As the US Empire Falls, We Must Take Care of Each Other

Americans have a hard road ahead of us working to create a future that is more humane and just, for ourselves and future generations. By Nate Gilliam in Common Dreams, January 28, 2025 Days before taking office, President Donald Trump and his wife Melania launched their own cryptocurrency. His organization…

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Trump Won: Now What?

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…

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CodePink’s Statement on the Election

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…

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AIPAC Hijacks Rep. Cori Bush’s Race–and Our Elections

by Medea Benjamin Common Dreams Representative Cori Bush, a progressive black woman from St. Louis, Missouri who is a member of “the Squad” in the U.S. House and has been a powerful voice in Congress for poor people, women’s rights, healthcare, housing–and Palestine—just lost her primary because pro-Israel lobby groups…

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Maduro Victory Shows Democratic Bolivarian Socialism Continues in Venezuela

by Professor Jodi Dean, published in Common Dreams, July 30, 2024 Shortly before midnight on 28 July, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that — with 80 percent of the over 20 million votes counted — the trend was irreversible: Nicolás Maduro had been re-elected president of Venezuela. According to…

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SJ City Council Should Not Ban Public Input via Zoom

Starting on February 6, 2024, the City of San José has limited verbal public comments to in-person only for all meetings of City legislative bodies, which include the City Council, Council Committees, City Decision-Making Bodies, City Boards, City Committees, City Commissions, Task Forces, City Other Advisory Entities subject to the…

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Are US National Security Policies Counterproductive?

Reports in the US media about either verbal or violent attacks upon the US rarely include background to help a reader to understand what might motivate such attacks. There are hundred, probably thousands, of cases where US government officials have secretly opposed democracy at home and abroad, though you wouldn't…

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Elsa Crumpley: Must learn from events of last century

Opinion: Friday January 21, 2011 Must learn from events of last century Elsa Crumpley – My Word RECENT EVENTS in Tucson, Ariz., recall for me some of the most terrifying events in my life. From 1932 to 1936, as I attended Brooklyn College in New York, students learned current history…

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