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News & Views | 6/10/21

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Solar plant worker in Uganda

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer

"The hurdle is no longer economic nor technical; our biggest challenges are political. A cleaner future is within reach."

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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The Pew Research Center survey shows a massive improvement in the international image of the United States.



by Jake Johnson, staff writer

"If we don't come together as a movement, we will get a New York City built by and for billionaires," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, among the latest to endorse the civil rights attorney's campaign.



by Julia Conley, staff writer

"We've learned over decades that employers, especially in low wage industries, rarely choose to prioritize their workers' safety; we need government to mandate actions that safeguard lives and well-being," said Oxfam America.



by Brett Wilkins, staff writer

"Amazon's surveillance-driven police state is fundamentally incompatible with racial justice, civil rights, and democracy," said Fight for the Future's Evan Greer.



by Julia Conley, staff writer

"Not only is what she did not wrong," said one observer, "it's what you're supposed to do: turning on hazards to indicate you're complying and pulling over at the next safe place."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We must have the same level of accountability and justice for all victims of crimes against humanity."



by Jake Johnson, staff writer

"The E.U. has helped the Big Pharma billionaires long enough, now we need to help the billions. It is time to break the vaccine monopolies and put people before profit."



by Brett Wilkins, staff writer

"Billions of people awaiting a path out of the pandemic desperately need President Biden and other world leaders to find far greater ambition."


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by Jorge Majfud

The new 'help' from Washington would end up imposing a new wave of dictatorships and the carrot of consumerism would impose itself upon every other dimension of human life as an act of faith, an incontrovertible dogma.



Biden-Osama-Afghanistan

by Walden Bello

Biden has promised an end to the endless wars. But such promises are not easy to keep.



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by Carl Rhodes

If we agree that economic justice is a defining issue for socialism, then complaining that CEOs and business owners have made an abrupt left-turn is patently ludicrous.



Cuba

by Medea Benjamin

The dire food and medicine shortages caused by the pandemic and the U.S. blockade must be addressed.



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by Robert C. Koehler

The point of the Space Force has nothing to do with protecting the planet's future. Its point is to extend the planet’s random borders beyond the stratosphere.


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US PIRG

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Western Watersheds Project

Center for Biological Diversity

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

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