tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21213300952825324382024-03-13T02:47:30.415-07:00No Drones IllinoisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12265995551485244503noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-18806404892337534842015-05-17T05:13:00.000-07:002015-05-17T05:13:43.042-07:00"Good Kill" Will Have EVERYONE Talking About the "Invisible" Drone Wars<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ethan Hawke stars in <i>Good Kill</i></td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/goodkill" target="_blank">The film <i>Good Kill</i> will have a week-long run at Chicago's Siskel Film Center in May (May 22 through 28).</a> "The first film to deal seriously with America’s escalating use of drone
warfare, this potent blend of war film and psychological drama centers
on Tom Egan, a one-time fighter pilot who now sits in an air-conditioned
trailer in Nevada and uses a video screen to fire missiles at suspected
terrorists 7,000 miles away."<br />
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Reviewer Stephen Holden has written in <i>The New York Time</i>s:<br />
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<i>"makes a persuasive case that our blind infatuation with all-powerful technology is stripping us of our humanity . . . "</i><br />
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<i>"transforming the ugly reality of battlefield carnage into a video game whose casualties are pixels on a screen . . . "</i><br />
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<i>"Mr. Hawke’s anguished performance gives “Good Kill” a hot emotional center . . . "</i> <br />
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<i>" 'Good Kill' is really a contemporary horror movie about humans seduced and hypnotized by machines into surrendering their souls . . . "</i> <br />
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(See <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/movies/review-good-kill-stars-ethan-hawke-fighting-enemies-half-a-world-away.html?_r=0" target="_blank">"Warfare Waged Half a World Away,"</a> May 14, 2015) <br />
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It looks like this film is a must-see for anyone who cares about the way the US wages war today.<br />
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<b><i>Grounded</i> raises tough questions.</b> I was hoping that the
play would challenge the idea that killing people with drones is good.
It's a reflection of the seriousness of this work that that is just one
of the issues it raises; others include our society's willingness to
destroy the people who we employ to "serve" ("serve our country," serve
us in general), our culture's worship of violence / use of force, and
the consequences of pervasive surveillance.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/07/everything-is-witnessed-searching-for.html" target="_blank">"Everything Is Witnessed": Searching for "the Guilty" in GROUNDED</a> ) <br />
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<i>Leveling Up</i> is <u>the</u> creative work that demonstrates just
how thoroughly America's new ways of warfare have become intertwined
with the other dominant strands in our culture.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/03/leveling-up-drone-play-Chicago.html">Level Up, Step Up, Grow Up, Man Up . . . Wake Up</a>)<br />
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<a href="http://awaketodrones.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-predator-in-chicago-good-friday.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ19mHyEvM-UzBTwOObw6f82e5ifa-IWoQSF_s960d9ekGjaPv-sgynCzRj4cv6UT9pWl085p4wj3LNtHHopmvNvXTrzLrgLRiwt3nsTbm3ffR-EW1EO0q2-Z6QXImyixuWJDKjAHUev8/s320/11-JS.jpeg" width="320" /></a>In
Chicago on Good Friday, 2013 (March 29), a cast consisting of long-time
Chicago antiwar activists was joined by a NY playwright (and defendant
in actions against US drone bases), Jack Gilroy, for one of the events
kicking off a month-long campaign of anti-drones events across the
country: a performance of Gilroy's play, <i>The Predator</i>.<br />
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(See <a href="http://awaketodrones.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-predator-in-chicago-good-friday.html" target="_blank">"The Predator" in Chicago - Good Friday, 2013 - "A Passion Play for the Drones Era"</a>)<br />
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There were so many places in this book where I thought, "Holy mackerel - he knows about <u>that</u>? It's as if he was part of the same anti-drone movement that I've been so deeply involved in for the past several years!"<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/12/unmanned-novel-drones-surveillance-truth-facts.html">7 Ways the Ugly Facts About Drones Are Hidden in Plain Site in UNMANNED</a> ) Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-37827659964175728952015-01-29T09:41:00.000-08:002015-01-29T09:58:56.699-08:00Kathy Kelly: "Let's rehabilitate CREECH!"<img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaBLBdAshcsf54DoUX4P_LJKkFz9v-iPqwYqHk4niK_ISJl7MoHL8R-fOgXHTourZvqmRvk2ESuVzGeznTBjPODEGgPEu4qoVqzS8lnJ2Z40dbo_QxEygQxWL7pigiRUYVedhBwNiuZPav/s320/kathy.gif" style="display: none;" />As many of you know, <a href="http://vcnv.org/speaker-bio/kathy-kelly" target="_blank">Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative Nonviolence</a> recently began a <a href="http://paxchristiusa.org/2015/01/23/reflection-my-future-in-prison/" target="_blank">prison sentence for participating in protest against murders being conducted by the U.S. government using drones</a>.<br />
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Kathy's sentence was for a protest at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. In March, protesters will gather at another base from which the U.S. directs its drone killings -- Creech Air Force Base in Nevada.<br />
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Kathy has created the video below to urge all of us to participate in the March 4-6 action to Shut Down Creech! <br />
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Please share this widely! <br />
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<b>For more information, see <a href="http://shutdowncreech.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">shutdowncreech.blogspot.com/</a></b><br />
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<br />Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-43013408865639422672014-08-19T10:10:00.001-07:002014-08-26T09:14:10.753-07:00Understanding Boeing's Role in the Navy's Next-Generation Drone Warfare<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Navy tests X-47B in <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/americas/2013/07/201371022575683277.html" target="_blank">2013 Al Jazeera photo</a>.</td></tr>
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Within days of <a href="http://shutdowngitmochicago.blogspot.com/2014/06/chicago-air-and-water-show-2014-protest.html" target="_blank">antiwar protesters making a lot of noise at the 2014 Chicago Air and Water Show</a> -- with a strong emphasis on the role of Boeing in the killing in Gaza and in next-generation killer drone technology -- the U.S. Navy quietly conducted tests that may change the way the Navy goes to war.<br />
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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-drone-fighter-jet-operations-20140818-story.html" target="_blank">"Navy conducts first series of drone and manned fighter jet operations"</a> by W.J. Hennigan (<i>LA Times</i>, August 18, 2014) describes the first tests of carrier-launched killer drones working in tandem with fighter jets. The experimental drone being flown that day was a Northrup Grumman version (X-47B) of the next generation killer drone; the fighter was the F/A-18 - the <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/08/this-is-your-war-chicago-boeing-fa-18s.html" target="_blank">Boeing fighter being used for renewed bombing in Iraq</a>.<br />
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W.J. Hennigan has done consistent reporting on the move towards drones in the Navy. In <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-carrier-drone-fight-20140607-story.html" target="_blank">"Navy plan for carrier-based drones takes flak from lawmakers,"</a> he explains the role of multiple defense contractors -- including Boeing -- in developing next-generation designs for the killer drone.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Northrup Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and General Atomics are all<br />
developing next-generation carrier-based killer drones for the Navy.<br />
(Source: <i>LA Times</i>, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-carrier-drone-fight-20140607-story.html" target="_blank">"Navy plan for carrier-based drones takes flak from lawmakers"</a>)
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Hennigan says the dronificaition of the Navy will be tough for a lot of people in the aviation part of the Navy to swallow. Apparently Navy people think in terms of manned aircraft, and want drones to stick to reconnaissance; the people in Congress who are pushing the appropriations see massive spending (and employment) from the unmanned drones, and want those drones to do have the fullest possible range of bombing capabilities.<br />
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The stakes are high -- including impacting other major defense programs. "A deep-penetrating stealthy drone that could fly farther and longer
could be seen as a potential challenger to the nearly $400-billion F-35
program," Hennigan reports.<br />
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For more background, see the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_Carrier-Launched_Airborne_Surveillance_and_Strike" target="_blank">Wikipedia article on the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike program</a>.<br />
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Just as it did in 2001, the U.S. has had another close dangerous encounter between one of its surveillance planes and a Chinese fighter in the air near the coast of China.<br />
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Like the 2001 event, it's making a lot of people ask what the hell the U.S. is doing provoking China where they live.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/08/boeing-p8-poseidon-china-spying-incident.html" target="_blank">Boeing: Where There's Trouble . . .</a> )<br />
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No Drones Illinois has endorsed the following call by Anti-War Committee
– Chicago, Jews for Justice in Palestine, U.S. Palestinian Community
Network and 8th Day Center for Justice: Protest Boeing Death Machines in
Gaza: Demand Chicago Drop Boeing from Air and Water Show!<br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2014/07/endorses-call-to-drop-boeing-from-chicago-air-and-water-show.html" target="_blank">No Drones Illinois Endorses Call to Drop Boeing from Chicago Air and Water Show</a>)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39ehvC3zgpjzMut7zSGmJmLKjzOhgM7nEsmX3_UJ3Yrj5eEXQSUdDHCVqnwtIj-5JaG4C15Sd-Zo4E3uUDYUsPQ9kZHgUIiHcORS-xB3nkJkjpxF-4KGoQcb263eT_PkotalRkVZoNGk/s1600/boeing+shareholders+meeting.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39ehvC3zgpjzMut7zSGmJmLKjzOhgM7nEsmX3_UJ3Yrj5eEXQSUdDHCVqnwtIj-5JaG4C15Sd-Zo4E3uUDYUsPQ9kZHgUIiHcORS-xB3nkJkjpxF-4KGoQcb263eT_PkotalRkVZoNGk/s320/boeing+shareholders+meeting.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a>"The
U.S.'s use of drone warfare has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of
children, many of whom live in countries where we have not declared war,
yet Boeing has decided to pursue a Navy contract for the prototype for
