Tag Archives: drone warfare
Organizing Notes: Contempt for this court
Drone War Crimes: Violation of Due Process By Bruce Gagnon Organizing Notes May 17, 2014 Protests and arrests at the Hancock drone base in Syracuse, New York have been steady for the past couple of years. So many have been arrested that the trials are backed-up like five o’clock traffic in Los Angeles. I […]
Fly Kites, Not Drones
Two videos, one in Como Park, St. Paul MN and one in Afghanistan. On May 10, 2014 Women Against Military Madness sponsored a Fly Kites Not Drones gathering at Como Park in St. Paul MN, a day to bring children who decorated their own kites and then flew them. The kite flyers attracted a lot of […]
▶ Michael Ratner: “Off With His Head:” Court upholds Obama’s power to kill
Published on Apr 10, 2014 Michael Ratner: There have been no criminal prosecutions for illegal actions committed by the U.S. in the name of national security since 9/11. TheRealNews Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. […]
Court: Improper for Judiciary to Decide Whether Killing US Citizens with Drones Violates Due Process Rights
Claims that their Fourth Amendment rights had been violated were alleged, however, Judge Rosemary Collyer dismissed these claims because “unmanned drones are functionally incapable of ‘seizing’ a person; they are designed to kill, not capture.” The case was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). It questioned the […]
Steve Clemens, Witness Against Drones: Reaping the Whirlwind
Reaping the Whirlwind By Steve Clemens Mennonista March 17, 2014 Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Find us on Twitter at Rise Up Times (@touchpeace). Rise Up Times is also on Pinterest, Google+ and Tumblr. The tears were streaming down […]
The Guardian: UN report calls for independent investigations of drone attacks
Special rapporteur on human rights says states have obligation to launch inquiries into attacks that kill civilians Ewen MacAskill and Owen Bowcott theguardian.com 10 March 2014 A US drone in Kandahar. The report found that drone attacks in Afghanistan no longer caused fewer civilian casualties than other air strikes. Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images A report by the United Nations Human […]
Clergy, Veterans Among Five Arrested Ash Wednesday at U.S. Killer Drone Protest at Beale Air Base
Nearly 40 activists attended the Ash Wednesday service and drone resistance event just outside the base during early morning rush hour on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 A beautiful Ash Wednesday action at Beale AFB today organized by Rev. Sharon Delgado. Ashes Spread Memorializing Children Killed by Drones MARYSVILLE/BEALE AFB (8:31 a.m.) – Five people – including three members of the clergy, […]
Drones and the EU: a ‘solution’ looking for a problem
BY AGUESTCONTRIBUTOR on 11/02/2014 • Drone Wars UK Guest post by Ben Hayes and Chris Jones. February 11, 2014 Today the Transnational Institute and Statewatch are jointly publishing a new report on the European Union and drones, entitled Eurodrones Inc. Our report examines the considerable economic and political support given to the drone industry by the European Union, which has now reached a level at […]
Ralph Hutchison, Counterpunch: What We Owe the Oak Ridge Three
Memo to Judge: Really?? by RALPH HUTCHISON counterpunch.org February 20, 2014 We’ve heard it from the bench in Oak Ridge city courtrooms and from state judges in Clinton, Tennessee. And on February 18 we heard it from a federal judge—there are two variations. The first: There are plenty of ways for you to protest and […]
Greenwald and Scahill: The NSA’s Secret Role in the U.S. Assassination Program
The first article on The Intercept, the new online news by Scahill, Poitras, and Greenwald By Jeremy Scahill, Glenn Greenwald The Intercept 10 Feb 2014 12:03 AM Credit: Kirsty Wigglesworth/Associated Press. The National Security Agency is using complex analysis of electronic surveillance, rather than human intelligence, as the primary method to locate targets for lethal drone strikes […]
Mon., Feb. 3, Trial and Rally: Support Anti-Drone Protesters
Beale AFB, April, 2013 TRIAL DATE: Monday, Feb. 3, 9:00 am Occupy Beale AFB Anti-Drone Protestors to Put Drone Warfare on Trial (Defendants: Martha Hubert, Robin Ryan, Bill Doub and Toby Blome) In April, 2013, 5 activists were arrested while attempting to deliver a letter to the Commander at Beale AFB during a nonviolent protest of drone warfare. The letter […]
▶ Cornel West speaks at Drone Summit, “Drones Around the Globe: Proliferation and Resistance”
Dr. Cornel West and Q and A with Medea and Dr. West Cornel West was a featured speaker at a summit on drones, “Drones Around the Globe: Proliferation and Resistance.” He talked about the relationship between the military and Wall Street. codepinkaction Published on Nov 25, 2013 View Full Event (3 Programs) Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise […]
Tikkun: Q & A with Coleen Rowley, F.B.I. Whistleblower: Part One
By Timothy Villareal January 3, 2014 Tikkun.org In 2002, then-F.B.I. agent Coleen Rowley appeared on the cover of Time magazine, along with two corporate whistleblowers, as Time’s Persons of the Year. Earlier in 2002, Rowley, then chief legal counsel in the F.B.I.’s Minneapolis bureau, gained headlines for writing a memo to F.B.I. Director Robert Mueller documenting […]
Heather Linebaugh: I Worked on the US Drone Program. The Public Should Know What Really Goes On
Few of the politicians who so brazenly proclaim the benefits of drones have a real clue how it actually works (and doesn’t) by Heather Linebaugh Published on Sunday, December 29, 2013 by the Guardian/UK The Elbit Systems Hermes 450 is an Israeli medium size multi-payload unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed for tactical long endurance missions. Whenever I read […]
Tom Engelhardt: BRIDE AND BOOM!
And were a wedding party to be obliterated on a highway anywhere in America on the way to, say, a rehearsal dinner, whatever the cause, it would be a 24/7 tragedy. Our lives would be filled with news of it. Count on that. By Tom Engelhardt December 21, 2013 truthdig.com This piece first appeared at TomDispatch. […]
▶ Peace Activist Kathy Kelly at CIA Drone Protest
There is a war going on. Published on Dec 14, 2013 Kathy Kelly speaks about the drone attacks in Yemen and Afghanistan and the effects they’re having on the people, villages and communities. She says that people are afraid of the drone attacks and that they’re willing to speak when she visits them. Their only request […]
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