{"id":14776,"date":"2011-10-03T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=14776"},"modified":"2015-03-09T11:18:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T11:18:26","slug":"october-1-8-2011-keep-space-for-peace-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2011\/10\/october-1-8-2011-keep-space-for-peace-week\/","title":{"rendered":"October 1-8, 2011: Keep Space for Peace Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>International Week of Protest to<\/em><em> Stop the Militarization of Space<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stop the Drones<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>No Missile Defense <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>End the wars &amp; occupations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bring Our War <\/strong><strong>$$<\/strong><strong> Home<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Convert the Military Industrial Complex<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Worldwide Local Events (alphabetical order)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/strong> (Oct 5) Showing documentary Pax-Americana &amp; the Weaponization of Space 6:00 pm at the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice.\u00a0 Contact Stop the War Machine at 505-268-9557 or <a href=\"mailto:citizen@comcast.net\" target=\"_blank\">citizen@comcast.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Albuquerque, New Mexico<\/strong> (Oct 8] Anti-war and use of space for war protest at the University of New Mexico bookstore plaza, Central Avenue.\u00a0 Contact Stop the War Machine at 505-268-9557 or <a href=\"mailto:citizen@comcast.net\" target=\"_blank\">citizen@comcast.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andover, Massachusetts<\/strong> (Oct 3)\u00a0 Vigil at Raytheon (where Patriot PAC-3 missile defense interceptors are made) at 7:00 am\u00a0 For more info call 978-686-4418<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bath Iron Works, Maine<\/strong> (Oct 1) Vigil across from administration building on Washington Street (Aegis destroyers built at BIW) 11:30-12:30 am\u00a0\u00a0 Smilin\u2019 Trees Disarmament Farm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(207) 763-4062<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brighton, England<\/strong> (Oct 1) Symposium on \u2018Power in Outer Space\u2019 &#8211; How can human activity in outer space be understood in relation to social power? How can this social power be contested?\u00a0 Keynote speakers will be Dave Webb, Leeds Metropolitan University, and Peter Dickens, University of Cambridge, and Visiting Professor at the University of Brighton. More info available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brighton.ac.uk\/sass\/powerinouterspace\/\"  target=\"_blank\">www.brighton.ac.uk\/sass\/powerinouterspace\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Canterbury, England<\/strong> (Oct 1]\u00a0 Ground the Drones vigil and stall, anterbury City Centre, Noon \u2013 2pm Contact: Gerard Bane: <a href=\"mailto:gez6551@yahoo.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">gez6551@yahoo.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Canterbury, England<\/strong> (Oct 8] Ground the Drones vigil and stall, Canterbury City Centre, Noon \u2013 2pm Contact: Gerard Bane: <a href=\"mailto:gez6551@yahoo.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">gez6551@yahoo.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Colorado Springs, Colorado<\/strong> (Oct 3)\u00a0 Bannering outside the west gate at Schriever AFB (home of the Space Warfare Center and numerous other Star Wars programs) 3:30 &#8211; 4:30 pm\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:bill.sulzman@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">bill.sulzman@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Colorado Springs, Colorado<\/strong> (Oct 7)\u00a0 Congressional office visits (Bennet, Udall, Lamborn) presenting Stop the War petitions, 4:00 pm\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:bill.sulzman@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">bill.sulzman@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>RAF Croughton, England<\/strong> (Oct 1) Rally at U.S. communication base,\u00a0 March to main gate 1 mile &#8211; starts Croughton village 12.00 midday. Returns 3:00 pm, Oxfordshire Peace Campaign, <a href=\"mailto:oxonpeace@yahoo.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">oxonpeace@yahoo.co.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Fort Mead, Maryland<\/strong> (Oct 9) The Pledge of Resistance-Baltimore will visit the National Security Agency (NSA) at Fort Meade at noon.\u00a0 Contact Max Obuszewski at <a href=\"mailto:mobuszewski@verizon.net\" target=\"_blank\">mobuszewski@verizon.net<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 or 410-366-1637<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gangjeong, Jeju Island, South Korea<\/strong> (Oct 1-8) Public screenings of space films such as &#8216;Arsenal of Hypocricy,&#8217; and &#8216;Pax Americana,&#8217; during the space peace week in the Gangjeong village <a href=\"mailto:armha5156@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">armha5156@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Guntur, India<\/strong> (Oct 8]\u00a0 Meeting in Andhrapradesh state with local intellectuals to discuss space weaponization issue\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:jnrao36@sify.com\" target=\"_blank\">jnrao36@sify.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<\/strong> (Oct 5) Public screening of award winning documentary &#8220;Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space&#8221;.