the next combat drone. This is unacceptable", said Kait McIntyre of the
Chicago Anti-War Committee (AWC), at the annual stockholders' meeting of
the Boeing Corporation.<br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2014/05/activists-challenge-boeing-to-disinvest.html" target="_blank">Activists Challenge Boeing to Disinvest from Drone Research</a>)<br />
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<a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/08/this-is-your-war-chicago-boeing-fa-18s.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEtiNP_wf6NNifhasrbx0kJy8sTD1q1veJsbBfDTM7rfrFt7npHJ_i2vEpW_Aq3EM7_4lZ_804PS6ysTR7yqRLvhNVwt3Hs2WTQTp2ETzfo-FLkzezuiDP7FYnxn1Lh-oIKitWyUqXFmS0/s320/fa18-super.jpg" height="190" width="320" /></a> People in Chicago like to walk down the street and look the other way,
saying, "This doesn't have anything to do with me." When you ask them to
take a flyer, or to learn more about this problem, they wave it away
with a bland, <i>"I'm good . . . ."</i><br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/08/this-is-your-war-chicago-boeing-fa-18s.html">This is YOUR War, Chicago! (Boeing F/A-18's Begin Strikes in Iraq)</a> )Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-55471842798590444652014-08-17T07:20:00.002-07:002014-08-17T07:20:39.501-07:00U Chicago Exhibition: "Drone of Testimony: A Vigil Against US Drone Attacks (2014)"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Be sure to see (and hear and participate in) this exhibition at the University of Chicago - it runs through August 30, 2014.<br />
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<i>"David Boykin’s initiative Sonic Healing Ministries “believes in the power of sound/vibration to transform physical matter. Thought is a finer vibration that has the potential to shape the physical world, as our thoughts eventually manifest in the physical world.” His project for the exhibition, Drone of Testimony: A Vigil Against US Drone Attacks (2014), produced in collaboration with the sound engineer Angel Elmore and the researcher Kasandra Skistad is a vigil against US military drone attacks. As the artist writes: 'The sonic drone that is created out of the testimony of US military drone attack survivors is a vigil against future attacks. Some people light a candle, we make a sound. Let there be a fire always burning, a song always sung, a sound always resonating until this madness stops. Let there be a Drone of Testimony till there are no more drone attacks.'" </i><br />
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The exhibition is part of the larger exhibition: <a href="http://arts.uchicago.edu/testimony" target="_blank"><b>Testimony</b></a>. <br />
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<u>Special events</u>:<br />
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Tuesday, August 19, 6:30-8:30 pm<br />
<i><b>Brian Terrill</b></i> leads a military drone teach-in<br />
Logan Center, DelGiorno Terrace 305; rain location Logan Center, Seminar Terrace Room (801) <br />
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Wednesday, August 27, Logan Center Gallery, 6-7:30 pm<br />
<i><b>David Boykin</b></i> in conversation with <i><b>Nicole Mitchell</b></i><br />
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<b>More about David Boykin:<i></i></b> David Boykin is one of the most original and dynamic artists in the Chicago music scene. He is a composer, bandleader, and multi-reed instrumentalist performing on the tenor and soprano saxophones, the soprano and bass clarinets, and the drum set. He has received many grants and awards for his talents as a composer. He is the leader of the David Boykin Expanse, founder of Sonic Healing Ministries, and an occasional collaborator with a few other artists. Boykin began studying music on the clarinet at the age of 21 in 1991 and first performed professionally in 1997. Since 1997 he has released 10 album-length recordings as a leader, contributed as a featured soloist to other musicians’ recordings, and performed at major international jazz festivals and smaller jazz venues locally and abroad. As part of his residency, Boykin’s Sonic Healing Ministries has been holding Free Jazz Jam Sessions, each Sunday at 2-5pm in his studio at the Arts Incubator in Washington Park. <br />
<br />Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-11413826527918011472014-07-29T05:35:00.000-07:002014-08-20T17:20:11.342-07:00No Drones Illinois Endorses Call to Drop Boeing from Chicago Air and Water Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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No Drones Illinois has endorsed the following call by Anti-War Committee – Chicago, Jews for Justice in Palestine, U.S. Palestinian Community Network and 8th Day Center for Justice:<br />
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<b>Press Conference & Die-in</b></div>
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<b>Wednesday, July 30, 10:00 a.m.</b></div>
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<b>City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St., 2nd Floor</b><br />
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<b><i>4-traders</i> Financial Website Reports:<br />
<a href="http://www.4-traders.com/THE-BOEING-COMPANY-4816/news/Boeing--protested-by-pro-Palestinian-humanitarians-in-Chicago-18819070/" target="_blank">"Boeing : protested by pro-Palestinian humanitarians in Chicago"</a>;</b><br />
<b>Boeing stock closes down 1.5% on July 31</b><br />
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<b>Additional coverage: </b><br />
<a href="http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2014/07/30/Pro-Palestinian-activists-hold-die-in-at-Chicago-City-Hall-to-protest-Boeing/4591406740507/" target="_blank"><b>UPI coverage</b></a><br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhkx6OoQCTI" target="_blank"><b>Progress Illinois video</b></a><br />
<b><a href="http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-boeing-protest-die-in-269230211.html" target="_blank">NBC Chicago coverage</a> </b><br />
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<b>READ: <a href="http://shutdowngitmochicago.blogspot.com/2014/07/coalition-endorses-call-to-drop-boeing-from-chicago-air-and-water-show.html#bossie" target="_blank">statement by Father Bob Bossie representing<br />
Chicago Coalition to Shut Down Guantanamo</a>.</b>
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<b>More links and discussion on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/357418177741686/" target="_blank">Facebook event page.</a></b></div>
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<b><i>Event photos by Matt McLoughlin:</i></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe Iosbaker of the Anti-War Committee details the reasons Boeing should be<br />
dropped by the City of Chicago as a sponsor of its annual Air and Water Show.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hatem Abudayyah spoke on behalf of U.S. Palestinian Community Network.<br />
Palestinian-Americans in Chicago -- the largest population of<br />
Palestinian-Americans in the country -- have called for Boeing to be<br />
dropped from the Air and Water Show based on its role supplying weapons<br />
used to kill Palestinians in Gaza.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ashley Bohrer from Jews for Justice in Palestine stressed the determination<br />
of many Jews to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A die-in dramatized the killings by Israel of 1300+ civilians in Gaza, using<br />
the fighter jets and attack helicopters of Boeing.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Press conference attendees say Boeing is enabling the genocide in Gaza.</td></tr>
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Boeing Company is a major sponsor of Chicago’s annual Air and Water Show this summer. Many people come to the lake shore every year to see displays of jets and other aircraft.<br />
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Boeing weaponry are responsible for many of the over 1000 dead and over 6000 seriously wounded Palestinians in Gaza in the past three weeks. The dead are mostly civilians, including over 200 children. Israel’s fighter jets – the F15s and F16s – as well as Apache helicopters are all made by Boeing.<br />
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Boeing has made billions from the sale of weapons for use in Israel's attacks, as part of its eight year old siege of Gaza.<br />
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The City of Chicago should drop Boeing from the sponsors of the Air and Water Show. No company that makes profit from the slaughter of civilians should be included.<br />
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<u>Protest initiated by</u>: Anti-War Committee – Chicago, Jews for Justice in Palestine, U.S. Palestinian Community Network and 8th Day Center for Justice. <u>Endorsed by</u>: Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Chicago Coalition to Shut Down Guantanamo, Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights, Chicago Faith Coalition on Middle East Policy, Illinois Coalition Against Torture, American Friends Service Committee, Jewish Voice for Peace<br />
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<a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/08/air-show-effective-protest-drone-killing-surveillance.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis96KoVMmXVxKhw9FO62YDcdzn2Zmm21W5PWiH7EhSfbm1bGdx72nosDXThP3SQancmTLsqCT61xRV1WyKv9Z5xuubsAT3O8luIuC4sUYvdcCoX72T34ANCCsZ8aFGO2qYMIWJCCZqbmbQ/s320/lm-kids-2.jpg" width="320" /></a>Coming
off our experience this past weekend once again protesting against
drone killing, drone surveillance, and related acts of militarism at the
Chicago Air and Water Show, I am more confirmed than ever in my view
that air shows are a very effective place to get our message out to the
public.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/08/air-show-effective-protest-drone-killing-surveillance.html" target="_blank">Why Air Shows Are a Very Effective Place to Protest Drone Killing and Drone Surveillance</a> )<br />
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<a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/08/us-aid-boeing-weapons-gaza-massacre-chicago-complicity.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizKZLLkVP2BNdRD-oFOL6y2YrKKYrUCdKPaYuQ-H1WjhyphenhyphenoEVepf_gOtVZnUvkH-1zkh7o_bJvVq8qEmp7qFn9QXiOZ72sC35KMc6ga_tWXtpa0wRhcBSB6S5FxLSyR8S5mXX0EOUpJX-Is/s320/state-st.jpg" height="320" width="320" /> </a>When Chicagoans fully succeed in fully connecting the dots
-- especially to the crimes being committed in their name with their
tax dollars and the weapons produced by their favored corporate citizen,
Boeing -- I think there will be some new and different phone calls
taking place . . .<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/08/us-aid-boeing-weapons-gaza-massacre-chicago-complicity.html">What's New in Chicago: Connecting the Dots - US Aid, Boeing Weapons, Gaza Massacre, Chicago Complicity</a> )<br />
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Now that the Israeli government's killings in Gaza are front-page news
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innocent men, women, and children -- Boeing's involvement is in
everyone's face.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/07/boeing-has-israel-problem-and-chicago.html" target="_blank">Boeing Has an Israel Problem . . . and Chicago Has a Boeing Problem</a>) <br />
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Year after year, hundreds of thousands of people from Chicago and the
surrounding area gather on the lakeshore to watch aerial displays by an
array of planes. Most don't suspect that they are being subjected to an
intense propaganda effort by multiple branches of the U.S. military.
