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In defense of media and democracy: The inspiring work and life of my friend Robert W. McChesney
Just like Tom Paine, and until the very end, Bob saw hope in the people who were rising up and demanding a future defined by their humanity, as opposed to corporate power.
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“The target is unmistakable”: The shooting of Gaza’s children
American doctors who volunteered in Gaza report witnessing a disturbing pattern of children being shot by Israeli snipers.
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Halt Indonesia’s slide into military dictatorship
Repeal the authoritarian TNI law before it’s too late!
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Progressive Movement mourns loss of beloved media scholar Robert McChesney
“The world of media scholarship, journalists far and wide, and anyone who cares about a free press, a functioning democracy, and a better world has suffered a tremendous loss,” said Common Dreams’ managing editor.
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Senate Intelligence Committee hearing turns ugly with McCarthy-style lies about CODEPINK: Women for Peace
On March 25, at the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on global threats with the five heads of intelligence agencies of the U.S. government, Senator Tom Cotton, accused on national TV a group I have worked with for over 20 years, CODEPINK: Women for Peace, of being funded by the Communist Party of China.
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It took an Oscar winner’s ordeal for the World to see the truth of Settler violence
Imagine a group of a dozen armed men storming your village at nightfall. They assault you and your neighbours, throw stones at your house, beat you. If you try to defend yourself, or document the violence, they attack you. When the military arrives, they detain you. Some of them join in with the violence. This harrowing scene is not a story from Tsarist Russia or Jim Crow America. Last Monday, this was exactly what occurred in the Palestinian village of Susya in the occupied West Bank.
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What is Esencia and what will happen to Puerto Rico if this is constructed?
Esencia is a massive $2 billion colonial development project aiming to seize over 2,000 acres of land, spanning three miles of beaches in Punta Melones, Cabo Rojo, by 2028.
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What Rodolfo Walsh would demand we write in his place: The Thirteenth Newsletter (2025)
As attacks on the media increase in Argentina and beyond, we reflect on the legacy of Rodolfo Walsh, a heroic journalist who fought the military dictatorship with his pen.
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European militarism on steroids is not good, either
Lacking in any strategic thinking, a new bellicism has swept up the elites and gone into cataclysmic overdrive in recent weeks.
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The U.S. hypocrisy about Israel’s nuclear weapons must stop
An extraordinary three-part series on Israeli television, The Atom and Me, lays out how the country got its nuclear weapons.
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Israel kills Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat as U.S. media look away
The Israeli military killed Hossam Shabat, a 23-year-old Palestinian journalist and correspondent for Al Jazeera and Drop Site News, on Monday, March 24.
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Federal Agents arrest Tufts student as part of crackdown on pro-Palestine speech
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen on a student visa, was targeted by pro-Israel groups for co-authoring an op-ed calling for Tufts to divest from Israel
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Trump threatens 25% tariff on Countries buying Venezuelan oil as U.S. continues migrant crackdown
The White House said it planned to once again invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to extradite Venezuelan nationals.
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In complying with Trump’s demands to crack down on free speech, Columbia confesses that money, not education, is its goal
Columbia University quickly rolled over for the Trump administration’s demands to suppress pro-Palestinian protests, pulling back the thin veil of liberal academic freedom.
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Betar: The far-Right hate group helping Trump deport Israel’s critics
A far-right, pro-Israel group with a history of support for terror and genocide is working closely with the Trump administration, preparing dossiers on thousands of pro-Palestine figures it wants deported from the United States.
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From Hawai’i: To the U.S., we’re a giant military station
Increasing militarization of the Pacific continues to cause tension inside and outside the region. In Hawai‘i, where the U.S. Navy’s Pacific fleet is stationed, Indigenous rights advocates have fought for decades against expansive military occupation and use of their lands and surrounding ocean.
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Trump’s attacks on Yemen will cost U.S. taxpayers billions
The immense cost to U.S. taxpayers of Trump’s assault on Yemen, which promises no results and primarily serves Israel’s interests, could easily reach the tens of billions at the current pace, especially considering the intensity of operations is much greater than under his predecessor.
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Palestinian Oscar winner missing after being severely beaten by Israeli settlers
Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the Oscar-winning ‘No Other Land’, returned from Los Angeles three weeks ago.
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U.S. officials’ planned visit to Greenland is inappropriate: Denmark
If they don’t clearly condemn the U.S. treatment of Greenland, the situation will escalate every day, President Egede warned.
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The Pentagon is recruiting Elon Musk to help them win a nuclear war
Donald Trump has announced his intention to build a gigantic anti-ballistic missile system to counter Chinese and Russian nuclear weapons, and he is recruiting Elon Musk to help him.