Новости за 24.04.2025

On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk to Mike Prysner about the military, Pete Hegseth's attacks on Black troops, anti-war resistance, and more.

Under the guise of efficiency, the Trump administration is taking a sledgehammer to essential programs and agencies that are the backbone of America’s civilian government. The virtual elimination of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and plans to shut down the Department of Education are just the most visible examples of a campaign that includes layoffs of budget experts, public More

Flying into the US at Newark International Airport last Monday after having been away from this country since last October 1 was a shock. Over the 55 years my musician wife and I have been together, we’ve spent eight or portions of eight living abroad, and have also made many more short trips abroad for More

Few armed forces have managed to make murder and executions the stuff of procedural aberration rather than intentional practice.   Killing civilians and unarmed personnel is the stuff of misreading and misunderstandings, albeit arrived at with good conscience.  And so it was that the killing of 15 aid and emergency workers in Gaza by the Israeli Defense Forces More

As of market close April 21, major US stock indices have fallen by double-digit percentages since the beginning of the year, while bond yields — the interest rates the US government owes on money it borrows — continue to rise. But US president Donald Trump wants the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and bears More

That great slumbering beast, the Columbia University alumni, has finally awakened. Over 4,000 graduates from all the many schools of the institution, including Law and Medicine, the Teachers College, General Studies and Business have signed a petition that calls on the university to defend academic freedom in the wake of the recent attacks by the More

The International Monetary Fund just released its growth projections for 2025, as well as the next five years. It’s not a very good picture for Donald Trump’s economic plans. The I.M.F. projects the US economy will grow just 1.8 percent from 2024 to 2025. It looks even worse for next year, with growth projected to More

“Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” is the title of a soon-to-be-released film featuring photojournalist Fatima Hassouna the most recent of more than 208 assassinated Gazan journalists. With no prior knowledge of that film’s content, I knew it emanated from Palestine. These eight words embodied reiterations of a portrait that for many months More

Here are some organizing rules of thumb. They may be useful in many circumstances, but in this article, I will focus on multi-issue or Democratic Party-led protests. The “Hands-Off” protest or the Sanders/AOC revival meetings are so useful to the Democrats that they are not about to go away. No matter our focus, our strategic More

Fifty years after resettlement following the US War in Vietnam, nearly 17,000 Southeast Asian refugees are living with deportation orders. Most Southeast Asians with orders of removal came to the US as refugee children or youth or were born in refugee camps, were raised as Americans, and have no memories of living in Southeast Asia. More

The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Yellowstone to Uintas Connection filed a federal lawsuit this month to stop a proposed pipeline corridor that would cut through six roadless areas in a National Forest in Idaho. The area is habitat for imperiled species like the greater sage grouse, grizzly bears, lynx, and wolverine, and the More

On April 7, 2025, I went to Youngstown OH where Tim Walz hosted a town hall, along with about 2,600 people. We are all desperate for a chance to hear about the chaos we’re experiencing, and I think to speak a few words about our grievances. Congressman Michael Rulli, who represents the district—has failed to More

Like millions of other people, I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Pope Francis, one of the most vocal and humble advocates for sharing the world’s resources. Since assuming the throne of St Peter in 2013, the Pope championed many causes that are dear to progressive activists—from agroecology to post-growth economics, fossil fuel divestment, arms trade regulation and global More