Boeing's Perilous Bungling Requires New Leadership
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2019-12-16
These reckless marketeers are able to get away with this because Congress and the White House have disabled the FAA and turned it from a safety watchdog into an industry lapdog, leaving Boeing free to self-certify its planes. (Photo: Stephen Brashear/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/boeing.jpeg …
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British Weapons Manufacturers, Banks, See Share Price Rocket after Conservative Election Victory
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-12-16
Almost every one of Britain's top arms producers saw large spikes in their share price immediately following the news that Boris Johnson was to become the next Prime Minister.
mintpressnews.com/uk-weapons-manufacturers-stock-value-boris-johnson-election-victory/263515/

Ltamenah Village: Syrian Military Finds Massive Weapons Left Behind by NATO Terrorists
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-16
Ltamenah is a village in Hama countryside which the Syrian Arab Army recently cleansed of foreign-owned and armed terrorist savages. Last week, authorities discovered a mass grave. This week, they have found a massive quantity of weapons left behind: …
globalresearch.ca/ltamenah-military-finds-massive-weapons-left-behind-nato-terrorists/5697831

New WikiLeaks documents expose phony claims of 2018 Syria chemical weapons attack
wsws.org | 2019-12-16
The latest round of revelations makes clear that the US-led regime change operation in Syria has been based on a pack of lies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/16/chem-d16.html

Boeing May Suspend 737 MAX, But Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader Wants a Total Recall of Deadly Planes
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-12-16
Executives at Boeing are reportedly considering ending production of the troubled 737 MAX passenger jet, which was grounded worldwide after two crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia that killed all 346 people on board. Last week, former Boeing manager Edward Pierson testified to the House Transportation Committee that he tried to warn executives about safety concerns four months before the first deadly crash, as well as before the second crash, but his warnings were ignored. We continue our conversation with Ralph Nader, longtime consumer advocate, corporate critic and three-time presidential candidate, whose great-n…
www.democracynow.org/2019/12/16/ralph_nader_boeing_737_max_jet

US tests INF-banned missile after Democrats rubber-stamp Trump's nuclear build-up
wsws.org | 2019-12-14
The test comes just days after congressional Democrats voted for a massive military spending bill that stripped out language limiting the development of dangerous new nuclear weapons.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/14/nucl-d14.html

Eddie Conway Tells It Like It Is
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-12-13
Please donate and help Eddie–Real News Executive Producer and former Black Panther–continue to expose issues relating to the prison-industrial complex.
therealnews.com/stories/eddie-conway-tells-it-like-it-is

US Arms Companies Use Trump's Militarism to Dominate the Global Arms Trade
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-12-12
U.S. companies control 35% of the global arms industry. The growing weapons market is fueled by wars in the Middle East and by Trump's excessive defense budget and aggressive posturing.
therealnews.com/stories/us-arms-companies-trump-militarism-global-trade

'December in Chicago'
Mumia Abu-Jamal | workers.org | 2019-12-12
By Mumia Abu-Jamal This slightly edited version is taken from a Dec. 8 audio commentary on prisonradio.org. It was an early morning in December 1969 when a joint FBI/Chicago police crew raided an apartment building, ostensibly for weapons charges. In fact, they came to kill Fred Hampton, chairman of the . . . | Continue reading 'December in Chicago' at Workers.org…
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Pope Francis warns on nuclear weapons; official Italy silent
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2019-12-12
Published in Il Manifesto on Nov. 26. Translation by John Catalinotto. Italy's politicians and corporate media, usually eloquent about any news concerning the Pope, greeted with the silence of the tomb the words pronounced by Francis on Nov. 24 in Hiroshima and Nagasaki: "The use of atomic energy for war . . . | Continue reading Pope Francis warns on nuclear weapons; official Italy silent at Workers.org…
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On Human Rights Day, Let's Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Martin Fleck | progressive.org | 2019-12-09
A nuclear war would create one of the worst humanitarian crises imaginable, one for which no nation would have an adequate emergency or health response.
progressive.org/op-eds/human-rights-day-nuclear-weapons-fleck-191209/