Month: November 2019

Bolivian Ballot Boxes Are Burning

Bolivian Ballot Boxes Are Burning

The Nation Ever since Bolivia’s presidential elections were held last Sunday, the country has been on a razor’s edge. After an unusually protracted vote-counting process, Bolivian election authorities deemed Evo Morales the victor on Thursday, extending...

From privatized electricity to climate change

From privatized electricity to climate change

As California moves to outlaw private prisons, there are still services that could benefit with de-privatization, in this case, electricity. The Nation reports that PG&E (Pacific Gas and Electric), the electricity provider for two million Californians,...

The Berlin Wall, Thirty Years Later

The Berlin Wall, Thirty Years Later

CounterPunch Remembrance Days are rewarding for journalists, especially since Google made research digging so easy. And how the German media love such days! Their favorite dates recall four events: June 17, 1953,  the “Uprising” (or whatever it’s...

The Age of Radical Evil

The Age of Radical Evil

Truthdig Immanuel Kant coined the term “radical evil.” It was the privileging of one’s own interest over that of others, effectively reducing those around you to objects to be manipulated and used for your own ends. But Hannah Arendt, who also used the term...

The False Balance Between Fascists and Antifascists

The False Balance Between Fascists and Antifascists

FAIR Right-wing terror is a feature of daily life in present-day America. Ostensibly spontaneous violence incubates in the same ideological ecosystem as organized reactionary political associations. Robert Bowers, the man arrested for a rampage that killed seven at...