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On this episode of Counterpunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Dr. Shahd Abusalama, Palestinian academic, writer, and artist, born and ...

In 1965, the United States took a decisive step toward democracy with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. At the ...

He came, he saw, he conquered. Then he went—first to the New World, before returning to the Old. His victories began in ...

A.M. Gittlitz is an organizer, writer and the author of I Want to Believe: Posadism, UFOs and Apocalypse Communism. His latest work, Metropolitans: New ...

A respected human rights activist has spoken repeatedly against the US-Israeli aggression on Iran. She recognizes the ...

In the early hours of April 30, 2026, Israeli forces committed an act of piracy in international waters off the coast of Crete — more than 1,000 ...

Now tumbling down the hill of time in an avalanche of emotion is the first anniversary of Max’s death. It’s been a year of immeasurable loss, bottomless ...

Where is today’s public discussion on how much the U.S. economy will have to pay to rebuild an even vaster military-industrial complex to restock the missiles that Trump has used up? I’m not sure that ...

You can't crush ideas by suppressing them.  You can crush them by ignoring them.  By refusing to think, refusing to change.  And that's precisely what ...

The Common Root of Our Multiple Crises The world is confronted by a boggling array of crises, testing the limits of human comprehension, let alone hope.

Xavier Becerra recently told Californians that we need to think about the future of humanity. He said it with conviction. He said it with urgency. He said ...