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By Grace Blakeley and Yanis Varoufakis / DiEM 25 In this discussion recorded in Athens, Grace Blakeley and Yanis Varoufakis expose how our so-called democracies have been captured by elites. From Gaza to the climate crisis to the collapse of liberal politics, they explore why even “progressive” leaders are absorbed by the system they enter, […]|
The World Court says Israel has a duty as the occupying power to cooperate with UN relief efforts, not impede them.|
Rather than scrutinize María Corina Machado credentials, the media establishment whitewashed the most unpeaceful elements in her background.|
Journalist Mehdi Hasan said Trump and his allies “plan to overturn the Constitution and democracy. They’re not hiding it. They’re bragging about it.”|
Pulitzer Prize–winning US journalist Chris Hedges joins Antoinette Lattouf to unpack his time in Australia so far, including some fraught interactions with sections of the Australian media.|
The US is expected to bomb Venezuela with the goal of ousting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.|
For decades, the FDA has blacked out the names of generic drugs on inspection reports for foreign factories that were found to have safety and quality violations.|
Gen Z-led uprisings across the Global South point to long-term socioeconomic and environmental crises caused by neoliberalism. Yet they have often been coopted by entrenched social classes. Can their energy be channelled towards progressive ends?|
Protesters, Journalists, Medics Targeted Outside Immigration Detention Facility.|
The anti-Trump demonstration was a classic astroturf operation organized by Democratic Party operatives, writes Margaret Kimberley. Real political action is different.|
“As an occupying Power, Israel is obliged to ensure the basic needs of the local population, including the supplies essential for their survival. Obligations to this effect are set out in Articles 55 and 56 of the Fourth Geneva Convention.”|
Whitney Webb traces the Thielverse’s rise and the bipartisan construction of the modern surveillance state that Trump and his benefactors are deploying against dissidents and immigrants today.|
By Robert Scheer / Original to ScheerPost Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / YouTube / Rumble Welcome to Scheer Intelligence, where the real intelligence comes from our guests. Today, Robert Scheer sits down with legendary cultural critic Greil Marcus—called by The Washington Post “our greatest cultural critic”—to explore how rock and roll became the pulse of political and personal liberation […]|
Rep. Tim Walberg’s weaponization of antisemitism neatly fulfills his donors’ agenda against unions and public education.|
The recent US airstrikes in the Caribbean and military threats against Venezuela are a continuation of decades (or even centuries) of US policy on the region, not a departure from it.|
The Ukrainian military requires US targeting data to fire Storm Shadow missiles.|
The federal government has a powerful tool to spur investment in communities traditionally locked out of it. But Trump is dismantling it.|
Addressing the root of economic systems that oppress Americans is exactly what the Democratic Party leadership, dependent on big corporate donors, has rigorously refused to do. If they continue this refusal, things will only get worse.|
The USA is waging war on Venezuela. Trump authorized CIA “lethal operations” to try to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro. The US military is killing innocent fishermen from Colombia and Trinidad.|
Help me out here: What is the Democrats’ logic?|
Greetings to Young Americans: You are Automatically Registered for the Draft Conscription without Representation? Where and WHY are we sending our Kids to War?| scheerpost.com
