The FBI had been surveilling Muslims in Southern California, home to the second-largest Muslim population in the United States, since late 2001. LEILA RAFEI In 2006, the FBI ordered an informant to pose as a […]
“There are now more than 45 million people marching towards the brink of starvation.” BRETT WILKINS Warning that more than 45 million people around the globe—but most acutely in Afghanistan, Africa, and the Middle East—are in […]
In Gaza, electricity can disappear without a moment’s notice. BY GHADA HANIA PALESTINIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN WARM GATHER AROUND A CANDLE DURING SEVERE FUEL CUTS THAT LED TO POWER SHORTAGES IN GAZA CITY ON NOVEMBER 12, 2013. […]
Palestinian human rights activists target of ‘Israeli’ spyware hack A report from Frontline Defenders reveals that six activists, who are members of the six civil society organizations recently branded “terrorist organizations” by Israel’s Defense Minister […]
BY: Zeena Aljawad & Cameron Rasmussen, Truthout Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation In October, the State of Israel criminalized six Palestinian human rights organizations, designating them as “terrorist groups,” which effectively outlawed their work, and put […]
Words without Action: The West’s Role in Israel’s Illegal Settlement Expansion By Ramzy Baroud The international uproar in response to Israel’s approval of a massive expansion of its illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied Palestinian West […]
‘How Many More?’: Outrage Over Israeli Killing of 13-Year-Old Palestinian Boy “Our country must stop enabling the killing of children,” asserted U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib. BRETT WILKINS U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib and the peace group CodePink […]
UN Experts ‘Express Alarm’ at Rising Settler Violence in Occupied Palestine By Palestine Chronicle Staff United Nations Human Rights experts have expressed alarm “at the rising rate of violence directed by Israeli settlers towards Palestinians in […]
BY: Marjorie Cohn, Truthout PART OF THE SERIES Human Rights and Global Wrongs The testimony has concluded in the Georgia murder trial of the three white men who targeted Ahmaud Arbery because he was Black and […]
BY JEFFREY ST. CLAIR Haida carving, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. Here at CounterPunch we’re brainstorming about ways that we can make our annual fundraiser more effective, less annoying and brought to […]