it faced no opposition and had supermajority votes.
I Was the Only U.S. Official Imprisoned Over the Torture Program — Because I Opposed It
The only person associated with the CIA's global torture program who was prosecuted and imprisoned was the man who blew the whistle on it — John Kiriakou.
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…
Norman Solomon: Biden Is the Latest President To Tout the Vietnam War as Proud History
By Norman Solomon / Original to ScheerPost When Joe Biden flew out of Hanoi last week, he was leaving a country where U.S. warfare caused roughly 3.8 million Vietnamese deaths.…
The Climate March, Joe Biden and AOC’s Dubious Endorsement
Jeff Cohen discusses the inspiring march and AOC’s rousing speech at the rally -- but ends with respectful questions about AOC’s orientation toward Biden and her endorsement of his reelection
Patrick Lawrence: Psychosis and Its Consequences
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Remember that startling remark Karl Rove made while serving as an adviser to George W. Bush? It was October 2004, the so-called war…