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  •     Interactive Graphic of Drone Strikes in Pakistan: Drones Pitch
  •     Dronestagram: Drones View Images
  •     Keeping a presence at Hancock Airfield
  •           Syracuse Post Standard, 9/09/12: Protesters Gather at Dewitt to Push Anti Drone Message (Great Photos!)
  •           YNN, 9/09/12: 174th Fighter Wing changes name
  •     Drones Activism in the News
  •           Fox 4 (Kansas City), 09/10/2012: Anti-Drone Protesters Found Guilty of Trespassing (Video)
  •           San Francisco Chronicle, 09/11/12: Mo. drone protesters found guilty of trespassing
                (They approached the gate with a message)
  •          NY Daily News, 06/17: Look Up in the Sky and See a Drone
  •           CounterPunch, 05/31: Pakistan Pays the Price for Its Defiance
  •           OpEd News, 05/11: Drone warfare protests May 18 to May 20 in the Bronx and Manhattan
  •           Truthout, 05/09: The Drone Summit, the Lunchbox and the Invisibility of Charred Children
  •           Johns Hopkins News-Letter, 05/07: The APL drones on and on
    • Our Work
      • Niagara Gazette: Peace center, Occupy Buffalo members suggest a sunnier future for Falls airbase
      • Syracuse Post Standard, 06/28: Hancock Field protest ends peacefully
      • # War is a Crime:
        • Medea Benjamin Speaks on Drones
        • Protesters's Arrested Outside Hancock at Bimonthyl Vigil (which has been going on for years)
      • # Code Pink:
        • Drone Summit Press Conference
        • Media Coverage of Drone Summit
      • Times Union (Albany): Activist brings campaign against drones to Albany
      • YNN, Central NY: Drone protesters return to Hancock
      • CNN: DRONE PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT HANCOCK AIR BASE
      • Channel 9 News, Syracuse: Live Coverage, Protests Lead to Arrests
      • Syracuse Post Standard: Update: 33 military protesters arrested in DeWitt near Hancock Air Base
      • # World Can't Wait: War Crimes Indictment Served at Hancock Air Base: Thirty-three Preemptive Arrests
      • # Firedoglake, The Dissenter: Drone Protesters Preemptively Arrested Before Reaching Hancock Air Force Base
      • War Is A Crime: Who’s Blocking Drone Protest at Hancock AFB
      • FOR: Hancock Field, Syracuse NY - Drone Training and Maintenance Site Demonstration 33 More Activists Arrested
      • Syracuse Post Standard: Peace groups to hold anti-drone protest at Hancock air base
      • Press Release For April 22 Preemptive Arrests
      • Press Release For April 21, 22 Stop Drone War Crimes Weekend
      • Flyer for April 21, 22 featuring Medea Benjamin
      • Upstate Drone Action, April 21,22: Weekend in the Warzone, Workshops and Action at Hancock AFB
    •     Center for Constitutional Rights April 28, 29: International Drone Summit: Killing and Spying by Remote Control
    •   # ACLU Blog 04/17: Seeking the Truth About U.S. Targeted Killing Strike That Killed Dozens of Women and Children in Yemen
    •   # Salon.com, 14/13: Drone activist denied visa
          [Sign the Petition Linked to this article]
    •     Government Security News, 04/06: Drone opponents launch nationwide tour in Brooklyn
    •     Sacramento Bee, 04/05: National Drones Tour Begins April 12
          [Nick Mottern brings model drones and clear information to communities across the country,
           and encourages people to confront their legislators on the subject
      ]
  •     November Trial of Hancock 38
    • Our Work
      • Press Release, Hancock 38 Verdict Coming December 1
      • Press Release, Hancock 38 Trial Ends
      • Press Release, Ramsey Clark Testimony
      • Press Release, Ramsey Clark to Testify
      • James Ricks' Opening Statement
      • Martha Hennessey's Opening Statement
      • Initial Press Release
    • News Reports
      • Counterpunch 3/01: Drone Strikes? What’s To Feel Bad About?
      • YNN CNY, 2/29: Final Five Drone Protestors Sentenced
      • Syracuse Post Standard 2/29: Five last drone protesters are sentenced in DeWitt
      • Rochester City Newspaper 1/17: Drones Close to Home
      • Yes! 01/12: The (Remote Controlled) War at Home
      • Democracy Now!, 12/02:
      •     "Hancock 38" Defendants Found Guilty for Bold Army Base Protest Against U.S. Drone Attacks Abroad
      • YNN CNY, 12/01: Drone protesters found guilty
      • Syracuse Post Standard, 12/01: Update: Thirty-one drone protesters found guilty in DeWitt Town Court; four jailed
      • Syracuse Post Standard Editorial by Ed Kinane: Robotic killers are bad for every living thing
      • Brian Terrell interviewed on KBOO Community Radio
      • WSYR, 11/03: Closing arguments in case involving military drone protestors
      • Syracuse Post Standard, 11/03:
      •     Update: Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark testifies at DeWitt trial of Hancock Field drone protesters
      • YNN Syracuse, 11/03: Former AG to testify in drone protest trial
      • The Daily Orange, 11/02: Hancock 38 Trials Begin Following April Arrests, Defendants Arraigned
      • Skineateles Press 11/02: Trial to continue for 32 Hancock Air Base drone protesters
      • Space For Peace, 11/01: Hancock 38 Drone Trial
      • Syracuse Post Standard, 11/01: Events in Syracuse, DeWitt, to support Hancock 38 Drone Resisters
      • WSYR, 10/31: Military Drone Protestors in Court Today
  •     October 9 Protest at Creech Airforce Base
    • Nuclear Resister:
          North American Catholic Workers protest Nuclear Weapons and Drones at Nevada test Site and Creech Air Force Base
    • Las Vegas Review, October 10: Photos and Arrests
  •     Nick Mottern on the April 22 Protest at Hancock National Air Base, 5/7-5/8
    • The Hancock 37 v. Official Lawlessness, Part One: Two Worlds
    • The Hancock 37 v. The Drones: Daffodils
  •     Mainstream News Coverage of April 22 Anti Drone Action at Hancock National Air Guard
    • Syracuse Post Standard, WSYR, Channel 9, CNY, Central NY
  •     VCNV, The Creech 14: Resisting Sanitized Remote Control Death
  •     Andreus Teuber, Brandeis: On the Necessity Defense
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Founded in 2010, Upstate Drone Action also known as the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars, is a decentralized, informally-organized grassroots organization, primarily composed of activists from upstate New York representing a diverse assortment of Peace and Justice organizations in different cities. We seek to educate the public and Hancock Air Base personnel about the war crimes perpetrated in Afghanistan with the MQ9 Reaper drone piloted from Hancock Air National Guard Base on the outskirts of Syracuse, and also the perversity of a society that prioritzes war over other solutions. -- Read our Mission Statement --