by Nick Mottern | Feb 3, 2026 | AI, Drones, Genocide, Israel, Militarism, News Analysis, Palestine, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, venture capital, weapons
What does it mean for humanity if cutting-edge AI weapons development for the Pentagon is being significantly funded by venture capitalists who are also profiting from the Israeli genocide against the Palestinian people? Consider, for example, the X-BAT. On October 21, 2025, in a theatrical unveiling involving a darkened auditorium, a smoke machine, and a black silken shroud that was…
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by C. Frances | Jan 8, 2026 | Activism, BDS, BDS movement, Elbit Systems, Gaza, ICE, Israel, News, North Carolina, Organizing, Palestine, Palestine Action, Resistance, weapons, weapons manufacturers
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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by Jennine Khalik | Dec 20, 2025 | Australia, Benjamin Netanyahu, Criminalization, Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Media, Op-Ed, Palestine, palestine solidarity, Protests, Repression, Surveillance, weapons
When news broke of the Bondi Beach shooting, those of us in the global Palestine solidarity movement knew immediately what was coming. We’ve seen this pattern: when liberation movements challenge state power and when genocide is named and resisted, states seize on any incident, any tragedy, to justify criminalizing that resistance. Since October 2023, as Israel has carried out genocide in Gaza…
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by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours | Dec 6, 2025 | Canada, Mark Carney, News Analysis, Sudan, UAE, weapons
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has hailed a new economic deal with the United Arab Emirates as a way to “attract billions of dollars in investments into Canada.” The $50 billion agreement — $70-billion in Canadian dollars — was announced as Carney travelled to Abu Dhabi in November for talks with Emirati leaders, and comes as Canada attempts to diversify its economic partners as it…
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