Welcome to the Slaughterhouse

Welcome to the Slaughterhouse

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by Nick Mottern and Jack Gilroy, published on Counterpunch, August 8, 2023

What does Ukraine need the most? Its military officials now list five things when asked, Dmitri Alperovitch said in his latest podcast, which was recorded in Ukraine.  Those five things are “artillery shells, artillery shells, artillery shells, artillery shells, and more artillery shells.”

U.S. President Joe Biden said much the same when asked a similar question about two weeks ago at the conclusion of this year’s NATO summit in Lithuania.: “What we need most of all is artillery shells, and they’re in short supply.  We’re working on that.”  Continue reading “Welcome to the Slaughterhouse”

Peace Rally for Ukraine – No More War – Scranton, Pa.

Peace Rally for Ukraine – No More War – Scranton, Pa.

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by Vera Scroggins, from Youtube, July 22, 1923

President Joe Biden’s Hometown. Home of Scranton Army Ammunition Plant at 156 Cedar Ave., Scranton, Pa.. Several Peace Activists speak and Peace groups from several States attended.

Continue reading “Peace Rally for Ukraine – No More War – Scranton, Pa.”

Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage

Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage

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By David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War; Kathy Kelly, President of World BEYOND War; John Reuwer, Board Member of World BEYOND War; Brad Wolf, Director of Peace Action, Lancaster, PA, June 8, 2023

BKD Co-Founder, Nick Mottern is heading for this conference along with numerous other active members of BKD. [jb]

Forty-eight hours before a global peace conference in Vienna, Austria, was to begin, the venue host abruptly cancelled. Peace, it seems, cannot be discussed, especially peace in Ukraine.

This news is a disturbing step in a growing trend.  Continue reading “Austrian Censorship of Peace Conference Is An Outrage”

Upstate Drone Action Earthday 2023, Delivering Subpoenas to Friends of the Merchants of Death

Upstate Drone Action Earthday 2023, Delivering Subpoenas to Friends of the Merchants of Death

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by Jack Gilroy, published in Veterans For Peace Newsletter | Spring 2023 25

Click HERE to see a playlist of 1 or 2 minute  videos from each site: Syracuse Federal Bldg, Chase Bank, Bishops Chancellary, Lockheed Martin and Hancock Air Base. Filmed and edited by Nate Henshaw, produced by Mary Anne Grady Flores

An Earth Day celebration mocking the clever fools of the war machine produced a lot of grim fun in Syracuse, New York, on Friday, April 21. A coalition of peace groups including Upstate Drone Action, Veterans For Peace Chapter 90, Peace Action, UpState PaxChristi, and Ithaca Catholic Worker had already issued subpoenas to six merchants of death and their enablers in the Syracuse community to testify at the November 2023 Merchants of Death Tribunal. Now it was time to hear from the war enablers themselves.  Continue reading “Upstate Drone Action Earthday 2023, Delivering Subpoenas to Friends of the Merchants of Death”

Anti-Drone Activists in Action  (Video)

Anti-Drone Activists in Action (Video)

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Activists with the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars at Hancock Air National Guard Base stand up to the base personnel, and then to the courts in their effort to draw attention to the expanding Drone force there.  This video is from 8 years ago, but the Anti-Drone coalition from across upstate New York has been active for more than a decade, since the base began it’s transformation into a hub for Killer Drones.  Hancock is a national training hub for drone technicians and engineers, as well as a location where drones are flown over West Asia and elsewhere 24/7.    Continue reading “Anti-Drone Activists in Action (Video)”

“Home of the “Hellhounds:” Whiteman AFB Drone Squadron ‘Most Lethal’ in US

“Home of the “Hellhounds:” Whiteman AFB Drone Squadron ‘Most Lethal’ in US

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by Brian Terrell, published on Counterpunch,  October 5, 2022

Leading up to this protest there was discussion among organizers about the nature of drone operations here at Whiteman Air Force Base. Is this a training facility, or are Reaper drones engaged in lethal activities, are actual murders committed from this place, in real time in places far away by remote control? While the details of drone operations are shrouded in secrecy, broken only by courageous whistleblowers, the Air Force exposes enough of itself for us to know that crimes with global consequences are being committed in this very place.  Continue reading ““Home of the “Hellhounds:” Whiteman AFB Drone Squadron ‘Most Lethal’ in US”

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