Week in Review: The Conscience of a Nation Speaks

 

Saturday, May 4, 2024 ■ The Week in Review 'Racist POS' Mike Collins Cheers Video of Ole Miss Mob Attack on Black Student "This is not about Israel, Palestine, or Gaza. This is old-fashioned American racism and misogyny," said one observer. "These are the types of young white men who will grow up to be Republican governors, senators, and members of Congress." Republican Georgia Congressman Mike Collins came under fire Friday over a social media post applauding video of white University of Mississippi students racially abusing a Black woman participating in a campus protest for Palestine. Collins posted the video—in which numerous people can be heard grunting like apes and one young man is seen jumping up and down like a monkey in front of the Black woman—with the caption, "Ole Miss taking care of business." By Brett Wilkins • May 3, 2024 Israel Briefs US on Plan for 'Ethnic Cleansing' of Rafah "A military invasion in Rafah would be CATASTROPHIC... There can be no more 'evacuations.' There is no safe place to go," said Oxfam, calling for an immediate cease-fire. By Brett Wilkins • May 3, 2024 'Absurd!': US Billionaires Pay Lower Tax Rate Than Working Class for First Time "It's time to tax the billionaires," economist Gabriel Zucman argues in a new analysis. By Jake Johnson • May 3, 2024 ICC Condemns Efforts to 'Intimidate' the Court as Netanyahu Arrest Warrant Looms Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and GOP lawmakers in the U.S. have threatened to retaliate against the court if it issues arrest warrants for officials in Israel's government. By Jake Johnson • May 3, 2024 *****MUST READ!**** Corporate Profiteering Schemes That Drive Inflation Detailed at Senate Hearing "At every turn, companies are cutting corners on the path to record profits, and American consumers are paying the price," one expert testified. Progressive policy experts took aim at corporate greed and profiteering during a Thursday U.S. Senate hearing on "shrinkflation," the process of reducing the size or quantity of a product while selling it at the same price. At the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing—entitled "Higher Prices: How Shrinkflation and Technology Can Impact Consumers' Finances"—Chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) began by acknowledging that "prices today are far too high, and families are having a harder time finding a fair price, seeing more of their paycheck vanish into thin air." "All of this is happening while corporate profits hit record highs," the senator continued. "Let's be clear: The fact that prices and corporate profits are going up at the same time is no coincidence. A study by the Kansas City Fed found that corporate profits drove half of the price increases in 2021." By Brett Wilkins • May 2, 2024 Nearly All 600,000 Kids in Rafah 'Injured, Sick, Malnourished,' Says UNICEF A full-scale Israeli assault on the crowded southern Gaza city "would bring catastrophe on top of catastrophe for children." By Jessica Corbett • May 2, 2024 Biden Condemned for Ahistorical and 'Politically Suicidal' Attack on Campus Protests "Biden's claim that 'dissent must never lead to disorder' defies American history, from the Boston Tea Party to the tactics that civil rights activists, Vietnam War protesters, and anti-apartheid activists used to confront injustice." By Jake Johnson • May 2, 2024 'Tragic and Unjust': Trump Judges Grant Biden DOJ Request to Toss Youth Climate Case "We will keep fighting for climate justice," said one plaintiff, "but this is another dark day for protecting young people from climate harm imposed by their government." By Jake Johnson • May 2, 2024 57 House Dems Call On Biden to Prevent Israeli Assault on Rafah "An offensive invasion into Rafah by Israel in the upcoming days is wholly unacceptable." By Jessica Corbett • May 1, 2024 Jewish Groups Decry House Passage of Bill Defining Criticism of Israel as 'Antisemitism' "Antisemitism is a serious problem, but codifying a legal definition could have dangerous implications for free speech," said one campaigner. By Brett Wilkins • May 1, 2024 Israeli Finance Minister Denounced for Calling for 'Total Annihilation' of Gaza "But… did he say it on a college campus? Otherwise, it's just not news. Sorry, them's the rules," said one journalist sardonically. By Julia Conley • May 1, 2024 Pro-Genocide Mob Attacks Nonviolent Encampment, Beats Students at UCLA Encampment organizers called the assault "nothing less than a horrifying, despicable act of terror." By Jake Johnson • May 1, 2024 Ilhan Omar Says GOP Calls to Put Student Protesters on Terror Watch List 'Insanely Dangerous' Sen. Marsha Blackburn put "a target" on protesters across the country with her latest attack on them, said Omar. By Julia Conley • Apr 30, 2024 'Scathing Indictment' of Big Oil Lies Unveiled on Eve of Senate Hearing The report details a "campaign of deception, disinformation, and doublespeak waged using dark money, phony front groups, false economics, and relentless exertion of political influence." By Jessica Corbett • Apr 30, 2024 VIEW ALL NEWS JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ Opinion Opposed to Genocide in Gaza, This Is the Conscience of a Nation Speaking Through Your Kids This is about a genocide being carried out with American money and with American weapons against a people that has been living under occupation for generation after generation after generation. By Rashid Khalidi • May 3, 2024 Antisemitism: The Big Lie Smearing Campus Protesters The people who make, report, and teach history should take note: it has never been kind to those who spread Big Lies. This time will be no different. By Richard Eskow • May 2, 2024 Breaking Down AOC Derangement Syndrome Relentlessly tearing down one of our most effective leaders undermines the capacity for progressives to win. And win we must. By Aaron Regunberg • May 2, 2024 The Biden Administration's Hypocrisy on College Protests Must End While the White House is quick to condemn any allegation of antisemitism at protests, whether verified or manufactured, it has repeatedly failed to condemn verified incidents of anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia on college campuses. By Edward Ahmed Mitchell,Shafiquil Mushna • May 1, 2024 The Supreme Court Justices Colluding With Trump to 'Catch and Kill' Insurrection Case There’s a reason the right-wing justices are eager to support Trump’s senseless arguments on presidential immunity. By Mitchell Zimmerman • Apr 30, 2024 VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams · PO Box 443 · Portland, ME 04112-0443 · USA Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194