Journalists’ Letter to Blinken: Impose Arms Embargo on Israel
by RootsAction.org
on August 15, 2024
The following letter has been sent to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken by a coalition of journalists and press freedom advocates in solidarity with their colleagues facing targeted killings in Palestine.
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Pretending Project 2025 Cuts Military Spending Is Weird
by David Swanson
on August 11, 2024
In the August 4 San Francisco Chronicle, Brett Wagner, formerly of the U.S. Naval War College, and now adjunct fellow at the weapons-funded Center for Strategic and International Studies, writes that the “Department of Defense” section of the Heritage Foundation’s “ Project 2025” “envisions a world in which the U.S. slashes its military commitments and related funding to such draconian levels that we would cease to be a global superpower.”
“Welcome to Hell”: U.S. Silence on Israel’s Network of Torture Camps
by Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan, Democracy Now!
on August 09, 2024
“When we got off the bus, a soldier said to us: ‘Welcome to hell.’”
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Jewish Progressive Leaders Push Back Against “Lie” That Opposition to Shapiro for VP Is Antisemitic
by RootsAction
on August 02, 2024
“Opposition to putting Josh Shapiro on the ticket is not about his religion, it’s about his political positions,” Jewish leaders of RootsAction.org said today.
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The Smearing of Cori Bush for Being Truthful About the Gaza War
by Norman Solomon
on August 01, 2024
Soon after the Gaza war began 10 months ago, a prominent newspaper columnist denounced Congresswoman Cori Bush under a headline declaring that “anti-Israel comments make her unfit for reelection.”
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Shawn Fain, United Auto Workers President, for U.S. Vice President
by John Nichols, The Nation
on July 31, 2024
As a Midwesterner, I am not immune to Walzmania,
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NUCLEAR DANGER: HIGH RISK, HIGH-STAKES (w/Emma Claire Foley)
by The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow
on July 30, 2024
New video:
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Progressives Warn That Shapiro VP Choice Would Fracture Democratic Unity
by RootsAction
on July 30, 2024
Progressive activists launched a national campaign Tuesday urging Kamala Harris not to pick Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro as her running mate.
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What the US Can Learn From the French Left
by Harrison Stetler, The Nation
on July 29, 2024
The New Popular Front bloc denied the far right a victory by doing things the Democratic Party consistently fails to do.
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Josh Shapiro Would Be a Dangerous Choice for Harris Running Mate
by Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon
on July 29, 2024
Kamala Harris has gained strong support as the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate. Putting Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro on the ticket would likely fracture that support.
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