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Gaza’s Unbreakable Resistance: A Historical Perspective on the War and Its Aftermath

Israel failed in Gaza because the population of Gaza proved unbreakable. Such notions are often neglected in mainstream political discussions,...

yesterday 30

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Ramzy Baroud

There’s One Word for Trump’s Erratic Negotiating Strategy: “Stupid”

Donald Trump is carrying through his campaign pledge in threatening every country in the world with big taxes on the goods we import (tariffs) from...

yesterday 10

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Dean Baker

Does a Roaring Twenties Boom Now Beckon?

Life in the United States has never been better — if your personal fortune stretches well into the thousands of millions. Our new year has dawned...

yesterday 7

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Sam Pizzigati

Social Housing Emerging in Cities Needs Local Govt Support

Six cities and a county have initiated social housing programs to provide permanently affordable, publicly owned, and controlled housing for lower...

yesterday 10

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Nick Licata

Palestine Through the Lens

Palestine Through the Lens: A Visual Chronicle of a Vibrant Society (1898-1946) This is a review of an exceptional photobook, Images of Palestine (...

yesterday 9

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Jamal Kanj

Catastrophe in Palestine

The world has focused its attention on the humanitarian pause and exchange of prisoners in Gaza that began on 19 January.  Meanwhile, Israel has...

yesterday 9

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M. Reza Behnam

We Have Entered the Era of Global Boiling: Marine Wildlife, Ecosystems, and Economies Are Being Devastated

The ocean absorbs 90 percent of the excess heat generated by burning fossil fuels and deforestation. Climate change caused by greenhouse gas...

yesterday 9

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David Hastings 

The NYT’s Trumpeting of Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is Absurd

Wiles is not only unable or unwilling to tell the president “No,” but there are too many influential voices around Trump who appear successful...

yesterday 8

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Melvin Goodman

The Shame of What We’ve Done

It was predicted and warned about, as the Zionist movement grew, that the effect of creating a Jewish nation-state would be Jews being seen in the...

yesterday 8

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Abba A. Solomon

Trump is Not a King: Moving Closer to Authoritarianism

Let’s be clear. The Trump Administration’s action last night to suspend all federal grants and loans will have a devastating impact on the health...

yesterday 0

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Bernie Sanders

Fight the Rich

It’s time to declare war on the rich. We need to build an organized, unified movement of working people to systematically take on the rich who...

previous day 20

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Kshama Sawant

To Thwart Trump’s Tyranny, the Media Must Cover Resistance by Civic Groups and Unions

A lawless madman, with cunning political skills, is at large in our White House. After less than five days in office, he has set a record for...

previous day 6

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Ralph Nader

Abolish Climate Disasters

“Under racial capitalism, land is treated as nothing more than a natural resource to be extracted, and violence is committed against the climate...

previous day 8

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Sonali Kolhatkar

Biden’s Pernicious Presidential Legacies

Trump’s proposals to radically transform much of US economic and social policy are being rapidly rolled out during the first week of his...

previous day 20

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Jack Rasmus

Trump’s Assault On Alaska’s Wildlands

One of the first Executive Orders from the Trump Whitehouse is to reverse environmental protections for federal lands in Alaska and hasten, expand,...

previous day 7

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George Wuerthner

Emilia Perez and Cancel Culture

Emilia Perez, a genre-defying film directed by Frenchman Jacques Audiard, has been generating a lot of buzz especially after nabbing a whopping 13...

previous day 9

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Fawzia Afzal-Khan

Trump’s Balance-of-Payments War on Mexico, and the Whole World

Trump has threatened Mexico in two ways. First of all is his immigration program of exporting illegal immigrants and permitting short-term work...

previous day 20

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Michael Hudson

The Venetian Republic Offers Powerful Lessons to an American One in Need of Repair

Over more than a thousand years, Venice transformed from a modest refuge into a dominant Mediterranean power. Despite various crises and encircling...

previous day 10

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John P. Ruehl

A New Military Strategy of French Neocolonialism in Africa: Reorganizing Under the Cover Retreat

In his New Year’s address, Alassane Ouattara, president of Ivory Coast since 2010—when he took power with the aid of French military...

previous day 10

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Pavan Kulkarni

The Palestine Exception: Film as a Form of Cultural Work that Facilitates Movement Building

A still from The Palestine Exception. A still from The Palestine Exception. A still from The Palestine Exception. A still from The Palestine...

sunday 10

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Ed Rampell

Canada’s Nazi Problem

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sunday 10

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Jeremy Appel

Another Day

It’s just another day in the life of an IDF soldier a sunny, beautiful day He got up early as usual and had his favorite breakfast lovingly...

sunday 5

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Cesar Chelala

What Israel and the US Wrought in Gaza

After 15 months of unrelenting Israeli bombardment and a week of a still fragile ceasefire, this is what Gaza looks like: At least 47,161...

25.01.2025 1

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Jeffrey St. Clair

From the Ashes

The post From the Ashes appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

25.01.2025 10

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Stclair

How Greenland Was My Silicon Valley: Behind the Greenland Grab

Donald Trump wants to buy Greenland. Mainstream media strives to coat this nonsense in a veneer of rationality by citing Greenland’s rare earth...

24.01.2025 5

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Barton Kunstler

Roaming Charges: Manifest Destiny’s Child

There was a messianic fervor in Trump’s Second Inaugural speech that wasn’t evident eight years ago. As dark as the 2016 American Carnage diatribe...

24.01.2025 1

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Jeffrey St. Clair

The Homeless Have No Rights

The homeless are a class apart, out American untouchables. It goes without saying that in America the homeless have no right to shelter. They also...

24.01.2025 1

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Eve Ottenberg

Bertrand Russell: Redefining the Public Intellectual in an Era of Rising Authoritarianism

Within days of his return to office, President Donald Trump unleashed a chilling display of authoritarianism, providing a stark reminder of the...

24.01.2025 1

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Henry Giroux

Capitalism is Smartphones and Eugenics

We’ve entered the era of smartphones and eugenics. “They’re eating cats, they’re eating dogs,” Trump had exclaimed frantically, echoing...

24.01.2025 1

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Sudip Bhattacharya

Deniers and Insurance Premiums Both Surge

Climate change deniers are experiencing a renaissance, especially on social media. In concert with this upswing in denialism, home insurance...

24.01.2025 1

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Robert Hunziker

The Return of Donald the Destroyer

Our concern with the politics, policies, and propaganda of Donald Trump underplays the central question of his presidency: Is Donald Trump...

24.01.2025 10

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Melvin Goodman

Sheinbaum’s Message of Change for Mexico − Wake-up Call in US

On January 12, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, speaking to 350,000 people gathered in Mexico City’s Zócalo plaza, outlined her...

24.01.2025 1

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W. T. Whitney

Trump: How Low Can We Go?

A wise man once told me that when the pendulum gets to the bottom it can only go up. “But how will I know it has gotten to the bottom?” I...

24.01.2025 1

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Daniel Warner

My Problem With Galloway 

A golem is a figure from Jewish folklore. An entity fashioned from dirt and mud, endowed with a life force by some sinister mystic or magician and...

24.01.2025 2

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Tony Mckenna

Sizzling Death From the Sky! A Glyph

The post Sizzling Death From the Sky! A Glyph appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

23.01.2025 7

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Ed Sanders