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Jake Johnson
Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
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‘Rank dishonesty’: Internal docs detail how Blinken rejected calls to cut off US arms to Israel
“The Biden administration is not only complicit in genocide. It’s knowingly complicit,” said one analyst. Continue reading »
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For-profit US healthcare system — once again — ranks dead last among its peers
“Our private, profit-driven system means that we are paying more for less,” said one progressive activist. Continue reading »
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Gaza officials publish list of those killed in Israeli assault. The first 14 pages are babies
“This is a genocide of children,” said Heba Gowayed, a sociology professor at the City University of New York’s Hunter College. Continue reading »
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How long can US lawmakers ignore these images of child carnage in Gaza?
“A healthy conscience can’t simply ignore the mutilated bodies of tens of thousands of dead Palestinian children,” said one human rights activist. Continue reading »
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UN expert says impunity for Israel must end as ‘Genocidal Violence’ spreads to West Bank
“Apartheid Israel is targeting Gaza and the West Bank simultaneously, as part of an overall process of elimination, replacement, and territorial expansion,” said United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese. Continue reading »
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Maduro slams attempted ‘Coup against Venezuela’ as far-right cries fraud
One political scientist argued that “doubts about Venezuela’s elections appear less as concerns that the people’s voice will not be heard, than that it will.” Continue reading »
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UN probe finds Israel guilty of ‘Extermination,’ torture, and other war crimes in Gaza
“Israel must immediately stop its military operations and attacks in Gaza, including the assault on Rafah,” said the chair of the United Nations commission behind the investigation. Continue reading »
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US reportedly working to stop ICC from issuing arrest warrant for Netanyahu
“There is absolutely no reason for Biden to be involved in this,” said one analyst. “But once again, Biden steps in to protect Netanyahu from the consequences of the war crimes he commits.” Continue reading »
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UN rights chief demands international probe of mass graves near Gaza hospitals
“Hospitals are entitled to very special protection under international humanitarian law,” said Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights. Continue reading »
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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 »
