Common Dreams

What about the United States, its president, and his administration? Often they are cast as the pure and virtuous Cordelia or Laertes.

Under the new regime, critics say barons like News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch could tighten their grip on US media.

A prominent US senator and candidate for president can ask tough questions about the Bush administration's falsification of WMD intelligence data even while still affirming his own vote in favor of the war that data supposedly made necessary.

A funny thing happened while following the money trail of the neoconservatives who have hijacked U.S. foreign policy.

Is Lying About The Reason For War An Impeachable Offense?

Amerika'da her nimetin bir laneti var sanki: Özgürlüğümüz güven altına alındı mı? Evet, her muhabbete kulak misafiri olabilen bir hükümet tarafından. İyi besleniyor muyuz? Evet, obezitenin sınırlarına kadar. Tıbbi hizmetlerimiz fevkalade mi? İflas edecek kadar... James Carrol yazdı

36 years ago, this week, Israel conquered the West Bank and Gaza. That changed everything in the Middle East-except the deep-seated fear underlying Jewish life. Until that fear begins to lift, there is little hope for Middle East peace.

"As big media companies get bigger, they're likely to broadcast even more homogenized programming that increasingly appeals to the lowest common denominator," says dissenting FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein.

This is a sad day for me, and I think for the country. I'm afraid a dark storm cloud is now looming over the future of the American media.

WHEN WILL the bad weather end? Why the distance between what is and what ought to be? Where are Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction? If he was such a threat, why did his army perform so poorly? Does it matter where he is?

Who is David Koch? His name is David Koch. Since 1994, he has served as vice chairman of the board of governing trustees of American Ballet Theatre.

Twenty-one years ago this June, a million people gathered in Central Park to demand a nuclear freeze. They didn't get it.

Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee voted to allow the development of low-yield nuclear weapons -- a reversal of a ban that had been in effect since 1993.

While the most dramatic global health issue of the moment is the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS ), which had claimed a total of 353 lives by Wednesday, a heated political battle continues to rage quietly between the United States and the World Health Organization (WHO).

The White House is battling to keep a report on the terror attacks secret. Does the 2004 election have anything to do with it?

More than 130 American soldiers died in a dubious war in a dusty, oil-rich land. In dust-free boardrooms, the CEOs behind our bombs, missiles, tanks, and planes went to corporate heaven.

TIM ROBBINS: Thank you. And thanks for the invitation. I had originally been asked here to talk about the war and our current political situation, but I have instead chosen to hijack this opportunity and talk about baseball and show business.

A federal jury convicted three Roman Catholic nuns Monday of obstructing national defense and damaging government property after they cut through fences and sprayed their own blood on a Minuteman III missile silo last year.

An anti-war demonstration at the Port of Oakland turned violent this morning when Oakland Police opened fire with wooden dowels, "sting balls", concussion grendades, tear gas and other non-lethal weapons when protesters at the gates of two shipping lines refused an order to disperse

During the 1980s Washington did everything short of invading Central America to undermine socialist movements that had come to power in Nicaragua and were growing in El Salvador and Guatemala.

In the first Gulf War, Iraqis torched more than 700 oil wells in Kuwait. About half the fires were extinguished by Halliburton. There's that name again.

Last night, Scott Ritter, former United Nations (U.N.) chief weapons inspector, spoke about the current war with Iraq to a packed audience in the Statler Auditorium.

The massive attack, we are told, is still coming. So what do we do now?

Today, I Weep for my Country...

As the United States prepared to press the UN Security Council into a vote on war with Iraq before the end of the week, Washington was looking increasingly isolated on the world stage and may even have to gear up for an assault on Baghdad without the military back-up of its staunchest ally, Britain.

"I am joining my colleague John Brady Kiesling in submitting my resignation from the Foreign Service (effective immediately) because I cannot in good conscience support President Bush's war plans against Iraq. "

The City Council in the place hit hardest by the Sept. 11 attacks approved a resolution Wednesday opposing war with Iraq except as a last resort.

TONY Blair will face the largest political demonstrations in British history with an expected turnout of 750,000 on Saturday, potentially the eve of a declaration of war on Iraq.

Despite increased preparation for war, there is a growing perception that a U.S. invasion of Iraq can be stopped.

There is a role for America in the world. It is in working with the community of nations to achieve the security of all nations. It is in restoring the promise of the Non Proliferation Treaty to lead the way to get rid of all nuclear weapons.