Mainers Donate to and Rally With #GrahamPlatner After Reporting on Past Relationships
https://www.commondreams.org/news/graham-platner-maine

from #CommonDreams
Jun 07, 2026

Platner stressed that “we are up against one of the most powerful political systems in the history of the world. It is a system of billionaires and special interests."

In the wake of the Times reporting, Platner “raised more money than on any day since Gov. Mills’ withdrawal from the race,” according to his campaign. Specifically, as of 7pm ET Friday, the oyster farmer and combat veteran had collected “over $200,000, from over 5,000 donors, with an average contribution of $40.”

Phil Proschko, who served with #Platner in the Marines and also got the symbol tattoo, said in a brief interview: “No, we did not purposely get hateful fucking shit because we’re racist people... We got matching tattoos because we were in our 20s, drunk in Croatia, and that’s it. That’s all that fucking happened.”

#FightOligarchy
#news #politics #USpol #Maine

'A Strong Working-Class Agenda With Moral Clarity': UAW Endorses Abdul El-Sayed
In what could be his most important endorsement in the tight Senate primary, #Michigan’s largest and most influential union said El-Sayed was “someone we can trust to have our backs.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/uaw-endorses-el-sayed

from #CommonDreams
Jun 05, 2026

“Having never taken a dime from corporate #PACs, Dr. #AbdulElSayed is someone we can trust to have our backs,” the #union continued. “From #MedicareForAll to banning stock buybacks, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is ready, eager, and well-equipped to move our core issues in the USSenate.”

Dan Merica, a reporter at The Washington Post, noted that losing the #UAW endorsement to El-Sayed was a particularly big blow to Stevens, “who is running as a technocrat, often referring to herself as a ‘manufacturing geek’ because of her work as one of President Barack Obama’s top officials on the 2009 auto rescue.”

#news #politics #USpol #LaborMovement #workers
#AIPAC

📰 Statement by the NYC chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace on the illegal sale of Palestinian land

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/statement-by-the-nyc-chapter-of-jewish-voice-for-peace-on-the-illegal-sale-of-palestinian-land

#CommonDreams #Progressive

Cuba Works Health Miracles While Under US Blockade
Cuba’s approach to providing healthcare is indicative of the nature of the revolution: to serve Cubans and the oppressed across the world.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/cuba-healthcare-blockade

from #CommonDreams
June 4, 2026

In 2011, Cuba developed CIMAvax, which remains the world’s only approved #LungCancer #vaccine. This vaccine works to induce the immune system to stop the growth of #cancer cells and slow the progression of tumors. This vaccine has already treated more than 5,000 people across the world and many more thousands in #Cuba itself. Given the immense significance of the vaccine, the #US agreed to a special arrangement to trial the vaccine. The #RoswellParkCancerInstitute in NY has been running clinical trials with CIM since 2018. The very same nation that is imposing a genocidal blockade on Cuba is also benefiting from the historic breakthroughs in #healthcare.

#NoWarOnCuba
#CubaIsNotAlone
#EndTheBlockadeEmbargo
#news #politics #USpol

'Stop Making Excuses,' Says Ramirez as Dem Colleagues Anonymously Grumble About Lebanon War Powers Vote
https://www.commondreams.org/news/dems-hide-on-lebanon-war-powers

from #CommonDreams
Jun 03, 2026

Rep. #DeliaRamirez called on her fellow #Democrats to “stop making excuses and act” to stop a war in #Lebanon, as many refuse to go on the record about whether they’ll support a war powers resolution that would halt #US #military participation in Israel’s escalating occupation of the country.

Axios reported on Wednesday that some Democrats are “fuming” about having to take a vote on a resolution introduced by Rep. #RashidaTlaib (D-Mich.), which would require the US to end unauthorized #military cooperation with #Israel in Lebanon within seven days of being passed. The resolution would need Republican support to pass the GOP-controlled House.

#IsraelOutOfLebanon
#USOutOfMiddleEast
#news #politics #USpol #MiddleEast #WestAsia

'Ceasefire Is a Joke': Israeli Soldiers Recount Ongoing Indiscriminate Killings in Gaza | Common Dreams
"It was a jungle,” one soldier said. “After the ceasefire, the order was: If someone crosses the line, you shoot them.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israeli-soldiers-ceasefire-violations
May 31, 2026

From #CommonDreams

One IDF combat soldier told the AP that he saw his teammates “yelling in celebration” and “congratulating one another” after blowing up a vehicle driving near the ever-expanding so-called “yellow line” dividing the Gaza Strip into Israeli and Palestinian-controlled zones. The strike killed everyone inside the vehicle.

#IsraelTerroristState
#SanctionIsrael
#FreePalestine
#Gaza #Palestine #News #politics #Israel

📰 Lawsuit Filed Over “Alligator Alcatraz” Air Pollution

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/lawsuit-filed-over-alligator-alcatraz-air-pollution

#CommonDreams #Progressive

Warning of US Unreliability and #Israeli ‘Sabotage,’ Iran Refutes Trump Claim of Peace Deal
“We have reached a conclusion on a large portion of the issues under discussion,” said an Iranian spokesperson. “But to say that this means the signing of an agreement is imminent—no one can make such a claim.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-war-negotiations

from #CommonDreams
May 25, 2026

#Trump suggested that #Iran could also normalize relations with #Israel by signing the #AbrahamAccords and said that “it would be an Honor to have them also be part of this unparalleled World Coalition.”

However, Baghaei threw cold water on Trump’s optimism, stressing Monday that “the focus of the negotiations is on ending the war on all fronts, including #Lebanon,” and that this critical point is “one of the core elements of understanding in any agreement.”

What negotiators aren’t discussing at this time, according to both sides, is ending Iran’s #nuclear development.

#news #politics #WestAsia