Counterterrorism adviser John Brennan spoke at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington DC on April 30 to mark the one-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. It was the first time a high level member of the Obama Administration spoke at length about the U.S. drone strikes that the CIA and the [...]
Friday, December 2, 2011
My Visit to the School of the America Watch By Rosie Platzer, CODEPINK Intern, Cal Poly State University The other weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to go to the School of the America Watch (SOAW) in Columbus, GA with Nancy Mancias. It was an absolutely amazing weekend, and if possible, I definitely plan to [...]
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Drones: Tragedy, Not Comedy! By Nancy Mancias U.S. drone warfare is the topic of an upcoming dark comedy for FX, focusing on drone pilots in Nevada who commute to war and “bomb the hell out of the Middle East”. Although the description doesn’t specifically name the air base, one can only assume the project is [...]
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Drone Expansion in the U.S. by Nancy Mancias Headlines fill the news about U.S. expansion of secret drone bases in Africa, Middle East, Central Asia and beyond, but little is mentioned about the military land grab for expansion in southern Colorado, northern New Mexico. Labeled by the Not 1 More Acre campaign as the “largest [...]
Sunday, August 7, 2011
This Week in Accountability, August 7, 2011 While speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, the former Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair called for an end to U.S. drone strikes. He also mentioned that the U.S. over spends billions on security and intelligence. Blair was confirmed in early January 2009 as Director of National Intelligence [...]
Friday, May 21, 2010
CODEPINK began day two of our “Ground the Drones” campaign at the General Atomics HQ in San Diego bright and early. Our vigil outside the CEO’s home the day before had garnered some local media attention, so it was no surprise that news of this protest had traveled quickly. Members of the community let us [...]
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
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