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CounterPunch explores the upcoming UFC White House spectacle and the Hollywood, DC, and Gulf power brokers at the nexus of US politics, sports and entertainment. Host Eric Draitser welcomes veteran combat sports journalist Nate Wilcox, Editor-in-Chief of The MMA Draw, to the show to discuss the White House event, the mythology around Trump's relationship with the UFC and Dana White, the role of Ari Emanuel and TKO Group in monopolizing combat sports and playing all sides of the power structure, the Gulf monarchies and their projection of soft power, the overlap between entertainment, finance, and geopolitics, and so much more. The post UFC White House and the Billionaire Alliance w/ Nate Wilcox appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

Robin Anderson joins This Is Hell! to talk about her her new book “The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage Of Israel's Genocide In Gaza” published by OR Books. https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-complicit-lens/ Robin Andersen is professor emerita of media studies at Fordham University and an award-winning author of a dozen single- and co-authored books. Her work examines film, television, and media coverage of war, the environment, politics, and elections. She edits the Routledge Focus Book Series on Media and Humanitarian Action, serves as a Project Censored Judge, and contributes to the annual State of the Free Press. Andersen is on the Board of Directors of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), where she also writes regularly, and is an Izzy Award Judge for the Park Center for Independent Media. Her writing has appeared in CounterPunch, LA Progressive, The Progressive, Salon, Common Dreams, and ScheerPost, among others. We will have new installments of Rotten History and Hangover Cure. We will also be sharing your answers to this week's Question from Hell! from Patreon. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell

Robin Anderson joins This Is Hell! to talk about her her new book “The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage Of Israel's Genocide In Gaza” published by OR Books. https://orbooks.com/catalog/the-complicit-lens/ Robin Andersen is professor emerita of media studies at Fordham University and an award-winning author of a dozen single- and co-authored books. Her work examines film, television, and media coverage of war, the environment, politics, and elections. She edits the Routledge Focus Book Series on Media and Humanitarian Action, serves as a Project Censored Judge, and contributes to the annual State of the Free Press. Andersen is on the Board of Directors of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), where she also writes regularly, and is an Izzy Award Judge for the Park Center for Independent Media. Her writing has appeared in CounterPunch, LA Progressive, The Progressive, Salon, Common Dreams, and ScheerPost, among others. Help keep This Is Hell! completely listener supported and access bonus episodes by subscribing to our Patreon: www.patreon.com/thisishell

This week Howie talks about data centers, current events, and takes viewer questions.Links Shared During the Stream:Friends of the Earth in the UK, "Data centres - are our heads in the cloud?, October 26, 2026, https://policy.friendsoftheearth.uk/insight/data-centres-are-our-heads-cloudS. 4214: Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/s4214/BILLS-119s4214is.pdfBernie Sanders, "A.I. Is a Public Resource. You Should Own Half of It,” New York Times, June 1, 2026, https://archive.fo/HtTZACarl Davidson, "Data Centers, Knowledge, and the Future of Eco-Socialism,” New Green Horizons, May 31, 2026, https://newgreenhorizons.us/data-centers-knowledge-and-the-future-of-eco-socialism/Joshua Frank, "Vampire Planet: Data Centers, Far Bigger Disasters Than You Even Thought,” CounterPunch, June 5, 2026, https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/05/vampire-planet-data-centers-are-worse-than-you-think/Streamed on 6/6/26Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/nZ9iFDiQLIsGreen Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities.Green Socialist Notes PodcastEvery Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets.Music by Gumbo le FunqueIntro: She Taught UsOutro: #PowerLoveFreedom

Join us Tuesday, June 9th, at Macro ‘n Chill, the online gathering where we'll listen to and discuss this episode. 8pm ET/5pm PT. Register with this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/L40tjKhOSCGCJTR-R-QJvwThe title of Robin Andersen's upcoming book (published next week) is The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of the Genocide in Gaza. You can see why Steve wanted to talk with her. Their conversation looks at how the corporate media helped manufacture consent for Israel's war on Gaza by erasing historical context. It is tasked with enforcing cultural hegemony à la Gramsci, and defending the interests of the imperial core.Robin goes into examples of how the media has been used to erase Palestinian history and justify war crimes. Terms like "occupation," "apartheid," and "genocide" are scrubbed from discourse to maintain ideological control. It allows the ongoing dispossession and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to go unchallenged.As MMTers we understand – and Steve emphasizes – how state resources are mobilized without hesitation for war and geopolitical control, while austerity is imposed at home as a political choice rather than an economic necessity.In this time where journalists are under attack (literally) the episode urges solidarity with truth-tellers like Francesca Albanese who confront imperialist violence.Robin Andersen is professor emerita of media studies at Fordham University and an award-winning author of a dozen single- and co-authored books. Her work examines film, television, and media coverage of war, the environment, politics, and elections. She edits the Routledge Focus Book Series on Media and Humanitarian Action, serves as a Project Censored Judge, and contributes to the annual State of the Free Press. Andersen is on the Board of Directors of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), where she also writes regularly, and is an Izzy Award Judge for the Park Center for Independent Media. Her writing has appeared in CounterPunch, LA Progressive, The Progressive, Salon, Common Dreams, and ScheerPost, among others.@MediaPhiled on X

In this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Dr. Nadine Ortega, co-founder of Tagnawa Hawai’i, about grassroots mutual aid disaster recovery. Dr. Ortega breaks down the socio-economic and historical conditions that have led to the recent Kona Low flooding on O’ahu and the 2023 Lahaina, Maui fires, which have disproportionately affected Native Hawaiian, Filipino, and other immigrant communities. She shares stories about the importance of cross-class and interethnic organizing when state-run disaster response fails. Visit Tagnawa.org for more information. The post When State Disaster Response Fails w/ Dr. Nadine Ortega appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

Sue Kirchmyer, Linda Gillison, soundman Jim and Mark discuss our Word of the Week: “Apocalypse.” We will discuss major broad revelations about the US that change how we see our country. Next, we hear from Lucas Moody and his report on the Missoula City Council. Finally, we hear an interview of University of Montana professor Richard Drake who discusses his article in Counterpunch titled “The Constitutional Origins of the War in Iran.”

 In this episode of Varn Vlog, we welcome back British anthropologist and activist Dr. Chris Knight, author of Decoding Chomsky, to discuss the startling revelations surrounding Noam Chomsky's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. We go beyond the headlines to examine the deep-seated contradictions in Chomsky's career, his historical ties to the military-industrial complex, and what these scandals mean for the future of the American Left.Key Topics Covered:The Epstein Revelations: Analyzing the surprising extent of emails and mutual involvement between the Chomskys and Jeffrey Epstein, including claims of financial advice and legal support during family disputes.The "Two Chomskys": Dr. Knight explains the "firewall" between Chomsky's public persona as an anti-militarist critic and his decades-long career at MIT, working within Pentagon-funded laboratories alongside figures he regarded as war criminals.Science vs. Politics: A deep dive into how Chomsky's linguistic theories—specifically Universal Grammar and the "language module"—may have served the interests of military command and control systems.The Cognitive Revolution's Legacy: How the shift toward "mind over matter" in the human sciences served as a counter-materialist program that undermined traditional Marxist and scientific analysis on the Left.About Our Guest:Dr. Chris Knight is a renowned British anthropologist and a leading critic of Noam Chomsky's scientific and political legacy. His book, Decoding Chomsky: Science and Revolutionary Politics, has seen a massive resurgence in interest as scholars and activists seek to understand the collapse of Chomsky's reputation.Supplementary ReadingGrandin, G.  (2025, December 15). What the Noam Chomsky–Jeffrey Epstein e-mails tell us. The Nation. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/noam-chomsky-jeffrey-epstein-emails/Brown, Justin (2026, February 17).  In defence of Noam Chomsky. (2026, February 11). Countercurrents. https://countercurrents.org/2026/02/in-defence-of-noam-chomsky/Knight, C. (2026, February 6). The Chomsky/Epstein puzzle. CounterPunch. https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/06/the-chomsky-epstein-puzzle/Knight, C. (2026, February 9). There are two Noam Chomskys: The one you love, and the one that was friends with Jeffrey Epstein. Novara Media. https://novaramedia.com/2026/02/09/there-are-two-noam-chomskys-the-one-you-love-and-the-one-that-was-friends-with-jeffrey-epstein/Structural silence: Chomsky, Epstein, and the architecture of elite immunity. (2025, December 8). UniLiterate. https://uniliterate.com/2025/12/structural-silence-chomsky-epstein-and-the-architecture-of-elite-immunity/Vadrot, F., & Giudice, F. (2026, February 15). The moment critical capital meets financial capital. Substack. https://substack.com/home/post/p-187860978Hedges, C. (2026, February 14). Noam Chomsky, Jeffrey Epstein and the philosophy of despair.Send us Fan Mail Musis by Bitterlake, Used with Permission, all rights to BitterlakeSupport the showCrew:Host: C. Derick VarnIntro and Outro Music by Bitter Lake.Intro Video Design: Jason MylesArt Design: Corn and C. Derick VarnLinks and Social Media:twitter: @varnvlogblue sky: @varnvlog.bsky.socialYou can find the additional streams on YoutubeCurrent Patreon at the Sponsor Tier: Jordan Sheldon, Mark J. Matthews, Lindsay Kimbrough, RedWolf, DRV, Kenneth McKee, JY Chan, Matthew Monahan, Parzival, Adriel Mixon, Buddy Roark, Daniel Petrovic,Julian

Journalist Arun Gupta returns to CounterPunch Radio to discuss the state of the left, antiwar politics, and much more. Arun talks to host Eric Draitser and provides his analysis of the No Kings movement and how leftists should understand it, as well as a retrospective of the antiwar movements around Iraq and Vietnam. He explores the importance of physical community and organization using the example of New York’s Lower East Side, where he resides. The conversation also touches on the Left’s historic role in countering the hegemonic view of global affairs. A devoted leftist, Marxist, investigative journalist, chef, and food tour guide, Arun Gupta always brings incisive analysis and thoughtful critique to CounterPunch. The post The State of the US Left w/ Arun Gupta appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

