New Video From AOC Envisions a #GreenNewDeal Future | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) to view this message in a browser window. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [] [] News & Views | 4/17/19 [] Feature... [] ['We Can Be Whatever We Have the Courage to See': New Video From AOC Envisions a #GreenNewDeal Future](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [A new video from The Intercept and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez presents a hopeful vision of the future. ](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer "This beautiful film helps us imagine a different version of ourselves, and a future in which we decided to come together in the face of crisis, rather than surrender and fall apart." [] [] News... [] [Bernie Sanders 'Raises the Bar Even Further' on Climate With Vow to Ban Fracking, All New Fossil Fuel Projects](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) 1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk by Jake Johnson, staff writer " That is exactly the kind of leadership we need if we hope to stop the worst impacts of climate change." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Chilling': Israeli Court Orders Deportation of Human Rights Watch's Omar Shakir Over Pro-Palestinian Activism](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) 1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk by Jake Johnson, staff writer "Israel portrays itself as the region's only democracy, but is set to deport a rights defender over his peaceful advocacy." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['You Cannot Ignore Science': In Emotional Plea, Greta Thunberg Begs EU to Take Urgent Climate Action](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [Greta Thunberg speaking April 16, 2019 in Strasbourg to MEPs at the Committee on the Environment, Public Health, and Food Safety.](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "Our house is falling apart, and our leaders need to start acting accordingly." --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Prohibition Only Ends Once': 421 For All Group Takes Aim at Cannabis Criminal Justice Reform](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [The 421 For All logo.](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) by Eoin Higgins, staff writer Activists are taking advantage of the day after the country's biggest weed holiday to spread a message of diversity, inclusion, and restorative justice as legalization at the state and federal level increasingly becomes the law of the land. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Roger Waters to Madonna: Don't Normalize Violations of Palestinians' Rights With Performance in Tel Aviv](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [Roger Waters performing in Dublin in 2013. ](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "I suppose I'm calling on everyone involved in what I see as Eurovision's betrayal of our joint humanity to focus on their capacity to empathize with their Palestinian brothers and sisters." --------------------------------------------------------------- [New Interior Chief Bernhardt Reportedly Held Secret Meeting Linked to One of His Predecessor's Many Scandals](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) 1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk by Julia Conley, staff writer Interior Secretary David Bernhardt's conflicts of interests are already raising questions about his involvement in the very same scandals for which his predecessor is now under investigation. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [] [More News](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [] [] Views... [] [Walruses Are Jumping Off Cliffs to Their Deaths—Yes, Because of Climate Change](1f9d0/ct17_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [The walrus deaths shown in “Our Planet” are becoming increasingly common as the sea ice they depend on melts away faster than we predicted. (Photo: Screenshot)](1f9d0/ct18_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) by Shaye Wolf Animal lovers of the world must bear witness to the walrus’s peril. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Children’s Moral Power Can Challenge Corporate Power on Climate Crisis](1f9d0/ct19_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [On March 15, an estimated 150,000 European students left school to protest. (Photo: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct20_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) by Ralph Nader Students taking to the streets and taking on legislators will advance the fight for a safer planet and a more just society --------------------------------------------------------------- [Getting Serious About Power](1f9d0/ct21_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [Lewis Franklin Powell Jr., conservative mastermind and Supreme Court justice, in 1972. (Photo: AP Images) ](1f9d0/ct22_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) by Caroline Fredrickson Can we learn something about the right’s strategic coherence without emulating either their ideas or their contempt for democracy? --------------------------------------------------------------- [Maybe Rich Liberals Don’t Hate Sanders Because They Fear He Can’t Win, But Because They’re Rich](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [New York Times photograph of Bernie Sanders’ “fervent supporters.” (Photo: Lauren Justice)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) by Adam Johnson That a network of multi-millionaire and billionaire donors would dislike a candidate who not only rejects their funding, but is actively trying to tax them at rates not seen since 1960, would surely be enough reason to explain why these wealthy elites would want to “stop” his nomination. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Don’t Fall for the Hype of Free Trade Agreements](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [With the current push to enact the Administrations USMCA (NAFTA 2.0) industry front groups are again passing themselves off as grassroots organizations pushing the best interests of farmers, working people and the environment. Don’t be fooled. (Photo: PeoplesWorld/cc/flickr)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) by Jim Goodman NAFTA 2.0 is not about feeding people or doing right by American farmers or Canadian farmers or Mexican farmers—it is about furthering corporate profit. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Oil and Gas Industry Has Way Too Much Control Over Congress](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [The most important step to climate safety is a shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy, especially wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and bio. (Photo: Harris County Fire Marshal's Office)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) by Jeffrey D. Sachs Either we escape from the malign grip of the oil and gas industry, or humanity will suffer climate wreckage for generations to come --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [] [] Newswire... [] [Human Rights Lawyers React to Israeli Deportation Ruling on Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine Director](1f9d0/ct30_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [Stop US Threats Against the International Criminal Court and its Prosecutor](1f9d0/ct31_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [“Friend of Court” Brief by Election Security Experts Highlights Major Flaws in South Carolina Election Systems](1f9d0/ct32_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [Global Indigenous Women’s Delegation Visits North Dakota to Share Strategies to Oppose Mega Oil and Gas Projects, Impact on Women and Girls](1f9d0/ct33_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [Attorney General Announcement on Asylum-Seekers is Heartless and Cruel](1f9d0/ct34_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [] [] [More Newswire](1f9d0/ct35_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [] [] [Share this newsletter with a friend](1f9d0/ct36_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) [] [Donate](1f9d0/ct37_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) --------------------------------------------------------------- [Rate us on Google](1f9d0/ct38_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) | [Follow us on Facebook](1f9d0/ct39_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) | [Follow us on Twitter](1f9d0/ct40_0/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk) Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. An independent, non-profit newscenter since 1997. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_1/1?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk), PO Box 443, Portland, ME 04112, USA | 207.775.0488 Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax deductible. EIN: 20-3368194 | [Unsubscribe](1f9d0/q-003a/zout?sid=TV2%3A5FjzpCTwk)