Opinion | How Earth Day Is Being Co-Opted by Corporate Interests
almost 2 years agoSimone Lovera"The winners in this scheme would be destroyers like Bolsonaro and Gates, who seek profit at the expense of some of the most precious forests on the planet," writes Simone Lovera.
Biden's Climate Summit Falls Short: Lofty Words But Where is the Plan? | Common Dreams Newswire
almost 2 years agoWith single-payer bill shelved for the year, Healthy California Now urges Gov. Newsom to lead the way on achieving Medicare for All | Common Dreams Newswire
almost 2 years agoNewsom Directs Agencies to Stop New Fracking Permits By 2024, Skirting Full Ban | Common Dreams Newswire
almost 2 years agoIf Biden Serious About Green Jobs, Sunrise Movement Urges Embrace of AOC-Markey Civilian Climate Corps | Common Dreams News
almost 2 years agoKenny Stancil, staff writerWith a "historic" bill introduced just this week in Congress, campaigners say the president has a chance to pass "the very opportunity he is hopeful for."
At Least 120 Asylum-Seekers Feared Dead in Shipwreck Off Libyan Coast, After Authorities' Inaction | Common Dreams News
almost 2 years agoJulia Conley, staff writerInternational rescue organizations on Friday condemned the inaction of European and Libyan authorities after at least 120 asylum seekers were believed to have drowned off the coast of Libya.
With California Single-Payer Bill Shelved, Advocates Call on Newsom to Take Lead on Medicare for All | Common Dreams News
almost 2 years agoBrett Wilkins, staff writer"The fastest, most direct path to Medicare for All has always gone through the governor," said one single-payer campaigner.Â
Warren and Cleaver Lead Introduction of 'Historic' Bill to Address US Housing Crisis | Common Dreams News
almost 2 years agoJessica Corbett, staff writer"It's time to stop nibbling around the edges and, instead, pass this big, bold proposal," said the Massachusetts Democrat.
California Pledges to End Oil and Gas Production by 2045 | Common Dreams Newswire
almost 2 years agoOpinion | The Pandemic Has Shown Pfizer Is Obsessed With Profits—Not Saving Lives
almost 2 years agoNick Dearden"Pfizer's obsession with maximizing its profits during the pandemic is in keeping with its troubling record," writes Nick Dearden, of Global Justice Now. "But there is no reason big pharma companies should remain in the driving seat."
California's New Fossil Fuel Pledge 'Significant' But Still a 'Half-Measure,' Say Climate Advocates | Common Dreams News
almost 2 years agoKenny Stancil and Jessica Corbett, staff writers"The challenge now is to speed up the timeline so that it meets the urgency that science and justice demand."
To 'Honor the Victims' of 20th Century Atrocity, Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide | Common Dreams News
almost 2 years agoJon Queally, staff writer"This principled stand represents a powerful setback to Turkey's century-long obstruction of justice for this crime and its ongoing hostility and aggression against the Armenian people," says Aram Hamparian of the Armenian National Committee of America.
Opinion | The New Cold War U.S.-Japanese Summit: Containing China and Reinforcing Hegemony
almost 2 years agoJoseph Gerson"The existential truth," writes Joseph Gerson, "is that the U.S. and China are caught in the Thucydides Trap, the historic pattern of inevitable tension between rising and declining powers that have too often climaxed in catastrophic wars." In this informed and crucial read, Gerson argues such conflict and war must be avoided.
Opinion | If Joe Biden Is Truly a 'Union Guy' He Must Strike Dead the Taft-Hartley Monster
almost 2 years agoRalph Nader"Given the entrenched deprivations of workers and abandonment of labor to serf-labor countries abroad," asks Ralph Nader, "is Joe Biden pro-union-labor enough, apart from the temporary Covid-19 relief? The answer has to be a qualified, NO."
'Utterly Disgusting': Big Pharma Lobby Blitz Against Vaccine Patent Waivers Denounced | Common Dreams News
almost 2 years agoJon Queally, staff writer"Newly filed disclosure forms from the first quarter of 2021" reveal that "over 100 lobbyists have been mobilized to contact lawmakers and members of the Biden administration, urging them to oppose a proposed temporary waiver" of Covid-19 patent protections at the WTO. The move was decried as grotesque "pandemic profiteering" by at least one public health advocate.
Opinion | We Must Fight for Economic and Social Rights and Against the Shackles of Debt
almost 2 years agoAllison Corkery, Ignacio Saiz, and Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky"The harms to human dignity caused by over-indebtedness—whether individual or public—must be understood as a consequence of unjust policies which violate human rights."
Opinion | Was 'Fake News' a Natural Outcome of Our 'Give the People What They Want' Corporate Media System?
almost 2 years agoMario A. MurilloWhere did all this "fake news" coming from and can it be defeated by a new media model based in public interest?
Opinion | It's Time To Destroy the Sick and Twisted Plans of American Maskholes
almost 2 years agoThom Hartmann"If Trump, Fox and the GOP can convince the people who follow them that they shouldn't get vaccines," aruges Thom Hartmann, "they can prevent President Biden from getting this pandemic under control."