The Dissenter
26
Oct
2018
Freelance Journalists: Open Call For Submissions For November
Shadowproof is seeking pitches from freelance journalists or writers for publication on our website in November.
25
Oct
2018
Mail-Bomb Scare: Why It’s Loathsome To Argue ‘Both Sides’ Were Responsible
Several US politicians reacted to mail-bomb scare by accusing “both sides” of violence and harassment. But “both sides” aren’t promoting reactionary politics.
25
Oct
2018
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s Office Invokes Terrorism To Keep Response Plan To Van Dyke Verdict Secret
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office invoked terrorism to exempt itself from releasing plan for protests after verdict in former Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke’s trial.
23
Oct
2018
Report Documents ‘Lucrative Relationship’ Between Tech Companies And Trump’s Deportation Machine
A trio of immigration and Latinx-focused organizations released a report on the “lucrative relationship” between tech companies and ICE.
New Podcast Episodes
Prison Protest
14
Feb
2018
ICE Put Immigrant Woman, Who Alleged Sexual Abuse, In Solitary To Make Her Recant Claims
An incarcerated immigrant woman, who alleged sexual harassment and assault by a corrections officer, said she was thrown in solitary confinement for 60 hours and was told she would not be released until she publicly recanted her accusations. Laura Monterrosa is a 23 year old immigrant from El Salvador detained
14
Feb
2018
New York Jail Inspectors Smuggle Contraband Into Jails, Find Culture Of Corruption Alive And Well
An undercover investigator posing as a correction officer smuggled drugs, alcohol, and a razor blade into jails in Manhattan and Brooklyn with incredible ease and found the Department of Corrections failed to implement reforms it supported publicly for nearly five years. A report published by the Department of Investigations [PDF],
05
Feb
2018
Beyond Prisons — Episode 20: Operation PUSH Continues Fight Against Prison Slavery
Kim Wilson and Brian Sonenstein discuss Operation PUSH: a nonviolent prison labor strike and boycott in Florida that began on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
02
Feb
2018
One Year After Vaughn Prison Uprising, Demands Still Unaddressed
It has been one year since the uprising at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. While DOC demands are being met, little has changed for prisoners.
25
Jan
2018
Florida Officials Deny Operation PUSH Is Ongoing, Even As They Retaliate Against Prisoners
More than a week since Operation PUSH launched in Florida prisons, officials claim there is no strike, even though there are several reports of retaliation.
22
Jan
2018
Massachusetts County Plans To Make Video Screens Only Way For Incarcerated To See Loved Ones
Bristol County, Massachusetts, is planning to make video screens the only way incarcerated individuals can “visit” and see their loved ones.
The Bullpen
25
Jan
2017
Davos: Panicked IMF Head Calls For Wealth Redistribution To Stop Populism
At this year’s World Economic Forum, political and corporate elites recognized populism was on the rise and that increasingly people rebuked their project.
23
Jan
2017
Setback For Neoliberalism: Trump Dumps TPP, Will Renegotiate NAFTA
President Donald Trump reportedly signed executive orders that will remove the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and start a renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It increases the possibility that the Trump administration will deliver a fatal blow to neoliberal globalization. That such actions came
18
Jan
2017
Report: Eight Men Own As Much Wealth As Poorest Half Of The World
A report from Oxfam International shows eight men own as much wealth as the poorest 3.6 billion people in the world. Oxfam says new data from India and China suggests previous estimates of global wealth concentration credited the poorest half of the world with too much wealth. The report is
16
Jan
2017
Trump’s Chief Of Staff Promises To Keep Entitlements But Obamacare Plan Unknown
President-elect Donald Trump’s chief of staff Reince Priebus says there are no plans to cut Social Security or Medicare. This was Trump’s position throughout the Republican primaries and general election. But Priebus was less blunt on whether the expansion of Medicaid brought by the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) would
16
Jan
2017
The Revolutionary Socialism Of Martin Luther King Jr.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the establishment (and their media) like to celebrate MLK’s love of imperial America and centrist economic doctrine. The symbol celebrated bares little resemblance to the actual man and his ideas. There is a reason the FBI orchestrated a well-resourced campaign to destroy King that
11
Jan
2017
Day After Obama’s Farewell Speech, Trump Gives A Press Conference
President Barack Obama gave his farewell speech and lamented inequality, saying, “For all the real progress we’ve made, we know it’s not enough. Our economy doesn’t work as well or grow as fast when a few prosper at the expense of a growing middle class.” Obama continued, “But stark inequality