Early Voting Breaks Records Ahead of Georgia’s Crucial Senate RunoffDNC Agrees to New Presidential Primary Calendar, Making South Carolina First State to VoteG7 Price Cap on Russian Oil Goes into Effect as European Countries Grapple with Energy CrisisIntense Fighting Continues in Eastern Ukraine; Global Arms Sales Continue to RiseTargeted ShootingContinue Reading
Originally published at Ongoing History of Protest MusicIn Virginia, back in 1759, a white Scottish servant named Elizabeth Gallimore fell in love with a black slave whose name had been lost over time. Their great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson, Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, who performs under the pseudonym Fantastic Negrito, has released a compelling concept album,Continue Reading
Despite new promises to pay for climate damages, the annual summit is increasingly losing touch with reality., Read MoreContinue Reading
Qatar’s event is a human rights disaster—and a spectacle of sportswashing in an age of capitalist decay., Read MoreContinue Reading
A conservative federal judge in New York threaded a legal loophole to target the union drive—and repress organizing for years to come., Read MoreContinue Reading
A new mega-merger between Kroger and Albertsons would negatively impact everything from food safety and farming practices to wages for grocery workers., Read MoreContinue Reading
The situation in Iran is “critical” as authorities tighten their crackdown on the continuing anti-government protests after the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in the custody of the so-called morality police. United Nations human rights officials report Iranian security forces in Kurdish cities killed dozens of protesters this weekContinue Reading
Six People Shot Dead at Walmart in Chesapeake, VirginiaSupreme Court OKs Release of The Traitor’s Tax Returns to CongressZelensky Accuses Russia of Turning Cold Winter into “Weapon of Mass Destruction”Ukrainian Forces Raid 1,000-Year-Old Orthodox Monastery in KyivOn Trip to Moscow, Cuban President Denounces U.S. Sanctions on Russia & NATO ExpansionTurkeyContinue Reading
In a wide-ranging interview recorded in Cairo, we speak with Laila Soueif and Sanaa Seif, the mother and sister of British-Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, about his health, his case, his family and his hopes for freedom. After visiting him in prison, they describe how El-Fattah started a waterContinue Reading
This article was funded by paid subscribers of The Dissenter Newsletter. Become an annual paid subscriber to help us continue our coverage of whistleblowers.A National Security Agency whistleblower unearthed a hot-shot analyst’s unauthorized “project” that targeted the communications of citizens or persons in the United States, according to a top secret inspector general reportContinue Reading
In an extended interview, acclaimed physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté discusses his new book, “The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture.” “The very values of a society are traumatizing for a lot of people,” says Maté, who argues in his book that “psychological trauma,Continue Reading
Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about Thanksgiving and his book “Our History Is the Future,” and the historic fight against the Dakota Access pipeline at Standing Rock. “This history … is a continuing history of genocide, of settler colonialism and, basically, the founding myths of this country,” says Estes, whoContinue Reading
This week U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Philippines, where she said the U.S. would defend the Philippines “in the face of intimidation and coercion” from China and vowed to expand the U.S. military presence in the country even after former bases leaked toxic waste into the environment. WeContinue Reading