[Oct. 5 to 12] Keep Space for Peace Week: Call for Local Events (Fwd)

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October 5-12, 2013

Keep Space for Peace Week
International Week of Protest to
Stop the Militarization of Space


No Missile Defense
No to NATO Expansion
End Afghanistan Occupation
Stop the Drones Surveillance & Killing
No Nuclear Power in Space or on Earth
End Corporate Domination of Foreign/Military Policy
Convert the Military Industrial Complex

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· Albuquerque, New Mexico (Oct 5) Drones and endless war protest at Kirtland AFB, Truman Gate, 11:00 am Stop the War Machine stopthewarmachine@comcast.net 


Bath Iron Works, Maine (Oct 5) Vigil across from administration building on Washington Street (Navy Aegis destroyers outfitted with “missile defense” systems built at BIW) 11:30-12:30 am Smilin’ Trees Disarmament Farm (207) 763-4062

Bath Iron Works, Maine (Oct 19) Demonstration at “Christening” of new Zumwalt Navy destroyer 10:00 am on Washington St. Smilin’ Trees Disarmament Farm (207) 763-4062

Berkeley, California (Oct 6) Public forum entitled Pacific Pivot and the TPP: What are they and what shall we do about them? St. John’s Presbyterian at 2727 College Ave. epicalc@lmi.net

RAF Croughton, England (Oct 5) Rally at U.S. satellite communication base, March to main gate 1 mile - starts Croughton village 12.00 midday, Returns 3:00 pm, Oxfordshire Peace Campaign, oxonpeace@yahoo.co.uk 

Harrogate, England (Oct 10) Showing of documentary The Ghosts of Jeju at the Harrogate Friends Meeting House with Andrew Jackson and Lei (who visited Jeju) providing Korean food and speaking. 7:00 pm mail@caab.corner.org.uk 

Hendersonville, North Carolina (Oct 7) Presentation to Four Seasons Toastmasters on space issues standienst@morrisbb.net

Indore, India (Oct 4-6) International Conference on Gandhi, Disarmament & Development that will feature Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and Prevention of an Arms Race in the Outer Space issues. Global Network convener Dave Webb (UK) among speakers. (Indian Organizing Committee will assume the local cost of accommodation and food.) jnrao193636@gmail.com

Jeju Island, South Korea (Oct 23-24) International Women’s Peace Pilgrimage & Solidarity Mission to Jeju Island, Peace for Life faith-based movement, www.peaceforlife.org

Maine Drone Peace Walk (Oct 10-19) Peace walk led by Jun-san Yasuda from Limestone to Augusta, Maine called Preserve our Privacy: No Drone Spying in Maine. The walk will protest drone surveillance and the possible testing of weaponized drones in Maine. Sponsored by Maine Campaign to Bring Our War $$ Home and Maine VFP. globalnet@mindspring.com

Menwith Hill, England (Oct  Demonstration at NSA Spy Base in Yorkshire focused on drones in particular and US missile defense in general. 6-8 pm. Sponsored by CAAB mail@caab.corner.org.uk or 01423 884076


Keep Space for Peace Week is co-sponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, KnowDrones.com and the Drone Campaign Network (UK)


Resources:

· Download our full-size space week poster at:http://www.space4peace.org/actions/Keep%20Space%20for%20Peacer%20Poster%202013.pdf


· The award winning documentary Pax Americana & the Weaponization of Space is now available online at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tRA5bEO0cUg#!


Order the new documentary video The Ghosts of Jeju that puts the Navy base struggle on Jeju Island in context of US military pivot to Asia-Pacific and how US space domination is used to direct all Pentagon operations.http://www.theghostsofjeju.net/


Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 652
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 443-9502
globalnet@mindspring.com
www.space4peace.org
http://space4peace.blogspot.com/ (blog)


Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. ~Henry David Thoreau

(Fwd by Bruce Gagnon)