Prologue: threatening civilization Pope Leo XIV criticized the delusions of omnipotence that US and Israel display in fighting their illegal and immoral ...
Just over a month has passed since the first missiles of Operation Epic Fury killed, on the very first day, Supreme Leader ...
The international liberal commentariat is celebrating again. Viktor Orbán, the long-reigning right-wing strongman of Hungary, has been defeated in the ...
The journey of my prayer rug reflects my own as a Muslim American. It has seen a lot, and despite its fraying fringes, remains resilient as ever. Praying five times each day is one of the pillars of ...
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress…Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has and it never will.”–Frederick Douglass After 14 months of negotiations, at 4 AM Sunday morning UTLA ...
“Everybody seems to think that we are skunks, saber-rattlers, and warmongers.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower, responding to the global outrage after the Castle Bravo hydrogen bomb test on Bikini Atoll, ...
As a human rights activist, Angélica Macario was used to the hubbub and noise of protests and to seeing her people take their ...
“An extraordinary and twisted man, turning many true gifts to evil purpose. . . . Malcolm X had the ingredients for leadership, but his ruthless and fanatical belief in violence . . . set him apart ...
In this episode of CounterPunch Radio, MV Ramana speaks with Joshua Frank about the lies and misconceptions surrounding a nuclear power revival, atomic energy’s ties to weapons proliferation, and much ...
China’s conduct in the UN Security Council often disappoints those who expect it to openly confront what they see as an unrestrained American imperial machine. This expectation was especially evident ...
The Commerce Department released data on consumption and prices for the month of February today, and the picture is not good. Consumption is slowing and inflation is rising. Also, spending on health ...
After decades of bipartisan deference to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the likely contenders for the next Democratic presidential nomination have been distancing themselves ...