Above Photo: Dia Al-Azzawi (Iraq), Sabra and Shatila Massacre, 1982–83. Two important reports were released last month, neither getting the kind of attention they deserve. On 4 April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Working Group III report was published, evoking a strong reaction from the United Nations’ Secretary General António Guterres. The report, he said, ‘is a litany of broken climate promises. It is a file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that put us firmly on track towards an unlivable world’. At COP26, the developed countries pledged to spend a modest $100 billion for the Adaptation Fund to assist developing countries adapt to […]
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Above Photo: C-SPAN.org. Ret. US Gen. Philip Breedlove wants to escalate the military conflict with Russia but media outlets don’t disclose he works for defense firms. Weapons companies and military contractors stand to book new orders and enjoy heightened demand for new weapons systems, as the United States and NATO countries scale up spending in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Coincidentally or not, one of the most high-profile advocates for dramatically escalating NATO’s involvement in the war — literally calling for putting troops and arms inside Ukraine — quietly moonlights as a consultant for weapons firms and defense contractors, interests that presumably […]
Above Photo: A view of the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol where Ukrainian forces and the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion have gathered. (Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev). Germany, Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, and Romania are among the countries that have pledged the supply of more weapons to Ukraine. The US has already announced a billion dollars worth of arms supplies in a week. With German chancellor Olaf Scholz proclaiming on Tuesday, April 19 that the European Union and NATO are united to make sure that Russia never wins the war in Ukraine, the possibility of it continuing looms large. He also pledged […]
Above Photo: The U.S. military test fires an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base, some 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles, California, early on May 3, 2017. RINGO CHIU / AFP Via Getty Images Since The Pandemic Started, The United States Has Prioritized Funding For Nuclear Arms And The Military Over Global Vaccines. Since the pandemic began, the United States has spent 7.5 times more money on nuclear weapons than on global vaccine donations. Stated another way, the money put towards global vaccine donations has amounted to just 13% of the money put toward nuclear weapons. The comparison shows that, even […]
Above Photo: Ukrainian Servicemen Unpack A Shipment Of Military Aid Delivered As Part Of The U.S. Security Assistance To Ukraine, At The Boryspil Airport, Outside Kyiv, On Feb. 11. (Efrem Lukatsky / AP File) The U.S. and its proxies in Europe are moving an enormous amount of weapons into Ukraine. But no one has an idea where those weapons will end up. It is likely that many of those will proliferate outside of the Ukraine and some of those weapons will inevitably hit those who now deliver them. In a review of the U.S. war on Syria Aaron Maté details how […]
Above photo: Ukrainian servicemen unpack a shipment of military aid delivered by the US at the Boryspil airport, outside Kyiv. Efrem Lukatsky/AP. Karen DeYoung reported for the Washington Post Thursday that Russia sent a formal diplomatic note to the United States on Tuesday, accusing Washington and its NATO clients of insidiously subverting peace process with Ukraine initiated at the Istanbul talks on March 29, and the subsequent withdrawal of Russian forces from the outskirts of Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy, thus ending the month-long offensive in Ukraine. The document, titled “On Russia’s concerns in the context of massive supplies of weapons and military equipment […]
Above photo: Activists gather in Times Square, New York City, to draw public attention to the TPNW’s entry into force on 22 January 2021. NYCAN. On Wednesday, April 13, at 11: 30 am in the 4th floor Café in the Massachusetts State House, State Representative Lindsay Sabadosa will introduce a new dossier called Nuclear Weapons and Massachusetts: The Case for Creating a Citizens Commission. NuclearBan.US, a national organization founded in Massachusetts, compiled this document. It calls on the Massachusetts state legislature to vote on bills H.3688/S.1555, currently in the Joint Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security. These bills would establish a […]
Above Photo: Members of the Ukrainian Military Forces move U.S.-made FIM-92 Stinger missiles and the other military assistance at Boryspil Airport in Kyiv on February 13, 2022. (Sergei Supinsky / AFP Via Getty Images) Arms Companies Are Exploiting Russia’s Invasion To Push A Military Spending Frenzy. Since the pandemic began in early 2020, the weapons industry has argued that shutdowns and supply chain disruptions have put the “defense industrial base” in peril, compromising the national security and military “readiness” of the United States. Now, that same industry is using Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and NATO’s subsequent military buildup to double down on the argument, demanding […]
Above Photo: U.S. President Joe Biden answers questions, alongside Director of the Office of Management and Budget Shalanda Young, after introducing his budget request for fiscal year 2023 on March 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images. The president’s budget calls for $50.9 billion in nuclear weapons spending. The Biden administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2023, released March 28, calls for massive investments in nuclear weapons, including the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) — an intercontinental ballistic missile system that is fiercely opposed by anti-nuclear activists. President Biden is using Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to justify the investments, citing the alleged need for deterrence. The […]
Above Photo: A Ukrainian Military Forces serviceman checks his weapon as he stands in a trench on the frontline near Zolote village, in the eastern Lugansk region, on January 21, 2022. Anatolii Stepanov / AFP Via Getty Images. In Calls With Investors, Raytheon And Lockheed Martin Boasted That The Worsening Conflict Is Helping Profits. As the United States weighs more involvement in the growing conflict between Ukraine and Russia, some of the largest weapons companies in the world — Raytheon and Lockheed Martin — are openly telling their investors that tensions between the countries are good for business. And General Dynamics, meanwhile, is boasting about […]
Above photo: Activists in New York City show their support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which took effect on Friday. Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images, Late January of this year will mark the first anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. This momentous international agreement, the result of a lengthy struggle by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and by many non-nuclear nations, bans developing, testing, producing, acquiring, possessing, stockpiling, and threatening to use nuclear weapons. Adopted by an overwhelming vote of the official representatives of the […]
