Mondoweiss is excited to co-sponsor this important event tonight in New York City: Blueprint for Accountability — Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control.
The event will feature journalist, and co-founder of CODEPINK, Medea Benjamin for an in-depth conversation and Q&A about her latest book, Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control. She will be joined by Sarah Knuckey, co-author of the Stanford Law School and New York University Law School report “Living Under Drones,” and an Adjunct Professor of Clinical Law and Director of the Project on Extrajudicial Executions and the Initiative on Human Rights Fact-Finding at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU School of Law. The presentation will begin with Things We Make, a powerful theatrical exploration of drone warfare directed by Shana Solomon. A book signing with Medea Benjamin will be held at the end of the evening.
Benjamin visited Afghanistan just weeks after the 2002 American invasion. There, on the ground, talking with victims of the strikes, she learned the reality behind the “precision bombs” on which U.S. forces were becoming increasingly reliant. Drone Warfare is a comprehensive look at the growing menace of robotic warfare, with an extensive analysis of who is producing the drones, where they are being used, who “pilots” these unmanned planes, who are the victims and what are the legal and moral implications.
The event is presented in partnership with BORDC, Brooklyn for Peace, CCR, CODEPINK, The Nation, NYU, Theaters Against War, World Can’t Wait, and Veterans for Peace.
For more information check out the Blueprint for Accountability website here.
Well yeah, I think that drones should be added to the assault weapons ban and that Presidents should be subjected to mandatory reality checks before they can obtain one.
Applications from heads of state with a history of violence against protected civilian populations or their own people, like the ones here and here should definitely be turned down.
sounds like a great event. Medea is a strong and vibrant individual with commitments to human rights that go beyond the call of duty.
Adam, Annie, Phil..Chris Matthews did another segment on the neocons/hawks where will they go with the Hagel nomination. Peter Beinart/Joan Walsh guest. Walsh rips into Elliot Abrams comments about Hagel
Good. Wish I could be in town for this.
Hallelujah Medea!
If I had the power I would remove all modern weapons from the earth–war would have to be fought man to man with swords, knives and clubs.
That way we would have a lot less war.
Don’t invade a country.
Don’t conduct a remote drone war against enemies of America.
Just throw federal indictments at the feet of terrorists. That will freeze them in their tracks.
BTW. How come France gets a pass when they invade Mali? Medea?