Laurie Calhoun's Blog, page 4
March 24, 2022
KPFA 94.1 Flashpoints, Pacifica Radio: “War Criminals Past and Present”
Laurie Calhoun joins Dennis J. Bernstein on Flashpoints, a program of KPFA 94.1, Pacifica Radio, to discuss War Criminals Past and Present. This discussion begins about 34 minutes into the hour-long program, which was recorded on March 24, 2022.
KFPA 94.1 Flashpoints, Pacifica Radio: “War Criminals Past and Present”
Laurie Calhoun joins Dennis J. Bernstein on Flashpoints, a program of KFPA 94.1, Pacifica Radio, to discuss War Criminals Past and Present. This discussion begins about 34 minutes into the hour-long program, which was recorded on March 24, 2022.
March 23, 2022
RIP Madeleine Albright
And while we’re on the topic of war criminals…
January 17, 2022
From GITMO to the Killing Machine
How the enemy of the atrocious became the unthinkable Twenty years ago, on January 11, 2002, the prison at Guantánamo Bay (GITMO) admitted its first round of post-9/11 terrorist suspects. Two recent films, The Mauritanian (2021) and The Forever Prisoner (2021), chart parts of the ugly history of the facility, during which acts of torture … Continue reading From GITMO to the Killing Machine →
November 8, 2021
When is a Whistleblower not a Whistleblower?
The Frances Haugen Insurgency Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen has taken the world by storm by stealing and sharing reams of company communications in which the social media giant’s cavalier attitudes toward a range of behaviors among its users are revealed. She compares what she regards as “the Facebook problem” with earlier corporate revelations in … Continue reading When is a Whistleblower not a Whistleblower? →
September 11, 2021
A Fitting Flourish on a Twenty-Year Killing Spree
On August 29, 2021, the U.S. military killed a group of people in Kabul, Afghanistan, using a Hellfire missile launched from an MQ-9 Reaper drone. The Pentagon claimed that “the procedures were correctly followed, and it was a righteous strike.” In a surprising development, rather than merely parroting the Pentagon account of what transpired, the … Continue reading A Fitting Flourish on a Twenty-Year Killing Spree →
August 5, 2021
“Women and the Never-ending U.S. Wars”
Originally posted on We Kill Because We Can:
Interview by Rick Barrett of Laurie Calhoun on The Barrett Brief. Topics discussed include: –calls for women to be included in the Selective Registration Requirement –whether the Pentagon is really “woke” or just opportunistic –the drone operator recruitment crisis –what drone operators have taught us about the…
Interview by Rick Barrett of Laurie Calhoun on The Barrett Brief. Topics discussed include: –calls for women to be included in the Selective Registration Requirement –whether the Pentagon is really “woke” or just opportunistic –the drone operator recruitment crisis –what drone operators have taught us about the…
August 3, 2021
The Drone Program Whistleblower Problem
“I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole…We had entire training courses…” —Former CIA Director and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo The concept of whistleblowing seems simple on its face: a government employee recognizes that crimes are being committed by the agency they work for and reports them so that the … Continue reading The Drone Program Whistleblower Problem →
July 30, 2021
July 28, 2021
National Bird: A Cautionary Tale
Originally posted on We Kill Because We Can:
National Bird, a film directed by Sonia Kennebeck, received much less attention than Eye in the Sky, though both had US releases in 2016. One reason for this is that Eye in the Sky paints drone warfare as a positive development in human history, and its perpetrators…
National Bird, a film directed by Sonia Kennebeck, received much less attention than Eye in the Sky, though both had US releases in 2016. One reason for this is that Eye in the Sky paints drone warfare as a positive development in human history, and its perpetrators…
