On the Edge: Security, protracted conflicts and the role of drones in Eurasia

8 January 2021 — Drone Wars

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Our new report, ‘On the Edge: Security, protracted conflicts and the role of drones in Eurasia’ examines the proliferation of drones and loitering munitions (often descried as suicide drones) across Eurasia. It charts their increasing use along the borders of separatist areas, aims to shed some light on the acquisition of large Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance (MALE) Chinese drones in Central Asia, and asks why this has happened and what the likely consequences might be.

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Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 11, 2021

11 January 2021 — Black Agenda Report

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford 
Cops Colluded with Trump Mob at Capitol / Black Anarchists Prefer “Non-Hierarchical” Activism / Black Feminism Informed by “Sensuous Knowledge”

Cops Colluded with Trump Mob at Capitol 

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford 
“If this had been a Black-led effort, it would have been a massacre,” said Mara Vanderheyden, co-founder of the Partnership for Civil Justice, which is demanding a “fully public” investigation into United States Capitol Police collusion with the mob that assaulted Congress, last week. “We can only conclude that this could not have happened if the Capitol Police had not allowed it to happen.”
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