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  • | The US War in Iraq 15 Years and Counting the Dead and Displaced 2018 Photo Pressenza httpswwwpressenzacom201803the u s war in iraq 15 years and counting the dead and displaced | MR Online

    20 years later, the stain of Corporate Media’s role in promoting Iraq War remains

    Originally published: Common Dreams on March 20, 2023 by Brett Wilkins (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Mar 22, 2023)

    “It should not be forgotten that this debacle of death and destruction was not only a profound error of policymaking; it was the result of a carefully executed crusade of disinformation and lies,” said one prominent critic.

  • | Sen Bernie Sanders I Vt speaks on Face the Nation on CBS on February 19 2023 Photo CBSscreenshot | MR Online

    Sanders proposes ‘New Deal for journalism’ to ensure media serves public interest

    Originally published: Common Dreams on February 19, 2023 (more by Common Dreams)  |

    Nonpartisan, publicly funded media is “an idea that we should explore,” said the senator.

  • | Bodies of three people were discovered north of Sacramento California near the site of a large scale wildfire which has left several others seriously injured as rescuers search for more missing persons | MR Online

    Researchers warn of climate ‘doom loop’ as impacts forestall Green Energy transition

    Originally published: Common Dreams on February 16, 2023 by Julia Conley (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Feb 18, 2023)

    “It’s too late to avoid the climate storm altogether,” said a study co-author. “Our ability to steer out of the storm is frustrated by having to manage the impacts of the storm on the ship.”

  • | Former Starbucks CEO considering independent White House bid British Herald | MR Online

    With trumpian claims of cheating, Starbucks demands halt to union elections

    Originally published: Common Dreams on August 15, 2022 by Jake Johnson (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Aug 17, 2022)

    “Unfortunately, it’s now in vogue for the losers of some elections nationwide to attempt to reverse elections by any means they think are necessary,” said Starbucks Workers United.

  • | Joe Biden | MR Online

    Senate urged to block Biden’s pro-privatization nominee for Social Security Board

    Originally published: Common Dreams on July 5, 2022 by Jake Johnson (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jul 09, 2022)

    “The Senate can, and must, block this terrible nomination,” Social Security Works said of the administration’s choice of Andrew Biggs.

  • | Blue Origin Blue Moon | MR Online

    Sanders warns against massive congressional bailout for Bezos space company

    Originally published: Common Dreams on April 22, 2022 by Jake Johnson (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Apr 26, 2022)

    “At a time when over half of the people in this country live paycheck to paycheck,” the Vermont senator wrote, “should we really be providing a multibillion-dollar taxpayer bailout for Bezos to fuel his space hobby?”

  • | A mobile advertising board with a Dont Extradite Assange message outside the Old Bailey London | MR Online

    ‘Journalism is not a crime’: Outrage as Judge approves Assange extradition to U.S.

    Originally published: Common Dreams on April 20, 2022 by Jake Johnson (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Apr 21, 2022)

    “Extraditing Julian Assange to face allegations of espionage for publishing classified information would set a dangerous precedent and leave journalists everywhere looking over their shoulders.”

  • | Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez D NY speaks during an event outside Union Station on June 16 2021 in Washington DC Photo Win McNameeGetty Images | MR Online

    AOC warns failure to cancel student debt has ‘demoralized’ critical voters

    Originally published: Common Dreams on February 15, 2022 (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Feb 17, 2022)

    “This really isn’t a conversation about providing relief to a small, niche group of people,” said the congresswoman. “It’s very much a keystone action politically.” –AOC

  • | From left Kariann Swart Joseph Rosenbaums fiancee Susan Hughes Anthony Hubers great aunt and Hannah Gittings Anthony Hubers girlfriend listen as Kyle Rittenhouse is found not guilty of murder at the Kenosha County Courthouse on November 19 2021 | MR Online

    ‘Saddening, infuriating, and utterly unsurprising’: Rittenhouse acquitted

    Originally published: Common Dreams on November 19, 2021 by Brett Wilkins (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Nov 22, 2021)

    The verdict, said the Huber family, sends the “unacceptable message” that armed vigilantes can “use the danger they have created to justify shooting people in the street.”

  • | Freshly painted banners for the People vs Fossil Fuels protests planned for Oct 11 thru Oct 15 outside the White House The Build Back Fossil Free Coalition is planning the five days of rallies and civil disobedience is calling on the Biden Administration to use its executive authority to declare a climate emergency and immediately stop new fossil fuel projects and crack down on existing production | MR Online

    ‘To change course of history,’ U.S. climate movement takes aim at Biden White House

    Originally published: Common Dreams on October 8, 2021 by Jon Queally (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Oct 12, 2021)

    Five days of direct action and civil disobedience are planned this week to denounce “broken promises” and demand ambitious action against the planetary threat.

  • | Firefighters try to put out a fire as flames spread over a highway on August 5 2021 in northern Athens Greece | MR Online

    ‘Code Red for Humanity’: IPCC report warns window for climate action is closing fast

    Originally published: Common Dreams on August 9, 2021 by Jake Johnson (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Aug 11, 2021)

    The alarm bells are deafening, and the evidence is irrefutable: greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel burning and deforestation are choking our planet and putting billions of people at immediate risk.