Above photo: Willian Justen de Vasconcellos on Unsplash. Peru ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on 23 December 2021, becoming the 59th state party. The ministry of foreign affairs said that the move highlights Peru’s “high commitment to its obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law”, as well as its “commitment to promoting international peace and security”. Addressing the UN General Assembly this September, the minister of foreign affairs of Peru, Óscar Maúrtua, hailed the TPNW’s entry into force as a “great achievement” and “a legal and moral starting point on a long road to achieve nuclear disarmament”. […]
Above Photo: Humanitarian groups have been calling for a ban on autonomous weapons. (Wolfgang Kumm / picture alliance / Getty Images). Autonomous weapon systems – commonly known as killer robots – may have killed human beings for the first time ever last year, according to a recent United Nations Security Council report on the Libyan civil war. History could well identify this as the starting point of the next major arms race, one that has the potential to be humanity’s final one. The United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons debated the question of banning autonomous weapons at its once-every-five-years review meeting in Geneva Dec. 13-17, […]
Above Photo: A man looks at the container goods sitting outside the Lockheed Martin booth during the Singapore Airshow media preview on February 9, 2020 in Singapore. Suhaimi Abdullah / Getty Images. Bill LaPlante’s Nomination Is Just The Latest Spin Through The Revolving Door Between The Pentagon And The Military Industry. A weapons industry trade group that represents companies including Lockheed Martin and Raytheon is thrilled about President Joe Biden’s nominee for the role of lead weapons buyer for the U.S. military. In a statement released November 30, Arnold Punaro, board chairman of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA), which calls itself a trade […]
Above Photo: Frantz Fanon’s 60th death anniversary is an occasion to explore the impact of the Martiniquais writer and psychiatrist, who has influenced many a revolutionary with his study of the psychology of the oppressed. Frantz Fanon Lives! Today marks the 60th anniversary of the passing of one of the greatest thinkers to have emerged from the ranks of the oppressed, Frantz Fanon (1925-1961). Fanon’s contributions are timeless. As long as white supremacy and neocolonialism remain in the driver’s seat of human relations, Fanon’s thought will continue to arm the colonized in the Battle of Ideas. The Radicalization of Fanon Born […]
Above photo: Mike Mareen. Boost global arms trade. Data published by SIPRI for the year 2020 shows the world’s top 100 weapons manufacturers increase their overall sales in comparison to previous years as governments chose to increase arms procurement despite COVID-19-related economic hardships. In 2020, when the global economy contracted over 3.1% due to the COVID-19 pandemic, global arms trade recorded an increase of 1.3%, as per latest data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Monday, December 6. The growth in arms trade, both domestic and international, reveals how governments worldwide chose to maintain or increase their spending on […]
$63 Billion Drop In Investments A new report released by ICAN and PAX today, has found that the number of banks, pension funds, asset managers and insurance companies investing in the production of nuclear weapons has gone down in 2021, and shows significant drops in the shareholder values of investments in the 25 companies involved in nuclear weapon production around the world. There is also an early but visible impact of the entry into force of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), with many institutions citing the treaty’s entry into force and the risk of a negative […]
Above Photo: (Military and Aerospace Electronics) The sale of air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia will mark a U-turn in US president Joe Biden’s foreign policy declared in the first week of February. At that point, he had promised to end the US role in the war in Yemen and the sale of all offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia In an about-turn from its stated policy, the Joe Biden administration on Thursday, November 4, approved USD 650 million worth of weapons sales to Saudi Arabia. The deal marks the first major arms sales deal with Saudi Arabia since Biden announced the end […]
Above Photo: An aerial view of a nuclear weapons test in the United States in the late 1950s known as Operation Hardtrack I. Creative Commons. With the U.S., U.K. and Australia (AUKUS) submarines deal having greatly offended their NATO ally France, NATO is vulnerable to internal disarray and is seen to be fraying. Dr. Helen Caldicott, who has spent decades working for a nuclear weapons-free world, recently wrote a blunt op-ed with an unforgettable headline: “With All Its Wisdom, the Human Race Is Killing Itself.” Decrying the arms industry and the nine countries that now own nuclear weapons, Caldicott points to […]
American aerospace and defense giant Textron Systems shared an impressive video on its Twitter account showing the next generation of squad automatic weapon systems. Just last week, Textron sent out the Tweet with the short video showing the Next Generation Squad Weapons in action. “When it comes to equipping the modern warfighter – less is definitely more. Our NGSW solution reflects more than 15 years of soldier feedback with improved maneuverability, increased performance and lighter total system weight,” also said the company in Tweet. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) in Rifle (NGSW-R) and […]
The U.S. Navy was able to seize thousands of Russian and Chinese-made illicit weapons from a stateless dhow — enough to equip a small army. On Saturday, the service press release said that the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) seized an illicit shipment of weapons from a stateless dhow in the international water of the North Arabian Sea on May 6-7, 2021. USS Monterey and its embarked U.S. Coast Guard Advanced Interdiction Team (AIT) discovered the illicit cargo during a routine flag verification boarding conducted in international water in accordance with customary international law. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW […]
On Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that Turkey and all U.S. allies should refrain from making further purchases of Russian weaponry, according to Reuters. Reuters has reported that speaking at a virtual event at Foreign Press Center (FPC), Blinken warned Ankara and others from further purchases weapon systems from Russia. “It’s also very important going forward that Turkey, and for that matter all U.S. allies and partners, avoid future purchases of Russian weaponry, including additional S-400s,” Blinken said. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “Any significant transactions with Russian defense entities, again, could be subject to the […]
