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Sign reading "PEACE" at NATO protest in Madrid

NATO and a War Foretold

Medea Benjamin ·
Instead of exploiting this crisis to expand even further, NATO should suspend all new or pending membership applications until the current crisis has been resolved.
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Biden's Five Year Plan Must End All New Offshore Drilling

Dustin Renaud ·
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Ukraine Is the Latest Neocon Disaster

Jeffrey D. Sachs ·
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Women's rights protesters rail against the Supreme Court

Further

A column by Abby Zimet
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A column by Abby Zimet
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Direct Action Works: Elbit Have Left the Building

Offering a glimmer of hope "the merchants of death are not invincible," Palestine Action has successfully shut down the London headquarters of Israel's largest arms company Elbit Systems after pummeling them with six actions in six weeks. Days later, activists also again occupied a drone factory in Shenstone, arguing, "If you aid war criminals, you are war criminals." The London closure marks the second rout of an Elbit site in the U.K. in under two years, prompting the group's defiant slogan "2 Down, 8 To Go." "Maybe (Elbit) should have a think," says one member. "We are not going away."

Abby Zimet · Jun 27, 2022

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

'Yeah, And?': Ocasio-Cortez Embraces GOP Freakout Over Helping Women Skirt Abortion Bans

Julia Conley ·

A girl holds her malnourished sister

Oxfam Condemns G7 for Leaving 'Millions to Starve' as Global Hunger Surges

Jake Johnson ·

Utah abortion

Abortion Rights Defenders Applaud Judge's Block on Utah 'Trigger Ban'

Brett Wilkins ·

Kremenchuk missile attack

Scores Feared Dead and Wounded as Russian Missiles Hit Ukraine Shopping Center

Brett Wilkins ·

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Biodiversity Risks Could Persist for Decades After Global Temperature Peak

Jessica Corbett ·

Police officers gather to remove activists during an anti death penalty protest in front of the US Supreme Court January 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Amnesty Report Demands Biden Take Action to End Death Penalty

Julia Conley ·

The House January 6 panel prepares to start a hearing

Pointing to 'Recently Obtained Evidence,' Jan. 6 Panel Calls Surprise Tuesday Hearing

Common Dreams staff ·

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Looming US Supreme Court Climate Decision Could 'Doom' Hope for Livable Future

Jessica Corbett ·

War & Peace

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Scores Feared Dead and Wounded as Russian Missiles Hit Ukraine Shopping Center

"People just burned alive," said Ukraine's interior minister, while the head of the Poltava region stated that "it is too early to talk about the final number of the killed."
Brett Wilkins ·
Kremenchuk missile attack
Romanian naval forces take part in a military drill

NATO to Boost Ranks of High-Readiness Forces by 650% to Over 300,000

Jake Johnson ·

Thousands turned out to march for peace in Ukraine on February 6, 2022 in central London

Amid Putin's Saber-Rattling, 65 Nations Condemn 'Any and All Nuclear Threats'

Brett Wilkins ·

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'Unconscionable': House Committee Adds $37 Billion to Biden's $813 Billion Military Budget

Kenny Stancil ·

António Guterres

Demanding Global Ban, UN Chief Calls Nuclear Weapons a 'Recipe for Annihilation'

Brett Wilkins ·

Climate Emergency

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Looming US Supreme Court Climate Decision Could 'Doom' Hope for Livable Future

"The immediate issue is the limits of the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases," said one scientist. "The broader issue is the ability of federal agencies to regulate anything at all."
Jessica Corbett ·
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German energy company RWE has sued the Netherlands for 1.4 billion euros as compensation for the country's plan to phase out coal by 2030.

Spain Demands EU Withdraw From Energy Treaty That Undermines Climate Action

Kenny Stancil ·

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) speaks during a March for Our Lives rally against gun violence on the National Mall on June 11, 2022 in Washington, D.C.

Cori Bush Applauded for Securing $100 Million to Boost Biden's Green Energy Push

Kenny Stancil ·

A news photographer is dwarfed by a giant sequoia in Lost Grove as smoke haze from the KNP Complex fire fills the air on September 17, 2021 in Sequoia National Park, California.

