Z Friends & Staff Posts
Despite their complicated and often uneasy relationship, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Gallant agree on one thing:…
Despite opposition to a national Green New Deal by rightwing politicians and the fossil fuel industry, many “Little Green New Deals” are…
Eric Draitser welcomes to CounterPunch author, activist and organizer Bill Fletcher, Jr. to discuss his recent writing, his past as a labor…
The Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) summit in Johannesburg concluded on August 24 after a major disappointment: the long-overdue challenge to U.S. dollar hegemony…
Ever since Donald Trump became a former president, news outlets and commentators have cited polls showing that many Republicans believe violence might be needed…
[What follows is a 2013 piece by the remarkable, now 94-year-old Noam Chomsky looking at a future that — from the latest…
American conservatism has always been excellent at storytelling. Convincing people to back regressive policies isn’t easy and therefore stories generating fear and…
Oppenheimer is a film about the brilliant, enigmatic physicist who led the Manhattan Project that produced the atomic bomb. The relationship of…
‘Barbie stages in Barbieland the equivalent of the Protestant Reformation’ I finally got what director Greta Gerwig was up to in her…
In a recent conversation with an otherwise well-informed young labor activist, I made a passing reference to Change to Win, a national…
Since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, a global cold war has also kicked in. As a strong ally of Washington and…
At first, I admit, I was a bit flattered to learn that online entrepreneurs are selling study guides for my new book.…
Racism goes beyond the use of certain words or the discriminatory practices of everyday life. It is also about political perceptions, intellectual…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is waging a war on history. The GOP’s aspiring presidential candidate saw how effectively Donald Trump tapped into…
The richest tenth of U.S. households are responsible for 40% of all the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, a study published Thursday revealed, underscoring what…
Two-thirds of likely U.S. voters support the ongoing writers’ and actors’ union strikes, while an overwhelming majority of voters across party lines agree…
Before the August 22-24 summit in Johannesburg raised expectations for a new counterbalancing force in global politics – and struck fear into…
(Image of: Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin by Giuseppe Milo) Back in April of this year, Joe Biden paid a presidential visit to Ireland…
President Biden wrote in the New York Times in June 2022 that the United States was arming Ukraine to “fight on the…
Listen to the audio version >> Boris Kagarlitsky, an internationally known scholar and a longtime political activist, was arrested by the Russian Federal…
It is feasible for China to continue playing an important role in mediating Middle East conflicts. In fact, it already has. In…
Imagine you receive hundreds of millions of dollars tomorrow. What would you do with it? Suppose you decide to generate desirable outcomes.…
The work I have been doing the last two months helping to organize a massive March to End Fossil Fuels September 17…
During a recent visit to Portland, Oregon, my husband and I watched a private security guard help up an unhoused man from…
As temperatures soar in the United States this summer, some among us are lucky enough to be able to remain in air-conditioned…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be defined as machines generating human-like outcomes for tasks that we humans do with our brains. AI began…
Ain Al-Hilweh is known as the “Capital of Palestinian Shatat.” The term might not stir many emotions among those who do not…
On July 11th, the article Students Step Up by Michael Albert was published on ZNetwork, where I happen to be a staff…
The force pushing humanity towards destructive wars and climate catastrophe is “very simple,” Noam Chomsky says. It’s “the word we’re not allowed…
Hundreds of thousands of creative workers in the film and television industry are currently flexing their labor power. For the first time…
“Meanwhile, remember that attitude is everything. Live simply, be kinder than necessary, offer compassion, for everyone is fighting some kind of battle.…
When I was a little girl, my parents bought me a Barbie — a blonde, blue-eyed doll who I played with for…
Emergency room visits by people suffering heart attacks and strokes significantly decreased almost immediately after one of the largest coal-processing plants in…
The late Israeli commentator, Uri Avnery, wrote, “I am increasingly worried that the Israeli-Palestinian struggle … is assuming a more and more…
Listen to the audio version >> While the Green New Deal has been largely blocked at the national level, it is thriving…
In 1980, when I asked the press office at the U.S. Department of Energy to send me a listing of nuclear bomb…
In a recent speech, China’s highest-ranking diplomat, Wang Yi, spoke of a ‘united Asia’ and its need to develop a “strategic autonomy”.…
Another summer is upon us and heatwaves are scorching many parts of the world, smashing thousands of temperature records. Even the world’s ocean surface temperature is…
Narrowly avoiding, for now, what might have been the largest strike in United States history of workers employed by a single corporation, the International…
Satoko Kishimoto returned to her native Japan in April 2022. She was 47, and for 22 of those years she had been in…
Norman Solomon talks to Katie Halper about how America hides the human toll of its military machine. Norman Solomon is co-founder of…
Israeli President Isaac Herzog added nothing of great value in his speech at the United States Congress on July 19. His was…
An article in The Guardian caught my attention this morning. The title of the article was, “‘Anger and radicalization’: rising number of Americans…
A few months ago, my two sons, aged 10 and 15, told me they were excited to see the new Barbie film. I was…
[Along with other intellectuals, I was asked by a New Zealand solidarity group to share a few ideas on what meaningful solidarity…
More than 1,100 Israeli air force reservists on Friday threatened to not report for duty if the country’s far-right government proceeds with…
Student activists are traveling thousands of miles across the Democratic Republic of Congo to mobilize communities against the expansion of Big Oil.…
This is the perfect opportunity for Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, to exit the stage. But he will not. Abbas’ brief visit…
Work from home arrangements proliferated during the pandemic and became very popular among white-collar workers. They are now the subject of a…
Who will benefit from the Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down race as a factor in college admissions? Mostly, just wealthy white people. That’s…
