“We must overturn the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision and move to public funding of elections,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday demanded action to curb billionaires’ outsized influence on U.S. elections after new federal filings revealed that Tesla CEO Elon Musk and other ultra-rich Americans have pumped hundreds of millions of dollars into Republican […]
“Today’s food crises are largely manufactured,” said an Oxfam campaigner, pointing to Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war in the Gaza Strip. An Oxfam report published Wednesday estimates that war-fueled hunger is likely killing as many as 21,000 people per day in dozens of countries as parties to global conflicts weaponize starvation […]
“Netanyahu is as close as he has ever been to his ultimate wish: making the U.S. fight Iran on Israel’s behalf,” wrote one journalist The Pentagon confirmed Sunday that it has authorized the deployment of an advanced antimissile system and around 100 U.S. troops to Israel as the Netanyahu government prepares to attack Iran—a move that’s expected […]
“States have an obligation to prevent the crimes of starvation and forcible transfer,” said four leading human rights groups based in Israel. A coalition of Israeli human rights organizations issued a joint statement Monday imploring governments and institutions worldwide to “use all tools at their disposal—legal, diplomatic and economic—to prevent” Israel’s far-right government from carrying out a proposed […]