by Michael Schwalbe on CounterPunch.org In the fall of 2006 a local anti-war activist spoke to the students in my social inequality class. He criticized U.S. military intervention in the affairs of other countries and the profit-driven “global war on terror.” He was a compelling speaker in part because of his twenty years in the…
Authored by Judy Bello on The Deconstructed Globe. A year ago October, around the same time I went to Pakistan to meet some Drone victims, visit the countryside where they live, two academic studies were released explicating concerns about the impact of Drone strikes on the civilian population in the Federally Administrated Tribal Area (FATA)…
POLICY STATEMENT ON THE USE OF DRONES SAN DIEGO VETERANS FOR PEACE CHAPTER 91 THE HUGH THOMPSON MEMORIAL CHAPTER Policy: We, as San Diego Veterans for Peace, are deeply troubled by the United States Government’s current use of drone aircraft deployed in foreign nations across the globe and the potential expansion of the use of…
San Diego CA, April 4-7, 2013 Published with permission from San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice. The Drone Diego Coordinating Committee invites organizations and individuals to come to San Diego on April 4-7, as we protest and bring attention to the dangers drones present to the people of the world. Join us for nonviolent…