Julia Conley

US-Backed Coalition Bombs Wedding Party in Yemen, Killing Dozens

A bride was among those killed at a wedding party, and at least 45 were wounded according to reports.

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Weeks after President Donald Trump thanked Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince for his country's use of U.S. military power, the U.S.-backed coalition bombed a wedding party in Yemen, killing at least 20 civilians including the bride. The number of casualties is expected to rise. On social media, journalist Glenn Greenwald reminded readers of the U.S.

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Russia Warns It Will Respond to Attack on Syria by Targeting ‘Sources’ of US Missiles

« If there is a strike by the Americans, then we refer to the statements of President Putin and the chief of staff that the missiles will be downed and even the sources from which the missiles were fired. »

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Russian navy missile cruiser Moskva on patrol in the Mediterranean Sea near the Syrian coast, with a Syrian flag in front, Dec. 17, 2015 (Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry)

As President Donald Trump warned on Twitter that U.S. missiles "will be coming" in the wake of a suspected chemical attack in the town of Douma, Syria, Russian officials warned that any military action by the U.S. and its allies would be met with an aggressive response—targeting any U.S. missiles as well as their launch

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Over 3000 Google Employees Demand Company Cease Work On Pentagon Drone Program

« We believe that Google should not be in the business of war … Building this technology to assist the U.S. Government in military surveillance—and potentially lethal outcomes—is not acceptable. » —Google employees

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Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet, Inc., stands in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York, Jan. 12, 2017. (AP/Evan Vucci)

More than 3,000 Google employees have signed a letter that's circulating in the company demanding that the tech giant end its involvement in Project Maven, a Pentagon program that could be used to develop drone technology. The project, the workers argue, runs counter to the company's stated mission and motto. "By entering into this contract,

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Big Ag, Climate Crisis Key Drivers of Ocean ‘Dead Zones’ Quadrupling in Size Over Last 60 Years

« Companies like Tyson Foods are driving the demand for vast quantities of unsustainably-produced corn and soy that are leaking the bulk of the nutrient pollution into our waterways, in addition to the manure that is often dumped on fields where it then washes off into surrounding waterways. »

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Par Julia Conley

Environmental protection advocates called for urgent action on Thursday after a report published in Science detailed a huge rise in low-oxygen "dead zones" within the planet's oceans. The increased use of chemical fertilizers by the industrial agriculture sector over the past several decades , the study  warns, has prompted large-scale run-off

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While US Backs Carnage, Norway Cites Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen – Halts Weapons Sales

The US backed -Saudi led war has killed more than 10,000 civilians according to U.N. estimates, left three million displaced, and has set off a cholera epidemic that’s affected more than a million people and killed more than 2,000. More than eight million Yemenis are « a step away » from famine due to a number of blockades imposed by the Saudis.

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Boys stand on the rubble of a house destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition targeted Yemen's capital early on Friday, hitting at least three houses in Sanaa and killing at least 14 civilians, including women and children, residents and eyewitnesses said. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Citing grave concerns over the humanitarian crisis that's exploded in Yemen as a result of the U.S.-backed war in the impoverished country, Norway has taken action to curb its support of the violence and carnage. The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Wednesday that the country would stop supplying weapons and ammunition to the

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Trump’s Judicial Nominee Shows No Knowledge of Basic Legal Terms in Hearing

The testimony of Matthew Spencer Petersen went viral after the potential future U.S. District Court judge was shown to have no knowledge of basic legal terms and little experience in law.

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During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, Sen. John Kennedy asked Matthew Spencer Petersen and four other nominees which of them had not tried a case to verdict in a courtroom. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

The testimony of one of President Donald Trump's latest judicial nominees went viral Thursday after the potential future U.S. District Court judge was shown to have no knowledge of basic legal terms and little experience in law. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) asked Federal Election Commissioner Matthew Spencer Petersen if he had ever tried a criminal

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‘This Is Barbaric’: Sen. Murphy Slams US for Contributing to Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis

« The bombing campaign that has caused the cholera outbreak could not happen without us. »

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A girl is treated for a suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. The World Health Organization says a rapidly spreading cholera outbreak in Yemen has claimed thousands of lives since April and is suspected of affecting 246,000 people. (AP/Hani Mohammed)

Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) blasted the U.S. government on Tuesday for enabling the humanitarian crisis that's underway in Yemen—just before the U.S.-backed Saudi coalition bombed the airport in the nation's capitol of Sanaa, further blocking aid from getting to Yemeni civilians. Showing pictures of children who are starving amid what U.N.

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