  • | Vaccine equity campaigners posing as the leaders of G7 nations tussle over a giant mock syringe on June 11 2021 near Falmouth Cornwall United Kingdom Photo Andrew AitchisonIn Pictures via Getty Images | MR Online

    ‘Little more than a PR gimmick’: Critics say G7 vaccine donation pledges won’t cut it

    Originally published: Common Dreams on June 11, 2021 by Jake Johnson (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jun 12, 2021)

    Public health campaigners estimate that promised donations from rich countries would be enough to cover just 11% of the world’s unvaccinated population.

  • | The body of a Palestinian man named Ahmed Al Shenbari who was killed during an Israeli raid on Beit Hanoun City is taken to a mortuary on May 11 2021 in Gaza Photo Fatima Shbair via Getty Images | MR Online

    Biden budget would send $1.3 billion more to Israeli military than to Global climate programs: Analysis

    Originally published: Common Dreams on May 11, 2021 by Kenny Stancil (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted May 17, 2021)

    A group of anti-war veterans said President Joe Biden’s spending priorities indicate that he thinks “preserving apartheid is more important than fighting climate change.”

  • | Protesters wearing masks and holding up signs at a racial justice protest in Foley Square in New York City on June 2 2020 USA Photo Ira L BlackCorbis via Getty Images | MR Online

    International rights experts condemn U.S. police killings as ‘Crimes Against Humanity’

    Originally published: Common Dreams on April 27, 2021 by Julia Conley (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted May 04, 2021)

    “The world is not only watching, it’s judging.”

  • | Resident Alyssa Medina reacts while looking over the charred remains of her family home during the LNU Lightning Complex fire in Vacaville California on August 23 2020 Photo Josh EdelsonAFP via Getty Images | MR Online

    ‘What stage of capitalism is this?’ Hedge fund $3 billion richer thanks to wager on wildfire insurance claims

    Originally published: Common Dreams on August 24, 2020 by Kenny Stancil (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Aug 28, 2020)

    With over 100,000 people displaced by wildfires raging across California, Baupost Group collected more than $3 billion in July after betting on insurance claims against embattled utility company PG&E.

  • | Protesters march near the Minneapolis 1st police precinct during a demonstration against police brutality and racism on August 24 2020 in Minneapolis Photo Kerem YucelAFP via Getty Images | MR Online

    ‘We Want Justice’: Mass demonstrations and marches erupt Nationwide to protest police shooting of Jacob Blake

    Originally published: Common Dreams on August 25, 2020 by Jake Johnson (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Aug 26, 2020)

    “The video that came out of Kenosha is absolutely horrific. I don’t understand how people can watch it and not be here.”

  • | I was enraged simply because I did not think they were taking their oath of office seriously or they were compromising their oath of office Christopher David the 53 year old disabled Navy veteran shown above being attacked and pepper sprayed by federal police So I actually went down because I wanted to talk to them about it Screenshot via TwitterZane SparlingPDXzane | MR Online

    ‘No tactics… just seemed like a gang’: Navy Veteran speaks out after attack by secret police in viral video viewed nearly 10 million times

    Originally published: Common Dreams on July 20, 2020 by Jon Queally (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jul 21, 2020)

    They just started whaling on me with batons, and I let them,” said Christopher David.

  • | An Amazon employee works in the companys warehouse on Staten Island Photo Johannes Eisele AFP via Getty Images | MR Online

    Whitewashing capitalism

    Originally published: Common Dreams on June 16, 2020 by Tim Koechlin (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jun 20, 2020)

    How ECON 100 obscures the relationships among capitalism, racism and racial inequality.

  • | Residents of Maplewood South Orange and West Orange march on June 13 2020 in South Orange New JerseyProtests continued across the nation for the 19th day in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer Photo ElsaGetty Images | MR Online

    Atlanta Police shoot and kill Rayshard Brooks as protests demanding racial justice continue worldwide

    Originally published: Common Dreams on June 13, 2020 by Jessica Corbett (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jun 15, 2020)

    “This is not the first time a black man has been killed for sleeping,” said Rev. James Woodall, state president of the Georgia NAACP.

  • | President Donald Trump walks away after making a statement in the Rose Garden on June 1 2020 in Washington DC Photo Chip SomodevillaGetty Images | MR Online

    Demands for Trump removal grow as ‘fascist’ speech condemned as declaration of war against U.S. public

    Originally published: Common Dreams on June 2, 2020 (more by Common Dreams)  |

    “Trump needs to be removed now, because after the massacre it will be too late.”

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  • Post-Political Post-Aesthetics
    Marc James Léger | Picasso in Palestine | MR Online

    The universal premises of culture and politics have been subject to criticism from the moment that Enlightenment theories emerged. In postmodern theory, radical skepticism replaces judgement and makes universal speculation seem like either an absurd game or a violent imposition.

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  • The Puzzle of Financialization
    Harry Magdoff | Monthly Review Volume 45 Number 5 October 1993 | MR Online

    In this reprise from October 1993, Henry Magdoff and Paul Sweezy ask: “Isn’t there anyone around here who understands how this capitalist system works?”

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