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Electors Voted Today (12-17-24)
We thought it was a fitting day to send out a press release about our Study of the Drop-off Factor in the 2024 Presidential Election, along with the questions that the study raises abou...
Anger Explodes at Health Care CEOs
Over 8,000 Americans die every day, many of them unnecessarily.Why? Because the United States still doesn’t have a national health care system that guarantees everyone adequate medical...
Syria at the Crossroads
Syria, known throughout history as the “crossroads of civilization,” now finds itself at a crossroads of its own. After 54 years, the Assad family’s brutal dictatorship in Syria has...

Editorials and Features

Saturday, 21 December 2024
From Leonard Peltier & Biden's Pardon to Greg Palast, Mass Disenfranchisement & More
We start GREEP Zoom #203 with a gorgeous poem from our Laureate MIMI GERMAN, enhanced by our...
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Human Rights
21 December 2024
A challenge to President-elect Trump
Mahmoud El-Yousseph
My name is Mahmoud El-Youseph. I am a Palestinian American freelance writer and retired USAF veteran who has lived in the US for nearly half a century. I...
Anti-War
19 December 2024
Trump should talk to Hamas, not to Bibi or Abbas, to free the hostages
Mahmoud El-Yousseph
This week, President-elect Donald Trump addressed a sizeable Republican gathering, stating, "I had a good conversation with Bibi. We talked about...
Politics
11 December 2024
Ohio SB 297 is an anti-free speech law that should be rejected
Mahmoud El-Yousseph
I strongly oppose SB 297 and ask our lawmakers to reject it. The bill is a repressive measure as it restricts our free speech.  SB 297 trumps the...
Peace
19 December 2024
We Are One-Quarter Through War’s Last Century
David Swanson
In thousands of movies and tv shows, a future is imagined in which full-grown adult humans with less self-control than toddlers both get into fist fights at...
Environment
14 December 2024
A Letter the NYTimes Would Not Print About Climate Activism
Harvey "Sluggo" Wasserman
Let's be specific:A pivotal climate battle can be won by solarizing California for  the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics...upending the global equation...
World News
19 December 2024
Israel to Annex the West Bank – Why Now? And What are the Likely Scenarios?
Ramzy Baroud
Israel is getting ready to annex the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The annexation will be a major step backward on the road to Palestinian freedom and will...
Op-Ed
20 December 2024
The World Owes Palestine This Much - Please Stop Censoring Palestinian Voices
Ramzy Baroud
Social media censorship is a global phenomenon, but the war on pro-Palestinian views on social media represents a different kind of censorship, with...
Conspiracy Realist
21 December 2024
Of Drone Swarms and Mass Perception Management
James Heddle and Mary Beth Btangan
Mastering Deception and the Hegemonic CodeBack in the ‘80’s of the last century, we spent more than a decade documenting the impact of U.S. foreign...
Cartoons
21 December 2024
Cartoon Libel
Clay Jones
Trump's Tyranny
22 November 2024
Trump nomination of Lee Zeldin to head the EPA is a Disaster.
Karl Grossman
“Unqualified,” declared Ben Jealous, executive director of the Sierra Club, about Lee Zeldin being nominated by President-elect Trump to head the U...
Climate Crisis
27 September 2024
Hoodwinked in the Hothouse
Karl Grossman
Its title is Hoodwinked in the Hothouse: Resist False Solutions to Climate Change, is now in its third edition and can be accessed—for free— online...
Election Issues
19 December 2024
Drop-off factor in Election Data Raises Questions About 2024 Election Results
Free Press Staff
This is a press release from Smart Elections, published on Substack and elsewhere- editor.New York, New York - - As electors in each state are voting for...
Protest Reports
Students sitting in at the Statehouse rotunda
19 December 2024
Grassroots Advocacy in Action: A Sit-In for Democracy at the Ohio Statehouse
Jawhara Qutiefan
In a bold yet peaceful demonstration of civic engagement, a group of determined Ohioans gathered Tuesday in the Rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse to take action...
Free Press Election Reporting
21 December 2024
From Leonard Peltier & Biden's Pardon to Greg Palast, Mass Disenfranchisement & More
Harvey "Sluggo" Wasserman
We start GREEP Zoom #203 with a gorgeous poem from our Laureate MIMI GERMAN, enhanced by our meeting on BEETHOVEN’S birthday.We then, with a shout-out...
Everybody Knows with Dr. Bob and Dan-o
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20 December 2024
Holiday songs on Everybody Knows
Dr. Bob Fitrakis and Dan-o Dougan discuss a variety of holiday songs: gratitude songs from Thanksgiving by ZZTop, William DeVaughn, and Sly Stone; Christmas-...