'This Is Not What Fighting Hamas Looks Like': Israel Orders All of Northern Gaza to Evacuate
by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams
on October 13, 2023
The Israeli military on Friday ordered the entire population of northern Gaza—roughly 1.1 million people—to evacuate to the southern half of the occupied territory within 24 hours, prompting fears of an even worse humanitarian catastrophe as Israel readies a ground invasion and continues its disastrous bombing campaign.
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UN torture expert accuses private firms of making ever more cruel instruments
by Chris McGreal, The Guardian
on October 13, 2023
Special rapporteur Alice Edwards presents UN general assembly with list of 20 new torture devices she wants to see banned.
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“Israel’s 9/11” Is a Slogan to Rationalize Open-Ended Killing of Palestinian Civilians
by Norman Solomon
on October 10, 2023
When Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations spoke outside the Security Council on Sunday, he said: “This is Israel’s 9/11. This is Israel’s 9/11.”
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A Statement from RootsAction on the Gaza-Israel War
by RootsAction.org
on October 08, 2023
We condemn the attacks by Hamas deliberately targeting Israeli civilians for killing and kidnapping. And we condemn Israel’s aerial bombardment of Gaza, which is again killing large numbers of Palestinian civilians. We grieve for all the lives lost and for all those injured and traumatized.
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Bernie: Are you really in support of another endless war?
by Melissa Garriga and Crystal Zevon
on October 03, 2023
“Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and use that money for human needs.” - Bernie Sanders April 29, 2012
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Elected Democrats Are Conformist Enablers of Biden for 2024
by Norman Solomon
on September 25, 2023
Recent news reports have been filled with results of one poll after another after another showing that President Biden continues to weaken as a candidate for re-election.
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NATO Admits That Ukraine War Is A War of NATO Expansion
by Jeffrey Sachs
on September 23, 2023
During the disastrous Vietnam War, it was said that the US government treated the public like a mushroom farm: keeping it in the dark and feeding it with manure.
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Activists Across U.S. Will Launch a Week of Protests Demanding Steps to Reduce Dangers of Nuclear War
by RootsAction.org
on September 22, 2023
Activists from around the country, supported by the Defuse Nuclear War coalition, will be participating in a week of action, from Sept. 24 to 30, to demand that the U.S. government take steps now to address the looming threat of nuclear war.
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Finally a Good Candidate for U.S. President
by David Swanson
on September 21, 2023
Finally someone who’s willing to run for president who’s qualified!
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Rand Paul Is Right on No More Weapons to Ukraine
by David Swanson
on September 20, 2023
As with every single other elected official in Washington, D.C., Senator Rand Paul is someone with whom I passionately disagree on almost everything. Ceasing to send weapons to Ukraine is not one of those things.
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