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September 05, 2023
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'A Reckoning': 500 Groups Endorse March to End Fossil Fuels <[link removed]>
"The March to End Fossil Fuels isn't a request," one organizer said "It's a demand for President Biden to enact actionable solutions that match the scale of the crisis at hand." <[link removed]>
Olivia Rosane <[link removed]>
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Organizers Condemn 'Anti-Democratic' RICO Charges Against Cop City Protesters <[link removed]>
The indictments "send a chilling message that any dissent to Cop City will be punished with the full power and violence of the government." <[link removed]>
Julia Conley <[link removed]>
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Biden Admin Scientific Integrity Policy Falls Short, Warn Watchdogs <[link removed]>
"Nothing about this proposed policy would prevent a return to the reign of 'alternative facts' should Trump be reelected," said one critic. <[link removed]>
Julia Conley <[link removed]>
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Covid Vaccine Contracts Show How Big Pharma 'Held South Africa to Ransom' <[link removed]>
"We were bullied into unfair and undemocratic terms," said one public health campaigner. "And we must ask: did they do it to other countries, too?" <[link removed]>
Jake Johnson <[link removed]>
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Cluster Bombs Killed, Wounded Nearly 1,000 Civilians in 2022 as 73 Countries Refused to Join Global Ban <[link removed]>
"It's unconscionable that civilians are still dying from cluster munition attacks 15 years after these weapons were outlawed," said one advocate. <[link removed]>
Julia Conley <[link removed]>
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Senator Files Ethics Complaint Accusing Alito of Scheme to Thwart Congressional Action <[link removed]>
"Justice Alito was involved in an organized campaign to block congressional action with regard to a matter in which he has a personal stake," reads the complaint filed by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. <[link removed]>
Jake Johnson <[link removed]>
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300+ Economists, Millionaires, and Elected Officials to G20: 'Tax Extreme Wealth' <[link removed]>
"The accumulation of extreme wealth by the world's richest individuals has become an economic, ecological, and human rights disaster." <[link removed]>
Jake Johnson <[link removed]>
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No End in Sight for This Dehumanizing Drone Warfare <[link removed]>
Imagine, for a moment, what Americans might do if their family members were regularly being killed by drones because another government claimed "near certainty" that they were terrorists? <[link removed]>
Maha Hilal <[link removed]>
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Will the Mountain Valley Pipeline Safety Order Have Teeth, and Does Biden Care? <[link removed]>
No one should take MVP's word for it that the pipe is safe and they have the situation under control. <[link removed]>
Bill Kitchen <[link removed]>
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A Call to Remembrance and Action for Hawaiian History Month <[link removed]>
This September, we must acknowledge that the same greed that toppled the Hawaiian Kingdom has just destroyed LÄhainÄ and its people. <[link removed]>
Steven Marquardt <[link removed]>
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