Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!
All articles represent the opinions of the authors – not UNAC Positions
by Nick Turse, published on Counterpunch, September 26, 2021 So, I have decided to make this piece a memorial to the members of the Ahmadi family murdered by a U.S. Drone strike as U.S. troops left Afghanistan in disgrace. You will find their pictures throughout this post. [jb] As a parting shot, on its way out of Afghanistan, the United[…]
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by Ann Wright, published on Popular Resistance, September 19, 2021 Now is the time for accountability for the U.S. assassin drone program. For decades the U.S. has been murdering innocent civilians, including U.S. citizens, in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Mali and who knows where else. Not one person in the military has been held accountable for these criminal[…]
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by Daniel Larison, published on Antiwar.com, September 15, 2021 On September 26, the yearly Shut Down Creech protest will convene at the military base from which all US Drone Control signals are released. The Ban Killer Drones network calls on us to come out to Creech AFB during the week that begins on the 26th, or prepare a solidarity action[…]
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by Brian Terrell, September 8, 2021 On August 31, President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. stepped up to the White House podium, squared his shoulders, looked the American public straight in the eye — and told them the biggest lie of his Presidency (so far). What he said was: “Last night in Kabul, the United States ended 20 years of war[…]
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Statement by Ban Killer Drones Coalition We raise our voice in deep concern on the silencing and imprisonment of Daniel Hale. Daniel Hale did not commit a crime. It is outrageous that Daniel Hale was charged, prosecuted and sentenced to 45 months in Federal prison for exposing a criminal program. Daniel Hale should be pardoned! Daniel Hale leaked documents that[…]
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by Daniel Hale, published on the Sparrow Project, July 23, 2021 It is not a secret that I struggle to live with depression and post traumatic stress disorder. Both stem from my childhood experience growing up in a rural mountain community and were compounded by exposure to combat during military service. Depression is a constant. Though stress, particularly stress caused[…]
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by Kevin Gosztola, published on The Dissenter, July 20, 2021 This is a truly sad case. Daniel Hale’s documents were released years ago, at which time Jeremy Scahill and The Intercept were widely praised for publishing them. Daniel, on the other hand has been, as they say, ‘living like a refugee’, waiting for the axe to fall, every since. […]
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By Chris Hedges, Published on Salon.com, July 13, 2021 Daniel will be sentenced on July 27 at 9am, in Alexandria Virginia. There will be a press conference in New York City on Daniel’s behalf, July 17th at 10 AM at 10th Ave & 31St. It will be recorded so look for the video on the Upstate Drone Action website. [jb][…]
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by Kathy Kelly published on Countercurrents, July 07, 2021 “Pardon Daniel Hale.” These words hung in the air on a recent Saturday evening, projected onto several Washington, D.C. buildings, above the face of a courageous whistleblower facing ten years in prison. The artists aimed to inform the U.S. public about Daniel E. Hale, a former Air Force analyst who blew[…]
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by Nick Mottern, published on Common Dreams, July 5, 2021 On July 2, fleeing questions from reporters about U.S. plans in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden sought refuge behind the July 4th Independence Day holiday, yet obliquely acknowledged that the U.S. will use some level of “over the horizon” air attacks to prevent the Taliban from taking power, attacks that will[…]
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