Photo: White House. Donald Trump’s decision to fire Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), brings back memories of Richard Nixon’s orders to identify Jews at the Labor Department. Both efforts stem from paranoid delusions that the...
Counterpunch
The Enclosure of the Commons and the War Economy: A Feminist and Anti-Colonial Critique
Poster issued during World War I by the educational division of the U.S. Food Administration – Public Domain The commons refers to shared cultural and natural resources, such as air, water, and land, which are accessible to and protected by all members of a community....
A Nobel Moment: Recognizing Francesca Albanese’s Moral Courage
Francesca Albanese, Wikipedia. In a world dominated by Western hegemony and silence in the face of injustice, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese stands apart. Through her immense courage under fire, Albanese has supplanted herself as the preeminent voice of the...
Gaza’s Starvation, Israeli Lies and the Tail that Wags the Dog
Whenever Israel yields to international pressure and allows aid trucks into Gaza, it devises other methods to ensure that food is never delivered. On the same day, July 26, Israel announced airdrops and “humanitarian corridors” for UN convoys, its forces murdered 53...
Anti-Capitalist Road Trip
It seems so long ago, but the movement against global capitalism that featured mass protests against meetings of capital’s biggest criminals and powerbrokers (usually one and the same) had center stage a mere twenty-five years ago. For those who participated, it was...
The War Economy at the Border
Image by Greg Bulla. While Venezuela Reunites Families, the U.S. Builds a $131 Billion Border War Machine In July 2025, the U.S. Congress passed a budget that commits $131 billion to expanding detention, deportation, and border militarization. It is the largest...
The Proud Republican History of Paranoia and Anti-Semitism About Government Statistics
Photo: White House. Donald Trump’s decision to fire Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), brings back memories of Richard Nixon’s orders to identify Jews at the Labor Department. Both efforts stem from paranoid delusions that the...
The Enclosure of the Commons and the War Economy: A Feminist and Anti-Colonial Critique
Poster issued during World War I by the educational division of the U.S. Food Administration – Public Domain The commons refers to shared cultural and natural resources, such as air, water, and land, which are accessible to and protected by all members of a community....
A Nobel Moment: Recognizing Francesca Albanese’s Moral Courage
Francesca Albanese, Wikipedia. In a world dominated by Western hegemony and silence in the face of injustice, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese stands apart. Through her immense courage under fire, Albanese has supplanted herself as the preeminent voice of the...
Gaza’s Starvation, Israeli Lies and the Tail that Wags the Dog
Whenever Israel yields to international pressure and allows aid trucks into Gaza, it devises other methods to ensure that food is never delivered. On the same day, July 26, Israel announced airdrops and “humanitarian corridors” for UN convoys, its forces murdered 53...
Trump’s Latest China Moves are not Concessions
Photograph Source: The United States Government – Public Domain A recent Washington Post report suggests a concerning “softening” in the Trump administration’s approach to Beijing, highlighting what it views as dangerous concessions on Taiwan and technology driven by...
A Textbook Case of How Tax Policy Fuels Obscene Wealth Accumulation
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The recent wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez in Venice set off quite the furor over tax avoidance. An enormous banner in the Piazza San Marco put the matter plainly: “If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more...