The Chicago Coalition to Shut Down Guantanamo views this as a perfect
opportunity to engage with the
public and enlist them in the growing movement against U.S. war,
torture, surveillance, and other crimes. We will join activists from
many other peace and justice groups who have had a growing presence at
this event in recent years.<br />
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(See <a href="http://shutdowngitmochicago.blogspot.com/2014/06/chicago-air-and-water-show-2014-protest.html" target="_blank">August 16-17: Protest U.S. Kidnapping, Torture, and Drone Assassinations at the 2014 Chicago Air and Water Show Protest </a>)<br />
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<a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2014/05/activists-challenge-boeing-to-disinvest.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39ehvC3zgpjzMut7zSGmJmLKjzOhgM7nEsmX3_UJ3Yrj5eEXQSUdDHCVqnwtIj-5JaG4C15Sd-Zo4E3uUDYUsPQ9kZHgUIiHcORS-xB3nkJkjpxF-4KGoQcb263eT_PkotalRkVZoNGk/s320/boeing+shareholders+meeting.jpg" height="212" width="320" /></a>As reported on local TV news, at Fight Back News, and by Progress Illinois, Dozens of activists came to the Field Museum in Chicago last Monday (4/28) to speak out against Boeing's involvement in developing the next generation of killer drone. <br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2014/05/activists-challenge-boeing-to-disinvest.html">Activists Challenge Boeing to Disinvest from Drone Research</a> )<br />
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<br />Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-40454896109644854912014-07-14T08:36:00.001-07:002014-07-21T11:40:14.322-07:00Protest Drones Killing and Surveillance at the 2014 Chicago Air and Water ShowSupporters of <i><b>No Drones Illinois</b></i> will join with other opponents of U.S. military aggression and surveillance to protest at the 2014 Chicago Air and Water Show on August 16 and 17.<br />
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<b>Please </b><br />
<b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/597321983720632" target="_blank"> join the Facebook event page for the<br />protest at the 2014 Chicago Air and Water Show</a> </b><br />
<b>and share widely!</b> </div>
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For the third year in a row, <i><b>No Drones Illinois </b></i>supporters will do public outreach at this event. Full information on 2014 plans is on the website of the <a href="http://shutdowngitmochicago.blogspot.com/2014/06/chicago-air-and-water-show-2014-protest.html" target="_blank">Chicago Coalition to Shut Down Guantanamo</a>.<br />
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Now that the Israeli government's killings in Gaza are front-page news
-- particularly the way military aircraft is being used to mow down
innocent men, women, and children -- Boeing's involvement is in
everyone's face.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/07/boeing-has-israel-problem-and-chicago.html" target="_blank">Boeing Has an Israel Problem . . . and Chicago Has a Boeing Problem</a>) <br />
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A large contingent participated in creative resistance activities at the 2012 Air and Water Show.<br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2012/08/taking-no-drones-message-to-masses-at.html">Taking the NO DRONES! Message to the Masses at Chicago's Air & Water Show</a> for full details.)<br />
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Air and Water Show! There was an antiwar presence in at least three
distinct locations: east of the North Avenue Bridge with the Free
Bradley Manning Contingent, representatives of the Anti-war Committee of
Chicago, World Can't Wait, and allies from the north and west suburbs
on the west side of the North Avenue Bridge, and members of Occupy
Chicago on the bridge itself, as well at various places along the beach. <br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2013/06/protest-war-at-chicago-air-water-show.html">We're Pushing the Chicago Air & Water Show to be "War-Free"!</a>)<br />
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riding by in cars, buses, trucks, and golf carts. A lot of thumbs up, a
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<br />Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-90924835122419287122014-06-30T08:35:00.002-07:002014-07-01T07:17:02.693-07:00"Everyday Suspects": Chicago Exhibition Delves Into Drone Invasion of Everyday Life<br />
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A new exhibition in Chicago is a stunning illustration of the way the arts are being used in unexpected ways to dig into the deep questions raised by drones and drone warfare:<br />
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The exhibition presents a working list of Pakistani drone casualties, collected from an online archive published by the Bureau of Investigative Journalists. Her hand-embroidered and drawn imagery moves the viewer through aerial and peripheral views of domestic and civil spaces, the benign and the personal. Elahi’s work interrogates what is happening in many Muslim American communities, monitored where they live, work, and pray. Elahi’s human suspects haunt us with the vulnerability of the mundane and subtle gestures of everyday patterns.</i><br />
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<i>Everyday Suspects</i> closing reception, and performance by Ahalya Satkunaratnam: <br />
July 17, 5:30-8:00pm, <a href="http://chicagoartistscoalition.org/" target="_blank">Chicago Artist Coalition</a>, 217 N Carpenter St., Chicago, IL 60607<br />
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Two dramatic productions give Chicago audiences opportunities to explore
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Creative resistance is the heart of the movement to stop drone surveillance and warfare. There were wonderful examples across the country during the April Days of Action Against Drones 2013. Check out all the resources linked below . . . and contribute your own!<br />
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The Drones Quilt Project is currently on tour across the USA. The exhibit consists of 3 to 5 quilts of 36 blocks, each measuring 66″ x 66″, four information panels measuring 20″ x 30″ each, and a resource/take action handout. We hope to have the exhibit travel the country, so if you are interested in hosting the exhibit in your town . . . <br />
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<br />Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-20350805090128150162014-06-28T10:19:00.001-07:002014-07-12T08:36:46.996-07:00Drone Drama: Chicago Productions Ask Where Drones Are Taking UsTwo dramatic productions give Chicago audiences opportunities to explore the questions of where drones and drone warfare are leading us.<br />
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<b>TWO DAYS ONLY: Silk Road Rising staged reading of <i>Unmanned</i></b><br />
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"By turns comic and appalling, Unmanned dramatizes the lives of two drone operators in a remote desert in the American Southwest—one, a retired male fighter pilot who is terrified to fly; the other, a young female gamer who has never flown. This sets the stage for an exploration of the bizarre and disturbing profession of the military drone “pilot” and the ways in which technology has radically altered contemporary life and warfare.<br />
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Performances held at Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W Washington St, Chicago<br />
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Saturday, June 28 at 4:00pm<br />
Sunday, June 29 at 4:00pm<br />
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<b><i>GROUNDED</i> at Greenhouse Theater</b><br />
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"A hot-rod F16 fighter pilot’s unexpected pregnancy ends her career in the sky. Repurposed to flying remote-controlled drones in Afghanistan from an air-conditioned trailer near Vegas, the Pilot struggles through surreal twelve-hour shifts far from the battlefield, hunting terrorists by day and being a wife and mother by night. A tour de force play for one actress, GROUNDED flies from the heights of lyricism to the shallows of workaday existence, targeting our assumptions about war, family, and the power of storytelling."<br />
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Greenhouse Theater Center, 2257 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago<br />
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<b><i>Grounded</i> raises tough questions.</b> I was hoping that the
play would challenge the idea that killing people with drones is good.
It's a reflection of the seriousness of this work that that is just one
of the issues it raises; others include our society's willingness to
destroy the people who we employ to "serve" ("serve our country," serve
us in general), our culture's worship of violence / use of force, and
the consequences of pervasive surveillance.<br />
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how thoroughly America's new ways of warfare have become intertwined
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<a href="http://awaketodrones.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-predator-in-chicago-good-friday.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ19mHyEvM-UzBTwOObw6f82e5ifa-IWoQSF_s960d9ekGjaPv-sgynCzRj4cv6UT9pWl085p4wj3LNtHHopmvNvXTrzLrgLRiwt3nsTbm3ffR-EW1EO0q2-Z6QXImyixuWJDKjAHUev8/s320/11-JS.jpeg" height="219" width="320" /></a>In
Chicago on Good Friday, 2013 (March 29), a cast consisting of long-time
Chicago antiwar activists was joined by a NY playwright (and defendant
in actions against US drone bases), Jack Gilroy, for one of the events
kicking off a month-long campaign of anti-drones events across the
country: a performance of Gilroy's play, <i>The Predator</i>.<br />
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(See <a href="http://awaketodrones.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-predator-in-chicago-good-friday.html" target="_blank">"The Predator" in Chicago - Good Friday, 2013 - "A Passion Play for the Drones Era"</a>)Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-25232718217301677112014-06-18T09:36:00.000-07:002014-07-01T07:21:07.229-07:00Report Back from "On the Road to Ground the Drones" Walkby Bob Palmer<br />
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As many of you know, I just returned from participating in the <a href="http://vcnv.org/on-the-road-to-ground-the-drones" target="_blank">"On the Road to Ground the Drones" walk from Chicago to Battle Creek, MI organized by Voices for Creative Nonviolence</a>. About 50 people participated in some part of the 160 mile walk over 12 days, with a dozen or so of us walking the whole way. <br />
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We started on June 3 at Boeing corporate headquarters in Chicago, where the manufacture of drones and conventional war planes are managed and designed. We finished on June 14, with about 100 people holding an action at the Michigan Air National Guard Facility at the Battle Creek Airport, site of a new drone command center. Along the way, we talked to lots of people, made presentations to local groups and reached out to local media.<br />
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There are many reasons to be opposed and/or concerned about the use of armed drones--from their use in assassinations that violate international law to how they create more ill will towards the United States in the communities where they often kill innocent bystanders. Many educational resources are available at the <a href="http://vcnv.org/project/drone-warfare-awareness" target="_blank">Drone Warfare Awareness and Resistance Resources page on the Voices for Creative Nonviolence website</a>.<br />
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Perhaps most broadly, when the only risk of killing and injuring people is on "the other side," it provides yet another rationale for the United States to first look to pursuing military means to resolve our conflicts instead of pursuing nonviolent strategies that are only sustainable way to secure peace for the long-term. I'm reminded of this as President Obama seems to be evaluating whether to use armed drone strikes in Iraq to address a conflict that primarily seems to be caused by sectarianism that all our years of war making have made worse (see <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2014/6/16/as_obama_considers_drone_strikes_in" target="_blank">Democracy Now: "As Obama Considers Drone Strikes in Iraq, Could U.S. Military Action Worsen Sectarian Conflict?"</a>).<br />
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Aside from raising awareness about drone warfare, the walk was also a good experience for conversing with others about all sorts of stuff and experiencing the world in a slow and focused way that is often absent in modern life. We walked along Chicago's Lakefront path, industrial areas in East Chicago, downtown Gary, the Indiana Dunes, upscale vacation communities on Lake Michigan, small towns along the Red Arrow Highway in Michigan and many sorts of other places. A few of us even squeezed in a visit to Bells' Brewery in Kalamazoo:) Thankfully, it only rained heavily one day!<br />
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Here's an article from the Friends Committee on National Legislation from late last year that provides a good background on issues related to drones and several links to more resources: <a href="http://fcnl.org/blog/2c/us_drone_policy_morally_indefensible/" target="_blank">"U.S. Drone Policy: Morally Indefensible" by Matt Southworth</a><br />
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<a href="http://vcnv.org/" target="_blank">Read more about the work of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, including press coverage of the walk.</a><br />
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I've posted some <a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsjYkr3X6" target="_blank">photos of the walk on Flickr</a>.<br />
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Thanks for reading!<br />
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PS: Like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/6587868649/" target="_blank">Voices for Creative Non-Violence on Facebook</a><br />
