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‘We Refuse to Go On Like This’: US Students Walk Out to Demand Gun Control
"We are walking out because we refuse to accept a country where gunfire can ring out at any moment," said student organizers in California. By Julia Conley Common Dreams Students across the...
It’s time to stop profiteering at the pump
As long as we depend on oil and gas to fuel our cars, heat our homes, and power our electric grid, we will remain vulnerable to the bottomless greed of fossil fuel executives. By Lindsay Owens...
Photo Gallery: Bans Off Our Bodies Protest, Mountain View 5/14/22
El Camino Real and Castro Street https://flic.kr/p/2nkB2Fe https://flic.kr/p/2nktcJJ
Roe doesn’t just protect abortion rights. It’s the keystone that keeps politicians out of the most intimate aspects of our lives.
Roe doesn’t just protect people seeking abortions. The rationale underpinning that ruling protects all of us from government interference in the most intimate areas of our lives: who we love, who we...
‘Time to Take to the Streets’: Mobilizations Planned as Supreme Court Targets Roe
The push by conservative justices to overturn Roe v. Wade, said one abortion rights advocate, "is giving us an opportunity to show them how ungovernable we will be if they follow through." By Jake...
Price Controls Could Tame Inflation
Price controls tend to outrage many economists and business-friendly politicians. But curbing excess profits and making essentials more affordable would be politically smart — and effective. By...
Shareholders Target Wall Street Banks With ‘Groundbreaking’ Climate Resolutions
"Investors are saying we can't conduct business in a world that is on fire, that has heatwaves and insufficient water. And I do think companies are beginning to understand that it's in their...
With Humanity on the Brink, Should We Trust Deterrence Theory or Disarmament?
Humanity should not be held hostage to uncertain, speculative considerations of what exactly will deter nuclear-armed rivals from taking steps that could escalate to Armageddon. By Kevin Martin...
Pentagon Contractors Seizing New Gold Rush to Cash in on the Ukraine Crisis
Even before the war, the Pentagon was slated to receive at least $7.3 trillion over the next decade, more than four times the cost of President Biden’s $1.7 trillion domestic Build Back Better plan,...
‘We Won’t Stop’: Climate Scientists Vow to Keep Fighting After Global Mobilization
"Governments have ignored the scientists who've warned that we're heading for catastrophe for decades. That's why so many are now engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience as a last-ditch effort."...
UN Chief: Those Expanding Fossil Fuels—Not Climate Activists—Are the ‘Truly Dangerous Radicals’
"Some government and business leaders are saying one thing—but doing another. Simply put, they are lying." By Brett Wilkins CommonDreams.org Following the publication of a key United Nations climate...
Amazon, Starbucks and the sparking of a new American union movement
Both the Starbucks and Amazon-Staten Island campaigns have been led by determined young workers. The campaigns have involved a significant degree of “self-organization”. By John Logan, San Francisco...
Big Oil Should Pay Windfall Tax to Offset Pain at the Pump
There’s a word for this sort of action to restrict an essential supply like energy during a crisis: profiteering. And when it's done in a coordinated way? That's called racketeering. By Jamie Henn...
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court hearing is a flashback to how race and crime featured during Thurgood Marshall’s 1967 hearings
Thurgood Marshall’s confirmation was a giant step forward in Supreme Court and U.S. history, but along the way he faced Senate Judiciary Committee questions that were race-baiting, arrogant,...
‘Addiction to Fossil Fuels Is Mutually Assured Destruction,’ Warns UN Chief
"Instead of hitting the brakes on the decarbonization of the global economy" amid Russia's war on Ukraine, "now is the time to put the pedal to the metal towards a renewable energy future," said...
Covering War Without Prejudice
Newsrooms must not make comparisons that weigh the significance or imply justification of one conflict over another. Regardless of their home country, the victims of war always deserve proper...
PRESS RELEASE: Veterans Warn Against “No Fly Zone” in Ukraine
“We need de-escalation and diplomacy to bring this terrible war to an end as soon as possible.” By Veterans for Peace Veterans of several U.S. wars are urging President Biden to hold fast against...
“They’re Lying to You”: Anti-War Protester Interrupts Russian State TV Broadcast
"It's in our power alone to stop this madness," the demonstrator, Channel One editor Marina Ovsyannikova, says in a pre-recorded video. "Go protest. Don't be afraid of anything. They can't put us...
The Post-Pandemic Recovery Will Be Green and Feminist or It Won’t Be
It is not a question of returning to the "normality" that has produced so much inequality and poverty. It is now urgent to build more sustainable, more inclusive, and greener economies, economies...
Photo Gallery: Local “No to War” actions
Two vigils calling for an end to the war in Ukraine took place in Palo Alto on Sunday, March 6, in response to calls for a national day of action. Both gatherings were held at the traditional...
A Message From Russians Against the War
There is only one way to prevent these catastrophes. We ourselves, the men and women of Russia, have to stop this war. This country belongs to us, not a handful of distraught old men with palaces...
The Best Way to Help Ukraine is Diplomacy, Not War
Every war eventually ends with diplomacy. The question is how long the killing goes on before the diplomats stop it. By Phyllis Bennis Institute for Policy Studies Russia’s outrageous invasion of...
No to war / Нет войне: PPJC Statement on Ukraine
No to war / Нет войне Peninsula Peace & Justice Center Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine This statement will be sent to our local Members of Congress, our Senators, and the White...
Hundreds More Arrested Across Russia on Day 2 of Anti-War Protests
"Now is the time to stand in solidarity with the incredibly brave Russian people who are bravely resisting this aggression by holding huge anti-war protests," said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders. By...
Virtual Brown Bag Lunch: Grassroots Activism for Nuclear Weapons Abolition
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22 12:15 p.m. ~ 1:00 p.m. Zoom Meeting - Registration Required Click here to register MARYLIA KELLEY Founder and Exec. Dir. of Tri-Valley CAREs Tri-Valley CAREs is a model for the...
Webinar: Investigating the Insurrection with Dr. William Armaline
A conversation with DR. WILLIAM ARMALINE Founding Director of the Human Rights Program, San José State Univ. Hosted by Paul George, Director, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center Tuesday, February 15,...
Video: Our Democracy Emergency: A Talk by Paul George
A forum about the very real threats to American democracy as a result of a host of new voter suppression and election...
Only Cold-War Fools Hit Replay on Doomsday
It's finally time for this country to succeed in something again—something noble, something other than the perpetuation of murderous war and the horrific production of genocidal weaponry. By William...
Bernie Sanders: As We Honor Dr. King, We Must Remember What He Truly Stood For
It would be easy for us to assume that he was universally admired and respected by the Establishment during his lifetime. Nothing could be further from the truth. By Sen. Bernie Sanders The...
Forum: Paul George on “Our Democracy Emergency”
"If you can keep it": Our Democracy Emergency PAUL GEORGE Director, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center Sunday, January 23, 7:00 p.m. Online Zoom Meeting Zoom Link:...