Sunday, December 17, 2023

■ Today's Top News 

Netanyahu's Bold Boast: 'Proud' to Thwart Palestinian State Creation

'Netanyahu not just admitting to monumental deception but gloating about it'

By Common Dreams Staff
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IDF Kills 3 Shirtless Israeli Hostages Waving White Flag; Calling for Help in Hebrew

'Palestinian civilians don’t stand a chance.'

By Common Dreams Staff
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Biden Offshore Drilling Plan Continues 'Dangerous Cycle'

"Offshore oil and gas drilling is not only dirty and dangerous, but it also supercharges the existing climate crisis," said one campaigner.

By Jessica Corbett
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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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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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■ Opinion

Israel’s War on Gaza Has Become a ‘Stress Test’ for Academic Freedom

Universities must find a way to create brave spaces where difficult questions are encouraged, not silenced.

By Hadia Mubarak
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We Need a Progressive Democracy Movement to Defeat Fascism—Now!

If we don't get it together, people, things are about to get ugly. Very ugly.

By Thom Hartmann
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After Two Years of Failed Promises To Change, Time to Break Up Facebook’s Monopoly

It's now the only option that makes any sense.

By Aidan Smith
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