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After Brexit, European Left calls for ‘massive political opposition’

‘What Europe needs more than ever to avoid a slide into a xenophobic, deflationary, 1930s-like abyss’ by Nadia Prupis, staff writer for Common Dreams In the tumultuous aftermath of the UK’s vote to leave the EU, the European left is…

A welcome Democratic stand on guns, but are these the bills we’re looking for?

The historic sit-in in the House is impressive to behold, but the two proposals the Democrats are demanding a vote on are very problematic by Phyllis Bennie for Common Dreams It was almost midnight when I found myself glued to…

Protesting ‘shameful’ refugee policies, Doctors Without Borders rejects EU funds

“Once again, Europe’s main focus is not on how well people will be protected, but on how efficiently they are kept away.” by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer for Common Dreams The international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)…

Sanders to supporters: this is beginning of our revolution, not end

“We have begun the long and arduous process of transforming America – a fight that will continue tomorrow, next week, next year, and into the future.” by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer, Jon Queally, staff writer for Common Dreams  Democratic presidential…

‘Horrendous’: UK mourns after Labour Party MP Jo Cox killed by gunman

This post may be updated as new information becomes available… Details remain incomplete and unconfirmed, but some witness accounts suggest murder may have been politically motivated by Jon Queally, staff writer for Common Dreams British Labour Party MP Jo Cox…

Majority want assault weapons ban, so why don’t dems filibuster for that?

Outrage over government inaction on gun control has reached a fever pitch days after the Orlando shooting massacre by Lauren McCauley, staff writer for Common Dreams Outrage over government inaction on gun control has reached a fever pitch days after…

After Orlando, LGBTQ Muslims call for resistance to ‘forces of hatred’

‘We reject attempts to perpetuate hatred against our LGBTQ communities as well as our Muslim communities’ by Nadia Prupis, staff writer for Common Dreams In the wake of Sunday’s horrific mass shooting in Orlando, LGBTQ Muslims are speaking out with…

Podemos rises in polls amid anti-austerity fever in Spain

Podemos could unseat the long-established Socialist party for the first time in modern Spanish history by Nadia Prupis, staff writer for Cormmon Dreams Spain’s leftist political coalition, led by the anti-austerity party Podemos, is making new gains in the polls…

Despite ‘moral angst’ about inequality, world’s richest just keep getting richer

‘Unless companies rein in executive salaries, pay their fair share of taxes, and invest in decent jobs the yawning gap between the haves and have-nots will continue to grow’ By Nika Knight, staff writer for Common Dreams At a moment when…

Temer convicted of breaking election laws as thousands march for Democracy in Brazil

More revelations of “oozing corruption” in interim president’s administration by Nika Knight, staff writer for Comfmon Dreams Upheaval in Brazil continued this week as a court handed down a conviction against right-wing president Michel Temer, who took over after the…

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