U.S. arms maker Lockheed Martin Corp has announced that it will showcase its latest defense solutions at the 15th edition of the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), taking place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, from Feb. 21 to 25, 2021. Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier has confirmed that attendees at IDEX 2021 will experience the company’s next-generation aircraft, rotary systems, air and missile defense technologies, as well as command and control systems, and advanced simulation and training solutions, all in compliance with strict COVID-19 protocols to ensure the safety of visitors and exhibitors. “At Lockheed Martin, we are committed to […]
A top-secret U.S. government body called the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced that it to move to a new phase of the intermediate-range hypersonic ground-launch weapons program and bringing it one step closer to a full-scale flight testing. According to a statement, DARPA’s Operational Fires (OpFires) program, which is developing a ground-launched intermediate-range hypersonic weapons system, is advancing to a new phase. It involves full-scale missile fabrication, assembly, and flight testing. Phase 3b will involve full-scale missile fabrication, assembly, and flight testing from a launch vehicle. Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control was awarded this new contract modification […]
U.S. arms maker and Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has announced that it will buy rocket engine maker Aerojet Rocketdyne for $4.4 billion. Lockheed Martin released a statement on Monday saying that “it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AJRD) for $56 per share in cash, which is expected to be reduced to $51 per share after the payment of a pre-closing special dividend.” Also noted that this represents a post-dividend equity value of $4.6 billion and a total transaction value of $4.4 billion including the assumption of net cash. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – As part […]
American aerospace giant Boeing is on track to overtake Russian defense companies as the Indian biggest weapons supplier as the Indian Navy has expressed interest in potentially purchasing Super Hornets. Boeing’s India division, based in New Delhi, has released new footage that showed an F/A-18E fighter jet launching off a ski-jump ramp in a demo for the Indian Navy. “Our F/A-18 Super Hornet demonstrates the ability to operate from Indian Navy aircraft carriers during its successful and safe launch from a ski-jump ramp,” the company said in a Twitter post Monday. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The demonstrations, held at […]
A recent Boeing news release has offered new details about the demonstration of the B-1B’s external weapons carriage capabilities. On Wednesday, the American plane-maker press release said that the demonstration validates that the B-1 is capable of delivering future ordinance outside the aircraft. During the Dec. 4 demonstration, the test team at Edwards Air Force Base in California loaded an inert, unpowered Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile on an external pylon and released it on the White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Conducted by the Air Force Materiel Command and in partnership with Boeing, the external weapons demonstration informs U.S. Air Force […]
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Adm. Mike Gilday during a visit to Naval Support Facility Dahlgren, Virginia stated, that laser weapons and high-velocity projectiles were no longer not science fiction. “The development and fielding of new technology like directed energy and high-velocity projectiles are not science fiction – they’re happening today – and the workforce here in Dahlgren is making that happen,” said Gilday. During the visit, CNO received briefs on a variety of programs like High Energy Lasers, Solid Laser Technology Maturation (SSL-TM) and Layered Laser Defense (LLD), and the Optical Dazzler Interdictor, Navy (ODIN) at Naval Surface Warfare Center […]
The U.S. Air Force has revealed that the B-1B Lancer’s expanded carriage capabilities comes one step closer to fruition following an external captive carry flight over the skies of Edwards Air Force Base, California, Nov. 20. On November 24, the service announced that the flight featured a B -1B Lancer assigned to the 412th Test Wing’s 419th Flight Test Squadron, Global Power Combined Test Force, and carried an inert Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile under an external pylon for the first time. According to an Air Force news release, the flight was a demonstration of the B-1B’s external weapons carriage capabilities. – […]
German industrial group Rheinmetall has unveiled its new Mission Master – Armed Reconnaissance system. According to the company, Mission Master Autonomous – Unmanned Ground Vehicle (A-UGV) family has just gained a new member: the Mission Master – Armed Reconnaissance. Equipped with intelligence-gathering technology and a Rheinmetall Fieldranger remote-controlled weapon station (RCWS), the new Armed Reconnaissance module is designed to collect tactical intelligence in the area of operations while providing frontline fire support whenever necessary. Autonomous robotic vehicles offer countless advantages, including in a reconnaissance context. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The Mission Master – Armed Reconnaissance is designed to […]
Media Silence Marks Ongoing OPCW Cover-Up Of Syria Chemical Weapons Scandal By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. November 7, 2020 Media Silence Marks Ongoing OPCW Cover-Up Of Syria Chemical Weapons Scandal2020-11-072020-11-07https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/opcw-2_edited-e1604769134159.jpg200px200px Above photo: Headquarters of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, in The Hague, Netherlands. Peter Dejong | AP. “Clearly the U.S. and its allies do not want transparency and open debate about the OPCW Douma investigation, and one can only conclude that this is the case because they know full well that their claims cannot be substantiated. Smears and censorship are the only tactics they have left.” – […]
Israeli Weapons Fuel The Violence In Azerbaijan By Raul Diego, Mintpress News. October 22, 2020 Israeli Weapons Fuel The Violence In Azerbaijan2020-10-222020-10-22https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/wars.jpg200px200px Above photo: A man fences off a tail of a multiple rocket after shelling by Azerbaijan’s artillery during a military conflict in Shushi, outside Stepanakert, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Oct. 18, 2020. AP. With an eye on nearby Iran. Hoping to profit, protect an important source of oil, and to antagonize nearby Iran, Israel is selling drones and weapons to Azerbaijan, fueling the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. The latest iteration of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which has already claimed the […]
