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As apologists for Israel, Democratic leaders in Congress and at the DNC are doing major damage to the party’s prospects for next year’s midterm elections or defeating the Republican ticket in 2028.
By Norman Solomon This week will go down in history as a time when the governing body of the Democratic Party had a chance to oppose the U.S. government’s arming of Israel. But with the first Democratic National Committee meeting in seven months getting underway on Monday, the DNC’s leadership is determined to derail a resolution calling for…
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Why were the Philistines against the Canaanites?
The relationship between the Philistines and the Canaanites was multifaceted, encompassing both conflict and a degree of cultural exchange. While not always outright enemies, their interactions were often marked byrivalry and a struggle for dominance in the region of Canaan. Here’s a breakdown of the key factors contributing to their complex relationship: It’s important to…
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Fascism shattered Europe a century ago — and historians hear echoes today in the U.S.
After the mass death and destruction of World War I, with their economies shredded by inflation and unemployment, Italy and Germany turned from democracy to dictatorships. UC Berkeley scholars see troubling parallels in contemporary American democracy. September 9, 2024 It was a time of historic change, and society was buckling under the stress. There had…
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The Trump Administration Wants to Turn US Cities Into Occupied Territory
Opinion: The logic is imperial, and familiar. Invent an enemy. Inflate the threat. Justify the war. Except this time, the war zone is your own backyard. Jesse Mackinnon | Aug 07, 2025 | Common Dreams By any rational measure, the Trump administration’s internal Department of Homeland Security memo—obtained by The New Republic— reads less like a briefing…
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Seize and Resist
The global supply chain is up for grabs Thea Riofrancos | November 2020 Globalization is under attack from all quarters. It’s hard to pinpoint when the discord began: the concept, and the process it grasps, is nearly coterminous with the contention swirling around it. January 1, 1994, the day the North American Free Trade Agreement went…
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Micro-Militarism and Decline of Democracy
June 13, 2018 | Alfred W. McCoy | The Progressive After seventy years at the apex of global power, the most powerful empire in world history is beginning a protracted, painful decline. This decline might be a unique event for the United States, but from a world historical perspective these imperial transitions have happened often.…
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Why Peace in Gaza Matters to All of Us
The images from Gaza are impossible to ignore: destroyed homes, terrified children, overwhelmed hospitals, families torn apart. Whether or not we have personal ties to the region, we must recognize that what is happening in Gaza is not just a regional conflict—it is a human crisis, and peace is not a luxury, it is a…
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Why is a Christian school promoting an arms company?
Please Note: This is a reprint from the War Resisters’ International site: Countering the Militarisation of Youth from 14/11/2014. It should be noted that there are no less than Four BAE facilities currently in San Diego; number one in Rancho Bernardo; number two and three in the Clairemont Mesa area, and a fourth at the…
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Will we resuscitate international criminal justice or watch it die?
English Women’s Rights Palestine – Gaza – Dr. Amrita Kapur “The entire world watches a daily live broadcast of massacres, displacement, starvation and brutality. The occupier openly violates international law. At the same time, governments and institutions claiming to champion human rights, shield Israel, distort our image, demonize our voices and even supply the occupation with weapons that support…
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Record number of protests against Armed Forces Day across the UK
Author(s): ForcesWatch and the Peace Pledge Union A record number of demonstrations and other actions to challenge Armed Forces Day took place in towns and cities across the UK last weekend. Protest organisers report a three-fold increase compared with 2024, with demonstrations, vigils, stalls and flyering in over fifty locations this year. Celebrations to mark Armed…