Common Dreams
The Gates and Buffet Foundation Shell Game
24 Ağustos 2006
The Gates Foundation now has about $60 Billion under the control of the wealthiest people in America. They do not have to sell any of their...
When War is on the Horizon, Follow the Money
24 Ağustos 2006
While Americans understand that making money motivates McDonald's or Wal-Mart, and some are concerned about businesses donating large sums...
Dirty Water Deals Cheat the Poor
24 Ağustos 2006
Expressing concern over the "pervasiveness of corruption" in the management of water, a coalition of six international non-governmental...
America's Other Perpetual War: $40 Billion a Year to Deny Defeat
23 Ağustos 2006
David Murray, a drug policy analyst for the Bush administration, was asked recently about cocaine cultivation in Colombia, where the United...
As Violent Crimes Rise, Law Enforcement Officials Battle $1.1 Billion Funding Cut
23 Ağustos 2006
With murder and other violent crimes on the rise in many American cities, local law enforcement agencies and elected officials are battling...
Unilateral Action by Israel Spawns Violence in Gaza
18 Ağustos 2006
With the spotlight on Lebanon, another Middle East milestone is passing largely unnoticed. However, its lessons are just as important. A...
Six Lessons for Young Men on the Edge of War
17 Ağustos 2006
What astounds me now is that even with the war and protests going on in the early 1970s, and all of us within a couple years of draftable...
Post-Invasion Dread
17 Ağustos 2006
The Israeli attack on Lebanon horrified me, but nothing prepared me for the sense of dread that has come in its wake. By Joyce Marcel
America's One-Eyed View of War: Stars, Stripes, and the Star of David
16 Ağustos 2006
There are two sides to every conflict - unless you rely on the US media for information about the battle in Lebanon. Viewers have been fed...
Lamont Victory Shows Dems How Principled Politics Can Win
15 Ağustos 2006
Ned Lamont's victory last week in Connecticut's U.S. Senate primary is great news for Democrats. And it's a watershed moment for the...
Why the WTO Doha Round Talks Have Collapsed – and a Path Forward
15 Ağustos 2006
The collapse of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round talks on July 24, 2006, should come as no surprise. By Lori Wallach and...
Follow Doctors' Advice on Plan B
14 Ağustos 2006
In the time it takes you to read this article, there will be 10 to 15 unintended pregnancies in the United States. Improved access to...
Bombs Not Enough
14 Ağustos 2006
For the past month, 3,000 lightly-armed Hezbollah fighters have managed to hold off the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the world's fourth...
How to Talk to Your Jewish Friends About Israel
11 Ağustos 2006
"I can talk to my Jewish friends about anything -- except Israel. When that subject comes up, they just shut down." By Ira Chernus
Enough Destruction, Desperation, Death
11 Ağustos 2006
A military solution to Israel's savage war on Lebanon and the Lebanese people is both morally unacceptable and totally unrealistic. By...
Lamont's Victory -- A Media Defeat
10 Ağustos 2006
Besides defeating Sen. Joe Lieberman, challenger Ned Lamont has also registered a triumph over much of the Washington press corps that had...
I Am Pro-Israel, Therefore I Criticize Israel
8 Ağustos 2006
I am pro-Israel. That's why I criticize Israel's violence in Palestine and Lebanon every chance I get. By Ira Chernus
In Case We All Forgot, Americans Are Still Dying in Iraq
7 Ağustos 2006
By the way, there are many American soldiers fighting in the Middle East. In case you haven't noticed, they get killed. A lot of them get...
Gays Flee Iraq as Shia Death Squads Find a New Target
7 Ağustos 2006
Evidence shows increase in number of executions as homosexuals plead for asylum in Britain. By Jennifer Copestake
The War has Backfired for Israel, and Its Old Lebanese Curse Keeps Getting Worse
7 Ağustos 2006
Most citizens in Lebanon now back Hezbollah. By Eric Margolis
Israel's Dependency on the Drug of Militarism
3 Ağustos 2006
Those who mindlessly support Israel, right or wrong, from President Bush on through the cheerleaders in Congress and the media, betray the...
On Israel, We Must Never Be Silent
28 Temmuz 2006
When I announced that I was entering the race for the US Senate, I began with a quote from Martin Luther King, Jr.: "Our lives begin to end...
A Dying Planet
25 Temmuz 2006
Weather-related disasters like Hurricane Katrina—or the intense heat wave now hitting the United States—are on the rise. The toll of these...
Earth 'on Verge of Major Biodiversity Crisis'
25 Temmuz 2006
Mindful that life on Earth is seriously threatened by the continued loss of thousands of plant and animal species, an international group...
