Human rights defenders on Friday welcomed a move by Chile's progressive president to put off accepting the new Israeli ambassador's credentials in response to the killing of a Palestinian teenager earlier in the day.A spokesperson for the Chilean Foreign Ministry...
Peace Groups Decry Billions More in US Military Aid as Blinken Visits Ukraine
As the Biden administration on Thursday announced billions of dollars in additional aid for Ukraine's defense against Russian invaders, peace activists renewed calls for a diplomatic solution to the nearly seven-month war."The White House and Congress are fueling this...
Massachusetts Pacifists Decry ‘Saudi Blood Money’ at Kingdom’s Golf Tournament
Peace activists on Friday challenged what they called Saudi Arabia's "sportswashing" of war crimes in Yemen and domestic human rights abuses by protesting outside – and over – a Massachusetts golf tournament funded by the repressive kingdom.Members of...
Groups Cautiously Welcome Pentagon’s New Civilian Casualty Action Plan
Human rights groups were cautiously optimistic Thursday as the United States military – which has killed more civilians in foreign wars than any other armed force on Earth in the post-World War II era – published a plan meant to reduce non-combatant...
Progressive Lawmakers Push Biden To Stop Transferring Military Weapons to Cops
Congressional progressives this week urged top Biden administration officials to end the transfer of military weapons to local law enforcement agencies under a program that critics say disproportionately harms communities of color.In a letter led by Rep. Ayanna...
‘Remember Abu Ghraib,’ MbS Tells Biden When Pressed on Khashoggi: Report
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly told President Joe Biden during their meeting in Jeddah Friday that while the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is "regrettable," U.S. hands are not clean and other journalists are killed with impunity.Bin Salman...
House Votes Down Amendments To Cut ‘Outrageous’ Military Budget
Progressive campaigners rebuked members of Congress who on Wednesday night voted down a pair of amendments to the latest National Defense Authorization Act that would have significantly limited the U.S. military budget.With the US House of Representatives set to vote...
‘You Don’t Got This’: Peace Group Blasts NYC’s New Nuclear Survival PSA
Peace advocates on Tuesday derided a New York City public service announcement meant to prepare residents for a nuclear attack as a 21st-century version of the absurd Duck and Cover civil defense film of the early Cold War era."So, there's been a nuclear attack," the...
‘Sad Day for Western Democracy’: Chomsky, Ellsberg, Others Denounce Assange Extradition
As supporters of Julian Assange held a news conference Friday at the United Kingdom's consulate in New York to demand freedom for the jailed WikiLeaks founder, a trio of leading leftist figures decried the British government's approval of the ailing Australian's...
Israeli Cops Won’t Be Punished for Attack on Shireen Abu Akleh’s Funeral
No Israeli police officers will be punished, despite brutally assaulting mourners at last month's funeral procession for slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a leading newspaper in Israel reported Thursday.According toHaaretz, the decision to not...
