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Fans worldwide are unequivocally challenging FIFA’s continued support for Israel, organizing with unprecedented unity for Palestine. Unlike previous actions, this mobilization is now notably well-coordinated, widespread, and consistent. counterpunch.org/2025/06/18/red…

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Israel’s blockade against life-saving humanitarian aid persists while 240,000 metric tons of supplies sit idle in warehouses outside Gaza ready to be dispatched. counterpunch.org/2025/06/18/now…

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Workers are not seeing any big rise in layoffs — new claims are not very different from where they were last summer — but once people lose a job, they have a harder time finding a new one. counterpunch.org/2025/06/18/tru…

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What's funny is that the name "Israel" was chosen just two days before the state was declared. Herzel had envisioned the state being called, you guessed it,

What's funny is that the name "Israel" was chosen just two days before the state was declared. Herzel had envisioned the state being called, you guessed it,
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The assassination and attempted assassination of two Minnesota state legislators remind us again that violence is not just a tragedy—it is a tactic. counterpunch.org/2025/06/19/the…

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Appealing to Trump’s fragile ego—telling him he’ll be remembered as the “savior of Israel”—could be enough to fling open the gates to a catastrophic military escalation. counterpunch.org/2025/06/19/net…

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Two things in America create “bipartisanship”: support for Israel’s apartheid regime and support for endless US war and intervention around the world. — Ali Abunimah, October 16, 2019. counterpunch.org/2025/06/19/i-a…

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Understanding that its existence depended on having a superior military in a hostile region prompted Israel to initiate a nuclear weapons program soon after its founding in 1948. counterpunch.org/2025/06/20/isr…

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Only 16% of Americans think going to war against Iran is a good idea. But the Democrats still can’t come out against it. counterpunch.org/2025/06/20/roa…

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As Trump's ideas become more incoherent or aberrant, we are reminded that there is no one around him who will challenge him.  As former Senator Bob Corker once said “There are simply no adults in the White House day care center.” counterpunch.org/2025/06/20/the…

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There has never been anything quite like the political integration of America and Israel, in the entire 250 year history of the USA. counterpunch.org/2025/06/20/how…

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Yesterday, I took my 6-year-old daughter & her friend to the Portland Zoo on the MAX, our light rail. They had almost as much fun riding a train through the city as they did at the Zoo. We had one interaction with a stranger, a guy who made sure we didn't forget a water bottle.