TOP NEWS: Tensions in Ukraine Show Why 'Nuclear Power Is the Most Dangerous Way to Boil Water'

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV July 06, 2023 Top News Tensions in Ukraine Show Why 'Nuclear Power Is the Most Dangerous Way to Boil Water' "Calling for a no-fire zone around Zaporizhzhia is not enough," said Beyond Nuclear. "We must call for no nuclear power at all." Jessica Corbett 50+ Economists Rebuke Top Dem Senator for Denying Harmful Impacts of US Sanctions "If you truly believe in protecting the human rights of ordinary Cubans and Venezuelans, you should stop leveraging your considerable power in the Senate to maintain the cruel measures that cause profound human suffering." Kenny Stancil Rights Groups Urge Biden to 'Take Decisive Action' After Latest Israeli Attacks Over 70 organizations are imploring the Biden administration to ensure that "not a single dollar of U.S. military aid to Israel" is used to fund human rights crimes against Palestinians. Brett Wilkins Campaigners Crash Labour Leader Starmer's Speech, Demanding End to 'U-Turns' on Green New Deal Keir Starmer then made his "quickest U-turn ever," backing out of talking directly with the protesters about the climate emergency. Julia Conley Corporate Windfall Profits Surge to $1 Trillion a Year as Working People Suffer "Big business is gaslighting us all—they're hiking prices to make monster profits, plundering people under the cover of a polycrisis." Jake Johnson Watchdog Urges Biden to Halt Plan to Supply Ukraine With Cluster Bombs "Rather than add to the chaos and side-step the rules of the global system," said one critic, Biden should clarify that "cluster munitions need not and should not be part of the conflict in Ukraine, or in any war." Kenny Stancil

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