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The Collective Power of Music w/ Sean Adams
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/musics-collective-power-w-sean-adams/
Published: May 15, 2026 22:39
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 musicās power for social change, and much more.ā¦
The Trump Tax Man Goeth
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/the-trump-tax-man-goeth/
Published: May 15, 2026 06:02
That the Trump lawsuit is frivolous is beside the point, just as it was when the former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn sued the U.S. government for $50 million for āmalicious prosecutionā and collected $1.2 million in a settlementāeven thoughā¦
Roaming Charges: Go Down, Moses
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/roaming-charges-go-down-moses/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:59
The economic war on Cuba, which has been going on in one form or another for more than six decades, has increasingly become a war waged on Cuban children. Since Trump and Biden reimposed and broadly extended the economic sanctions and embargo on Cuba thatā¦
Vampire Planet: Chinaās (Green) Economic Imperialism
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/vampire-planet-chinas-green-economic-imperialism/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:58
We often laud China for its boom in renewable energy projects, but seem to ignore the fact that itās still building coal-fired power plants at a faster pace than any other country. Experts are questioning whether China's gains in green energy will beā¦
The Foundersā Fix: How Expanding Congress Could Save Minority Voting Rights
Published: May 15, 2026 05:58
The dismantling of the Voting Rights Act begun by the Supreme Court in the case of Shelby County v. Holder in 2013 was completed this last month by Louisiana v. Callais. Callais has raised the legal bar for drawing majority-minority districts, one of theā¦
Can We Still Laugh Together? Political Cartoons and Censorship
Published: May 15, 2026 05:57
āJournalism is an essential pillar of democracy,ā observed Irene Khan, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression on May 3, World Press Freedom Day. According to Reporters Without Bordersā World Press Freedom Index, the United Statesā¦
As Though It Mattered: Hollywood, AI and the End of Original Ideas
Published: May 15, 2026 05:57
The film operated according to a different logic altogether. Not frivolous, exactly, but curiously unanchored. It was as though the relationship between idea and origin had loosened somehow. Ideas did not need to come from anywhere in particular. They justā¦
We Cannot Let Tucker Carlson Become the Face of Global Anti-Zionism
Published: May 15, 2026 05:56
As we still try to come to terms with Israelās countless barbaric crimes in its genocide in Gaza, as well as its cruelty in the occupied West Bank, Lebanon, and Iran, many on the left seem to have found a new voice to rally behind to echo our collectiveā¦
The Neo-Nazi Enforcer Who Helped Build Peter Thielās Online Influence Empire
Published: May 15, 2026 05:56
General Michael Flynn, Trumpās former National Security advisor, boasted to the Young America Foundation soon after Trumpās first election victory in 2016, that the Presidentās campaign had been a quasi-military āinsurgencyā run by ādigital soldiersā. Thatā¦
Making History in Dark Times: Refuse Numbness. Refuse Silence
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/making-history-in-dark-times-refuse-numbness-refuse-silence/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:55
We are living through an era in which truth is under siege, where the language of justice has been emptied of meaning, where cruelty is too often normalized as a form of governance, and state violence becomes routine. Ā In such a moment, education is not aā¦
The US Must End Its Illegal Boat Strikes
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/the-us-must-end-its-illegal-boat-strikes/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:55
The U.S. military has been carrying out extrajudicial killings in the Caribbean and Pacific over the past nine months with impunity. On May 8, the U.S. military struck another boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two people and leaving one survivor. U.S.ā¦
The United Statesā Long War on Cuba
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/the-united-states-long-war-on-cuba/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:55
In recent weeks and months, Washington has intensified its long-running campaign of collective punishment against the Cuban people. Escalating sanctions have further tightened the noose of a punitive U.S. blockade that has strangled the island for moreā¦
What Would it Take?
