How the Vietnam and Gaza Wars Shattered Young Illusions About US Leaders

Emerging generations learned that moral concerns about their country’s engagement in faraway wars meant little to policymakers in Washington. by Norman Solomon, Apr 30, 2025 in Common Dreams Eight years before the U.S.-backed regime in South Vietnam collapsed, I stood with high school friends at Manhattan’s Penn Station on the…

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The Real Outrage in Yemen

by Kathy Kelly, Mar 31, 2025 in Common Dreams Beginning in March of 2017 and for the following eight years, at 11:00 a.m. on every Saturday morning, a group of New Yorkers has assembled in Manhattan’s Union Square for “the Yemen vigil.” Their largest banner proclaims: “Yemen is Starving.” Other…

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San Jose transit workers go on historic strike

By Mike Paradela, published in People's World San Jose, Calif.—On Monday, March 10, 1,500 Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 265 members who work in Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) went on strike, the first since the company’s founding in 1973. The ATU and VTA entered negotiations in August. A key concern…

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A Continued Celebration of the Women of San Jose

by Mike Paradela and Christopher Smith. Artistic Credit: Alex Mao Last year, the San Jose Peace and Justice Center wrote an article celebrating the contributions women have made in our city. We would like to continue this by praising even more women and their contributions to humanity, in general, and…

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