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Eric Draitser

Eric Draitser is a political analyst and host of CounterPunch Radio.  You can follow and support his work at CounterPunch and patreon.com/ericdraitser.

BRICS Under Attack: The Empire Strikes Back In Brazil

Despite all the fancy anti-corruption rhetoric, the assault on President Rousseff’s leftist government is the result of a coordinated campaign by business interests tied to Washington and Wall Street.

March 22nd, 2016
Eric Draitser
March 22nd, 2016
By Eric Draitser
Soldiers stand guard outside Planalto presidential palace where protesters have projected the word "Impeachment" on the building, as they call for the impeachment of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, March 21, 2016. (AP/Eraldo Peres)

NEW YORK --- (Analysis) The last decade has seen a remarkable coalescing of non-Western nations in both economic and political partnerships. These multilateral institutions have been championed as alternatives to Western organs of political and economic power such as NATO, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank. From the growth of

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Trump, Clinton And The Danger Of US Liberals

The very danger posed by both white and non-white liberals, and the implications for the US and the world.

March 16th, 2016
Eric Draitser
March 16th, 2016
By Eric Draitser
Donald Trump and Melania Trump with Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bill Clinton at Trump's wedding.

Eric Draitser appears on Community Public Radio with broadcaster Don DeBar and Professor Anthony Monteiro to discuss the US elections and the implications for the future. The conversation begins with a discussion of both the Republican and Democratic sides with particular attention to the socioeconomic conditions giving rise to the

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Video: Israel Exploits Lifting Of Iran Sanctions To Extort Money From American Taxpayers

Israeli PM Netanyahu recently called for more US funding to Israel in light of the lifting of sanctions on Iran.

January 27th, 2016
Eric Draitser
January 27th, 2016
By Eric Draitser
Benjamin Netanyahu (Debbie Hill/Pool Photo via AP)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb3zPyK_3MA&feature=youtu.be Eric Draitser of http://StopImperialism.org provides his commentary (Jan. 22, 2016) on Israeli PM Netanyahu's recent address in which he called for more US funding to Israel in light of the lifting of sanctions on Iran. Draitser explains that this is standard operating procedure for

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Is The Oregon Occupation Being Stage-Managed?

“Armed with my bullshit detector, and with full knowledge that many potential angry emailers have already stopped reading, I dive into the morass that is the #OregonOccupation”.

January 8th, 2016
Eric Draitser
January 8th, 2016
By Eric Draitser
Ammon Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, smiles as he arrives for a news conference at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge after meeting with Harney County Sheriff David Ward Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016, near Burns, Ore. Ward and two other Oregon sheriffs met Thursday with Bundy, the leader of an armed group occupying a federal wildlife refuge and asked them to leave, after residents made it clear they wanted them to go home. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

US and international media have been abuzz in recent days with the ongoing armed occupation at the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.  The social media space has been, quite predictably, polarized with many on the far right lionizing the armed occupiers as “patriots” and “heroes” defending a just cause in the name of

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ISIS In Afghanistan: Proxy War Against Iran And China

The emergence of ISIS in Afghanistan, along with the impending withdrawal of US-NATO troops from the country, has driven the Taliban into a marriage of convenience, if not an outright alliance, with Iran.

August 5th, 2015
Eric Draitser
August 5th, 2015
By Eric Draitser

The nature of the war in Afghanistan has shifted dramatically in recent months. While the US and NATO continue to be actively involved in the country – their strategic objectives having changed very little since the Bush administration launched the war nearly a decade and a half ago – the complexion of the battlefield, and the parties actively

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Despite Celebratory Rhetoric, Key Aspects Of Economic And Political War Against Iran Remain

“Iran is being treated like a child that must be scolded and disciplined by the international community for the foreseeable future”

July 15th, 2015
Eric Draitser
July 15th, 2015
By Eric Draitser
From left to right, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz pose for a group picture at the United Nations building in Vienna, Austria Tuesday, July 14, 2015.

Eric Draitser of StopImperialism.org appears on Press TV (July 14, 2015) to provide his analysis of the agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries. Draitser explains that, despite the celebratory rhetoric, key aspects of the West's economic and political war against Iran remain intact. He notes that the US especially wanted this

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