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  • | Young organizers hold up a banner celebrating the Green New Deal for Schools Summer Camp 2023 Photo Sunrise Movement | MR Online

    U.S. High Schoolers launch Green New Deal for ‘Our Schools and Our Futures’

    Originally published: Common Dreams on September 25, 2023 by Olivia Rosane (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Sep 27, 2023)

    “Public schools belong to us, and we know we deserve better,” said a Sunrise Movement organizer and the youngest school board member in Idaho.

  • | A CalFire firefighter watches as the Rabbit Fire spreads on July 14 2023 Photo Jon PutmanSOPA ImagesLightRocket via Getty Images | MR Online

    New study identifies United States as ‘Planet-Wrecker-in-Chief’

    Originally published: Common Dreams on September 12, 2023 by Jake Johnson (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Sep 18, 2023)

    Planned fossil fuel expansion in the U.S. accounts for more than a third of new oil and gas extraction projects set to begin through 2050, according to Oil Change International.

  • | Bernie Sanders | MR Online

    Bernie Sanders champions ’32-hour work week with no loss in pay’

    Originally published: Common Dreams on September 5, 2023 by Jon Queally (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Sep 07, 2023)

    “Needless to say, changes that benefit the working class of our country are not going to be easily handed over by the corporate elite. They have to be fought for—and won.”

  • | President Joe Biden | MR Online

    In speech on extreme heat, Biden makes no mention of what’s driving it: Fossil fuels

    Originally published: Common Dreams on July 27, 2023 (more by Common Dreams)  |

    “Real relief won’t come until Biden confronts the culprit of deadly oil and gas,” said one campaigner.

  • | Methane gas is flared off during a drilling operation in the Permian Basin oil field on March 12 2022 in Stanton Texas Photo Joe RaedleGetty Images | MR Online

    Study shows methane leaks put climate risk from gas ‘on par with coal’

    Originally published: Common Dreams on July 13, 2023 by Kenny Stancil (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jul 15, 2023)

    If fracked gas leaks, even a little, “it’s as bad as coal,” said the lead author. “It can’t be considered a good bridge, or substitute.”

  • | A cluster bomb capsule is seen on the ground amid the Russia Ukraine war at the frontline city of Avdiivka Ukraine on March 23 2023 Photo Andre Luis AlvesAnadolu Agency via Getty ImagesCommon Dreams | MR Online

    Cluster bomb opponents ‘appalled’ by Biden becision to send banned weapons to Ukraine

    Originally published: Common Dreams on July 7, 2023 by Jake Johnson (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jul 08, 2023)

    President Joe Biden has reportedly given final approval for the transfer of U.S. cluster munitions to Ukraine, ignoring warnings from human rights groups and progressive lawmakers who underscored the indiscriminate weapons’ devastating impacts on civilians immediately upon use and far into the future.

  • | A man tries to cool off in New Delhi India on May 23 2023 Photo Kabir JhangianiNurPhoto via Getty Images | MR Online

    Planet Earth is ‘quite sick’: 7 of 8 boundaries for safe and just world already breached, study says

    Originally published: Common Dreams on June 1, 2023 by Kenny Stancil (more by Common Dreams)  | (Posted Jul 06, 2023)

    “Nothing less than a just global transformation… is required to ensure human well-being,” researchers wrote.

  • | M220 TOW Missile | MR Online

    The Second Cold War is more dangerous than the first

    Originally published: Common Dreams on April 2, 2023 (more by Common Dreams)  |

    Americans have to ask themselves: Is it worth risking nuclear war—and an apocalyptic nuclear winter—for no loftier purpose than to maintain their country’s violently enforced grasp of overwhelming global power?

  • | 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.

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