COMMON DREAMS: Weekend Edition: 'Engineered Famine' Ravages Gaza

 

Sunday, March 3, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  'The Child Deaths We Feared Are Here,' Says UNICEF The United Nations Children's Fund said at least 10 kids in a northern Gaza hospital have died of malnutrition and dehydration—and many more are "fighting for their lives." By Jake Johnson Biden Admin Airdrops 38,000 Meals Into Gaza as US-Armed Israeli Military Starves Millions "Biden is airdropping food (expensive, inefficient, potentially dangerous) because he won't condition massive U.S. military aid and arms sales on Israel ending its obstruction of most ground aid deliveries." By Jake Johnson Casar Leads Call for Probe of Election 'Rigging' as Pakistani Lawmakers Choose New PM "We do not want the United States taxpayer dollars to go to militaries that then use that money to incarcerate journalists or suppress free speech or suppress political parties," said Rep. Greg Casar. By Jake Johnson At Rallies Nationwide, Low-Wage Workers Tell Political Leaders: 'Our Votes Are Demands' "Our government's refusal to fully address poverty and low wages even after the worst days of Covid is not only killing our brothers and sisters," said Rev. Dr. William Barber. "It's killing our public conscience." By Jake Johnson Republican Who Once Proposed Sunsetting Social Security Floats Leadership Bid Scott, the richest member of the U.S. Senate, also proposed hiking taxes on low-income Americans. By Jake Johnson 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 ■ More News Biden EPA Accused of 'Caving' to Industry Pressure on Gas-Fired Power Plants Florida House Republicans Advance Bill to 'Deny the Legal Existence' of Trans People Nicaragua Hits Germany With ICJ Case for Aiding Israel in Gaza Genocide Sanders Says US Gaza Aid Airdrops 'No Substitute for Sustained Ground Deliveries' VIEW ALL NEWS SUPPORT COMMON DREAMS TODAY Independent news is more important than ever. DONATE TODAY ■ Opinion Architects of the Disastrous Iraq War Want a Do-Over in Gaza In an echo of Washington's disastrous de-Baathification campaign in occupied Iraq, a new report puts special stress on "deradicalization" efforts in the Gaza Strip. By Jim Lobe 4 Ways Biden Can Protect Food, Water, and Climate From a Second Trump Term Biden has made important progress; now, he needs to continue this progress and finalize vital rules in the next several months. By Mia Difelice Netanyahu Was Right: Israel Acts Like a US Aircraft Carrier That is how Israel, as a military colony, serves its imperial master. By Alan Wagman VIEW ALL OPINION

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