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Showing videos filed under: drone
The F Word: Questioning the Cycle of War
September 29, 2010The Obama administration is frustrated with the Pakistani government's inability to quell the Taliban. Who are the US to be frustrated? The answer to the frustration's apparently a stepping up of the pilotless drone campaign. The term CIA drone campaign has embedded itself in the coverage. You know the one -- this last month's been the heaviest for attacks -- and civilian deaths -- from drones. It's the war we haven't declared and only have tacit Pakistani approval to be waging.Sonali Kolhatkar: Missing Media on Afghanistan
August 18, 2010The media face of the war in Afghanistan is a woman's face--one particular mutilated woman, in the case of Time. Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women's Mission notes, though, that this is a clear strategy from those who benefit from the war to win over European and American audiences. Meanwhile, Afghan women who oppose occupation, like former GRITtv guest Malalai Joya, are silenced in the media just as they are silenced in Afghan politics.Sonali Kolhatkar, Rethink Afghanistan, and Psychology of Torture
August 17, 2010The media face of the war in Afghanistan is a woman's face--one particular mutilated woman, in the case of Time. Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women's Mission notes, though, that this is a clear strategy from those who benefit from the war to win over European and American audiences. Meanwhile, Afghan women who oppose occupation, like former GRITtv guest Malalai Joya, are silenced in the media just as they are silenced in Afghan politics.The F Word: Drone Stimulus?
June 23, 2010Hmm. What's worse: Backstabbing one president or bombing lots of civilians? The answer's pretty obvious, to judge by the stink over General Stanley McCrystal's comments in DC and in the money media. McChrystal the man's in trouble. The policies he embraced may not be. Ironically, one policy he raised consistent concerns about -- the use of remote-device killing machines - drones on, to barely a whimper of concern stateside.Legalizing Marijuana, Dr. Gabor Mate, and Ukraine
February 8, 2010An initiative in California for marijuana legalization is slowly moving toward an appearance on the November ballot, and several other states have taken steps to legalize the drug for medical purposes, or to decriminalize possession, reducing it to a misdemeanor charge. Since the start of the economic crisis, many--including the venerable Economist magazine--have called for legalization and taxing in order to boost revenues.The F Word: Lifting the Veil on US Troops in Pakistan
February 8, 2010"The deaths of three American soldiers in a Taliban suicide attack on Wednesday lifted the veil on United States military assistance to Pakistan." So began a Feb 4th piece by Jane Perlez in the New York Times.No More Drones
November 17, 2009In Syracuse, New York this weekend, about 250 people gathered to protest drone aircraft, controlled from the Hancock Air National Guard Base. Among them were Kathy Kelly, Daniel and Jerry Berrigan. Drone aircraft strikes in Afghanistan and Pakistan have increased under the Obama administration.Sex, Lies and Sarah Palin, Amy Goodman, and Fighting Drones
November 16, 2009Sarah Palin's book, Going Rogue: An American Life, comes out tomorrow, and the corporate media has been all Palin, all the time. We wonder just what it is about the former Alaskan governor that keeps people coming back for more. Is it her folksy ways, her sex appeal, her gender, or her willingness to completely disregard the advice of well-intentioned handlers?The F Word: Right-Wing Mad Militarist and his Mindless Murdering Drones
August 25, 2009A US drone firing missiles into a village in northern Pakistan killed at least 19 people over the weekend. The targets were militants said the US military. The victims included six dead children said a local tribal elder. "Suspected US drone kills Suspected Taliban Commander." That's becoming the stuff of very suspect news stories. The reporting is so weak there's almost nothing confirmed except that the killer operator is far away in front of a computer screen somewhere.
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