After the beginning of Trump’s second term, the connections between capitalism, white supremacy and imperial domination became increasingly clear. These

Boris Luis Cabrera, 53, is a veteran Cuban journalist who writes in a style clearly influenced by the cinematic, new journalism of the 1970s. He covers a

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According to Professor Kevin Anderson, one of the world’s most respected climate scientists, and based upon a 30-year uninterrupted trendline: “We are

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In this episode of Counterpunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Emanuel Ovadia, a researcher and educator on radical Jewish traditions in the

Arab and Muslim countries have responded with appropriate outrage after last week’s release of conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson’s interview with Mike

On the morning of January 20, 2025, as Trump’s second installment was set to dawn on the country, Nick Tilsen sat in a black SUV outside the high-security

Four Montana-based Conservation Groups — Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Gallatin Wildlife Association, Native Ecosystems Council, and Council on Fish

I grew up with a vision of a possible instant apocalypse, inspired (if, under the circumstances, such a word can even be used) by the nuclear obliteration

There are many lessons we could take from the last decade of American politics, in which our country has degenerated further and further into an

In early February, the barbarians reached my gate. There could be no more comfort or denial here on this island where I live. The masked thugs were roving

On October 16, 2025, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution demanding that as long as nuclear weapons exist, they should never be

I often get that question. I can’t say I have a very good answer. Going back to the last bubbles, it would be difficult to identify any events in the

This February, a panel of conservative federal judges ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can move forward with terminating Temporary

President Trump has declared that he has “won affordability.” In his State of the Union speech, he even bragged that he’s bringing costs “way down on

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In the early afternoon of April 17, 2025, I received what to date has been the worst message ever sent to me. It was my daughter, a senior at Florida

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