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The Assassination Complex: Secret military documents expose the inner workings of Obama's drone wars Scahill, Jeremy Article 2015 There has been intense focus on the technology of remote killing, but that often serves as a surrogate for what should be a broader examination of the state's power over life and death. Benign State Violence vs. Barbaric Terrorism Peppe, Matt Article 2015 The US and UK target for assassination civilians that allegedly have a connection with ISIS. Such operations are performed without a trial. Peppe discusses how the governments of these countries justi... The Caribbean Left's Legacy: Against The Current vol. 112 Abraham, Sara Article 2004 Sara Abraham interviews Eusi Kwayana of The Working People's Alliance (WPA) in Guyana. The WPA continued to organize and build its ranks through a democratic socialist multi racial agenda, but has con... The CIA: A Forgotten History : U.S. Global Interventions Since World War II Blum, William Book 1989 This book tells the remarkable story of the multifarious US/CIA interventions in more than fifty foreign countries. Here are all the details of these exploits, the operations behind the overthrow of g... Destroying the Commons: How the Magna Carta Became a Minor Carta  Chomsky, Noam Article 2012 Our rights and liberties are under ever-increasing attack. The Drone Papers Article 2015 The Intercept has obtained a cache of secret documents detailing the inner workings of the U.S. military's assassination program in Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The documents, provided by a whistl... Find, Fix, Finish: For the Pentagon, creating an architecture of assassination meant navigating a turf war with the CIA Scahill, Jeremy Article 2015 Obama was urged by Michael Hayden, the CIA director, and his counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, to adopt small footprint counterterrorism operations and drone strikes. In one briefing, Hayden tol... Firing Blind: Flawed Intelligence and the Limits of Drone Technology Currier, Cora; Maass, Peter Article 2015 Classified Pentagon documents reveal that the U.S. military has faced "critical shortfalls" in the technology and intelligence it uses to find and kill suspected terrorists in Yemen and Somalia. Gaza: Life and death under Israel's drones Cook, Jonathan Article 2013 There are many things to fear in Gaza. Drones are increasingly being used for surveillance and extra-judicial execution in parts of the Middle East, especially by the US. There are no statistics that... Greece mourns slain anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas Strickland, Patrich Article 2017 A self-professed Golden Dawn member stabbed leftist rapper Killah P to death in Piraeus on September 18, 2013. The History of the German Resistance 1933-1945: Widerstand, Staatsstreich, Attentat Hoffman, Peter Book 1969 A thorough portrayal of the plans, hesitations, frustrations, and failures of the opposition to Hitler. An Interview With Noam Chomsky on Obama's Human Rights Record: Nothing Can Justify Torture Bailey, Eric Article 2012 America's human rights record under the administration of President Obama and the military intervention policies that have seen increased use during the Arab Spring. Israeli journalist Anat Kam under secret house arrest since December Article 2010 An Israeli journalist has been under secret house arrest since December on charges that she leaked highly sensitive, classified military documents which suggest the Israeli military breached a court o... Journalists allege threat of drone execution by US Parvaz, D Article 2017 Fearing assassination, Al Jazeera's Ahmad Zaidan and independent journalist Bilal Abdul Kareem file US legal complaint. The Kill Chain: The lethal bureaucracy behind Obama's drone war Currier, Cora Article 2015 Secret military documents offer documentary evidence of the process by which the Obama administration creates and acts on its kill lists in Yemen and Somalia. Kill Chain: Drones and the Rise of High-Tech Assassins Cockburn, Andrew Book 2015 History of drone warfare, a development in military technology that has its origins in long-buried secret programmes dating to US military interventions in Vietnam and Yugoslavia. Cockburn follows the... Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II Blum, William Book 2008 Is the United States a force for democracy? William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. For those who want the details on the U.S.'s most famous actions (Ch... License to Kill Halimi, Serge Article 2018 Halimi places alleged Russian involvement in the attempted assasination of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in the context of routine extrajudicial killings by the wider inernational security services. The Life and Death of Objective Peckham: Stripped of British citizenship and killed by an American drone Gallagher, Peter Article 2015 Documentation of the final years of Bilal el-Berjawi's life, a British-Lebanese citizen suspected of being a terrorist. The story raises questions about the British government's role in the targeted a... Manhunting in the Hindu Kush: Civilian casualties and strategic failures in America's longest war Devereaux, Ryan Article 2015 U.S. military forces set out to destroy the Taliban and al Qaeda forces that remained hidden in Hindu Kush. Dubbed Operation Haymaker, the campaign has been described as a potential model for the futu... My Reaction to Osama bin Laden's Death Chomsky, Noam Article 2011 We might ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush’s compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - May 7, 2015: Urban agriculture and local food production Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This