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The Week in Review

November 04, 2023

1,500+ Israelis Urge ICC Action on 'War Crimes and Genocide' in Gaza

"Persistent impunity has created the conditions for the consolidation of the Israeli apartheid regime, which is intent on committing ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Indigenous Palestinian population," says the open letter.

November 02, 2023

'MAGA Mike Johnson' Wants Commission to Cut Social Security Formed 'Immediately'

Social Security Works said that the new House speaker's "NUMBER ONE priority is to cut our earned benefits behind closed doors."

November 02, 2023

'The Progressive Movement Has Lost a Hero': Ady Barkan, Medicare for All Champion, Dies at 39

"There are no words to capture Ady Barkan's brilliance, moral clarity, and immense capacity to imagine and fight for a new world."

October 31, 2023

Official Resigns Over UN Response to Israeli War on Gaza, a 'Textbook Case of Genocide'

Craig Mokhiber called out "the current wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian people, rooted in an ethno-nationalist settler colonial ideology, in continuation of decades of their systematic persecution and purging."

October 31, 2023

'Abu Ghraib 2.0': IDF Torture Videos Spark Renewed Calls to End US Military Aid to Israel

"It's no surprise... that the same government that tortured Iraqis in Abu Ghraib is funding the same tactics on Palestinians," said Jewish Voice for Peace.

October 31, 2023

'Criminal': Major Banks Funneled $1.8 Trillion to Carbon Bombs Between 2016 and 2022

JPMorgan Chase led the pack with more than $141 billion invested between 2016 and 2022, followed by Citi with $119 billion, and Bank of America with $92 billion.

October 30, 2023

Israeli War on Gaza Sparks 'Largest Mass Mobilization of Jews' for Palestine in US History

"We will do everything in our power to demand an end to U.S. support for genocide and apartheid," said Jewish Voice for Peace.

October 30, 2023

Netanyahu Accused of 'Genocidal Intentions' in Gaza After 'Holy Mission' Speech

"The biblical reference to Amalek is genocidal," noted one theologian after the prime minister invoked an ancient enemy. "The Bible commands to wipe out Amalek, including women, babies, children, and animals."

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Opinion

The Rhetoric of War and Genocide Is on Display by US and Israeli Media

The othering of the entire population of Gaza—alongside misleading rhetoric and incessantly one-sided coverage—has laid the groundwork for the uncritical demonization of Palestinians, a necessary prerequisite for dramatic violence against them.

Right-Wing Billionaire Wins the World Series!

Most of the Major League Baseball teams are owned by billionaires. But the owners of the Rangers and the Diamondbacks are particularly disgusting.

Israel’s Chance to Turn Carnage into Peace

Friends do not let friends commit crimes against humanity.

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Biden Is a Genocide Denier and the 'Enabler in Chief' for Israel's Ongoing War Crimes

His unconditional support for Israel's assault on Gaza makes Biden and the vast majority of Congress directly complicit with mass murder and genocide, defined as “the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.”

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