#BatonRouge Acquires a Straight-Up #Military #Surveillance #Drone

Baton Rouge is now one of the first local #police departments in the United States to deploy an unmanned aerial vehicle ( #UAV ) with such extensive surveillance capabilities — a dangerous escalation in the #militarization of local law enforcement.
#privacy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/baton-rouge-acquires-straight-military-surveillance-drone

Baton Rouge Acquires a Straight-Up Military Surveillance Drone

The Baton Rouge Police Department announced this week that it will begin using a drone designed by military equipment manufacturer Lockheed Martin and Edge Autonomy, making it one of the first local police departments to use an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a history of primary use in foreign...

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Germany inches towards martial law through mandated Russophobia

To enforce its war policy, the EU and Germany rely on repression. Journalists, humanitarian workers, and cultural institutions are targeted – which means all of us.

by Alexander Kiknadze
peoples dispatch
January 13, 2026

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/13/germany-inches-towards-martial-law-through-mandated-russophobia/


#Germany #Russia #RussoPhobia #MartialLaw #Europe #EuropeanUnion #EU #journalism #culture #politics #colonialism #imperialism #capitalism #war #rearmament #militarization #GlobalNorth #GlobalSouth
Germany inches towards martial law through mandated Russophobia : Peoples Dispatch

To enforce its war policy, the EU and Germany rely on repression. Journalists, humanitarian workers, and cultural institutions are targeted – which means all of us.

Peoples Dispatch

Rosa Luxemburg Conference 2026 proposes alternatives to Germany’s war path

Thousands attended the 31st Rosa Luxemburg Conference and the Luxemburg–Liebknecht demonstration, rejecting Germany’s rearmament and militarization drive.

by Ana Vračar
peoples dispatch
January 13, 2026

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/01/13/rosa-luxemburg-conference-2026-proposes-alternatives-to-germanys-war-path/


#Germany #Europe #EuropeanUnion #EU #RosaLuxemburg #NATO #war #rearmament #militarization #colonialism #imperialism #capitalism #GlobalNorth #GlobalSouth
Rosa Luxemburg Conference 2026 proposes alternatives to Germany’s war path : Peoples Dispatch

Thousands attended the 31st Rosa Luxemburg Conference and the Luxemburg–Liebknecht demonstration, rejecting Germany’s rearmament and militarization drive.

Peoples Dispatch
PBS NewsHour reports that the Trump administration has launched a coordinated messaging campaign across federal agencies that echoes imagery and language long associated with #WhiteNationalism, #Authoritarianism, and far-right movements.

Recent posts from agencies like #DHS, #ICE, and the #DepartmentOfLabor include phrases such as “one homeland, one people, one heritage,” recruitment ads urging agents to “defend the homeland from outsiders,” and visuals rooted in #ManifestDestiny and #ChristianNationalism. One ICE ad used the phrase “we’ll have our home again,” a line tied to a known #ProudBoys anthem. Another referenced “trust the plan,” a slogan tied to the #QAnon conspiracy movement that played a major role in the #January6 insurrection and ongoing #PoliticalViolence.

At the same time, the administration published a new website reframing #January6 to blame Democrats for security failures while justifying mass pardons for more than 1,500 defendants, many linked to #DomesticExtremism. Trump has also described the #CivilRightsMovement as “reverse discrimination,” while prominent allies amplified the racist #GreatReplacement conspiracy theory, which experts have linked to multiple #HateCrime and #MassShooting attacks.

Researchers warn this strategy reflects a broader #Propaganda push designed to normalize extremist ideas, undermine trust in #Journalism, #Science, and #Democracy, and reframe aggressive enforcement and #Militarization as public safety. As public disapproval of ICE grows and footage of abuses circulates, critics say this campaign seeks not just persuasion but #Disinformation and #Confusion, tactics historically used by #Authoritarian regimes to erode shared reality.

This moment matters deeply for #LGBTQ communities, #Immigrants, #PeopleOfColor, and other marginalized groups, who are often the first targets when extremist rhetoric moves from the fringe into official state power.
“Of course, the path of nonviolent resistance could fail, just as the warist one could. But which would fail the worst? Which of the two paths would leave, in its wake, societies that are less militarized and less dehumanized, possessing more effective tools and techniques for resistance to continue despite the failed outcome?”

https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiae275

#Militarization #Pacifism
Some Inuit families eating just 1 meal a day, researcher says

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