Genocide tends to be recognised “only after a significant portion of the targeted group has already been destroyed and the group as such has suffered irreparable harm.”

An extremely important essay by @wsolol.bsky.social on the NYT's favorite genocide denier. www.counterpunch.org/2025/07/25/b...

This tragedy is different from past atrocities in one disturbing respect: the suffering, the use of starvation as a weapon, the unrelenting bombardment, the mass murder, they are laid bare for all to see. The violence is not concealed, it is flaunted.

Timber mining is Empire’s latest scorched earth policy.

The body of a single child, wasting away from the lack of the basic fluid that runs in my sink or yours, best captures the way war casualties ripple across time and populations.

The Israeli genocide in Gaza has brought two chilling truths into our focus: first, Israel is deliberately and aggressively undermining the security and stability of the entire Middle East and, second, Israel is utterly incapable of surviving on its own.

War kills in so many ways.

The Israeli genocide in Gaza has brought two chilling truths into our focus: first, Israel is deliberately and aggressively undermining the security and stability of the entire Middle East and, second, Israel is utterly incapable of surviving on its own.

The United Kingdom just leapfrogged the US to become the leading country in the so-called “Free World” to abandon its much-touted tradition of freedom of speech, press, and assembly, along with the right to protest.

El Salvador is in a constitutional crisis, so much so that one can get into serious legal trouble even for being a lawyer—at least the kind who upholds the law, rather than kowtowing to Bukele.

As a U.S.-born citizen of Mexican origin, as the saying goes, I constantly feel like a “foreigner in my own land.”

By the end of the annual meeting of NATO in The Hague in June 2025, it became clear that everything was about money.

"It is so very dangerous to go to that place because it is part of a zone completely controlled by the Israeli Army. Every day when people go there to get food, the Israelis are targeting and killing them... My mother has asked all of us not to go to that place."

Overall consumption has grown at 1.4 percent annual rate since October. That is not a great story for the economy. If consumption is growing at a 1.4 percent rate, it is hard to see the economy growing much faster.

One of the most stunning examples of federal impunity is the whitewashing of the Bush administration torture scandal. President George W. Bush unleashed a worldwide torture regime that left victims dead and maimed around the globe.

The American taxpayer is stuck with the bill for all the facets of Trump's extreme immigration enforcement.

In Gaza today, hunger has a price—and for far too many civilians, that price has been death.

In Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, orangutans swing through the treetops, rhinos roam free, and elephants share the land with tigers. It is the last place on Earth where they still coexist in the wild—and it’s under siege.

Ralph Nader's observations on Mamdani's decisive upset in the New York Democratic mayoral primary:

“[Countries] have an obligation not to aid, not to assist, not to trade with Israel, not to send weapons, not to buy weapons, not to provide military technology... This is not an act of charity that I’m asking you. This is your obligation”

The regime change efforts of the United States have had a long and unsuccessful history.

The U.S. spends over $3 billion annually on the world’s largest immigration detention system, which is primarily operated by for-profit prison contractors like GEO Group. These facilities are notorious for poor medical treatment, overcrowding, due process violations, and preventable deaths.

Across the globe, we are living in a moment of profound crisis where the very essence of education as a democratic institution is under attack.

"NO SLEEP FOR ICE" - the campaign to keep the Gestapo thugs up at night. A video report. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zKZ...

Trump’s moves have less to do with policy than power. And his use of ICE raids is the same... The chaos is the point. Having an entire nation hanging on his every word, on his ability to call off ICE raids one day and resume them the next, is what feeds his power.

If we truly realized the power we have in a collective manner and what we have within ourselves, the results would be unrecognizable. We all know this on some level.

The *real* story of Black Lives Matter Based off my interview with Dr. Melina Abdullah, original BLM founding member and co-founder of BLM-LA and @blmgrassroots.bsky.social My first for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social www.counterpunch.org/2025/06/15/h...

Note to New Yorker, Mamdani's rise is not a "surprise." People are sick of liberal establishment politics dominated by billionaire funders. The tenants of socialism are actually pretty damn popular.

Israel’s war was not about the nuclear program, nor did it appear to aim for regime change. Rather, following the genocidal campaign in Gaza and extending its war to Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen, it aims to destabilize and wreak havoc across all four corners of the region.

How the U.S. & Israel used Rafael Grossi to hijack the IAEA and start a war on Iran.

Cuomo's campaign was not based on a return to leadership, but rather a cynical power grab rooted in his own knowledge of the structural elements of the Democratic Party machine, still designed to dismiss any past transgressions.

All Politics Is Global: The Meaning of Zohran Mamdani’s Insurgent Victory.

Trump continues to test the limits of his power, and now he is doing so with respect to the military. He is doing so either to govern just short of a martial law declaration—or in preparation to make that declaration at some future date.

Trump’s forever war on Iran is like none of the US Empire’s previous neocon wars of the 21st century. This time there was no attempt to provide political or moral cover.

Ever since 1776, Americans have been declaring their independence from someone and or something, including the US itself.

Why Israel Should be Dispossessed of Its Nuclear Arsenal:

Opponents of the war with Iran say that the war is not in American interests, seeing that Iran does not pose any visible threat to the United States. This appeal to reason misses the Neocon logic that has guided U.S. foreign policy for more than a half century:

There has never been anything quite like the political integration of America and Israel, in the entire 250 year history of the USA.

As Trump's ideas become more incoherent or aberrant, we are reminded that there is no one around him who will challenge him. As former Senator Bob Corker once said “There are simply no adults in the White House day care center.”

Only 16% of Americans think going to war against Iran is a good idea. But the Democrats still can’t come out against it.

Understanding that its existence depended on having a superior military in a hostile region prompted Israel to initiate a nuclear weapons program soon after its founding in 1948.

Students in Serbia have done more than merely block their universities.

This isn’t about national defense. This is empire maintenance.

Fans worldwide are unequivocally challenging FIFA’s continued support for Israel, organizing with unprecedented unity for Palestine. Unlike previous actions, this mobilization is now notably well-coordinated, widespread, and consistent.

"What does it mean to build a country that was never meant for you?"

Trump’s plans don’t work for US farmers. In fact, his intention to increase exports and enter the Canadian market fails both American farmers and our partner to the North.

On June 18, Anasse Kazib, a French railway worker, trade unionist and socialist leader will stand trial for the charge of “apologia for terrorism.” His supposed crime? Tweets posted to the social media platform X in support of the Palestinian people.

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg talk with Hadley Austin, director of the new documentary, Demon Mineral, which traces the radioactive legacy of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation.

This war is not a preemptive blow against Iran —it is a preemptive strike against diplomacy itself.

Israel does not want to build a nuclear-free zone in the region. What Israel wants is to be the sole nuclear power in the region, and therefore to be exactly what it is – namely, the largest United States military base in the world that happens to be the home to a large civilian population.