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Pro-Palestinian protesters chant after they blocked the entrance at Bert 20 to delay the departure of Cape Orlando ship from the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)

US war machine fuels Israel's military

Norman Solomon
US President Joe Biden speaks on the South Law of the White House in Washington, DC on December 13, 2022. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

US is the world's largest arms dealer

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
A destroyed tank likely belonging to Russia / pro-Russian forces lies amidst rubble in the north of the ruined city. The battle between Russian / Pro Russian forces and the defencing Ukrainian forces lead by Azov battalion continues in the port city of Mariupol. (Maximilian Clarke/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Ukraine: A new kind of warfare

Lucian K. Truscott IV
Police use tear gas around the U.S. Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot on Jan. 6, 2021. (Getty Images)

Jan. 6 rioters were armed after all

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a virtual event hosted by the Munich Security Conference in the East Room of the White House on February 19, 2021 in Washington, DC. In his remarks, President Biden stressed the United States' commitment to NATO after four years of the Trump administration undermining the alliance. (Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images)

America dominant again (in arms sales)

William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Getty/Yoan Valat)

Dems applaud Biden for arms sales freeze

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
The aluminum industry helped to modernize warfare, and warfare helped to modernize the aluminum industry. (MIT Press Reader)

The alliance between aluminum & warfare

Mimi Sheller - MIT Press Reader
(Getty/Ociacia)

Can't we agree to ban "killer robots"?

Bonnie Docherty - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump diplomacy: arms deals everywhere!

William D. Hartung
Beth Hegarty, a Sandy Hook Elementary School mother who happened to be inside the school the day of the shooting with her three daughters, all of whom survived, marches over the Brooklyn bridge during the third annual Brooklyn bridge march and rally to end gun violence Saturday, May 9, 2015, in New York. Organizers said the proliferation of guns results in an average of more than 80 deaths a day across the country. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) (AP)

How gun control advocates can crush NRA

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
(Getty/Patrick Smith)

Gun violence

J.M. Opal - The Conversation
(AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

2018 looks like an arms sale bonanza

William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com
(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump to boost global weapons trade

Charlie May
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Why the AR-15 is the weapon of choice

Liz Posner - Alternet
(Wikipedia)

Alfred McCoy
(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Impending North Korea war

Taylor Link
(AP/Wong Maye)

two faces of the Gulf crisis

James M. Dorsey - The Globalist
A boy looks at a damaged house at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen September 22, 2016. (Reuters/Abduljabbar Zeyad)

America's deadly gift

Ben Norton

Phillip Smith - Alternet
FILE -- In this Aug. 15, 2012 file photo, three variations of the AR-15 assault rifle are displayed at the California Department of Justice in Sacramento, Calif. While the guns look similar, the bottom version is illegal in California because of its quick reload capabilities. Omar Mateen used an AR-15 that he purchased legally when he killed 49 people in an Orlando nightclub over the weekend President Barack Obama and other gun control advocates have repeatedly called for reinstating a federal ban on semi-automatic assault weapons that expired in 2004, but have been thwarted by Republicans in Congress. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,file) (AP)

america dominates arms trade

William D. Hartung - TomDispatch.com
Toddlers have shot people at an alarming rate his year, data showa. (<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-875983p1.html'>Stokkete</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

23 shot by toddlers this year

Antoaneta Roussi
(<a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-668929p1.html?cr=00&pl=edit-00">ChameleonsEye</a> / <a href="http://www.shutterstock.com/editorial?cr=00&pl=edit-00">Shutterstock.com</a>)

Joanna Rothkopf

Joanna Rothkopf
Hillary Clinton (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Clinton blasts pro-gun extreme

Elias Isquith
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