Why We Publish CounterPunch

By Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair

Back in 1993, we felt unhappy about the state of radical journalism. It didn’t have much edge. It didn’t have many facts. It was politically timid. It was dull. CounterPunch was founded. We wanted it to be the best muckraking newsletter in the country. We wanted it to take aim at the consensus of received wisdom about what can and cannot be reported. We wanted to give our readers a political roadmap they could trust.

A decade later we stand firm on these same beliefs and hopes. We think we’ve restored honor to muckraking journalism in the tradition of our favorite radical pamphleteers: Edward Abbey, Peter Maurin and Ammon Hennacy, Appeal to Reason, Jacques René Hébert, Tom Paine and John Lilburne.

Every two weeks CounterPunch gives you jaw-dropping exposés on: Congress and lobbyists; the environment; labor; the National Security State.

“CounterPunch kicks through the floorboards of lies and gets to the foundation of what is really going on in this country”, says Michael Ratner, attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights. “At our house, we fight over who gets to read CounterPunch first. Each issue is like spring after a cold, dark winter.”