Image by Linda Murphy. Ireland’s political class loves to parade its progressive credentials, recognising a Palestinian state, condemning “illegal occupations,” and delivering soaring declarations about human rights, but look beyond the speeches and into the trade...
Image by Vlad Tchompalov. “But truth’s a menace. Science is a public danger.” (Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, 1932). Huxley’s “World State” promotes stability and social harmony over scientific progress. According to the dystopian World State, science is a threat...
Aureus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Nero, 66-67 CE. Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain. The view from 4,000 miles When I first visited Europe in 1974 and for years after, news reports from the U.S. were typically slow to arrive. There were no smart phones or...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting. – Milan Kundera In an age where culture is the primary battlefield, authoritarianism thrives on ignorance, historical amnesia and the brutal aesthetics of...
Photo by Glen Carrie Alright, as it turns out, the golden toilet was just a myth. Donald Trump doesn’t have one. But not to fret. President Trump’s private Boeing 757 jet (not the even more lavish one he may shortly be gifted by Qatar) reportedly has gold-plated seat...
A Palestinian mother mourns her child. Photo: Gaza Notifications. The problem with writing about Gaza is that words can’t explain what’s happening in Gaza. Neither can images, even the most gut-wrenching and heartbreaking. Because what needs to be explained is the...
Image by Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona. The following is an excerpt from The New York Times’ bestseller, Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation, by Sim Kern. Check out Sim’s recent interview on CounterPunch Radio, and head over to...
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Photo by Jonathan Cooper Trump’s budget clearly favors certain supporters over others. It reallocates funds from health care intended for his low-income populist base to sustain tax subsidies for his wealthiest backers. As Trump’s populist base learns the details of...
Promotional image for mini-series The Dark Money Game – Fair Use The Dark Money Game, the new two-part documentary from Alex Gibney, confirms the worst: America has all-but succumbed to the terminal cancer of corruption. It is difficult to say how much time is left,...
Image by Darren Halstead. The chronic lies of Der Führer Trump, hour by hour, day after day, are having deadly and costly impacts on the American people, with many more casualties in the pipeline of wreckage he and his henchman Elon Musk have wrought since January 20....
Image Source: Grubb at English Wikipedia – CC BY-SA 3.0 On April 22, militants from The Resistance Front (TRF), a group accused by Indian authorities of being linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group, slaughtered 26 tourists in the resort town of Pahalgam in the...