Scheer Intelligence: Tracing America’s Brutal Imperialist History By Robert Scheer, Scheer Intelligence. October 30, 2020 Scheer Intelligence: Tracing America’s Brutal Imperialist History2020-10-302020-10-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/exceptionalism_2-scaled-1-e1604070182625.jpg200px200px Above image: By Mr. Fish. A political anthropologist puts a much needed pin to the balloon of American exceptionalism with an invaluable guide to a country that, long before Orwell came along, said war was peace – and interventionism was the highest form of […]
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Scheer Intelligence: How Big Oil Weaponized The Judicial System By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. October 16, 2020 Scheer Intelligence: How Big Oil Weaponized The Judicial System2020-10-162020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/monkey-big-business-scaled-1.jpg200px200px Above image: By Mr. Fish. The epic battle by Steve Donziger to get Chevron to pay a $9.5 billion judgment he won in 2011 for its “mass industrial poisoning” of Indigenous Amazonian tribes in Ecuador has left him under house arrest […]
Scheer Intelligence: Wrestling Back Privacy From The Jaws Of Big Tech By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. October 13, 2020 Scheer Intelligence: Wrestling Back Privacy From The Jaws Of Big Tech2020-10-132020-10-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/privacy-scaled-1-e1602620355792.jpg200px200px Above image: By Mr. Fish. The Common Sense Media founder is taking on Mark Zuckerberg and other tech barons. He wants to empower the rest of us to do the same. Over the course of just a […]
Scheer Intelligence: In A Time Of Mortal Crisis By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. October 2, 2020 Scheer Intelligence: In A Time Of Mortal Crisis2020-10-022020-10-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/rabbi-scaled-e1601663371500.jpg200px200px Above image: Mr. Fish. Rabbi Michael Lerner Prophesies a Caring Society. The lifelong progressive talks about his new book and what he found lacking in Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. There’s no denying there’s been a renewed wave of interest in socialism in the […]
Scheer Intelligence: Justice Ginsburg’s Life And Legacy By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. September 25, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: Justice Ginsburg’s Life And Legacy2020-09-252020-09-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/bobscheer-e1601045966474.jpeg200px200px Above photo: Christopher Ho. The documentary filmmakers discuss their film “RBG” on the life and career of the legendary Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Eds. Note: With the tragic passing of feminist and progressive icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we highlight here […]
Scheer Intelligence: How Today’s Uprisings Compare To The 1960s Rebellions By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. September 18, 2020 Scheer Intelligence: How Today’s Uprisings Compare To The 1960s Rebellions2020-09-182020-09-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/losang-e1600445188454.jpg200px200px Above image: “Los Angeles Revolution.” By Mr. Fish. The movements of the sixties, which are captured in detail in “Set the Night on Fire,” are seen as wildly successful. Is it possible Black Lives Matter will be even more so? […]
Scheer Intelligence: Trump Is The Sweaty Armpit Of Monopoly Capitalism By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. September 11, 2020 Scheer Intelligence: Trump Is The Sweaty Armpit Of Monopoly Capitalism2020-09-112020-09-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/page-header-1-e1599869565421.jpg200px200px Above image: By Mr. Fish. The journalist examines how the greatest danger to American society doesn’t come from the White House, but from a few obscenely powerful corporations. Over the past several decades, the largest corporations have absorbed and […]
Scheer Intellience: The 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ Was A US Export By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. September 4, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intellience: The 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ Was A US Export2020-09-042020-09-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/page-header-e1599261339899.jpg200px200px Above image: “Not in Kansas anymore” by Mr. Fish. But Don’t Call It the Kansas Virus. “The Great Influenza” author gave us a warning 16 years ago that is extremely relevant today: It is always fatal […]
Scheer Intelligence: The Revolt Of The Black Athlete By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. August 28, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: The Revolt Of The Black Athlete2020-08-282020-08-28https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/page-header-14.jpg200px200px Above photo: Howard Bryant. Brittany Martin. The ESPN writer’s book explores the responsibilities placed upon professional black athletes from Jackie Robinson to LeBron James to be role models for social justice. Editor’s Note: We’re reposting this episode of “Scheer Intelligence,” with […]
