Photo by Marwan Ahmed simultaneously empowering them with equitable shares in democracy. When this requirement is not met, the use of violence breeds further violence. Evidence suggests that failing to ensure all children a measurable, fair start in life, along with...
Photo by Emad El Byed Israelis do not see the images of skeletal corpses of Palestinian children who they have starved to death as a curse. They do not see the slain families they gun down at food hubs — designed not to deliver aid but lure starving Palestinians into...
On the latest episode of CounterPunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt brings back Palestinian writer Eman Aljhaj Ali to talk about life after leaving Gaza and the importance of solidarity and resistance. The post Surviving a Genocide with Eman Aljhaj Ali appeared...
Image by Iason Raissis. Last April, I wrote Forgive Me, Gaza—a personal reflection of anguish and helplessness. Today, there is no room for introspection. It is no longer about personal guilt. We are witnessing an Israeli campaign of mass starvation, mass destruction,...
Photograph Source: Christopher Michel – CC BY 2.0 “There is no nation that feeds its enemies. The British didn’t feed the Nazis nor did the Americans feed the Japanese, nor do the Russians feed the Ukrainians now.” – Amichay Eliyahu, Israel’s Heritage Ministry, July...
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In an era of runaway climate change, ecological collapse, global fascism, and heightened economic insecurity, it is only natural that readers to the left of Mussolini would be looking for a reassuring book which presents an easy route to a better world. A new...
How many people are out of work? What is the real unemployment rate? We don’t know. What we do know is that the true number is far higher than the unemployment rate at any given time. There are some measures that purport to give a better answer than the standard...
Tomorrow more Palestinians will die, but the unsaid thing is that it is alright because that’s what those people do … – Omar El Akkad, One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone...
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The rise of modern capitalism created and reflected the industrial technological revolution. The technology of the steam engine, coal, oil and gas energy grids, and machinery, the railroads, automotive technology, and the telegram and...
Photo by Chris LeBoutillier on Pexels/Canva. Hey hey hey, we’ve done it, Homo sapiens! In 2025, as of today, we have extracted an entire year’s worth of what our planet can replenish. The rest of the “resources” we take to suit our annual need and greed now enters...
Vietnamese child shows injuries caused by a land mine explosion. Photo: James Hathaway – Flickr CC BY 2.0 Treaties are voluntary agreements in which states consent to follow a given set of rules. Once signed and ratified, treaties commit states to specific...