The Slap Heard Around the World

[Share with Facebook]( [Share with Twitter]( [Share with LinkedIn]( [More Share Options]( [Like This]( Exclusively in the New Print Issue of CounterPunch The Slap Heard Around the World In this Issue: Jeffrey St. Clair on Edward Said, Ahed Tamimi and the new face of Palestinian resistance. The Perils of Bi-Partisanship: Jason Hirthler on how consensus empowers the elites; Stealing Honduras: Laura Carlsen on US-backed coups in Central America. Who Started the Korean War? by Marlon Ettinger; Iran on Four Wheels by Alison Aziz; The McMansions Arrive in LA by Julia Stein; I Used to be a Political Person by Ruth Fowler. PLUS: Mike Whitney on North Korea, Chris Floyd on the crumbling US empire, and Jeff Ballinger on the Nature of Human Nature. [Subscribe Today!]( CounterPunch NEWS UPDATE 1-31-2018 [Capitalize on the Olympic Truce]( Kevin Martin says we should formalize a freeze for freeze with North Korea. [Weather Terrorism, W.T.F.?]( John Davis on climate change and weather terror. [Sanders and the Empire]( Nick Pemberton on the Bernie cult and Empire. [The True State of the Union]( John W. Whitehead says, brace yourselves, we are approaching critical mass. [The Intensification of Syria's Civil War]( Franklin Lamb on the future direction of the Syrian war. [Why Trump's Support Is Slipping]( Don Rosen explains why Trump is losing ground among the faithful. [View all of CounterPunch's Recent Articles]( Note: Outlook 365 users may experience issues with links in this email. The issue is related to Outlook 365 and not with the links below. We have been in touch with Microsoft and were told they are working on a fix for the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience while Microsoft addresses this glitch in their email program. In the meantime we urge you to visit CounterPunch.org. Media of the Day: [Chris Hedges Sums Up Our Collective Predicament and the Solution]( This Week on CounterPunch Radio This week Eric Draitser sits down with Steve Horn to discuss the state of the Republican and Democratic parties and the ongoing conflicts, perceived or real, within them. [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](