Common Dreams

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 age, we still didn't pay much attention. The war, for all its prominence in the media, was not a main topic of our conversation. By Michael Schwalbe

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

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 a diet of partisan coverage which treats Israel as the good guys and their Hizbollah enemy as the incarnation of evil. By Andrew Gumbel and Donald Macintyre

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 growing majority of Americans, in red states and blue, who want change. By Eli Pariser

The collapse of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round talks on July 24, 2006, should come as no surprise. By Lori Wallach and Deborah James

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 emergency contraception could have prevented half of them. By Barbara Miner

For the past month, 3,000 lightly-armed Hezbollah fighters have managed to hold off the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the world's fourth most powerful military machine. By Eric Margolis

"I can talk to my Jewish friends about anything -- except Israel. When that subject comes up, they just shut down." By Ira Chernus

A military solution to Israel's savage war on Lebanon and the Lebanese people is both morally unacceptable and totally unrealistic. By Fouad Siniora

Besides defeating Sen. Joe Lieberman, challenger Ned Lamont has also registered a triumph over much of the Washington press corps that had rallied so ridiculously to Lieberman's defense. By Jeff Cohen

I am pro-Israel. That's why I criticize Israel's violence in Palestine and Lebanon every chance I get. By Ira Chernus

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 killed. By Jimmy Breslin

Evidence shows increase in number of executions as homosexuals plead for asylum in Britain. By Jennifer Copestake

Most citizens in Lebanon now back Hezbollah. By Eric Margolis

Those who mindlessly support Israel, right or wrong, from President Bush on through the cheerleaders in Congress and the media, betray the security of the Jewish state.

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 the day we become silent about things that matter." I am not a professional politician whose sole goal is to accumulate power, so I have the freedom to speak my

Weather-related disasters like Hurricane Katrina—or the intense heat wave now hitting the United States—are on the rise. The toll of these catastrophes is exacerbated by growing ecological stresses and the future health of the global economy. By Chris Flavin

Mindful that life on Earth is seriously threatened by the continued loss of thousands of plant and animal species, an international group of scientists is calling for the creation of a global forum to help officials craft plans to preserve biodiversity on the planet. By Haider Rizvi

During a military operation in Nablus that began on the night of 18 July, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) occupied the premises of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), blocking the entrance and hindering the movement of ambulances, patients and staff.

A Savage and Unwinnable Gambit / by Pierre Tristam

Anyone who wants to understand how politics actually works in this country should consider two apparently unrelated issues: gay marriage and the estate tax. By Paul C. Campos

Three years into an occupation of Iraq replete with so-called milestones, turning points and individual events hailed as "sea changes" that would "break the back" of the insurgency, a different type of incident received an intense, if ephemeral, amount of attention. By Nir Rosen

The chance for peace is such a fleeting thing. Blink and you miss it. Open your eyes again and the guys with the biggest guns have shot peace down. I left home on Saturday with good reason to think that peace was coming to the Middle East. By Ira Chernus

The Iraqi reconciliation plan unveiled by Prime Minister Al-Maliki on Sunday had the potential to mark a turning point the in the war. But thanks to U.S.

Creeping desertification affects every fifth inhabitant in the world, and it might force some 60 million to migrate from sub-Saharan Africa to northern Africa and Europe by 2020, according to experts. By Ramesh Jaura

The report, 'Ten Most Censored Countries,' did a roll call of serious offenses being perpetrated in North Korea, Burma, Turkmenistan, Equatorial Guinea, Libya, Eritrea, Cuba, Uzbekistan, Syria, and Belarus. Oddly enough, for someone like me who lives in America, the United States was not listed.

To RWE AG, Germany's biggest electric company, the water business a few years ago seemed to promise a gusher of profits. Governments in the U.S. and around the globe were eager to privatize their water systems. By Mike Esterl

Was the American War for Independence morally justifiable? Is any war? By Tom Turnipseed

The Department of Veterans Affairs is on a pace to see nearly 20,000 new cases of post-combat stress this year among service members who've served in Iraq or Afghanistan, more than six times the number of cases that officials had expected. By David Goldstein

The fierce cultural aversion to the long reach of government is emblazoned on every licence plate here, an omnipresent statement that should make Rich Tomasso's job easier. By Tim Harper