Hedges: The Collective Suicide Machine and the Fall of Kabul
The return of the Taliban to power will be one more signpost of the end of the American empire — and nobody will be held accountable.
Women Against Military Madness Newsletter First Issue 2017
Call to action to ban nuclear weapons and other articles.
▶ Campaign NonViolence, Occupy Beale AFB, Dances of Univeral Peace Direct Action
Peace activists from around Northern California held a non-violent direct action at Beale Air Force Base near Marysville, CA on Sept. 29-30, 2014 as part of the Global Action against the use of drones for surveillance and killing. Activists performed the "Dances of Universal Peace" as they danced across the demarcation line where nine were More
Frida Berrigan: Grandmother Sentenced to Prison for Protesting US Drone Base
Grady Flores’ one-year sentence is the result of a strange legal sleight of hand that positions the Hancock Air Base commander, Col. Earl A. Evans, as the victim of protests. By Frida Berrigan BillMoyers.com August 13, 2014 This post originally appeared at In These Times. “This has got to stop.” Judge David Gideon’s words refer not More
▶ Mark Fiore, Blasty the Drone: "Protect and Swerve"
By Mark Fiore Truthdig.com July 10, 2014 The old "It's a bird, it's a plane..." exclamation should be updated to end with "It's a drone!" That's how common these new devices are becoming, used to deliver everything from deadly blows to your latest online order. Read about Mark Fiore's take on the sky-prone gadgets and watch his More
▶ Mark Fiore, Blasty the Drone: “Protect and Swerve”
By Mark Fiore Truthdig.com July 10, 2014 The old "It's a bird, it's a plane..." exclamation should be updated to end with "It's a drone!" That's how common these new devices are becoming, used to deliver everything from deadly blows to your latest online order. Read about Mark Fiore's take on the sky-prone gadgets and watch his More
Pratap Chatterjee: The Three Faces of Drone War, Speaking Truth From the Robotic Heavens
An excellent article re drones. Summarizes "the true cost of remote control war." It is so much like a video game it is frightening.
Pratap Chatterjee: The Three Faces of Drone War, Speaking Truth From the Robotic Heavens
Tomgram: The True Costs of Remote Control War By Pratap Chatterjee TomDispatch.com May 11, 2014 Read Tom Engelhardt's introduction here. Enemies, innocent victims, and soldiers have always made up the three faces of war. With war growing more distant, with drones capable of performing on the battlefield while their “pilots” remain thousands of miles away, two More
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 More