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Common Dreams Stories Oct 5, including U.S. Bombing of Afghan Hospital

October 10, 2015 by tokyoprogressive Leave a Comment

News & Views | 10.05.15

Featured…

  Sanders Condemns ‘Disastrous’ TPP as Ministers Seal Deal for Corporate Elite 
by Lauren McCauley
Leaders from 12 nations cement pact which coalition of critics say will raiseprice of essential drugs, drive industrial scale agribusiness, and threaten workers rights
     

News…

  As Pentagon Spins US Media, MSF Demands True Account of Hospital Attack 
by Sarah Lazare
‘There can be no justification for this horrible attack,’ states aid group after weekend attack on Kunduz hospital.
     
  Concluding Lifetime of Radical Activism, Grace Lee Boggs Dies at Age 100 
by Lauren McCauley
“I want my life to challenge people to think philosophically,” she once said, “I want people to ask themselves and each other what time it is on the clock of the world.”
     
  Outrage Stirred as Police Deploy Snipers to ‘Observe’ Anti-Austerity March in UK
by Jon Queally
As more than 60,000 people marched against Tory’s attack on the economy, sharp-shooters took up positions on rooftops
     
  Snowden: Prepared for Prison, But Won’t Serve to Discourage Other Whistleblowers 
by Sarah Lazare
In new BBC interview, Edward Snowden describes his attempts to reach plea deal and reveals how spy agencies can unlock your smartphone at will
     
  Will BP’s Record Gulf Spill Settlement Amount to a Record Tax Break?
by Lauren McCauley
Groups are warning that much of the $20.8 billion in settlement payments could be written off as the ‘cost of doing business’
     
  ‘Once-In-A-Millenium’ Flooding Creates ‘Otherworldly Scenes’ in South Carolina 
by Sarah Lazare
Officials warn the historic deluge will likely worsen as climate experts discussed connections between warming planet and extreme weather
    more news…

 Views…

  Bombing Hospitals All in a Day’s Work
by Phyllis Bennis
‘The wars are far from over.’
     
  Living for Change: If Not Now, When? 
by Grace Lee Boggs
‘We should no longer be protesting. We should no longer be dreaming. We should no longer be encouraging democratic illusions.’
     
  Media Are Blamed as US Bombing of Afghan Hospital Is Covered Up
by Ben Norton
‘When Russia denies killing civilians in its airstrikes on Syria, US media are suddenly skeptical and thorough; yet when the US government makes the same claims, journalists just recycle its press releases.’
     
  The Many Ways Women Are Beaten Down in America 
by Paul Buchheit
‘Despite all the successes of women, and despite their having earned the right to economic equality, the white male establishment has prevailed.’
   
  Empire or Humanity? 
by Howard Zinn
‘Have we reached a point in history where we are ready to embrace a new way of living in the world, expanding not our military power, but our humanity?’
     
  Amid the Crowing of the GOP and Clinton, Sanders Is on the Rise
by Robert Scheer
‘The Vermont senator’s success is not a result of charisma or image manipulation, both of which he quite properly treats as dangerous distractions from what ails us, but rather his deeply informed critique of the bipartisan policies of Presidents Clinton and Bush that have brought so much misery in their wakes.’
    more views…

Newswire…

  • Deepwater Horizon Settlement Comes with $5.35 Billion Tax Windfall
  • RNs Call for Congress to Reject Latest Trade Pact
  • New Report: 72% of Fortune 500 Companies Used Tax Havens in 2014 
  • TPP Comment: Deal is Great for Big Business, Awful for Medicine, Agriculture & Democracy 
  • Next Canadian Government Must Reject TPP
  • Congress Should Reject Polluter-Friendly Trans-Pacific Partnership
more newswire…

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