Niamh Cullen

The Origins of the Drone Program

The armed drone is one of the most important counterterrorism instruments used by both the United States, and United Kingdom, and its deployment is both constant and controversial. The origins of this weapon, and the birth of the programme that utilises it, however, are not well known. Continue reading →

Resistance histories

The political resistance against Nazism, Fascism and German military occupation in the middle years of the twentieth century has made the term synonymous with leftist dissidence against authoritarianism. That is the case despite the fact that not all resistance against these forces emerged from the left, and not all of it was anti-fascist in ideological terms. Just think of the generals’ plot against Hitler in 1944, or the efforts of Charles de Gaulle and his Free French in London. Continue reading →

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Niamh Cullen

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