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CounterPunch explores the upcoming UFC White House spectacle and the Hollywood, DC, and Gulf power brokers at the nexus of US politics, sports and...
ante himself couldn't have found a better spot in Hell to deposit James Dolan, maybe the worst owner in all of professional sports (and that's really...
The struggle of the United Front of Pueblos of La Laguna in Defense of Life, Land, and Water in Durango – birth state of the legendary...
When we were fighting the IMF and World Bank-imposed structural adjustment or austerity programs in the 1980s and 1990s, many of us thought that we...
In late May 2026, Rome Pride organizers delivered a clear and courageous message: there will be no platform for complicity with genocide. Italy’s...
Gentlemen, Chicolini here may talk like an idiot, and look like an idiot, but don’t let that fool you: he really is an idiot. – Marx Brothers,...
America has never been so dry, so thirsty, yet so committed to fossil fuels and CO2-engineered heat as in the years 2025-2026. “Co2 Levels Hit...
The phrase “competitive authoritarianism” has become a common go-to way for liberal and leftish academics, pundits, journalists, and...
The World Cup, being held in Mexico, the US, and Canada, will “unite the people,” said Canadian soccer player, Jonatha Osorio. “The world will...
Did Trump really “end” eight wars? Are the underlying conflicts actually over? Lebanon remains unstable. Iran and Israel continue to exchange...
When the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held confirmation hearings for current Department of Interior head Doug Burgum, he made it...
You know something is amiss when a World Cup referee is denied entry to the United States while Canada and Mexico appear to present no such obstacles....
Let me try to tell you what an old man I really am. As a start, imagine this: I still read the New York Times every day on paper. Yes, the paper New...
Joe is a gay man. A real swell guy who parts his hair down the side, says his prayers, and pays his taxes. He just so happens to suck cock. Well, one...
Most genres of writing are governed by some principle of unity. The novel traditionally has a plot structure; historical writing tells the story of a...
Fictional Truths The cadence that belongs to the march of time- -the cadence of possibilities: Possibilities not mine but imagined in a city called...
Tehran Diaries: Dispatches from Iran Under Siege. By Raha Nik-Andish. New York: OR Books, 2025, 90pp. The text of this small volume dates from April,...
When we want to believe a “truth” we can deceive ourselves better than any con-man can. We want to believe in the America of the dream. We want to...
For years, medical appointments and work obligations sent me into hundreds of New York City taxi rides. In a city where most cabdrivers trace their...
The first major swell of the year pummeled Southern California this week, and onlookers flocked to Balboa Peninsula in ritzy Newport Beach to watch...
The first major swell of the year pummeled Southern California this week, and onlookers flocked to Balboa Peninsula in ritzy Newport Beach to watch...
A steering committee led by the South African Communist Party convened the ‘Conference of the Left’ in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng, from 29 to 31 May...
In the wake of the passage of the 2018 farm bill legalizing hemp, the Volunteer State saw an explosion in sales of intoxicating hemp-derived...
“I don’t think about Americans’ financial situation. I don’t think about anybody. I think about one thing: We cannot let Iran have a nuclear...
Waxworks have nothing to say, but when incarnated in the form of former Fox News anchor and, at a pinch, “personality”, Pete Hegseth proves to be...
I lie in bed listening to the birds in the trees. Living with a true artist means no art on the bedroom walls, only in the studio. In the background...
Many consumers assume that food labeled organic is grown without pesticides. The reality is more nuanced. Organic farmers can and do use pesticides,...
The first major swell of the year pummeled Southern California this week, and onlookers flocked to Balboa Peninsula in ritzy Newport Beach to watch...
In the words of Morgan State University Journalism and Communications Professor, Dr. Jared Ball: “How do you know what you know? And, why do you...
Suddenly my cynicism vanished and things started making sense. America started making sense, from past to present. I was already in the process of...
As I close out another school year as a US History and Government teacher on the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence,...
A song for the Fugs’ upcoming reunion concerts in Woodstock, New York. Oh, sometimes the Ship of State seems to face a shaky fate But you know our...
Silicon Valley has encountered little public opposition in its 50-year history. — the NY Times, May 26, 2026 One could not invent a more diabolical...
If there is any place on the map that captures the depth of the global revolt over AI data centers, it might well be little Socorro County, New...
Scientists have located the Garden of Eden. It is in Botswana. This was reported not in the theology section of any publication but as a science...
U.S. President Donald Trump, Reuters reports, is “looking into” a US government stake in leading artificial intelligence firms. “There’s...
Of the three countries involved in AUKUS, that most draining, useless and even pernicious of security pacts, Australia has been the only country...
The climate catastrophe not only kills people with fires and floods, it also bankrupts them by annihilating their homes – many uninsured. Why no...
Bats move through desert night skies with a purpose that is easy to overlook and difficult to replace. As they travel from plant to plant, feeding on...
The May Jobs report was stronger than most people, including me, had expected. The 172,000 jobs created is not exactly earth-shattering, but in a...
Woody Guthrie proudly sang “This land is your land, this land is my land / From California to the New York island,” but, in fact, the conversion...
Is war simply part of human nature? It’s been absurdly “ordinary” throughout my lifetime, and continually expanding its power and psychological...
Prologue Mikis Theodorakis was an internationally recognized Greek symbol of resistance to capitalism and foreign influence in Greece. When I left...
We’ve heard a lot about political realignment since the Donald Trump era began, but even more now that we’re confronted with the brutality and...
The live broadcast of Saturday’s friendly between the US and German national soccer teams in Chicago was quite the eye-opener for international fans...
Younger Americans have soured on the second Donald Trump presidency, but they are not protesting it. Despite an unpopular Iran war and an even more...
Last year the major anomaly in the labor market seemed to be that we were seeing very weak job growth and only a limited rise in the unemployment...
Historically speaking, consider it strange beyond compare. There may, in fact, be nothing like it in the imperial history of this planet. The United...
If we are to understand the conditions facing vulnerable children, we have to begin with a difficult truth: poverty remains the central force shaping...
The climate crisis is worsening many of the economic and social inequalities already faced by women and girls, making it harder to access health care,...
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