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'Punitive, Mean-Spirited' Austerity Has Unleashed 'Great Misery' Across UK, Says UN Report

Students Across Europe Excoriate World Leaders for Hiding Scientific Reality of Pending 'Global Collapse'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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Representatives from the Schola Europaea international schools demand leading global institutions publicize failures to meet decades-old objectives on sustainable development and climate stabilization

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As US Votes to Curb Trump-GOP Destruction, UN Biodiversity Chief Warns Humanity at Risk of Self-Annihilation

Jon Queally, staff writer

"The Republican Party is simply a major threat to—not only to the country, but...

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With Landslide 189-2 UN Vote, International Community Once Again Rebukes US for Cuba Embargo

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

A depiction of President Donald Trump in Havana, Cuba.

In vote on resolution condemning nearly six-decade embargo, 189 member states...

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Campaigners Launch New Monitoring Tool to Win Ratification of Global Anti-Nuke Treaty by 2019

LGBTQ+ activists from the National Center for Transgender Equality, partner organizations, and their supporters hold a 'We Will Not Be Erased' rally in front of the White House October 22, 2018 in Washington, DC.

Trump State Dept. Accused of Trying to Export Hate by Spreading Attack on Transgender People to United Nations

The report—titled "Taking stock: A decade of drug policy"—evaluates the impacts of drug policies implemented across the world over the past decade, using data from the United Nations, peer-reviewed academic research, and a collection of grey literature from civil society. (Credit: Report cover / LSE)

'War on Drugs' Terrible at Eradicating Drugs; Great at Upending Societies

"The first and most important things Democrats should do is stop feeding the beast that's gotten us in this climate mess," David Turnbull, strategic communications director at Oil Change International, told Common Dreams.

'Are You Kidding Me?' Outrage as Dems Push 'Incremental Steps' Over Bold Agenda Needed to Save Planet

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As Khashoggi Case Highlights Saudi Crimes, UN Warns Famine Driven by US-Backed War in Yemen Could Kill 13 Million People

As Nikki Haley Resigns, Critics Forced to Clarify That "Pro-War, Pro-Imperialist" Sycophant for Trump Is No "Moderate"

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As UN Report Warns of Looming Climate Catastrophe, 13 Stories From Front Lines of Fight for Fossil-Free Future

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UN Experts Warn of 'Climate Catastrophe' by 2040 Without 'Rapid' and 'Unprecedented' Global Action

Fifty-Thousand Come Together in Germany to Defend Ancient Forest and Fight Coal

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

'The Drums of War Are Beating': ICJ Ruled US Sanctions Violate Treaty With Iran, So Pompeo Just Ditched It

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif

Rejecting US Claims They Don't Harm Humanitarian Aid, UN Court Orders Easing of Sanctions Iran Calls 'Illegal and Cruel'

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'Needlessly Cruel and Bigoted': New Trump Policy Denies Visas to Diplomats' Same-Sex Partners—Even If They Can't Marry in Home Countries

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Amnesty International - USA

UN: Hodeidah’s Embattled Civilians on a Knife-Edge as Security Council Discusses Yemen

Our Future Uncompromised

Students to United Nations: Stop Hiding Science about Global Collapse

Friends of the Earth International

More Than 300 Civil Society Organizations From 73 Countries Urge Real Reform at United Nations Discussions on Corporate Investor Rights

Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Union of Concerned Scientists Experts Available to Talk about New IPCC Report

Amnesty International - USA

Trump Continues to Sideline Human Rights in Remarks to UN

Drug Policy Alliance

Trump to Host UN Meeting on Drug Policy, Promising “Photo Op” for Countries That Rally Behind Him and the Drug War

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