“We've learned how to tolerate acts of violence, acts of widespread death, disease — that other developed nations simply don't tolerate. And that tolerance manifesting in myriad political failures — all of which go back to our refusal to maturely deal with mortality and issues of grief.” — David Masciotra Earlier this week, we talked to Ece Temelkuran about her book Nation of Strangers, a manifesto about strangers finding one another. But for the cultural critic David Masciotra, strangerdom is the problem rather than the solution. Contemporary America, he argues in his new essay A Country of Strangers, has become a place of death, despair and indifference. Masciotra takes his cue from Albert Camus' 1942 novella The Stranger. Camus' Meursault — the narrator of The Stranger — is a man completely detached from meaning. He attends his own mother's funeral without feeling anything. He murders an Arab man on a beach without motive. He faces his execution with a shrug. Masciotra's argument is that the United States has become Meursault writ large. America's failure is existential rather than political. It is a failure to mourn — a sustained refusal to engage with death, grief, and the weight of history that produces a society of strangers who cannot connect with one another across race, class, or geography. So is Masciotra right? Are we all Meursault now? What can Albert Camus teach us about America? Five Takeaways •       Meursault and America: The Same Detachment: Camus' The Stranger is narrated by Meursault — a man who attends his mother's memorial without feeling, murders an Arab man on a beach without motive, and faces execution with indifference. The novel, Camus said, was his attempt to detail “man's confrontation with absurdity in its nakedness.” Masciotra's argument: this is America now. A country that has adopted Meursault's emotional posture toward mass death. Columbine stopped the nation in 1999. Mass shootings now barely register. That is not political failure. It is existential failure. •       A Failure to Mourn: Masciotra's central thesis: America's deepest problem is its refusal to mourn. Not guilt — he is careful to distinguish mourning from guilt. You can have a national memory that reckons with both what you celebrate and what you grieve. If the Founding Fathers are worth preserving in active memory, so are the people they enslaved. Never properly dealing with the Civil War allowed the resurgence of white supremacist movements. Never properly mourning mass shootings allows them to accelerate. The failure to grieve is not sentimental. It is political. •       Is Meursault Autistic? The Spectrum Reading: Some contemporary critics read Meursault as someone on the autism spectrum — a man whose emotional detachment reflects neurodivergence rather than moral failure. Masciotra is skeptical. His reading: Camus' portrait is one of moral refusal, not neurological condition. The distinction matters for the American parallel: if America's indifference is a structural feature rather than a disease, the remedy is not therapy but political and cultural change. You can't medicate a country into empathy. •       The Colonial Murder and the Racial Hierarchy: Meursault murders an Arab man in French Algeria and feels nothing. Some critics fault Camus for not making colonialism more explicit. Masciotra defends Camus: Meursault doesn't care about anything, including his own mother's death. His indifference to his Arab victim's humanity is the point, not an evasion. The parallel to America: the hierarchy of victims, where Black Americans have historically ranked lower in the eyes of law and institution. David Shipler's 1997 book A Country of Strangers documented the same failure of Black and white Americans to actually talk to one another. •       You Are the First Close White Friends I've Had: Masciotra's friend Alana — a highly educated, cultured Black woman who lived in Chicago — once told him and his wife: “You are the first close white friends I've had.” They said the same back. This, Masciotra argues, is the country of strangers in daily life. Not the horror stories of overt racism. The quieter failure of self-imposed segregation that persists in a society that preaches diversity but, judging from its own behaviour, doesn't really want it. About the Guest David Masciotra is a cultural critic and the author of six books, including Exurbia Now: The Battleground of American Democracy, I Am Somebody: Why Jesse Jackson Matters, and Mellencamp: American Troubadour. He has written for the Progressive, the New Republic, Liberties, and many other publications about politics, literature, and music. His Substack is Absurdia Now. References: •       A Country of Strangers: Death, Despair and Indifference in the US by David Masciotra, CounterPunch, May 1, 2026. •       Albert Camus, The Stranger (1942). Camus' novella, the primary text of the conversation. •       Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus and The Rebel — referenced in the conversation. •       François Ozon, The Stranger (2024 film) — the adaptation that prompted the essay. •       David Shipler, A Country of Strangers: Blacks and Whites in America (1997) — referenced in the conversation. •       Episode 2903: Ece Temelkuran on Nation of Strangers — the companion episode referenced at the opening. About Keen On America Nobody asks more awkward questions than the Anglo-American writer and filmmaker Andrew Keen. In Keen On America, Andrew brings his pointed Transatlantic wit to making sense of the United States — hosting daily interviews about the history and future of this now venerable Republic. With nearly 2,900 episodes since the show launched on TechCrunch in 2010, Keen On America is the most prolific intellectual interview show in the history of podcasting. WebsiteSubstackYouTubeApple PodcastsSpotify Chapters: (00:31) - Introduction: Temelkuran's nation of strangers and Masciotra's country of strangers (01...

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank sit down with Gilbert Achcar to discuss Israel, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, and the most botched US war ever. Gilbert Achcar is Emeritus Professor at SOAS, University of London. He is the author of many books, most recently, The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective. The post The Most Botched Imperial War w/ Gilbert Achcar appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

In her new book, The Complicit Lens, media scholar Robin Anderson reveals how legacy media in the US presented Israel's genocidal violence in Gaza as defensive and justified, casting doubt on IDF bombings, employing passive language to deflect blame for atrocities, and repeating Israeli talking points, often word-for-word. In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Anderson about the ways US media has systematically run interference for Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, aligning its coverage with Israeli military narratives while downplaying—and even condoning—the wholesale massacre of Palestinians. Guests:Robin Andersen is professor emerita of media studies at Fordham University and an award-winning author of a dozen single- and co-authored books. Her work examines film, television, and media coverage of war, the environment, politics, and elections. Anderson edits the Routledge Focus Book Series on Media and Humanitarian Action, serves as a Project Censored Judge, and contributes to the annual State of the Free Press. Andersen is on the Board of Directors of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), where she also writes regularly, and is an Izzy Award Judge for the Park Center for Independent Media. Her writing has appeared in a range of outlets, including CounterPunch, LA Progressive, The Progressive, Salon, Common Dreams, and ScheerPost.Additional links/info: Robin Anderson, OR Books, The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel's Genocide in GazaCredits:Producer: Rosette SewaliStudio Production: David HebdenAudio Post-Production: Stephen FrankBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!

In her new book, The Complicit Lens, media scholar Robin Anderson reveals how legacy media in the US presented Israel's genocidal violence in Gaza as defensive and justified, casting doubt on IDF bombings, employing passive language to deflect blame for atrocities, and repeating Israeli talking points, often word-for-word. In this episode of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Anderson about the ways US media has systematically run interference for Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, aligning its coverage with Israeli military narratives while downplaying—and even condoning—the wholesale massacre of Palestinians. Guests:Robin Andersen is professor emerita of media studies at Fordham University and an award-winning author of a dozen single- and co-authored books. Her work examines film, television, and media coverage of war, the environment, politics, and elections. Anderson edits the Routledge Focus Book Series on Media and Humanitarian Action, serves as a Project Censored Judge, and contributes to the annual State of the Free Press. Andersen is on the Board of Directors of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), where she also writes regularly, and is an Izzy Award Judge for the Park Center for Independent Media. Her writing has appeared in a range of outlets, including CounterPunch, LA Progressive, The Progressive, Salon, Common Dreams, and ScheerPost.Additional links/info: Robin Anderson, OR Books, The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel's Genocide in GazaCredits:Producer: Rosette SewaliStudio Production: David HebdenAudio Post-Production: Stephen FrankBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-marc-steiner-show--4661751/support.Follow The Marc Steiner Show on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Help us continue producing The Marc Steiner Show by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Sign up for our newsletterFollow us on BlueskyLike us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterDonate to support this podcast

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, host Tori Tsui talks to Sean Adams, founder of Drowned in Sound. Tori and Sean talk about Spotify, AI, militarism, capitalism, independent music, how we can harness music’s power for social change, and much more. Founded in 2000 by Sean Adams, the UK-based Drowned in Sound has evolved from a music website into a podcast and newsletter-focused platform covering indie, electronic, and alternative music, featuring news, reviews, interviews, and community forums. Tori Tsui is an environmental activist, author, and climate advisor originally from Hong Kong. She is a senior advisor for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and a campaigner for the Stop Rosebank coalition. Her work has been featured in British Vogue, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and Elle. She lives in Bristol, UK. Be sure to check out Tori’s new book, It's Not Just You: How to Navigate Eco-Anxiety and the Climate Crisis, just out from The New Press. The post The Collective Power of Music w/ Sean Adams appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg are joined by Thomas Zietzoff to talk about his new book, No Option But Sabotage The Radical Environmental Movement and the Climate Crisis.  No Option But Sabotage explores how far activists are willing to go to defend the planet in the face of repression and the escalating climate crisis. Thomas Zeitzoff is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University. His research focuses on political violence, social media, and political psychology. He is also the author of Nasty Politics: The Logic of Insults, Threats, and Incitement. You can find the debate between Murray Bookchin and Dave Foreman discussed in this episode here. The post No Option But Sabotage w/ Thomas Zietzoff appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

