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Waste: Harming the Poor and Destroying the Planet

At the end of Caroline Fraser’s disturbing discussion of three books on the waste crisis that is harming the poor and destroying the globe, she...

13.05.2026 5

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If You Were Iran, Would You Trust the U.S. or Israel?

As the recently announced truce between the U.S.-Israel and Iran hobbles along, one must wonder if the two-week cease-fire will hold, let alone lead...

14.04.2026 10

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Beards Are Back: Fashion Statement or Sign of Masculinity Crisis?

After being out of fashion since the beatnik-hippie era of the 1950s through early ‘70s, beards, mustaches and the perpetual 5 o’clock shadow are...

31.03.2026 10

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The U.S. Killing Machine

When the U.S. goes to war, it goes to win – and to win, it kills and kills. The U.S-Israel war against Iran began on February 28, 2026. On March...

25.03.2026 20

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Popular Unrest and Looting

On December 1, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) initiated “Operating Metro Surge” in Minneapolis, MN. It deployed personnel from...

18.03.2026 20

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Iran: The Two Wars

There are two wars taking place in Iran – one being fought by the United States, the other by Israel. For the U.S., the war against Iran is a war of...

10.03.2026 20

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Cubans Face Twin U.S. Attacks

Jules Dassin’s classic film noir of New York, The Naked City, was released in 1948. It’s a police investigation of a young woman’s murder and...

04.03.2026 10

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Porn is Still Legal: But For How Much Longer?

When was the last time you watched a porn flick?  It doesn’t matter whether you are a woman or a man, whether straight or gay, whether you watched...

24.12.2025 20

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Rethinking Marcuse, Rethinking Marxism

CounterPunch recently republished two compelling articles about Herbert Marcuse. Charles Reitz’s study, “When Marxist Intellectuals Collaborated...

17.12.2025 40

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Steps Toward a Trump Dictatorship?

Thank you, Ken Klippenstein. Kippenstein’s recent discussions of Att. Gen. Pam Bondi’s Memo “Ending Political Violence Against ICE” and...

10.12.2025 60

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Environmental Crisis: It’s All About the Money

For regular viewers of Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! Program, she and her team recently reported from the COP30 conference in Belém,...

02.12.2025 10

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Polyamorous Americans

Since the nation’s founding, those in authority have sought to promote a morality of “family values” anchored in a belief in the patriarchal,...

17.11.2025 30

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Paleoconservatism: Hard-Right Zombies Rule

Donald Trump secured the presidency by forging a scary coalition of conservative forces and effectively playing upon many Americans worst fears. His...

11.11.2025 20

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New York, 1975: New York, 2025

Old New York The New York City that Zohran Mamdani will likely take responsibility for as the next mayor is a different city than it was in the 1975...

04.11.2025 20

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The Failed Coup d’État of 2026?

Are Donald Trump and his associates planning a coup if they lose control of Congress following a possible Democratic victory in the 2026 elections? ...

28.10.2025 40

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The Revenge of the Manosphere

The current presidential administration has become a “manosphere,” a growing cult championing male supremacy.  Its champions are led by: •...

14.10.2025 20

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The Return of the KKK?

Pres. Donald Trump is imposing a right-wing political ideology and practice that increasingly resembles what Christ Hedges has dubbed “Christian...

08.10.2025 20

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Tyler Robinson: “Left Lunatic”?

On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, a Christian nationalist activist and superstar MAGA organizer, was fatally shot while addressing an audience on...

23.09.2025 20

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Is Utopia Dead?

The concept of “utopia” has essentially disappeared from the American vocabulary.  Amidst all the 2024 electoral clamor and Donald Trump’s call...

16.09.2025 20

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The Politics of Extermination

In 1895, Theodor Herzl, the founder of the Zionist movement, asserted: “We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by...

10.09.2025 30

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A Socialist New York City?

What if Zohran Mamdani, the Social Democratic candidate, wins the November 4th general election and becomes New York’s next mayor? Pres. Donald...

21.08.2025 30

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Trump:  Make America White Again

Donald Trump successfully championed anti-immigrant hysteria during his 2024 (re)election campaign … and it worked.  Once in office, immigration...

14.08.2025 30

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The Next Round in the Obscenity Wars

Young people like watching pornography.   In 2023, an estimated 68 percent of U.S. adolescents viewed online pornography.  A 2022 survey of more...

07.07.2025 30

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Trump: Bombs, Bullying, Bluster & BS

Donald Trump is a dangerous president.  His rallying slogan, “Make America Great Again,” bespeaks a crisis that not only defines the nation but...

25.06.2025 20

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Jerry Falwell and the Chistian Culture Wars

In May 1979 Jerry Falwell invited a select group of Christian conservative leaders to a strategic planning retreat at his Lynchburg, VA,...

27.05.2025 20

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Guantánamo: Decades of Detentions

On January 29th, newly installed Pres. Donald Trump issued the following Executive Order: “I hereby direct the Secretary of Defense and the...

23.04.2025 20

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Trump and the New Eugenics Movement

Nearing the end of his first term, on September 18, 2020, Pres. Donald Trump invoked the “racehorse theory” at a campaign rally in Bemidji, MN,...

16.04.2025 20

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Stephen Miller & Trump’s Presidency

On January 30, 2025, Pres. Donald Trump issued “Executive Order to Combat Anti-Semitism” in which he “promised” that the U.S. government...

20.02.2025 20

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