Organizing Notes
Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He offers his own reflections on organizing and the state of America's declining empire....
About Me
- Name: Bruce K. Gagnon
- Location: Brunswick, ME, United States
The collapsing US military & economic empire is making Washington & NATO even more dangerous. US could not beat the Taliban but thinks it can take on China-Russia-Iran...a sign of psychopathology for sure. We must all do more to help stop this western corporate arrogance that puts the future generations lives in despair. @BruceKGagnon
Saturday, July 20, 2013
I did three talks yesterday to just over 50 people in three
separate groups in Manila and Quezon City.
They were students, teachers, labor organizers, and from women’s
groups. It about wore me out but I
enjoyed the day very much.
It was so reassuring to find that these folks were
interested in hearing about space issues and my take on the Pentagon “pivot”
into the Asia-Pacific.
At each meeting I handed out information about Keep Space
for Peace Week (October 5-12) and was happy to hear real interest in organizing
some events in Manila during that time.
This morning Corazon takes me for a tour of the former US
Navy base at Subic and the former airbase at Clark. Along the way I am supposed to do one more newspaper and TV interview as well.
On Monday is the huge protest March in Manila in conjunction
with President Benigno Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA). Acquino, from a rich land holding family, is
a classic neo-liberal politician doing the bidding of the corporate entities
that control the Filipino government.
There will be two rallies and I believe I will be speaking
at each one. More on all that later.
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