Tag Archives: Drones
Tom Dispatch> Naming Our Nameless War> How Many Years Will It Be?
For well over a decade now the United States has been “a nation at war.” Does that war have a name? TD’s version of must-see TV: last week, Andrew Bacevich argued Stephen Colbert (or at least the character he plays) to a draw in a telling and funny episode of “the Colbert Report” which takes up the issue […]
Brigid’s Rap
Brigid’s Rap What is our motivation without hesitation to bomb a sovereign nation? It’s not for their liberation but for world domination! It only brings frustration and consternation to all civilization There’s a new manifestation that our drones cause anniliation to innocent populations We need more contemplation to bring humanization to our O’Bama nation In […]
[Video] Misty Rowan> Spoken Word
Misty Rowan Minnesota spoken word artist Misty Rowan performed these three poems at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Women Against Military Madness. Misty is an active member of the Twin Cities based Anti-War Committee. Additional information and works can be found on her website missteatree.com. Subscribe or “Follow” us on WAMMToday.org. For the TC EVENTS calendar and the ACTIONS […]
Anti-Drone Protests at the NY Air National Guard Base at Hancock Field
Click the photo for the video> About 250 activists took part in an Anti-Drone Protest, outside the NY Air National Guard Base on East Malloy Road on Sunday April 28, 2013. The protest started in front of the Thompson Road entrance to the base. After several speeches, the protestors marched down East Malloy Road to […]
DRONE WARS: How White Privilege Obscures Real Dialogue
“We are not here to proffer an analysis. We aren’t academics. We are here as a Pakistani and a Yemeni, as activists, as citizens of this country and as citizens of our homelands. We are dismayed. We are confused. But we are not hopeless.” By Noor Mir and Rooj Alwazir Posted by Alli - Wed, Apr 24, 2013 […]
Action Alert> April 16: Historic Durbin hearing on drone strikes & better ways to save billions
April 16: Historic Durbin hearing on drone strikes Robert Naiman Just Foreign Policy For the first time since the US started conducting drone strikes ten years ago, there will be a prominent hearing in Congress devoted to the policy. The hearing is scheduled for April 16, 10AM ET. It will be broadcast on the web. […]
Jonathan S. Landay>Obama’s drone war kills ‘others,’ not just al Qaida leaders
“The United States has gone far beyond what the U.S. public – and perhaps even Congress – understands the government has been doing and claiming they have a legal right to do.” Mary Ellen O’Connell, Notre Dame Law Professor Pakistani soldiers stand guard at the Shamsi Airbase located some 320 kilometers southwest of Quetta in […]
Misty Rowan> On Military Drones (and tearing them to pieces)
On Military Drones (and tearing them to pieces) By Misty Rowan It’s the arms race of the future, really, except this time Sputnik’s ganna be an unmanned plane. And if the vessel is unmanned, doesn’t that make the killing automatically inhumane? It’s odd to me to think that when I’m voting with my dollar, I […]
Covert Drone War> In Video: Naming the Dead
COVERT DRONE WAR In Video: Naming the Dead March 26th, 2013 | by Drones team | Bureau of Investigative Journalism So far, our monitoring of CIA drone strikes has recorded at least 2,537 people reported to have been killed by strikes in Pakistan. But fewer than 20% of those killed have been named. Our new Naming the […]
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