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PPS: Like Voices for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Voices-for-Creative-Non-Violence-UK/454714281232864" target="_blank">Creative Non-Violence UK on Facebook</a>, too. (Lots more walk photos here!)<br />
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<br />Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-76891934666646861732014-05-04T04:18:00.001-07:002014-07-01T07:21:42.700-07:00May 9 in Chicago: Drones, Dirty Wars, & Guantanamo<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<u>When</u>: 4:30 PM, Fri., May 9<br />
<u>Where</u>: Federal Plaza, Adams & Dearborn, Chicago<br />
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Around the country, people are speaking out against - and acting to stop - drone wars and surveillance. <i><b>Over 80 actions have been announced, from Hawaii to Maine, during the Spring Days of Action 2014.</b></i> Here in Chicago, we will add our voices Friday, May 9.<br />
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We will have a model drone (as pictured here) and we will have photos and read the names of some of the thousands of innocent civilians killed in the US war OF terror in Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Somali.<br />
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Moazzam Begg, a British citizen held for years without charge or trial at Guantanamo and since released, has noted that Obama seems to prefer assassination over indefinite detention, moving to directly terrorize whole areas of countries with which the US is not officially at war.<br />
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<b>World Can't Wait, Voices for Creative Non-Violence, and the Chicago Coalition to Shut Down Guantanamo</b> are joining together to take this message to the public. Drones, indefinite detention, and the dirty wars they are integral to are immoral and illegitimate!<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/235713056635896/" target="_blank"><b>Join the event on Facebook and invite friends!</b></a> </div>
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Today, people in Illinois protesting drones are contacting their representatives to encourage support for <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/03/congress-progressives-demand-US-drone-accounting.html" target="_blank">H.R.4372: the Targeted Lethal Force Transparency Act</a>.<br />
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<b>For example:</b> see <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/04/mike-quigley-drones-transparency-hr-4372.html" target="_blank">An Open Letter to Congressman Mike Quigley on H.R.4372: the Targeted Lethal Force Transparency Act</a> . Mike Quigley representatives the 5th Congressional district, on the north side of Chicago.<br />
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If passed, the bill will require the Obama administration to come
clean about the killings it has carried out using drones -- killings
that, up until now, the administration has been able to pretend don't
exist.<br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2014/04/contact-congress-drones-come-clean-transparency.html">Write or Call Your Member of Congress Today: Make the U.S. Come Clean on Drone Killings</a> )<br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2014/04/june-3-14-join-voices-for-creative.html">June 3-14 - Join Voices for Creative Nonviolence - On the Road to Ground the Drones!</a>) </div>
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<span class="fsl">On May 23rd of last year, President Obama again promised to close the
detention facility at Guantánamo. His pledge came in response to the
mass hunger strike by men protesting their indefinite detention and to
the renewed, global condemnation of the prison. On<span class="text_exposed_show">e year later, far too little has changed: few detained men have left the prison and hunger strikes and forced feeding continue. </span></span><br />
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Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-20730073326973145002014-05-03T11:41:00.002-07:002014-07-01T07:22:57.226-07:00Activists Challenge Boeing to Disinvest from Drone Research<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">As reported on local TV news, at <a href="http://www.fightbacknews.org/2014/4/28/protesters-stockholders-meeting-say-no-killer-drone-boeing">Fight Back News</a>, and by <a href="http://www.progressillinois.com/quick-hits/content/2014/04/28/chicago-anti-war-activists-target-boeing-over-navy-drone-contract">Progress Illinois</a>, <a href="http://www.fightbacknews.org/2014/4/28/protesters-stockholders-meeting-say-no-killer-drone-boeing">Dozens of activists came to the Field Museum in Chicago last Monday (4/28) to speak out against Boeing's involvement in developing the next generation of killer drone.</a> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">You're looking at the next incarnation of<br /> drone terror: Boeing's Phantom Ray.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">They braved cold and rain to stand on the steps of the Museum and hold a press conference admonishing Boeing for its involvement in drone terror. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 20px;"><i><b>"The U.S.'s use of drone warfare has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of children, many of whom live in countries where we have not declared war, yet Boeing has decided to pursue a Navy contract for the prototype for the next combat drone. This is unacceptable"</b></i>, said Kait McIntyre of the <a href="http://antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com/">Chicago Anti-War Committee (AWC)</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 20px;">McIntyre had applied for a spot on Boeing's board of directors but was pronounced ineligible due to a paperwork technicality. Several who had purchased Boeing stock then entered the meeting to address shareholders directly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 20px;"> Newland Smith proclaimed: </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b style="font-style: italic;">“Drone strikes as conducted by our government, according to the Geneva conventions, are illegal and immoral and inflict terror on civilian populations.” </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Kait Mcintyre and Richard Berg also spoke out at the meeting.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 19px;"> Also present were members of the </span><a href="http://www.8thdaycenter.org/" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 19px;">8th Day Center for Justice</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; line-height: 19px;">, veterans of the Vietnam-era Students for a Democratic Society, and members of </span><a href="http://vcnv.org/" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large; line-height: 19px;">Voices for Creative Nonviolence</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">While several took the opportunity to speak truth directly<br /> to the rich and powerful gathered inside, others<br /> addressed the public, bearing witness to the consequences of<br /> Boeing's policy of killer drone R&D.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-size: x-large;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">To see video regarding the Boeing campaign, and to purchase t-shirts in support of the actions against it, visit the Chicago AWC <a href="http://antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com/">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Spring Days of Drone Action are in full swing!<br /> <a href="http://springdaysofdroneaction.org/">CLICK HERE to learn more about actions nationwide.</a></span></td></tr>
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Voices for Creative Nonviolence is making preparations to set off on a 160-mile protest walk from Chicago to Michigan Air National Guard Base in Battle Creek between June 3 and 14, 2014. Read the full description <a href="http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=ad474c00c83953a2b8e225340&id=72be1cf856&e=7bf64a6e34" target="_blank">here</a>, and contact VCNV to get involved:<br />
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<b>If you're willing and able to walk<i></i></b> . . . email info@vcnv.org - with the word "walker"<br />
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<b>To be an overnight host<i></i></b> . . . email info@vcnv.org - with the word "host"<br />
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<b>To help organize events<i></i></b> . . . email info@vcnv.org - with the word "events"<br />
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<b>To provide food <i></i></b>. . . email info@vcnv.org - with the word "food"<br />
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<b>To design and make signs<i></i></b> . . . email info@vcnv.org - with the word "signs"<br />
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<b>To help with outreach<i></i></b> . . . email info@vcnv.org - with the word "outreach"<br />
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More updates to follow!<br />
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<i>"We started on June 3 at Boeing corporate headquarters in Chicago,
where the manufacture of drones and conventional war planes are managed
and designed. We finished on June 14, with about 100 people holding an
action at the Michigan Air National Guard Facility at the Battle Creek
Airport, site of a new drone command center. Along the way, we talked to
lots of people, made presentations to local groups and reached out to
local media . . . ."</i> (See <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2014/06/report-vcnv-on-the-ground-to-ground-the-drones.html">Report Back from "On the Road to Ground the Drones" Walk</a> by Bob Palmer)<br />
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<i>"Over the last 8 days, I have walked 121 miles with a group of peace
activists from around the country. On Saturday, we are closing in on the
Battle Creek Air National Guard base where the operation of drones is
imminent. Please join me and other peace advocates . . . . "</i> (See <a href="http://nodronesmichigan.blogspot.com/2014/06/on-road-to-ground-drones-peace-walkers.html" target="_blank">On the Road to Ground the Drones: Peace Walkers Reach Battle Creek Air National Guard Base this Sunday, 6/15</a> by Jessica )<br />
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<a href="http://nodronesmichigan.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-days-of-action-against-drones-in.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1pFOap41SWgCycREMukzM67OvmTyqxQU7yLxGcDIlnHNhX6XRz60jd2rfOl4czHA4yBt5xoa_WR1xJb1TlOI1QWNIMA99j9cIEKhJymJ2LeDs4lBQj3_S6DQ60_bx29FlFdqjZRIDsDQ/s200/illegal+killing+controlled+from+here.png" height="200" width="163" /></a>Protestors came out in force from Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, and neighboring states to protest the newly approved mission of Battle Creek Air Force Base: directing targeted killings using MQ-9 Reaper drones. As reported on WWMT local news, "The Battle Creek Air National Guard Base hasn't even started its new mission and already protestors are lining up to oppose it."<br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronesmichigan.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-days-of-action-against-drones-in.html">April Days of Action Against Drones in BATTLE CREEK</a>)<br />
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for Creative Nonviolence organized a walk of about 190 miles from
the Rock Island Arsenal (where drone and bomb parts are made and stored)
to the Iowa Air National Guard Facility at Des Moines Airport, planned
site of a new drone command center, between
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Joining events on the same day in places as diverse as Iowa and California, there will be a demonstration in Philadelphiaon Friday, March 14 from 4p.m.- 5p.m. We will demand that, in his capacity as the head of the PA Air National Guard, Governor Corbett pull the plug on the Drone War Command Center planned for Horsham Air National Guard base outside the city.<br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronespennsylvania.blogspot.com/2014/03/stop-drone-war-command-center-at.html" target="_blank">Stop the Drone War Command Center at Horsham Air Guard Station, in Horsham, Montgomery County, PA</a> )<br />
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<br />Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-21826972578829524622014-04-11T15:50:00.004-07:002014-07-01T07:50:30.749-07:00Write or Call Your Member of Congress Today: Make the U.S. Come Clean on Drone Killings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>[<b>UPDATE: June 5, 2014</b> - Support for the "Come Clean on Drone Killings" bill is growing! There are now 9 <a href="http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4372/cosponsors" target="_blank">co-sponsors</a>, in addition to the original 2 sponsors -- most recently Illinois representative <b>Mike Quigley</b>. See the <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2014/04/contact-congress-drones-come-clean-transparency.html#reps">list below</a> - where does your representative stand?]</i><br />
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Today, people in Illinois protesting drones are contacting their representatives to encourage support for <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/03/congress-progressives-demand-US-drone-accounting.html" target="_blank">H.R.4372: the Targeted Lethal Force Transparency Act</a>.<br />
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<b>For example:</b> see <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/04/mike-quigley-drones-transparency-hr-4372.html" target="_blank">An Open Letter to Congressman Mike Quigley on H.R.4372: the Targeted Lethal Force Transparency Act</a> . Mike Quigley representatives the 5th Congressional district, on the north side of Chicago.<br />
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If passed, the bill will require the Obama administration to come
clean about the killings it has carried out using drones -- killings
that, up until now, the administration has been able to pretend don't
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So now's the time: write or call your member of Congress today. <br />