On this episode of Counterpunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Dr. Shahd Abusalama, Palestinian academic, writer, and artist, born and raised in Jabalia Refugee Camp, in northern Gaza. Shahd discusses her book, Between Reality and Documentary: A Historical Representation of Gaza Refugees in Colonial, Humanitarian and Palestinian Documentary Film, published in 2025 by Bloomsbury and SOAS Palestine Studies, and reflects on her recent book and film tour in Japan. Recorded during the opening days of the recent War on Iran, Shahd reflects on the ramifications of the war for Gaza, historical lessons from her time in Hiroshima, and her image of what true liberation could look like for the Palestinian people. The post An Image of Total Liberation w/ Dr. Shahd Abusalama appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

  Aaron is joined by Robin Andersen, author of The Complicit Lens: US Media Coverage of Israel's Genocide in Gaza. Robin Andersen is professor emerita of media studies at Fordham University and an award-winning author of a dozen single- and co-authored books. Her work examines film, television, and media coverage of war, the environment, politics, and elections. She edits the Routledge Focus Book Series on Media and Humanitarian Action, serves as a Project Censored Judge, and contributes to the annual State of the Free Press. Andersen is on the Board of Directors of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), where she also writes regularly, and is an Izzy Award Judge for the Park Center for Independent Media. Her writing has appeared in CounterPunch, LA Progressive, The Progressive, Salon, Common Dreams, and ScheerPost, among others. American Exception followers on Patreon, regardless of the tier, get first access to new episodes! Paid subscribers enjoy access to the entire library of the best historical analysis of deep events on the American Exception podcast.  Subscribe to our Patreon at https://patreon.com/americanexception Special thanks to: Dana Chavarria, production Casey Moore, graphics Michelle Boley, animated intro Mock Orange, music

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank welcome back Ramzy Baroud to discuss his new book, Before the Flood, a profound exploration of Palestinian history and resilience through the personal stories of his family—the al-Badrasawis. Beginning with intimate details of village life in Beit Daras prior to the Nakba. They also talk about the ongoing war in Iran and Israel’s larger strategy for the region. You can catch Ramzy Baroud on the road this spring and summer. He’ll be at Chicago’s Pilsen Community Books on Sunday, May 3, at 5 PM. The post Before the Flood: A Tale From Gaza w/ Ramzy Baroud appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

Arturo Desimone discusses how the contemporary left targets individuality, creativity, and masculinity for cancellation. He uses Noam Chomsky as an example.His Essay at Counterpunch:https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/13/against-cancellation-chomsky-and-the-cyclical-emasculation-of-the-left/Support Sublation Media:https://patreon.com/dietsoap

May we resolve to live not by lies, political correctness, wokeness, or ‘repressive tolerance‘ by any name. May we live by the Truth alone, and may God have mercy on us. Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One’s standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to. — Theodore Dalrymple (Anthony Daniels) Frontpage Magazine interview (August 31, 2005) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 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Important events every day ad-free | United States OTD Worldwide Public Holidays Tuesday April 14th 2026 | Office Holidays On This Day – What Happened on April 14 Today in History: April 14, Abraham Lincoln fatally shot at Ford’s Theatre | AP News What Happened on April 14 – On This Day What Happened on April 14 | HISTORY April 14 – Wikipedia What Happened On April 14 In History? 14 | April | 2020 | Executed Today Holidays Dolphin Day (US) Ex-Spouse Day (US) Gardening Day (US) Library Workers Day (US) Pan American Day (US) Pecan Day (US) Reach As High As You Can Day (US) That Sucks Day (US) Yom HaShoah Day (Jewish commemoration) ‘Six million Jews in WWII’ is a grossly inflated number, which is a marginalizing disservice to victims everywhere. That’s not ‘Holocaust denial’. It’s not denying the reality of genocidal tragedy – on the contrary, it affirms the tragedy(s) everywhere. This group does not have a monopoly on tragedy, as R.J. Rummel proved in DEATH BY GOVERNMENT: GENOCIDE AND MASS MURDER in which he coined the term ‘democide’. Despite relentless attempts to denigrate him (wonder why?) David Irving‘s work is instructive, and he is an unimpeachable witness. Why would a man be banned from entire countries simply for his ideas…? There’s also Edwin Black’s IBM and the Holocaust and the subject of what it more broadly represents (i.e., fascism)… There’s also the controversy of the term ‘holocaust’; “A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations”…?? World Quantum Day (Intl) Historical Events 2015 – Archaeologists announce they have found 3.3 million-year-old stone tools at Lomekwi in Kenya, the oldest ever discovered and predating the earliest humans 2003 – The Human Genome Project is completed: The project dedicated to mapping the genes of the human genome was started in October 1990. 2002 – 66th US Masters Tournament: Tiger Woods becomes the third player to claim back-to-back Masters, three strokes ahead of Retief Goosen of South Africa 2000 – Metallica files a lawsuit against the peer-to-peer sharing platform Napster, accelerating a movement against file-sharing programs 1996 – Greg Norman blows six-shot Masters lead in epic collapse: Third-round leader Greg Norman loses a six-shot lead in the final round of the Masters golf tournament and finishes second—one of the worst collapses in sports history. Nick Faldo wins the green jacket, finishing five strokes ahead of Norman. “I played like a bunch of [expletive],” the Australian tells reporters afterward.… read more 1994 – Musician Billy Joel & supermodel Christie Brinkley announce plans to divorce 1994 – In a friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two U.S. Air Force aircraft mistakenly shoot-down two U.S. Army helicopters, killing 26 people. 1991 – The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President following its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. 1988 – The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will. 1988 – The Soviet Union agrees to withdraw from Afghanistan: In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan. Soviet troops had invaded the country in 1979 to support the communist rulers. They were defeated primarily by the Mujahideen, who were groups of militant Islamists sponsored by the CIA.123 1986 – U.S. bombs terrorist and military targets in Libya: In retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin that killed two U.S. servicemen, U.S. president Ronald Reagan orders major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people. The raid, which began shortly before 7 p.m. EST (2 a.m., April 15 in Libya), involved more than 100 U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft, and was over within an… read more 1986 – The heaviest hailstones ever recorded hit Bangladesh: The lumps of ice weighed about 1 kg (2.2 lb). At total of 92 people reportedly died as a result. 1969 – Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand tie for Best Actress Oscar: During the first internationally televised Oscars ceremony, Ingrid Bergman exclaims “It's a tie!” upon opening the Best Actress envelope—the first tie in a major acting category in three decades. The award went to both Katharine Hepburn, for her turn as Eleanor of Aquitaine in The Lion in Winter, and Barbra Streisand,… read more 1960 – Montreal Canadiens win fifth consecutive Stanley Cup: The Montreal Canadiens defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup for a record fifth year in a row. The Canadiens reached the Stanley Cup Finals after sweeping the Chicago Blackhawks in four games, while the Maple Leafs defeated the Detroit Red Wings, four games to two. The championship… read more 1956 – In Chicago, Illinois, videotape is first demonstrated. 1944 – Explosion on cargo ship rocks Bombay, India: The cargo ship Fort Stikine explodes in a berth in the docks of Bombay, India (now known as Mumbai), killing 1,300 people and injuring another 3,000. As it occurred during World War II, some initially claimed that the massive explosion was caused by Japanese sabotage; in fact, it was a tragic… read more 1939 – The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press. 1935 – “Black Sunday” Dust Bowl storm strikes: In what came to be known as “Black Sunday,” one of the most devastating storms of the 1930s Dust Bowl era sweeps across the region. High winds kicked up clouds of millions of tons of dirt and dust so dense and dark that some eyewitnesses believed the world was coming to… read more Was it ‘accidentally’ engineered…?678910 1932 – Loretta Lynn is born: Loretta Lynn, a singer who greatly expanded the opportunities for women in the male-dominated world of country-western music, is born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky. Unlike some country-western stars that sang about a rural working class life but lived an urban middle class existence, Loretta Lynn's country roots were unquestionably authentic. Born Loretta… read more 1931 – First edition of the Highway Code published in Great Britain. 1927 – The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden. 1918 – American pilots engage in first dogfight over the western front: Six days after being assigned for the first time to the western front, two American pilots from the U.S. First Aero Squadron engage in America's first aerial dogfight with enemy aircraft. In a battle fought almost directly over the Allied Squadron Aerodome at Toul, France, U.S. fliers Douglas Campbell and Alan Winslow succeeded in shooting… read more 1912 – Doomed passenger liner RMS Titanic hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic: The subsequent sinking of the world’s largest ocean liner of the time resulted in more than 1500 deaths. It was one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history. Was there more to the story…? 1910 – Taft becomes first U.S. president to throw out first pitch at MLB game: Skull and Bonesman,11 President William Howard Taft becomes the first president to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Major League Baseball game. The historic toss on opening day is to star Walter Johnson, the Washington Senators' starting pitcher against the Philadelphia Athletics at National Park in the nation's capital.… read more 1909 – Armenian Genocide: A massacre is organized by Ottoman Empire against Armenian population of Cilicia. Muslims in the Ottoman Empire begin a massacre of Armenians in Adana. 1908 – Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream. 1906 – The first meeting of the Azusa Street Revival, which will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement, is held in Los Angeles. 1894 – The first ever commercial motion picture house opens in New York City. It uses ten Kinetoscopes, devices for peep-show viewing of films. 1894 – First public showing of Thomas Edison’s Kinetoscope (moving pictures) 1890 – The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C. 1890 – Painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (49) weds Aline Victorine Charigot 1881 – The Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight occurs in El Paso, Texas. 1880 – Philosopher John Muir (41) weds Louisa Strentzel 1865 – William H. Seward, the U.S. Secretary of State, and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell. 1865 – Ulysses S. Grant and his wife turn down an invitation to join President and Mrs. Lincoln at Ford's Theatre to see the comedic play Our American Cousin. In doing so, he deprives assassin John Wilkes Booth of a second target. 1865 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot: President Abraham Lincoln was shot and fatally wounded during a performance of the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Lincoln was taken to a boarding house across the street and died the following morning at 7:22 am. The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, wanted to revive the Confederate cause, mere days after their surrender to the Union Army, bringing the American Civil War to an end. At least, that’s the official story…45 1846 – The Donner Party of pioneers departs Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival. 1828 – First Edition of Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language is printed: Noah Webster, a Yale-educated lawyer with an avid interest in language and education, publishes his American Dictionary of the English Language. Webster's dictionary was one of the first lexicons to include distinctly American words. The dictionary, which took him more than two decades to complete, introduced more than 10,000 “Americanisms.” [Because, defining terms is important! Who’s in charge; who decides…?]… read more 1775 – First American abolition society founded in Philadelphia: The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage, the first American society dedicated to the cause of abolition, is founded in Philadelphia by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush. The society changes its name to the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery and the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage… read more 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounds the Jewish capital, with four Roman legions. Births 1975 – Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer (51) 1973 – Adrien Brody, Performer who became the youngest Best Actor Oscar winner playing a Holocaust survivor in The Pianist. (53) 1941 – Pete Rose, Baseball great nicknamed “Charlie Hustle” who topped Ty Cobb’s record for career hits. Banned from the sport in 1989 for gambling. (died 2024) 1932 – Loretta Lynn, Queen of country music who was born a coal miner’s daughter—which inspired her biggest hit and an Oscar-winning biopic. (died 2022) 1925 – Rod Steiger, American soldier and actor (died 2002) 1907 – François “Papa Doc” Duvalier, Haitian dictator (died 1971) 1889 – Arnold J. Toynbee, English historian and academic, key architect of the Third British Empire author of 12-volume A Study of History (Oxford University Press 1939). (died 1975) 1738 – William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1809) Deaths 2021 – Bernie Madoff, American mastermind of the world’s largest Ponzi scheme [except for the Federal Reserve!] (born 1938) 2015 – Percy Sledge, American singer (born 1940) 2013 – George Jackson, American singer-songwriter (born 1945) 2013 – Charlie Wilson, American politician (born 1943) 2007 – Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (born 1930) 1995 – Burl Ives, American actor, folk singer, writer, and freemason (born 1909) 1943 – Yakov Dzhugashvili, Georgian-Russian lieutenant, eldest son of Joseph Stalin (born 1907) 1759 – George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer (born 1685) Footnotes Wikipedia Contributors. “Operation Cyclone.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 10 May 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026. ↩ “How Jimmy Carter and I Started the Mujahideen.” CounterPunch.org, CounterPunch, 8 Nov. 2015, www.counterpunch.org/1998/01/15/how-jimmy-carter-and-i-started-the-mujahideen/. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026. ↩ Dixon, Norm. “How the CIA Created Osama Bin Laden.” Green Left, 18 Sept. 2001, www.greenleft.org.au/2001/465/analysis/how-cia-created-osama-bin-laden. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026. ↩ Perloff, James. Exploding the Official Myths of the Lincoln Assassination. 2024, www.amazon.com/dp/0966816064. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026. ↩ Perloff, James. “Announcing James Perloff's Latest Book.” Jamesperloff.net, 2026, jamesperloff.net/announcing-james-perloffs-latest-book/. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026. ↩ FDRLibrary. “FDR and the Dust Bowl.” YouTube, 20 June 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRAbOAim8U8. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026. ↩ Wikipedia Contributors. “Dust Bowl.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Feb. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026. ↩ Wikipedia Contributors. “Deforestation.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Jan. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026. ↩ Wikipedia Contributors. “Desertification.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 25 May 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertification. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026. ↩ Snyder, Michael. “1930s Dust Bowl Conditions Are Returning to the Middle of the United States.” Substack.com, Michael Snyder's Substack, 8 Apr. 2025, michaeltsnyder.substack.com/p/1930s-dust-bowl-conditions-are-returning. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026. ↩ Best of Danny Jones. “The Man Who Was BORN into the Deep State Finally Speaks | Kris Millegan.” YouTube, 10 Apr. 2026, youtu.be/eM8eMtcNACw. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026. 7:00--34:00 Kris Millegan on; William Howard Taft, Alphonso Taft, William Huntington Russell, Phi Beta Kappa, Skull and Bones, the (family) history of the (modern) opium trade, and American football. ↩

