Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “It is one thing to describe what was normal or obvious in a given time and place, such as the ‘naturalness’ of slavery … But it is another thing to... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org Ubu Roi (Ubu the King or King Ubu) is a play by Alfred Jarry. The title is sometimes translated as King Turd; however, the word “Ubu” is actually mer... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Man makes his own history, but he does not make it out of the whole cloth; he does not make it out of conditions chosen by himself, but out of such... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “[T]he Republican fraud drumbeat could lay the groundwork for Mr. Trump and his supporters to reject the election results should he lose.” – Michael... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “Sadly, one can image someone – Trump?, Kushner? – calculating the trade-off between business and the human cost, and saying, “they are expendable.”... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “We can’t make a bad decision. Frankly, this is no time to act stupidly. Period. I don’t know how else to say it.” – Gov. Andrew Cuomo By the time th... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “You can’t con people, at least not for long. You can create excitement, you can do wonderful promotion and get all kinds of press, and you can throw... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org As different as night from day yet there’s one way that Bernie Sanders and President Trump are alike, and Joe Biden is different from both. President... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org “No light, but rather darkness visible.” – Milton, Paradise Lost It was always easier to pitch politics low and to the gut, but the cyberspace platfo... Read more
Published on http://www.counterpunch.org One reading of the present shows us a hyped economic reality but also political and cultural realities hyped so far that simulacra is quite easily di... Read more
