diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
index d9ecce0e72..362bfeeafc 100644
--- a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ recipe_modules = ['recipe_' + r for r in (
            'linux_magazine', 'telegraph_uk', 'utne', 'sciencedaily', 'forbes',
            'time_magazine', 'endgadget', 'fudzilla', 'nspm_int', 'nspm', 'pescanik',
            'spiegel_int', 'themarketticker', 'tomshardware', 'xkcd', 'ftd', 'zdnet',
-           'joelonsoftware', 'telepolis',
+           'joelonsoftware', 'telepolis', 'common_dreams',
           )]
 
 import re, imp, inspect, time, os
diff --git a/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_common_dreams.py b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_common_dreams.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18a4233d69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/calibre/web/feeds/recipes/recipe_common_dreams.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+
+class CommonDreams(BasicNewsRecipe):
+    title          = u'Common Dreams'
+    description    = u'Progressive news and views'
+    __author__     = u'XanthanGum'
+    oldest_article = 7
+    max_articles_per_feed = 100
+    
+    feeds          = [
+                       (u'Common Dreams Headlines', 
+                       u'http://www.commondreams.org/feed/headlines_rss'), 
+                       (u'Common Dreams Views', u'http://www.commondreams.org/feed/views_rss'), 
+                       (u'Common Dreams Newswire', u'http://www.commondreams.org/feed/newswire_rss')
+                       ]