Common Dreams

"We are hurtling toward 3° of warming; human rights can't withstand dangerous distractions," said one climate justice advocate.

Exempt from transparency requirements within U.N. climate agreements, the military sector is, in fact, the leading institutional driver of the climate crisis.

Aaron Kirshenbaum is CODEPINK's War is Not Green campaigner and East Coast regional organizer. Based in, and originally from, Brooklyn, New York, Aaron holds an M.A. in Community Development and Planning from Clark University. They also hold a B.A. in Human-Environmental and Urban-Economic Geography from Clark. During their time in school, Aaron worked on internationalist climate justice organizing and educational program development, as well as Palestine, tenant, and abolitionist organizing.

As a top Biden adviser addressed GOP29, green groups urged the outgoing Democratic administration to do whatever it can to tackle the global crisis before Republicans seize control.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump "see eye to eye" on the Iranian "threat."

What do we really know about Trump's foreign and military commitments, about his acolytes who are jostling for position and influence, and what do we think the tyrant will actually do?

"Despite clear evidence showing that Israel is committing war crimes and blocking humanitarian aid, the U.S. is still unconscionably selling billions of dollars of offensive weapons to Israel," said one advocate.

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote soon on legislation that would empower President-elect Donald Trump to attack nonprofits.

"The good news is, we can win these types of fights," said one campaigner. "We helped drive out three Cabinet secretaries from office last time, and we can do that kind of thing again."

Goddamn. A gutting one. Amidst our grief and shock at the ascendancy of a racist, vengeful, malevolent sociopath in cognitive decline who "represents everything we should aspire not to be" - but hey at least he's not a black woman - comes the awful realization, after years of telling ourselves as ...