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WEB2 days ago · Iran Decries Israel’s Deadly “Criminal Attack” in Syria. The Israeli military carried out a series of airstrikes on central Syria late Sunday. By. Jake Johnson , C ommon D reams. September 9, 2024. 1. 2.
US Militarism Is a Leading Cause of the Climate Catastrophe
WEB4 days ago · “The U.S. military is the single largest institutional consumer of fossil fuels in the world,” Taylor Smith-Hams, U.S. senior organizer at 350.org, a global climate justice organization, said at a workshop on the Impact of Current Wars on Climate Crisis at the Veterans For Peace (VFP) Convention on August 17. “Militarism and war are key drivers …
Trump Says His Plan to Round Up Immigrants Will Become a
WEB5 days ago · Get the latest news and thought-provoking analysis from Truthout. *. During his rally in Mosinee, Wisconsin, Trump noted that his proposal to round up immigrants would require violence. “Getting them out will be a bloody story,” Trump said. “ [Undocumented immigrants] should have never been allowed to come into our country. Nobody checked ...
Borders Are Drawn to Protect Stolen Wealth. They Are a ... - Truthout
WEB4 days ago · Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! Five rich men disappeared in a tourist submersible, and the rich world was obsessed with them. In the same week, 750 poor people were crammed onto a fishing boat called the Adriana that the rich world let sink. On the sub were two …
Israel Has Killed 1 Palestinian Child Every 2 Days in West ... - Truthout
WEB5 days ago · Israeli forces and settlers are killing one Palestinian child every two days on average in the occupied West Bank, a children’s rights group has reported, amid Israel’s intensifying violence against Palestinians in the last year. Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP) released a report on Monday documenting that, between ...
Democracy Itself Is Being Questioned Amid Genocide and
WEB4 days ago · September 10, 2024. Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. We speak to acclaimed historian, activist and filmmaker Tariq Ali about Western governments’ support for Israel’s war on Gaza and popular protest in support of …
3 Missouri Mayors Urge State Supreme Court to Allow Abortion …
WEB4 days ago · Three mayors in the state of Missouri have filed an amicus brief in the case relating to an abortion rights ballot question that was supposed to appear before voters this November, but which a lower court judge, late last week, said had to be removed. The brief, filed by the nonprofit civil rights organization Public Rights Project (PRP) on ...
As Turkey Escalates Attacks in Iraq, Kurdish Journalists Are …
WEB5 days ago · Gülistan Tara was born in 1982 in the city of Batman, in Turkey’s Kurdish region, and worked for media in Iraq and Syria for more than 20 years. In Syria, she was particularly involved in training young female journalists and staff of the first Kurdish women’s channel, JIN TV. Hêro Bahadîn was from Sulaymaniyah and had worked for …
UN Expert: Israel Using Starvation as “Genocidal Tactic ... - Truthout
WEB5 days ago · Israel is using famine and starvation in Gaza as a “genocidal tactic” borne from decades of Israeli occupation, a top UN adviser is warning the UN General Assembly. In a 24-page report, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Michael Fakhri warns that Israel’s starvation campaign is creating conditions akin to, if not already amounting ...
California Drinking Water Regulations Are Putting Cost Over …
WEB5 days ago · Health experts have long warned that pollutants like hexavalent chromium, PFAS and arsenic in drinking water are harmful to human health, even at low levels.While efforts to impose stricter drinking water contaminant limits in California, however, are repeatedly stymied by vested interests like polluters and utility groups, it’s the state’s low …