In this episode of CounterPunch Radio, MV Ramana speaks with Joshua Frank about the lies and misconceptions surrounding a nuclear power revival, atomic energy’s ties to weapons proliferation, and much more. The conversation took place in January at Page Against the Machine bookstore in Long Beach, California. M. V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, and the author of Nuclear is Not the Solution with Verso Books. Joshua Frank is co-editor of CounterPunch and co-host of CounterPunch Radio. He is the author of Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America, and the forthcoming, Bad Energy: The AI Hucksters, Rogue Lithium Extractors, and Wind Industrialists Who are Selling Off Our Future, both with Haymarket Books. Sponsored by Pilsen Community Books. The post Nuclear Madness: MV Ramana in Conversation w/ Joshua Frank appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch's Christopher Maitland. They discuss at length the build for Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar, where it ends up on the WrestleMania line-up, what the finish will be, and if Oba is a sure-fire top-top act. Then they discuss the C.M. Punk counter-punch to the Pat McAfee debacle of a segment last Friday including the pros and cons of what he chose to talk about. They covered just about everything else on the show, too, with the latest WrestleMania developments with live caller, chat, and email contributions throughout.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wade-keller-pro-wrestling-post-shows--3275545/support.

In this continuation of our African Revolutions and Decolonization series, we bring back two returning guests, Gerald Horne and Anthony Ballas, to discuss the documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, and the U.S.'s "jazz ambassadors".  A really stimulating discussion, we highly recommend you also check out our other episodes focused on the Congo to orient yourself historically here - The Congo - From Colonization Through Lumumba & Mobutu and The Situation in Congo - From Mobutu to M23 Rebels Today (both with Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja) and Mining the Congo w/ Josaphat Musamba, Germain Ngoie Tshibambe, & Ben Radley. We also recommend you check out the previous episodes we have done with Dr. Horne, which include - Histories of Resistance in LA from 60's to Today, Texas and the Roots of U.S. Fascism, and The Counterrevolution of 1776 Anthony Ballas was also on the show recently, you can listen to the episode we did with him - Whiteness, Jake Paul, Boxing, & the Crisis of US Imperialism Gerald Horne is the John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston.  His research interests are unbelievably varied, encompassing biographies of W.E.B. Du Bois and Paul Robeson, to The Haitian Revolution, to Hollywood in the '30s-'50s, to Jazz and Justice.  Be sure to check out his bibliography, you're certain to find something that interests you! Anthony Ballas is an organizer and a PhD student at Duke University. His work appears in Monthly Review, Protean Magazine, Caribbean Quarterly, 3:AM Magazine, Truthout, Middle West Review, CounterPunch, Scalawag Magazine, Peace, Land and Bread Magazine, and elsewhere. He also the host of the De Facto Podcast and co-host of Cold War Cinema.  Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

Industrial robotics company, FANUC, was the only Japanese company named in the Albanese report on Israel's “economy of genocide.” This week on CounterPunch Radio, we speak with members of BDS Japan Bulletin and Detroit-based Engineers Against Apartheid to understand the role that FANUC robots play in the production of 155mm shells, one of the primary weapons used in the genocide in Gaza, and the complicated nature of robots as “dual-use” products — with both civilian and military application. BDS Japan discusses automation and how AI fits into Japan's current right-wing political climate, while EAA addresses the militarization of Michigan's manufacturing sector and how workers in the automotive industry are organizing against it. The post Battling Killer Robots w/ BDS Japan Bulletin & Engineers Against Apartheid appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Eric Draitser talks with Yassamine Mather about the Israel/US war on Iran, its geopolitical ramifications, Iranian resistance, and what it means for the future of the region. Yassamine Mather is an Iranian scholar and political activist. She is the acting editor of Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory. Her research on Iran is within the framework of the Middle East Centre, University of Oxford, where she works. She is the chair of Hands Off the People of Iran. The post The Illegal War on Iran w/ Yassamine Mather appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

This week on CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk to journalist Sam Kimball about Israel’s illegal occupation of Syria, Zionist expansion in Lebanon, and the US/Israel war on Iran. Read Sam Kimball’s piece, Zionist Expansion: A First-Hand Account of Israel's Illegal Occupation of Southwestern Syria. Support the CounterPunch Investigative Fund. The post Zionist Expansion w/ Sam Kimball appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

