The Latest Case for Abolishing the Death Penalty
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/26/the-latest-case-for-abolishing-the-death-penalty/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/26/the-latest-case-for-abolishing-the-death-penalty/
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The Latest Case for Abolishing the Death Penalty
Alabama executed a man Thursday night in an inhumane and cruel manner. They used nitrogen gas to kill Anthony Boyd for the 1993 killing of a man who owed
Manufacturing Consent For War With Venezuela
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/26/manufacturing-consent-for-war-with-venezuela/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/26/manufacturing-consent-for-war-with-venezuela/
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Manufacturing Consent For War With Venezuela
It is no secret that Donald J. Trump, head of the American Empire, desperately wanted the Nobel Peace Prize. For months, he had been lobbying for it, presenting himself as a peacemaker. A “humanitarian who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will”.…
ICE Will Use AI to Surveil Social Media
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/ice-zignal-surveillance-social-media/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/ice-zignal-surveillance-social-media/
Palestinian Rights and Free Speech Rights Are Closely Linked
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/palestine-free-speech-aaup-trump-ice/
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/palestine-free-speech-aaup-trump-ice/
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Palestinian Rights and Free Speech Rights Are Closely Linked
A recent successful court case brought by university professors against the Trump administration’s ideological deportations is an important win for supporters of Palestinian liberation and opponents of rising authoritarianism in the US.
W. E. B. Du Bois on Blowing Up the White House’s East Wing
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/du-bois-marx-trump-white-house/
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W. E. B. Du Bois on Blowing Up the White House’s East Wing
The vision of W. E. B. Du Bois was one of congressional democracy, critical of presidential regimes that concentrate power in the hands of one individual — an individual who can, say, impose his vision of a White House ballroom in the sky upon all of us.
Shake Shack Is Restricting Its Customers’ Legal Rights
https://jacobin.com/2025/10/shake-shack-arbitration-law-terms-service/
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Shake Shack Is Restricting Its Customers’ Legal Rights
Following an industry trend, fast-food chain Shake Shack recently updated its terms of use agreement to include a binding arbitration agreement and class-action waiver denying customers their legal right to take the company to court.
“Techno-Feudalism” Is a Myth: John Bellamy Foster on Capitalism, MAGA, and China
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“Techno-Feudalism” Is a Myth: John Bellamy Foster on Capitalism, MAGA, and China | MR Online
What defines global capitalism today?
Powerful is the Aroused Voice of Citizens: a Glyph
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/powerful-is-the-aroused-voice-of-citizens-a-glyph/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/powerful-is-the-aroused-voice-of-citizens-a-glyph/
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Powerful is the Aroused Voice of Citizens: a Glyph
True Crime: Murder on the High Seas
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/true-crime-murder-on-the-high-seas/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/true-crime-murder-on-the-high-seas/
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True Crime: Murder on the High Seas
In the past few weeks, the US military has killed around thirty people in cold blood. The murders occurred on boats traveling in waters on both sides of
Montana Can’t ‘Meet the Demand’ to Supply More Water to New Developments
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/montana-cant-meet-the-demand-to-supply-more-water-to-new-developments/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/montana-cant-meet-the-demand-to-supply-more-water-to-new-developments/
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Montana Can’t ‘Meet the Demand’ to Supply More Water to New Developments
This week’s news brings us another story that’s starting to get very old — especially for Montana’s existing residents. Namely, the City of East Helena
The Lab Mouse Paradox: Why Science Still Depends on Animals Who Don’t Represent Us
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/the-lab-mouse-paradox-why-science-still-depends-on-animals-who-dont-represent-us/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/the-lab-mouse-paradox-why-science-still-depends-on-animals-who-dont-represent-us/
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The Lab Mouse Paradox: Why Science Still Depends on Animals Who Don’t Represent Us
In the wild, a mouse or rat leads a precarious life. In the city, they dodge traps, poisons, and broom-wielding humans. In the countryside, they face
Brazilian Workers Lead in Offering Solidarity to Venezuelans under US Attack
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/brazilian-workers-lead-in-offering-solidarity-to-venezuelans-under-us-attack/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/brazilian-workers-lead-in-offering-solidarity-to-venezuelans-under-us-attack/
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Brazilian Workers Lead in Offering Solidarity to Venezuelans under US Attack
Since August, U.S. warships, fighter planes, and troops have deployed in Caribbean waters off Venezuela and in Puerto Rico. Venezuela’s neighboring
We Need More Political Atheists
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/we-need-more-political-atheists/
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We Need More Political Atheists
Recently, a friend was asked, "What church do you go to?" to which he replied he was an atheist. I heard his response and was left contemplating what that
Let the Work Speak for Itself
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Let the Work Speak for Itself
So my appeal to you in these desperate hours for the Republic is an appeal to reason, an appeal to the importance of facts, an appeal to political independence and free thought, an appeal for the value of doing the work without fear of retribution, even though…
Toward a New Common Sense of Abundance
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Toward a New Common Sense of Abundance
“Common sense (which, in truth, is very uncommon) is the best sense I know,” the 18th-century British writer Lord Chesterfield advised his son. But common
How Israel-First Jewish Americans Plan to Re-Monopolize the Narratives on Palestine
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/how-israel-first-jewish-americans-plan-to-re-monopolize-the-narratives-on-palestine/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/how-israel-first-jewish-americans-plan-to-re-monopolize-the-narratives-on-palestine/
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How Israel-First Jewish Americans Plan to Re-Monopolize the Narratives on Palestine
The nature of the United States’ relationship with Israel defies logic and reason. It is a parasitic one-sided benefit, entangled in the tentacles of organized influence, manipulation, financial power, and media control. Israel contributes next to nothing…
The Sordid History of US “Aid” to Colombia
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https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/27/the-sordid-history-of-us-aid-to-colombia/
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The Sordid History of US “Aid” to Colombia
President Trump is rattling his saber against Colombian President Gustavo Petro to punish him for accusing the U.S. government of murdering Venezuelan fishermen. Trump has boasted of the killings by the U.S. military but claims all the targets were drug…
Beyond the ‘elbows up’ response to the Tariff War: Debating a National Industrial Policy
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Beyond the ‘elbows up’ response to the Tariff War: Debating a National Industrial Policy | MR Online
Canada’s long codependent economic relationship with the United States has abruptly and involuntarily ended.
U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People
https://www.propublica.org/article/phoenix-post-office-homelessness-funding-cuts
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U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People
The loss of support comes at a time of uncertainty for one of Arizona’s largest homeless services providers as the Trump administration calls for reducing and restructuring homelessness assistance grants.
Capitalism is shoving AI down our throats because it can’t give us what we actually want
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Capitalism is shoving AI down our throats because it can’t give us what we actually want | MR Online
People are getting dumber, sicker, lonelier, and more and more miserable. And the profit-driven systems we live under have no answers, besides throwing increasingly shitbrained technology at us so we can distract ourselves from how fucked up everything has…
