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[] ['Activism Works': UK Parliament Makes History in Declaring Climate Emergency](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) [Sign reads: Declare Climate Emergency](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer "Now we must act on it" [] [] News... [] ['We Teach, We Vote!': 10,000 Teachers Rise Up Against Republican Legislature in Deep Red South Carolina](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) 1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5 by Julia Conley, staff writer Demanding an end to austerity measures that have kept classrooms overcrowded and educators underpaid, about 10,000 teachers, students, and supporters staged one of the largest protests in recent years at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia on Wednesday. --------------------------------------------------------------- ['Nice But Extremely Insufficient': Critics Warn Bill to Keep US in Paris Agreement No Solution to Climate Emergency](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) [pelosi et al.](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Progressives are urging federal lawmakers to pursue a "real solution" to the climate crisis as House Democrats gear up for a vote this week on a bill to block President Donald Trump from ditching the Paris climate agreement. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Pompeo Says US Prepared to Take Military Action in Venezuela "If That's What's Required"](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) 1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5 by Jake Johnson, staff writer "The team that brought you Iraq seems to thrive on death, destruction, and spending workers' hard earned tax dollars," said one anti-war activist --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [Common Dreams is fueled by readers, like you. 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[] [Establishment Media and the Green New Deal: New Wine in Old Bottles](1f9d0/ct23_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) [Washington Post depiction of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announcing the proposal for a Green New Deal. (Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg News)](1f9d0/ct24_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) by Miranda Spencer While the resolution was a radical departure from politics as usual, most corporate media filtered coverage of the “Green New Deal” through the lens of conventional expectations --------------------------------------------------------------- [Yes, We Can do Better Than Capitalism](1f9d0/ct25_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) [An investor views the stock index at a securities company on May 30, 2007 in Nanjing, China. Capitalism's defenders, writes Wolff, "clearly want the basic system to continue. But exactly what is the system?" (Photo: China Photos/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct26_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) by Richard Wolff By democratizing our workplaces, we can supplant the dominant ecomomic system which cannot escape its intrinsic exploitation of labor --------------------------------------------------------------- [This US-Backed Rightwing Coup Attempt in Venezuela Must Be Condemned](1f9d0/ct27_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) [Pro-Guaidó police officers walk around Altamira distribuitor on April 30, 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela. Through a live broadcast via social media, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido called for a military uprising against the government of Nicolás Maduro. (Photo: Carolain Caraballo/Vizzor Image/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct28_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) by Gerry Condon We must do all we can to join this historic struggle for peace, justice and self-determination in our hemisphere. --------------------------------------------------------------- [The New "Infrastructure Deal" Is a Political Disaster](1f9d0/ct29_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) [Pelosi and Schumer are not serious political leaders. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)](1f9d0/ct30_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) by Jeffrey C. Isaac Why legislative tacticians make bad political leaders --------------------------------------------------------------- [A Border Crisis of Our Own Making](1f9d0/ct31_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) [The migrants’ stories, gaunt faces, and vulnerability continue to haunt me. (Photo: Shutterstock)](1f9d0/ct32_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) by Jean Stokan For 30 years I've led faith delegations to Central America, seeing firsthand how U.S. policies displaced the people now arriving at our border --------------------------------------------------------------- [It’s Looking Like Another Failed Coup Attempt by the US and Its Puppet Guaidó in Venezuela](1f9d0/ct33_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) [US puppet Juan Guaidó speaks to reporters during his failed coup attempt yesterday.](1f9d0/ct34_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) by Dave Lindorff The US cannot understand how loathed it is south of the border --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct35_0/1?sid=TV2%3AfzD34Aii5) [] [] Newswire... 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