The closure of virtually all commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz occasioned by the Iran War is not merely a matter of oil and gas, the usual

The Summit in Miami On 7 March 2026, at the Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami, Donald Trump inaugurated the “Shield of the Americas” summit,

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Eric Draitser talks with Yassamine Mather about the Israel/US war on Iran, its geopolitical ramifications, Iranian

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Trump has seriously fucked up in the Middle East this time, and even he knows it. In the first two weeks alone of Bibi and Donald's latest savage

Tell me, should I feel guilt due to my anger-engendered desire for the collective butchers of Gaza (and Lebanon and Iran) i.e., Zionist true believers to

In an earlier essay, "Relics/Icons/Paintings: A Very Short History of Venetian Painting,” I traced the origins of Venetian painting. Here, continuing the

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Life in senior communities has been dissected in two recent shows: Man on the Inside with Ted Danson and The Thursday Murder Club starring Helen

How do you bomb a country “without mercy”—and end up strengthening it? When US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that Washington would show “no

While halfway around the world Hezbollah and Iran are beating the living daylights out of Israel, here in our own hemisphere, superintended by a bilious

It all started with Walter. A few years ago, my elderly dad asked if he could bring his new friend, Walter, to my house for Thanksgiving. Of course.

Most of the time, landlords win. When I was evicted from my Chicago apartment in 1999, I had no legal rights to defend myself against all my furniture

In the absence of an authority that arises from the deep roots of being, those who hold power tend to abuse it.... In order to shift the unjust situation

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 The online gathering carried a quiet urgency. Veterans, psychologists, and aid workers had come together to discuss something rarely visible in wartime

For over 250 years, Americans have relied on the United States Postal Service for timely processing of their mail, no matter the conditions. After we