COMMON DREAMS

 

'Crucial Moment in History': ICJ Orders Israel to Prevent Acts of Genocide in Gaza

"One thing has been made clear on the world stage: There is vastly documented evidence that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians," said the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/watch-live-international-court-of-justice-delivers-ruling-in-israel-genocide-case

25 GOP Governors 'Stand With Texas' in Defying Supreme Court at Border

One columnist said Gov. Greg Abbott's defiance was the "greatest threat to federal authority since the South's 'massive resistance' in the 1950s and '60s" to the high court ruling that mandated school integration.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/25-gop-govs-texas-border

Biden Urged to Take 'Control of the Texas National Guard' as State Defies Supreme Court

Rep. Joaquin Castro, a Texas Democrat, accused Gov. Greg Abbott of "using the Texas National Guard to obstruct and create chaos at the border."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/texas-defies-supreme-court-border

LOUISIANA CANCER ALLEY! 

'Major Blow': Trump-Appointed Judge Bars EPA From Enforcing Civil Rights Protections

"Instead of fixing the discriminatory permitting programs that have created sacrifice zones like Cancer Alley, Louisiana is fighting tooth and nail to keep them in place," said one advocate.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/epa-civil-rights


AIPAC, THE WELL FUNDED ANTI-DEMOCRACY ORGANIZATION BUYS SUPPORT!

Backed by AIPAC, 62 Dems Join GOP in Condemning Genocide Case Against Israel

AIPAC is the top campaign contributor to Reps. Chris Smith and Kathy Manning, the leaders of a new letter denouncing South Africa's International Court of Justice case.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/aipac-south-africa-israel


REPUBLICANS PUT THE SENILE pRESIDENT ON AN UNDESERVED PEDESTAL IGNORING DAMAGE THAT HE & CIA DIRECTOR VP CAUSED!

Reports Expose Deep Harms of Corporate Tax Cuts and 'Trickle 

Down' Ideology

"Failing to reimagine a more ambitious and comprehensive use of corporate tax policy prevents us from achieving a more equitable, sustainable, and democratic economy."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/corporate-tax-cuts-children

UAW Chief Says Billionaires—Not Migrants—Are Real Threat to Working Class

"In reality, we're all on the same side of the war against the working class," Shawn Fain said in a wide-ranging speech on Monday.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/uaw-president-immigration-class-war

ROBOCALLS

'Political Deepfake Moment Is Here': NH Robocall Sounds Like Biden

"The New Hampshire deepfake is a reminder of the many ways that deepfakes can sow confusion and perpetuate fraud," said one critic.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/joe-biden-deepfake

US Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Silence Palestinian Rights Advocacy

This marks the third straight time a federal court has dismissed a case targeting the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights' support for the 2018-19 Great March of Return protests in Gaza.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/u-s-campaign-for-palestinian-rights

ICJ Ruling on Genocide Presents 'Political Dilemma' for Biden

It’s a tool in the campaigns for cease-fire now underway around the world. But will the President of the United States pick it up?

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/biden-dilemma-gaza-genocide

Democracy Cannot Thrive Without Thriving Labor Unions

With voting rights under attack, it is hard not to see the decline of labor unions as an enabling factor in the erosion of America’s democratic institutions.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/labor-union-democracy

In Gaza We Are Witnessing the 21st Century Version of How the West Was Won

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/gaza-21st-century-colonialism

In a terrible historical irony, Israel has been caught and is paying the price for holding the European colonial bag.

Pensions Are Voting Against Climate Action―and That Needs to Change

Even in states with financial officers that purport to care about sustainability, way too many pensions are failing to push the companies they invest in to align with global climate goals.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/pension-funds-climate-action

The Left Has a Great Story to Share About Alternatives to Capitalism—But Sucks at Telling It

If we are to expect the frustrated and badly battered working-class people to turn their backs on the false promises of the far right and join instead the struggle for a more humane order based on socialist ideals and values, we need to take winning hearts and minds much more seriously.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/left-alternatives-to-capitalism

In Gaza, the West Is Enabling the Most Transparent Genocide in Human History

This is extraordinary because the states supporting Israel, above all the United States, have claimed the high moral and legal ground and lectured the states of the Global South about the importance of the rule of law.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/west-enabling-genocide-gaza