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/what-would-it-take/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:55
What would it take for tens of millions of US-Americans to take to the streets on a regular basis, rising in a sustained mass movement to cancel business as usual pending the removal of a virulent fascist regime atop the most lethal superpower in worldā¦
The War Against Iran, Up Close and Personal (and All Too Far Away)
Published: May 15, 2026 05:53
Guns or butter. Butter or guns. Can we have both? If not, which should come first? Consider it one of those chicken-and-egg conundrums of modern society. āGunsā is the stand-in for a well-funded military and ābutterā for all the human goods, comforts, andā¦
Witches Unite: How Israel and the US Empire Tried (and Failed) to Crush Francesca Albanese
Published: May 15, 2026 05:53
The United States government, under first Biden and now Trump, has launched a full-scale assault on one of the most courageous and honest voices at the United Nations: Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories.ā¦
RFK, Jr. Still Doesnāt Care About Long COVID Patients
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/rfk-jr-still-doesnt-care-about-long-covid-patients/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:53
Late last month, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testified that he was making Long COVID a top priority, noting that his own son had been ādebilitatedā by the disease. It is certainly terrible that Secretary Kennedyās sonā¦
The Fuel to My Revolutionary Optimism
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/the-fuel-to-my-revolutionary-optimism/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:52
As a Palestinian born in the 21st century, I am the generational product of Nakba survivors and the trauma that came with it. As distant as it may seem, I am only two generations removed from the 1948 Catastrophe of Palestine, where over 750,000ā¦
Trump Accounts and the No Economist Left Behind Test
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/trump-accounts-and-the-no-economist-left-behind-test/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:51
Back when George W. Bush was doing his big drive to privatize Social Security, I got upset because he was using bogus numbers that grossly exaggerated what his private accounts would yield. The basic story was that his team assumed that stocks wouldā¦
Israeli Tourists Have a Bad Reputation Around the World
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/israeli-tourists-have-a-bad-reputation-around-the-world/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:50
In May, 2025, a restaurant worker in Thailand asked an Israeli tourist to remove her shoes before entering the establishment, a traditional cultural custom in the country. The tourist refused to take off her shoes, shouting, āMy money helps build yourā¦
GOP Gerrymandering is Erasing the Southās Black Votes
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/gop-gerrymandering-is-erasing-the-souths-black-votes/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:50
On May 8, the Republican-controlled legislature ofĀ TennesseeĀ passed new redistricting maps that divide Memphisās 63 percent Black population across three white-majority districts. This eliminates the stateās sole Black-majority district. Republicans inā¦
Trumpās State Visit to Beijing and the New Cold War on Asia
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/trumps-state-visit-to-beijing-and-the-new-cold-war-on-asia/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:49
From Beijing this week, theĀ first US state visit to China in nine yearsĀ is being staged for the world to see. The Great Hall of the People is open to Donald Trump, who has traveled with eighteen US executivesāApple, Tesla, BlackRock, Boeing, and Nvidiaā¦
Restoring Roots When Past Is āPoast:ā Trust In Your Disturbance
Published: May 15, 2026 05:49
A machine made of human parts.Ā This is what (Lewis) Mumford called the āmegamachineā: an entire society ordered from the top down, justified by aĀ mythosĀ employed by its leaders and driven by a desire for āorder, power, predictability and above all,ā¦
She Spoke Up for Due Process in El Salvador, Now Sheās Behind Bars Without Charges
Published: May 15, 2026 05:49
Who of us has the right to live without fear? This is the question human rights lawyer Ruth Lopez has asked fearlessly in El Salvador ā the country of my birth ā for decades. Itās a question we all need to ask ourselves in the United States as well. Forā¦
The Assault on a French Nun and the Forgotten Story of Palestinian Christians
Published: May 15, 2026 05:48
The video is horrifying, though it is the kind of horror now synonymous with the behavior of Israel, its military, its armed settlers, and society that has been conditioned to see the āotherā as subhuman. Yet, this was not the typical viral video thatā¦
Calling Bull on Forest Service and Timber Industry Propaganda About āUnnaturally Thick Forestsā
Published: May 15, 2026 05:48
