Niagara Falls Air Force Reserve Station is currently being transformed into a drone operations center. February 9, 2015 Dear Senators Gillibrand and Schumer, During the week of February 2 – 9, 2015, across the state of NY, citizens are meeting with your respective staff members to express our concerns and provide important information on the use of weaponized drones, including […]
Read moreReport to Upstate Coalition to Ground Drones and End the Wars on a Visit to Charles Schumer’s Peekskill Office – February 10, 2015 On the afternoon of February 10, after three snow postponements, Kwame Madden and I met in the Peekskill, NY office of Senator Charles Schumer with Cody Peluso, his Regional Director, and Brandon Graham, a staff assistant. In […]
Read moreYou Never Die Twice: Lack of Transparency in the CIA and Military Drone Killings By Mickie Lynn, Republished from her blog in the Albany Times Union, Waging Peace. This week Women Against War and members of several other Capital District peace groups joined in a Statewide lobbying initiative of our two Senators, Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer, after having to […]
Read moreKathy Kelly talks about her recent trial, the action she was convicted for, and her pending jail sentence. She talks about drone victims and the victims she is sure to meet when she arrives at whatever prison she is told to report to. On December 10, International Human Rights Day, federal Magistrate Matt Whitworth sentenced me to three months in […]
Read moreDrone damage causes pilot’s to quit: “Killing during the day and going home at night” Nick Mottern on “In the Now on RT, January 21, 2015
Read moreI just spent two months as a prisoner in Jamesville Penitentiary. I was jailed for my involvement in an April 28, 2013, solemn funeral procession at Hancock Air Force drone base in Syracuse. I joined 30 others to carry the message to “stop the killing.” Hancock’s 174th Attack Wing of the New York State National Guard flies missiles and drops […]
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