Tyler Jost y Daniel C. Mattingly Durante más de una década, la política china ha estado definida por un solo hombre: Xi Jinping. Desde que Xi asumió el liderazgo del Partido Comunista Chino en 2012, se ha consolidado como un gobernante autoritario. Ha reestructurado...
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Entre el Litio y materias primas, entre tierras raras y el hambre en el mundo
Eduardo Camín Lanzado durante el Segundo Balance de la Cumbre de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios (UNFSS+4) en Addis Abeba. El infome El estado de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en el mundo (SOFI 2025) de este año publicado por cinco...
Hiroshima y Nagasaki: entre la memoria y la amenaza nuclear actual
Pedro Brieger Pocos días antes de la conmemoración de los 80 años del mayor ataque terrorista de la historia –Hiroshima y Nagasaki- Estados Unidos y Rusia se intercambiaron mensajes amenazantes. Primero Donald Trump le lanzó a Rusia un ultimátum de 50 días para...
Entre el Litio y materias primas, entre tierras raras y el hambre en el mundo
Eduardo Camín Lanzado durante el Segundo Balance de la Cumbre de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Sistemas Alimentarios (UNFSS+4) en Addis Abeba. El infome El estado de la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición en el mundo (SOFI 2025) de este año publicado por cinco...
La administración Trump, Venezuela, y la guerra híbrida multifactorial
El gobierno de Estados Unidos anunció el jueves que duplicará a 50 millones de dólares la recompensa por el arresto del presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, al que acusa de ser uno de los mayores narcotraficantes del mundo y de trabajar con cárteles para inundar a...
The Verdict of History: How Political Calculations Betrayed Gaza
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem released a comprehensive report on July 27 describing the Israeli war on Gaza as genocide. However, the delay in publishing such an indictment is troubling and adds to an existing problem...
The Verdict of History: How Political Calculations Betrayed Gaza
Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem released a comprehensive report on July 27 describing the Israeli war on Gaza as genocide. However, the delay in publishing such an indictment is troubling and adds to an existing problem...
Middle East Turmoil and the Tragedy of the Forgotten King-Crane Commission Report
1919 Photo of the King Crane Commission. Photograph Source: Oberlin College Archives – Public Domain Counterfactuals – what if so and so had happened? – are always dicey. For example; would there have been a full-scale Vietnam War if President John F. Kennedy had not...
War Causes Cancer
Image by Mohammed Ibrahim. The following is an excerpt from Nafis Hasan’s new book, Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care, published by Common Notions. Listen to an interview with Hasan on the latest episode of CounterPunch...
Social Media Sirenading Us to Death
The Sirens and Ulysses by William Etty, 1837 Just when I figured I had plumbed the depths of capitalism’s toxicity, I came across yet more proof; in fact, the apotheosis of toxicity. The toxicity to end all toxicity. Chris Hayes’ The Sirens’ Call: How Attention Became...
Democrats’ Gerrymandering Flip-Flop Erodes Their Credibility
For years, the Democratic Party framed gerrymandering as a fundamental threat to democracy. In response to continued GOP gerrymandering, Democrats are changing their tune — a shift likely to further erode trust in the party and US political institutions. California...
How the UAW Became the First Big Union to Back Zohran Mamdani
The United Auto Workers was the first big union to endorse Zohran Mamdani in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary. The endorsement was the result of rank-and-file activism and a new culture of openness, transparency, and progressivism in the UAW. Zohran...