Switzerland announced on Friday that it is halting the issuing of licenses for weapons exports to the U.S. amid its war on Iran, citing Swiss neutrality principles, a week after barring the use of its airspace to U.S. war flights. The country said that it would not authorize the export of weapons to countries involved in the war “for the duration of the conflict.
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stunned the world with a dazzling speech at Davos in January. He warned that the old order was dying and that it was time for global leaders to get serious about what must replace it. “Stop invoking ‘rules-based international order’ as though it still functions as advertised,” Carney said. “Call it what it is: a system of intensifying great power rivalry…
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Organizers in cities across the country have launched Eject Elbit, a coordinated campaign against Capital One’s partnership with Israeli weapons manufacturer Elbit Systems. Founded in 1966, Elbit Systems supplies 80% of the weapons and equipment for the Israeli military’s land forces and 85% of the combat drones used by the air force, according to the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign.
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In the waning days of December, a small group of pro-Palestine activists did what many people around the country were also doing — they went to the mall. Brier Creek Commons in Raleigh, North Carolina, is always busy with holiday shoppers close to Christmastime, and this year was no exception. However, the activists — members of Triangle BDS, the international Boycott Divest Sanctions (BDS)…
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