If youāre wondering why the Alliance for the Wild Rockies wins 80% of its lawsuits against Forest Service logging projects, the answer is simple: Itās because the agency repeatedly breaks the laws that govern management of our forest ecosystems and theā¦
Ready or Not, AI Government is Already Here
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/ready-or-not-ai-government-is-already-here/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:48
In April, the General Services AdministrationĀ announced plansĀ to automate 1 million work hours annually after cutting nearly 40 percent of its staff since October 2024, with similar reductions being seenĀ across the government workforce. While the Elonā¦
North Korea and Russia: an Alliance of Desperation
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/north-korea-and-russia-an-alliance-of-desperation/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:48
The Kremlin can count on only one real ally in its war in Ukraine. Belarus has offered its territory for the staging of the war, and China has provided some dual-use exports that certainly contribute to the war effort. But only one country has sent aā¦
When the Swamp Things Surface
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/when-the-swamp-things-surface/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:43
Dispatches from the Terminal Ward of the Western Echo Chamber From the Edge of the Confirmation Bias Abyss Something is cosmically wrong with the primordial ooze. For years, decades, maybe longer, maybe since the first cable news anchor discovered thatā¦
Architecture of Cities: Mapping Beauty XXXIV
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/architecture-of-cities-mapping-beauty-xxxiv/
Published: May 15, 2026 05:35
Truthful Fiction Guns and Bullets- āThe abridged version: For more than a day I knew a war photographer: He shared the horrorsā and beauty of places traveled: He traveled in a time not mine: He measured the velocities and veracities of deaths: We sat inā¦
What Makes a Man Shoot Serial Killers: On Refusing to be Shocked by Political Violence
Published: May 15, 2026 04:30
So, another motherfucker took a shot at the president; another bored kid with a gun and an iPhone looking for immortality in all the wrong places. The desperate details are less important than the fact that this was the third attempt against our currentā¦
The Department of Peace Will Live Again
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/the-department-of-peace-will-live-again/
Published: May 15, 2026 04:29
Itās hard to avoid noticing, and internally screaming over, the Trump administrationās proposed military budget upgrade to $1.5 trillion annually ā as though the present trillion-dollar annual gift to the end of the world werenāt enough. Itās not just theā¦
The Environmental and Social Impacts of Fish Farming and Industrial Aquaculture
Published: May 14, 2026 05:58
One of the most common misconceptions about aquaculture is that it reduces pressure on wild fish populations. In reality, fish farming often entrenches it. Many farmed species considered high-value in rich countries, such as Atlantic salmon, require largeā¦
Rape and Torture in Palestine
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/14/rape-and-torture-in-palestine/
Published: May 14, 2026 05:58
When I spoke with Palestinians, the things that they were most afraid of, the things that they were most fearful of, was what the Israelis would do to their children. And the Israelis will go into villages, they will go into towns...once, twice, threeā¦
Tik Tok to Tier Tok: An Eating Challenge in Prison
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/14/tik-tok-to-tier-tok-an-eating-challenge-in-prison/
Published: May 14, 2026 05:53
Three brave men took their seats in front of 12 Honey Buns and one cup of water each. Close by was a triple-lined garbage can, just in case. Competitors and audience felt the tension and excitement as theĀ inauguralĀ 2026 Honey Bun Eating Challenge atā¦
How AI Can Lead to False Arrests and Wrongful Convictions
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/14/how-ai-can-lead-to-false-arrests-and-wrongful-convictions/
Published: May 14, 2026 05:51
In Baltimore on Oct. 20, 2025, a 17-year-old student named Taki Allen was sitting outside his high school after football practice when an artificial intelligence-enhanced surveillance camera falsely identified the Doritos bag in his pocket as a gun. Withinā¦
Middle Housing: When Neoliberalism Comes to Town
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/14/middle-housing-when-neoliberalism-comes-to-town/
Published: May 14, 2026 05:50
Tearing down old, affordable housing in the name of progress is an old story.Ā Oregon Public BroadcastingĀ details a slice of mid-20th-century Portland history in which new construction ruined low-cost shelter and triggered widespread homelessness in theā¦
Waterboarding for Dollars in Cuba
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/14/waterboarding-for-dollars-in-cuba/
Published: May 14, 2026 05:50
