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Common Dreams is approaching a milestone next year that I don't really
like to talk about.

It's the 25 th anniversary of our founding.

The reason I don't like to talk about it isn't just because it reminds
me of how old I am. It's because when we tell people that Common Dreams
has been publishing for more than two decades, they tend to assume that
we'll be around forever.

But nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, it's more
difficult for Common Dreams to survive today than ever before.

Every year, as tech giants like Facebook and Google intensify their
stranglehold on the internet, a tiny handful of corporations are able to
exert ever greater control over the news that people are allowed to see.

And these companies have absolutely no financial incentive to promote
the reporting from nonprofit independent news outlets like Common
Dreams—especially when some of our coverage is directly critical of the
power they have assumed.

Big Tech is taking over the internet and is increasingly steering
readers away from Common Dreams and toward the ad dollars of major
corporations and industries. To survive, we need the millions of readers
who value our work to support this model and mission.

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Please chip in whatever you can afford, whether that's $1, $15, $42, or
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We need you now more than ever. Will you donate today to keep Common
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With thanks,

Craig Brown

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for the whole Common Dreams news team

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