Priest Sentenced To 33 Months For Protesting Nuclear Weapons By Kings Bay Plowshares 7. October 16, 2020 Priest Sentenced To 33 Months For Protesting Nuclear Weapons2020-10-162020-10-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/nuke-activists-e1602871262174.jpg200px200px Above photo: Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Father Kelly is second from the left. RNS/Kings Bay Plowshares 7. Fifteen supporters in a carefully Covid masked and distanced courtroom witnessed Father Steve Kelly receive a sentence of 33 months today. After a 20 minute delay to get the telephone conference line working and properly muted 160 people listened in to the proceedings on the audio link. Fr. Steve’s sentence falls in the middle of the proposed guidelines […]
from Gordon Duff and Mike Chester, we present; In the last few months, demand for our offerings has increased dramatically and we have completely sold out of our “basic” special model. There is a severe shortage on the availability of parts which resulted in the price we pay for parts to sharply increase. Parts for the “Basic” if they were even available, would now cost more than we were selling the complete rifles for. No matter how many times I do the calculations, I still don’t think I can make up the deficit in volume. All of the other firearms shown […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107416/85/1074168598_0:386:5457:3455_1200x675_80_0_0_a5731ea593b4112bf35df141418eddec.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202010091080725534-pentagon-taps-spacex-to-build-cargo-transport-able-to-ship-weapons-anywhere-in-one-hour/ On Wednesday, the head of US Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) announced a new partnership with private space firms SpaceX and XArc to develop space-based cargo transport, something the Pentagon says has “the potential to be one of the greatest revolutions in transportation since the airplane.” “Think about moving the equivalent of a C-17 payload anywhere on the globe in less than an hour,” TRANSCOM chief US Army Gen. Stephen R. Lyons said at a virtual Wednesday meeting at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. “Think about that speed associated with the movement […]
Dangerous Use Of Crowd-Control Weapons Against Protestors And Medics By Kathryn Hampton, Michele Heisler, and Donna McKay, Physicians for Human Rights. October 8, 2020 Dangerous Use Of Crowd-Control Weapons Against Protestors And Medics2020-10-082020-10-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/pdx-scaled-e1602191154909.jpg200px200px “Now they seem to just want to hurt us.” Portland, OR – Regardless of where we are, we are living in a reign of violence in which “we can’t breathe.” We are witnessing a global downward trend in terms of respect for fundamental human rights, freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. In most parts of the world, the human rights environment is radically transforming in a way […]
A coalition of human rights groups have filed a criminal complaint against Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons henchmen for their alleged role in two attacks against civilians in 2013 and 2017 that reportedly killed almost 900 people. Researchers for the groups say they’ve collected enough evidence to identify those responsible for the attacks and that it’s time for officials to act. The three groups—the Justice Initiative, the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression, and the Syrian Archive—filed a complaint with Germany’s public prosecutor accusing senior Syrian officials of using chemical weapons against civilians in a 2013 attack in Ghouta and […]
BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – Venezuela will continue military cooperation with Russia, China, and Iran despite its plans to develop its own armament systems, President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday. Earlier in the day, Maduro spoke at the commemoration of the 15th anniversary of Venezuela’s Strategic Command Operations, stating that the country is planning to manufacture its own weapons and announcing that a special military and scientific council is being set up for that exact purpose. “We have everything we need to create our own system of weaponry, while continuing cooperation with Russia, China, Cuba, Iran and the entire world, we will continue […]
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President NIcolas Maduro of Venezuela has announced the capture of “an American spy” with heavy weapons and money near two refineries in the state of Falcon. The man is said to be a Marine who worked for the CIA in Iraq. The spy was trying to collect information on the refineries in Amuay and Cardón, Maduro said in a televised address on Friday. The two facilities are located on the Paraguaná Peninsula, along the Venezuelan coast just south of Aruba. According to the president, the detained American is a member of the US Marine Corps who worked with the CIA in […]
China has accused Indian troops of violating the de facto border in Eastern Ladakh and firing warning shots in violation of de-escalation agreements. India said it was the Chinese patrol that discharged firearms. The latest incident in the ongoing tensions at the Chinese-Indian Himalayan border happened on Monday south of the glacial Pangong Tso Lake. According to the Chinese side, Indian troops trespassed on Chinese territory and “brazenly made gunshot threat” when a Chinese border guard patrol came to investigate. The Chinese troops took unspecified countermeasures, Beijing said. “The flagrant act grossly violated the agreements previously reached between the two sides, […]
Troublesome Issues for Nuclear Weapons Owners Plutonium Aging Plutonium aging is going to have some serious implications. Since the government has been so worried about this, it is important to try to understand why. First of all, spallation due to PU aging and corrosion effects will ruin the implosion symmetry. But, the central issue with boosting is to keep the boost gas cool as long as possible. This is very difficult to do inside an exploding nuclear bomb. Spalled flakes due to PU aging will fly off the inner pit wall at around 5000 m/s. This conceivably could generate entropy […]
…from SouthFront.org It would seem that one of the first rules of early 21st century regional warfare is “Bring Lots of Russian Weapons”. Starting with small arms like the AK assault rifle family, the PKM general purpose machine-gun, and naturally the RPG-7 whose reputation is such that it entered common English-language use as “rocket-propelled grenade”, and ending with the T-55 and T-72 tanks, the BMP-1 and -2 infantry fighting vehicles, and the dreaded Mi-24 “Hind” family of attack helicopters, these weapons are practically a staple of these wars and there is no prospect of that changing any time soon. While Russia is […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – New types of guided weapons with longer range are being tested on the Mi-28NM helicopter, senior trial pilot and head of flight service at the national center for the helicopter-building, Sergey Maslov said. “The NM is now testing new guided weapons, some of which have much longer range on airborne and land targets, a new onboard defense system that can save both a crew and an aircraft is being checked,” Maslov said. According to Maslov, apart from new weapons, the helicopter is about to test some aircrat-specific upgrades. The Mi-28NM “Night Hunter,” currently developed by Rostec’s Russian Helicopters, […]