The CBS Sunday Morning program, āNext: Cuba?ā which aired on April 26th, presented a discussion of the recent intensification of sanctions on and threats against Cuba. I am disappointed that this program, and several other shorter recent segments on CBSā¦
The āSecurityā Case for Trumpās Ballroom: A Win-Win Proposal
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/14/the-security-case-for-trumps-ballroom-a-win-win-proposal/
Published: May 14, 2026 05:49
Senate Republicans, the Associated Press reports, plan to give the Secret Service $1 billion for āsecurity upgradesā to president Donald TrumpāsĀ (supposedly $400 million, supposedly donation-funded) White House ballroom project. After an assassinationā¦
AI Wonāt Necessarily Lead to Mass Unemployment: The Case of the Financial Industry
Published: May 14, 2026 05:48
There is widespread concern that AI will lead to mass unemployment in the years ahead. As I and others have pointed out, we have yet to see any evidence of this in the data on job growth or productivity. But maybe we just have to wait a bit longer. But theā¦
Waste: Harming the Poor and Destroying the Planet
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/14/waste-harming-the-poor-and-destroying-the-planet/
Published: May 14, 2026 05:48
At the end of Caroline Fraserās disturbing discussion of three books on the waste crisis that is harming the poor and destroying the globe, she concludes, āRead them while you can, while you still have breath in your body, because they are chronicling theā¦
Caveat Canvas: ShinyHunters Hacks the Education Sector
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/14/caveat-canvas-shinyhunters-hacks-the-education-sector/
Published: May 14, 2026 05:47
They make you do it ā they, in this case, being the folly-fouled leaders of educational institutions ā because itās all in the name of organisational efficiency, productivity and purpose.Ā Ā Engage what is often erroneously called a Learning Managementā¦
FEMA Review Council Recommends Reducing Federal Disaster Declarations, Backs National Flood Insurance Privatization
Published: May 14, 2026 05:40
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Review Council finally released its recommendations last week, and they were a mix of what most close followers of the agency were expecting, with some surprises. As expected, the recommendations aim to putā¦
The Age of Post-Truth
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/14/the-age-of-post-truth/
Published: May 14, 2026 05:14
We are living, indubitably, in an age of post-truth ā an era in which falsehoods, distortions, and manufactured narratives often prevail over facts and reason. Society appears trapped in a recurring conundrum: are we redefining what constitutes ātruth,ā orā¦
Humanityās Journey to Peace
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/14/humanitys-journey-to-peace/
Published: May 14, 2026 04:34
Yes, Iām still trying to write a book. Meanwhile, horrific wars rage and the outrage I feel quietly morphs into helplessness and then, after a while, shame. I believe, in some deep place inside me, that we can move beyond this. I know we can. I alsoā¦
Fanonās Rainbow: The Lithium Under Appalachia
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/13/fanons-rainbow-the-lithium-under-appalachia/
Published: May 13, 2026 06:10
Appalachia has been here before. Not the lithium part, but the part where something valuable gets discovered underneath people who have been poor for a very long time. Coal built fortunes, just not locally. Timber came through like a haircut. Tobacco keptā¦
āNeighborismā Is Not Having āa Momentā
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/13/neighborism-is-not-having-a-moment/
Published: May 13, 2026 05:59
Earlier this year, when ICE invaded Minneapolis in a horrific siege that is no longer discussed but is absolutely ongoing, my home in the heart of āflyover countryā was again thrust into the national and international spotlight, as it was after Georgeā¦
The Strait of Hormuz Oil Crisis Is the Biggest Ever
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/13/the-strait-of-hormuz-oil-crisis-is-the-biggest-ever/
Published: May 13, 2026 05:58
After British troops had beaten German Field Marshal Erwin Rommelās tank forces at the Second Battle of El Alamein in Egypt on November 4, 1942, British Prime Minister Winston ChurchillĀ declared, āThis is not the end. It is not even the beginning of theā¦
Tech Race, Resource Wars, and the Cost of Militarization
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/13/tech-race-resource-wars-and-the-cost-of-militarization/
Published: May 13, 2026 05:55
Last week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth urged Congress to pass a 2027 Pentagon budget of 1.5 trillion dollars. He justified the increase by saying we need a modernized, high-tech military to counter China. U.S. lawmakers have been using China as aā¦
This Has to Stop: The Criminal U.S. Blockade of Cuba
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/13/this-has-to-stop-the-criminal-u-s-blockade-of-cuba/