To understand what is currently happening in the Middle East, particularly as concerns U.S., you need to understand three things: The cudgel of Political Zionism Luring ‘Christian Zionists’ (oxymoron) to do the fighting (dying) As limited hangout, drawing attention away from Ben Gurion Canal Project Israel, so-called as central Command Node The Beast / ten horns (Commercial Babylon) will destroy the great whore (Religious Babylon) When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers[1] “Nothing personal, it’s just business.” – Otto Berman Links Headlines Maddow connects the dots as Trump boosts Russia while Putin helps Iran target Americans | Raw Story “I’m F–cking DONE”: The Internet Is Losing Its Absolute Mind Over Karoline Leavitt’s Draft Comments | Buzzfeed Lindsey Graham asks Americans to 'send their sons and daughters to the Middle East' to fight Iran | The Mirror Trump’s new DHS pick can’t stop embarrassing himself — and he hasn’t even started | Opinion | Raw Story Pete Hegseth Outright Quotes Scripture in Iran War Briefing | The New Republic Trump targeted by four FBI code-named counterintel probes that ensnared hundreds of Americans | Just The News Canadian police investigate reports of gunfire at US consulate in Toronto | AP News Trump's ‘free flow of energy' vow fails to restart shipping in strait of Hormuz | The Guardian Ed Martin, outspoken Justice Department lawyer, is formally accused of ethical violations | CNN White House Forced to Walk Back Trump’s Brazen Threat | The Daily Beast Discussed United States of LARPing On the dangers of cosplay – by Alex Berenson The Cudgel of Political Zionism Benjamin Netanyahu – Wikipedia Netanyahu’s government has been orchestrating the genocide in Gaza, culminating in the South Africa v. Israel case before the International Court of Justice in December 2023. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant in November 2024 for Netanyahu for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity as part of the ICC investigation in Palestine. Netanyahu was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv. His mother, Tzila Segal, was born in Petah Tikva in the Mutasarrifate of Jerusalem—her family had migrated from Minneapolis in 1911, having relocated there from Lithuania in the 1870s—and studied law at Gray’s Inn, London. His father, Warsaw-born Benzion Netanyahu (né Mileikowsky), was a historian specializing in the Jewish Golden Age of Spain. His paternal grandfather, Nathan Mileikowsky, was a rabbi and Zionist writer. When Netanyahu’s father immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, he adopted a Hebrew surname of “Netanyahu”, meaning “God has given.” While his family is predominantly Ashkenazi, he has said that a DNA test revealed some Sephardic ancestry. He claims descent from the Vilna Gaon. At MIT, Netanyahu studied a double-load while taking courses at Harvard University, completing his bachelor’s degree in architecture in two and a half years, despite taking a break to fight in the Yom Kippur War. Professor Leon B. Groisser at MIT recalled: “He did superbly. He was very bright. Organized. Strong. Powerful. He knew what he wanted to do and how to get it done.” At that time he changed his name to Benjamin “Ben” Nitai (Nitai, a reference to both Mount Nitai and to the eponymous Jewish sage Nittai of Arbela, was a pen name often used by his father for articles). Years later, in an interview with the media, Netanyahu clarified that he decided to do so to make it easier for Americans to pronounce his name. This fact has been used by his political rivals to accuse him indirectly of a lack of Israeli national identity and loyalty. Netanyahu worked as an economic consultant for the Boston Consulting Group… Revisionist Zionism – Wikipedia Lebensraum – Wikipedia Greater Israel – Wikipedia Pastor Adam Fannin, Law of Liberty Baptist Church: Who is the Synagogue of Satan? – YouTube Mentioned Genesis 9 (KJV) – God shall enlarge Japheth, and Genesis 10 (KJV) – And the sons of Gomer; Japheth – Wikipedia Linked END TIMES Prophecy – YouTube Romans 11 Israel was Cast Away, Not God’s People – YouTube Who is the Israel of God? – Pastor Tim DeVries – YouTube American civil religion – Wikipedia Ceremonial deism – Wikipedia The Apotheosis of Washington – Wikipedia Biblical Religion and Civil Religion in America by Robert N. Bellah Thom Hartmann, Jared Kushner has some explaining to do – Alternet.org Israel as Central Command Node You Can't Understand Israel Until You See This || Prof Jiang Xueqin #profjiangstyle – YouTube Ben Gurion Canal Project The Blogs: The Ben Gurion Canal: Vision Amidst Upheaval | Bepi Pezzulli | The Times of Israel What is Israel’s Ben Gurion canal plan and why Gaza matters Gaza's genocide, the Ben-Gurion canal, and the politics of reconstruction – erasure by design – Middle East Monitor Ben Gurion Canal will Reshape Regional Power Dynamics Israel's $55 Billion Canal to Rival Suez | A Project That Could Change Global Trade – YouTube How is the Proposed Ben Gurion Canal Tied to Israel’s Gaza Invasion? – CounterPunch.org At the September 2023 G20 meeting shortly before the Hamas attack, the India-Middle East Corridor was announced. It would create a transportation link from India to Europe across the Arabian Peninsula via Dubai in the UAE to the Israeli port of Haifa. In December 2023, even after Israel launched its invasion of Gaza, UAE and Israeli interests made a deal to create a land bridge between Dubai and Haifa. The Geopolitics of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor US, India, Saudi, EU unveil rail, ports deal on G20 sidelines | Reuters ‘Israel’,UAE to establish land bridge between ports: Israeli media | Al Mayadeen English The £77 Billion Canal To Rival Suez Canal And Connect The Red And Mediterranean Seas – 2oceansvibe News | South African and international news Mystery Babylon: Commercial Babylon Destroys Religious Babylon Revelation 17 (KJV) – And there came one of Revelation 18 (KJV) – And after these things I WWIII WW3 – Albert Pike and the Three World Wars The Third World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences caused by the ‘agentur’ of the ‘Illuminati’ between the political Zionists and the leaders of Islamic World. The war must be conducted in such a way that Islam (the Moslem Arabic World) and political Zionism (the State of Israel) mutually destroy each other. Meanwhile the other nations, once more divided on this issue will be constrained to fight to the point of complete physical, moral, spiritual and economical exhaustion… We shall unleash the Nihilists and the atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror will show clearly to the nations the effect of absolute atheism, origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil. Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves against the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that moment be without compass or direction, anxious for an ideal, but without knowing where to render its adoration, will receive the true light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view. This manifestation will result from the general reactionary movement which will follow the destruction of Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated at the same time. Col Doug Macgregor: We’re in a Run Up to WW3 – YouTube Iran’s Missiles DEVASTATE Haifa Port & Tel Aviv, Trump Eyes Ground War | Elijah Magnier – YouTube John Mearsheimer: No Winning in Iran for the U.S. – YouTube Jeffrey Sachs Warns US Militarism Risks Wider War Over Iran – YouTube Industrial Complex Apex The Anglo-American Establishment Quigley exposes the secret society’s established in London in 1891, by Cecil Rhodes. Quigley explains how these men worked in union to begin their society to control the world. He explains how all the wars from that time were deliberately created to control the economies of all the nations. Audience Contributed Who Will Replace the American Empire? Simon Dixon vs Professor Jiang (Official Re-upload) – YouTube On This Day On This Day – What Happened on March 10 Today in History: March 10, the Tibetan uprising of 1959 | AP News What Happened on March 10 – On This Day What Happened on March 10 | HISTORY March 10 – Wikipedia Holidays Harriet Tubman Day in some parts of the United States Historical Events 2023 – Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapses due to a run on its deposits, in the second largest bank failure in US history. Its operations are taken over by the FDIC. 2008 – The New York Times revealed that Eliot Spitzer, Governor of New York, had patronized a prostitution ring. 2000 – Dot-Bomb: NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5,048.62 (or was it 5,132.52?): The dotcom boom, which started in 1997, accompanied the advent of countless new Internet-based companies. When the speculative bubble burst, many small investors were affected. 1982 – Syzygy: All nine planets recognized at this time — Mercury to Pluto — align on the same side of the Sun. 1979 – 1979 International Women’s Day protests in Tehran: Protestor involvement peaks with 15,000 Iranian women and girls performing a three‐hour-long sit‐in at the Courthouse of Tehran. 1977 – Astronomers discover the rings of Uranus. 1975 – Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam. 1970 – Vietnam War: My Lai war crimes: The U.S. Army accuses Capt. Ernest Medina and four other soldiers of committing crimes at My Lai (also known as Songmy) 1969 – James Earl Ray pleaded guilty – on his 41st birthday! – in Memphis, Tennessee, to assassinating civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Ray later repudiated that plea, maintaining his innocence until his death.) 1959 – Tibetan uprising: thousands of Tibetans rebelled against occupying Chinese forces, surrounding the Dalai Lama's palace to protect him from potential harm. Fierce fighting between Tibetans and Chinese forces ensued in the following days, causing the Dalai Lama to flee Tibet for India, where he remains in exile today. 1945 – WWII: Deadliest air raid of World War II sets Tokyo on fire after nighttime B-29 bombings; more than 100,000 people die, mostly civilians 1933 – The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area, leaving around 108 people dead. 1922 – Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation. 1876 – The first telephone call is made: Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the words “Mr. Watson, come here – I want to see you” to his assistant, Thomas A. Watson, who was in the next-door room. 1864 – President Lincoln signs Ulysses S. Grant's commission to command the U.S. Army: President Abraham Lincoln assigned Ulysses S. Grant, who had just received his commission as lieutenant-general, to the command of the Armies of the United States. 1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War. 1496 – Christopher Columbus concluded his second visit to the Western Hemisphere as he left Hispaniola for Spain. Births 1994 – Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio aka Bad Bunny, Puerto Rican rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and wrestler 1992 – Emily Osment, American actress and singer-songwriter 1984 – Olivia Wilde, American actress and director 1983 – Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter 1971 – Jon Hamm, American actor and director 1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress, producer 1957 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda 1940 – Chuck Norris, American actor, martial artist 1928 – James Earl Ray, accused assassin of Martin Luther King Jr. (died 1998) Deaths 2018 – Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer, founded luxury fashion and perfume house of Givenchy in 1952 2012 – Jean Giraud, French author, illustrator 1988 – Andy Gibb, English/Australian singer 1948 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American author 1913 – Harriet Tubman, American nurse, activist, abolitionist, Underground Railroad “conductor” Footnotes The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs. The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs. 2008. Edited by John Simpson and Jennifer Speake, 5th ed., Oxford University Press, 2009, www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780199539536.001.0001/acref-9780199539536-e-650. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026. African proverb, meaning that the weak get hurt in conflicts between the powerful. 1936 New York Times 26 Mar. ︎

