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Global arms sales grow for 7th consecutive year, reach $592 billion in 2021

New data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute shows a 1.9% increase in sales by the world’s top 100 arms and military service companies. The US continues to dominate arms sales, accounting for over 50% of the global total in 2021

Daily Round-up | UK pulls out of military training deal with Israeli arms maker & other stories

In today’s episode, we bring you stories of the UK withdrawing from a contract with Elbit systems, the ICJ verdict on a dispute between Bolivia and Chile on a river, Mexico raising the minimum wage, and a bill in Israel that seeks to ban the waving of the Palestinian flag

Daily Round-up| NUMSA workers on indefinite strike in South Africa & other stories

In today’s episode, we bring you stories of a workers’ strike in South Africa, the sentencing of David Castillo in the Berta Caceres assassination case, and the shutting down of the Elibit HQ by Palestine Action

Israeli defense minister in India: Deepening web of military ties with apartheid

The Indian government continues to deepen its ties with Israel despite the growing number of voices calling out the latter for its apartheid policies against Palestinians

The Nakba never ended, and Palestinian resistance hasn’t either

Palestinians continue to resist the continued attempts to displace, dispossess, and expel them from their native land by the Israeli state

Palestine Action’s direct action temporarily shuts down Elbit’s London headquarters

The action comes in response to the intensified Israeli aggression on Palestine soon after the onset of the holy month of Ramadan.

Palestine Action UK Activists from Palestine Action force Israeli arms factory in UK to shut down for the second time

The action comes just days after the group’s activists targeted the London headquarters Elbit Systems and forced it to remain shut for several hours.

Israel attacks Al Aqsa, Palestine Action targets Elbit Systems and other stories

Today we look at renewed Israeli attacks on the Al Aqsa mosque, Palestine Action’s protest at an Elbit Systems factory in the UK, and more

Palestine Action activists deface and blockade London HQ of Elbit Systems

Palestine Action has led several direct actions against the British plants of Elbit Systems. In 2012, the company had been identified by a UN Special Rapporteur as a profiteer from Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine

Victory at Oldham: How Palestine Action shut down arms manufacturer Elbit

Huda Ammori of Palestine Action talks to Vijay Prashad about the group’s campaign that shut down the factory of Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit in Oldham in the United Kingdom

Elbit Systems’ arms factory in Oldham shut down following fierce campaign

The Palestine Action group carried out a series of direct actions as part of their campaign such as occupying, blockading, and vandalizing the factory which were ultimately instrumental in forcing its sale and closure

Report states France enabled the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda and other stories

Today we look at a report on France’s role in the Rwandan genocide, a strike against tax reforms by Colombian trade unions, and more.