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‘What Does Criminalizing People Get Us, and What Does It Get Them?’
February 21, 2020

“The question then shifts from, ‘How can the “law and order” approach address or eradicate sex work?’ to ‘How are resources divided up in our societies, and why are people trading sex for survival?’” 

Paul Paz y Miño, Saqib Bhatti & Beverly Bell on Environmental Justice & Cross-National Solidarity
February 21, 2020

There will only be an increasing number of frontline struggles between extractive, climate-disrupting industry and those willing to stand up to it.  Corporate media's inadequate attention, and unwillingness to truly call out the moneyed interests causi...

‘Corporate Media Are Not Observers of the Electoral Process; They Are Participants’
February 19, 2020

Election Focus 2020: "The Democratic electorate has been told, in no uncertain terms, that Bernie Sanders is not electable and that is your signal, people, that you should not vote for him, because the punditocracy has spoken."

‘This Is an Apocalyptic Future That We’re Facing’
February 15, 2020

"With the US seeking to control space, and, from space, control Earth, to have this dominance, China and Russia are not going to sit back; they're going to meet us in kind. And other nations will be up there too."

Jim Naureckas on Democratic Primaries, Nina Luo on Decriminalizing Sex Work
February 14, 2020

Election Focus 2020: The Democratic primary process has foregrounded far more "radical" ideas—and public receptivity to them—than corporate elites are comfortable with.

Karl Grossman on the Weaponization of Space
February 07, 2020

We'll talk about the dangers of the weaponization of space, combined with a press corps that can't get past giggling about it.

‘These Are New Tactics Being Employed to Silence Journalism’
February 05, 2020

"We need to ensure that as the news evolves, our thinking about what is protected by the First Amendment, and by free speech laws internationally, also evolves."

‘This Is an Apartheid Proposal and It’s a Nonstarter’
February 04, 2020

"We are looking at a situation where the two-state solution may no longer be possible, and it may be time for a struggle for equal rights between Palestinians and Israelis in the entire land from the river to the sea."

Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine ‘Peace’ Plan, Rainey Reitman on Greenwald Persecution
January 31, 2020

MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: It is strange to think that you could create a plan to shape the relationship between two entities, in consultation with one but not the other, and then not just declare it, yourself, a “win-win,

‘This Is About Making a Very Large Number of Indians Second-Class Citizens’
January 31, 2020

"What level of state violence is going to be seen as tolerable? Because these protests are not going anywhere."