Published: May 13, 2026 05:55
He has blockaded Cuba, and now heās expanded the sanctions. Donald āUber-Capitalistā Trump is relentless in his war on this tiny nation of 11 million people, whose courage, solidarity and grit has inspired all ends of the global political spectrum, fromā¦
The Abundance Paradigm: Why AI Forces a Rethinking of Money Itself
Published: May 13, 2026 05:50
A Universal Basic Income (UBI) has long been proposed as a way to cushion the blow of jobs lost to automation. Under that model, everyone receives a modest monthly payment ā enough to cover basic needs and prevent extreme poverty. But Elon Musk has goneā¦
The Trump Corruption Tax on the Oil Industry
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/13/the-trump-corruption-tax-on-the-oil-industry/
Published: May 13, 2026 05:50
Since Trump began his war on Iran, there have been a number of occasions where the price of oil futures tumbles just before Trump issues one of his āpeace is at handā proclamations on Truth Social. These drops have been driven by very large trades, in theā¦
The Trump Hustle: Distraction, Deception and the Heist of the American Economy
Published: May 13, 2026 05:49
Call it what it is: a heist. The corruption, cronyism, and self-dealing that now define the American governmentāunder Donald Trump in particularāamount to a slow-motion stick-up carried out in broad daylight. But hereās the trick: itās a heist hiddenā¦
Trumpās New āCoalieā Mascot and Myth of āClean, Beautiful Coalā have a Long History inĀ Advertising
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/13/411677/
Published: May 13, 2026 05:48
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum posted this cartoon of himself with āCoalie,ā a lump of coal. Interior Secretary Doug Burgam/X If you follow the Trump administrationās social media posts, you might spot its new mascot: a cartoon lump of coal with big eyesā¦
Oppose the War and Its Machinery
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/13/oppose-the-war-and-its-machinery/
Published: May 13, 2026 05:47
The war resides mostly in the background here in the aggressor nation. Most of those who think about it at all tend to oppose it and seem to think itās a task forced on the US by the zealots running Israel. Some take it even further, presenting an argumentā¦
Writer, Advocate, and Former Prisoner Emmett Tatter Targeted for āVoter Fraudā Under Ron DeSantis Regime in Florida
Published: May 13, 2026 05:44
(Emmett TatterĀ is a writer who spent nearly 10 years in Florida prisons. He has recently finished a book, lectured at Flagler College, and started a Substack, which I recommend. Interested in learning more about Florida prisons, I reached out to him for anā¦
Introducing Trauma-Informed Diplomacy
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/13/introducing-trauma-informed-diplomacy/
Published: May 13, 2026 05:03
We are trained to see war as a failure of diplomacy. It is often a failure of perception long before diplomacy begins. We usually arrive at violence too late in the story. By then it appears inevitable, as if it emerged fully formed from bad decisions orā¦
The End of Hansel Valley and the Beginning of a Post-Industrial Dark Age
Published: May 12, 2026 06:00
The final blow for our beloved landscape of Hansel Valley came with news of a fast-tracked 40,000-acre industrial AI park to be built in the very heart of a place that had become a part of me.Ā The Boxelder County Commission had been given but two weeks byā¦
Only Four Weeks to Go
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/12/only-four-weeks-to-go/
Published: May 12, 2026 05:57
Diego Maradona took the ball near halfway, skipped past five England players, rounded the goalkeeper, and calmly scored what is still regarded as the greatest goal in World Cup history. How can we forget? Carlos Alberto finished a sweeping Brazilian moveā¦
US Imperialist War in Iran Looks Like an Economic Rescue Mission
Published: May 12, 2026 05:56
The question of why the U.S. government began a war with Iran is unsettled. The ostensible reasons, blocking Iran from developing nuclear weapons and protecting Iraniansā human rights, are not enough. Iranās agreement not to build a nuclear arms programā¦
Digging Up North Koreaās Christian Roots
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/12/digging-up-north-koreas-christian-roots/
Published: May 12, 2026 05:55
In the summer of 1998, I traveled to the northeast region of China to visit a unique educational institution. The Yanbian University of Science and Technology (YUST), founded six years before, was the first private and the first foreign university toā¦
Trump Accounts Are a Sick Joke, Not a Threat to Social Security
Published: May 12, 2026 05:55
Many of the Trump crew seem to be delusional about Trump accounts. They claim to believe that they will replace Social Security. It shouldnāt be a surprise to us that many supporters of Trump are out of touch with reality, but that is not a reason for theā¦
History of U.S.-Cuba Turmoil and the Possibility of a Full-Scale War!
