Eric Draitser @ericdraitser.bsky.social · 09/07/2026open.substack.com/pub/ericdrai...open.substack.comA World Cup of Politics w/ Karim ZidanAward-winning author and journalist Karim Zidan in conversation with Eric Draitser for CounterPunch Radio 000
Eric Draitser @ericdraitser.bsky.social · 24/06/2026New CounterPunch Radio w award-winning journalist and author Barrett Brown. Topics include: Early days of Anonymous & the transparency movement Anonymous , the Arab Spring The origin of 4chan and the alt-right; how Thiel & Epstein built the fascist mvmnt www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/20/t...counterpunch.orgThe Origins of the Private Intelligence Complex w/ Barrett BrownAward-winning journalist and author Barrett Brown returns to CounterPunch Radio to discuss the critical period before 2016 when online activism emerged, 043
Eric Draitser @ericdraitser.bsky.social · 12/06/2026My conversation with Nate Wilcox of The MMA Draw. We discuss the upcoming UFC White House spectacle and the Hollywood, DC, and Gulf power brokers at the nexus of US politics, sports and entertainment. open.substack.com/pub/ericdrai...open.substack.comUFC White House and the Billionaire Alliance Monopolizing US Politics, Sports, and EntertainmentThis weekend's UFC event at the White House is getting the headlines while the real power behind the spectacle is a Hollywood-DC-Gulf billionaire alliance 010
Reposted by Eric DraitserRalph Nader @nader.org · 11/06/2026Anyone reading the press about Israeli daily mass terror killings of civilians in Palestine is aware that when they’re caught red-handed without any pretext they announce an official investigation. This has happened hundreds of times. 24215
Reposted by Eric DraitserSarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"They Were Serving the Longest Federal Sentence of Any 2020 BLM Protester. Then They Vanished in Prison."theintercept.comThey Were Serving the Longest Federal Sentence of Any 2020 BLM Protester. Then They Vanished in Prison.Malik Muhammad's attorneys believe they were transferred for helping other incarcerated people advocate for their legal rights. 01510
Eric Draitser @ericdraitser.bsky.social · 11/06/2026The AfD fascists laugh because they know they wouldn't exist without the Kremlin. Never forget that Putin and Russian media covertly built the AfD out of it PEGIDA movement using Dugin's organization among others to forge the links. 000
Eric Draitser @ericdraitser.bsky.social · 10/06/2026I'm back to writing regularly. Please consider following my work. open.substack.com/pub/ericdrai...open.substack.comSam Harris (and Israel's Genocide) RevisitedTwelve years after his apologia for Israeli war crimes, Sam Harris returns to defend the indefensible — this time against the backdrop of genocide. 000
Eric Draitser @ericdraitser.bsky.social · 10/06/2026My latest article on @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social last weekend www.counterpunch.org/2026/06/05/i...counterpunch.orgIran Strikes US Military in Kuwait, Major Media Fail to Provide Key DetailMajor news outlets have reported on the US and Iran exchanging attacks overnight and early morning on June 3, 2026. Headlines capture the fact that Iran simultaneously attacked both Kuwait and Bahrain... 020
Reposted by Eric DraitserCounterPunch @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social · 29/05/2026"The working-class community of Garden Grove is experiencing the consequences of our violent and unhinged war machine, a predicament they paid for but never wanted." - @joshuafrank.bsky.socialcounterpunch.orgVampire Planet: So Cal’s Chemical Disaster, a Gift from the War MachineThe news alerts were ominous. A chemical tank at an industrial site in Garden Grove, fifteen miles south of where I live, could blow at any moment. A nervous Orange County Fire Captain warned of two p... 01713
Reposted by Eric DraitserCounterPunch @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social · 05/06/2026"We are in this land of scorching sun and heat, searching for a large Amazon solar installation in rural San Bernardino County, California. This is the home of the endangered desert tortoise and Joshua trees, but more recently, it’s become a plaything for greedy Silicon Valley entrepreneurs."counterpunch.orgVampire Planet: Data Centers, Far Bigger Disasters Than You Even ThoughtThe road is dusty and trash-strewn. My friend and collaborator Colby Groves is hanging out the car window as I drive, gazing at a patchwork of solar panels lined up behind a chain-link fence. “This ha... 22112