Time for a Transnational Uprising Against a Reckless Escalation of the Arms Race?
by Norman Solomon, The Nation
on November 21, 2023
Forty years ago, across a dozen pages of The Nation, I was in a debate with the English historian E.P. Thompson about the US-Soviet nuclear arms race, the relative culpability of both governments, and how activists should approach it all.
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Rep. Omar Introduces Resolution to Block Weapons Sale Used to Fund War Crimes in Gaza
by Rep. Ilhan Omar
on November 16, 2023
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced a joint resolution of disapproval today for the proposed export license for $320 million in Spice Family Guided Bomb Assemblies to Israel.
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Open Letter from a Ukrainian Facing Prison for Speaking for Peace
by Yurii Sheliazhenko
on November 16, 2023
Greetings from Kyiv. Yesterday my city was disturbed again by air raid sirens, so I ran from Vernadsky scientific library to hide in the closest shelter, a subway station.
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Denunciation to the International Criminal Court for genocide and other crimes (art. 15.1)
by Riccardo Petrella, Pressenza
on November 16, 2023
On 9 November [2023] at 11 am in The Hague, a denunciation for genocide and other crimes (art.15.1) concerning Palestine in particular will be presented to the International Criminal Court.
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The Carnage in Gaza Cries Out for Repudiation and Opposition. Maybe Poetry Can Help.
by Norman Solomon
on November 16, 2023
Two centuries ago, Percy Shelley wrote that “poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.”
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Exclusive: Rep. Ilhan Omar To Introduce First Bill To Block U.S. Weapons For Israel Since Gaza War Began
by Akbar Shahid Ahmed, Huffington Post
on November 14, 2023
The Minnesota Democrat is taking aim at a $320 million package of bomb equipment that the Biden administration wants to provide to Israel's military.
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Israel’s Military Is Part of the U.S. War Machine
by Norman Solomon
on November 07, 2023
The governments of Israel and the United States are now in disagreement over how many Palestinian civilians it’s okay to kill.
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Democratic Establishment Seems Ready to Lose With Biden in 2024
by Jeff Cohen
on November 06, 2023
It looks as though there is only one scenario that offers hope for November 2024: the increasingly unpopular Democratic president announces in the coming weeks that he won’t seek reelection.
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White House Requests “Unprecedented” Loophole That Would Obscure Arms Sales to Israel
by Women for Weapons Trade Transparency
on November 03, 2023
The measure effectively gives Israel a check to purchase $3.5 billion in arms in complete secrecy.
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Biden Is a Genocide Denier and the “Enabler in Chief” for Israel’s Ongoing War Crimes
by Norman Solomon
on October 30, 2023
For three weeks, President Biden has played a key role in backing Israel’s war crimes while touting himself as a compassionate advocate of restraint.
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