Donald Trump views armed dominance as the essential element of U.S. policy in the global arena.  The New York Times and the Washington Post support his

The elements behind Trump’s war on Venezuela are fourfold. They center on the theft of Venezuela’s oil; the removal of Cuba’s primary lifeline; the

In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous amounts of rain. As rivers

The recent announcement by the U.S. government of a record-breaking $11.1 billion arms package for Taiwan marks a dangerous escalation that threatens to

Marcelo Assis served as an Army medic from 1998 to 2002 and went on to build a purpose-driven civilian career as a licensed plumber, gas company worker,

On the surface, abducting a Head of State is a piratical act eschewed by States.  A Head of State enjoys absolute immunity from foreign criminal

The Trump administration’s military aggression against the people of Venezuela proves the dictum: US/Western imperialism is gangsterism on an

After months of thinly veiled threats, disregard for international law, and the brutal murder of fishermen in the Caribbean Sea, Donald Trump and Marco

The poets (by which I mean all artists) are finally the only people who know the truth about us. Soldiers don’t. Statesmen don’t. Priests don’t. Union

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank welcome Ellen Schrecker to discuss the legacy of McCarthyism and the current

“Quiet, Piggy.” The president was intent on silencing Catherine Lucey. The Bloomberg reporter had provoked him with a question about the release of the

About a month ago, I was worried about an awful lot of saber-rattling that was going on in the Trump administration. That rattling became a reality with

The Hungry Horse Ranger District on the Flathead National Forest in Montana recently announced the Moccasin Granite Project to “treat” a 67,536-acre area

The USA is descending into a state of general lawlessness, at home and abroad. From using domestic special ops paramilitary units (ICE) to kidnap people

Every year my institution measures faculty productivity by requiring us to submit a report of our annual activities. This year I noticed that two sections

Going downhill, like a Slinky on a staircase, the empire rolls down almost imperceptibly, until it reaches the floor and collapses in on itself.  But the

America’s close partnership with Israel has been costly.  Tel Aviv’s expansionist policies in Palestine and pursuit of military dominance over its

We definitely should not be surprised that this happened. Venezuela is known for that addictive substance, used the world over. The use of this item will

When George W. Bush and his team invaded Iraq, ostensibly about weapons of mass destruction (something like drugs with Venezuela), their claim was that

Palestine is the moral heart of global anti-colonial politics. It exposes the brutality of settler colonialism in its most naked form: land theft, ethnic

Oh good. Now we have a war to focus on. Everyone’s tired of Epstein by now, and tired of the possibility that the bad guy may be, ho hum, our own national