(2021-08-20). German militarism and the debacle in Afghanistan. wsws.org The Afghan war was a dirty colonial war from the very start, with all that entails: massacres, torture, crime and corruption.
(2021-08-20). Dissenter Weekly: Whistleblowing In South Africa, Covid App Fiasco In UK (Exclusive For Paid Subscribers). thedissenter.org In this edition of "Dissenter Weekly," host Kevin Gosztola goes through whistleblower stories from the week of August 19, 2021. | We highlight a report from Corruption Watch in South Africa on thousands of whistleblower complaints against municipalities (or local governments) over the past nine years. | The show also covers an article from The Guardian on a whistleblower, who exposed a major problem with an app being used by the United Kingdom to notify residents that they were exposed to COVID-19. | In the conclusion, Kevin goes over a few stories reported at The Dissenter on drone whistleb…
(2021-08-19). Three Activists Arrested After Blockading Drone Factory. popularresistance.org Palestine Action have returned to Elbit System's drone factory in Braunstone Town, Leicester, and have once again disrupted the production of killer drones used for repressive purposes by Israeli forces. The factory — ran by Elbit-Thales joint venture UAV Tactical Systems — has been blockaded by Palestine Action activists. Two activists in a 'lock-on' and one activist who had D-locked their body to gates have been arrested, after placing their bodies in the way of Elbit's drone manufacture operations. | The previous occupation of the Leicester site — from May 19th-25th — was Palestine Acti…
(2021-08-19). Turkey hunts down, kills eight Kurds in drone attack. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish drones used to murder people in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh are now also being used by the Ukrainian government in its war against the people of the Donbass. Turkey eliminates 8 PKK terrorists in Hakkari province Turkish gendarmerie forces killed a group of eight PKK [supporters] in southeastern Hakkari province, Interior Minister …
(2021-08-19). UK Navy's Public Brawl over Responsibility for Nuclear Mass Destruction. counterpunch.org In a rare, public dispute between British Naval officers over legal responsibility for attacks using nuclear weapons, two retired British submarine commanders have openly attacked each other's views in writing. The online confrontation opens a window to the tortured thinking inside the perpetual, high-level, planning and reparation for such attacks among nuclear armed states. The