“Zeldin’s EPA To Relax Drinking Water Rules” was the headline this week in the daily newspaper Newsday on Long Island, New York—from which Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is from. More
THIS WEEK IN
Four Reasons We’re Being Lied To
Media outlets are filled with stories about how AI is taking all the jobs. There are also plenty of stories telling us that soaring deficits and rising debt are going to bankrupt the government. These problems are 180-degree opposites, sort of like saying that someone is seriously overweight, but needs to put on a few pounds. Either can be true, but they can’t both possibly be true. There is zero recognition of this fact in elite intellectual circles. More
Trump’s Triumphal Arch
Surprise! The Trump-appointed federal Commission of Fine Arts approved construction of the 250-foot triumphal arch that the president plans to erect between Washington’s Lincoln Memorial and the Arlington National Cemetery. And this despite Trump’s rejection of the Commission’s recommendation to 86 (if you’ll pardon the expression) the giant golden angel and eagles that he insists will top a structure almost twice the height of Paris’s Arc de Triomphe. More
What Can Texans Learn From Their Own Left Populist Roots?
What Talarico did in his primary race was test an idea that we never really got to see come to fruition during Bernie Sanders’s second campaign here in Texas. The counties where Talarico did well were places that Bernie did very well during the 2020 presidential primary. Talarico also did well in parts of the state that have been trending to the Republican Party in recent years, including large portions of South Texas which historically had been part of the Democratic Party’s “blue wall.” More
Return of the Yellow Monster of the Diné: Uranium Mining on the Big Rez
“Their Chaos is Our Peace”: Fighting Zionist Repression in Texas and Beyond
The NYPD Reminds Us That Police Don’t Protect People, Only Power
Israel Isn’t Driving the Iran War, US Imperial Decline Is
A War That Cannot Be Won: Israel and the United States Bomb Iran
The Most Botched Imperial War w/ Gilbert Achcar
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank sit down with Gilbert Achcar to discuss Israel, Palestine, Iran, Lebanon, and the most botched US war ever.
Gilbert Achcar is Emeritus Professor at SOAS, University of London. He is the author of many books, most recently, The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective.
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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 Vogue, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, 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.
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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.
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