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Act Out! [78] - Terrorism, War, Oppression, Colonialism & Activism: from Attica to 9/11 to #NoDAPL
This week marks the 15th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001. Let's take a look at what these 15 years have brought us...
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Act Out! [55] - The High Crime of Ecocide, No New Leases & Shut Down Creech
This week we're standing strong on the front lines – talking no new leases in New Orleans, no new permits in Oregon, shutting down a drone air force base and playing whack-a-mole with Monsanto.
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Drone News Blackout Continues As Mainstream Media Ignore Whistleblowers
In the latest example of journalistic negligence, The New York Times, Washington Post and other large news organizations have continued their apparent policy of no-bad-news-reporting-about-drones.
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Obama's Drone War is a "Recruitment Tool" for ISIS, Say U.S. Air Force Whistleblowers
Four former Air Force service members who operated military drones have written an open letter to President Obama warning that the program of targeted killings has become a "driving force" for ISIS and other terrorist groups.
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Drones, IBM and the Big Data of Death
A study produced for the Defense Department by IBM consultants opens a window into the deep guts of the military-industrial complex, where the technologies of assassination and corporate sales converge.
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The Drone Papers, Part V: Target Africa
The U.S. military has engaged in a largely covert effort to extend its footprint across East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula with a network of mostly small and low-profile camps, some of which serve as staging areas for quick-reaction forces.
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The Drone Papers, Part IV: Firing Blind
Newly obtained documents show the U.S. military has faced “critical shortfalls” in the technology and intelligence it uses to find and kill suspected terrorists with drones in Yemen and Somalia.
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The Drone Papers, Part II: The Kill Chain
Secret military documents obtained by The Intercept offer rare documentary evidence of the process by which the Obama administration creates and acts on its kill list of terror suspects overseas.
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Artists Target Drone Operators With A Giant Portrait of One of Their Victims
The portrait is entitled #NotABugSplat – a reference to the term “bugsplat,” used by drone operators to dehumanize victims of their missile strikes.
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Opposing U.S. Drone Strikes, Pakistani Protesters Block NATO Supply Route
Thousands of people protesting U.S. drone strikes on Saturday blocked a road in northwest Pakistan that is used to move NATO troop supplies and equipment in and out of Afghanistan.
