Starbucks’ Howard Schultz Called Before Senate
By Jenny Brown / Labor Notes Starbucks projects the image of an employee-friendly company, but its workers have been exposing the contradiction between the company’s words and its actions. On…
Craig Murray: Why Would China Be an Enemy?
To react to Beijing’s growing economic power by increasing Western military power is hopeless. It is harder to think of a more stupid example of lashing out in blind anger.
DeSantis Privately Called for Google to Be ‘Broken Up’
In previously unreported videos from a closed-door Teneo Network conference, Florida's Republican governor takes his anti-big tech rhetoric beyond what he has said publicly.
Looking at the Skeletons Inside the NFL’s Closet
Renowned sports journalist Dave Zirin talks about his latest documentary, which explores the unjust, unfair and deeply racist history of the NFL coupled with its commitment to nationalism, militarism and…
Chris Hedges: Lynching the Deplorables
The criminal investigation undertaken by the federal government against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol is polarizing the country and shredding civil liberties.
West Is Out of Touch With Rest of World Politically, EU-Funded Study Admits
A study by the elite EU-funded European Council on Foreign Relations found the West is out of touch politically with the rest of the world. Most people in China, India,…
Rep. Gaetz Introduces War Powers Resolution To Pull US Troops Out of Syria
The House will be forced to vote on the resolution within 18 days of its introduction.
How Can the Peace Movement Be More Effective?
By Tom Valovic / Mass Peace Action I’m probably not your typical peace activist. Over the last 15 years or so, I’ve been involved in a variety of volunteer and…
Mark Fiore: Freedom Liberry
By Mark Fiore / Original to ScheerPost The movement to ban certain books is gaining traction in Florida and around the country. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is riding the book…
AI and ChatGPT: Yet Another Assault on Democratic Governance?
We must understand that democracy is morphing with more technocratic systems of governance that lack full oversight and a clear understanding of their social and political impacts.
McCarthyism, Then and Now
And the (True) One-Party State in America.
Due to Wars and Climate Destruction, US Ranks Worse Than Peers on ‘Impunity’ Index
"While accountability is critical to democracy, a democratic system of government alone is insufficient to fend off impunity."
Australia’s B-52 Nuclear Weapons Problem
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch It is not farfetched to make the point that delivery systems capable of deploying nuclear weapons will lead to them carrying those very same weapons.…
How Worker Ownership Builds Community Wealth and a More Just Society
Community wealth building initiatives are taking hold in cities across the world, strengthening worker pay, local economies and democracy.
109 Democrats Join GOP’s Ridiculous ‘Horrors Of Socialism’ Vote
Emma Vigeland and Sam Seder look at the recent House vote to denounce socialism and what that means for the future of socialist policies like M4A, with 109 Democrats joining…