Tuesday, February 27, 2024

COMMON DREAMS: Top News: Aaron Bushnell Set Himself on Fire Saying 'Free Palestine'

 




NYT 'Reviewing' Israeli Reporter Who Liked Gaza 'Slaughterhouse' Post

"This is honestly veering on journalistic malpractice and The New York Times owes its readers an explanation," said one editor.

After Setting Himself on Fire, US Airman Aaron Bushnell Dies Declaring 'Free Palestine'

"Many of us like to ask ourselves, 'What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?' The answer is, you're doing it."

FTC and State AGs Sue to Block Kroger-Albertsons 'Mega Merger'

"By suing to block the Kroger-Albertsons merger, the FTC is keeping grocery bills down and workers in their jobs," said one anti-monopoly campaigner.

By Jake Johnson


Denmark Finds 'Deliberate Sabotage' of Nord Stream—But Ends Probe With No Charges

The country is the second U.S. ally in the past month to end an investigation into the pipeline explosions.

By Julia Conley



UN Chief Says 'Rules of War' Being Disregarded From Ukraine to Gaza

"Today's warmongers cannot erase the clear lesson of the past," said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. "Protecting human rights protects us all."

By Jake Johnson


One Month Later, Israel Has 'Simply Ignored' ICJ Ruling and Continued to Starve Gazans

A new report by Human Rights Watch accuses the Israeli government of defying the International Court of Justice's order to ensure the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.

By Jake Johnson




Opinion


Bezos’ Move Isn’t an Argument for Not Taxing Local Billionaires

Right-wing harrumphing about the foolishness of raising taxes on the rich rests on a relative handful of high-profile anecdotes that profoundly distort the actual tax-the-rich story.

By Sam Pizzigati


What Ants Can Teach Us About Empathy

The lie of natural selection overlooks the truth of survival through cooperation.

By Richard Eskow


Reassembling the Scattered Majority to Defend Democracy

Reconstituting democratic community requires an affirmative alternative to demagogic recidivism that advances an ethos of equality, diversity, inclusion, fairness, tolerance, commonweal, liberty, rights, lawfulness, nonviolence, and deliberation.

By Robert Ivie


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