Scheer Intelligence: Something’s Rotten In The Corporate States Of America By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. August 21, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: Something’s Rotten In The Corporate States Of America2020-08-212020-08-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/mrfish.jpg200px200px Above image: “Punch the Clock” by Mr. Fish. A new book by Barbara Freese explores eight stories about the unfettered corporate greed that has corrupted modern society and led to an astounding loss of life. […]
Scheer Intelligence: The Unbearable Violence Of Being American By Robert Scheer, Scheer Intelligence. July 24, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: The Unbearable Violence Of Being American2020-07-242020-07-24https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/f_kcgbxxnq0-scaled-e1595615701782.jpeg200px200px Above image: Drawing by Mr. Fish. Generations of US soldiers have been funnelled through unwinnable wars. Some come home with an urgent new perspective to share. America’s military industrial complex and multiple presidential administrations have funnelled several generations […]
Scheer Intelligence: The Price Of Ignoring The Ferguson Uprising By Robert Scheer, ScheerPost.com. July 10, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: The Price Of Ignoring The Ferguson Uprising2020-07-102020-07-10https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/olambiwonnu-3-scaled-e1594413254395.jpg200px200px Above image: Filmmaker Mobolaji Olambiwonnu. Mr. Fish. Throughout the uprisings inspired by the killings of Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Freddie Gray and so many other Black victims, white leaders refused to learn from Black Lives Matter, a group […]
Scheer Intelligence: For Many Young People, Socialism Is As American As Apple Pie June 26, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: For Many Young People, Socialism Is As American As Apple Pie2020-06-262020-06-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/bernie-etc-scaled-e1593193423966.jpg200px200px Above image: By Mr. Fish. Bernie Sanders may never make it to the White House, but, just when we need them most, socialists like “Bigger than Bernie” co-author Megan Day have picked up […]
Scheer Intelligence: The Powerful Past, Present And Future Of Black Lives Matter By Robert Scheer, Scheer Post. June 19, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: The Powerful Past, Present And Future Of Black Lives Matter2020-06-192020-06-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/melina-abdullah2-scaled-e1592602943312.jpg200px200px Above image: Melina Abdullah, co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Illustration by Mr. Fish. Interview with Melina Abdullah. As BLM protests sweep the globe, the movement’s co-founder talks about its […]
Scheer Intelligence: The Cynical Forces Behind America’s Forever Wars By Robert Scheer, Scheer Post. June 12, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: The Cynical Forces Behind America’s Forever Wars2020-06-122020-06-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/hopalong-scaled-e1591985972643.jpg200px200px Above image: Mr. Fish. Patrick Cockburn examines the disastrous inevitability of America’s failures in the Middle East as the region continues to reel from decades of U.S.-sponsored turmoil. American interventionism in the Middle East has resulted in […]
Scheer Intelligence: The ‘Mass Murder Program’ Behind America’s Rise To Power By Robert Scheer, Popular Resistance. May 29, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: The ‘Mass Murder Program’ Behind America’s Rise To Power2020-05-292020-05-29https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/mass-murder-program-scaled-e1590770324783.jpg200px200px Above image: Mr. Fish. In a new book, the journalist explores the Cold War massacres in Asia and Latin America that still define global political dynamics today. The Cold War–how it was […]
Scheer Intelligence: Big Banks Got The Sweetest Deal From The Covid-19 Bailouts By Robert Scheer, Popular Resistance. May 15, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: Big Banks Got The Sweetest Deal From The Covid-19 Bailouts2020-05-152020-05-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/page-header.jpg200px200px Above image: Mr. Fish. The banking expert explains why Congress’ stimulus bill has been a boon for Wall Street and not the small businesses that need it most. It’s been […]
Scheer Intelligence: Does Medicare For All Await Us At The End Of This Viral Massacre? By Robert Scheer, Popular Resistance. May 8, 2020 | Educate!, Featured Campaign Scheer Intelligence: Does Medicare For All Await Us At The End Of This Viral Massacre?2020-05-082020-05-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/image0-copy-e1588963308404.jpeg200px200px Above image: By Mr. Fish. The coronavirus pandemic has revealed a number of fatal flaws in the ways the United States operates that all link […]