Common Dreams:
"Democratic voters overwhelmingly want a leader who will fight the superrich and corporate America, and they believe Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the person to do it, according to a poll released this week.
While Democrats are often portrayed as squabbling and directionless, the poll conducted last month by the New Republic with Embold Research demonstrated a remarkable unity among the more than 2,400 Democratic voters it surveyed. ....
This was true with respect to policy: More than 9 in 10 want to raise taxes on corporations and on the wealthiest Americans, while more than three-quarters want to break up tech monopolies and believe the government should conduct stronger oversight of business."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-most-favorable-dem
-->This is an interesting poll. But the NYT was not interested in the story. Class wars is not their thing.
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Aljazeera:
"Indian author Arundhati Roy has announced that she is withdrawing from the Berlin International Film Festival after what she described as 'unconscionable statements' by its jury members about Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
'It is a way of shutting down a conversation about a crime against humanity even as it unfolds before us in real time,' wrote Roy, the author of novels and nonfiction, including The God of Small Things.
'I am shocked and disgusted,' Roy wrote, adding that she believed 'artists, writers and filmmakers should be doing everything in their power to stop' the war in Gaza. 'Let me say this clearly: what has happened in Gaza, what continues to happen, is a genocide of the Palestinian people by the State of Israel,' she wrote. 'The war is 'supported and funded by the governments of the United States and Germany, as well as several other countries in Europe, which makes them complicit in the crime,' she added."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/14/arundhati-roy-shocked-by-jurys-gaza-remarks-quits-berlin-film-festival
-->How shocking too is the fact that few US media outlets carried Arundhati's comments. Well, if you want to join Germany and Israel in committing war crimes, you better get use to a little criticism.
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Common Dreams:
"UN Human Rights Chief Calls for End of Trump Oil Embargo on Cuba as Crisis Deepens. The demand came after a group of United Nations experts condemned the embargo as 'a serious violation of international law and a grave threat to a democratic and equitable international order.'
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, said in a statement that 'we are extremely worried about Cuba’s deepening socio-economic crisis—amid a decades-long financial and trade embargo, extreme weather events, and the recent US measures restricting oil shipments.'
'This is having an increasingly severe impact on the human rights of people in Cuba. Given the dependence of health, food, and water systems on imported fossil fuels, the current oil scarcity has put the availability of essential services at risk nationwide.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-human-rights-chief-cuba-blockade
-->This is the third story this week about the US violating international law and committing war crimes. Hey, the US is committing war crimes in the rest of the world!
"Democratic voters overwhelmingly want a leader who will fight the superrich and corporate America, and they believe Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the person to do it, according to a poll released this week.
While Democrats are often portrayed as squabbling and directionless, the poll conducted last month by the New Republic with Embold Research demonstrated a remarkable unity among the more than 2,400 Democratic voters it surveyed. ....
This was true with respect to policy: More than 9 in 10 want to raise taxes on corporations and on the wealthiest Americans, while more than three-quarters want to break up tech monopolies and believe the government should conduct stronger oversight of business."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-most-favorable-dem
-->This is an interesting poll. But the NYT was not interested in the story. Class wars is not their thing.
=====
Aljazeera:
"Indian author Arundhati Roy has announced that she is withdrawing from the Berlin International Film Festival after what she described as 'unconscionable statements' by its jury members about Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
'It is a way of shutting down a conversation about a crime against humanity even as it unfolds before us in real time,' wrote Roy, the author of novels and nonfiction, including The God of Small Things.
'I am shocked and disgusted,' Roy wrote, adding that she believed 'artists, writers and filmmakers should be doing everything in their power to stop' the war in Gaza. 'Let me say this clearly: what has happened in Gaza, what continues to happen, is a genocide of the Palestinian people by the State of Israel,' she wrote. 'The war is 'supported and funded by the governments of the United States and Germany, as well as several other countries in Europe, which makes them complicit in the crime,' she added."
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/14/arundhati-roy-shocked-by-jurys-gaza-remarks-quits-berlin-film-festival
-->How shocking too is the fact that few US media outlets carried Arundhati's comments. Well, if you want to join Germany and Israel in committing war crimes, you better get use to a little criticism.
=====
Common Dreams:
"UN Human Rights Chief Calls for End of Trump Oil Embargo on Cuba as Crisis Deepens. The demand came after a group of United Nations experts condemned the embargo as 'a serious violation of international law and a grave threat to a democratic and equitable international order.'
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, said in a statement that 'we are extremely worried about Cuba’s deepening socio-economic crisis—amid a decades-long financial and trade embargo, extreme weather events, and the recent US measures restricting oil shipments.'
'This is having an increasingly severe impact on the human rights of people in Cuba. Given the dependence of health, food, and water systems on imported fossil fuels, the current oil scarcity has put the availability of essential services at risk nationwide.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-human-rights-chief-cuba-blockade
-->This is the third story this week about the US violating international law and committing war crimes. Hey, the US is committing war crimes in the rest of the world!
