Image by Dan Meyers. Can a play influence public perception of our shared atomic history enough to shift the conversation away from a presumed nuclear “renaissance” and into a more critical, life-protective examination of what this technology is and could do to us...
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The Double Standards of Genocidal Atrocities
Image by Mohammed Ibrahim. In a commentary published on July 22 in the leading US newspaper, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens stated: “No, Israel Is Not Committing Genocide in Gaza.” Six weeks earlier, Holocaust and anti-Semitism researchers Norman J.W. Goda and...
A Socialist New York City?
Photograph Source: Eden, Janine and Jim – CC BY 2.0 What if Zohran Mamdani, the Social Democratic candidate, wins the November 4th general election and becomes New York’s next mayor? Pres. Donald Trump has threatened to intervene in the mayoral race in opposition to...
Private Sector Assumes Control of Haitian State as DC Lobbying Picks up Pace
On August 7, Laurent Saint-Cyr, the one-time head of the American Chamber of Commerce in Haiti, was sworn in as president of the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC). He is set to lead the council through the end of its mandate in February 2026. With the position...
Lethal Nonsense: Antisemitism, Codes of Conduct, and the Bendigo Writers Festival
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Write, but do not offend. Speak and comment, but do not divide. Observe cruelties, barbarities and murder, yet refrain from having an opinion. This is the constipating, stifling regime being put in place via suggested codes of...
Confronting the Realities of Antisemitism and the Gaza Genocide
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair Many fellow Jews have accused me of stoking the fire of antisemitism and inciting anti-Jewish violence since I publicly joined the crescendoing chorus of genocide scholars, humanitarian organizations, politicians and prominent...
¿En qué consiste la huelga mundial de consumo por Gaza que comienza este jueves?
'Global Strike for Gaza' es una iniciativa a nivel global que busca para el consumo de bienes y servicios durante un día a la semana, los jueves, para intensificar la presión internacional para frenar el genocidio en GazaTemas principal: PalestinaLeer artículo...
Digging Deeper on Community Radio: Triple R and Indispensable Airwaves
To get to the venue involves a calming, if early, ritual. Uneasy sleep beforehand, given the morning slot. Eagerness to prepare for the topic to be discussed in the global affairs segment, accompanied by that childish sense of worry that approval means something....
Front Desk Intifada w/ Japanese Hotel Managers Resisting Israeli War Criminals
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Ace Kishi and Jeronimo Gehres, the hotel managers in Kyoto who have taken action against Israeli soldiers vacationing in Japan. Both Gehres’ refusal to book accommodation for an active duty...
The Sinking Ship of Liberal Zionist Ideology
For nearly two years now, we have been waiting for that moment when the dam bursts and the true horrific reality of the Gaza Holocaust comes crashing through into the mainstream. Yet every time an atrocity occurs that should fully open everyone’s eyes to the unfolding...
Historic Golden Rule Sailboat to Lead Peace Flotilla Around Alcatraz
The historic Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat will lead a flotilla of Bay Area boats around Alcatraz on Wednesday afternoon. The boats will be decorated with banners calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons, for an end to the U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza, and...
Cuba’s new Code of Childhood Adolescence and Youth proves putting people over profit is possible
The Cuban National Assembly passed a new Code of Childhood, Adolescence and Youth in July.