In this Scheer Post podcast, Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges talks to journalist Robert Scheer about the WikiLeaks founder’s plight as he languishes in a British prison.
LISTEN: The Ruling Class’ Revenge Against Julian Assange
Category: International
Human Rights Watch Designating Israel’s Crimes as Apartheid Is a Very Big Deal
The True Meaning of the Afghan ‘Withdrawal’
Chevron’s ‘Unjust Legal Assault’ on Steven Donziger
Six lawmakers are pressing the attorney general for a review of the case holding the human rights lawyer under prolonged house arrest.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: America the Innocent
The American press has been in the business of keeping readers ignorant since the Cold War—its most essential responsibility turned upside-down—and in our time it gets worse, not better.
Biden Lied About Yemen
The slaughter continues, unbroken from Obama to Trump and from Trump to Biden, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Extremism on Rise in Israel
Though the situation in Jerusalem has now calmed, Ariel Gold says the floodgates of Jewish extremism have already been flung wide open.
DIANA JOHNSTONE: Washington’s Green Branches in Europe
The German Green Party has a chance to join a ruling coalition in September’s election, after turning its back on its roots, to root for Washington.
50 Years Ago on May Day 1971: When Bob Parry Went to Jail in the Biggest Mass Arrest in US History
On May 1, 1971, Bob Parry, the late founder and editor of Consortium News, traveled to Washington to take part in an anti-Vietnam War protest. Here is Bob’s account of that day.
COVID-19: Vaccine Just out of Reach for Palestinians
As people in many countries begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel, we are once again left behind, writes Laila Barhoum.