Unilateral Sanity Could Save the World
by Norman Solomon
on December 14, 2023
Top American officials in the “national security” establishment are notably good at smooth rhetoric and convenient silences.
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Capitol Hill Interns Accuse Congress Of Suppressing Cease-Fire Demands
by Molly Redden, HuffPost
on December 13, 2023
Congressional interns and fellows released a letter on Monday accusing Congress of having “suppressed and ignored” a tidal wave of constituent support for a permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Gaza conflict.
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Final COP28 Deal Riddled With 'Cavernous Loopholes' for Fossil Fuel Industry
by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
on December 13, 2023
The COP28 climate summit in Dubai ended Wednesday with an agreement that, for the first time, explicitly endorsed a move away from fossil fuels—a weak but historic signal that the oil and gas era may be coming to an end.
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Getting Serious About Halting Israeli Genocide
by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
on December 13, 2023
On Friday, December 8, the UN Security Council met under Article 99 for only the fourth time in the UN’s history.
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The Life-and-Death Cost of Conservative Power
by Paul Starr, The American Prospect
on December 08, 2023
New research shows widening gaps between red and blue states in life expectancy.
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Progressive Group Urges Jon Stewart to Enter Democratic Presidential Primaries
by RootsAction.org
on December 07, 2023
The progressive activist organization RootsAction on Wednesday urged comedian and activist Jon Stewart to challenge President Biden in the Democratic primaries as a way of “opening up the process” at a time when “the activist base of the Democratic Party is widely alienated from the president.”
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For Media Elites, War Criminal Henry Kissinger Was a Great Man
by Norman Solomon
on November 30, 2023
For U.S. mass media, Henry Kissinger’s quip that “power is the ultimate aphrodisiac” rang true. Influential reporters and pundits often expressed their love for him. The media establishment kept swooning over one of the worst war criminals in modern history.
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Second Democrat says he was offered $20M to run against Tlaib
by Melissa Nann Burke, The Detroit News
on November 29, 2023
A second U.S. Senate candidate in Michigan has come forward saying he was offered $20 million by the pro-Israel lobby to switch races and instead mount a primary challenge against Democratic U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Detroit.
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UAE Corruption Beyond Description Means COP28 Is Likely Over Before It Starts
by Bill Mckibben, Common Dreams
on November 29, 2023
We’re still a day or two away from the official start of COP 28 in Dubai, but in some ways it seems over before it began:
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Backing Biden for 2024, Conformist Democrats Have Been in Denial. Now They’re in a Panic.
by Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen
on November 27, 2023
Over the weekend, Politico published the latest in a tidal wave of stories about President Biden’s dwindling prospects for re-election.
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