The violence perpetrated by the colonial powers – the extermination of the Aztec and Inca civilizations in the New World to seize their gold and riches, the extermination of indigenous populations in North America, Australia, New Caledonia, Algeria and Argentina to appropriate their lands, the massacres perpetrated by Europeans in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Oceania to usurp their natural and mineral resources, the trafficking of Black individuals to serve as slaves on the plantations of white colonists in the Americas – under the guise of glorious conquests, which are actually military expeditions devoid of bravery given the technological advantage of the invading and occupying armies,  are inseparable from the current issues of restitution and reparations. More

Millennials and Generation Z did not grow up during the McCarthy era or the Cold War. They do not necessarily associate socialism with the same stigma that shaped the political attitudes of the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, and perhaps even Generation X. Moreover, capitalism is not working particularly well for many younger Americans. They confront skyrocketing housing prices, expensive healthcare, crushing educational debt, and the disappearance of the American Dream. Now they face artificial intelligence potentially eliminating the jobs they hoped would provide economic security. For them, socialism no longer sounds so frightening. It might even sound appealing. More

Gaza’s devastation is both a humanitarian catastrophe and a crisis for Palestinian self-determination. Israel’s assaults show an international failure and pose questions for Gaza’s political future. In this interview, exclusive for CounterPunch, former UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk focuses on “collateral damage” (and the film, NAZA) and the future of occupied Palestine. Falk looks at the limits of international law and the political economy of occupation and addresses what it would take to move beyond documenting destruction. He discusses a political horizon grounded in promoting Palestinian dignity. More