Published: May 12, 2026 05:52
(Personal note: I have studied the Cuban revolution and taught about and been in solidarity with Cuba since the late 1960ās. I have visited five times including living there with my family for four months and teaching Cuban faculty at the University ofā¦
Thoreau the Scientist: How His Environmental Research Informed āWaldenā and Later Works
Published: May 12, 2026 05:52
The steam locomotive chugged its way toward Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Aug. 15, 1859. On board was an impatient young scientist wanting to understand the math and science governing how river channels should behave. After disembarking at Harvard Collegeā¦
Ted Turner: The Devil Behind Cable News
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/12/ted-turner-the-devil-behind-cable-news/
Published: May 12, 2026 05:49
Being very much the all-American figure that he was, the passing of Ted Turner was bound to enliven the clichĆ© machine with the usual, clotty descriptions: the philanthropist, the conservationist, the yachtsman, sporting proprietor and twenty-four hourā¦
Women Leaders and Trump 2.0
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/12/women-leaders-and-trump-2-0/
Published: May 12, 2026 05:48
Itās been a tough couple of months for women officials in Washington ā or, more accurately, in Trumpland. In early March (Womenās History Month, by the way), in a Truth Social post, the president fired Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, the secondā¦
The God of Hormuz
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/12/the-god-of-hormuz/
Published: May 12, 2026 04:35
You is my friend I mean: Hugh is my friend But Hugh no longer understands They lie so much to Hugh that Hugh Can no longer tell Whatās false or true Nor does Hugh know much About the god Ahura Mazda Hugh canāt see That Ahura is shortened to Hur and Mazdaāsā¦
Matisse: The Pursuit of Harmony
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/12/matisse-the-pursuit-of-harmony/
Published: May 12, 2026 04:11
Color Unbound: Matisse 1941-1954 Matisse. 1941-1954 Grand Palais, Paris March 24 ā July 26, 2026 Catalogue (Thames & Hudson, 2026) Edited by Claudine Grammont Acquavella Galleries, New York, April 9- May 22, 2026 This year Marcel Duchamp (1887- 1968) andā¦
Under the Hammer: The 30-Year Career Diplomat Who Has Become Rubioās Provocateur in Cuba
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/11/411557/
Published: May 11, 2026 05:58
Mike Hammer is not your average diplomat. Built more like an SEC football coach than a statesman, Hammer sticks out like a sore thumb on his trips across the island. He was appointed as the ad interim ChargĆ© dāaffaires under Biden but has since grown closeā¦
Palestinian Women and Children: Weapons of War in Israelās Genocide
Published: May 11, 2026 05:57
In the context of the genocide suffered by the Palestinian people, the bodies of women and girls are used as weapons of war by Israel, with the complicity of the United States. They endure multiple forms of violence: intimidation, threats, physicalā¦
On the April Jobs Report
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/11/on-the-april-jobs-report/
Published: May 11, 2026 05:52
It doesnāt appear as though the jump in energy prices has yet had much effect on the labor market, as the economy added 115,000 jobs in April. Year-over-year wage growth was 3.6 percent, which is likely to be roughly even with the inflation rate that willā¦
The Shipping Shield and Washingtonās Strategic Miscalculation
Published: May 11, 2026 05:50
The Trump administration is framing its barrage of sanctions announced on April 24, targeting the Hengli Petrochemical refinery in Dalian and 40 associated shipping entities, as a masterstroke of pre-summit leverage. As President Trump prepares to meetā¦
Ted Turner: 24 Hours That Changed The News World
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/11/ted-turner-24-hours-that-changed-the-news-world/