\u00a0\u00a0 We will also give an update on the 4-year protest by villagers against the construction of naval base on Jeju Island in South Korea. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition and the Nova Scotia Public Interest Research Group (NSPIRG) at 7:30-9:00 p.m. Room 307, Student Union Building, Dalhousie University.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:hfxpeace@chebucto.ca\" target=\"_blank\">hfxpeace@chebucto.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kaua`i, Hawai`i<\/strong> (Oct 1-8) Kaua`i Alliance for Peace and Social Justice intends to hold protests, in several locations around the Island, beginning with the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the West Side of the Island.\u00a0 Navy Aegis &#8220;missile defense&#8221; systems will be tested here to be deployed at Jeju Island, Okinawa, Guam and other locations.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:koikoi1@hawaii.rr.com\" target=\"_blank\">koikoi1@hawaii.rr.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Leicester, England<\/strong> (Oct 5) Protest outside Thales\/ U-Tacs factory, Leicester, 3.30pm \u2013 6pm Contact: Penny Walker: <a href=\"mailto:pennywalker@riseup.net\" target=\"_blank\">pennywalker@riseup.net<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Menwith Hill, England<\/strong> (Oct 4) &#8211; &#8220;The Alternative Tea Party&#8221;\u00a0 demonstration at U.S. NSA Spy Base from 6-8 pm. Contact\u00a0 Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:mail@caabcorner.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">mail@caabcorner.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Menwith Hill, England<\/strong> (Oct 16) &#8220;A Guided Walk Around Menwith Hill&#8221; &#8211; 2nd day of the CND Annual Conference in Bradford <a href=\"mailto:dominic@yorkshirecnd.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">dominic@yorkshirecnd.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nagpur, India<\/strong> (Oct 1)\u00a0 Demonstration at 5 PM at the All India Radio Square jointly by the All India Peace &amp; Solidarity Organisation, S.E.C. Railway Pensioners Assn, Pragatisheel Raillway Mahila samaj and the Indian Women for Peace &amp; Development\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:jnrao36@sify.com\" target=\"_blank\">jnrao36@sify.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nagpur, India<\/strong> (Oct 2)\u00a0 A Workshop on different types of space weapons including Drones\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:jnrao36@sify.com\" target=\"_blank\">jnrao36@sify.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nagpur, India<\/strong> (Oct 5)\u00a0 A joint pogramme by the All India Peace &amp; Solidarity Organisation, Indian Women for Peace &amp; Development and the Matru Seva Sangh Institute of Social Work, 2 pm\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:jnrao36@sify.com\" target=\"_blank\">jnrao36@sify.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nevada National Security Site<\/strong>\u00a0(Oct 9)\u00a0 Vigil at nuclear weapons test and development site from 9-11 am and vigil at Creech Air Force Base 1-2:30 pm (major drone control base) both northwest of Las Vegas, NV.\u00a0 This day of action is the conclusion of an international gathering of Catholic Workers; for more info, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lvcw.org\/\"  target=\"_blank\">www.lvcw.org<\/a> or contact <a href=\"mailto:jim@nevadadesertexperience.org\" target=\"_blank\">jim@nevadadesertexperience.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Oakville, Ontario, Canada<\/strong> (Oct 4)\u00a0 Oakville Community Centre for Peace, Ecology &amp; Human Rights and Physicians for Global Survival sponsoring a talk by Anna Jaikaran, founding member of People Against Weapons in Space, and showing winning films from the No 2 Nuclear weapons competition, Oakville Town Hall at 7:00 pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:bbirkett@interlog.com\" target=\"_blank\">bbirkett@interlog.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Omaha, Nebraska<\/strong> (Oct 2) STRATCOM (Strategic Command), Offut Air Force Base, Kinney Gate, 2:30-3:30 pm, <a href=\"mailto:klostermannm@osfdbq.org\" target=\"_blank\">klostermannm@osfdbq.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Oxford, England<\/strong> (Oct 1)\u00a0 Women in Black \u2018Down the Drones\u2019 silent vigil,\u00a0 2.30pm\u00a0\u00a0 Contact:\u00a0 Annette Bygott <a href=\"mailto:a.bygott@phonecoop.coop\" target=\"_blank\">a.bygott@phonecoop.coop<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ridhora, India<\/strong> (Oct 3)\u00a0 A talk and a rally of the Students at the Central India Management &amp; Tehnology Institute, in the state of Madhya Pradesh\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:jnrao36@sify.com\" target=\"_blank\">jnrao36@sify.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sioux Falls, South Dakota<\/strong> (Oct 8)\u00a0Pax Christi Southeastern SD will view documentary film &#8220;Pax Americana &amp; the Weaponization of Space,&#8221; followed with prayer that includes the Sermon on the Mount Vow of\u00a0 Nonviolence. Caminando Juntos, 617 E 7th St.,\u00a0 1-3 pm\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:gl_wieland@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">gl_wieland@yahoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Stockholm, Sweden<\/strong> (Oct 3) A group of women from different peace organisations (WILPF, Women for Peace, Swedish Women\u00b4s Left Association, Swedish Peace Committee) will hold a vigil in front of the Parliamentary Building on International Childrens Day at 12.00-14.00. We will hold a banner: DRONES KILL CHILDREN and hand out leaflets.