Exporting Genocide: An Interview with Basil Farraj on Israel’s Carceral Logics
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/30/exporting-genocide-an-interview-with-basil-farraj-on-israels-carceral-logics/
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Exporting Genocide: An Interview with Basil Farraj on Israel’s Carceral Logics
It’s been over two years now for us in the global pro-Palestine movement—for some of us, well over half a century—and we’re exhausted. We’ve been fighting
Weaponizing America’s Economy in Service of Israel
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/01/weaponizing-americas-economy-in-service-of-israel/
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Weaponizing America’s Economy in Service of Israel
Empires rarely fall on the battlefield; they implode under the weight of their own arrogance and corruption. The hubris radiating from the White House
In a Holding Cell with a Transgender Migrant
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In a Holding Cell with a Transgender Migrant
The politics of the humane opposes, contradicts, and combats the politics of profit, the politics of the machine, and the politics of spectacle. It is a method of engagement, consciousness-raising, and ultimately, leadership that seeks to reorient social…
TACO Time or Wartime? Examining Trump’s Latest Threats
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/02/taco-time-or-wartime-examining-trumps-latest-threats/
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TACO Time or Wartime? Examining Trump’s Latest Threats
Donald Trump is on the warpath again, threatening Greenland, Iran, Canada, and Cuba. Will he be TACO—Trump Always Chickens Out—or will he carry through on
DSA’s “Rank-and-File Strategy” has 60s Roots at UC Berkeley.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/02/dsas-rank-and-file-strategy-has-60s-roots-at-uc-berkeley/
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DSA’s “Rank-and-File Strategy” has 60s Roots at UC Berkeley.
"The lessons of the International Socialists can help point us in the right direction by sharing what has worked and what has failed in past decades." –
How Human Ecology Education Defuses the Roots of Terrorism
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How Human Ecology Education Defuses the Roots of Terrorism
Terrorist attacks, whether by individuals or groups, are usually followed by attempts to explain the rationale and causes behind them. The core reasons,
Dooming the Chagos Deal: The Diego Garcia Dilemma
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/02/dooming-the-chagos-deal-the-diego-garcia-dilemma/
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Dooming the Chagos Deal: The Diego Garcia Dilemma
When remote islands start to interest chatterboxes in think tanks and bureaucrats in foreign ministries, we can only assume that some matters will be
Iran’s Currency Crisis Attracts Foreign Meddling
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/02/irans-currency-crisis-attracts-foreign-meddling/
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Iran’s Currency Crisis Attracts Foreign Meddling
In early January, several currency trackers briefly displayed the Iranian rial’s value as “$0.00,” unable to process the speed and scale of the
Diary of Mechanical Benediction
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/02/diary-of-mechanical-benediction/
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Diary of Mechanical Benediction
When I was a child, the world felt vast enough to resist you. Things didn’t always work because you needed them to, and sometimes they refused. I caught
Democratic Party Leaders – Still Corporate, Cowardly, and Coasting
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/democratic-party-leaders-still-corporate-cowardly-and-coasting/
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Democratic Party Leaders – Still Corporate, Cowardly, and Coasting
“How’s the Democratic Party’s ground game in Pennsylvania?” I asked a friend several weeks before the 2024 presidential election. He replied
Labor’s Role in Minnesota’s ICE Resistance: “Unlike Anything I’ve Ever Lived Through Before”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/labors-role-in-minnesotas-ice-resistance-unlike-anything-ive-ever-lived-through-before/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/labors-role-in-minnesotas-ice-resistance-unlike-anything-ive-ever-lived-through-before/
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Labor’s Role in Minnesota’s ICE Resistance: “Unlike Anything I’ve Ever Lived Through Before”
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol began “Operation Metro Surge” targeting the Twin Cities nearly two months ago.
Midwest’s Largest Block of Undisturbed Forest Targeted for Enhanced Protection
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/midwests-largest-block-of-undisturbed-forest-targeted-for-enhanced-protection/
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Midwest’s Largest Block of Undisturbed Forest Targeted for Enhanced Protection
Forest preservationists in the nation’s Heartland are again pushing Congress to nearly triple the size of a Southern Indiana wildland complex in the
The AI Bubble: Consumption is Outrunning Wages
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/the-ai-bubble-consumption-is-outrunning-wages/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/the-ai-bubble-consumption-is-outrunning-wages/
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The AI Bubble: Consumption is Outrunning Wages
I have already written several pieces on the AI bubble. It sure looks like the late 1990s tech bubble. I know we have a big “this time is different”
Zhou En Lai: Mao’s Man or His Own?
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/zhou-en-lai-maos-man-or-his-own/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/03/zhou-en-lai-maos-man-or-his-own/
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Zhou En Lai: Mao’s Man or His Own?
An epic life deserves an epic biography, and Chen Jian provides this for Zhou, who was probably the consummate diplomat of the twentieth century. Chen
King of the World – Trump and the Art of Exploitation
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King of the World – Trump and the Art of Exploitation
In 2024, the Senate passed a bipartisan immigration and security bill negotiated by Republican Senator James Langford of Oklahoma. The $118 billion