Weekend Edition: Unity With the Right?

[Share with Facebook]( [Share with Twitter]( [Share with LinkedIn]( [More Share Options]( [Like This]( Exclusively in the New Print Issue of CounterPunch [Whatever happened to the American Left?]( In this issue: Paul Street dissects the decline of radical politics in the Age of Trump. The Future of NATO by Ron Jacobs; The Fires of Neoliberalism by Kenneth Surin; What's Driving Trump's Bashing of Mexico? by Laura Carlsen; Preaching Racism by Lawrence Ware; Afghanistan: the War That Time Forgot by Jeffrey St. Clair; Refugees and Mental Health by Daniel Raventos and Julie Wark; Let the Buybacks Begin! by Mike Whitney; The Battle of Hue Reconsidered by Michael Uhl. Plus: Yvette Carnell on Kamala Harris; Chris Floyd on the Surveillance State; and Lee Ballinger on the Problems with Philanthropy. [Subscribe Today!]( [Already a subscriber? Click here to read issues.]( Look for the password with your latest issue emailed from counterpunchbiz@gmail.com [The Fearless Voice of the American Left Since 1993]( CounterPunch NEWS UPDATE 8-4-2017 [Donate]( [On the Beach 2017]( John Pilger writes that one of Obama's last acts as president was to sign a bill that handed a record $618 billion to the Pentagon. [Unity With the Right?]( Paul Street says unity with the Right is a deplorable idea. [Dawn of the Dead]( Rob Urie explains why American politics can't be reformed. [The Inconvenient Truth About Al Gore]( Joshua Frank on why Al Gore isn't the green champion he claims to be. [Trump is Guilty, of Something]( Andrew Levine on why Trump is guilty as sin. [Southwest Under Siege]( Jeffrey St. Clair on the dark mesas under an ancient light. [The Epic Failure of Labor Leadership]( Kim Scipes charts the failures of labor leadership from 1980 to today. [Appetite for War]( Vijay Prashad on the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia v. Iran. [Big Oil's Bi-Partisan Helpers]( Steve Early on a Bay Area refinery fire, 5 years later. [The War on Immigrants]( Alvaro Huerta on racist policies in the era of Trump. [View all of CounterPunch's Recent Articles]( Quote of the Day Jerry Garcia: "I listen to anything anyone gives me. I always go back to a few basic favorites. I can always listen to Django Reinhardt and hear something I haven't heard before. I like to listen to Art Tatum and Coltrane and Charlie Parker. Those are guys who never seem to run out of ideas." Media of the Day [Beachwood Sparks live on KCRW]( [Dr. Francisco Dominguez on]( [CounterPunch Radio!]( This week on CounterPunch Radio, host Eric Draitser sits down with Dr. Francisco Dominguez to discuss the crisis in Venezuela. [Listen Today!]( [SIGN UP for the email version of CounterPunch magazine and save 37%]( What is a subscription? CounterPunch Magazine has exclusive articles for subscribers only, plus special features you can't find on our website. As an email subscriber you get discounts on books and everything else in the CounterPunch store. [Subscribe]( STAY CONNECTED WITH COUNTERPUNCH ON SOCIAL MEDIA [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( CounterPunch, P.O. Box 228, Petrolia, CA 95558 [SafeUnsubscribe™ {EMAIL}]( [Forward this email]( | [Update Profile]( | [About our service provider]( Sent by counterpunch@counterpunch.org in collaboration with [Constant Contact]( [Try it free today](