by Sara Awad in Truthout May 10, 2026 In Gaza, motherhood does not exist separately from fear. It unfolds inside it — even now, during what is called a ceasefire. I think about this when I speak to my mother from a distance. I try to picture her day as…
By Caitlin Johnstone from Caitlin's Newsletter, March 24, 2026 There’s another giant “No Kings” protest scheduled for this weekend, and right now all I can think about is how disgusting it is that this is the closest thing to a mass-scale antiwar protest in the United States right now. The…
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies, January 23, 2026 in Common Dreams At the opening ceremony for Donald Trump’s so-called Board of Peace in Davos, Jared Kushner unveiled glossy images of his vision for a “new Gaza”: shining apartment towers, luxury developments, and sweeping views of the Mediterranean. There were…
By Ramzy Baroud in Common Dreams, December 31, 2025 Suppose we accept the fiction that none of us expected Israel to launch a full-scale genocide in Gaza—a premeditated campaign to erase the Strip and exterminate a significant portion of its inhabitants. Let us pretend that nearly 80 years of relentless…
What if Gaza agrees to surrender its weapons? Will Israel leave the Palestinians alone? Will the prospects of a just peace and Palestinian freedom increase exponentially? By Ramzy Baroud in Common Dreams, December 14, 2025 US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” is reportedly set to be announced before the…
by Mike Paradela Watch a video of the event here. Thank you for giving me the honor and the opportunity to speak on this most important day. We are all gathered here today to remember the origins of Veterans’ Day — Armistice Day. A day to warn against the horrors…
On June 5th 2024, students, alumni and one student reporter from Stanford University were arrested in a sit-in of then-President Richard Saller’s office in protest of Stanford’s complicity with Israel’s genocide in Palestine. Now, 11 of them have been indicted on two grand jury charges, making them the first out of…
by Julia Conley in Common Dreams, October 7, 2025 Tuesday marked two years since the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that killed more than 1,100 people and provoked the Israeli military’s slaughter of over 67,000 Palestinians in Gaza, and a new report provides an accounting of the United States’ support…
by Ismail Salahuddin in Middle East Monitor, Sept 14, 2025 In an age where our phones glow with the endless stream of breaking news, short videos, and curated feeds, genocide itself has been transformed into consumable content. We live not simply in an era of wars but in what might…
"Israel has lost the support of the world, including the American people," said policy analyst Jeffrey Sachs. By Stephen Prager, Common Dreams, August 20, 2025 As the US backs Israel's plans to occupy Gaza and expand illegal settlements in the West Bank, a solid majority of Americans say the world…
