Jacobin
- Zohran Mamdani on Using Government to Fight for the Many
It is a Sunday night in New York City. And while some prepare for the week ahead, for many, the workday has only just begun. Tonight, in the northern reaches of the Bronx, an MTA train operator is guiding a 2 train out of Wakefield. Before that train reaches its final stop in Flatbush, it
- Trump Accounts Offer Little to Families That Aren’t Rich
“Free money.” That’s what the Trump administration promised to millions of US children during the Super Bowl. The windfall would come courtesy of Trump Accounts, the new investment accounts for children under eighteen, which people can sign up for online or when filing their 2025 taxes. On paper, the program, established by President Donald Trump’s
- Maple Leaf DOGE vs. the Canadian State
Earlier this year, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney went viral after declaring the supposed end to American economic hegemony in Davos, Switzerland. The current “rupture,” Carney said, necessitated rethinking the economic relationships that “middle powers” like Canada have with stronger nations like the United States. At home, Carney’s Liberals claim to be “Trump-proofing” the economy
- A Tribute to Iran’s Soulful and Revolutionary Cinema
With the people of Iran now targeted by the goons currently running the United States and Israel, Donald Trump’s recent and explicit threat to destroy their very “civilization” has only lent even more agony to it all. The word conjurs the potential loss of a truly great five-thousand-year legacy in architecture, painting, sculpture, poetry. I
- Viktor Orbán’s Hungarian Model Has Collapsed
Reacting to news of Viktor Orbán’s defeat in Sunday’s Hungarian election, many of his admirers insisted that he had, after all, done a good job. Jordan Bardella, president of France’s Rassemblement National, wrote that Orbán had “led Hungary’s economic recovery, promoted family policies that helped maintain the birth rate, and defended his country and Europe’s
The Real News Network
- A lack of democracy in the United Farm Workers gave Chavez immunity
Frank Bardacke's history of the Farm Workers union opened many eyes to the reasons the UFW became a shadow of its former self.
- Iran’s top diplomat says Trump team sabotaged talks with deal ‘inches away’
“Zero lessons earned,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
- ‘Hungary has chosen Europe’ as voters end 16 straight years of Orbán’s far-right rule
“Europe has always chosen Hungary,” said the head of the European Union. “Together, we are stronger.”
The Progressive
- The Battle for Argentina’s Memory
Fifty years after the military coup that ushered in one of Latin America’s most brutal dictatorships, Argentine President Javier Milei wants to challenge the social consensus around its crimes.
- Trump’s Disastrous War of Choice in Iran
Whether or not the ceasefire ends up failing, the erratic President has put the region and world in grave danger.
- ‘We Know What It Takes to Get People to Stay Alive’
An interview with Laura Guzman of the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
Z Network
- Zohran Mamdani on Using Government to Fight for the Many
On Sunday, April 12, Zohran Mamdani delivered a speech reflecting on his first one hundred days as New York City’s mayor.His remarks are reprinted here. It is a Sunday night in New York City. And while some prepare for the week ahead, for many, the workday has only just begun. Tonight, in the northern reaches
- Why the US-Iran Talks Failed
The first face-to-face high-level talks between the US and Iran since 1979 have ended without agreement. Hardly surprising; both sides put forward positions not subject to actual bargaining. On the US side, according to JD Vance: “We need to see an affirmative commitment that [Iran] will not seek a nuclear weapon and they will not
- 21st-Century Fascism and the Antichrist
One of the most influential interpretations of 20th-century fascism is that fascism was a rebellion against the secularism of the modern era, which proposed a transcendent society both on a practical level (progress) and on a theoretical level (the possibility of transcending all limits). This rebellion led to the return of political religion (religion as
Occupy.com
- Fighting the Corporations that are Killing Our Planet, Part II
In November, Indigenous protests in London included the launch of “Bringing It All Back Home,” confronting corporate power head-on.
FAIR
- NYT’s Excuses for Lack of Reporters in Iran Don’t Add Up
The New York Times claimed that FAIR's article was a “false portrayal” of the Times’ work, but it failed to directly challenge any of the article's claims.
- ‘Local News Is a Genuine Public Good We Need for Our Democracy’: CounterSpin interview with Alex Frandsen on Local News Day
"The role of truthful, community-rooted local news and civic information has never been more clear in the overall health of our democracy."
- Sina Toossi on War on Iran, Chip Gibbons on Impeaching Trump
Trump's particular hatefulness pulls on pre-existing threads, making use of old narratives that have proven useful before and left unexamined.
Counterpunch
- Public Education, Racial Inequality and the Struggle for Democracy: an Interview With Jonathan Kozol
The suppression of intelligent irreverence and the silencing of questions have come in recent years to be a common practice in far too many schools that I’ve been visiting. In a segregated elementary school that I visited in Boston’s Black community, if children asked importunate questions that threatened to disrupt the standardized rout-and-drill curriculum, and could not be silenced by the teacher’s admonitions, they were placed in a lockdown room—a storage closet in the hallway—that was called the “Calm-down Room.” The children often wet themselves and ended up sitting in a pool of urine on the floor and crying for their mothers. In other cities, as I learned, the lockdown rooms are sometimes called “Relaxation Rooms,” or “Reflection Rooms,” or “Quiet Rooms,” although the children who are crying for their mothers are obviously neither quiet nor relaxing. More The post Public Education, Racial Inequality and the Struggle for Democracy: an Interview With Jonathan Kozol appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- Which Way to National Security?
In line with his “America First” rhetoric, Trump has reverted to an old U.S. tradition― nationalism―and all that entails in terms of militarism, war, and imperialism. Nationalism has long played an important role in an unruly and ungoverned world. Within nations, law prevailed to at least some extent, limiting crime and violence. But, when it came to international affairs, the situation more closely resembled every nation for itself. In this context, many a nation adopted a go-it-alone strategy, employing military power and, on occasion, war as its rulers sought to maintain or secure whatever they viewed as in its national interest. More The post Which Way to National Security? appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
- This Isn’t Mad Man Theory, It’s a Mad Man
Our reliance on the mainstream media, even the revered New York Times, for an understanding of Donald Trump’s psyche and behavior is a waste of time. The media continue to discuss Trump in terms that normalize his psychotic behavior, refer to his style as transactional rather than dysfunctional, and deemphasize the risks associated with his remaining in power for two and a half more years. If you want to understand Donald Trump and the risks he represents to all of us, you need the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). More The post This Isn’t Mad Man Theory, It’s a Mad Man appeared first on CounterPunch.org.