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News & Views | 5/21/21
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Coalition Pressures Key Democrat Gregory Meeks to Back Resolution Blocking Arms Sale to Israel
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
If Meeks refuses to allow a vote, the groups said, "he's actively
working against freedom of the press, democracy, and human rights around
the globe."
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Indigenous, Climate Leaders Launch National Effort to Demand Biden 'Stop Trump Pipelines'
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by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Decision-makers in Washington, D.C. and across the country now have a
choice—stand with the Trump pipelines that prop up big oil and gas
profits and cronyism or the approach Biden established when he canceled
KXL."
Congress Urged to Divert Pentagon Dollars After Afghan Withdrawal Towards Social Uplift, Climate Emergency
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by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"The real security challenges of today—from the climate crisis to global
inequality—demand that we cut the Pentagon budget and invest instead in
human needs," said one peace advocate who backed a letter to U.S.
lawmakers.
Canadian Activists Pour 'River of Blood' on Israeli Consulate Steps to Symbolize Devastation Across Palestine
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"The death and destruction inflicted by Israel in Gaza, as well as the
heightened violence by Israel across Palestine, cannot be washed away."
'Attempting to Starve People Back to Work': Anger Grows as GOP Governors Cut Off Jobless Benefits
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Meanwhile, the Biden administration is under fire for claiming it is
powerless to prevent states from ending the $300 weekly unemployment
boost.
WHO Says Covid Has Killed 6 to 8 Million People—Two to Three Times More Than Officially Reported
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by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Achieving equal global vaccination is imperative, or the risk of a more
virulent or transmissible variant remains high," the agency said. "No
one is safe until everyone is safe."
Aussie Youth Target PM Morrison at Climate Strikes Because 'He Only Serves the Fossil Fuels Industry'
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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"We're doubtful that there might not be a future in store for the
generations after us, and even our own generation."
'Solidarity With Emily Wilder': Outrage After AP Fires Staffer Targeted by Anti-Palestinian Rights Group
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by Julia Conley, staff writer
"This is clearly a case of selective enforcement" of the Associated
Press's social media policy, Emily Wilder said after her dismissal.
'Apartheid Doesn't Stop': Hours After Cease-Fire, Israeli Police Assault Palestinians at Al-Aqsa
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"A cease-fire premised on Palestinians ceasing fire while Israel
continues apartheid is a cease-fire with an inevitable expiration date,"
said one Palestinian rights advocate.
'End the Occupation': Progressives Say Cease-Fire Far From Enough to Secure Justice for Palestinians
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by Jake Johnson, staff writer
Rep. Ilhan Omar said the U.S. government must "stop underwriting crimes
against humanity while doing nothing to end the occupation."
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What Is the Biden Administration's Policy Towards Israel?
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by Phyllis Bennis
The Biden administration thought it could muddle through with the usual
pro-Israel platitudes, but rising awareness of Israeli apartheid is
making that impossible.
Biden and Moon Are on a Collision Course with North Korea and China
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by Hyun Lee
With one year remaining in Moon's presidency, 2021 may be the last
chance for the US and South Korea to shift direction toward peace.
This Endangered Species Day, Let's Reconnect with Our Natural World
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by Bonnie Rice
With our very existence at stake, biodiversity loss must be a national
priority on the same level as climate change.
Joe Biden's Hit and Run on the Palestinian People
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by Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan
Palestinian grandmothers living under Israeli occupation don't need
Biden's prayers; they need his intervention.
Remembering Christopher D. Stone, An Early Scholar for Legal Rights for Nature Concept
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by Ben Price
Stone passed away on May 14.
Conservative Jewish Journalists Use False Claims of Censorship to Try to Silence Critics
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by Ari Paul
The fact is that while the Jewish right claims they are being silenced
or vilified in the media by the left, the Jewish right and its allies
have levied harsh criticism toward liberal Jews and have in some cases
attempted to deplatform them.
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Newswire...
National March for Palestine to Go Ahead Despite Ceasefire
Stop the War Coalition
Largest Federal Employee Union Applauds Biden Push to Remove Fossil Fuel Securities from Retirement Funds
American Federation of Government Employees
350.Org Responds to G7 Announcement to End Coal Financing
350.org
Greenpeace USA Response to the Biden Administration’s Infrastructure Counteroffer
Greenpeace
Sunrise Movement Responds to Biden’s Potential Infrastructure Counteroffer: You are Making a Huge Mistake
Sunrise Movement
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