This week Howie talks about Iran, other current events, and takes viewer questions. Links Shared During the StreamJake Johnson, "Oman's Foreign Minister Said US-Iran Deal Was ‘Within Our Reach.' Then Trump Started Bombing,” Common Dreams, February 28, 2026, https://www.commondreams.org/news/oman-foreign-minister-iran-dealAljazeera, "Al Jazeera investigation: Iran girls' school targeting likely ‘deliberate',” March 3, 2026, https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/3/questions-over-minab-girls-school-strike-as-israel-us-deny-involvementMalachy Browne and Aaron Boxerman, "Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base,” New York Times, March 6 2026, https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world/middleeast/iran-school-us-strikes-naval-base.htmlNick Turse, “Rubio Admit That US Is Fighting Israel's War,” The Intercept, March 3, 2026, https://theintercept.com/2026/03/03/rubio-trump-iran-israel-war/Tom Latchem, "Veteran Appears to Snap Bone During Tussle With MAGA Senator at War Hearing,” Daily Beast, March 5, 2026, https://www.thedailybeast.com/veteran-brian-mcginnis-appears-to-snap-bone-during-tussle-with-maga-senator-tim-sheehy-during-war-hearing/Full video of Brian McGinnis protest: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DVecHEVie0u/Anthony Aguilar on Brian McGinnis isolation, https://x.com/anthonyagu88102/status/2030017845610844278?s=46Brian McGinnis for US Senate: https://www.brianmcginnis4ussenatenc.orgMaryam Namazie, Iranian socialist-feminist, "Stop the War on Iran! ,” https://www.facebook.com/MayamNamazie/posts/pfbid02BJfkVBzj36R4uD6XsiFcoUqrJQJWcXco7iWDBJetyCPDhbPpHGRCC2XzTpkLe3PSlNick Turse, "Trump's Orwellian Board of Peace Consists Entirely of Human Rights Abusers,” The Intercept, March 2, 2026, https://theintercept.com/2026/03/02/trump-board-peace-human-right-abuses/Azad Essa, "Brics missing in action as war on permanent member Iran spirals,” Middle East Eye, March 3, 2026, https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/brics-missing-in-action-israel-war-permanent-member-iran-spiralsZoltan Grossman, "Escalation of this War Could Shatter Iran into Ethnic Enclaves,” CounterPunch, February 27, 2028, https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/02/27/escalation-of-this-war-could-shatter-iran-into-ethnic-enclaves/Hannah Spencer's by-election victory speech: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckglkz1rp01oHowie Hawkins, A Political Paradox, https://newgreenhorizons.us/a-political-paradox-a-progressive-leaning-public-elects-a-far-right-president/Streamed on 3/8/26Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/YO8MhYK7GkEGreen Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities.Green Socialist Notes PodcastEvery Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets.Music by Gumbo le FunqueIntro: She Taught UsOutro: #PowerLoveFreedom

In this episode of Guerrilla History, we have a fascinating conversation on the intersection of boxing, white supremacy, geopolitics, and imperialism, a discussion that you are sure to find interesting an useful even if you are not into boxing itself! For this, we bring on Anthony Ballas, who cowrote the piece Shadowboxing with Ghosts: Whiteness, Jake Paul, and the Crisis of U.S. Imperialism alongside the inimitable Prof. Gerald Horne for Black Agenda Report. Be sure to read the piece and listen to this episode, and stay tuned for another discussion with Tony soon, alongside Dr. Horne! Anthony Ballas is an organizer and a PhD student at Duke University. His work appears in Monthly Review, Protean Magazine, Caribbean Quarterly, 3:AM Magazine, Truthout, Middle West Review, CounterPunch, Scalawag Magazine, Peace, Land and Bread Magazine, and elsewhere. He also the host of the De Facto Podcast and co-host of Cold War Cinema.  Help support the show by signing up to our patreon, where you also will get bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/guerrillahistory 

FOLLOW RICHARD Website: https://www.strangeplanet.ca YouTube: @strangeplanetradio Instagram: @richardsyrettstrangeplanet TikTok: @therealstrangeplanet EP. #1328 EPSTEIN UNSEALED: The Names, The Firewall, and the Elite Panic Nobody Wants You to See The Epstein scandal refuses to die — it mutates. Just as pressure builds with looming depositions, subpoenas, and Congressman Thomas Massie naming powerful figures tied to Jeffrey Epstein, global crises suddenly dominate the headlines. Coincidence… or choreography? Investigative journalist Nick Bryant has spent nearly two decades exposing the hidden architecture behind Epstein's empire — the money, the protection, and the silence. Tonight, he returns to Strange Planet to ask the question no one in power wants answered. GUEST: Nick Bryant is an investigative journalist and author best known for exposing elite sexual abuse networks and the power structures that protect them. He broke major stories in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal and successfully fought to unseal Epstein victim depositions that revealed the scope of the trafficking operation. Bryant is the author of The Franklin Scandal and Epstein's Black Book, and the founder of EpsteinJustice.com. His work has appeared in outlets including The Washington Times, Salon, and CounterPunch. WEBSITE: https://epsteinjustice.com BOOK: The Franklin Scandal: A Story of Powerbrokers, Child Abuse & Betrayal SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS!!! QUINCE Luxury, European linen that gets softer with every wash! Turn up the luxury when you turn in with Quince. Go to Quince dot com slash RSSP for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. CARGURUS CarGurus is the #1 rated car shopping app in Canada on the Apple App and Google Play store. They've got hundreds of thousands of cars from top-rated dealers, plus advanced search tools that let you zero in on exactly what you want. And you can set real-time alerts for price drops and new listings — so you never miss a great deal. Buy your next car today with CarGurus at cargurus dot ca. Go to cargurus dot ca to make sure your big deal is the best deal. ⁠ BECOME A PREMIUM SUBSCRIBER!!!⁠ ⁠https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm⁠ Three monthly subscriptions to choose from. Commercial Free Listening, Bonus Episodes and a Subscription to my monthly newsletter, InnerSanctum. Visit ⁠https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm⁠ Use the discount code "Planet" to receive $5 OFF any subscription. We and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. By using our website and services, you agree to our use of cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://strangeplanet.supportingcast.fm/

As general president of the union, Sean O'Brien has operated with a "Teamsters vs. Everybody" mentality, especially when it comes to dealing with President Trump and embracing the MAGA right. But now, 14 months into the second Trump administration, the labor movement and the entire working class—Teamsters members included—is under attack. In this episode of Working People, we speak with veteran Teamsters Richard Hooker Jr. and John Palmer, who are running to oust O'Brien from leadership in the upcoming union election. Guests: Richard Hooker Jr. has dedicated 26 years to the Teamsters, spending 20 of those years at UPS and the last six in leadership roles. He is the Secretary-Treasurer and Principal Officer of Teamsters Local 623 in Philadelphia, and he is now running on the Fearless Slate to unseat Sean O'Brien as a candidate for general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. John Palmer has 38 years of experience in the Teamsters and is currently serving as a vice president at large of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He is running on the Fearless Slate as a candidate to be the union's general secretary-treasurer. Additional links/info: Teamsters Fearless Slate website Hank Kennedy, Current Affairs, "Sean O'Brien sold labor to Trump, and got nothing" Michael Sainato, The Guardian, "Labor activist takes on Teamsters leader allying with Trump: 'He doesn't represent the workers'" Joe Allen, CounterPunch, "Why are the Teamsters endorsing Greg Abbott?" Peter Eavis, The New York Times, "UPS says it is cutting up to 30,000 jobs" Maximillian Alvarez, TRNN, "Everybody hates Sean" Maximillian Alvarez, TRNN, "We asked 8 different Teamsters what they thought of Sean O'Brien's speech—their responses may surprise you" Featured Music: Jules Taylor, Working People Theme Song Credits: Audio Post-Production: Jules Taylor

As general president of the union, Sean O'Brien has operated with a “Teamsters vs. Everybody” mentality, especially when it comes to dealing with President Trump and embracing the MAGA right. But now, 14 months into the second Trump administration, the labor movement and the entire working class—Teamsters members included—is under attack. In this episode of Working People, we speak with veteran Teamsters Richard Hooker Jr. and John Palmer, who are running to oust O'Brien from leadership in the upcoming union election.Guests: Richard Hooker Jr. has dedicated 26 years to the Teamsters, spending 20 of those years at UPS and the last six in leadership roles. He is the Secretary-Treasurer and Principal Officer of Teamsters Local 623 in Philadelphia, and he is now running on the Fearless Slate to unseat Sean O'Brien as a candidate for general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. John Palmer has 38 years of experience in the Teamsters and is currently serving as a vice president at large of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He is running on the Fearless Slate as a candidate to be the union's general secretary-treasurer.Additional links/info: Teamsters Fearless Slate websiteHank Kennedy, Current Affairs, “Sean O'Brien sold labor to Trump, and got nothing”Michael Sainato, The Guardian, “Labor activist takes on Teamsters leader allying with Trump: ‘He doesn't represent the workers'”Joe Allen, CounterPunch, “Why are the Teamsters endorsing Greg Abbott?”Peter Eavis, The New York Times, “UPS says it is cutting up to 30,000 jobs”Maximillian Alvarez, TRNN, “Everybody hates Sean”Maximillian Alvarez, TRNN, “We asked 8 different Teamsters what they thought of Sean O'Brien's speech—their responses may surprise you”Featured Music:Jules Taylor, Working People Theme SongCredits: Audio Post-Production: Jules TaylorBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-news-podcast--2952221/support.Help us continue producing radically independent news and in-depth analysis by following us and becoming a monthly sustainer.Follow us on:Bluesky: @therealnews.comFacebook: The Real News NetworkTwitter: @TheRealNewsYouTube: @therealnewsInstagram: @therealnewsnetworkBecome a member and join the Supporters Club for The Real News Podcast today!

