Sign to demand the U.S. government stop arming Israel’s military and instead ensure Israel complies with international law—including immediately withdrawing from Gaza and the West Bank
Israel is an occupying power, and its government is solidifying its occupation of Gaza and escalating ethnic cleansing in Gaza as well as the West ...
 US citizens: call on the U.S. government to stop arming Israel's military and instead ensure Israel complies with international law - including immediately withdrawing from Gaza and the West Bank.
the Guardian
‘No water, no life’: Iraq’s Tigris River in danger of disappearing
Unless urgent action is taken life will be fundamentally altered for the ancient communities who live on its banks
 The Tigris River, where civilization began, is polluted and in danger of drying up .
Yale News
Legal historian Samuel Moyn on why human rights are not enough
Moyn’s book, “Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World,” explores how human rights connect to global economic fairness and inequality.
 In the 1970s, governments began to focus on human rights, but interpreted them as including rich people's to get rich and buy everything, then took this as an excuse to disregard the other crucial goal of reducing economic inequality.
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the Guardian
Pentagon won’t release full video of Caribbean strike that killed two people, Hegseth says
Legal experts have raised concerns US forces may have committed a war crime by killing survivors of initial strike
 Human Rights Watch has published an explanation of the legalities of the persecutor's deadly attacks on unarmed ships, and why such attacks are crimes. *Pentagon won't release full video of [boat attack] that killed two [survivors of the first attack],
Tell Congress: America Needs a National Data Center Moratorium Now!
Driven by the booms in crypto currency and artificial intelligence development, the rapid expansion of data centers across the US presents one of t...
 US citizens: call on Congress to put a moratorium on building new data centers. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word.
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civicshout.com
Tell Congress: Hold ICE Accountable
Of the 220,000 people arrested by ICE between January and October 2025, nearly 75,000 had no criminal records. This contradicts administration clai...
 US citizens: call on Congress to require the deportation thugs to report accurately what they are doing, and to give priority for deportation to those unauthorized immigrants who have criminal records. To phone your congresscritter about this, the main switchboard is +1-202-224-3121. Please spread the word.
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 https://www.npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-s1-5608371/trump-executive-order-new-nuclear-reactors-safety-concerns
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2025: September - December Political Notes
 The wrecker wants to have several nuclear reactors of new designs running just 7 months from now, without letting the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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The Intercept
White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List
The Trump administration ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its NSPM-7 list — even while answering our other...
 *[The persecutors's henchmen] ignored questions about whether it would order the killings of those on its [secret list of supposed "domestic terrorists"] — even while answering our other queries.*
the Guardian
This is another ‘ozone layer’ moment. Now, we must urgently target methane | Mia Mottley
The oil and gas industry must be legally bound to cut methane emissions. With climate tipping points approaching, time is running out, says the pri...
 On the urgent need to reduce methane emissions .
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the Guardian
‘They tricked me’: Migrants were promised $1,000 to voluntarily leave the US. Some never received it
People who signed up for a US ‘self-deportation’ scheme say their payoffs were delayed, misdirected or never arrived – leaving them empty-han...
 The bully's henchmen offered many unauthorized US residents a thousand dollars if they agreed to deportation. Many who agreed never received the money they were promised. It seems that this wrong was due more to incompetence and disorganization than to outright lying or cheating. They choose people for obedience rather than for competence, and then rush