(2024-11-21). Milei and Trump: allies in the battle for "freedom" and to combat "wokeism" peoplesdispatch.org Last week, Argentina's far-right president Javier Milei traveled to the United States to show his total support for US president-elect Donald Trump. His visit marked Trump's first encounter with a foreign leader since winning the elections on November 5. The Argentine head of state was an honored guest and speaker at two major conservative events held at Donald Trump's own resort Mar-a-Lago where he denounced the evils of socialism and social justice. | Milei had previously promised fellow right-wing president Daniel Noboa of Ecuador that he would attend the Ibero-American Summit held in Cuenca from November 14-1…
(2024-11-21). White House Sabotages Senate Vote To Block Israel Arms Sales. popularresistance.org The US government is lobbying Democratic senators to vote against legislation that would halt $20 billion worth of arms sales to Israel, according to US officials who spoke with the Times of Israel on 20 November. | "Biden aides have argued that the weapons in question are essential for Israel's defense and won't be delivered for another year or two, 'so the likelihood of them being used in this iteration of the Gaza context is very low,'" the Israeli daily cites the sources as saying, adding that officials from the White House, State Department, and Pentagon have reached out to "various lawmakers on the fence ab…
(2024-11-21). Senate Overwhelmingly Rejects Sanders Resolutions to Block Arms Sales to Israel. truthout.org On Wednesday, less than a fifth of the Senate voted to block weapons sales to Israel in a key vote orchestrated by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) that will be remembered for decades to come as a show of U.S. lawmakers' deep complicity in Israel's genocide in Gaza. Senators overwhelmingly rejected the resolutions, with around 79 voting against blocking the sales of tank rounds… |
(2024-11-21). US Senate votes down effort to withhold weapons to Israel amid Gaza war. aljazeera.com The push led by Senator Bernie Sanders falls short, but advocates say it shows progress for Palestinian rights movement.
(2024-11-21). Bernie Sanders and Democrats attempt to block some weapons for Israel over Gaza deaths. newarab.com 
Independent Sen. The Vermont lawmaker and a small group of Democrats put legislation up for a Senate vote that would block the sale of some tank and…
(2024-11-21). Despite White House Pressure, 19 U.S. Senators Back Bernie Sanders's Bills to Block Arms Sales to Israel. democracynow.org 
Just hours after the United States vetoed yet another U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected three resolutions supported by less than two dozen Democratic senators that sought to block the sale of U.S. tank rounds, bomb kits and other lethal weapons to Israel. HuffPost correspondent Akbar Shahid Ahmed reveals that the White House lobbied against the Senate resolutions and suggested that lawmakers who support blocking arms sales to Israel were aiding Hamas. In the face of such stringent opposition from Democratic leadersh…
(2024-11-21). GOP and Dem senators reject Sanders cut-off of arms aid to Israel. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—By lopsided margins, while President Biden was escalating the war in Ukraine, senators rejected more attempts by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., to cut off U.S. arms aid to Israel, including his new proposal: To bar sales of JDAMS weapons—so-called "smart bombs"—and to provide technical services to the Israeli military. The one bright spot for anti-war …
(2024-11-21). GOP and Dem senators reject Sander cut-off of arms aid to Israel. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—By lopsided margins, while President Biden was escalating the war in Ukraine, senators rejected more attempts by Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., to cut off U.S. arms aid to Israel, including his new proposal: To bar sales of JDAMS weapons—so-called "smart bombs"—and to provide technical services to the Israeli military. The one bright spot for anti-war …
(2024-11-21). The New York Times Attacks Tulsi Gabbard For The Wrong Reasons. popularresistance.org According to a recent Harris poll, 70% of people in the U.S. want talks to end the war in Ukraine. | The New York Times is not listening, however, nor is the Biden administration. President Biden's unilateral decision this week to green-light attacking Russia with U.S. long range missiles has been condemned by U.S. peace groups. | "In approving these strikes, the Biden White House chose to make the US a direct party to the Ukraine-Russia war, crossing a previous red line and causing Russia to lower the threshold on the use of nuclear weapons…. A lame duck president, Biden opts for last minute escalation to make…
(2024-11-21). COP29: Rich countries slammed for spending more on war than climate change. peoplesworld.org 
Rich countries received strong criticism at the COP29 conference in Azerbaijan today for wanting to spend more on wars and weapons than on preventing climate change. "Global military spending stands at $2.5 trillion ( £1.9trn) annually," Panamian climate envoy Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez told delegates at the faltering annual talks sponsored by the United Nations. "For …
(2024-11-21). IAEA chief hopes Iran's capping of enriched uranium stock holds. newarab.com 
Iran has taken steps towards no longer expanding its stock of uranium enriched to up to 60 percent, close to the roughly 90 percent of weapons-grade, the International Atomic Energy…