by Caitlin Johnstone November 29, 2024 This civilization is built upon the practice of continuously hiding inconvenient truths out of sight and out of mind. An entire empire held together by compartmentalization and avoidance. Inconvenient truths are hidden from us in many different ways. They are hidden from our minds…
by Julia Conley in Common Dreams, November 21, 2024 After widespread condemnation of 52 U.S. House Democrats who joined the GOP last week in backing a bill that would threaten nonprofit groups, there was significantly less support among Democratic members for the legislation on Thursday—but civil society groups denounced those…
"Every nonprofit across the spectrum of human rights and progressive values is up in arms, begging Democrats to overcome their greed and their spite, and not to hand President-elect Trump the ability to destroy any nonprofit he dislikes with the flick of a pen," wrote one campaigner. Eloise Goldsmith in…
November 19, 2024...Statement from CODEPINK, World Beyond War, Veterans for Peace, End Wars Working Group of Progressive Democrats of America, and Peace in Ukraine Coalition: We denounce President Biden’s decision to approve long-range missile strikes–already underway–deep inside Russia. Biden’s reckless decision ignores Pentagon advice against such long-range strikes, thereby escalating tensions…
Here’s some thinking about ways to orient so we can ground ourselves better for these times ahead. Daniel Hunter Nov 10, 2024 Waging Nonviolence It’s important we squarely face U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s victory and what there is to do about it. Trump has already signaled the kind of president…
by Jessica Corbett on Common Dreams Rights advocates want the president to fulfill his "long-standing commitment to turn the page on the 9/11 era by closing this shameful site of torture and indefinite detention." U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday faced pressure from legal groups to accept a military judge's…
With the election results in CODEPINK’s demands and goals remain the same: We want an end to all wars, occupations and genocides. We want justice for the people of the world and for the planet. We will continue organizing to that end. We are not filled with despair, but immense…
by Emma Claire for Defuse Nuclear War In Southern California at 11:45pm on Election Day, Nov. 5, activists will gather near Vandenberg Space Force Base to witness and protest the test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). During such tests, which occur several times a year, the weapons are launched…
YES on Prop 6: Prop 6 would ban forced prison labor, prohibit prisons from punishing incarcerated people who seek rehabilitation over forced labor, and amend the State Constitution to read "Slavery and Involuntary Servitude are Prohibited”. NO on Prop 36: Prop 36 expands on the misleading claim that California is…
by Brett Wilkins in Common Dreans The world's nations must commit to dramatically slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the near future or risk a "catastrophic" rise in global average temperatures, a key United Nations climate report published Thursday warned. "It is still technically possible to meet the 1.5°C goal" set…
