Worlds Extinguished: Hostage Returns, Central Casting and the Gaza Ceasefire
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/worlds-extinguished-hostage-returns-central-casting-and-the-gaza-ceasefire/
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Worlds Extinguished: Hostage Returns, Central Casting and the Gaza Ceasefire
Depending on which source you consult, the twenty-point peace plan of President Donald Trump for securing peace in Gaza shows much exultance and
India’s American Dream in Tatters
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/indias-american-dream-in-tatters/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/indias-american-dream-in-tatters/
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India’s American Dream in Tatters
The last couple of months have exposed the humiliating realities of the subordinate alliance that India has been gradually sliding into with the U.S. over
Body Count for the American Century
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/body-count-for-the-american-century/
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Body Count for the American Century
This essay is adapted from “Measuring Violence,” the first chapter of John Dower’s book, The Violent American Century: War and Terror Since World War Two.
The AI Bubble and Counterfeit Money
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/the-ai-bubble-and-counterfeit-money/
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/the-ai-bubble-and-counterfeit-money/
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The AI Bubble and Counterfeit Money
I heard people who read the column I wrote last week on the AI bubble complain that, by rooting for its collapse, I was hoping for the failure of the U.S.
Palestinians’ Fate: Victims of Genocide While Alive, Vastly Uncounted By the Media When They Are Killed
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Palestinians’ Fate: Victims of Genocide While Alive, Vastly Uncounted By the Media When They Are Killed
Ben Hubbard, the long-time Middle East correspondent for the New York Times, is known for his high standards. So too is Karen DeYoung, the long-time reporter and foreign affairs editor for the Washington Post. Yet they, and their editors, share a common,…
Gaza Will Not Forget, Palestine Will Remember
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/gaza-will-not-forget-palestine-will-remember/
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Gaza Will Not Forget, Palestine Will Remember
Gaza will not forget. The suffocating smoke still hangs over her ruins, thick with the acrid stench of explosives powder and dust carrying the scent of
One More Betrayal of the Palestinians
https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/15/one-more-betrayal-of-the-palestinians/
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One More Betrayal of the Palestinians
The history of the Palestinians is a history of betrayal. In the wake of World War I, Britain and France redrew the map of the Middle East to suit their own ends. They created countries with artificial borders, which led to unrest and uprisings. They had…
How the IMF and US Helped Loot and Entrap Argentina with Debt
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How the IMF and US Helped Loot and Entrap Argentina with Debt
Milei took office in December 2023, and Argentina has been in deep recession since then. The recession has been caused by extreme fiscal austerity which slashed public services and investment; a hugely over-valued exchange rate which weakened the trade balance;…
Hezbollah and MS-13 'R Us, Naked On Bikes In Frog Ears
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Common Dreams
Hezbollah and MS-13 'R Us, Naked On Bikes In Frog Ears | Common Dreams
Despite court losses, public antipathy, giddy ridicule - unicorns! - and a shutdown they studiously ignore, a nascent police state lurches on with its daft apocalyptic narrative of an America in flames. Their victims include brown parents torn from their…
Mumbai Police detain TISS students who attended gathering in honour of G.N. Saibaba
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Mumbai Police detain TISS students who attended gathering in honour of G.N. Saibaba | MR Online
Students say they simply gathered on campus yesterday and held up posters of Saibaba, who died last year after a decade of wrongful incarceration.
The Voice of the Peoples: Hadash lawmakers Odeh and Cassif defy imperialists in the Knesset
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The Voice of the Peoples: Hadash lawmakers Odeh and Cassif defy imperialists in the Knesset | MR Online
In refusing to bow to the applause of killers, Odeh and Cassif embody what it means to act with conscience in a place built on coercion and military might.
Disabled Idaho Students Lack Access to Playgrounds and Lunchrooms. Historic $2 Billion Funding Will Do Little to Help.
https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-schools-students-disabilities-ada-accessibility
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Disabled Idaho Students Lack Access to Playgrounds and Lunchrooms. Historic $2 Billion Funding Will Do Little to Help.
Despite federal law, disabled students can’t access playgrounds, lunchrooms, classes and bathrooms. With added funding, school districts are still unable to make necessary fixes.
Why does U.S. media continue to undercount the Gaza death toll?
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Why does U.S. media continue to undercount the Gaza death toll? | MR Online
It makes a difference in driving the greater intensity of political, diplomatic, and civic pressures to have a count of 600,000 rather than 67,000 or 200,000 children rather than 20,000 children murdered.
Venezuela: Communards gather to make ‘communal feminism’ a priority
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Venezuela: Communards gather to make ‘communal feminism’ a priority | MR Online
Grassroots organizer Manuela Sánchez emphasized the need to collectivize care work in communal spaces.
Why good old Karl still holds his own
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Why good old Karl still holds his own | MR Online
The Tories are increasingly fond of deriding their opponents as Marxists - but DEREK WALL says there should be no shame in such a label.
The Man Behind the Radical Walking Tours of New York City
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/asad-dandia-radical-walking-tours-new-york-city/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/asad-dandia-radical-walking-tours-new-york-city/
The Nation
The Man Behind the Radical Walking Tours of New York City
Asad Dandia sued the NYPD after it spied on his family and community. Now he uses people’s history to reclaim the streets from the systems that surveilled him.
Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/sharm-el-sheikh-gaza-trump-abraham-accords/
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/sharm-el-sheikh-gaza-trump-abraham-accords/
The Nation
Sharm El-Sheikh Shows That the US Has Learned Nothing From Gaza
Palestinans are expected to accept the same deal that led to October 7: permanent subjugation under the guise of “prosperity.”
The Congressional Black Caucus’s Silent Partnership With AIPAC
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/congressional-black-caucus-aipac-gaza/
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/congressional-black-caucus-aipac-gaza/
The Nation
The Congressional Black Caucus’s Silent Partnership With AIPAC
The influential group of lawmakers has damaged its reputation as “conscience of the Congress” by staying silent on the Gaza genocide.