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To determine what district you live in, go to <a href="http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/" target="_blank">http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/</a><br />
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(Members of the Progressive Caucus are presumed to lean in favor of the bill and are marked <span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;">Progressive Caucus</span>.)<br />
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<b>IL01 - Bobby Rush</b> - (202) 225-4372 <a href="https://rush.house.gov/contact-me/legislative-issues" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL02 - Robin Kelly</b> - (202) 225-0773 <a href="https://robinkelly.house.gov/contact/email-me" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL03 - Daniel Lipinski</b> - (202) 225 - 5701 <a href="https://lipinskiforms.house.gov/contact-form" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL04 - Luis Gutierrez</b> - (202) 225-8203 <a href="http://gutierrezforms.house.gov/contact/" target="_blank">email</a><b> </b><b><span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;">(Progressive Caucus)</span> </b><br />
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<b>IL05 - Mike Quigley</b> - (202) 225-4061 <a href="https://quigleyforms.house.gov/forms/writeyourrep/" target="_blank">email</a><b> </b><b>CO-SPONSOR - 5/30/2014</b><br />
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<b>IL06 - Peter Roskam</b> - (202) 225-4561 <a href="https://roskam.house.gov/contact/email-me" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL07 - Danny Davis</b> - (202) 225-5006 <a href="https://davis.house.gov/email-me" target="_blank">email</a><b> </b><b><span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;">(Progressive Caucus)</span> </b><br />
<b>IL08 - Tammy Duckworth</b> - (202) 225-3711 <a href="https://duckworth.house.gov/contact/email-me" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL09 - Janice Schakowsky</b> - (202) 225-2111 <a href="https://schakowsky.house.gov/write-to-congresswoman-jan-schakowsky/" target="_blank">email</a><b> </b><b><span style="color: green; font-weight: bold;">(Progressive Caucus)</span> </b><br />
<b>IL10 - Bradley Schneider</b> - 202-225-4835 <a href="https://schneider.house.gov/contact/email-me" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL11 - Bill Foster</b> - 202-225-3515 <a href="https://foster.house.gov/contact/email-me" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL12 - William Enyart</b> - 202-225-5661 <a href="https://enyart.house.gov/contact/email-me" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL13 - Rodney Davis</b> - 202.225.2371 <a href="https://rodneydavis.house.gov/contact/email-me" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL14 - Randy Hultgren</b> - (202) 225-2976 <a href="https://hultgren.house.gov/email-me" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL15 - John Shimkus</b> - (202) 225-5271 <a href="https://shimkus.house.gov/contact/email-me" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL16 - Adam Kinzinger</b> - (202) 225-3635 <a href="https://kinzinger.house.gov/email-adam" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL17 - Cheri Bustos</b> - 202-225-5905 <a href="http://bustos.house.gov/contact" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
<b>IL18 - Aaron Schock</b> - 202.225.6201 <a href="http://schock.house.gov/contact/" target="_blank">email</a> <br />
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<b><span style="font-size: medium;">[SEE: hub page for all <a href="http://nodronesnetwork.blogspot.com/2014/04/reps.html" target="_blank">Resources to SUPPORT the "Come Clean on Drone Killings" Act (Schiff/Jones HR 4372: the Targeted Lethal Force Transparency Act)</a>]</span></b><br />
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<a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/03/congress-progressives-demand-US-drone-accounting.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLCKpHCt8lSMnNXvQJ2ID7tr0ZL9ElP9xk75M-e-Bu567dFgbeXOH6voy7oANZgnpyVJLo9-fXncEI4ucl6kcar3lDEHo52a1kObrqdsGb6MslvmBVH3vhkV7ZXDWiQIrPCPAurfTccQp/s1600/adam_schiff_90.jpg" height="137" width="200" /></a>First
Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) and Keith Ellison (D-MN) called the U.S.
on the carpet for dodging the call from the international community to
come clean about its drone killings. Then Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and
Walter Jones (R-NC) submitted a bill calling for drone transparency. So
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/03/congress-progressives-demand-US-drone-accounting.html" target="_blank">REAL Progressives Demand that the U.S. Come Clean on Drone Killings</a>)<br />
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A 2013 U.N. report makes it clear that the U.S. has to report fully on all its drone attacks.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2013/10/2014-year-of-transparency-for-us-drone.html" target="_blank">2014: The Year of Transparency (for U.S. Drone Use)?</a>)<br />
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The <u>reason</u> the Administration is hiding truth about drones is that <i><b>they don't have a satisfactory answer for how decisions about drone strikes are made</b></i>. As we have known all along, we need the public to <i>think</i>
about how crummy the whole drone program is, and then they will be
ready to be on our side. The best way to get them really thinking is to
shine a spotlight on the secrecy, evasiveness, and deceit involved in
the U.S. drone program.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/01/drone-killings-come-clean.html" target="_blank">Drone Killings: Come Clean</a> )
Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-12032369931399671442014-02-11T07:34:00.002-08:002014-09-19T08:29:03.288-07:00Hey Illinois pols! Where do you stand? (On U.S. surveillance, secrecy, and assassinations)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since a jury just got done saying <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-chi-town-usa-got-terrorism.html" target="_blank">NO! to the efforts of the Cook County State's Attorney's attempts to use the Illinois terror statute to foment fear and repress dissent</a> . . . and since today has been designated <a href="https://thedaywefightback.org/" target="_blank">"The Day We Fight Back"</a> against state surveillance, repression, and intimidation . . . and since the media is broadcasting <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/world/asia/us-debates-drone-strike-on-american-terror-suspect-in-pakistan.html?hpw&rref=world&_r=0" target="_blank">a fresh threat by the Obama administration to assassinate a U.S. citizen using a drone strike</a> . . . and since the Illinois primaries <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/01/will-2014-midterms-be-referendum-on.html" target="_blank">for every seat in congress</a> fall just a few weeks away (March 18), it seems like a good time to ask all the members of the Illinois congressional delegation -- current and prospective --<br />
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The Illinois congressional delegation had the chance to curtail NSA surveillance months ago . . . but they failed to support the Amash Conyers amendment. Now they have a fresh chance - <b><a href="https://thedaywefightback.org/" target="_blank">pass the USA Freedom Act</a>!</b><br />
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Demand a response from Illinois representatives today. It's time to find out where they stand. And to make changes on March 18 if they won't stand up for us.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b> #stopthensa #nodrones #surveillance</b></span></div>
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1st District - Bobby Rush: <a href="http://twitter.com/RepBobbyRush" target="_blank">@RepBobbyRush</a><br />
2nd District - Robin Kelly: <a href="https://twitter.com/RepRobinKelly" target="_blank">@RepRobinKelly</a><br />
3rd District - Dan Lipinski: <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLipinski" target="_blank">@RepLipinski</a><br />
4th District - Luis Gutierrez: <a href="http://twitter.com/LuisGutierrez" target="_blank">@LuisGutierrez</a><br />
5th District - Mike Quigley: <a href="http://twitter.com/RepMikeQuigley" target="_blank">@RepMikeQuigley</a><br />
6th District - Peter Roskam: <a href="http://twitter.com/PeterRoskam" target="_blank">@PeterRoskam</a><br />
7th District - Danny Davis: NOT ON TWITTER!<br />
8th District - Tammy Duckworth: <a href="http://twitter.com/RepDuckworth" target="_blank">@RepDuckworth</a><br />
9th District - Jan Schakowsky: <a href="http://twitter.com/janschakowsky" target="_blank">@janschakowsky</a><br />
10th District - Brad Schneider: <a href="http://twitter.com/RepSchneider" target="_blank">@RepSchneider</a><br />
11th District - Bill Foster: <a href="http://twitter.com/RepBillFoster" target="_blank">@RepBillFoster</a><br />
12th District - Bill Enyart: <a href="http://twitter.com/RepBillEnyart" target="_blank">@RepBillEnyart</a><br />
13th District - Rodney L. Davis <a href="http://twitter.com/RodneyDavis" target="_blank">@RodneyDavis</a><br />
14th District - Randy Hultgren: <a href="http://twitter.com/RandyHultgren" target="_blank">@RandyHultgren</a><br />
15th District - John Shimkus: <a href="http://twitter.com/RepShimkus" target="_blank">@RepShimkus</a><br />
16th District - Adam Kinzinger: <a href="http://twitter.com/repkinzinger" target="_blank">@repkinzinger</a><br />
17th District - Cheri Bustos: NOT ON TWITTER!<br />
18th District - Aaron Schock: <a href="http://twitter.com/repaaronschock" target="_blank">@repaaronschock</a> <br />
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<a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-chi-town-usa-got-terrorism.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim95fTZvpHbVLKprRadH39XnV9JpACDA8yYJA7xGR5sXpIYS4cDKfezQQ6iFb9D5Mbttf7KdfFQH9obbwEYvoar9HNXSecf0eST7Sk8Gr_3WYf2GwnyjWgeHxVYdnaM02J985rPM-o-rqA/s1600/queen.jpg" height="200" width="171" /></a>Naturally, the jury in the NATO3 case has no reason to buy into Anita
Alvarez's narrative about the threat of terrorism from ordinary citizens
and how it justifies a culture of fear and a militarized, all-seeing,
secret-driven police state.<i> Which is not to say that they're not concerned about terrorism.</i><br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-chi-town-usa-got-terrorism.html" target="_blank">In Chi-town USA: got terrorism?</a>)<br />
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As the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights prepared to convene a conference on surveillance on October 19, 2013, it was a shock to find that the majority of the Illinois congressional delegation voted AGAINST the Amash Conyers Amendment -- the measure to curtail NSA surveillance.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2013/10/chicago-illinois-surveillance-congress.html" target="_blank">In Chicago, Illinois: YOU ARE UNDER SURVEILLANCE!</a>)<br />
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There will be elections for 435 House seats in 2014. <i>In at least some of those races,</i> U.S. surveillance, secrecy, and assassinations will be an issue.<br />
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Herewith an <b>Insider's Guide to the 7 S's</b> (<u>s</u>urveillance, <u>s</u>ecrecy, and a<u>ss</u>a<u>ss</u>ination<u>s</u>) <b>in the 2014 Midterms</b>.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/01/will-2014-midterms-be-referendum-on.html" target="_blank">Will the 2014 Midterms be a Referendum on Obama's Surveillance, Secrecy, and Assassinations? </a>) <br />
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<br />Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-12870845294893247752013-09-16T09:09:00.001-07:002014-07-01T07:26:02.547-07:00EPIC's Amy Stepanovich On Drones at Chicago Conference October 19<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://epic.org/epic/staff_and_board.html" target="_blank">Amy Stepanovich</a>, from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), will be a featured speaker at the October 19, 2013, conference sponsored by the Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights (CCDBR), <a href="http://www.ccdbr.org/posts/announcing-ccdbrs-fall-conference-no-place-to-hide-the-rise-of-the-surveillance-state-and-its-threat-to-the-bill-of-rights/" target="_blank">"No Place to Hide: The Rise of the Surveillance State and Its Threat to the Bill of Rights."</a> Stepanovich will focus on drone surveillance and related issues.<br />
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Amie Stepanovich is the director of EPIC's Domestic Surveillance
Project. Her work encompasses the Fourth Amendment, national security,
cybersecurity, digital identity, international privacy, and open
government. Ms. Stepanovich is an expert on drone surveillance and has
testified in front of Congress on the need for privacy protections for
domestic drone use. She has discussed the privacy implications of
surveillance at many prominent events, including the Internet Governance
Forum (US), the General Assembly of the Atlantic Treaty Association,
and the Dialouge on Diversity conference. <br />
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See the CCDBR website for the full <a href="http://www.ccdbr.org/posts/announcing-ccdbrs-fall-conference-no-place-to-hide-the-rise-of-the-surveillance-state-and-its-threat-to-the-bill-of-rights/" target="_blank">conference description.</a> Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-39977018262019347642013-08-01T05:11:00.000-07:002014-07-21T12:07:13.882-07:00MAAD: Midwest Action Against Drones - Sept 28-29, 2013Join others from across the Midwest for a protest in Chicago September 28-29, 2013, to oppose drone warfare and surveillance.<br />
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<b>Midwest Action Against Drones (MAAD)</b><br />
<b>Action and Conference </b><br />
Saturday/Sunday September 28/29, 2013<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/229836807164716/" target="_blank">Join the event on Facebook.</a><br />
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Contact Kait McIntyre <a href="mailto:kait.mcintyre@gmail.com">kait.mcintyre@gmail.com</a> to add your group to list of endorsers.<br />
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For more information, see full <a href="http://midwestactionagainstdrones.wordpress.com/" target="-blank">Midwest Action Against Drones (MAAD)</a> website.
