Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Congress. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

AMERICAN DOCTOR: ‘Can we accept what we have done or not done?’: harrowing film follows doctors in Gaza. American Doctor follows three volunteer doctors as they try to save lives on the frontline and then return to the US to become advocates in congress

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"... But the moral weight of American Doctor lies not just in its depiction of Gaza but its unflinching examination of the political a...
Saturday, May 16, 2026

Historical reckoning: The push for the US to acknowledge the Nakba... On the 78th anniversary of the mass expulsion of Palestinians, experts say US ‘political amnesia’ continues.

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Palestinian villagers who fled from their homes during fighting between Israeli and Arab troops, on November 4, 1948 [Jim Pringle/AP Photo]...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Act now: Fund People, Not Bombs .... from Jewish Voice for Peace "This week, the Senate will vote on Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block the sale of U.S. weapons to the Israeli military. In the coming months, it will also vote on a supplemental request by the Trump administration to fund the war on Iran that may be as large as $80-100 billion. Congress must vote to block these bombs to Israel and oppose any funding for the war. "

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Jewish Voice for Peace @jvplive The Israeli military is expanding its genocide of Palestinians in Gaza under the cover of the so-called “cea...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Trump wants $1.5tn for the Pentagon – and cuts to healthcare and housing. The president’s proposed $445bn increase in military spending would batter popular domestic programs as millions struggle

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In seeking a mammoth increase in military spending while cutting social programs, Trump is again showing how hollow his promises were abou...
Thursday, April 2, 2026

"In order for me to write poetry that isn't political I must listen to the birds and in order to hear the birds the warplanes must be silent" Marwan Makhoul

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Marwan Makhoul is a Palestinian poet, born in 1979 in the village of al-Boquai’a, Upper Galilee, to a Palestinian father and a Lebanese m...
Wednesday, March 11, 2026

So the State Department used an emergency authority to give Israel $650 million in 500lb, 1000lb, and Small Diameter bombs. What happens next?

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A New Policy   @anewpolicyorg   So the State Department used an emergency authority to give Israel $650 million in 500lb, 1000lb, and Small ...