Meet the Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook’s Content Policy
By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron…
Assange Fights Extradition To US With Two Appeals
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange separately appealed decisions by Home Office Secretary Priti Patel and a United Kingdom district court, which authorized his…
What Is Class Struggle Unionism?
Joe Burns’ new Class Struggle Unionism comes at a key time. That’s because the long-slumbering union movement looks like it could be starting to stir again.
Will Our Children Be Able to Read?
The sharp attack on education during this past decade forces us to consider the kind of future that young people will inherit, writes Vijay Prashad.
The Age of Weird Men: Gonzo Politicians From Berlusconi to BoJo
By Patrick Cockburn / CounterPunch Students 50 years from now may be asked by their teachers to write an essay on the importance of the fall of Boris Johnson in…
Starbucks and Other Companies Escalate War on Unions With Store Closures
Workers at “progressive” companies like Starbucks and Heine Brothers’ Coffee exercised their right to form a union. Now the companies are closing their stores.
After Visit, Palestinians Say Biden Presidency Is ‘Like the Trump Years With a Smile’
"There must immediately be a settlement freeze, in accordance with international law and resolutions to preserve the right of the Palestinian people to their independent state," said one Palestinian official.
Patrick Lawrence: The Imaginary War
It began when the Biden regime and the press misrepresented Russian aims in Ukraine. All else has flowed from it.
Chris Hedges on Trauma and Teaching Writing in Prison
Chris Hedges joins Mansa Musa on Rattling the Bars to discuss his new book, “Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison.”
“The American Production System”: The Rise and Fragmentation of a Manufacturing Empire
It can be said that since the 1960s, the U.S. government and elites have had a persistent manufacturing anxiety.
The Corporatization of Just About Everything — Including the Climate Crisis and Outer Space
Not only is there more corporate control in more areas of life but (worse) there has been consolidation of corporate power into monopolies that are so powerful that they seem…
YouTube Host Demonetized for Challenging U.S. Government on Ukraine
Jackson Hinkle is Big Tech's latest target in the establishment's pursuit to censor dissenting voices.
Ralph Nader: Students, Campuses and Dominant Corporate Power
Students need to think about civic engagement and the corporate power over the educational institutions that the students attend.
Neo-Cons: Genesis to Ascendency
The adherents of the neo-conservative movement now dominate positions of rank within the Executive branch, and exercise intellectual hegemony among members of the foreign policy community more generally.
John Kiriakou: Biden the Warmonger Gets Played by the Saudis
A fistbump with a torturer doesn’t pay off with cheap oil to grease the president’s growing lust for war.