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The US v. India’s solar panels: a preview of TTP, TTIP, CETA, TISA, etc.
The United States has blocked India’s efforts to boost local production of solar cells and solar modules, which would have brought energy to millions of people in dire need of it, by denouncing it to the World Trade Organisation claiming…
Flint, US, lead in water, privatisation and Democracy-shattering
Michael Moore gives us a succinct report about a scandal that has shaken the US: “News of the poisoned water crisis in Flint has reached a wide audience around the world. The basics are now known: the Republican governor, Rick…
As Saudi Arabia executes Sheikh al-Nimr, will U.S. respond by cutting $50 billion in weapons sales?
After Saudi Arabia executed Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr on Saturday along with 46 others, protesters in the Iranian capital of Tehran responded by torching part of the Saudi Embassy. On Sunday, Saudi Arabia responded by severing ties with Iran.…
Ceasefire in Yemen Faces Collapse as U.S. Continues Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia, Fueling Civil War
United Nations-brokered peace talks in Yemen’s nine-month-old civil war are faltering, amid disputes between rival factions over the release of prisoners. Meanwhile, local officials have reported intensifying clashes and renewed airstrikes despite an ongoing ceasefire. Over the weekend, U.S.-backed, Saudi-led…
Unplanned Nuclear Reactor shutdown highlights power plant’s dangers
Shutdown occurred after activists protested continued operation of Indian Point’s expired Unit 3 reactor by Nadia Prupis, staff writer for Common Dreams A nuclear reactor at New York’s Indian Point power plant was forced to shut down Monday due to…
Silence, please! A new Middle East is in the making
Human Wrongs Watch By Baher Kamal* Egyptian born, Spanish national secular journalist, Baher Kamal, comments on the current Middle East situation and its future. Read The Over-Written, Under-ReportedMiddle East – Part I: Of Arabs and Muslims and Middle East Part II –…
‘Fukushima fingerprint’: Highest-yet radiation levels found off US coast
The changing values underscore the need to more closely monitor contamination levels across the Pacific.’ by Nadia Prupis, staff writer for Common Dreams Radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan has been detected at an increased number of…
This Thanksgiving, no place for refugees at the American table
By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan In the wake of the horrific attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, there has been a crushing backlash against refugees from the wars in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. A cartoon has been circulating on…
‘Gasoline on the fire’: Obama orders ground troops to Syria
Expanded military footprint will include Special Ops forces inside Syria and expanded ground operations in Iraq by Jon Queally, staff writer for Common Dreams In a move that critics says fulfills long-held warnings of “mission creep” and amount to throwing…
TPP is “Worst Trade Agreement” for Medicine Access, Says Doctors Without Borders
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage. UNITED NATIONS, Oct 7 2015 (IPS) – “The TPP [Trans-Pacific Partnership] will…go down in history as the worst trade agreement for access to medicines in developing countries,” said Doctors without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in a statement…
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