Common Dreams – Page 5 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

USA

Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals Just How Devastating the Greed of For-Profit Insurance Industry Has Become

Posted on March 19, 2020March 19, 2020By Editor

A word to the wise: During this coronavirus crisis, keep an eye on every move of my old industry: health insurers. Behind the PR spin, they’ll be doing everything they can to deny care and maintain profits while making it look like they’re heroes. … Read More >Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals Just How Devastating the Greed of For-Profit Insurance Industry Has Become

USA

Coronavirus Pandemic: Science Sidelined in Trump Rose Garden Fiasco

Posted on March 17, 2020March 17, 2020By Editor

Without scientific evidence to rally the American people, the White House was reduced to showcasing corporate cheerleaders. … Read More >Coronavirus Pandemic: Science Sidelined in Trump Rose Garden Fiasco

USA

The Coronavirus Shows It is Time to Remove the For-Profit Infection from U.S. Health Care

Posted on March 17, 2020March 17, 2020By Editor

We have allowed the profit motive to drive our U.S. health care system, and it has driven us straight into a ditch. … Read More >The Coronavirus Shows It is Time to Remove the For-Profit Infection from U.S. Health Care

USA

Bernie Beats Trump (and Biden) on Trade

Posted on March 9, 2020March 9, 2020By Editor

There is simply no question that Sanders’s approach to trade prioritizes workers and the environment, and not corporate convenience.byScott Casleton … Read More >Bernie Beats Trump (and Biden) on Trade

USA

If It’s Biden vs. Trump, This Year’s One-Choice Election Will Be for Oligarchy

Posted on March 9, 2020March 9, 2020By Editor

We don’t need a “Punch and Judy” show between Trump and Biden. But that, along with corporate tyranny, is what we seem fated to get, unless we take to the streets and tear the house down. byChris Hedges … Read More >If It’s Biden vs. Trump, This Year’s One-Choice Election Will Be for Oligarchy

Assange’s Extradition Hearing Reveals Trump’s War on Free Press Is Targeting WikiLeaks Publisher

Posted on February 26, 2020August 4, 2023By Editor

On Monday, WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange’s one-week extradition hearing began at Woolwich Crown Court in SouthEast London. The judge heard the opening arguments for the prosecution and defense. The prosecution began, accusing the journalist who exposed the US government’s war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan of espionage charges that could carry 175 years in jail. … Read More >Assange’s Extradition Hearing Reveals Trump’s War on Free Press Is Targeting WikiLeaks Publisher

World

We Need to Treat Nuclear War Like the Emergency It Is

Posted on February 21, 2020February 21, 2020By Editor

If the current state of global affairs reminds you of an over-the-top plot by a white-cat-stroking James Bond villain, you’re not far off. When it comes to nuclear policy, we are closer than ever to a real-life movie disaster. … Read More >We Need to Treat Nuclear War Like the Emergency It Is

Middle East

UN Publishes List of Companies Profiting from Israel’s Illegal Settlements in Palestine

Posted on February 15, 2020February 15, 2020By Editor

Prominent international critics have called Israel’s Jews-only settlements, as well as segregated roads and other infrastructure, a form of apartheid. … Read More >UN Publishes List of Companies Profiting from Israel’s Illegal Settlements in Palestine

USA

Fueled by US Under Trump, Global Military Spending in 2019 Had Biggest Increase in a Decade

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020By Editor

The amount the United States increased in defense spending between 2018 and 2019 was nearly the same as the United Kingdom’s entire defense budget … Read More >Fueled by US Under Trump, Global Military Spending in 2019 Had Biggest Increase in a Decade

USA

War Addicts, Inc.Making sense of the age of carnage.

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020By Editor

Almost two decades of failing American wars across a startlingly large part of the planet and I’d like to know, for instance, who’s been fired for them? Who’s been impeached? Who’s even paying attention? … Read More >War Addicts, Inc.Making sense of the age of carnage.

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