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A project of the <a href="http://antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Anti-War Committee of Chicago</a>.<br />
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There's been a lot of talk in recent weeks and months about the problem
of gun trafficking in Illinois, and how we will never meet our goal of
stopping the violence in our communities if we can't stop the flow of
guns. Maybe it's time for us to eat our own dog food . . . .<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2013/07/what-if-illinois-became-war-profiteer.html" target="_blank">What If Illinois Became a "War-Profiteer-Free Zone" ?</a> )<br />
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What if we had a massive region in the heart of the country pushing back against the
war-crazed conventional wisdom of "more weapons," "more consumption,"
and "more destruction of the environment"?<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2013/07/another-modest-proposal-green.html" target="_blank">Another Modest Proposal: A Green, Demilitarized Midwest! </a>)<br />
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<i><b>Do we really want the American heartland serving as the
brain-trust for the U.S. global project of drone surveillance and
killing? </b></i><br />
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Here is a round-up of research, development, and training
activity connected to drones at Midwest colleges and universities. I've
indicated those schools that are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land-grant_university" target="_blank">land-grant universities</a>. There appears to be a high concentration of drone work at land-grant universities.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2013/07/do-we-have-drone-problem-at-midwest.html" target="_blank">Do We Have a Drone Problem at Midwest Colleges and Universities?</a> )
Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-10174866543558741272013-06-17T11:14:00.001-07:002014-08-20T17:20:59.529-07:00We're Pushing the Chicago Air & Water Show to be "War-Free"!UPDATE: August 19, 2013 -- We had an <u>outstanding</u> day on Saturday at the Air and Water Show! There was an antiwar presence in at least three distinct locations: east of the North Avenue Bridge with the Free Bradley Manning Contingent, representatives of the Anti-war Committee of Chicago, World Can't Wait, and allies from the north and west suburbs on the west side of the North Avenue Bridge, and members of Occupy Chicago on the bridge itself, as well at various places along the beach.<br />
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NOW . . . onward to the <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2013/06/maad-midwest-action-against-drones-sept.html">Midwest Action Against Drones</a>!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joe Scarry being interviewed by CCTV, the main network<br />
in China. The replica of a Reaper drone behind him was<br />
supplied by <a href="http://www.knowdrones.com/" target="_blank">Know Drones</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"WAR is not a SPECTACLE!" banner from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10102397798958547.1073741837.8636749&type=1&l=ac64a969c3" target="_blank">Occupy Chicago</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://couragetoresist.org/" target="_blank">Free Bradley Manning!</a></td></tr>
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Last year, people in Chicago used the occasion of the annual Air and Water Show to conduct a <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2012/08/taking-no-drones-message-to-masses-at.html">large-scale teach-in and protest about the need to stop U.S. militarism and warmongering, and in particular about the menace of drones</a>.<br />
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The anti-war protesters will be flocking to the Chicago Air & Water Show again on August 17, 2013 -- on a day when the crowds will be experiencing their <a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-08-11/news/ct-met-air-show-thunderbirds-20130811_1_air-force-thunderbirds-navy-blue-angels-chicago-air-water-show" target="_blank">most war-free Chicago air show in years</a>.<br />
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This will be an important follow-up to protests in Chicago during the <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-days-against-drones-in-illinois.html">April Days of Action Against Drones</a>, and in the lead-up to the <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2013/06/maad-midwest-action-against-drones-sept.html">Midwest Action Against Drones (MAAD)</a> in September.<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/410360699080966" target="_blank">Join the event on Facebook</a> and come meet us on Saturday, August 17 at North Avenue bridge! You can read the full story below!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Fighter Jets Sidelined, and the Peacemakers Are Cheering</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>(Now, when can we make the Air & Water Show <i>totally</i> "war-free"?)</b></span></div>
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CHICAGO, August 15, 2013 - Proponents of reduced U.S. military activity and the elimination of war are cheering the announcement that the 2013 Chicago Air & Water Show will be free of the array of military hardware that has been featured in recent years. At the same time, they say, the event still has too much of a military flavor, and needs to do more to emphasize positive civilian and peaceful uses of aerospace technology.<br />
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"The fighter jets may not be there, but the military will still be there trying to recruit our young people," said Jay Becker, of <a href="http://www.chicago.worldcantwait.net/" target="_blank">Chicago World Can't Wait</a>. "As a result, we need to be there in force to help kids understand the truth about enlistment agreements, what these wars are really all about, and what they can expect if they sign up -- which they won't hear from military recruiters."<br />
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Activists also point to the way Air & Water Show slants the event toward a pro-war message. "Chicago-based Boeing co-sponsors the event, and it is one of the largest military contractors in the world," pointed out Joe Iosbaker of the <a href="http://antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Anti-War Committee of Chicago</a>. "Shell co-sponsors the event, and it is one of the principal beneficiaries of U.S. wars for oil in the Mideast."<br />
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Furthermore, activists caution that the new types of military hardware that are being used more and more often, such as drones, shouldn't be allowed to creep into the Air & Water Show. "I'll be there with the model Reaper drone that we use for public education," said Joe Scarry, whose Chicago-based <a href="http://nodronesnetwork.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">No Drones Network</a> is working with activists nationwide to increase awareness of the extent of roboticized surveillance and warfare. "When they cut out all the pro-war messaging, maybe I will be able to leave my anti-war teaching aids at home, too."<br />
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As they have in previous years, volunteers from these and other groups will be at the 2013 Chicago Air & Water Show on Saturday, August 17, to distribute anti-war information and to enlist new participants in their pro-peace efforts.<br />
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<a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/08/air-show-effective-protest-drone-killing-surveillance.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis96KoVMmXVxKhw9FO62YDcdzn2Zmm21W5PWiH7EhSfbm1bGdx72nosDXThP3SQancmTLsqCT61xRV1WyKv9Z5xuubsAT3O8luIuC4sUYvdcCoX72T34ANCCsZ8aFGO2qYMIWJCCZqbmbQ/s320/lm-kids-2.jpg" width="320" /></a>Coming
off our experience this past weekend once again protesting against
drone killing, drone surveillance, and related acts of militarism at the
Chicago Air and Water Show, I am more confirmed than ever in my view
that air shows are a very effective place to get our message out to the
public.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/08/air-show-effective-protest-drone-killing-surveillance.html" target="_blank">Why Air Shows Are a Very Effective Place to Protest Drone Killing and Drone Surveillance</a> ) Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-72395134954969087202013-05-10T07:34:00.003-07:002014-07-01T07:29:46.975-07:00Pressure to Stop Drones in Evanston<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Activists in the Chicago suburb of Evanston are pushing to put a stop to drones in local skies:<br />
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Members of the North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice, working with Alderman Jane Grover, drew up the drone resolution. It seeks to suspend “the use of drones in Evanston, either for surveillance or use as weaponization” (a very remote possibility, supporters agree), until state and federal legislators undertake meaningful regulations ...”
