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Common Dreams NewsCenter, often referred to simply as Common Dreams, is a popular U.S. based news website with a progressive perspective. Common Dreams publishes both news stories and editorials. Common Dreams also re-publishes syndicated content from Associated Press, columnists such as the late Molly Ivins, and news stories from a number of mainstream mass-market newspapers. The website also provides hyperlinks to other columnists, periodicals, radio outlets, news services, and websites. Common Dreams is nationally based, and aims to bring liberal/progressive Americans together to ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Christmas In the Trenches
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Christmas is No Time to Talk About War and Peace
When I heard the President speak to returning troops last week, my mind flashed back to an article I once wrote for our local newspaper. Each week a different member of the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
From Our Archives: Police Violence Shocks Activists, Others at Port of Oakland Protest
Common Dreams Editors' Note: In light of the violence done by the Oakland, CA police against Occupy Oakland, we wanted to share with you this headline from our 2003 archives. ...via Saed Abu Hmud (t) -
GM crops promote superweeds, food insecurity and pesticides, say NGOs
Report finds genetically modified crops fail to increase yields let alone solve hunger, soil erosion and chemical-use issues Genetic engineering has failed to increase the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Citibank Arrests Customers for Trying to Close Accounts
This notion of removing money from the banks in order to bring them down is a genuine threat to the banking industry and we can expect more arrests by banks who are using the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Afghanistan and Iraq wars not worth fighting, say a third of US veterans
One in three US veterans of the post-9/11 military believes the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were not worth fighting, and a majority think ...Poll finds pride in military, but ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
ACLU Statement on Killing of Anwar Al-Aulaqi
U.S. airstrikes in Yemen today killed Anwar Al-Aulaqi, an American citizen who has never been charged with any crime.read morevia Kaizar Campwala (t) -
'American Teacher': A Film on Education That Gets It Right
Every policymaker should be required to see the new film “American Teacher,” which powerfully reveals the huge challenge that the country faces in attracting and keeping ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The Payroll Tax Holiday: Talk about a Ponzi Scheme!
Is President Obama trying to kill Social Security without explicitly saying so? He put Social Security "on the table" for consideration by his Deficit Commission -- even ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
President Obama Joins the Cult of Economics Deniers
A front page story in Sunday's New York Times gave the country the bad news. President Obama is no longer paying attention to economists and economics in designing economic ...Posted by Dwight Rousu