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:lappland.norberg@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">lappland.norberg@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tucson, Arizona<\/strong> (Oct 3) Vigil at Raytheon (where &#8220;missile defense&#8221; kill vehicles are made)\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:nukeresister@igc.org\" target=\"_blank\">nukeresister@igc.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Valley Forge, Pennsylvania<\/strong> (Oct 8] Nonviolent resistance at Lockheed Martin, the world&#8217;s largest weapons corporation and space weapons contractor, 1- 2:30p.m. at\u00a0 Mall &amp; Goddard Boulevards, (behind the King of Prussia Mall)\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:brandywine@juno.com\" target=\"_blank\">brandywine@juno.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vandenberg Air Force Base, California<\/strong> (Oct 5)\u00a0 Vigil at space launch base front gate from 4:00-5:00 p.m.\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:jdapel@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">jdapel@yahoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Victoria, British Columbia, Canada<\/strong>\u00a0 (Oct 5) The &#8220;Wednesday Peace Vigil&#8221; meets 12:00-1:00 pm at the Cenotaph at the B.C. Legislature, Government Street at Belleville Street. This is also the day we will be observing the 10th anniversary of the weekly vigil which is opposed to all wars.\u00a0 Contact:\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:jbrett@shaw.ca\" target=\"_blank\">jbrett@shaw.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Visakhapatnam, India<\/strong> (Oct 9) Workshop\u00a0 &#8220;Everything on Weaponisation of &#8216;Space&#8221; at Visakhapatnam in state of Andhrapradesh.\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:jnrao36@sify.com\" target=\"_blank\">jnrao36@sify.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Waddington, England<\/strong> (Starting Sept 3rd) &#8220;Ground the Drones&#8221; Peace Camp at RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, where a new squadron is being formed to fly killer drones direct from the UK. For details of the camp contact Yorkshire CND on 01274 730 795 or <a href=\"mailto:dominic@yorkshirecnd.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">dominic@yorkshirecnd.org.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wandsworth, England<\/strong> (Oct 1) Anti-drones stall, Clapham Junction, 11am \u2013 1pm Contact: Wandsworth Stop the War Group: <a href=\"mailto:raysilk@btinternet.com\" target=\"_blank\">raysilk@btinternet.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Washington, DC<\/strong>\u00a0 (Oct 8)\u00a0 &#8220;Stop Missiles &#8211; all Defensive missiles are Offensive &#8211; from Jeju Island to Hawaii,&#8221; with Ann Wright, 11am, Stop the Machine, Freedom Plaza\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:microann@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\">microann@yahoo.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Washington DC<\/strong> (Oct 8)\u00a0 Tom Neilson will sing and discuss Keep Space for Peace Week at Freedom Plaza at 7:30 pm.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/tomneilsonmusic.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tomneilsonmusic.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Weld County, Colorado<\/strong> (Oct 8)\u00a0 Vigil at Nuclear Missile site N-8 in Weld County.\u00a0 Car Pool leaves Colorado Springs at 8:30 AM, vigil at noon\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:bill.sulzman@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\">bill.sulzman@gmail.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Keep Space for Peace Week is co-sponsored by the Women\u2019s International League for Peace &amp; Freedom, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (UK), Swedish Peace Council, Drone Campaign Network (UK), and United Against Drones (U.S.) <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Download the space week poster at:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.space4peace.org\/actions\/ksfpw11.htm\"  target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.space4peace.org\/actions\/ksfpw11.htm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Global Network against Weapons &amp; Nuclear Power in Space<br \/>\nPO Box 652<br \/>\nBrunswick, ME 04011<br \/>\n(207) 443-9502<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:globalnet@mindspring.com\" target=\"_blank\">globalnet@mindspring.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.space4peace.org\/\"  target=\"_blank\">www.space4peace.org<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/space4peace.blogspot.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/space4peace.blogspot.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 (blog)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.\u00a0 ~Henry David Thoreau <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Week of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space &#8211;  Keep Space for Peace Week is co-sponsored by the Women\u2019s International League for Peace &#038; Freedom, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (UK), Swedish Peace Council, Drone Campaign Network (UK), and United Against Drones (U.S.).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[199,59,68,65,57,45,136],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-nonviolence","category-weapons-of-mass-destruction","category-anglo-america","category-militarism","category-activism","category-publicservice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}