Published: May 11, 2026 05:48
āWe wonāt be signing off until the world ends,ā Ted Turner said in 1980, just before the launch of his latest media venture. āWeāll be on, and we will cover the end of the world, live, and that will be our last event.ā Turner died on May 6 at 87. The worldā¦
Private Equity is Taking Over Nursing Homes and Seniors are Paying the Price
Published: May 11, 2026 05:48
As Americans age, we deserve the peace of mind that we can find nursing care for our parents or ourselves when we need it. But for private equity firms, that need isnāt a mission to fulfill ā itās an opportunity to profit at our expense. As private equityā¦
The Air-Brushing of Climate Change
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/11/the-air-brushing-of-climate-change/
Published: May 11, 2026 05:48
When Stalin wanted to get rid of someone, he didnāt just have them executed with a shot to the back of the head. He attempted to remove the offending person from history as well by excising their name from encyclopedias and airbrushing their image fromā¦
The Supreme Courtās War on the Voting Rights Act Sends America Backwards
Published: May 11, 2026 05:48
The United States took a decisive step toward democracy with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. At the time, Black political representation was not just limited ā it was nearly nonexistent. African Americans made up more than 10 percent of theā¦
China Plays It Smart in the Iran War
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/11/china-plays-it-smart-in-the-iran-war/
Published: May 11, 2026 05:23
China has played a cautious hand on Iran. It has chosen not to try to defend a country that is a major source of oil and officially a ācomprehensive strategic partner.ā Instead, it has urged a diplomatic solution that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz andā¦
The Amazon Forest at Risk
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/11/the-amazon-forest-at-risk/
Published: May 11, 2026 05:19
Prologue Global climate temperature is a key factor in the survival of the Amazon rainforest, indeed the survival of humans, civilization and the Earth. According to Copernicus, the European Unionās Earth Observation Program, āEurope and the world are inā¦
Newsworthy, Yes, They Say, Yet Denied Coverage
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/11/newsworthy-yes-they-say-yet-denied-coverage/
Published: May 11, 2026 05:15
Editors of newspapers like to say that they cover the newsworthy events āwithout fear or favor.ā Sure. But how can they cover events without the requisite curiosity, without deeply feeling for the publicās right to know, and without breaking through theirā¦
Dire Economics: a Glyph
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/11/dire-economics-a-glyph/
Published: May 11, 2026 04:50
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Operation Save the Beagles
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/10/tear-gassed-but-triumphant/
Published: May 10, 2026 06:16
Some held white carnations. Others wore white Tyvek suits. Several hundred waded through feces-filled moats to cluster at Ridglanās gates and plead with authorities. Their goal? To remove ~2000 beagles from wire cages stacked in the windowless sheds ofā¦
The AI Industrial Complex
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/10/the-ai-industrial-complex/
Published: May 10, 2026 06:00
The ALMA correlator, one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, has now been fully installed and tested at its remote, high altitude site in the Andes of northern Chile. This wide-angle view shows some of the racks of the correlator in the ALMAā¦
No Option But Sabotage w/ Thomas Zietzoff
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/08/no-option-but-sabotage-w-thomas-zietzoff/
Published: May 8, 2026 22:20
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.Ā No Option But Sabotage explores how farā¦