Fact… like the Israeli law that criminalizes speech which “minimalizes” the events of October 7th or challenges the government recitation of what occurred on that day, but do not incite violence, under Article 24 of the Israeli Anti-Terrorism Law, Palestinians can be imprisoned for 5 years for merely saying “from the river to the sea” under a theory that words, and words alone, are an incitement to violence, an exaltation of terror, or a threat to state security. More
A battle is shaping up on the Colorado Plateau between its Native inhabitants and capitalist natural resource plunderers. The government and the speculators will pose the question in terms of property rights. But Diné activists, with more than adequate data, pose the issue in terms of their health, the health of miners who died of cancers and lung disease, and even of unborn children exposed to radioactive waste around abandoned uranium-mine tailings. More
The power of the most important protest movement of our time, the Palestine Solidarity movement, lies in how it shaped a new political consciousness, especially among younger generations on campuses. The movement itself was brutally repressed, particularly in Western countries. In the Middle East and Maghreb, the pro-Palestinian protests that continue on a smaller scale are often cautiously tolerated by the regimes, in light of the vast, popular support of the Palestinians in the region. More
In two weeks, President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet in Beijing, where they will have an unusual opportunity to ease the Cold War environment between their countries. Xi is in a favorable political situation in view of Trump’s domestic and foreign policy failures. Trump’s trade and tariff policies have weakened him at home, and the Iran War has compromised his credibility and influence abroad. More
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank welcome back Ramzy Baroud to discuss his new book, Before the Flood, a profound exploration of Palestinian history and resilience through the personal stories of his family—the al-Badrasawis. Beginning with intimate details of village life in Beit Daras prior to the Nakba. They also talk about the ongoing war in Iran and Israel’s larger strategy for the region.
You can catch Ramzy Baroud on the road this spring and summer. He’ll be at Chicago’s Pilsen Community Books on Sunday, May 3, at 5 PM.
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In this episode of CounterPunch Radio, MV Ramana speaks with Joshua Frank about the lies and misconceptions surrounding a nuclear power revival, atomic energy’s ties to weapons proliferation, and much more. The conversation took place in January at Page Against the Machine bookstore in Long Beach, California.
M. V. Ramana is the Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, and the author of Nuclear is Not the Solution with Verso Books.
Joshua Frank is co-editor of CounterPunch and co-host of CounterPunch Radio. He is the author of Atomic Days: The Untold Story of the Most Toxic Place in America, and the forthcoming, Bad Energy: The AI Hucksters, Rogue Lithium Extractors, and Wind Industrialists Who are Selling Off Our Future, both with Haymarket Books.
Sponsored by Pilsen Community Books.
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Industrial robotics company, FANUC, was the only Japanese company named in the Albanese report on Israel’s “economy of genocide.” This week on CounterPunch Radio, we speak with members of BDS Japan Bulletin and Detroit-based Engineers Against Apartheid to understand the role that FANUC robots play in the production of 155mm shells, one of the primary weapons used in the genocide in Gaza, and the complicated nature of robots as “dual-use” products — with both civilian and military application. BDS Japan discusses automation and how AI fits into Japan’s current right-wing political climate, while EAA addresses the militarization of Michigan’s manufacturing sector and how workers in the automotive industry are organizing against it.
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