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U.S. Jobless Claims Top 1 Million Again in Latest Week as the Pandemic Keeps on Biting Workers
By Countercurrents Collective In the U.S., the number of people who filed for unemployment benefits rose for the second consecutive week last week as coronavirus cases surged around the country. The number of people collecting jobless benefits also increased to…
U.S. Dollar’s Grip on Global Markets Might Be Over, Warns Goldman
After years of talking about abandoning the U.S. dollar, Russia and China are doing it for real. In the first quarter of 2020, the share of the dollar in trade between the countries fell below 50 percent for the first…
‘What We Must Do’: Following Obama Eulogy for Lewis, Bernie Sanders Backs Call for Ending Filibuster
“President Obama is absolutely right,” said the former Democratic presidential candidate from Vermont. By Jon Queally, staff writer – Common Dreams Following an impassioned eulogy Thursday afternoon by President Barack Obama at the funeral of Congressman John Lewis in which…
SOS: Save Our Storefronts! Save Our State!
We need immediate and comprehensive RENT RELIEF. We strongly support legislation that will be introduced to the New York State Assembly by Assembly Member Harvey Epstein. After listening to our concerns and heeding our input, Assembly Member Epstein drafted a…
ETFO Emancipation Day is an opportunity to commit to ridding society of anti-Black racism
Emancipation Day, recognized on August 1, provides an opportunity for Ontario, its institutions and its people to commit to working towards a society that is rid of ongoing systemic and individual forms of anti-Black racism. While Ontario recognized the day…
How to hide from a drone – the subtle art of ‘ghosting’ in the age of surveillance
Drones of all sizes are being used by environmental advocates to monitor deforestation, by conservationists to track poachers, and by journalists and activists to document large protests. As a political sociologist who studies social movements and drones, I document a wide range…
Statement from Satsuki Ina on the separation of families in detention during the COVID-19 pandemic
In 1943, thousands of innocent people of Japanese ancestry were held in mass confinement. It wasn’t until after they had been rounded up and placed in American style concentration camps without due process, that they were forced to sign what…
Harvard denounces massacres by the Añez government in Bolivia: “They shot at us like we were animals”
By Jesus Murillo Añez. This past Monday, the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC), an organization member of Harvard Law School and the University Network for Human Rights (UNHR), denounced through a 92-page report “disconcerting patterns of human rights violations” committed…
This Year, the Stuttgart Peace Prize is Awarded to Julian Assange.
Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks imprisoned in London for a year, received the Stuttgart Peace Prize 2020. The prize is awarded by Die Anstifter and aims to promote the right to unconditional freedom of information and of the press.…
Hiroshima commemoration “For a world without nuclear weapons, without nuclear power plants and without war”
Dear friends of peace!In 2020, the Apocalypse Clock displays 100 seconds before midnight! This worldwide project of renowned scientists is warning us: We are so close to midnight and the Apocalypse has never been so close. Nuclear weapons and global…
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