A radical plan currently being debated by the government would see the British Army boost its air and cyber warfare capabilities while mothballing its armored fleet, according to a newspaper report. British defense chiefs have outlined plans to deactivate the Army’s Challenger 2 main battle tanks and Warrior armored fighting vehicles (AFV), as the costs of maintaining them have skyrocketed, the Times newspaper has reported. Costs aside, the armored fleet – which currently consists of 227 Challengers and 388 Warriors – has reportedly been deemed “obsolete.” Some in the military have argued that 21st-century warfare will rely on cyber capabilities, along […]
Fires are being started and a police officer has been knocked unconscious in Kenosha, Wisconsin, following an officer-involved shooting. The rioters were also reportedly jumping on police vehicles and slashing their tires. Police officer knocked out and fires being started in #kenosha live stream here https://t.co/m3sS8RpdUT pic.twitter.com/TOoZsI0EzP — cacti (@SCCacti) August 24, 2020 TRENDING: Police Make Second Arrest in Attack on 7-Year-Old Trump Supporter Outside of DNC Convention Crowds becoming hostile in #kenosha live stream here https://t.co/m3sS8RpdUT pic.twitter.com/2YPN6N8G8P — cacti (@SCCacti) August 24, 2020 #BREAKING: Someone just threw some type of incendiary weapon that set multiple fires at scene @KenoshaPolice officer-involved […]
Activists Blockade Entrance To Chemical Weapons Maker August 18, 2020 Activists Blockade Entrance To Chemical Weapons Maker2020-08-182020-08-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/wrl-e1597786300676.jpg200px200px Above photo: War Resisters League. Jamestown, PA – Five activists blockaded the entrance of Combined Systems Inc. on Monday with giant tear gas cans and gas masks, refusing to move. Right now, we are blockading the entrance of @CombinedSysInc w giant tear gas cans & gas masks, refusing to move. By shutting down this facility today, we are here to tell CSI President Jacob Kravel that his company’s production of tear gas must come to an end. #FacingTearGas2020 pic.twitter.com/UB7fzMX2t0 — War Resisters League (@resistwar) […]
United Nations Security Council members attend a meeting at UN headquarters in New York, December 18, 2018. (Reuters file photo) The United Nations Security Council has rejected a US resolution to extend an arms embargo on Iran that is due to expire in October, as Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a summit of world leaders to avoid “confrontation” over an American threat to trigger a return of all UN sanctions on the Islamic Republic. “The Security Council’s failure to act decisively in defense of international peace and security is inexcusable,” US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement on […]
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp has released the short video that showed battlefield-ready laser system that will enable users to neutralize threats at the speed of a lightning strike. Video shared on Twitter said that at sea, in the air and on the ground, Lockheed Martin is developing laser weapon systems to protect warfighters on the battlefield. Combined with expert platform integration, these systems are designed to defeat a growing range of threats to military forces and infrastructure. The company’s technology today is ready to defend against small rockets, artillery shells and mortars, small unmanned aerial vehicles, small attack […]
The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan in August 1945: one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki. To date, these have been– the only times nuclear weapons were used in warfare. Japan has yet to vote on or ratify the international Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue has urged Japan’s government to commit to a global ban on nuclear weapons. Speaking at a ceremony dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the city on Sunday, Taue lamented that states possessing nuclear weapons have been backtracking on their promise regarding nuclear […]
[Editor’s note: This article is one of the most important VT ever published, and it remains every bit as relevant today, as the use of mini nukes with ‘clean’ designs continues unabated; and unless this becomes widely known and pressure applied by the masses of the people to stop it, they will continue to be used with impunity to kill innocent people en masse. Ian] First published September 4, 2015 VT Nuclear Education: The Uranium Hydride Bomb by Ian Greenhalgh with Jeff Smith We are now at the fifth generation of nuclear weapons design which means that a number of different […]
In the last year we have covered a number of incidents where nuclear weapons have been used; from exposing the truth about the nuclear nature of the destruction of the WTC on 9-11 to being the only media outlet to cover the nuclear explosions in China. In the minds of most people, a nuclear weapon is a large device carried on the tip of an ICBM or carried in the belly of a huge bomber aircraft that when deployed produces a colossal explosion and spectacular mushroom cloud just like all those terrifying 1950s newsreels . The megatonne class bombs have never […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008061080079799-hiroshima-mayor-calls-on-japanese-government-to-join-treaty-on-prohibition-of-nuclear-weapons/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on Thursday on the Japanese government to join the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons during his speech at the ceremony of commemorating the 75th anniversary of the city’s nuclear bombing. The ceremony started in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and included a minute of silence at 8:15 am (23:15 on Wednesday GMT), the exact time of the nuclear explosion over the city on 6 August 1945. “We want the Japanese government to listen to the feelings of the bombing’s survivors and join the treaty”, […]
Atomic Bombings At 75: The Illegality Of Nuclear Weapons By Francis Boyle, Consortium News. August 5, 2020 Atomic Bombings At 75: The Illegality Of Nuclear Weapons2020-08-052020-08-05https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/destruction-after-the-dropping-of-the-nuclear-bomb-from-the-fallout.jpg200px200px Above photo: Destruction after the dropping of the nuclear bomb from The Fallout. The mere possession of nuclear weapons violates the Nuremberg Principles (decreed a day before Nagasaki) and other international laws. The human race stands on the verge of nuclear self-extinction as a species, and with it will die most, if not all, forms of intelligent life on the planet earth. Any attempt to dispel the ideology of nuclearism and its attendant myth propounding the legality […]
A group of protesters has sued the Seattle government, arguing that “unmitigated police violence” has imposed a monetary cost on their right to demonstrate freely, forcing them to buy expensive gear to safely confront the cops. Filed by five plaintiffs who took part in ongoing protests in Seattle, the suit seeks a temporary restraining order barring the city’s police department from wielding force and crowd control munitions on demonstrators, alleging heavy-handed police tactics have made “safe protest prohibitive,” as “one needs an exceptional amount of protective gear to enjoy that freedom.” Also on rt.com Seattle PD impound van full of ‘explosives, […]
