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Brexit won. Now for the real stuff

We woke up today to news of the British Exit (Brexit) from the European Union. Sigh The Chinese have a curse: “may you live in interesting times”… The Comic Book Store guy from the Simpsons once said: “there is no…

Brexit as a reality offers fresh British-European-Humanist opportunities

Instability is a prime condition for deep changes to take place in any situation and what determines how everything moves is primarily determined by the stronger forces impinging on that situation. As the orthodox forces are pretty much balanced, as…

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…

Exclusive Wikileaks Video Report – “First they came for Assange”

In this exclusive acTVism video report, we travel to the Volksbühne in Berlin to document a global event named “First they came for Assange” in which the case of Wikileaks and its founder, Julian Assange, was brought to the forefront.…

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…

UK Referendum: reject xenophobia and vote for solidarity and remain in the EU

In less than a week, the population of the United Kingdom will vote in a referendum to decide whether the country will REMAIN in or LEAVE the European Union.  The campaign has been bitterly fought with the governing Conservative Party,…

Brexit violence deeply rooted, with lessons for U.S.

On Thursday, in a political act more typical of the United States than Europe, a member of the British Parliament was murdered. She was an opponent of Brexit (Britain exiting the European Union), and her murderer reportedly shouted “Britain First!”…

‘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…

We should be more Viking

If there was a lottery where the winner could choose place of birth today and if that winner had some sense they would very likely end up not as a U.S. billionaire’s child (much less a random U.S. child), but…

The European Union is the worst choice – apart from the alternative

By George Monbiot for The Guardian The EU is a festering cesspool. But it’s a crystal spring compared with what the outers want to do – surrender Britain’s sovereignty to the United States What it’s about is not what it’s…

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