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NEWS Common Dreams Common Dreams ... Friday, November 24, 2023 Original article: Peter Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
■ Today's Top News 'Biggest Ever' Black Friday... Strike Common Dreams Friday, November 24, 2023 ... 7:14 PM Nevada Abortion Rights Advocates Vow to Fight Ruling Against Ballot Measure 'Nevadans overwhelmingly support putting reproductive rights into our state constitution,' said one abortion rights campaigner. By Brett Wilkins Open: https://www.commondreams.org/news/nevada-abortion-rights-advocates-vow-to-fight-ruling-against-ballot-measure Barcelona City Council Suspends Ties With Israel Over Gaza Slaughter 'It's not a war, it's a genocide,' said Councilmember Ada Colau. 'We not only need to denounce it, we must act and not stay on the sidelines.' By Brett Wilkins Open: https://www.commondreams.org/news/barcelona-israel Newborns in Gaza Dying From Preventable Causes Due to Israeli Siege: Oxfam 'Oxfam is urgently calling for a full cease-fire and unimpeded humanitarian access,' said the group, explaining that a four-day pause in fighting is not sufficient. By Julia Conley Open: https://www.commondreams.org/news/babies-dying-preventable-gaza Xenophobic Rumors About Stabbing Attack Fuel Far-Right Riots in Dublin 'We saw last night in Dublin a consequence of politicians spending years demonizing immigrants,' said one critic. By Julia Conley Open: https://www.commondreams.org/news/dublin-anti-immigrant-riots 'Biggest Ever Global Strike Against Amazon' Kicks Off on Black Friday 'This day of action grows every year because the movement to hold Amazon accountable keeps getting bigger and stronger,' said the head of UNI Global Union. By Jake Johnson Open: https://www.commondreams.org/news/amazon-black-friday-strikes US Coal Plants Killed 460,000 People Between 1999 and 2020 'Air pollution from coal is much more harmful than we thought,' said the lead author of a new study published in Science. By Jake Johnson Open: https://www.commondreams.org/news/coal-plant-deaths A 'Humanitarian Pause' Is Good. And Now We Need a Total Cease-Fire in Gaza With Palestinians, UN officials, humanitarian experts and internationally known genocide scholars naming Israel’s bombardment and blockade as genocide, the violence simply must stop. That is only possible through a mutual, binding agreement to ceasefire. By Khury Petersen-Smith,Phyllis Bennis Open: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/humanitarian-pause-cease-fire-gaza The Poverty of Education When We Make Our Teachers Poor In the richest country in the world, we can do so much better. What will it take to reverse the trend? By Jacob Goodwin Open: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/education-poverty-teachers Open: TVM# 25977 Israel’s Genocidal Antisemitism Against the Arab Civilians of Gaza Netanyahu's right-wing government has unleashed a “unifying” genocidal war against every child, woman and man that comprise the 2.3 million population of Gaza. By Ralph Nader Open: https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/israel-s-antisemitism-gaza Open: TVM# 25976 Independent news is more important than ever.

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