Karyn Pomerantz

Nov 7, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Ellen Isaacs |Karyn Pomerantz |Philip Farruggio |Krystal Ball

by Ellen Isaacs and Karyn PomerantzI must admit that we were surprised at the outcome of the election. We thought that Trump’s overt racism against so many groups and his disparagement of women would be enough for him to at least lose the popular vote. But that was wrong. Whatever offense he may have caused was apparently trumped by higher prices for rent, food, insurance, mortgages and other necessities. And the longstanding tradition of racism in US society.

Apr 29, 2024 | gwhatchet.com | Karyn Pomerantz

Dear Editors,I am the alum (1996) and retiree (2018) from the Milken Institute School of Public Health whom Dean Lynn Goldman expelled from our listserv for supporting students in their encampment. The Hatchet reported the Dean’s statement in their daily updates on the protest April 26.

Dec 19, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Khuloud Rabah Sulaiman |James Rothenberg |Karyn Pomerantz |Ranjan Solomon

It was 6:00 am on 15 December, when my mother woke me to take our turn in the line at a nearby bakery, 15 minutes away on foot. There are two lines, one for women and one for men. My mother was number 29, I number 30. We had arrived before the bakery opened to ensure our turn. The number of waiting men soon tripled, far surpassing the number of women.

Dec 19, 2023 | countercurrents.org | James Rothenberg |Karyn Pomerantz |Ranjan Solomon |Chris Hedges

On December 5, the House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning antisemitism while at the same time declaring that anti-Zionism is antisemitism. This is completely illogical. Anti-Zionism is opposition to Israeli state policy. Antisemitism is prejudice against the Jew as a person. If one argues that Israel defines itself as a Jewish state, there’s this to consider. Some Israeli Jews oppose the policy of their Zionist state. Are they antisemitic?

Dec 19, 2023 | countercurrents.org | Karyn Pomerantz |Ranjan Solomon |Chris Hedges |Marwan Asmar

IntroductionDecember 18, 2023: Nearly 20,000 Gazans dead, including 10,000 children; 288 Palestinians killed in the West Bank; 1200 Israelis murdered, 150 held hostage by Hamas and 3 killed by IDF soldiers; ambulances blocked, hospitals destroyed, 90% going hungry in Gaza; and 1000 complaints of repression of pro-Palestinian speech in the US (Palestinelegal.org). Israel continues to blanket bomb Gaza as they try to wipe out the next generation of Palestinians.