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PROGRAMME (approx times):
‘Independence FROM America’ DEMONSTRATION
Sunday 4 July 2010 – 2-7 ish pm
We ask that the demonstration is peaceful and without incident.
THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ALL ATTENDING THIS DEMONSTRATION IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO CAAB.
Quality vegetarian food by Chef DAVE BEVAN
Before 2 pm: Gather outside main entrance to the American base at Menwith Hill
1.30 – 2.0 pm: Drumming workshop – facilitated by Steve Hill (Daftasadrum)
2 pm: Introduction by Martin Schweiger – Quaker, peace activist and doctor
2:10 pm: Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence FROM America – read by Peter Kenyon and Moira Hill (copies available)
2.15 – 2.45 pm: Mark Thomas (comedian and political activist)
2.45 – 3.15pm: Roy Bailey (socialist folk musician)
3.15 – 3.45 pm: Peter Tatchell (Human Rights activist)
3.45 – 4.00pm: East Lancs Clarion Choir
4.00 – 4.15pm: Mark Thomas speaks and hands in the signed ‘RED CARD’ to Mary O’Brien (US Commander – Menwith Hill)
4.15 – 4.45 pm: Seize the Day (radical folk group)
5.0pm Protest walk round Menwith Hill led by Lindis Percy (CAAB) and Martin Deanes (Green Party)
Walk will take approx one and a half hours – stopping at various points with information about Menwith Hill
Demonstration ends approx 7.0 p.m
SAFE JOURNEY HOME AND COME AGAIN SOON TO MENWITH HILL!
Thank you to everyone who has helped to make this demonstration possible
To download:
Programme
Declaration of Independence FROM America
Read our letter of invitation to the US Ambassador
CAAB is a group of committed people, who work to bring public awareness and scrutiny to the issue of the presence and roles of the US Visiting Forces and their Agencies in the UK and world wide. We are grounded in non-violence. CAAB has many supporters and contacts (here and world wide). We have no paid workers and rely entirely on donations to fund the campaign. We always welcome comment, contributions and feedback. We are also keen to encourage debate and questions.
Attend events and regular demos
There is a witness and protest outside the main entrance to the American base at Menwith Hill every Tuesday evening (6-8 pm). This demonstration has been going every week for nine years. Menwith Hill is on the A59 Harrogate to Skipton road) and nine miles from Harrogate North Yorkshire.
CAAB organises two major demonstrations a year.
October each year – Keep Space for PeaceSpecifically focussed on the connection with the US Missile Defense system (aka ‘Star Wars’) and as part of the international week of protest called for by the Global Network Against Weapons and Power in Space (www.space4peace.org) – ‘Keep Space for Peace’ Should drones be part of BNAS reuse? Unmanned Global Hawk aircraft The recent presence of an unmanned military aircraft at Brunswick Naval Air Station generated disapproval among local peace advocates, who decry any future testing of the “drones” here after the base closes in 2011. … Some in the local community of peace advocates hope those reuse plans don’t include more of the unmanned military aircrafts, which the base airfield is equipped to accommodate as a testing or development facility. … Bruce Gagnon of Bath is the coordinator for the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. He told The Times Record on Monday that drones are the focus of the group’s “International Keep Space for Peace Week,” which will run Oct. 3 through 10. “Locally, we’ve been concerned about the things we’ve been hearing about the possibility of using the base property as UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) flight space after the base closes,” Gagnon said. “Among the peace community all over the state, there’s been a lot of talk and concern about this Brunswick connection, the implications for our community and how we’d be right smack in the middle of aggressive warmaking. When we start introducing robotics and drones, it makes it easier for us to go around killing people. It’s the real ethical question of our time.” |
Each year on 4 July – ‘Independence FROM America’At Menwith Hill see above for this year’s event. |
Quaker Meetings for WorshipHeld, for people of all faiths and none outside several US bases. RAF FYLINGDALES: NSA MENWITH HILL: USAF CROUGHTON: USAF FAIRFORD: |
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