#Runway Being Built On #China’s Closest Island Outpost To #Vietnam
#Triton is westernmost island in #SouthChinaSea’s strategic Paracel archipelago and added #militarization has big implications. Clearly, work is still in early stage, but it’s startling how rapid progress has been so far. Previously, this outpost was home to an observation station with two radomes and some big Chinese flags, but not much more. The island was previously served by small harbor and a helipad. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/runway-being-built-on-chinas-closest-island-outpost-to-vietnam

ICRC Humanitarian Law & Policy Blog *️⃣ Space security governance: steps to limit the human costs of military operations in outer space ➡️ https://blogs.icrc.org/law-and-policy/2023/08/22/space-security-governance-human-costs-of-military-operations-outer-space/ #️⃣ #Analysis #Law_and_Conflict #Outer_Space #Technology_in_Humanitarian_Action #War,_law,_and_outer_space #Weapons #armed_conflict #IHL #international_space_law #militarization #protection_of_civilians #space_infrastructure #space_opera

#LatinAmerica is embracing #militarization
https://www.semafor.com/article/08/09/2023/latin-america-militarization

#Torture: when it was reinstated in a Western democratic country, #Italy: 2001 - the Carnage of #Genoa, https://youtu.be/go2h2CVpqb8 #politics #authoritarian #terror #militarization #fascism

#Bipartisan #Carbonbombs: Freezing the #defensebudget makes far more sense than freezing #domesticspending, and would allow for #reevaluating the #OperationsAndMaintenance budget as well as setting #realisticpriorities in a hardware #budget out of control.
The simple fact is that mindless #militarization is being challenged by neither the #Congress nor #TheMedia.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/02/the-mainstream-medias-unwillingness-to-challenge-u-s-militarization/

#WarsForOil
#KeepItInTheGround
#HumanRightsNow

#Tajikistan opens military vehicle assembly plant,
#Rahmon is selling this as a triumph for his industrialization agenda, but there are concerns of mounting #militarization.
https://eurasianet.org/tajikistan-opens-military-vehicle-assembly-plant

"We are now seeing the #militarization of the police on an unprecedented scale" – Russell Brand #DigiDogKills #PoliceState

https://newstarget.com/2023-04-24-digi-dog-police-robots-to-take-over-nyc.html

Call by the Sudanese Diaspora in #Europe to European civil society and complicit European Union policy makers (fueling #militarization) to take concrete and urgent action to ensure an immediate end to the bloody fighting in #Sudan. @SudanzUprising

https://www.change.org/p/urgent-call-to-the-european-union-european-civil-society-and-policy-makers?recruiter=1233209719&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_term=a3d58625a673448b9ca7952afb35d974&recruited_by_id=6c2ac3f0-4194-11ec-b780-4f2f63489e5b

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2-a0RqsvtAY #police #militarization

@brianbeeler and the bad part is that the #USA normalized all the bad things...

Like #militarization of the #police.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7Rm3tuMFTI

#Militarization of the police has been going on for a while -- and it's just getting worse!

Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War

The ACLU finds that SWAT teams spend more time kicking down suspected drug offenders’ doors than rescuing hostages or stopping gunmen.

By Steven Hsieh, June 24, 2014

"The scope of police militarization in America would not be possible without the help of the federal government. Programs run by the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security provide millions of dollars’ worth of military equipment to police departments every year, while grant money from the Justice Department is often used to buy weapons and body armor. For example, the North Little Rock Police Department in Arkansas received thirty-four semi-automatic rifles from the DOD, along with two MARCbots (military robots used in Afghanistan), ground troop helmets and a Mamba tactical vehicle."

#StopCopCity #StopCopCitiesEverywhere #MilitaryIndustrialComplex DemilitarizeThePolice #StopFascism

Read more:
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/report-swat-teams-armed-military-equipment-spend-most-their-time-fighting-drug-war/

> Perhaps Abe’s most controversial initiative was his effort to remilitarize Japan by revising the postwar Constitution, particularly Article 9, dubbed the “peace clause,” which renounces Japan’s participation in war. Despite massive nationwide protests, Abe’s administration rammed through a set of security bills authorizing offensive military operations overseas under the premise of “collective self-defense.”
#LisaTorio on #PMAbe an #Japan's politics and further #Militarization.

DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF #MILITARIZATION ON #PUERTORICO
https://popularresistance.org/the-devastating-effects-of-militarization-on-puerto-rico-and-her-people/
https://youtu.be/xzRXJayQ8E8

#GeorgeWBush & His #Torturers
(by #RalphNader)

#military #militarization #war #iraq #gitmo #cuba #middleeast #morality

“The armed forces in many African countries represent a threat to security because of their lack of military professionalism.”

#Militaryprofessionalism doesn't just mean a military being competent and doing its job well, it means not getting involved in other professions—like politics.

The #militarization of #politics and the #politicization of militaries make for less professionalism on both counts.

https://africacenter.org/spotlight/deepening-culture-military-professionalism-africa/

#Africa #security #governance #democracy

There are many things wrong with American police departments, not least of which is the militarization with warrior attitudes and equipment. For gods sake, they think they need their own flag! #AmericanPolice #Militarization

Justice Dodged is Just Justice Delayed

https://spikedolomite.medium.com/justice-dodged-is-justice-delayed-5303c2e6d9e2

#PoliceBrutality #Militarization #cops

ROTC (military training) hazing is not good for the mental health of students. Seeing military uniforms and guns (even if they are fake) is traumatic. ROTC does not cure mental illness. It might cause it or make it worse. This law is so misguided. Did they even consult a mental health expert? Something tells me there is another reason for pushing this.

#Philippines #News #Militarization #StateSurveillance #Filipinos #Education #Students #MentalHealth

"Washington’s role as guardian of global capital (..) is conterminous with what environmental historians call ‘the #GreatAcceleration’. The advent of the ‘#Anthropocene’ and the spread of American-led #TransnationalCapitalism are intertwined. As such, the #Pentagon’s deadly atmospheric legacy far outstrips the effect of its own emissions."

Green #Empire?

#ClimateChange #MilitaryEmissions #militarization #militarism

#NewLeftReview
#Sidecar

https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/green-empire

14 Videos That Will Make You Want to Scream out “ARE YOU KIDDING ME?”:
https://discernreport.com/14-videos-that-will-make-you-want-to-scream-out-are-you-kidding-me/

No, not kidding, but many are gaslighting you.

The de$ign$ are in plain $ight. Grease those filthy palms, baby! [Back rooms no longer required.]

#videos #america #usa #corruption #blatantlies #gaslighting #ukraine #martiallaw #forced #draft #abduction #japan #militarization #please #wakeup