Conservationists Warn the 'Save Our Sequoias Act' Would Do the Opposite

Kenny Stancil ·

California fossil fuel divestment

'Moral Failure': California Dem Pulls Plug on Fossil Fuel Divestment Legislation

Brett Wilkins ·

Covid-19

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After WTO Failure, Nations Urged to 'Outright Defy' Pharma Patent Rules to Fight Covid

"Governments must take immediate actions to bypass the WTO's prioritization of pharmaceutical monopolies over human lives," says a global coalition of nearly 300 civil society groups.
Jake Johnson ·
Activists protest at the World Trade Organization's headquarters
WTO delegates seen during the final day of the ministerial conference

WTO Deal on Vaccine Patents Decried as a 'Sham' Dictated by Rich Nations, Big Pharma

Jake Johnson ·

Cuba vaccines

House Dems Urge Biden to Work With Cuba to Vaccinate the World

Brett Wilkins ·

Activists protest pharma monopolies

In Last-Ditch Push, Campaigners Urge WTO to Reject 'Indefensible' Vaccine Patent Deal

Jake Johnson ·

Vaccine equity campaigners carry a mock coffin in London.

Mexican Official Says Flawed WTO Proposal on Vaccine Patents 'Worse Than None at All'

Jessica Corbett ·

Economics

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Oxfam Condemns G7 for Leaving 'Millions to Starve' as Global Hunger Surges

"Faced with the worst hunger crisis in a generation, the G7 have simply failed to take the action that is needed," said Max Lawson of Oxfam International.
Jake Johnson ·
A girl holds her malnourished sister
G7 protesters clash with police in Munich, Germany

Global Windfall Profit Tax of 90% Needed to Address 'Catastrophic' Food, Climate Crises: Oxfam

Jon Queally ·

Nearly empty bucket with grains in South Sudan

UN Chief Warns of Impending 'Unprecedented Global Food Crisis'

Julia Conley ·

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at the Labor Notes conference

'Corporate Greed Is Destroying This Economy': Sanders Pushes for Windfall Profits Tax

Jake Johnson ·

Sen. Elizabeth Warren questions Fed Chair Jerome Powell

Warren Warns Powell That Fed's Rate Hikes Could Drive US Economy 'Off a Cliff'

Jake Johnson ·

Politics

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Pointing to 'Recently Obtained Evidence,' Jan. 6 Panel Calls Surprise Tuesday Hearing

The announcement came less than a week after the House panel delayed new hearings until next month, citing a "deluge" of fresh evidence.
Common Dreams staff ·
The House January 6 panel prepares to start a hearing
A fence blocks the entrance to the U.S. Supreme Court

Ilhan Omar Says Plan to Fix Supreme Court Must Include Impeachment Probes

Jake Johnson ·

"Lying under oath is an impeachable offense," Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) told "Meet the Press" on June 26, 2022.

Right-Wing Justices Should Be Impeached for Lying Under Oath, Says Ocasio-Cortez

Kenny Stancil ·

President Joe Biden

'Infuriating': Biden Rebuked for Continued Opposition to Supreme Court Expansion

Kenny Stancil ·

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) attend a Senate Health, Education Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. on September 25, 2018.

'We Need Action': Biden, Democrats Urged to Protect Abortion Access in Post-Roe US

Kenny Stancil ·

Rights & Justice

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'Yeah, And?': Ocasio-Cortez Embraces GOP Freakout Over Helping Women Skirt Abortion Bans

"Republicans are mad because I am sharing this information," said Rep. Ocasio-Cortez. "Too bad!"
Julia Conley ·
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Utah abortion

Abortion Rights Defenders Applaud Judge's Block on Utah 'Trigger Ban'

Brett Wilkins ·

Police officers gather to remove activists during an anti death penalty protest in front of the US Supreme Court January 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

Amnesty Report Demands Biden Take Action to End Death Penalty

Julia Conley ·

Joe Kennedy

Supreme Court Takes 'Wrecking Ball' to Separation of Church and State With Prayer Ruling

Julia Conley ·

An employee at Hope Medical Group logs codes

Louisiana Judge Blocks State's Post-Roe Abortion Ban

Jake Johnson ·

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