Organizers Don’t Care That 2028 Olympics Could Be on Fire
In the face of climate catastrophe, the 2028 Olympics steam ahead unconcerned that they are making the crisis in Los Angeles County worse.
UAW Delegates Head to Convention and Prepare for First Direct Elections
By Jonah Furman / Labor Notes Auto Workers (UAW) members made history last November, winning direct elections of national officers (“one member, one vote”) in a membership referendum. Now delegates…
‘A Possible Coup’ Against The Labour Government?
Allegations that MI5 officers and sections of the media sought to bring down Britain’s Labour government in the 1960s and 70s have resurfaced, raising fresh questions about plots that remain…
Customary Barbarity: Britain’s SAS in Afghanistan
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch The insistence that there is a noble way of fighting war, one less bloody and brutal, has always been the hallmark of forces self-described as…
House Endorses Expanding NATO Into Sweden and Finland
The Senate could vote on ratifying Sweden and Finland's memberships as soon as next week
VIDEO: Police Used This Dangerous Restraint During a Fatal Arrest, so Why Isn’t Anyone Talking About It?
The death of Christopher Robert Hensley while in custody of Fletcher, North Carolina, police has received little attention. PAR investigates the dangerous restraint police used during his arrest, and examines…
Big Pharma Has Raised Drug Prices 1,186 Times This Year, Analysis Shows
"We must put an end to drug corporations' unfettered ability to dictate prices at the expense of patients."
Leaked Docs: Facebook ‘Bot’ Adviser Secretly in Pay of US Regime Change Agency
By Kit Klarenberg / MintPress News Documents shared with MintPress reveal that Valent Projects – a shadowy communications firm that advises social media platforms such as Facebook on alleged state-backed…
Russia-Iran Relations Take a Quantum Leap
President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Tehran on Tuesday is invested with great importance, as Iran is becoming one of the most consequential relationships for Russia
US Intel Officer Targeted by John Bolton Reacts To Coup-Plot Confession
John Bolton admitted to CNN that he “helped plan coups d’etat” abroad, including Venezuela. Fulton Armstrong — a former senior US intelligence official who Bolton tried to oust — responds.
VIDEO: Ask Prof Wolff: Why Are Strikes and Unions Increasing?
By Richard Wolff / Democracy At Work A Patron of Economic Update asks: “Workers are organizing and Trade Unionism is on the rise in the UK and around the world.…
What Happens When Big Brother Meets Big Tech
Author and law professor Maurice Stucke warns that as fundamental privacy rights vanish, your personal data can and will be used against you.
Public University Patents Are a Racket
By Thomas Knapp / CounterPunch If I gave you a million dollars to invent a better mousetrap, and told you that if you succeeded you could keep any and all…
What I Can Still Love About My Embattled Country (and World)
It’s time for all of us to take a deep breath and think about what we still truly care for and would defend about this land of ours, no matter…
New Philippine President Seeks Complex Political Balance Between Washington and Beijing
The US is likely to dangle greater defence cooperation and capital, while China will pledge continued support for the Philippines’ infrastructure plans