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A demonstrator holds a banner that reads "The IMF's abuse destroys Argentina" during a protest against the International Monetary Fund on February 12, 2020 in Buenos Aires. (Photo: Patrick Haar via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Poor countries are developing rich countries, not the other way around."

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Pristine Boulder Creek flows from the Selway Bitterroot Wilderness toward the Lochsa River in the Clearwater National Forest of northern Idaho. (Photo: Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"This is a critical opportunity for Americans to come together to build a new, more inclusive model of conservation to save nature, and ultimately ourselves," said one advocate.



Demonstrators hold a rally in Washington, D.C. urging the U.S. to commit to a global coronavirus vaccination plan that includes sharing vaccine formulas with the world on May 5, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"It's almost as if the financial interests of the pharmaceutical industry are diametrically opposed to the health and well-being of the planet."



Former Maldivian president and presidential candidate Mohamed Nasheed speaks to the press in Male on November 10, 2013.

by Common Dreams staff
"Cowardly attacks like these have no place in our society," said Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid.



Demonstrators rally outside the Federal Communication Commission building to protest the repeal of net neutrality rules on December 14, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"This investigation shows how low the industry will stoop to undermine even the most basic and benign safeguards."



Protesters hold bees killed by pesticides prior to the annual shareholders meeting of German chemicals and pharmaceuticals conglomerate Bayer AG on April 26, 2019 in Bonn, Germany. (Photo: Maja Hitij via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"The Court of Justice has reaffirmed that protecting nature and people's health takes precedence over the narrow economic interests of powerful multinationals," said Greenpeace.




by Julia Conley, staff writer
A lobbying group for companies including Verizon and T-Mobile is fighting to neuter the Safe Connections Act, which passed in a Senate committee last week.



CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin interrupted a General Dynamics shareholder meeting in Reston, Virginia on May 5, 2021. (Photo: Medea Benjamin)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin took CEO Phebe Novakovic to task for "personally making $21 million a year through a business model that thrives on conflict, death, and destruction."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
"Democracy is literally dying in the dark."



British Prime Minister Boris Johnson departs from the G7 foreign ministers' meeting on May 5, 2021 in London, England.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"We urge all world leaders to see the writing on the wall and put peoples' lives ahead of corporate profit."


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President Joe Biden answering questions from the press at the Queen in Wilmington, Delaware on November 10, 2020. (Photo: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

by Karen Dolan
Our job is to make sure he understands where he falls short—so we can make maximum use of what may well be a once-in-a generation chance to build a truly equitable society.



Adults living without broadband face significant barriers in accessing employment, education, and other necessities—but children are also impacted. (Photo: Getty/Stock Photo/MoMo Productions)

by Brandeis Marshall, Kate Ruane
Adults living without broadband face significant barriers in accessing employment, education, and other necessities—but children are also impacted.



Trudeau has shown some spine against the deficit hawks, but he has been timid about joining Biden's campaign to tax the wealthy. (Photo: Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

by Linda McQuaig
When nations co-operate, corporations have a hard time playing us off against each other in pushing for ever-lower taxes.



A man prepares his green grocer market stall at Stockport Market on March 12, 2021 in Stockport, England. (Photo: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

by Christian Jaccarini
A local, decentralised food system isn’t just good for consumers—it's got big benefits for farmers and our environment as well.



Refugees fleeing Saigon disembark from a barge, Vietnam, 1975. (Photo: Jack Cahill/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

by Alfred W. McCoy
Will the nightmare of Saigon's fall return in Kabul?



Flooding in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 2012. (Photo: CAPRA Initiative)

by Alessandra Bergamin
"For us, climate change is inescapable."


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