Should American workers and American consumers oppose Chinese investments? To think about this question it is instructive to examine the case of car manufacturing in Sweden. counterpunch.org/2026/05/25/why…
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Every El Niño that’s hit in recent decades has been hotter than the last, and this one will no doubt be on trend. Scientists are worried that this 9,000-mile freight train of warm water will be the most severe we’ve seen in over 150 years. counterpunch.org/2026/05/22/vam…
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Rather than taxing the very rich and distributing the windfall to the very poor, Starmer prefers to flatter and cajole the tech and finance barons in the hope they will invest more in British industry. (Fat chance.) counterpunch.org/2026/05/22/eat…
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"I am a surgeon in Havana, Cuba. I will not use my name — not because I fear my government, but because I fear yours and what it can do to those I love." counterpunch.org/2026/05/21/san…
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How the Yellow Vests attempted to rebuild the urban periphery of Paris. counterpunch.org/2026/05/21/how…
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There is a metastasizing culture of Islamophobia in the United States, where politicians have discovered that Muslim hate is a reliable path to election and commentators have built empires of followers on the broken backs of a vilified community. counterpunch.org/2026/05/21/the…
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The current tensions in Sino-American relations are reminiscent of both the Peloponnesian rivalry and war between Athens and Sparta in the 5th-century B.C. and the European rivalry between Germany and Britain in the years before World War I. counterpunch.org/2026/05/20/sin…
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Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of US Central Command whose responsibilities include coordinating attacks on Iran. Cooper recently told the Senate that when it comes to Iranian civilian deaths caused by US missiles, they have done a practically flawless job. counterpunch.org/2026/05/20/a-c…
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What we are witnessing is the deliberate rhetorical construction of an enemy within, designed to legally and politically justify the dismantling of democracy, the Plurinational State, and the rights of indigenous peoples along with them. counterpunch.org/2026/05/20/bol…
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Interest rates are rising as if this will simply compensate investors for the risk of inflation. The reality is that it will increase the economy’s inability to cope with the breakdown that is already in progress. counterpunch.org/2026/05/20/the…
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How Zoos contribute to disease transmission between humans and animals. counterpunch.org/2026/05/19/how…
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Did Xi really trade Iran for Taiwan? counterpunch.org/2026/05/19/did…
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The untimely death of the Voting Rights Act. counterpunch.org/2026/05/19/on-…
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Whether it be on television or online, drug companies spend billions to tell Americans to buy their products. In 2024, giant pharmaceutical companies spent over $6 billion on television alone, and nearly $50 billion in the decade prior. counterpunch.org/2026/05/18/dru…
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Speaking of sin: His father, Billy, told Nixon that his biggest enemies were "the Jews" and advised him to bomb the dikes outside Hanoi and kill a million godless peasants...
Acyn@Acyn
Franklin Graham speech for Rededicate 250: America has become completely sick with sin: Transgenderism, same-sex marriage, opening women's locker rooms to men are just the tip of the iceberg.
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Responding directly to investigative reporting by Nicholas Kristof, @MatthewPHoh offers a scathing critique of #Israel's treatment of #Palestinians, focusing heavily on systemic sexual abuse, physical #torture, & systemic #apartheid.
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#MustRead #Palestine
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And his withering base will look up from their servile position and say "please, sir, do you want some more?"
James Medlock@jdcmedlock
Do you hear that giant sucking sound? It's Donald Trump robbing us all blind.
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Here’s what real GDP growth looks like in the United States and China since Donald Trump came into the White House: counterpunch.org/2026/05/18/kee…
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One of the great evasions in American immigration politics is that the story begins at the border. The truth is that it began decades earlier, in countries where the United States undermined democracy, and funded violent regimes producing instability. counterpunch.org/2026/05/18/the…
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There are thousands[†] of communes across Venezuela, which function as a form of self-governance with a vision of ultimately replacing the bourgeois state with a communal one driven by popular power. counterpunch.org/2026/05/18/com…
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