All Views Articles for 2014-06-09

Monday, June 9, 2014
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, speaks during the annual press conference of the non-governmental organization in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. (Credit: AP Photo/Michael Sohn) Belén Fernández
Human Rights Watch’s Revolving Door
Group’s edicts and positions have often been suspiciously in line with US policy
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Portrait of Bob Moses by Robert Shetterly. (Credit: AmericansWhoTellTheTruth.org) Robert Shetterly
Why I Painted Bob Moses, A Civil Rights Hero You May Not Know
Editor's note: The artist's essay that follows accompanies the 'online unveiling'—exclusive to Common Dreams—of Shetterly's latest painting in his " Americans Who Tell the Truth " portrait series,...
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The lack of consideration for the long-term consequences of the Libyan intervention can only be regarded as a dramatic strategic failure on the part of the United States and its NATO allies. (Photo: Al Jazeera English / Flickr) Jesse Franzblau
Libya: A Cautionary Tale
Beset by infighting among militias and rampant arms trafficking, Libya in 2014 is a cautionary tale about the long-term consequences of military intervention.
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(Photo via Flickr / jpellgen/ Creative Commons license) Sam Pizzigati
The Many Pipelines that Pump Our Wealth Up
Wage squeezes, share buybacks, and tax subsidies, three new progressive think tank studies show, are all combining to keep America’s high and mighty ever higher and mightier.
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Billionaire founder of Microsoft Bill Gates. (Credit: World Economic Forum / Flickr Creative Commons) Diane Ravitch
Time for Congress to Investigate Bill Gates’ Role in Common Core
A new Washington Post story by Lyndsey Layton about how Bill Gates’ funded the Common Core revolution is startling. His role and the role of the U.S. Department of Education in drafting and coercing...
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A long view of the 'Tank Man' near Tiananmen Square in 1989. (Credit: Stuart Franklin / cc / wikimedia) Chris Hedges
The Rules of Revolt
There are some essential lessons we can learn from the student occupation of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, which took place 25 years ago. The 1989 protests began as a demonstration by university...
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(Cartoon: Jean Jullien) Eduardo Galeano
The World Cup and the Corporatization of Soccer
Choreographed war and other aspects of the world’s greatest game
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