By Ron JacobsCounterpunchWeekend Edition August 8th-10th 2014 Making Rabble Rousing Relevant Again In recent months, a friend and I have…
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The Sixties: The Political and the Personal
By Ron JacobCounterpunchAugust 3rd, 2018 On August 7th, 1970 Jonathan Jackson took out a couple guns in the Marin County…
Lessons from Korea: Asia’s Unknown Uprisings in Counterpunch
by Rob JacobsCounterpunchWeekend Edition, October 12-14, 2012 The history of the Korean people is one that includes decades of colonial…
Fire and Flames Reviewed in Counterpunch
By Ron JacobsCounterpunchWeekend Edition July 5-7, 2013 Inside the Street Movements Spontis, Squats and West Germany My latest novel is…
COINTELPRO 101: A Dissident Voice Review
By Ron JacobsDissident VoiceOctober 9th, 2010 In recent weeks, articles have appeared in various media outlets detailing recent surveillance activities…
More Than Just Symbols: The Chicano Resistance Movement
By Ron JacobsCounterPunchDecember 1st, 2017 The moment I first became aware of the Chicano movement for land and liberation was…
People’s Music for the Soul
By Ron JacobsCounterpunchAugust 16th, 2019 Folk music can mean many things. It can be songs one learned as a child…
Soccer vs. The State: A Review in Counterpunch
by Ron JacobsCounterpunch.orgApril 2011 Historically, sports have always been a grassroots endeavor. Whether one is part of a local team…
Stopping the Train, Stopping the System
By Ron JacobsCounterPunchJuly 15, 2011 In a world where the violence of war can be safely ignored by most of…
He’s A Twentieth Century Knave— Moorcock’s Pyat Quartet Series
by Ron JacobsCounterpunchWeekend Edition February 14-16, 2014 Some books exemplify the moment they are written about. These books, through the…