Photos from some space week events around the globe

Catholic Worker activists outside the Pentagon in Washington for their weekly vigil.

 

 

 

On October 5 activists held a protest outside Croughton which is actually a US base posing as a British installation. Croughton is involved in the network of data gathering, command and control functions for U.S. missile defence and space warfighting.

AlMS B School students and staff gather in Visakhapatnam, India for one of several events across the city during space week. 

Scottish CND outside their Parliament on Oct 6. Several locations across Scotland are now building space launch facilities that are most likely to be for military operations.

Another student event in Visakhapatnam, India honoring the work of the UN and space week.

A combined event in South Korea supporting a woman Jeju activist on the Flotilla to Gaza who was arrested by Israel and not released at that time. Also space week was remembered as the US is dragging South Korea into its space war program aimed at China and Russia. 

Engineering students in Visakhapatnam, India hearing about the concerns of moving the arms race into space.

Catholic Worker activist in front of the White House in Washington during space week.

Darth Vader made an appearance at Bath Iron Works (General Dynamics) in Maine on Oct 11 with a sign revealing that Navy Aegis destroyers have proven to be able to shoot a satellite out of the sky in 2008 during 'Operation Burnt Frost'. These destroyers have been/are now deployed near Yemen, Iran, Venezuela, China and Russia. 

Group photo in front of the administration building on Oct 11 at Bath Iron Works in Maine.

Linking genocide in Gaza and US-Israeli space militarization at BIW.

On October 10 Reject Raytheon elders walked around a jammin’ touristy Asheville, North Carolina with our signage, giving out colorful and informative flyers. We hung out at the Friday drum circle for a while where we got a lot of thumbs up, then went over to the Elder & Sage Community Garden for a pic at the peace pole.

Police and peace activists clashed outside Christchurch, New Zealand convention centre as protesters set up a blockade against an aerospace summit taking place in the city. About 120 activists from the group Peace Action Ōtautahi positioned themselves around the central city building early on October 8, some chained themselves to gates of the various entrances. More than 20 were arrested. Protesters stated that links exist between some parts of the aerospace industry, the US military, the Israeli Defence Force. A spokesperson said, “The industry is operating under the guise of aerospace when in reality [some] companies ...are launching technology for the Israeli Defence Force, technology that they use to target and murder Palestinian civilians.”  

Also outside the New Zealand convention center protesting against the weaponization of space.   

 

UK Ministry of Defence's Global Operations Security Control Centre, which routes secure military commands and communications via the Skynet satellite system.

  

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