Opera thrives on competition as much as collaboration—on who can sing higher, louder, longer, more passionately; what production can seduce or scandalize

Giacometti's Last Ride: A Novel by Bart Schneider; Art by Chester Arnold; Kelly's Cove Press; 2025; $20. Artists, Ezra Pound once observed, were “the

Italian Fascists honed their ideology in Venezia Giulia, fusing anti-Slavic racism with anti-communist repression.

Israeli Attacks Kill 22 Palestinians Since Dawn; Far-Right Israeli National Security Minister Ben-Gvir Taunts Global Sumud Flotilla Activists; Over 1,000 Rabbis and Jewish Peace Activists in Brooklyn Demand Gaza Ceasefire; Trump Calls Gov’t Shutdown an “Unprecedented…

As officials with Hamas say they will respond “soon” to President Trump’s ceasefire proposal to end Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza, brokered with Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, we look at the many other deals Witkoff and his family are involved with.…

UPDATE: Mario Guevara was deported from the United States early on October 3, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The Spanish-language journalist Mario Guevara may be deported to El Salvador as soon as today despite holding work authorization…

The Oscar-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda is relaunching her father Henry Fonda’s free speech organization, the Committee for the First Amendment. First established in 1947 to combat the rise of McCarthyism, the organization brings together members…

The Global Sumud Flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces Thursday as its dozens of vessels approached the shores of Gaza. In response to the detention of the flotilla’s activists, Italian labor unions have launched a nationwide general strike demanding…

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Mumia Abu-Jamal's 1982 conviction exposed flagrant flaws in corporate media’s storytelling around crime and punishment and race and power.

Federal workers say public goods are being used as bargaining chips in a billionaire power grab. With the government shut down, the Federal Unionists Network is telling congresspeople to hold the line.

Today’s general strike in Italy paralyzed transport and brought two million people into the streets. Even after years of setbacks for organized labor, it staged a historic protest in solidarity with Palestine.

Trump’s attacks on alleged drug boats are illegal acts of murder. But too many Democrats are shying away from calling the president out.

And Lincoln too.

Democratic leaders have focused far too much on process and decorum while explaining the government shutdown to voters. By instead emphasizing politics over bureaucratic machinations, Bernie Sanders and AOC are showing how it should be done.

After the killing of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, Trump escalated his war on free speech, calling for criminalizing criticism of himself.

The plan for Gaza does not promise an end to Israel‘s genocide—but does promise indefinite occupation.

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg talk with Leona Morgan about nuclear colonialism in the Southwest and beyond.