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A demonstrator displays a placard reading: "Palestinian Lives Matter" during a pro-Palestinian protest in Berlin on May 19, 2021. Thousands of demonstrators marched waving Palestinian flags and shouting pro-Palestine slogans as Israel and the Palestinians were mired in their worst conflict in years. (Photo: JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Palestinian Lives Matter: We Must Reject Crimes Against Humanity

We can’t say we support justice and human rights in this country while supporting violence and expulsion abroad.

Tracey L. Rogers ·

President Joe Biden, who has a long history of supporting Israeli crimes, responded to the latest massacre by insisting on Israel’s "right to defend itself" and inanely hoping that "this will be closing down sooner than later." (Photo: Ron Adar / Echoes Wire / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)

How the United States Helps To Kill Palestinians

U.S. policy has perpetuated the crisis and atrocities of the Israeli occupation by unconditionally supporting Israel in three distinct ways: militarily, diplomatically and politically.

Medea Benjamin ·

Pentagon logo is seen ahead of a press conference on January 28, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia on January 28, 2021. (Photo: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Why the Pentagon Budget Keeps Rising

Joe Biden's first 100 days were a Pentagon prize.

Mandy Smithberger ·

CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin interrupted a General Dynamics shareholder meeting in Reston, Virginia on May 5, 2021. (Photo: Medea Benjamin)

Peace Activist Interrupts General Dynamics Shareholder Meeting to Blast the Business of War

CodePink co-founder Medea Benjamin took CEO Phebe Novakovic to task for "personally making $21 million a year through a business model that thrives on conflict, death, and destruction."

Brett Wilkins, staff writer ·

A Palestinian boy sits on a chair with a national flag as Israeli authorities demolish a school site in the village of Yatta, south of the West Bank city of Hebron on July 11, 2018. (Photo: Hazem Bader/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Human Rights Watch Designating Israel's Crimes as Apartheid Is a Very Big Deal

The report reflects the power of decades of work in defense of Palestinian rights.

Phyllis Bennis ·

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) looks on during a press conference at a memorial site for Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota on April 20, 2021. (Photo: KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images)

Amid National Reckoning on Police Brutality, Omar Reintroduces Bold Reform Bills

"History shows that the criminal justice system is not equipped to prosecute itself."

Jenna McGuire, staff writer ·

Biden with NATO’s Jens Stoltenberg. (Photo: haramjedder.blogspot.com)

Biden's Appeasement of Hawks and Neocons Is Crippling His Diplomacy

For a president who promised a new era of American diplomacy, this has been a dreadful start.

Medea Benjamin ·

F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp and the RAF prepare to refuel from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 8, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.

'Shame': Biden to Advance Trump-Era Sale of $23 Billion in F-35s and Armed Drones to UAE

"We have to stop choosing political expediency over human rights," said Kate Kizer of Win Without War.

Jake Johnson, staff writer ·

Smoke billows from Fallujah's southern Shuhada neighbourhood following shelling during an operation by Iraqi government forces, backed by air support from the US-led coalition, to regain control of the area from the Islamic State (IS) group on June 10, 2016. (Photo: AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

The United States as a Mass-Killing Machine

On this planet of ours, America is the emperor of weaponry.

Tom Engelhardt ·

F-35 test aircraft AA-1 undergoes flight test over Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo: Lockheed Martin/flickr/cc)

As Saudis Suck Up Weapons, US Accounts for Over 1/3 of All Global Arms Sales

New analysis shows U.S.-based war profiteers have supplied increased demand by Qatar, Egypt, the Saudi Kingdom, and others in the Middle East over the last five years.

Jon Queally, staff writer ·