Coming up
quickly this weekend at the former Navy base in Brunswick will be ‘The Great
State of Maine Air Show’ featuring the Navy Blue Angels stunt team.
I learned yesterday that Maine Veterans for Peace had declined to organize
a protest at the airshow. Feeling it important to stand in protest at this
event I’ve decided on short notice to put out a call for a protest presence in
front of the former Navy Base, now called Brunswick Landing and Executive
Airport, in Brunswick.
We will gather from 10:00 am until 1:00 on Saturday, September 5.
It’s obvious that this airshow is a major recruiting gimmick for the
Pentagon and is a horrible waste of resources especially during this time of
growing government austerity. The carbon bootprint from such a massively
polluting event once again underscores the reality that the US military is the
largest polluter on the planet. Finally we should all be reminded of the
indiscriminate killing that is done by these kind of warplanes in the real
world.
If you are so motivated please join those of us who plan to hold banners
and signs outside the airshow.
Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks.
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