Janisse Miles gave the following excerpted remarks at an August 22, 2025, Workers World Party meeting in New York City in honor of Black August. Activists take part in a protest against President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 16, 2025. (Photo: Jack Gruber) On Aug. 11, Donald Trump declared a state of emergency…
Activists protesting the Israeli military’s killing of nearly 270 journalists in Palestine and Gaza over the past two years, including the Aug. 10 intentional assassination of Anas al-Sharif and several other journalists and photographers working for Al-Jazeera, held a press conference and rally outside the offices of CBS broadcasting in Philadelphia on Aug. 21. Press…
In this day and age, it can sometimes feel like satire is dead. This is doubly true if one turns on a television to watch what passes for it. Yet genuinely sharp, cutting political comedy is enjoying a renaissance on platforms like TikTok, as young comedians who otherwise would not get a shot are stepping…
Amid a national hysteria claiming the popular video-sharing app is a Chinese Trojan Horse, a MintPress News investigation has found dozens of ex-U.S. State Department officials working in key positions at TikTok. Many more individuals with backgrounds in the FBI, CIA and other departments of the national security state also hold influential posts at the…
CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA – As the bloody conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate, so does the online propaganda war between Russia and the West. A prime example of this is the White House directly briefing influencers on popular social media app TikTok about the war and how to cover it. As the crisis spirals out…
Writing in Bloomberg, Niall Ferguson, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world, warned that TikTok was not simply a popular Chinese-owned video app, but “Xi Jinping’s imperial panopticon,” and a “superweapon” for Chinese domination of the world. Ferguson applauded…
Following Donald Trump’s Friday announcement that he would ban the popular Chinese-owned video platform, Microsoft has today swooped in to hoover up TikTok after it received “personal assurances” from the president himself that he would back such a move. Trump has given the two parties up to 45 days to hash out a deal. ByteDance, TikTok’s parent…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo revealed last night that he is strongly considering banning the hugely popular video app TikTok. “I don’t want to get out in front of the president, but it’s something we’re looking at,” he told Laura Ingraham. When the Fox News anchor pushed him further, asking if anybody should download the app, he…
Janisse Miles gave the following excerpted remarks at an August 22, 2025, Workers World Party meeting in New York City in honor of Black August. Activists take part in a protest against President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 16, 2025. (Photo: Jack Gruber) On Aug. 11, Donald Trump declared a state of emergency…
Activists protesting the Israeli military’s killing of nearly 270 journalists in Palestine and Gaza over the past two years, including the Aug. 10 intentional assassination of Anas al-Sharif and several other journalists and photographers working for Al-Jazeera, held a press conference and rally outside the offices of CBS broadcasting in Philadelphia on Aug. 21. Press…
Home » Global » Buffalo: Pots and pans demo for Gaza By Casey Parker Protesters marched through the Allentown area of Buffalo, New York, on Aug. 20 to protest the genocide and famine in Gaza, perpetrated by Israel and aided and abetted by the U.S empire. The demonstration was organized by Workers World Party (WWP)…
Originally published at ScheerPost on July 02, 2025. Republished with permission. As Israel ticks off its list of Nazi-like atrocities against the Palestinians, including mass starvation, it prepares for yet another – the demolition of Gaza City, one of the oldest cities on Earth. Heavy engineering equipment and gigantic armored bulldozers are tearing down hundreds of heavily damaged buildings. Cement…