Hillary Clinton’s Email Absolution: Two Parties, One Criminal Regime
What was your reaction when you heard FBI Director James Comey announce to the world that the Bureau would not be recommending that charges be filed against Hillary Clinton over her handling of emails...
View ArticleObama Prioritizes War in Europe Over War on People of Color
President Obama’s true priorities were on full display this past week as he attended the NATO Summit in Poland’s capital of Warsaw. For while Obama met with other NATO heads of state to discuss...
View ArticleErdogan’s Checkmate: CIA-Backed Coup in Turkey Fails, Upsets Global Chessboard
The failed coup in Turkey last week was a political and geopolitical earthquake as it has the potential to fundamentally alter the Middle East, NATO, and potentially the balance of power globally....
View ArticleTurkey’s Failed Coup: The Players, the History, and the Geopolitical Chessboard
Eric Draitser of http://StopImperialism.org provides his analysis (July 24, 2016) of the failed coup in Turkey, and the implications both for Turkish society and on the international scene. Draitser...
View ArticleAnthony Monteiro on CounterPunch Radio!
Listen to CounterPunch Radio (Episode 50) with Dr. Anthony Monteiro This week Eric welcomes to the show activist and scholar Dr. Anthony Monteiro to discuss his recent trip to Cleveland for the...
View ArticleLeaked DNC Emails Confirm Anti-Sanders Conspiracy
The release by Wikileaks of a trove of emails from high-ranking Democratic Party officials has confirmed what many Americans – both progressive and conservative – have suspected throughout this...
View ArticleHillary Clinton and the Big (Neoliberal) Lie
This election season has brought to the surface an issue that, until recently, seemed to have become a neoliberal sacred cow, the holy writ of the lords of capital: free trade. And while this...
View ArticleNYPD Commissioner Bratton Resigns, Takes Job With Pro-Clinton, Pro-Israel Firm
NEW YORK — (Analysis) New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton formally announced his resignation on Tuesday, marking the end of a tumultuous second term as the NYPD’s top cop. Bratton, largely...
View ArticleCounterPunch Radio – Nicholas Schou
Listen to CounterPunch Radio (Ep. 52) with Nicholas Schou This week Eric sits down with author Nicholas Schou to discuss his new book Spooked: How the CIA Manipulates the Media and Hoodwinks...
View ArticleHillary Clinton: The Anti-Woman ‘Feminist’
Although Hillary Clinton selected Tim Kaine as her Vice President in this campaign, her true running mate might very well be her vagina. Indeed, while Clinton’s support continues to be among the...
View ArticleAjamu Baraka, “Uncle Tom,” and the Pathology of White Liberal Racism
“I must confess that over the past few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in his...
View ArticleHillary and the Clinton Foundation: Exemplars of America’s Political Rot
Hillary Clinton may be enjoying a comfortable lead in national polls, but she is far from enjoying a comfortable night’s sleep given the ever-widening maelstrom of scandals engulfing her presidential...
View ArticleHillary Clinton and the Russian Specter: Propaganda Politics At Its Worst
General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war? Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No, I don’t think I do, sir, no. General Jack D. Ripper: He said war was too important...
View ArticleIf Hillary’s Not Able, There’s Always Kaine
If internet speculation is to be believed, Hillary Clinton is suffering from everything from epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease to adverse reactions to chemotherapy and Zika-West Nile-SARS-swine flu....
View ArticleStop Trump! Stop Clinton! Stop the Madness (and Let Me Off)!
“That’s the real issue this time,” he said. “Beating Nixon. It’s hard to even guess how much damage those bastards will do if they get in for another four years.” The argument was familiar, I had...
View ArticleCounterPunch Radio – Mark Crispin Miller
Listen to CounterPunch Radio (Ep. 56) with Mark Crispin Miller This week Eric sits down with author and academic Mark Crispin Miller to discuss the controlled corporate media and its grip on discourse...
View ArticleWas the US Election Stolen…Yet Again?
(published Nov. 18, 2016 – TeleSur) A look at the data reveals a much different story than the one the corporate media is telling. Amid all the media prattle about the white working class, the...
View ArticleObama’s Legacy In Africa: Terrorism, Civil War & Military Expansion
NEW YORK — (Opinion) The corporate media is predictably churning out nauseating retrospectives of Obama’s presidency, gently soothing Americans to sleep with fairy tales about the progressive...
View ArticleTrumpocalypse Now?
Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on Media Roots Radio with Robbie Martin to discuss the early days of the Trump Administration, and closely examine some of the actions, strategies, and...
View ArticleDonald Trump and the Deep State
Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on CGTN’s “The Heat” to discuss the narrative of Trump versus the Deep State. Draitser explains the nature of the Deep State and why so many analysts and...
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