Basketball, Viktor Bout and Troubling Exchanges
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch Prison exchanges and swaps are never entirely satisfactory affairs. The appropriate measure in such cases is the degree of dissatisfaction that arises from them. In…
US Railroad Workers ‘Under the Thumb’
By Jack Rasmus / CounterPunch Probably the most important US labor event of 2022 has been the 115,000 US railroad workers and their unions attempt to bargain a new contract…
Silicon Valley Fake: Elizabeth Holmes and the Fraudster’s Motivation
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch It has been one noisy time for the paladins of big tech. Jobs have been shed by the thousands at Meta, Amazon and Twitter; FTX,…
Symbolic but Significant: Why the Decision to Investigate Abu Akleh’s Murder is Unprecedented
By Ramzy Baroud / CounterPunch The recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing, last May, of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh…
Thuggish Ways: Mike Pompeo, Punishing Leakers and Getting Assange
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch Poor, silly, protuberant Mike Pompeo. The stocky, irritated former CIA director and former Secretary of State is rather upset that those who worked under him…
The Coming Sinophobic Calamity
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch Neither the red wave nor the blue one materialized in the latest election, which removes some of the impetus for the coming congressional Sinophobic rampage.…
The Military Industrial Complex Strikes Again
Europeans discontent with NATO and the war in Ukraine have been left out of North American media coverage, writes Eve Ottenberg.
The Scandal of Congressional Stock Trading
Despite efforts to curb insider trading, the practice has been rampant within the US government on both sides of the aisle.
Hopes of Peace in Yemen Are Fading
Congress has the power to end the war in Yemen, but how likely is that?
Meet Our New ‘Secretary of State’ … Nancy Pelosi
The Speaker of the House's recent trips to Armenia and Taiwan spell confusion for the future of US foreign policy.
Class Warfare Grinds On
Eve Ottenberg examines how corporations continue to find ways to screw their workers.
TODAY: Will the United Nations Finally Deliver Justice for Palestine?
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will give his anticipated speech at the UN General Assembly with hopes of full recognition from the UN.
From NATO to AUKUS: The West Has Nukes Everywhere
A loophole opens the door for Australia to be supplied with submarines capable of using nuclear weapons and China doesn't like it.
Luring Doctors From Poorer Countries is the UK’s Quiet Scandal
By Patrick Cockburn / CounterPunch The looting of artistic and religious objects from Africa and Asia by British invaders in the 19th century causes much rancorous debate about whether the…
The Flaws in the “Assessment” Report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on China
By Alfred de Zayas / CounterPunch On 31 August 2022, the last day of Michelle Bachelet’s 4-year tenure as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office released a 46-page…