A 45-year-old Missouri man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges related to his trying to buy chemical weapons on the dark web using $150 in bitcoin. Read the plea deal below: Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
Judge Blocks Seattle’s Ban On Crowd Control Weapons By David Kroman, Crosscut. July 27, 2020 Judge Blocks Seattle’s Ban On Crowd Control Weapons2020-07-272020-07-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/seattle-1-e1595860893576.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators stand amid a cloud of tear gas during protests across downtown Seattle, May 30, 2020. A wave of protests has swept across the U.S. following the death of Floyd. Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut. The Department of Justice asked the judge to block the City Council-approved ban, set to go into effect this weekend. A federal judge late Friday halted the implementation of a Seattle ban on police use of tear gas, pepper spray and other so-called less […]
No one wants to give Iran the opportunity to buy and sell weapons, Washington has claimed, arguing that regional security would suffer if an arms embargo on Tehran is allowed to expire. There is no desire to give Iran a chance to enter the arms trade, US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook said on Sunday. He supported the rather presumptuous claim by insisting that the conflict in Syria would worsen if the current weapons embargo on Tehran is lifted. The official accused Iran of bypassing international restrictions and warned that Middle East peace would be threatened if the current sanctions […]
From Kamchatka in the east to St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad in the west, the Russian Navy put the finest of its sea power on display, with warships sailing by and naval assaults played out in front of onlookers. Founded and nurtured by the reformist Tsar Peter I the Great at the end of the 17th-century, the Russian military’s naval arm marks its professional holiday this Sunday. Festivities were held across the Northern, Baltic, Pacific and Black Sea fleets plus the Caspian flotilla, but the focus of the celebrations was St. Petersburg, the cradle of the Russian Navy’s traditions. As many as […]
Homeland Security Claims Shields And Gas Masks Are Weapons By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. July 25, 2020 Homeland Security Claims Shields And Gas Masks Are Weapons2020-07-252020-07-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/pdx-e1595712695959.jpg200px200px Above photo: Federal officers use tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters outside the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on July 22, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Noah Berger | AP. DHS’ Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli claimed that defensive tools like Shields and Gas Masks were evidence that protesters were making “preparations for violence.” Far from restoring order, the arrival of federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Border Patrol in Portland, […]
Demonstrators in downtown Portland are using a range of weapons in their nightly skirmishes with law enforcement officers, and their growing arsenal now includes everything from leaf blowers to lasers. Ropes and electric saws Protesters tried out some new tactics during the latest fracas. Footage shows a group of helmeted, masked activists using an electric saw to break apart the fence used to protect the city’s besieged federal courthouse. The operation appeared to be well-coordinated, with several demonstrators using shields to protect the individual using the saw. Portland rioters are using electric saws to cut through the courthouse barrier Federal agents […]
A federal judge has overturned a Seattle ordinance that prohibited police from using crowd control weapons. The last-minute decision comes hours after the city’s police chief said the force would be powerless to stop mob violence. US District Judge James Robart blocked the ban, which was put in place by the Seattle City Council, during an emergency hearing on Friday night. The Seattle ordinance, which was set to go into effect this weekend, would have prevented police from using pepper spray, blast balls, and other crowd control weapons. The temporary restraining order on the legislation was made after the US Department […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107975/38/1079753822_0:76:2048:1228_1200x675_80_0_0_9d14f23eef502746c99a8098ddb91ad8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007211079939999-st-louis-couple-charged-with-felony-after-brandishing-guns-at-protesters/ The St. Louis, Missouri, couple who went viral late last month for pointing and brandishing firearms at protesters have been charged with unlawful use of a weapon/flourishing – a felony. St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner announced Monday that West End residents Mark and Patricia McCloskey had been charged with a class E felony of unlawful use of a weapon. “It is illegal to wave weapons in a threatening manner at those participating in a nonviolent protest, and while we are fortunate this situation did not escalate into deadly force, this type of conduct […]
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from Gordon Duff and Mike Chester, we present; The VT Custom Firearms Shop is open for business and is ready to take your orders. We took a short break to give Mike a rest but he is back building custom firearms which we are proud to offer. COVID attack cat as requested Recent events have seriously increased the demand for firearms and many dealers are experiencing shortages. We have plenty of in-stock complete rifles and pistols as well as parts for custom builds. Gordon Duff with one of the VT Firearms ready to go There are many weapons in inventory that […]
Getty In the summer of 2010 Jho Low, a legendarily big-spending nightclub aficionado and financial dealmaker, rocked up at the doors of an expensive St Tropez nightclub, Les Caves du Roy, with Paris Hilton on his arm. Surrounded by women, including dozens of fashion models, Low and his brother Zhen engaged in an extraordinary display of wealth as they got into what was billed as an “East v West bottle war” against Winston Fisher, scion of a New York real estate family (the Lows are Malaysian) to see who could order the most Champagne. As each side ordered more and more […]
Indian security forces killed six Naga separatists during a three-hour gunfire battle near the Myanmar border on Saturday. A haul of weapons and two bombs were recovered at the scene, and one Indian soldier was injured. The deadly incident took place in Longding district in the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh early on Saturday morning as part of a counterinsurgency operation with the police, the Indian Army and the Assam Rifles, India’s oldest paramilitary force. Also on rt.com BJP leader & family shot dead by militants in Kashmir The Indian forces exchanged heavy fire with the militants, who “fired at least […]
