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Jake Johnson
Jake Johnson is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
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Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner calls for ethnic cleansing of Gaza to ‘Finish the Job’
Kushner, who served as a key Middle East adviser to Trump, said that Gaza’s “waterfront property could be very valuable” and urged Israel to “clean it up.” Continue reading »
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‘Devastating’: wife of imprisoned journalist Julian Assange mourns death of Alexei Navalny
“Navalny was an opposition figure, but his investigative journalism exposed the corruption of the ruling elites in Russia,” said Stella Assange. Continue reading »
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“Are They ‘Hamas’?” 12,300 children killed by Israeli forces in Gaza
Gruesome new data shows that kids make up around 43% of the death toll from Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip. Continue reading »
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2023 destroys global heat record as fossil fuel emissions boil the planet
“How many more records does it take before we phase out fossil fuels and deal with it?” asked one climate campaigner. Continue reading »
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Nations urged to back ICJ case against Israel after experts confirm genocide underway
“How many more alarm bells have to ring and how many more civilians must unlawfully suffer or be killed before governments take action?” asked one human rights expert. Continue reading »
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‘Apocalyptic’ horror in Gaza called ‘total failure of our shared humanity’
“How is it that these atrocities are beamed across the world for all to witness, and yet so little is done to stop them?” Continue reading »
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Analysis exposes big oil disinformation efforts ahead of COP28
“Digital platforms continue to provide vested fossil fuel actors with a cheap and easy way to disinform the public about climate change,” said one campaigner. Continue reading »
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Pulitzer prize-winning Hersh: evidence US behind Nord Stream Pipeline sabotage
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a story Wednesday alleging that the United States was behind the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline system last year, citing a source “with direct knowledge of the operational planning.” Continue reading »
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‘A moral and political disgrace’: Just 11 Senators vote no on $858 billion military budget
“At a time when we spend more than the next 11 nations combined on defence, we should invest in healthcare, jobs, housing, and education—not more weapons of destruction,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Continue reading »
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US’s high Covid death rate mark the dark side of American exceptionalism
The US’s high Covid-19 death rate can be attributed at least in part to structural barriers and a for-profit healthcare system. Continue reading »
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DC’s Doomsday scenario: is America on the road to dictatorship?
Warnings of the collapse of a democratic US are growing. A second Trump term may spawn a leader in his vein to bring order to the chaos he creates. Continue reading »
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Richest 1% takes 38% of global wealth while bottom half gets 2%
Global inequities in wealth and income are as great today as they were at the peak of Western imperialism in the early 20th century. Continue reading »
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Rich countries blamed for ‘avoidable’ new Covid variant
‘Allowing new variants to emerge and spread, 13 months into the vaccine era, is a policy choice by the rich world.’ Continue reading »
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Biden urged to fight big pharma’s vaccine greed at key WTO meeting
Joe Biden must make sure those at WTO talks next week endorse a plan to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents to help end the pandemic. Continue reading »
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‘Obscene’: Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna rake in $5.4 million an hour
A few companies are making huge profits off COVID-19 vaccines while just 2 per cent of people in low-income countries have been fully vaccinated. Continue reading »
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EU, UK under fire for opposing a vaccine patent waiver due to Big Pharma lobbying
Rich nations’ refusal to take on the pharmaceutical industry could ‘prolong the pandemic indefinitely’, warned one campaigner. Continue reading »
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A year and 3.5 million deaths later, ‘greed is triumphing over human life’ in vaccine fight
‘How many more people must die needlessly before countries do the right thing and support the lifting of patent restrictions, so COVID-19 vaccines, tests, and treatments can be produced worldwide?’ Continue reading »
