COMMON DREAMS: Week in Review: The 'Flour Massacre' and US Complicity

Saturday, March 2, 2024 ■ The Week in Review Just Two US Lawmakers Sign International Statement Demanding Arms Embargo on Israel "We will not be complicit in Israel's grave violation of international law," reads a statement backed by more than 200 legislators from 13 countries. By Jake Johnson • Mar 2, 2024 US Blocks Security Council Statement Condemning IDF Killing of Gazans Seeking Aid Israel is "responsible for creating catastrophic conditions that led to yesterday's killings," said Omar Shakir of Human Rights Watch. By Jake Johnson • Mar 1, 2024 As Supreme Court Takes Trump Immunity Case, Clarence Thomas Urged to Recuse Critics also suggested that by hearing the case, the justices are trying to "buy him time to retake the White House." By Jessica Corbett • Feb 28, 2024 'Good Riddance': McConnell to Step Down as Senate GOP Leader "One of the worst people to ever serve in office. He will be remembered for all the wrong things." By Julia Conley • Feb 28, 2024 $400,000 Per Missile? Sanders Rips War Profiteers 'Fleecing' US Taxpayers "Congress must put an end to this form of corporate welfare," the senator said, arguing that one new way to do that involves reviving an old policy. By Brett Wilkins • Feb 27, 2024 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. By Jessica Corbett • Feb 26, 2024 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." By Brett Wilkins • Feb 26, 2024 VIEW ALL NEWS SUPPORT COMMON DREAMS TODAY Independent news is more important than ever. DONATE TODAY ■ Opinion Majority of Americans Agree: Instead of Cuts, Rich Should Pay Fair Share to Protect Social Security Polling shows that 92% of voters, and 94% of Republican voters, reject the idea of cutting Social Security to reduce the national debt. Yet that’s what Republican politicians want to do. But there's a better way. By John Larson,Nancy J. Altman • Mar 2, 2024 The Insurance Industry Can Doom Us, or Help Save Us All If insurance companies updated their policies and refused to insure new fossil fuel projects like the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, there would be no new oil pipelines, liquefied natural gas terminals, or dirty coal mines. By Hilda Flavia Nakabuye • Feb 28, 2024 MAGA's Plan to "Legally" Steal the 2024 Election Trump Republicans are committed to abandoning America’s historic embrace of democracy. By Thom Hartmann • Feb 27, 2024 Aaron Bushnell Is the Latest Victim of Madmen Arsonists More about why the U.S. Air Force airman did what he did may come to light. But what he said in the video that captured his final moments is sufficient. He could "no longer be complicit in genocide." By Veterans for Peace • Feb 27, 2024 VIEW ALL OPINION

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