False Transitions and Global Stocktakes: The Failure of COP28
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch The time has come to treat the sequence of UN Climate Change Conferences, the latest concluding in Dubai, as a series of the failed and…
The Surveillance Showdown That Fizzled
By India McKinney / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Like the weather rapidly getting colder outside, the fight over renewing, reforming, or sunsetting the mass surveillance power of Section 702 has…
Resolution in US Congress Calls for End to Assange Case as Extradition Nears
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter A resolution in support of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on December 13. Cosponsored by eight…
Unilateral Sanity Could Save the World
“Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced”
The Ghosts of the Worldwide Surveillance Apparatus Show Their Hand
Phantom Parrot, a British documentary now screening in the US, sheds light on the Orwellian technologies being used across borders to repress activists, journalists, and others.
The Supreme Court Has Adopted a Conduct Code, but Who Will Enforce It?
Experts say it is unclear if the new rules, which come after reporting by ProPublica and others revealed that justices had repeatedly failed to disclose gifts and travel from wealthy…
USA vs the World: Blockade on Cuba Opposed by 97% of Countries at UN
The world voted 187 to 2 at the United Nations General Assembly for an end to the illegal US embargo against Cuba. Only Israel supported Washington, while Ukraine abstained.
Conflating Jewish and Pro-Israel Is Wrong and Misleading
US media falsely act as if Jewish opinion is unified in support of Israeli military attacks and in opposition to Palestinian rights.
Larry’s List: Ever-More-Corporate Universities, the Israeli Crackdown on Speech, Political Polling, and More
By SP Staff ScheerPost is bringing back Larry’s List, a daily news curation from USC communications professor Larry Gross, to keep you up to date with the most cutting edge…
22 House Dems Join GOP in Voting to Censure Tlaib, Only Palestinian-American in Congress
"Congresswoman Tlaib's moral courage will never be extinguishable, but these 22 Democrats' cowardice, bigotry, and fanaticism will be the only thing the American people ever remember of them," said Justice…
‘We’re a War Machine as a Nation’: The Truth About American Politics
“We prefer war over healthcare. We prefer war over housing. We prefer war over education. We prefer war over the economic welfare of our own citizens”
Jeffrey Sachs: Israel’s Chance To Turn Carnage Into Peace
Friends do not let friends commit crimes against humanity.
Farewell, the American Century
Rewriting the Past by Adding In What's Been Left Out.
US Vetoes UN Security Resolution Calling for ‘Humanitarian Pauses’ in Gaza
The US was the only member to vote against the resolution.