Common Dreams
| Named as an outlet of "Fake News" |
Started: 1997
Founder: Craig Brown
Common Dreams is a nonprofit news organization which frequently publishes news and opinion pieces with a left-of-center perspective. While critical on some issues, like US imperialism and forever wars, it tends to be supportive of the Democratic Party.
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We share our readers' progressive values of social justice, human rights, equality, and peace. Common Dreams is committed to not only being your trusted news source but to encouraging critical thinking and civic action on a diverse range of social, economic, and civil rights issues affecting individuals and their communities.[1]
Coerced jabs
In September 2021, Joseph Stiglitz wrote in Common Dreams: {{#subobject: |Has superobject=Common Dreams |Has objectClass=Quotation |Has author=Joseph Stiglitz|+sep=, |Has text=“Similarly, "Thou shall get vaccinated." Any infringement of an individual's liberty by requiring safe and highly effective COVID-19 vaccination pales in comparison to the social benefits--and consequent economic benefits--of public health. It is a no-brainer to require all individuals, with only limited medical exemptions, to be vaccinated. While many governments appear to be too timid to impose this requirement, employers, schools, and social organizations--any organized activity that brings individuals into contact with others--should do so.” |Is about=Common Dreams,COVID-19/Vaccine/Mandation|+sep=, |Has wikipediaPage= |Has location=|+sep=, |Has publicationDate=September 2021 |Sourced from= |Has sourceDetails= |Has sourceTitle= |Has sourceName= |Has sourceURL=https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/09/09/vaccine-mandates-and-patent-waivers-common-good
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“Similarly, "Thou shall get vaccinated." Any infringement of an individual's liberty by requiring safe and highly effective COVID-19 vaccination pales in comparison to the social benefits--and consequent economic benefits--of public health. It is a no-brainer to require all individuals, with only limited medical exemptions, to be vaccinated. While many governments appear to be too timid to impose this requirement, employers, schools, and social organizations--any organized activity that brings individuals into contact with others--should do so.”
Joseph Stiglitz (September 2021) [2]
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