COMMON DREAMS: Week in Review: Who Is Itching for Wider War?

 

As Biden Bombs Syria and Iraq, 80 Groups Push Gaza Cease-Fire to Avert Wider War

"We urge you to prioritize diplomatic pathways to de-escalation, which must include urgently pressing for and securing a permanent cease-fire in Gaza," the groups said in a letter to the president.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-syria-iraq

To End 'Nightmare' in Gaza, Sanders Moves to Block Funding for Israeli Weapons

"Twenty-seven thousand dead—two-thirds of them women and children," said the senator. "This is unacceptable."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-israel-funding

Israel Bombed Belgian Aid Office in Gaza After Nation Refused to Halt UNRWA Funding

"This is a direct result of the impunity Washington has provided Israel," said one analyst.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-belgium-unrwa

House Dems Urge Biden to 'Swiftly' Appoint Postal Board Governors

"Five price hikes since 2020, continual service delivery problems, and constant declines in mail volume are all indicators that the business model of the Postal Service needs careful attention."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/postal-board-of-governors

Judge Rejects US Complicity Case, But Urges Biden to Examine 'Unflagging' Support for Israel

An attorney for the group representing the plaintiffs said it is "unprecedented and damning that a federal court has all but affirmed that Israel is committing a genocide" with U.S. support.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/judge-us-complicity-israel

Arizona GOP Bill Would Let Legislators Overrule Voters in Presidential Elections

"This is a full sound-the-alarm moment for American democracy," said one critic.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/arizona-fake-electors

Rooftop Solar Champions Ask California Supreme Court to Reverse Corporate Giveaway

“The commission shrugged off California's climate goals, put rooftop solar's benefits further out of reach of working-class families, and gave another gift to corporate utilities," said one climate advocate.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/rooftop-solar-california

'Rule-of-Law Western Style': Israeli Assassination Squad Kills Three in Jenin Hospital

Ibn Sina hospital's medical director said the Palestinian men were "executed in cold blood."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-jenin-hospital

We Ignore the Ongoing Collapse of American Democracy at Our Peril

Fascism can happen here and we know this because it is happening here. And unless more people wake up and fight back, it will be too late.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/fascism-threatens-democracy-in-us

Americans, Dead Inside, Can Still Feel Trump

What have we done to deserve having the world's ugliest infection decomposing inside of us? You can't kill it with antibiotics, can't severe its grip with the rusty blade of politics, or scrape it off with a chunk of coarse sand paper.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/the-secret-of-trumps-appeal

The US Toppling of Imran Khan

Covert regime change strikes again. This time in Pakistan.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-ouster-of-imran-khan

Wall Street Strikes Again With Mass Media Layoffs

There is one real solution to creating a modicum of job stability: Taming Wall Street’s greed.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/wall-street-media-layoffs

Mitch McConnell’s Plan to Sabotage Social Security From Within

Andrew Biggs, the senator’s pick to serve on the Social Security Advisory Board, is an enemy of the popular program.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/mitch-mcconnell-social-security

What We Can Learn From Trees

They are our ancestral model for cooperative, non-violent, and sustainable communities.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/learn-from-trees

The UN Climate Talks Have Been Disastrous—Yet We Need Them!

The COPs are easily dismissed as “blah blah blah.” But they are, in a word, necessary.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/un-climate-talks-necessary-evil

Pro-Israel Perspectives Dominate Gaza Debate at Major US Papers

The opinion pages of The New York Times and Washington Post leaned heavily toward a conversation led by Israeli interests and concerns.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/israeli-perspectives-dominate-gaza-debate

27,000 Dead, But Toledo Still Not Ready to Call for a Cease-Fire in Gaza

It’s only a rare opportunity to exhibit political courage for the sake of humanity.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/toledo-cease-fire-gaza

Why the Market—Not to Mention the Billionaires—Cannot Save Journalism

This isn’t just a journalism crisis: it’s a democracy crisis. And it’s a problem that we must collectively confront as a society.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/billionaires-cannot-save-journalism

Down With the Corporate Price-Gougers Ripping Us Off!

It's just inflation, folks, this greed is all around us each and every day from these profit-seeking monsters.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/corporate-greed-inflation-price-gouging

What If Lawless GOP Lawmakers in the House Refuse to Certify the 2024 Election?

This is what it looks like if Trump loses at the ballot box, but Republicans do next time what enough of them refused to do last time.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/if-gop-refuse-to-certify-election-in-2024

Why We Also Need a Ceasefire in Ukraine

It's 2024. It's time for less empty cheerleading and more compassionate realism. It's time to call for a ceasefire, end the bloodshed, and work for a negotiated end to the war.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/ukraine-needs-ceasefire

64 Years Ago Today - How Four College Students Started a Revolution

Those who decided to take action in 1960 changed the course of history. That's how change is made.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/1960-lunch-counter-sit-in

US Attacks on the ICJ Are a Declaration of Empire

They should not be seen simply as “pro-Israel” sentiment, but instead as part of a broader effort to undermine international law in order to give the United States free rein in pursuing its policy objectives.

https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-icj-empire