Leonard Peltier, perhaps the most famous political prisoner on the planet, is in poor health after 40 years of imprisonment for a crime he did not commit. As President Barack Obama prepares to leave office, activists, friends and supporters are…
While exceedingly eager to accept credit for California’s climate leadership at the recent COP21 talks in Paris, Governor Jerry Brown’s actual record on climate policy has been considerably less appealing to climate activists than one might realize by reading and…
The Queen of Chaos by journalist Diana Johnstone, published Nov. 2, 2015 by CounterPunch books. CounterPunch: United State wars are getting repetitive. Always the same old scenario. The mainstream media alert public opinion to the latest “villain” supposedly threatening to…
Shameless fundraising for the best political newsletter around. From CounterPunch: This is Why Henry Kissinger Hates Us. Over the course of 22 years, we’ve published many unflattering stories about Henry Kissinger. We’ve recounted his involvement in the Chilean…