issue of Other Voices ranges widely, from increasing worker activism and strikes in China, to advances in battery technology that make it much easier and cheaper to store solar and wind energy fo... Presidential Assassinations Of US Citizens Greenwald, Glenn Article 2010 Just think about this for a minute. Barack Obama, like George Bush before him, has claimed the authority to order American citizens murdered based solely on the unverified, uncharged, unchecked claim ... Profit over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order Chomsky, Noam Book 1999 Chomsky confronts neoliberalsim: the pro-corporate system of economic and political policies presently waging a form of class war worldwide. Propaganda of the deed: Connexipedia Article Article A concept that promotes violence against political enemies as a way of inspiring the masses and catalyzing revolution. The Real Terror Network: Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda Herman, Edward S. Book 1982 Herman sets out to show that the U.S. ignores or sponsors terror by authoritarian states that are allied with U.S. interests. Red Emma Speaks: Selected Writings and Speeches by Emma Goldman Goldman, Emma (edited by Shulman, Alix Kates) Book 1972 A collection of essays which provide a comprehensive view of Emma Goldman's theories and beliefs. Remote-Controlled Killing: The Spot-and-Shoot Game Cook, Jonathan Article 2010 The Israeli military is increasingly using remote-controlled weapons to kill Palestinians. Israel's remotely controlled weapons systems are in high demand from repressive regimes and the burgeoning ho... Revolutionary Nonviolence: Essays by Dave Dellinger Dellinger, Dave Book 1970 Dellinger says that "those of us who oppose the violence of the status quo and reject the violence of armed revolt and class hatred bear a heavy responsibility to struggle existentially to provdew non... Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower Blum, William Book 2005 A mini-encyclopedia of the numerous un-humanitarian acts perpetrated by the United States since the end of the Second World War. Six Facts from Sudden Justice, A New History of the Drone War Currier, Cora Article 2015 Sudden Justice: America's Secret Drone Wars, a new book by London-based investigative journalist Chris Woods, traces the intertwined technological, legal and political history of drones as they evolve... The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage Gitlin, Todd Book 1987 One of the best books on the Sixties in the U.S., bringing to life the political and cultural currents, including especially the music, which raged during that decade, and setting them in historical c... The Story of Tatania Baynac, Jacques Book The life of the young Russian revolutionary who in 1906 assassinated a man who she believed was a Tsarist minister. The Strange Death of Hugo Chavez: an Interview with Eva Golinger Whitney, Mike Article 2016 I believe there is a very strong possibility that President Chavez was assassinated. There were notorious and documented assassination attempts against him throughout his presidency. Most notable was ... The Times of Harvey Milk Epstein, Robert Film 1984 A look at the career and assassination of San Francisco's first elected gay councilor. A Transformed Force: Against The Current vol. 121 Iterregui, Felix Cordova Article 2006 The following essay is a translated and edited version of a recent op-ed piece by Félix Córdova Iturregui, a veteran socialist activist, member of the Taller de Formación Política and the Frente Socia... Trial of Leonard Peletier Jim Messerschmidt Book 1990 An examination of Peletier's role in the American Indian Movement, his struggle to protect the rights and land of his people and the history and role of the FBI. Messerschmidt traces the evolution of ... The United States and Torture: We Tortured Some People and Probably Still Are.... Blum, William Article 2014 Two of the things that governments tend to cover-up or lie about the most are assassinations and torture, both of which are widely looked upon as exceedingly immoral and unlawful, even uncivilized. Si... US drone strikes kill 28 unknown people for every intended target Article 2014 US drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan have killed as many as 1,147 unknown people in failed attempts to kill 41 named individuals, a report by human rights charity Reprieve has found. U.S. Government Assassination Plots: An appendiex to Killing Hope, by William Blum Blum, Willian Article 2011 A list of prominent foreign individuals whose assassination (or planning for same) the United States has been involved in since the end of the Second World War. A Visual Glossary: Decoding the language of covert warfare Begley, Josh Article 2015 Along with illustrations, Begley explains some of the terminology employed in the drone warfare. War Against the People: Israel, The Palestinians and Global Pacification Halper, Jeff Book 2015 Governments today are waging a 'war against the people' -- whether 'securitization' against asylum seekers in Fortress Europe, 'counterinsurgency' in Afghanisation, or the subliminal war of policy and... Why Marxists Oppose Individual Terrorism Trotksy, Leon Article 1911 A strike, even of modest size, has social consequences: strengthening of the workers’ self-confidence, growth of the trade union, and not infrequently even an improvement in productive technology. The... Why the rise of fascism is again the issue Pilger, John Article 2015 Fascism is preserved as history, as flickering footage of goose-stepping blackshirts, their criminality terrible and clear. Yet in the same liberal societies, whose war-making elites urge us never to ... 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