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
No Syria Attack
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
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Oct 12) Drones and
endless war protest at Kirtland AFB, Truman Gate, 11:00 am Stop the War Machine stopthewarmachine@comcast.net
- Andover, Massachusetts (Oct 10) Vigil at Raytheon missile plant, 7-8 am at
the front gate on Rte 133 marykatespeace@yahoo.com
- Asheville, North Carolina (Oct 8) Screening of
documentary film The Ghosts of Jeju putting in context the pivot
to Asia-Pacific and how US space domination is used to direct all Pentagon
operations. Ken Ashe (VFP) will speak on his trip to Jeju Island. 7:00 p.m. Lord Auditorium, Pack Memorial
Library. Sponsoring groups New South Network of War Resisters, WNC PSR, members
of WILPF Disarmament Task Force. newsouthnetwork@gmail.com
- 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 Navy
“stealth” destroyer 10:00 am on Washington St. Sponsors: Maine Veterans For Peace, Smilin’ Trees
Disarmament Farm, Maine Bring Our War $$ Home Campaign (207) 443-9502
- 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
- Birmingham,
England (Oct 7) Drones Public meeting The Military use of Drones
at Queens College, 7.30pm with Brian Terrell, Queen’s Foundation
for Ecumenical Theological Education. j.hull@queens.ac.uk
- Boston,
Massachusetts (Oct 18) Showing of The Ghosts of Jeju
documentary film at BU School of Theology BU 19, 745 Commonwealth
Ave 7:00 pm tremregi@gmail.com
- Cambridge,
Massachusetts (Oct 17) Showing of The Ghosts of
Jeju documentary film by UpandOut Group at 243 Broadway, 7:00 pm tremregi@gmail.com
- Cardigan, Wales (Oct 6) Benefit
Concert for Medical Aid for Palestinians, Scene Red plus Guests Bob
Fish, Bill Vester, Small World Theatre, 8pm Poster details. For more information contact Maya Evans or on 07973 484202
or Penny Walker or on 07414
465695
- Colorado Springs,
Colorado (Oct 8)
From Drones to Phones high tech warriors break the law
forum at the Penrose Library, 7-9 pm
bill.sulzman@gmail.com
- Colorado Springs,
Colorado (Oct 11) Banners outside Schriever AFB, super secret
home of the Space Warfare Center with heavy involvement in Cyber War
operations, 3:30 - 4:30 bill.sulzman@gmail.com
- Coventry, England (Oct 9) The Real Cost of Drone Warfare – with Maya Evans &
Penny Walker, Friends Meeting House, Hill St. Coventry CV1 4AN, 7.30pm –
9pm.
- 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
- Dublin,
Ireland (Oct 9-12) Screening of documentary film The Ghosts of
Jeju at The Exchange Dublin, Temple Bar. Oct 9 at 8:30 pm; Oct 10 at 8:00 pm; Oct 11 at 5:00 pm; Oct
12 at 5:00 pm
- Gainesville,
Florida (Oct 29) Showing of The Ghosts of Jeju
documentary film at the Civic Media Center. Mark1343@juno.com
- Fairbanks,
Alaska (Oct 10) Public forum No Winged Robot Assassins North
at Noel Wien Public Library to discuss alternatives uses for Eielson
AFB (Joint Alaska Pacific Range Complex) where drones will be tested. 7:00
pm Mulford.rob@gmail.com
- Fort
Mead, Maryland (Oct 5) The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will vigil
at the National Security Agency (NSA) at noon. Contact Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore at mobuszewski@verizon.net or 410-366-1637
- Fylingdales,
England (Oct 5) North York Moors walk/protest/vigil at U.S. Star Wars
radar facility meets at noon at the Hole of Horcum car park on A169. For more details and transport
arrangements info@yorkshirecnd.org.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
- Kaua`i,
Hawai`i (Oct 25) The Kaua`i
Alliance for Peace and Social Justice will be showing The Ghosts of Jeju,
coinciding with Keep Space for Peace Week protests. It will be shown at 6:30 pm at the
Kapa`a Library. koikoi1@hawaii.rr.com
- King
of Prussia/Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (Oct 12) Protest at Lockheed Martin, #1 war
profiteer, Drone war technology manufacturer (drone aircraft, Hellfire
missiles, command satellites). We Will Not Be Silent...Lockheed Martin is
a making a killing! Mall & Goddard Boulevards. For more information:
Brandywine Peace Community, 610-544-1818 brandywine@juno.com
- Leicester,
England (Oct
8) The Real Cost of Drone Warfare – with Maya Evans &
Penny Walker, The Muslim Khatri Association Centre, 1 Connaught St
Leicester LE2 1FJ. 7.30pm – 9pm. For more information contact Maya Evans or on 07973 484202
or Penny Walker or on 07414
465695
- Lincoln,
England (Oct
6) Waddington 6 drone pre-trial event, Lincoln. More details from Drone Campaign Network
- Lincoln,
England (Oct
7) Magistrates’ Court. Trial of the Waddington 6 begins.The 6 entered the
RAF base in June and have been assured that their arguments will be
listened to in full and they want to use the trial as an opportunity to
get as much media coverage as possible for ‘Putting Drones on Trial’. They
will be using the recently published paper by Public Interest Lawyers
about the illegality of drones. Supporters welcome. More details from Drone Campaign Network
- London,
England (Oct
4) Screening of documentary film The
