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  COUNTERCURRENTS NEWSLETTER POSTED IN ITS ENTIRETY DUE TO  SIGNIFICANT GLOBAL ISSUES! Dear Friend, As the United States and Iran move deeper into open confrontation, the danger of a wider regional war has become impossible to ignore. Our lead report examines the sixth consecutive night of U.S. strikes and the expanding conflict across the Gulf, while our coverage from Palestine documents the continuing human cost of a ceasefire that has failed to end daily killings in Gaza. This issue also explores the deeper structures behind today's crises. We examine the history of U.S. imperial wars, the global debt system that constrains development, the humanitarian consequences of dismantling USAID, and the enduring promise of the United Nations. Alongside these analyses are stories of resistance and renewal: grassroots democracy in rural Rajasthan, reflections on human rights through Hansa Mehta and Emir Abd el-Kader, the struggles of Afghan refugees, and thoughtful essays on democrac...

  Sam Carter 2.18K subscribers Jul 14, 2026 In May 2025, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) told Secretary of State Marco Rubio that 500 tons of emergency food — high-energy biscuits bought with American tax dollars — were sitting in a warehouse in Dubai, set to expire in July. Bought. Shipped. Stored. And condemned to waste. Rubio's response: "I disagree with like 99% of it. It's just not true. We've done nothing that's illegal." Two months later, the biscuits were incinerated. Here are the confirmed numbers. 496 metric tons — roughly $800,000 worth — expired in that Dubai warehouse and were destroyed. The State Department confirmed it. The food was meant for starving children in Afghanistan and Pakistan; it would have fed approximately 1.5 million children for a week. Burning it cost the American taxpayer roughly another $100,000 on top of what had already been spent. And here's the part that's hardest to get past: in June, aid officials manag...

  Cornell University 92.9K subscribers What are the causes and consequences of dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)? Ambassador Samantha Power, USAID administrator from 2021 to 2025 and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks about the impacts of reductions in U.S. foreign assistance, the challenge of demonstrating the effectiveness of aid programs to the public, and what's needed to restore — or reimagine — U.S. foreign aid. Power’s talk was a Bartels World Affairs Lecture hosted by the Einaudi Center for International Studies at Cornell University. Learn more at: https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026... Learn more about the Bartels World Affairs Lecture at: https://einaudi.cornell.edu/engage/si... How this was made Auto-dubbed Audio tracks for some languages were automatically generated. Learn more Ask Get answers, explore topics, and more Ask questions Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript

           SHARED FOR INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT THE            CONSEQUENCES  OF U.S. BUDGET CUTS AND IRRATIONAL DECISIONS            BY TRUMP, BRAIN DEAD  MUSK AND MAGA GOP THAT REMAINED            SILENT.           THE WORLD CUP WILL BRING CROWDS AND TOURISTS THAT THERE            IS  NO  PUBLIC HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADDRESS.           INCINERATING FOOD THAT COULD HAD FED STARVING PEOPLE?           THE MORAL DEPRAVITY OF THESE ACTIONS DEFINES ALL INVOLVED!               RFK JR ELIMINATED THE INSPECTORS WHO INSPECTED CRUISE SHIPS.                COULD THAT HAVE PREVENTED THE HANTA VIRUS SPREAD?     ...