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(Full story: <i>Evanston Revies</i>, May 7, 2013 - <a href="http://evanston.suntimes.com/19957591-781/evanston-considering-restriction-on-unmanned-drones.html" target="_blank">Evanston considering restriction on unmanned drones </a>)<br />
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The resolution is projected to come before the full Evanston City Council on Monday, May 13, at 7:30 p.m.<br />
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See related stories on drones in the skies over Illinois:<br />
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<a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2012/11/champaign-sheriff-waaaaaay-ahead-of.html">Champaign Sheriff "WAAAaaay ahead of the pack" in the "drone game"? </a><br />
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<a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2012/05/video-armed-predator-drones-over.html">Armed Predator Drone Over Illinois?</a><br />
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Pressure is building nationwide to curtail domestic drone use: <a href="http://nodronesnetwork.blogspot.com/2013/03/april-days-see-local-drone-controls-and.html">April Days See Local Drone Controls and Bans Intensify</a><br />
<br />Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-49947383554568712082013-05-03T13:27:00.003-07:002014-07-21T11:57:39.403-07:00Demonstrators make a resounding appearance at Boeing's annual stockholder meeting<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-boeing-drone-protest-20130429,0,7509204.story" target="_blank">As reported in the Chicago Tribune</a>, protestors from <a href="http://www.veteransforpeace.org/" target="_blank">Veterans for Peace</a> and other Chicago organizations made sure that Boeing stockholders understood where their funds are going: to the development of new technologies for illegal drone killing overseas.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The "Phantom Ray," Boeing's new technology for illegal killing</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Speakers also drew attention to a more than 60 million dollar tax<br /> break Boeing received to relocate to Chicago: this means that <br />Chicago taxpayer money is indirectly funding the development<br /> of drone technology.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"U.S. Drone Pilots Suicide Rate-DOUBLE other U.S. Military."<br /> A side effect of drone use hidden by whitewashed media accounts<br /> that depict it as a "surgical" method for killing known terrorists.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">By drawing attention to tax breaks Boeing has received, demonstrators<br /> revealed that we are all stakeholders in the perpetuation of U.S. imperialism.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-boeing-drone-protest-20130429,0,7509204.story" target="_blank">Media were out in force</a> to transmit the message: <br />"BOEING KILLING CHILDREN."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"MURDER FROM A DISTANCE IS STILL MURDER"</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"BOEING: STOP MAKING WAR MACHINES"</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BQfcSGzDtw8" target="_blank">See video of the demonstration here!</a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Check out more information on <a href="http://www.fightbacknews.org/2013/4/30/protest-against-boeing-and-drone-warfare" target="_blank">Fight Back News!</a></span></div>
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Now that the Israeli government's killings in Gaza are front-page news
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innocent men, women, and children -- Boeing's involvement is in
everyone's face.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2014/07/boeing-has-israel-problem-and-chicago.html" target="_blank">Boeing Has an Israel Problem . . . and Chicago Has a Boeing Problem</a>) </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39ehvC3zgpjzMut7zSGmJmLKjzOhgM7nEsmX3_UJ3Yrj5eEXQSUdDHCVqnwtIj-5JaG4C15Sd-Zo4E3uUDYUsPQ9kZHgUIiHcORS-xB3nkJkjpxF-4KGoQcb263eT_PkotalRkVZoNGk/s1600/boeing+shareholders+meeting.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39ehvC3zgpjzMut7zSGmJmLKjzOhgM7nEsmX3_UJ3Yrj5eEXQSUdDHCVqnwtIj-5JaG4C15Sd-Zo4E3uUDYUsPQ9kZHgUIiHcORS-xB3nkJkjpxF-4KGoQcb263eT_PkotalRkVZoNGk/s320/boeing+shareholders+meeting.jpg" width="320" /></a>"The U.S.'s use of drone warfare has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of children, many of whom live in countries where we have not declared war, yet Boeing has decided to pursue a Navy contract for the prototype for the next combat drone. This is unacceptable", said Kait McIntyre of the Chicago Anti-War Committee (AWC), at the annual stockholders' meeting of the Boeing Corporation.<br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2014/05/activists-challenge-boeing-to-disinvest.html" target="_blank">Activists Challenge Boeing to Disinvest from Drone Research</a>)
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A large contingent participated in creative resistance activities at the 2012 Air and Water Show.<br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2012/08/taking-no-drones-message-to-masses-at.html">Taking the NO DRONES! Message to the Masses at Chicago's Air & Water Show</a> for full details.)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-8020830062500829232013-04-22T01:00:00.000-07:002014-07-01T07:30:57.722-07:00April Days of Action Against Drones in ILLINOISChicago helped lead the kickoff of the <a href="http://nodronesnetwork.blogspot.com/2012/12/national-anti-drone-group-calls-for.html">April Days of Action Against Drones</a> last week with a protest against Boeing's new killer drone program:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chicago protesters performed <i>Star Wars</i>-themed street theater, with Darth Vader<br />
representing Chicago-based Boeing Corporation, followed by a die-in in front of<br />
Boeing headquarters to represent victims of Boeing's new Phantom Ray drone.<br />
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<a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-days-of-action-against-drones.html">Full details of the April 6 Chicago protest against the Boeing drone program here.</a></td></tr>
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Followup: <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2013/05/demonstrators-make-resounding.html" target="_blank">April 29 BOEING STOCKHOLDERS MEETING PROTEST </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>OTHER ILLINOIS EVENTS</b></span><br />
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<b>CARBONDALE</b> - Thursday, April 11, 2013 - <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1170/p/salsa/event/common/public/index.sjs?event_KEY=79598" target="_blank">2nd Margie Parker Teach-in for Peace on Drones</a> - talk by Robert Naiman, Policy Director of Just Foreign Policy, "Bringing Transparency and Accountability to the Drone Strike Program: A winnable fight.<br />
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<b>CHICAGO</b>
- On Good Friday, March 29, a cast consisting of long-time Chicago
antiwar activists was joined by a NY playwright (and defendant in
actions against US drone bases), Jack Gilroy, for one of the events
kicking off a series of events in Chicago and other Illinois cities as
part of the campaign of anti-drones events across the country. The
Chicago event, a play entitled <i>The Predator</i>, about a drone pilot,
her teenage daughter, a peace activist, and a U.S. Senator, was offered
in conjunction with the 33rd Annual 8th Day Center for Justice Good
Friday Walk for Justice. The play was staged at Grace Place (637 S
Dearborn,Chicago), and was co-produced by the American Friends Service
Committee, the White Rose Catholic Worker, and the No Drones Network,
all based in Chicago.<br />
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<a href="http://awaketodrones.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-predator-in-chicago-good-friday.html" target="_blank">Read more about the Chicago production of <i>The Predator</i>.</a><br />
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(Add additional Illinois events to the <a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1170/p/salsa/event/common/public/index.sjs?distributed_event_KEY=708" target="_blank">master list of national April Days of Action actions</a>.)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>P.S. - KEEP DRONES OUT OF ILLINOIS</b></span><br />
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The Illinois Freedom from Drone Surveillance Act – Senate Bill 1587 – is designed to place modest guidelines on the use of this powerful technology. The bill, for example, would bar the arming of drones, except in certain emergencies. The bill also would curb how much information could be gathered by drones and require annual reporting to the public about the use of drones in Illinois. <a href="https://ssl.capwiz.com/aclu/il/issues/alert/?alertid=62427811" target="_blank">Act now: tell your state senators to regulate surveillance drones!</a><br />
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<b>What about YOU? <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2013/02/become-part-of-no-drones-illinois.html">Become part of No Drones Illinois!</a></b></div>
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<br />Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-50856352925077926162013-04-21T11:01:00.000-07:002014-07-01T07:30:36.339-07:00April 29: Protest Boeing Drones at Annual Stockholder Meeting<span style="font-size: large;">Join the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Anti-War Committee (AWC) of Chicago</a> to oppose Boeing CEO James McNerney’s plan to make the next combat drone for the US military.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/456776161070102/" target="_blank">Protest at Boeing Stockholders Meeting</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>No Killer Drone for Boeing</b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;">Monday, April 29th, 9:30 am</span><br />
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Boeing is competing with the other top arms manufacturers for the growing budget for unmanned aircraft for the military. This year, the Navy is asking for designs for a new combat drone. Boeing is expected to propose its “Phantom Ray.”<br />
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Boeing’s stockholders meeting will take place at the Field Museum on Monday, April 29th. Members of the AWC, including Sarah Simmons and Newland Smith, have purchased Boeing stock and will hold a press conference at the Field Museum to condemn the plans for the new killer drone.<br />
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After years of denial by the Obama administration, Senator Lindsey Graham of the Armed Services Committee recently admitted the number of casualties from killer drones. “We've killed 4700,” he told a pro-drone crowd. This is the estimated number of casualties in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, but including drone strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq would result in a much higher number.<br />
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There is growing controversy around the US drone wars. Earlier this month, McClatchy News Service released a top secret paper from the White House which proves that the administration statements about who is targeted by the drones are lies. Most of the drone strikes are not Al Qaeda leaders. In Pakistan, as many as 881 deaths in the past decade were civilians, including 176 children. Almost all the rest are “alleged combatants.”<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxy0sbeWEGJKU0vzpRcdTPNqTaBgrvZcLvZLTXVr1Yex77zkvCQb_Dg56H86AcNSR4rrTxAi1e7oIEmFVys7qtLp6Xm6QaYRM9tnVzXIX_UyR0UjqGS4ke6GY9O5egg5EZHAJSPQyA77Eh/s1600/L1020726-merchant-2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxy0sbeWEGJKU0vzpRcdTPNqTaBgrvZcLvZLTXVr1Yex77zkvCQb_Dg56H86AcNSR4rrTxAi1e7oIEmFVys7qtLp6Xm6QaYRM9tnVzXIX_UyR0UjqGS4ke6GY9O5egg5EZHAJSPQyA77Eh/s320/L1020726-merchant-2.jpeg" /></a>AWC has taken a number of measures to oppose the drone wars, including submitting a statement to Senator Richard Durbin’s hearing this week on the topic. Our main campaign is to target Boeing, headquartered in Chicago, for their role. (See <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-days-of-action-against-drones.html">April 6 Chicago protest against Boeing</a>.) Boeing, the number two arms manufacturer, wants to keep the profits they make from producing arms. While the budget for manned aircraft will decline in the Pentagon strategy, the budget for drone warfare is only going to increase. The key element in Boeing’s plans for capturing war spending is to build the Phantom Ray.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Money for Schools, Not for War</span></b><br />
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In addition to the deaths caused by their products, Boeing received over $60 million in tax breaks to move to Chicago. It’s not acceptable that our public schools and city streets are crumbling, while tax breaks are given to a company which has $25 billion in defense contracts.<br />
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We also recognize that drone pilots are victims of drone warfare, as they experience a rate of PTSD and suicide higher than combat veterans.<br />
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Join us to say: It’s time to end the drone wars, not prepare to build another generation of more deadly weapons.<br />
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Join the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/456776161070102/" target="_blank">Facebook event for the Boeing Stockholder's Meeting Protest</a> and invite friends!<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Sign the petition on the Anti-War Committee Chicago website.</a><br />
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<br />Joe Scarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622018908879921573noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-1640966148938833372013-04-05T08:21:00.000-07:002014-07-14T08:38:07.088-07:00Campaign Against the Boeing Killer Drone Program<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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April, 2013, saw the intensification of a major campaign against the expansion of Chicago-based military contractor Boeing into drone production:<br />
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<a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2013/04/april-days-of-action-against-drones.html#april6">April Days of Action Against Drones: Protest Against the Boeing Killer Drone Program on Saturday April 6th</a><br />
