Biology-inspired Engineering and Morphing Technology Drones with wings? But why?! While some Dronesters are dwelling on the metallic, the plastic, and the 3D printed, other roboticists & researchers are harkening back to the whims of the natural world. There are birds that can maneuver like no human built aircraft can. Researchers have found that the […]
The New Drone Order – Part II_Intro: Dronetopia: Lessons and Parallels from the Insect World
Drone Warfare, Propaganda, Proliferation, Mutualism, Symbiosis & Biomimicry What can insect societies teach us about our own? Sure, we bug out from time to time, but we’re intelligent, and they’re not. Right? Well, it turns out that humans share common traits with ants, bees, and other insects. We even go to war in similar ways. […]
The New Drone Order is Only Beginning: Intro- All is Buzzing on the Geopolitical Front
Drone technology is moving forward, whether we like it or not. MQ-9 Reapers manufactured by General Atomics are sold to the U.S. Air Force, fitted with hellfire missiles provided by Lockheed Martin. The military industrial complex is ticking, unmanned aerial vehicles are soaring, and all is not quiet on the Western front. Few places are […]
Processing Distortion with Peter B. Collins: “America’s Illegal Drone Wars”
Peter B. Collins Presents Prof. Richard Falk International law expert Richard Falk argues that armed drones are more dangerous than nuclear weapons. Sold to Americans as an efficient means of killing without risk to American lives, independent reports show that far more innocent people are killed than militant suspects. Falk offers his views on targeted […]
UN Arms Trade Treaty’s Deadly Loophole
Foundation fellows and diplomats have lauded the overwhelming approval of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) by the General Assembly of the United Nations, with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon describing it as a means to obstruct the illicit arms flow to warlords, pirates, terrorists, criminals and the like. Many who have critically monitored the situation in […]
Whitewashing Extrajudicial Killing
Brennan’s a War Criminal Multiple Times Over Extrajudicial killing is official US policy. Doing so violates fundamental international, constitutional, and US statute laws. Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.” Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights […]
Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 56
America’s Militarization of Africa Last week it was announced that the US was establishing a drone base in Niger, while France continues its war in neighboring Mali. What is the West doing in Africa? To answer that, it would help to look at the role of the West in the past few decades across the […]
Obama Prioritizes Targeted Killings
Brennan Belongs in Prison, Not High Office A previous article said Obama decided who lives or dies. His kill list chooses targets. He designated himself judge, jury and executioner. He chose John Brennan as new CIA director. He’s currently Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. He’s Obama’s chief counterterrorism advisor. He heads […]
Empire, Power, and People with Andrew Gavin Marshall- Episode 55
Rhetoric vs. Reality in Obama’s Terror War Following upon last week’s discussion of drone warfare, this week’s episode places drone war in the context of the “war on terror,” or what the Obama administration has come to call “Overseas Contingency Operations.” How and why did drone warfare become so popular under Obama, what other policies […]
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