Common Dreams – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Afghan Central Bank Calls US Theft of $7 Billion ‘Injustice to People of Afghanistan’

Posted on February 18, 2022February 18, 2022By Editor

“The real owners of these reserves are people of Afghanistan,” the bank declared in response to the seizure of over $7 billion by the U.S. government. … Read More >Afghan Central Bank Calls US Theft of $7 Billion ‘Injustice to People of Afghanistan’

Warnings of ‘More Death and Suffering’ in Yemen as US Moves to Sell Saudis Missiles

Posted on November 17, 2021November 17, 2021By Editor

The Biden administration called the proposed sale of $650 million in air-to-air missiles “fully consistent” with its efforts to end the war that’s killed, wounded, displaced, and starved millions of Yemenis. … Read More >Warnings of ‘More Death and Suffering’ in Yemen as US Moves to Sell Saudis Missiles

Ilhan Omar Unveils Resolution to Block ‘Unconscionable’ Saudi Arms Sale

Posted on November 17, 2021November 17, 2021By Editor

“We should never be selling human rights abusers weapons, but we certainly should not be doing so in the midst of a humanitarian crisis they are responsible for.” … Read More >Ilhan Omar Unveils Resolution to Block ‘Unconscionable’ Saudi Arms Sale

World

After COP26, US President Under Fire for ‘Failing to Act on Fossil Fuels’

Posted on November 17, 2021November 17, 2021By Editor

“We’re in a five-alarm fire, but Biden refuses to use a firehose.” … Read More >After COP26, US President Under Fire for ‘Failing to Act on Fossil Fuels’

Rights Group Says Israel Uses Settler Violence Against Palestinians to Take Over West Bank Land

Posted on November 16, 2021November 16, 2021By Editor

“Settler violence is a form of government policy, permitted and aided by official state authorities with their active participation,” according to a report from the Israeli group B’Tselem. … Read More >Rights Group Says Israel Uses Settler Violence Against Palestinians to Take Over West Bank Land

USA

Only a Reckoning With the Disastrous Legacy of the So-called ‘War on Terror’ Can Heal the United States

Posted on October 26, 2020October 26, 2020By Editor

In a 1996 essay in Foreign Affairs, the conservative authors William Kristol and Robert Kagan proposed a U.S. foreign policy of “benevolent global hegemony.” Scoffing at former President John Quincy Adams’s maxim that America “goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy,” they asked, “But why not? … Read More >Only a Reckoning With the Disastrous Legacy of the So-called ‘War on Terror’ Can Heal the United States

USA

The Sunset Gun: One Nation, Under the Influence of Hate

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

Repairing the breach left by centrism and fueled by rage will require radical love, the kind of love that condemns a broken system and not its broken people. … Read More >The Sunset Gun: One Nation, Under the Influence of Hate

USA

The Trump Tax Reform Helped the Billionaire Class—Not the Working Class

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

The Republican tax law boosted the fortunes of America’s wealthiest while increasing insecurity for U.S. manufacturing workers. … Read More >The Trump Tax Reform Helped the Billionaire Class—Not the Working Class

USA

Media Outlets Owned by Billionaires Very Quick to Tell Readers Taxing the Rich Is Bad Idea

Posted on October 25, 2020October 25, 2020By Editor

A wealth tax as modest as some Democrats are proposing would affect precious few Americans, but still generate trillions of dollars of revenue from people who have largely been increasing their fortunes throughout the pandemic. … Read More >Media Outlets Owned by Billionaires Very Quick to Tell Readers Taxing the Rich Is Bad Idea

UK

Assange’s US Extradition Hearing Resumes Monday; Public Needs to Step up to Fight this War on Journalism

Posted on September 5, 2020September 5, 2020By Editor

Only through our courage to truly confront injustice and act in solidarity with truthtellers, can we end this illegal prosecution of free press and reclaim our own democracy. … Read More >Assange’s US Extradition Hearing Resumes Monday; Public Needs to Step up to Fight this War on Journalism