Almost two decades of war in Afghanistan have taken their toll on US servicemen, not only via battles with terrorists, but also due to the military’s apparent negligence of adverse environmental conditions at one or more bases and a general lack of information regarding related hazards. Salute to @TaraCopp, still after it. More than 1,100 K2 veterans and a few of the surviving spouses have joined a Facebook group, “K2 Karshi Khanabad, Uzbekistan Radiation and Toxic Exposures.”https://t.co/TRFsh0X4JO https://t.co/qB1gSRslMQ — Dani Homados (@homados) February 4, 2020 The House Subcommittee on National Security has ruled to de-classify a significant array of documents from […]
from Gordon Duff and Mike Chester, we present; The VT Custom Firearms Shop is open for business and is ready to take your orders. We took a short break to give Mike a rest but he is back building custom firearms which we are proud to offer. Recent events have seriously increased the demand for firearms and many dealers are experiencing shortages. We have plenty of in-stock complete rifles and pistols as well as parts for custom builds. Gordon Duff with one of the VT Firearms ready to go There are many weapons in inventory that are not listed including a […]
Accelerating technological advancement, especially in the digital spectrum, has asserted its impact on nearly all realms of life. Having its roots in the commercial sector, recent years have seen rapid democratization of technologies that could potentially even be weaponized. Given this progress, throughout the years, the world of security has changed tremendously, the intensity of which is manifested through the consistent advancements in smart weapons market. Economies across the globe are involved in persistent efforts to upgrade and enhance their munitions infrastructure, in order to maintain optimum protection against increasingly severe national security threats. Modern conflict resolution and defense solutions call […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107828/13/1078281309_0:0:1921:1080_1200x675_80_0_0_aaaa1670803a9879f232b330cf976351.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202007031079781046-s-500-will-be-capable-of-destroying-hypersonic-weapons-in-space-russian-aerospace-forces-say/ The S-500 Prometey (“Prometheus”) is a cutting-edge surface-to-air defence missile system with a range of 400-600 kilometers (250-370 miles). Head engineer Pavel Sozinov announced earlier that it would be able to intercept targets hundred kilometres above the surface of the Earth. The S-500 Prometey (“Prometheus”) defence system will be capable of destroying hypersonic weapons in near-Earth space, according to a statement by Sergei Surovikin, commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces. According to Surovikin, the S-500’s technical features make the system a first generation space-defence network. “The characteristics implemented in the S-500 air defence system […]
The sitting government in Kabul was the sole entity on Afghan soil to have received Russian arms, Moscow stated, the day after Mike Pompeo bluntly accused it of funneling weapons to the Taliban militants. “Russia has only supplied arms to the legitimate government of Afghanistan – something that is well known”, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told reporters on Thursday. The diplomat was taking aim at Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who pulled no punches when talking about Russia this Wednesday. “The Russians have been providing weapons to the Taliban for an awful lot of years, so this is an ongoing […]
Earlier this month, the US Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) advanced a measure which would reduce the time needed to conduct a nuclear test. Meanwhile, in an alarming move, the Pentagon is seeking more control over nuclear weapons funding, Kevin Kamps, the Radioactive Waste Watchdog at the organization Beyond Nuclear, told Sputnik Wednesday. The nuclear test amendment, which was offered by Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR), would provide at least $10 million “to carry out projects related to reducing the time required to execute a nuclear test if necessary,” according to a June 15 report by The Hill, citing a copy of […]
A 37-year-old female resident of the city of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada, has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to one count of attempt to acquire a chemical weapon. A North Dakota US District Court sentenced Sijie Liu to six years behind bars on June 22, after she attempted to purchase a chemical weapon from an undercover FBI employee on the dark web, according to court documents cited by Canadian outlet CTV News Winnipeg. According to court documents observed by the outlet, Liu first made contact with the undercover agent some time between February 15, 2019, and […]
Iran envoy implies US failed to forge consensus for anti-Iran resolution at UNSC …from PressTV, Iran [ Editor’s Note: The US frustration over pushback against its unipolar foreign policy has Sec. of State Pompeo at his wits end, with a twist of election year theatrics. He knows that Russia and China will veto a formal UNSC vote to sanction Iran. Left out of the news reporting was that Britain, France and Germany have rejected the US position, continuing to insist that the JCPOA be fully implement, but Pompeo’s ‘Trump’ card there was to claim that, even though the US left the […]
The announcement comes following a statement by a senior advisor to Iran’s supreme leader last week that Tehran was done negotiating with US President Donald Trump, and would defend itself should Washington make “any military move” against the Islamic Republic in the Persian Gulf. Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) will soon receive “surprise systems” to expand its capabilities, and is not in any way affected by the US effort to extend the Iran arms embargo through the United Nations, Commander Maj. Gen. Hossein Salami has announced. “The ground forces have put technological surprise on the agenda and we will […]
Ten were shot in Minneapolis after midnight on Sunday morning and there were reports of up to 100 people brawling using “various weapons” in the area. Minneapolis has been severely under policed since the rioting began, as politicians and media continue to cause hostility towards law enforcement. ** SHOOTING UPDATE **10 people at area hospitals suffering from gunshot wounds. All are alive with various severity levels of injuries. — Minneapolis Police (@MinneapolisPD) June 21, 2020 TRENDING: MUST SEE: This Ain’t Your Typical Liberal Hellhole — Trump Supporters Cheer National Guard as They March into Tulsa to Keep the Peace (VIDEO) Blood […]
«Behold, the Lord God comes with power, with the arm He holds the dominion … All nations are like nothing before Him, as nothing and vanity are considered by him». Holy Bible – Book of Isaiah (40,10-17) by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy Versione originale in Italiano qui The latest report drawn up on June 15 by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reports the arrival in Libya of 13,800 mercenary jihadists recruited from Turkey. Among them are also thousands of militants from ISIS, Al Qaeda and Hayat Tahir al Sham, the Qaedist faction that has incorporated the […]
