Eat the Bond Traders!

The biggest winner in England, unfortunately, was Reform U.K., led by the racist, corrupt, and irrepressible Nigel Farage. It captured 1500 seats nationwide and gained control of 14 municipal councils. Extrapolated to parliamentary elections in 2029, Reform would become the largest party in the U.K. and its leader prime minister. Farage is currently under investigation by a parliamentary committee for not reporting a £5 million gift from Christopher Harborne, a British crypto billionaire living in Thailand. Farage said he didn’t have to register the gift because it was purely personal, intended to pay for a lifetime of security services. Apparently informed that protection services for a politician aren’t “personal,” he quickly changed his story and said the money was “a reward for campaigning for Brexit.” The only difference between Farage and his friend Trump’s corruption, is that the latter’s is on a bigger scale. More

Roaming Charges: Peanuts From Heaven

NPR interviewed a Trump voter in Georgia who said he thought the President was doing “an A+ job.” When asked how his family was dealing with rising food prices, the man replied, “My wife and I fast.” What’s the cure for this mass mesmerism that induces people to be willing to suffer extreme deprivations in order to enhance the fortunes, political and financial, of their billionaire leader? Trump’s like Fritz Lang’s Dr. Mabuse, without the medical degree. More

Vampire Planet: When the Oceans Die

Ocean temperatures have been steadily rising. As someone who spends a lot of time in the ocean, I can attest that it has been exceptionally warm this year. And the data backs it up. Surface temperatures are up 3 to 7 degrees above average in parts of Southern California. This marine heat wave is about to worsen. More

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The Collective Power of Music w/ Sean Adams

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, host Tori Tsui talks to Sean Adams, founder of Drowned in Sound. Tori and Sean talk about Spotify, AI, militarism, capitalism, independent music, how we can harness music’s power for social change, and much more.

Founded in 2000 by Sean Adams, the UK-based Drowned in Sound has evolved from a music website into a podcast and newsletter-focused platform covering indie, electronic, and alternative music, featuring news, reviews, interviews, and community forums.

Tori Tsui is an environmental activist, author, and climate advisor originally from Hong Kong. She is a senior advisor for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and a campaigner for the Stop Rosebank coalition. Her work has been featured in British VogueMarie ClaireCosmopolitan, and Elle. She lives in Bristol, UK.

Be sure to check out Tori’s new book, It’s Not Just You: How to Navigate Eco-Anxiety and the Climate Crisis, just out from The New Press.

No Option But Sabotage w/ Thomas Zeitzoff

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg are joined by Thomas Zeitzoff to talk about his new book, No Option But Sabotage: The Radical Environmental Movement and the Climate Crisis. 

No Option But Sabotage explores how far activists are willing to go to defend the planet in the face of repression and the escalating climate crisis.

Thomas Zeitzoff is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University. His research focuses on political violence, social media, and political psychology. He is also the author of Nasty Politics: The Logic of Insults, Threats, and Incitement.

You can find the debate between Murray Bookchin and Dave Foreman discussed in this episode here.

An Image of Total Liberation w/ Dr. Shahd Abusalama

On this episode of Counterpunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Dr. Shahd Abusalama, Palestinian academic, writer, and artist, born and raised in Jabalia Refugee Camp, in northern Gaza. Shahd discusses her book, Between Reality and Documentary: A Historical Representation of Gaza Refugees in Colonial, Humanitarian and Palestinian Documentary Film, published in 2025 by Bloomsbury and SOAS Palestine Studies, and reflects on her recent book and film tour in Japan. Recorded during the opening days of the recent War on Iran, Shahd reflects on the ramifications of the war for Gaza, historical lessons from her time in Hiroshima, and her image of what true liberation could look like for the Palestinian people.