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<a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2013/05/demonstrators-make-resounding.html">Demonstrators make a resounding appearance at Boeing's annual stockholder meeting</a></div>
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This followed demonstrations in May and <a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2012/12/dec-20-in-chicago-protest-boeing-drone.html">December</a>, 2012.<br />
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Boeing will be the focus of the <b><a href="http://nodronesillinois.blogspot.com/2013/06/maad-midwest-action-against-drones-sept.html">Midwest Action Against Drones (MAAD)</a> September 28-29, 2013, in Chicago</b>.<br />
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<a href="http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=9055199" target="_blank">Local news</a> reported Saturday on the demonstration by Chicagoans from all walks of life against the next generation of drone warfare: Boeing's new Phantom Ray, which is expected to be unveiled later this year. This event was a part of the national <a href="http://nodronesnetwork.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">April Days of Action Against Drones</a>.<br />
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Joe Iosbaker of <a href="http://www.antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Antiwar Committee Chicago</a> talked to <a href="http://wgnradio.com/2013/04/05/drone-protest/" target="_blank">local radio</a> ahead of the event, noting that although drones are nominally cheaper, they will ultimately be much more damaging to the national budget, as more enemies will be created via rampant civilian casualties. The result: perpetual war. "The United States war-making machine has to be stopped," thundered Joe.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">"I’ll call it the Phantom Ray!<br />We’ll arm them with missiles made of depleted uranium, </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">which will cause instant and long term damage.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br />And what the people of Chicago don’t know is that the money </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">we, Boeing, make from tax breaks could be used to fund jobs, </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">education, and health care.<br /><br />You don’t know the power of the empire! Of the dark side!"</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Person X: "I can't get involved. I've got work to do. It's not that</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> I like the empire,I hate it, but there's nothing I can do about it right now.<br />It's such a long way from here."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">"When schools are floundering, public intergalactic transportation<br /> has become less accessible, and jobs are becoming scarce, <br />we are told there is no money for people’s needs. But where do you <br />think that money goes?"<br />"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">For killing those in other star systems so the empire <br />maintains galatic domination?"</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The groups then marched across the river to Boeing HQ </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Kids came out in solidarity with children across the<br />world who are threatened by U.S. drone warfare</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Speakers affiliated with <span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.antiwarcommitteechicago.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Antiwar Committee Chicago</a> came out to <br />inflame the crowd once it reached Boeing's headquarters.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Boeing heard the message loud and clear.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"Hands off Syria!" Repudiating the use of drones <br />to expand the sphere of American influence</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">THE <a href="http://nodronesnetwork.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">APRIL DAYS OF ACTION AGAINST DRONES</a> CONTINUE! <a href="http://nodronesnetwork.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">GET INVOLVED IN YOUR CITY</a>!</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-18808899984357005032013-04-04T17:33:00.001-07:002014-07-01T07:32:51.818-07:00April Days of Action Against Drones hit Chicago this Saturday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">As part of <a href="http://nodronesnetwork.blogspot.com/2012/12/national-anti-drone-group-calls-for.html" target="_blank">national days of protest against drone warfare</a>, <a href="http://icjpe.org/petitions/No-Drones-Statement" target="_blank">join the Anti-War Committee of Chicago to send a message to Boeing CEO Jim McNerney</a>:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Say “No” – To their plan to manufacture the next killer drone for the Pentagon; To th</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">eir current production of spy drones; And demand they use their resources to fund research and development of green and sustainable forms of air travel.<br /><br />The Boeing Company is competing with the other top arms manufacturers for the growing budget for unmanned aircraft for the military. The Pentagon has a $259 billion spending plan that will triple drone purchases over 10 years. This spring, the Navy is asking for designs for a new killer drone. Boeing is expected to propose its Phantom Ray.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /><br />In recent weeks, there’s been a lot of talk about the use of killer drones. Drones are controversial because the Obama administration has sent drones to assassinate American citizens in Yemen, for example; and because their use is officially a secret kept from Congress and the people of the US.<br /><br />We oppose drone attacks for these reasons, but also because in Pakistan and Afghanistan where they have been most heavily used, the majority of their victims are not combatants on the US “kill list,” but civilians, including many children.<br /><br /><b>No New Wars - on Iran or Syria; No U.S. drones or intervention in Mali</b><br /><br />We’re against drones - for spying on Iran and Mali, or for killing people in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Somalia and Yemen, or in new wars in Syria, Mali or Iran. We also oppose Boeing’s production of other weapons, like the uranium depleted bombs that they supplied Israel to drop on Gaza, resulting in increased birth defects (see link <a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-devastating-consequences-of-israeli-weapons-testing/23686" target="_blank">here</a>).<br /><br /><b>Money for Jobs, Healthcare and Education, Not War</b><br /><br />We as part of a <a href="http://www.knowdrones.com/" target="_blank">nationwide movement</a> want the tax money being given to Boeing and spent to wage wars to be kept in our community to fund jobs, education and health care.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 16px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/505174139518361" target="_blank">Join the facebook event and invite friends! Add your voice to the chorus of NOs.</a></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2121330095282532438.post-89444751792993477812013-02-26T15:09:00.003-08:002014-07-15T08:40:50.504-07:00Call for "No Drones" in Illinois Colleges, Universities, and Research InstitutionsFriends,<br />
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A national call has been made for <a href="http://nodronesnetwork.blogspot.com/2012/12/national-anti-drone-group-calls-for.html" target="_blank">“April Days of Action”</a> to focus on three key components of U.S. drone work: Drone Manufacturers, Drone Bases in the U.S., and Drone Research. (<a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/1170/p/salsa/event/common/create.sjs?distributed%20eventkey=708" target="_blank">See the list about nationwide actions and post your own planned actions for April.</a>)<br />
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Given the fact that drones are now the primary weapons of warfare used by the US, and for surveillance both domestic and abroad, the research and development of this warfare is growing rapidly at academic institutions, in our towns and neighborhoods. Drones are the perfect instrument for endless war that kills civilians, even as they target “militants” in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Afghanistan.<br />
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Academic institutions often receive large grants from the U.S. Department of Defense, enabling them to build labs within schools of engineering, for instance. We are well aware that without this research in robotics, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), and the accompanying accessories, these drone warfare projects would probably not take place. So there is an interdependent relationship between the universities and the U.S. government and or its Department of Defense and CIA. (CIA drones are used in countries with which the U.S. is not “at war”, ie Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan, Mali, and others.)<br />
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While universities tend to publicize some information on their respective websites regarding the drone work, it is most often said to be for non-military purposes. And there are students working in the labs who are convinced that all the research is for humanitarian purposes. However, history has told us that non-military can quickly and easily become military. Moreover research has shown drones make mistakes on recognizing their targets.<br />
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We are therefore asking organizations and individuals, nationwide, to explore any drone research that might be going on at their local university. We are calling for local actions between April 16 and 18, 2013 (Suggested actions are listed below) Our limited research into University and Academic UAV programs indicates that at least one research center is operating in Illinois: <br />
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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign</div>
Before those dates in April we will need to know what information you have acquired about the research and what actions and events your group is planning.This will be shared among groups in the Network. You can send this information to us at notodrone@gmail.com.<br />
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We will have a press committee that will receive your press release and any articles you are able to publish before or after the event.<br />
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This project will complement other outreach, education and action projects that will be launched in April, focusing on drone bases, April 27-28 and drone manufacturers , April 4-6.<br />
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Suggested actions:<br />
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<li>Learn what research is being done by searching on a university website. Look especially at the Engineering Dept.
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<li>Organize a forum, preferably on campus, with speakers and discussion. Be sure to publicize in campus newspapers, and possibly include a professor as one of the speakers. Also include local activists.
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<li>Plan a small meeting with the appropriate persons in the department working on drone research, both professors and students.
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<li>Hold vigils and leaflet on or close to the campus, as well as in town.
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<li>Let us know if you need further tools for your research.
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Thanks in advance for your reply to notodrone@gmail.com. <br />
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With all good wishes,<br />
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Marge Van Cleef, WILPF, Philadelphia<br />
Leila Zand, For USA<br />
Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator, Voices for Creative Nonviolence<br />
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<i><b>Do we really want the American heartland serving as the
brain-trust for the U.S. global project of drone surveillance and
killing? </b></i><br />
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Here is a round-up of research, development, and training
activity connected to drones at Midwest colleges and universities. I've
indicated those schools that are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land-grant_university" target="_blank">land-grant universities</a>. There appears to be a high concentration of drone work at land-grant universities.<br />
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(See <a href="http://joescarry.blogspot.com/2013/07/do-we-have-drone-problem-at-midwest.html" target="_blank">Do We Have a Drone Problem at Midwest Colleges and Universities?</a> )<br />
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<a href="http://nodronesmaryland.blogspot.com/2012/08/anti-killer-drone-activists-seek.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; margin-top: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUcVlKKSGqXVmxmH7eOcHo2JIQrC69cqJq5IihdC3HPDHdxuMkGAhaDdhKL_ycWdzCeq0EahgVRzSqr5sozeUS7cJVuQLcLgblbBTX5sEf4i3Uz-R-iJO7gZG-7dmDdk6oN-wpnUd9/s320/jhu-apl.JPG" width="320" /></a><br />
What are some of the forms that campus activism might take? Since Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has a
contract to do drone research, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance [NCNR], on May 1, sent a letter to Ronald
J. Daniels, JHU president, and Dr. Ralph Semmel, director of the APL,
seeking a meeting . . . .<br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronesmaryland.blogspot.com/2012/08/anti-killer-drone-activists-seek.html" target="_blank">Anti-Killer Drone Activists Seek Meeting with Johns Hopkins University President</a> )
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Preliminary research into University and Academic UAV programs indicates
that a research centers are operating in dozens of locations.<br />
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(See <a href="http://nodronesnetwork.blogspot.com/2013/02/call-for-no-drones-at-us-colleges.html#list">List of U.S. Drone Research Sites</a>)<br />
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