Here’s What ‘Nonlethal’ Weapons Can Do To The Body By Amy McKeever, National Geographic. June 18, 2020 Here’s What ‘Nonlethal’ Weapons Can Do To The Body2020-06-182020-06-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/police-pepper-spray-woman-in-colorado.-getty-images..png200px200px Above photo: Police pepper spray a woman next to the Colorado State Capitol as protests against the death of George Floyd continue for a third night on May 30, 2020, in Denver, Colorado. Michael Ciaglo, Getty Images. From Tear Gas To Rubber Bullets. When misused, nonlethal weapons break bones, burn skin, and cause internal injuries. Here’s why those serious injuries may occur, and how to protect against them. Civil unrest in the wake of George Floyd’s death […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): In a violent face-off between the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army on Monday, 20 Indian soldiers were killed. According to army sources in India, not a single shot was fired and that it was hand-to-hand combat in which Chinese troops were equipped with spiked iron rods as well as batons wrapped in barbed wire. Indian government sources have revealed that the military has sent hundreds of light-weight riot gear, comprised of padded polycarbonate inserts which protects from sharp objects and stones, to equip troops in the Ladakh region. The first consignment of 500 sets of full-body […]
May day riot in Seattle Seattle City Council on Monday voted 9-0 to ban choke-holds and police use of crowd control devices such as tear gas, pepper spray, water cannons or acoustic weapons. Police officers can successfully disperse crowds using tear gas instead of using their riot batons, but the Democrats would rather weaken the police and put everyone in more danger. Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best said on Monday, “It has been historically known through the evidence and other research that the use of CS gas, otherwise known as tear gas, can often be a less lethal way of dispersing […]
Scottish Parliament Votes For Immediate Suspension Of ‘Weapons Of Oppression’ Exports To US By Jon Stone, Independent. June 12, 2020 Scottish Parliament Votes For Immediate Suspension Of ‘Weapons Of Oppression’ Exports To US2020-06-122020-06-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/sjm-e1591928662323.jpg200px200px Above photo: People march down East Santa Clara Street during a demonstration over the police killing of George Floyd in downtown San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, June 3, 2020. By Randy Vazquez for the Bay Area News Group. MSPs urge UK government to end export of tear gas, rubber bullets and riot gear. The Scottish Parliament has called for the immediate suspension of exports of riot gear, tear gas […]
Who Supplied The Weapons Used Against #BLM Protesters? By War Resisters International. June 12, 2020 Who Supplied The Weapons Used Against #BLM Protesters?2020-06-122020-06-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/demonstrators-in-washington-dc-on-may-31-2020-photo-by-koshu-kunii-on-unsplash-e1591929302101.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators in Washington DC on May 31, 2020. By Koshu Kunii on Unsplash. In response to the murder of George Floyd by a member of the Minneapolis police department on 25th May, thousands of people across the United States joined protests demanding justice for his killing, radical reform of police forces, and driving home the message that Black Lives Matter. Many of these protests face militarised police responses, including the use of rubber bullets, sting balls, stun […]
As nationwide protests in honor of black victims of police brutality have become accompanied by calls to defund and restructure the police, Harvard professor and researcher Caroline Light tells Sputnik that it’s also important for the US to examine the relationship between its own unethical history and how it justifies violence. “We already have this massive architecture of armed citizenship, which is based so much on implicit biases that disproportionately assume criminality when they see a black or brown face,” Light, who specializes in gender, critical race and ethnic studies, noted to Political Misfits hosts Bob Schlehuber and Jamarl Thomas on […]
Above photo: Anti-nuclear protesters as Germany’s Büchel Air Force Base from NukeWatch. A US Air Force veteran of the US war in Vietnam and two other nuclear weapons protesters were found guilty of trespassing and damage to property in Cochem District Court May 11, 2020, as a result of July 2018 protest action at Germany’s Büchel Air Force Base, where the United States positions 20 of its nuclear bombs and where German pilots train to use them in possible attacks against Russia. Dennis DuVall, 78, a long-time member of Veterans for Peace from Arizona and now living in Dresden, Germany, became the […]
As the U.S. Marine Corps continues to increase the lethality of the infantry squad, Marine Corps Systems Command’s Program Manager for Infantry Weapons has begun the largest modernization effort in decades. According to a recent service news release, Program Manager for Infantry Weapons (PM IW) strives to equip and sustain the Marine Corps with fully-integrated infantry weapons, optics and nonlethal systems for the Ground Combat Element. The portfolio’s modernization efforts adhere to Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger’s vision to redesign the force to meet the challenges of a new age of great power competition. Through PM IW, the […]
How The Weapons Of White Supremacy Wiped Out The Afro Argentines By the Pan-African Alliance. May 18, 2020 How The Weapons Of White Supremacy Wiped Out The Afro Argentines2020-05-182020-05-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/white-supremacy-in-argentina.-e1589815181786.png200px200px The easiest way to understand a complex system like white supremacy is to see that system in action. When it comes to the multifaceted system that is white supremacy, we should look at a nation that has used the weapons of white supremacy to remove Blacks from their population: Argentina In 80 years, Argentina reduced the Black population from almost half of the overall population to less than 4 percent using very […]
The world’s nuclear powers are increasingly pouring money into their atomic arsenals, a new report shows, with Washington leading the way. The US has also exited a major arms control treaty and deployed a new tactical weapon. Nine nuclear-armed nations spent an estimated $72.9 billion on their 13,000-plus atomic weapons in 2019, according to a new paper by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). At $35.4 billion in spending, the US accounts for nearly half the global total, ICAN says. However, ICAN pointed out, all this money and all these bombs have done nothing to protect any of these […]
The US and Russia are game for multilateral talks with the world’s nuclear powers and have cooperated on oil and against the coronavirus. Yet nuclear arms disagreements still exist, and neither side is giving up ground. Though an actual conference has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan revealed that President Donald Trump is on board with Russia’s proposed meeting of the P5 powers (China, France, Russia, the UK and US). Suggested by Russian President Vladimir Putin in January, the summit would allow the world’s leading nuclear powers to discuss global terrorism, arms control, and […]