By Diana BlockOriginally posted on CounterpunchFebruary 14th, 2018 Photo by Rob Oo | CC BY 2.0 Six months after Oscar…
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Reflections on a Delegation to Imprisoned Palestine
By Diana BlockOriginally Posted on CounterpunchMay 13th, 2016 Emory Douglas, BPP Minister of Culture, with Mukhles Burgal and his son.…
Rasmea and Oscar: Resisting the Criminalization of Freedom Fighting
By Diana BlockOriginally Posted on CounterpunchAugust 29th, 2017 Oscar Lopez Rivera and Rasmea Odeh. On May 18, 2017 Oscar López…
No Sanctuary for Palestinian Scholarship
Originally published on Counterpunchby Diana BlockMay 10th, 2017 Edward Said mural. Lead Artists: Fayeq Oweis & Susan Greene. Battleground San…
Night in Tunisia: Riots, Strikes and a Spreading Insurgency
By David McNally January 18, 2011 Popular upheavals always carry a distinct sonic resonance. The cascading chants that reverberate…
Mubarak’s Folly: The Rising of Egypt’s Workers
By David McNally Rarely do our rulers look more absurd than when faced with a popular upheaval. As fear and…
Like we said, it’s a global slump
January 12, 2011 By David McNally I have never accepted the postmodernist contention that contemporary capitalism is all about…
Greek Lessons: Democracy vs. Debt-Bondage
It is a truism to say that democracy began with the Greeks—less so to say that it originated in popular…
Follow the Money: Behind the European Debt Crisis Lie More Bank Bailouts
While I was cursing the inane mainstream commentary on the global economy recently, I was reminded of a pivotal scene…
And They Call This a Recovery?
The strut of confidence is gone and the jitters are back. A flurry of dreadful statistics at the end of…