Navy Unmanned Aviation And Strike Weapons Development Office
Without comment, just thought folks would be fascinated by the office’s logo, as noted by Spencer Ackerman today.
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War
Veteran’s Day
Indiana Military has compiled information on Providence native Peter Frank Fegatelli, who perished in Vietnam at the tender age of 19 while serving with the Army National Guard–including the notification letter to his parents and the family’s reactions in a ProJo article decades later. Today, his memory lives on in Peter Fegatelli Memorial Square in
Opposition To ROTC Friday
From the Brown Coalition Against Special Privileges for ROTC, The Brown Coalition Against Special Privileges for ROTC aims to preserve Brown’s position of neutrality regarding student participation in ROTC. It does not oppose the participation of Brown students in ROTC, which the ROTC unit at Providence College already facilitates. CASPR’s mission, first and foremost, is
Army General Targets Senator Reed With Psy-Ops Manipulation
Taking advantage of pretty girls is one thing, but hands off my senator! Rolling Stone magazine has uncovered another disgraceful chapter in this endless war in Afghanistan (Another Runaway General: Army Deploys Psy-Ops on U.S. Senators. 2/23). This week Michael Hastings (who last summer profiled the original runaway, Stanley McChrystal) exposes a plan by Lt.
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Honor Veterans
In the latest election only 11% of voters between 18 and 29 years of age bothered to vote. Few candidates discussed Iraq or Afghanistan in their campaigns unless asked. (Exit strategies anyone?) I suggest that the concept of an all-volunteer army in this economy is a fraud. People scoff at suggestions we revive the draft,
“Collateral Murder”
Just unspeakably horrendous. Sorry for the downer, but important for people to see: Calling it a case of “collateral murder,” the WikiLeaks Web site today released harrowing until-now secret video of a U.S. Army Apache helicopter in Baghdad in 2007 repeatedly opening fire on a group of men that included a Reuters photographer and his
J Street Rhode Island Kick-Off Celebration!
J Street Rhode Island is hosting a fabulous kick-off event on Wednesday, February 24th, at the Jewish Community Center on Elmgrove Avenue starting at 7:30 PM. So come on down and show your support, yeah? But wait… who is J Street, you ask, and what is it all about? J Street is a political advocacy
J Street To Open RI Chapter
I recently received an email from J Street, announcing the opening of their RI Chapter. The group, on whose advisory board Lincoln Chafee serves, identifies as pro-Israel and pro-peace, and was caught up in a bit of an imbroglio as the Israeli ambassador refused to attend their first national conference. J Street is the political arm
March 26: Emergency Benefit For Activist Shot In Palestine
By Rasa: Not long before the 6th anniversary of the death of peace activist Rachel Corrie by an Israeli military bulldozer, Tristan Anderson, 38, was critically injured on Friday, March 13th by Israeli troops during protests against Israel’s Wall in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. He was shot in the head with a teargas
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Messing With The Kaiser
Dazzle painting, or razzle-dazzle, refers to the style of marine camouflage painting briefly employed during World War I for the purpose of confusing the German U-boats. “Bedazzled”, an exhibition of original blueprints from the era, will open today at RISD’s Fleet Library. The show’s curator — a woman with the unbelievable Bond Girl name, Claudia
Southeast Asian Heritage Week
The complete schedule is here. Monday, November 10th Convocation: “We Have Every Right to Be Against this War” Salomon 001, 7-9 pm Pre-convocation Dinner Faculty Advising Fellow Home 22 Benevolent Street, 5-6:30 (RSVP to miles_hovis@brown.edu) Chhaya Choum of CAAAV (Organizing Asian Communities in New York City) speaks about her experience as a war refugee in
Will 92,000 believe this stinker?
Has this one hit the mainstream yet? Twistings of truth and outright lies — exaggerated promises of benefits, downplayed odds of seeing combat — are sadly not uncommon military recruitment tactics. (Neither is parking outside of a high school in a tricked-out Hummer with an awesome sound system, and flat screens on which you can
Mejia, and other events this week
Remember to check out RIFuture’s rolling calendar for info on a variety of political and activist-oriented events, including tomorrow’s talks by early war resister Camilo Mejia: Listen to and meet Camilo Mejia, the first Iraq War resister. There are two events. First, at 12:30pm, Mejia will be at the Rhode Island College Student Union, Room
Thursday: “Lifting the Hoods”
Lifting the Hoods: Abu Ghraib, Torture, and the Art of Daniel Heyman Thursday, October 23, Lecture @ 5:30pm RISD College Building, Room 412 and Viewing of Prints in Minskoff Study Center
Tonight at Brown – Iraq vet speaks out
7pm in 115 Macmillan Hall (on Thayer, next to Science Library), 23 year-old Iraq vet Kris Goldsmith speaks about his experience fighting in Iraq: Kris enlisted in the Army at age 18 and was deployed to Iraq in January 2005. He soon found out that the American military presence was unwelcom by most Iraqis, and
Brown professor helps recreate raucous protest speeches of the ’60s
July 19th marked the most recent performance in the Port Huron Project, brainchild of Brown professor Mark Tribe. At the library of UC San Diego, an actor performed a famous antiwar speech by Chicano labor leader César Chávez (right): On May 2, 1971, about 200 uniformed police surrounded the perimeter of Exposition Park while 30-odd
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