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Coalition of “Grassroots Diplomats” Take the Lead on International Solidarity with South Africa in the Absence of Diplomacy and Accountability from U.S. Officials

by Melissa Garriga, January 8, 2023 Peace activists across the country have embarked on a campaign to mobilize global support for South Africa’s charge of genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The campaign, spearheaded by CODEPINK, World Beyond War, and RootsAction, aims to rally nations to submit a “Declaration of Intervention” supporting South Africa’s case at[…]

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9,000 Gazan Children Have Undergone Amputations, Many Without Anesthesia – Day 81

by If Americans Knew, published on Israel Palestine News, December 27 241 killed in Gaza in 24 hours; Gazan prisoners of Israel report horrific torture; Israeli military leader would not hesitate to attack “safe zones” if needed; Israel accuses Hezbollah of targeting one house of worship, while Israel has targeted 200+; 6 killed by drone attack in West Bank More[…]

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Steps You Can Take to Stop the Ongoing Genocide of Palestinians in Gaza

by Abdul Jabbar, published in Countercurrents, December 27, 2023 It is the duty of everyone in the world and especially those who live in the United States to take action to stop the ongoing genocide of the besieged and helpless Palestinians in Gaza. This brutal slaughter of Palestinians started on October 7, 2023, when Israel retaliated against the horrific Hamas[…]

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Did Israel Kill Iranian Commander to Provoke a Wider War?

by Trita Parsi, published on Responsible Statecraft, December 26, 2023 Iran’s top commander in Syria, Seyed Razi Mousavi, was assassinated Sunday by an Israeli airstrike in a Damascus neighborhood, according to Iran’s official news agency IRNA and Britain-based opposition war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. This has led Tehran to call for reprisals, ratcheting up fears that this[…]

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U.S. Labor March for Palestine

by Labor Today International, December 22, 2023 On Thursday evening 12/21/2023 2- 3,000 people rallied in New York City for a ceasefire in Palestine. LTI was there! What follows is the publicity for that march. We will bring you more information as it becomes available. Solidarity forever! Joseph F. Hancock, Editor Abdel Honorio García, Assistant Editor and Treasurer Dr. Frank[…]

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US pushing Red Sea Into War Zone to Protect Israeli Genocide in Gaza

by Al Mayadeen English, December 19, 2023 French shipping and logistics giant CMA CGM announced on Monday that it would reroute some of its vessels through the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa due to increased Yemeni operations in the Red Sea. “The CMA CGM Group remains deeply concerned about the attacks on commercial vessels unfolding in the Red[…]

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The United Arab Emirates is Destroying the Biodiversity of a Yemeni Archipelago.

by Mouna Hashem and Martha Mundy, Published on Counterpunch, December 1, 2023 Environmental destruction entails two intertwined processes: climate change and the destruction of biodiversity, which mutually reinforce each other. Both are human-caused. Climate change is not the lead driver of biodiversity loss; it is human overexploitation of natural resources and habitat destruction. Protecting biodiversity protects against climate change. Nowhere is the[…]

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Yemeni Movement’s Solidarity With Palestine

Statement published on Workers World, December 20, 2023 Below is a statement by Ansarallah (called the Houthi movement in the imperialist media) spokesperson, Mohammed Abdul Salam, which was posted on Resistance News Network on Dec. 16.  The accompanying news is that the largest shipping company in the world, the Swiss-Italian MSC, has decided to cease all shipments in the Red[…]

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When Genocide is No Longer Genocide

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, December 13, 2023 Some of Israel’s defenders want to do away with the concept of genocide in hopes of washing away its war crimes. Any redefinition would allow the U.S. to disappear the many genocides it has committed domestically and internationally. “We maintain, therefore, that the oppressed Negro citizens of the United[…]

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