By Rami Almeghari on Nov 28, 2019 10:00 am
 Protests in Iraq continue to escalate as protesters call for government resignations on charges of corruption, poor public services, and pervasive Iranian influence in Iraqi affairs. At least sixteen Iraqi demonstrators were reportedly killed on Thursday and dozens of others were wounded after Iraqi security forces used force to disperse crowds of protesters in the [...]
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By Peter Castagno on Nov 28, 2019 07:35 am
 “This should not be anyone’s reality and unfortunately, it is for communities sitting at the fence-line of the petrochemical corridor along the Gulf Coast — an ever-growing corridor because of the billions of dollars being invested in petrochemical infrastructure related to plastic.” Local officials ordered the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents after a [...]
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By Guest Post on Nov 28, 2019 05:00 am
 “Progressives will not support the National Defense Authorization bill if we do not have this amendment that brings the war in Yemen to an end.”—Rep. Ro Khanna (By Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) With Congress set to vote as early as next week on the annual military spending bill, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer joined Sen. Bernie Sanders [...]
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By Guest Post on Nov 27, 2019 05:00 pm
 “The industry executive said the quiet part out loud,” said one outside expert in response. “Price-gouging is central to the industry business model.” (By: Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams) Corporations’ quest for profits is what “is driving up drug prices and nothing more.” That’s according to Dennis Bourdette, M.D., chair of neurology in the Oregon Health [...]
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By Jack Xiong on Nov 27, 2019 02:00 pm
 “I’m of the thought that you can entertain and create change. It’s what Lena and I like to call ‘protest art.’ I hope that it brings value to black life and the black experience. If we create a dialogue about police brutality and black love and unity, then I think we’ve done our job.” The [...]
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By Rami Almeghari on Nov 27, 2019 11:00 am
 “The biased American policy toward Israel, and the American support of the Israeli settlements and the Israeli occupation, leaves us with only one option: to go back to resistance.” Thousands of Palestinians in several West Bank cities, towns, and villages took to the streets on Tuesday in what Palestinian national and Islamic parties described as [...]
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By Peter Castagno on Nov 27, 2019 09:00 am
 “If there is no reaction to Zalat’s arrest, they will come for someone else, then another, and another. So, if you’re reading this, whether you’re a Twitter user or a newspaper editor – right now paying attention to Egypt can have a real effect. The regime is watching for the world’s reaction, for noise and [...]
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By Vijay Prashad on Nov 27, 2019 07:00 am
 No soldier should be above the law. Nor should those who sent the soldiers into battle. U.S. President Donald Trump sacked his Navy secretary on Twitter. The main reason is that the Navy secretary did not follow Trump’s advice regarding Navy Special Warfare Operator Edward Gallagher. Trump wanted Gallagher to retain his position as a [...]
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By Alexis Chapman on Nov 27, 2019 05:00 am
 Republican and Democrat legislators are at odds over reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act, known as VAWA, which has been stalled since last January. Reauthorization of the landmark Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has stalled again despite efforts by Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to get the Senate to consider voting on some version of the [...]
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By Guest Post on Nov 26, 2019 01:30 pm
 Indonesian fires this year emitted nearly twice the amount of greenhouse gases as the forest fires that razed parts of the Brazilian Amazon, new research shows. (By Hans Nicholas Jong, MongoBay) Fires from land and forest fires across Indonesia this year have pumped at least 708 million tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere — [...]
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