The Steve Gruber Show | Freedom's Counterpunch: Iran, SCOTUS & the Billionaire Grab --- 00:00 - Monologue 19:09 – Ali Safavi, member of Iran's Parliament in Exile, the National Council of Resistance of Iran, and President of Near East Policy Research. Safavi provides updates on developments inside Iran and growing unrest. He discusses the regime's stability and what opposition leaders are seeing on the ground. 28:07 – Knox Williams, President of the American Suppressor Association (ASA) Foundation. Williams discusses the ASA Foundation's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act (NFA) registration requirements. He explains the legal arguments and what the case could mean for Second Amendment rights. 38:22 - Monologue 47:13 – Katie Daniel, Director of Legal Affairs for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. Daniel addresses concerns from lawmakers about the FDA's delay in reviewing updated safety data on the abortion pill. She explains the legal and regulatory questions surrounding the issue. 56:47 – Holly Adams, Ohio congressional candidate, lifelong Ohioan, mother of two, and advocate for conservative policies. Adams explains why swing districts like Ohio's 1st are critical to advancing the Trump agenda. She discusses border security, the economy, and grassroots voter engagement. 1:05:35 – Mark Vargas, GOP media surrogate, Editor-in-Chief of Illinois Review, and former Iraq Task Force member in the Office of the Secretary of War (2007–2010). Vargas reacts to reports of celebrations in parts of Iran amid political upheaval. He discusses what shifting sentiment could mean for U.S. foreign policy. 1:15:28 - Monologue 1:24:16 – Dr. Josh McConkey (Ret.), USAF Colonel, emergency physician, military commander, and award-winning author. McConkey analyzes the latest developments in Iran and emphasizes the high stakes for the Iranian people. He shares a powerful comparison from an Iranian-American who likened the moment to France at the start of D-Day. 1:34:00 – Ivey Gruber, President of the Michigan Talk Network. Gruber discusses new policies restricting California schools from withholding information from parents about their children's gender-related decisions. The conversation also touches on “Operation Epic Fury” and reactions inside Iran, including claims that many citizens are hopeful for expanded freedoms. --- Check out our brand new podcast, 'Forgotten America'... The second episode is live NOW at Steve Gruber on YouTube! Link below: https://youtu.be/vZiEUjtQ-m4

In this episode of Counterpunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Emanuel Ovadia, a researcher and educator on radical Jewish traditions in the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region. Emanuel shares stories of Muslim-Jewish relations, the politics of language, and the Jewish radical traditions outside of the typical “Ashkenormative” European or American Jewish left. We discuss how the multi-lingual, transnational, and transcultural history of the region debunks zionist myths of Jewish supremacy, and the importance of uplifting the cultural memory of ancestors who may have been assimilated into “Israeli” or other colonial identities across the SWANA region. You can find Emanuel’s quarterly zine, Gazoz De Frambuaz, and his Instagram at https://linktr.ee/gdframbuaz. The post Jewish Radical Traditions of the SWANA Region w/ Emanuel Ovadia appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

Today, I am joined by John Sanbonmatsu,  Professor of Philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, where he teaches courses in ethics, political theory, existentialism, philosophy of technology, and other topics.  He is the author of The Omnivore's Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves, and of The Postmodern Prince: Critical Theory, Left Strategy, and the Making of a New Political Subject,  as well as editor of the book Critical Theory and Animal Liberation.  He is also the creator of the CleanMeat-Hoax website, which takes a skeptical view of cellular or cultivated meat products.  Professor Sanbonmatsu's writing has appeared in Christian Science Monitor, CounterPunch, Huffington Post, and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, among other places. A thread in this episode is "to be." What do I mean by that? Guess you'll have to hit play to find out. To connect with John:Access his articles, essays, and interviews at www.JohnSanbonmatsu.com.  Visit clean meat-hoax.com https://www.cleanmeat-hoax.com/Follow John on Twitter (@SanbonmatsuJ) and Blue Sky (@jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social)Buy his book - The Omnivore's Deception - https://www.johnsanbonmatsu.com/the-omnivores-deception.htmlMentioned in this episode:Peter Singer - Animal LiberationArticle on Ants and their internal navigation systems: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982224017020Better off Ted - Season 1, Episode 2 - Heroes. I can't find a specific clip about the "meat blob" but you can find the episode with this info. United Poultry Concerns - https://www.upc-online.org/To connect with me:Follow me on Facebook and Instagram @didyoubringthehummusDYBTH merch now available! Check out the shop here: https://did-you-bring-the-hummus.myspreadshop.comFor more info on my Public Speaking 101 program: ⁠https://www.didyoubringthehummus.com/publicspeakingforactivists⁠Contact me here or send me an email at info@didyoubringthehummus.comSign up for meditation sessions hereSign up for The Vegan Voyage, to sponsor the podcast, book meditations packages, or sign up for my Public Speaking program hereJoin my Podcast Fan Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/didyoubringthehummus/To be a guest on the podcast: https://www.didyoubringthehummus.com/beaguest©2026 Kimberly Winters - Did You Bring the Hummus LLCTheme Song ©2020 JP Winters ⁠@musicbyjpw⁠

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg are joined by Brian Jones to discuss his new book, Black History Is for Everyone, out now with Haymarket Books. In Black History Is for Everyone, Brian Jones offers a meditation on the power of Black history, using his own experiences as a lifelong learner and classroom teacher to question everything—from the radicalism of the American Revolution to the meaning of “race” and “nation.” Brian Jones has taught many ages and grades in New York City's public schools and the City University of New York. He served as the inaugural director of the Center for Educators and Schools at the New York Public Library and was the associate director of education at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He is also the author of The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History. Catch Brian Jones on tour. Buy a copy of Black History Is for Everyone. The post Black History Is for Everyone w/ Brian Jones appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

In this episode, CounterPunch shares voices from participants in the Zapatistas' most recent gathering of activists, the “Semillero de Piramides, de historias, amores, y claro desamores,” in CIDECI, Universidad de la Tierra, Zapatista territory in San Cristóbal de las Casas, México. The 5 day event featured seminars and discussions with over 1000 attendees from 30 countries, to address resistance to this era of fascism. Roberto Hernandez, from San Isidro, CA, is a Chicano professor at San Diego State University, who discusses the parallelism between the ethnic cleansing of Zapatistas, Chicanxs and Palestinians. We speak with Bruno from the Comité Argentino con el Pueblo Argentino, and Ana Vázquez, a professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Chiapas, and other messages of solidarity with Palestine direct from Zapatista territory. The post Zapatista Voices w/ Roberto Hernandez, Ana Vázquez & More appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank welcome Sean J Partick Carney to discuss his 10-part series, Time Zero, on the nuclearized world. Sean J Patrick Carney is a visual artist, composer, and writer. His essays, criticism, and interviews appear frequently in publications including Artforum, Art in America, VICE, Southwest Contemporary, Artnet News, Harvard Urban Review, Glasstire, High Country News, and Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In 2019, Carney received the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for short-form writing. This episode is sponsored by Pilsen Community Books. The post The Nuclearized World w/ Sean J Patrick Carney appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

Today, host Esty Dinur is joined by Jennifer Loewenstein to debrief about the ongoing Israeli attacks on Palestine. They discuss what's happening in Gaza and the status of the ceasefire and Gaza “Board of Peace.” Loewenstein says that nothing has changed in Gaza since the ceasefire except the intensity of bombing, which has decreased, but not ceased. She describes the partitioning of Gaza into green and red “zones” and the “yellow line” that marks the line of Israeli occupation. Over two million Palestinians have been pushed into the “red zone” along the coast where they are living in non-winterized tents in conditions that Loewenstein calls “abject misery.” Meanwhile the Rafa crossing remains closed and Israel is planning concentration camps for Palestinians. Loewenstein says that the ceasefire and the creation of the “Board of Peace” have been successful in keeping what's happening in Gaza out of the news. She says that “it's scandalous that no Palestinians are on the Board and after two years of genocide that what's happening is a deeper entrenchment of the occupation.” They also discuss the role of gangs in the “red zone,” the deliberate targeting of journalists, and the wiping out UNRWA. Loewenstein says that what's happening in Gaza is an expression of Western imperialism and the expansion of Israeli hegemony around the Middle East. Jennifer Loewenstein is an American activist, journalist, and founder of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project. Her work has appeared in academic journals such as The Journal of Palestine Studies, and she is a regular contributor to the CounterPunch magazine. Featured image of an aerial view of Israel's destruction of Rafa via UNRWA on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO). Did you enjoy this story? Your funding makes great, local journalism like this possible. Donate hereThe post It's Still A Nightmare In Gaza appeared first on WORT-FM 89.9.

Katie and Kyle enter the virtual bunker to break down TRG's latest battle, and the results are shocking. The "War Room" simulation is complete, and it was a massacre: TRG 4 ("Win More, Keep More") obliterated Kismet's AI system ("Counterpunch") by over $4,400 across 3,000 tables.We analyze the data to find out why the robot failed in an 8-Deck/Hit Soft 17 environment and why playing it safe is actually the most expensive strategy you can have.Also in this audit:The Atlantis Field Report: Espresso King exposes the "Hidden Hourly Rate" behind a "free" room in the Bahamas.The Plaza Value Play: Why TRG is choosing Downtown suites over Strip nosebleeds for WrestleMania.The engine is stable, and the logic is verified. Welcome to The Advantage Playback.

