Friday, December 15, 2023

■ Today's Top News 

Milei Couples 'Total Crackdown' on Protest With Economic Shocks in Argentina

"Protest is elemental to Argentine social and political life, so it's not difficult to imagine how this ends," said one journalist.

By Julia Conley
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IDF Admits to Firing on and Killing Three Israeli Hostages in Gaza

One analyst said the "absolutely horrific" incident underscores "how Israel's approach that anyone left in the north is a legitimate target is wrong."

By Common Dreams Staff
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Biden Can't Back Fossil Fuels Then 'Throw a Bone' to Young Voters, Says Sunrise

"He must reject new fossil fuel projects, starting with CP2, that poison communities and that will harm young people far into the future."

By Jessica Corbett
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Sanders Resolution Aims to Have US 'Reckon With Its Complicity' in Gaza

"This is a humanitarian cataclysm, and it is being done with American bombs and money," said the Vermont senator. "We need to face up to that fact—and then we need to end our complicity in those actions."

By Jake Johnson
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Israeli Soldiers Violently Assault Palestinian Journalist Live on CNN

The head of the International Federation of Journalists condemned the "violent and aggressive" attack on Anadolu Agency's Mustafa Alkharouf.

By Jake Johnson
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'Huge': 1,600+ Institutions Holding $41 Trillion in Assets Have Now Divested From Fossil Fuels

The milestone, one campaigner said, should "give hope to folks that we are making an impact."

By Olivia Rosane
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■ Opinion

The AI-Robot Wars: Is Dystopian Science Fiction Becoming a Reality?

Will corporations in the not-too-distant future be “manufacturing” humans? And where does AI superstar Sam Altman fit into this picture?

By Tom Valovic
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'If I Must Die, Let It Be a Tale': On the Martyrdom of Palestinian Poet Refaat Alareer

The state of Israel has killed our storytellers in Gaza with the hope that the stories will die with them. But they will not.

By Ramzy Baroud
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We Must All Rise Together to Keep Fossil Fuels in the Ground

This disastrous COP28 must be the end of vague political promises. The people of Earth are on to the lies.

By Scientist Rebellion
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