Debra Sweet | April 14, 2021 We met Daniel Hale in 2013 at the “drone summit,” a gathering of activists to stop US drone warfare in Washington DC. He was trained and…
Category: Covert Drone War
The use of Predator and Reaper drones (unmanned flying vehicles that are often armed with video-guided missiles) by the US military and CIA is a largely untold story of the “Global War on Terror / Global Contingency Operation” – yet has caused thousands of deaths in Pakistan and Afghanistan, many of whom are women and children.
“Unmanned” is a short feature film dealing with the conflicts of a drone pilot…
Debra Sweet | April 13, 2021 “Unmanned” is a short feature film dealing with the conflicts of a drone pilot stationed somewhere in the United States. Its 21 minutes register with viewers…
NO to German military using weaponized drones
Debra Sweet | June 2, 2020 {jathumbnailoff} The German Bundestag is set to decide soon whether its mlitary will deploy weaponized drones. It’s not a minor question, given that the whole world…
We Must Reach Out To Tech Giant Workers Now
Richie Marini | July 6, 2018 On June 27, 2018, a small group of us consisting of members of The World Can’t Wait, Know Drones, Refuse fascism and World Beyond War set up…
Madiha Tahir podcast: Drones & The Military Present
Click To Play This four-part series explores various aspects of how the present is shaped by war. To do so, we’ve invited anthropologists to help usmake sense of the current political moment….
Drone Organizers Bulletin
Nick Mottern, Knowdrones.com | January 7, 2018 FOCUS FOR 2018 – AFGHANISTAN. WHAT DO YOU THINK? In the weeks of the winter holidays – spending time with my family, cooking, sending cards,…
Increased Drone Atrocities on the Way
Nick Mottern, Knowdrones.com | March 3, 2017 Will U.S. drone killings increase under Donald Trump? The evidence says “Yes,” in part because expansion of the killer drone program was baked into cake…
First U.S. Drone Strikes Under Trump
World Can’t Wait | January 24, 2017 {jathumbnailoff} Obama’s policy of unprovoked attacks on sovereign nations continues. “The reliability of the determinations on who was slain in any given strike has been in…
3 Years Later, Under Court Order, Obama Administration Releases Redacted Drone Strike “Playbook”
Debra Sweet | August 10, 2016 In May 2013, Obama finally acknowledged the U.S. military targeted killing program, and said he would explain how people are chosen to be killed. But it…
Demand a Truthful Accounting of Drone Strikes
Debra Sweet | July 11, 2016 Yielding to pressure from critics of his killer drone practice, President Obama released fictional figures on civilian casualties this past Friday. In a classic “bury the…