In this special episode of CounterPunch Radio, Bill Ayers, friend of Pilsen Community Books and fellow podcaster at Under the Tree, introduces Amos Kennedy and fellow artists and activists Monica Trinidad and Chi Nwosu. This evening at Pilsen Community Books in Chicago included a packed-house crowd for a celebration for the release of Citizen Printer by renowned letterpress printer Amos P. Kennedy, Jr. A self-described “humble negro printer,” Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., is internationally recognized for his type-driven messages of social justice and Black power, emblazoned in rhythmically layered and boldly inked prints made for the masses. Borrowing words from civil rights heroes such as Rosa Parks, Fannie Lou Hamer, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth, Kennedy issues fearless statements on race, capitalism, history, and politics—along with plenty of witty truisms—in his exuberant, colorful, and one-of-a-kind posters and handbills. Amos P. Kennedy, Jr. was working a corporate job when, at nearly forty, he discovered the art of letterpress printing on a tour of Colonial Williamsburg. Kennedy then devoted himself to the craft, earning an MFA in graphic design at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He now operates Kennedy Prints!, a letterpress printshop in Detroit. He has exhibited in dozens of museums and galleries across the United States, including the Library of Congress, and the libraries of the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Monica Trinidad (she/they) is a queer Latine visual artist, communicator, and cultural strategist. A lifelong Chicagoan, Monica has created zines, graphics, mixed media posters, communication strategies, and plans highlighting youth-led, intergenerational, and intersectional grassroots organizing work in Chicago and nationally. Chi Nwosu is a Black, non-binary, queer, Nigerian artist based in Chicago. Their work is an alchemy of cultural narratives that centres marginalised experiences and utilises potent cultural, political, and spiritual symbols. Chi's art invites viewers to imagine collective liberation, envisioning communities rooted in kindness, compassion, and care. Please, head over to Pilsen Community Books and pick up some books! The post Citizen Printer, Bill Ayers w/ Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr., Monica Trinidad, and Chi Nwosu appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

Send us a textJanuary 2026. We navigate a landscape where advocacy, social media, and surveillance blur into a digital haze. To face the mounting crisis, we must trace the analog patterns that first forged the cage.In July 2021, I spoke over the phone with Jeffrey Blankfort—a Jewish-American journalist whose memory as a veteran Palestinian solidarity activist is a breach in the static. Blankfort deconstructs the Anti-Defamation League—the ADL—looking past the shield of civil rights to find a critical node in a transnational espionage network.We return to his landmark exposure of an illegal surveillance web; a clandestine bridge built between the Israel lobby and apartheid South Africa to monitor the American pulse. In this era of state and non-state convergence, this 2021 archive serves as a sobering lens. To understand the future, we must study the shadow it has already cast.Beyond the walls of the narrative... here is Jeffrey Blankfort.----------------------In beginning to critically deconstruct the key role of the Anti Defamation League in the Israel Lobby, producer Jeremy Rothe-Kushel speaks with Jewish American Journalist & Pro-Palestinian activist Jeffrey Blankfort, about his work to expose the ADL and its collaborators for colluding with apartheid Israel and South Africa on espionage against civil society in the United States.https://www.counterpunch.org/2013/06/12/adl-spies/https://www.foodnotbombs.net/adl_examiner.htmlhttps://www.wrmea.org/the-israel-lobby-is-it-good-for-the-us-is-it-good-for-israel-the-adl-covert-action-censure-and-courting-law-enforcement.htmlhttps://www.israellobby.org/ADL-CA/https://www.irmep.org/ADLespionage.asp——http://www.palestinechronicle.com/jeffrey-blankfort-breaking-the-silence-on-the-israel-lobby/“Are there Israeli lobby gatekeepers and damage control squads on the left?”  https://www.natsummit.org/transcripts/jeffrey_blankfort.htm“Jeffrey Blankfort: Chomsky Misfires on U.S.-Israel Relations” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T33IdUl1S8—–https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jeffrey_Blankforthttp://www.jeffblankfortphotography.com/contact.htmJeff Blankfort is a radio producer, photographer & journalist of Jewish-American background, who has been a pro-Palestinian human rights activist since 1970. He was formerly the editor of the Middle East Labor Bulletin and co-founder of the Labor Committee of the Middle East. He was also a founding member of the November 29 Coalition on Palestine and the Palestine Solidarity Committee. He won a settlement from the Jewish Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in February 2002 for its vast illegal spying against him, as well as hundreds of other progressive social, political, labor and environmental organizations and thousands of individuals (including anti-Apartheid groups/activists).Blankfort‘s articles have appeared in CounterPunch, Dissident Voice & Mondoweiss, among many others.

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank welcome Ellen Schrecker to discuss the legacy of McCarthyism and the current right-wing attack on academic freedom in the U.S., and why the situation is even worse today than it was in the 1950s. Ellen Schrecker is an American historian and author who has written extensively about McCarthyism and American higher education. She is the author of many books, including The Lost Promise: American Universities in the 1960s, published by the University of Chicago Press, which provides the first comprehensive analysis of American higher education's most turbulent decade. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard, taught there and at NYU and Princeton, and later joined Yeshiva University, from which she retired as a full professor. Head over and grab some books from the best shop, Pilsen Community Books. The post Resisting Attacks on Academic Freedom / Ellen Schrecker appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

This week Howie talks about the attacks on Venezuela, other current events, and takes viewer questions. Links shared during the stream:Marnie Eisenstadt, "Thieves hack Syracuse families' food stamp accounts, leaving them broke for the holidays,” Syracuse Post-Standard, December 18, 2025, https://www.syracuse.com/news/2025/12/thieves-hack-syracuse-families-food-stamp-accounts-leaving-them-broke-for-the-holidays.htmlIlya Matveev, "A World Disjointed: China, Russia, and the Coming Era of Inter-Imperialist Rivalry,” Spectre, November 3, 2025, https://spectrejournal.com/a-world-disjointed/ or https://archive.fo/DTfTZ.Andriy Movchan, "The Russian Idée Fixe,” CounterPunch, January 1, 2026, https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/01/the-russian-idee-fixe/Streamed on 1/3/26Watch the video at: https://youtube.com/live/95XvH0F45IMGreen Socialist Notes is a weekly livestream/podcast hosted by 2020 Green Party/Socialist Party presidential nominee, Howie Hawkins.  Started as a weekly campaign livestream in the spring of 2020, the streams have continued post elections and are now under the umbrella of the Green Socialist Organizing Project, which grew out of the 2020 presidential campaign.  Green Socialist Notes seeks to provide both an independent Green Socialist perspective, as well as link listeners up with opportunities to get involved in building a real people-powered movement in their communities.Green Socialist Notes PodcastEvery Saturday at 3:00 PM EDT on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitch.Every Monday at 7:00 AM EDT on most major podcast outlets.Music by Gumbo le FunqueIntro: She Taught UsOutro: #PowerLoveFreedom

Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with members of the Asamblea Oaxaqueña por Palestina on Día de los Muertos in Oaxaca, México. They discuss local issues of gentrification, militarization, narco-violence, and religious Zionism, and Mexico's political and economic ties to the colonial occupation of Palestine. Asamblea Oaxaqueña por Palestina is an autonomous, non-partisan, solidarity space formed by people from Oaxaca united to acompany the resistance of the Palestinian people. Podcast in Spanish, see English transcript here! The post The Palestinization of the World w/ Asamblea Oaxaqueña por Palestina appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

Beginning in 2021, when Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (now X) censored posts by Palestinians protesting their expulsion from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah to today's genocide in Gaza, Big Tech has advanced an imperialist agenda and betrayed its own alleged commitment to free speech and democratic values. Through alliances with the Israeli government and Zionist activists, they have leveraged their massive power to spread propaganda, silence criticism of Israel, and smear dissenters. In our latest, we talk with Prof. Omar Zahzah (@omarzahzah.bsky.social), professor at San Francisco State, and author of "TERMS OF SERVITUDE: zionism, silicon valley, and digital settler colonialism in the palestinian liberation struggle," to discuss the censorship of pro-Palestinian voices, targeting of the Palestinian liberation movement in Gaza and beyond, and the spreading of Zionist propaganda being done by Big Tech. Please listen in on this important interview. Bio//Omar Zahzah is a writer, poet, organizer of Lebanese Palestinian descent, and Assistant Professor of Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) Studies at San Francisco State University. Omar has covered digital repression in relation to Palestine as a freelance journalist since May 2021, with work appearing in such outlets as Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, Electronic Intifada, Mondoweiss, CounterPunch, and more. He is the Author of “TERMS OF SERVITUDE: zionism, silicon valley, and digital settler colonialism in the palestinian liberation struggle."—————-

On this episode, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk with climate justice campaigner and author Tori Tsui. Tori is a Senior Advisor for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and is a climate justice lead for Brian Eno's Earth Percent. Her debut book, It's Not Just You, explores the intersection of mental health and climate change and was shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize. The U.S. version is scheduled for release in April 2026. The post Beyond Eco-Anxiety w/ Tori Tsui appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

We would like to thank our advertisers for our podcast: This episode is brought to you by Gold Co! Get up to $10,000 in FREE silver when you go to https://DineshGold.com. Don’t wait - The time to invest in gold and silver is now!In this episode, Dinesh considers the setback in the Comey and Leticia James cases, and offers a way for the Trump DOJ to counter-punch. Dinesh outlines what Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick allegedly did to line her pocket with illicit Covid money. New York Post columnist Miranda Devine joins Dinesh to talk about her exclusive interview with J.D. Vance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk to Presleigh Hayashida and Sophie Shepherd about efforts to evict genocide profiteers out of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Gen Z organizing, and much more. Presleigh Hayashida is a Brooklyn-based community organizer working on general anti-fascist organizing and the movement for a Free Palestine. In her spare time, she works as a civil engineer, spends time with her two cats, and stares at trees. Sophie Shepherd is a Brooklyn-based community organizer and writer.  She graduated summa cum laude from Scripps College in 2024, earning a B.A. in Environmental Analysis and a minor in Writing & Rhetoric. Follow Demilitarize Brooklyn Navy Yard on Instagram. The post Genocide Profiteers Out of Brooklyn Navy Yard + Gen Z Organizing w/ Presleigh Hayashida and Sophie Shepherd appeared first on CounterPunch.org.

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk to Josh MacPhee and Kennedy Block, authors of the new book, Strike While the Needle is Hot: A Discography of Worker's Revolt, published by Common Notions Press. Josh MacPhee is a founding member of the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, the author of An Encyclopedia More The post Strike While the Needle is Hot w/ Josh MacPhee and Kennedy Block appeared first on CounterPunch.org.