The revival of the FMF grant program is part of a wider effort by the Trump administration to push US weapon sales and persuade foreign nations to “buy American.”
While the Israel lobby, which consists of hundreds of organizations, is known for billionaire donors such as Sheldon Adelson, Haim Saban, Norman Braman, Paul Singer and others, Pro-Israel America (PIA) will be specifically targeting smaller donors.
AIPAC-connected officials are about to launch yet another pro-Israel political action committee: “Pro-Israel America.” (AIPAC is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, rated by Fortune Magazine as one of the most powerful lobbying organizations in the U.S.) While
Bound by laws and the competition of the market, corporations cannot be trusted to put human life before profit. Freeing companies from the “red tape” of regulation will inevitably lead to a Wild West in air travel, where accidents like the Ethiopian and Lion crashes occur more frequently.
CHICAGO -- The fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, just months after the Lion Air Flight 610 crash in Indonesia, has led to governments and airlines around the world grounding their Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft amid concerns that, after two crashes killing 346 people, the model is unsafe to fly. Airlines are attempting to cancel their orders
The consolidation of two media empires is a disaster for those who want a diverse, independent media.
BURBANK, CALIFORNIA -- The long-rumored Fox-Disney merger was made official Wednesday, as Disney closed on its purchase of much of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. The $73.1 dollar “merger” – more accurately described as an acquisition – continues a worrying trend of media consolidation and gives Disney control and ownership over a historic
In contrast to the “pink-washing” of defense contractors, progressive voices that question militarism — e.g., Sanders, Omar, Gabbard — are hectored, harried and condemned.
WASHINGTON -- With March 19 marking 16 years of continuous war in Iraq, there is a distinct feeling of deja vu in Washington, as neocon figures like John Bolton and Elliot Abrams beat the drum for war in Venezuela. Liberals and progressives have traditionally been more critical of war and militarism than their conservative counterparts. But in the
Tulsi Gabbard is challenging the core policy of US exceptionalism and identifying who benefits and “who pays the price” for those policies.
Tulsi Gabbard visited the San Francisco Bay Area last weekend. The three term Congresswoman from Hawaii is 37 years old and ethnically diverse. Remarkably, she has 15 years of military experience in the US Army and National Guard as well as substantial political experience. She was elected to the Hawaii State Assembly at age 21. Tulsi Gabbard
CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou on the story of Marty Gottesfeld, another truthteller who, like Kiriakou, paid a heavy price for speaking truth to power.
Last year I wrote about a whistleblower from New England who took direct action to save a child’s life and who paid for it with his freedom. Marty Gottesfeld is now serving 10 years in
