Three members of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance (NCNR) were arrested at NSA headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland when they obstructed a roadway outside the base’s gates and refused to leave. About twenty protestors in all staged a theatrical “die-in” and read the names of one hundred children they […]
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Manufacturers of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, also known as drones, visited members of Congress today on Capitol Hill. Corporate members of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) put on a drone expo for representatives from the House Congressional Unmanned Systems Caucus. Protestors from CODEPINK were on hand to greet […]
People wonder if we’re afraid we might die from these drones circling over our heads, but you know what, I am not afraid of death anymore. I’ve become familiar with it. Drones in our skies or government clashes are as common as rain or sunshine. Death becomes a daily fact. […]
Following a deadly U.S. drone strike on civilians in Yemen, members of a dozen peace groups wearing blue scarves gathered at the entrance of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. With guards and barricades on one side and cars whizzing by on Rt. 123 on the other, they held a vigil […]
The room in Rayburn House Office Building was packed to overflowing. An older, dignified but sad man sitting at the table at the front of the room said through an interpreter: “I came here to share with you my story and what happened to my family. Who are the ones […]
Anti-drone activists from around the country paid a visit to Senator Chuck Schumer’s office today to protest drone strikes in the Mideast, plastering pictures of drone victims on the office doors. They contend that unmanned aerial vehicles or drones kill innocent civilians and terrorize people living in targeted areas in […]
Popcorn and hot chocolate were served at a movie screening at the home of President Obama’s nominee for head of Department of Homeland Security tonight in Washington, DC. CODEPINK: Women For Peace used the brick facade of Jeh Johnson’s house in Georgetown to show the documentary “Killer Drones and Secret […]
The remote location of CIA headquarters in Langley, VA keeps its facility as distant from the public eye as its activities. But one day every month for the last year, activists opposing the CIA’s program of “targeted killing” by drones have staked out the gates of the intelligence agency. Standing […]
Medea Benjamin of CODEPINK made waves when she interrupted President Obama during his policy address at the National Defense University on May 23. 2013. Even the President said, “That woman is worth paying attention to.” Benjamin spoke to Cool Revolution about Obama’s speech on drone strikes in the Mideast and […]