Ghosts of Jeju at Brunei Gallery B102, SOAS University of London,
5:30 pm 493012@soas.ac.uk
- Maine
Drone Peace Walk (Oct 10-19) Peace walk led by Nipponzan Myohoji from
Limestone to Bath, 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 8) 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
- Minneapolis,
Minnesota (Oct 5) No war, No Drones, No Syria Intervention, Stop
Attacks on Civil Liberties Protest at Lake Street & Hiawatha
Ave, 1:00-2:00 pm, Initiated by: Minnesota Peace Action Coalition and
endorsed by many local groups ajdale98@yahoo.com
- Montrose, California (Oct 11) Vigil with space week posters
at Montrose Shopping Park, Oceanview Blvd & Honolulu Ave rmedford@ucla.edu
- New York City, New York (Oct 7) Stand Against War
and for Our Rights. On the 12th anniversary of the invasion and
occupation of Afghanistan, we will gather to discuss our right to assemble
peacefully, our opposition to war, and our right to remember. Begins at 5:00
pm at Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza, 55 Water Street. www.stopthesewars.org
- Oslo,
Norway (Oct 10) Seminar: An arms-free Space - Norway´s
role in tomorrow´s warfare. The Norwegian Peace House, Møllergata
12, 0179 Oslo, 17:00-18:30 pm. Organizers: The Norwegian Peace Association,
Women´s International League for Peace and Freedom, Norway. Speakers: Edel Havin Beukes (WILPF, Norway); Bård
Wormdal (journalist and author of Satellite War); Alexander Harang and
Taran Strand (Norwegian Peace Association): Campaign to Stop Killer
Robots, and The Norwegian Peace Association´s Drone Campaign 2013 taran@fredslaget.no
- Oxford,
England (Oct
10) Oxford Catholic Worker / Drone Wars UK The Menace of Drone
Warfare with Brian Terrell, 7.30pm Peace House, Paradise St,
Oxford OX1 1lD. More details from Drone Campaign Network
- Pentagon,
Washington DC (Oct 7) Keep Space for Peace signs will be held at
weekly Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Pentagon morning vigil 7:00-8:00 am artlaffin@hotmail.com
- Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
(Oct 13) - Showing of The Ghosts of Jeju documentary film at
Brandywine Peace Community Potluck Supper & Program, University
Lutheran Church, 3637 Chestnut Street. For more information 610-544-1818 brandywine@juno.com
- Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (Oct
5) The Anti-Drones coalition (WILPF, AFSC, Code Pink, Anti-War Committee
of Thomas Merton Center) will table at the Contemporary Arts Anti-Violence
exhibition with flyers and
information on drone warfare and other anti-war issues. edith.bell4@verizon.net
- Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania (Oct
6) The Anti-Drones coalition presents Music by Terry Griffith (Irish Rebel
Songs), Political Art by Russ Fedorka, Poetry, Political Karaoke, Open
Mike, 6:30-9:30 pm, The new AVA Lounge (304 N. Craig St.) edith.bell4@verizon.net
- Salida,
Colorado (All week) Posting space week posters around the
community
- Stockholm,
Sweden (Oct 2)
Gathering in front of the Swedish Parliament Building at Mynttorget from
2-5 pm. Banner with the text: Drones kill. Speaker Agneta Norberg. In the evening at Workers Study
Association Building meeting with Swedish Parliamentarians: Anna-Lena
Sörensson, Socialdemocrat Party,Walter Mutt, The Environmental party, Hans
Linde, Left Party. lappland.norberg@gmail.com
- Sunnyvale,
California
(Oct 25) Weekly vigil at Lockheed-Martin headquarters dedicated to Keep
Space for Peace. This vigil is held 4th Friday of the month for
years. Lockheed-Martin is a major
aerospace weapons, drones and missile manufacturing facility. Noon to 1:00
pm on corner of Mathilda and Java (off 101 by car, or one block from the
Lockheed-Martin light rail stop on the Winchester/ Mountain View line) Pgycoleman@aol.com
- Sydney,
Australia (Oct
7) Rally at the RAN Sea Power Conference and exposition PACIFIC 2013 (Arms
Trading), Outside the Sydney convention & Exhibition Centre, 11 am
till 12.30 pm, No more subs, No Naval build-up to suit the US pivot to the
Asia Pacific, Sponsored by Anti-Bases Campaign, IPAN NSW denis@anti-bases.org
- Tucson,
Arizona (Oct 8) Peace vigil from 6:30 - 7:30 am at Raytheon Missile
Systems, Hermans Road entrance to the plant (3rd traffic light south of
Valencia on Nogales Highway, the extension of South 6th Avenue). Join the
Raytheon Peacemakers as we demonstrate against war and those who profit
from it. nukeresister@igc.org
- Weld
County, Colorado (Oct 12) Vigil at Minuteman III missile silo N-8 in
Weld County. The N-8 silo houses one of 49 h-bomb armed missiles on
24/7 alert in Colorado, part of the total fleet of 450 MM III missiles in
the US, noon to 1:00 pm bill.sulzman@gmail.com
- Worcester,
Massachusetts (Oct 9) Showing of The Ghosts of Jeju
documentary film by Catholic Worker at 52 Mason Street 7:00 pm tremregi@gmail.com
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:
- 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 illustrates how US space domination is used to direct all
Pentagon operations. http://www.theghostsofjeju.net/
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