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CounterPunch is a magazine published in the United States every two months, focusing on political issues with a unique approach that its editors call "muckraking with a radical twist." Both its advocates and critics have labeled it as left-leaning.

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Hop Out of the Boiling Pot, if Only for a Bit

2 days ago | counterpunch.org | Kathleen Wallace

Well, I took time off from writing (and from following major news for that matter) . A detox of sorts. Mine was somewhat required due to life circumstances from a very large move across the country. An imperative that simply didn’t allow time to focus on much of anything else. I probably wouldn’t have had the ability to hold off on scrolling and bemoaning without that forced interlude, but we will take our spiritual prods where we can get them.
Sumud: The Unyielding Heart of the Palestinian Cause in Gaza

4 days ago | counterpunch.org | Ramzy Baroud

The profound and unrelenting struggles endured by Palestinians should, by any rational expectation, have irrevocably concluded the Palestinian cause. Yet, the struggle for freedom in Palestine is at its zenith. How is one to explain this? Attempts aimed at the erasure of Palestine, the Palestinian people, and their cause go back well over a century.
What Next? Our Movement Measurement Problem and Good Trouble Lives On

4 days ago | counterpunch.org | Michael Albert

As best I can discern both the No Kings demonstrations with 5 to 7 million participants, but also the pathetic Military March and its minuscule turnout that showed Trump’s declining public support were a huge June 14th resistance success. If Trump didn’t have the federal government, he would not have much. The trouble is, he does have the federal government and the federal government is not nothing. A week after June 14, it still represses LA at home. It still devastates Gaza abroad.
Israel and Its Lobby Dragging Trump’s Regime Deeper into Illegal War

5 days ago | counterpunch.org | Ralph Nader

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told the truth about Tyrant Trump the other day regarding Trump’s war with Israel against Iran. She said, “The President hears all voices across the country, and he makes decisions based on his instincts.”His instincts are wrapped around his ego, his fantasies, and his overbearing arrogance.
No War With Iran

1 week ago | counterpunch.org | Phyllis Bennis

Israel’s attack on Iran opens a huge danger of escalation in the Middle East. Israel has a long history of attacking Iran — including bombing Iranian facilities, assassinating Iranian leaders and scientists, launching cyberattacks, and more. Iran has on occasion struck back, including launching strikes on Tel Aviv in this latest back and forth. But this latest assault is more dangerous than previous rounds of violence.
Iran-Israel Conflict: Nuclear Diplomacy At Stake?

1 week ago | counterpunch.org | Nilofar Suhrawardy

Iran-Israel conflict can no longer be viewed as just bilateral but would not have probably reached this stage without Tel Aviv being backed by Washington. Certainly, there is nothing new about this. At the same time, it cannot be ignored that conflict began when US-Iran talks regarding latter’s nuclear program had been initiated. These have been suspended for now.
Protest From the Soul

1 week ago | counterpunch.org | Robert Koehler

Image by Alex Radelich. Shouts and cheers, honking horns, people banging on drums. Oshkosh! No kings – at least not today. I’m with my sister and great nephew, attending the nearest national rally, about 20 miles south of their home in Appleton, Wisconsin. I’m up here with them because I’m getting cataract surgery (left eye tomorrow), but what the heck, Saturday is open. Let’s go to the No Kings rally. One of multi-thousands of rallies across the country.
Is This What Collapse Looks Like?

1 week ago | counterpunch.org | Graham Peebles

What is happening to the world? It’s a question being asked with growing urgency around the globe. Wars rage on, systems and institutions are faltering; divisions of all kinds, including widening inequalities, are deepening—heightening the risk of conflict. The environmental emergency is accelerating, and uncertainty reigns, fuelling a global mental health epidemic.
The Real National Emergency: Endless Wars, Failing Infrastructure, and a Dying Republic

1 week ago | counterpunch.org | John Whitehead

Seventy years after President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned about the cost of a military-industrial complex, America is still stealing from its own people to fund a global empire. In 2025 alone, the U.S. has launched airstrikes in Yemen, bombed Houthi-controlled ports and radar installations (killing scores of civilians), deployed greater numbers of troops and multiple aircraft carriers to the Middle East, and edged closer to direct war with Iran in support of Israel’s escalating conflict.
Is Greece Becoming a Non-Viable Nation State?

1 week ago | counterpunch.org | Evaggelos Vallianatos

The secrets of Greek demographyA Greek newspaper editor, Nikos Konstandaras, said in the midst of the country’s debt crisis, in 2013, that:“The Greeks are in a struggle for survival. And the odds are piling up against us. The fight is not only on the economic front… that has resulted in greatly reduced incomes, higher costs and taxes, and an overriding sense of insecurity.