| Event ID: | 1292 |
| Contact Name: | MacGregor Eddy |
| Contact Email: | macgregoreddy@gmail.com |
| Contact Phone: | (831) 206-5043 |
| Organization: | Vandenberg Witness |
| Event Web Site: | www.vandenbergwitness.org |
| Dates: | 4th October 2008 to 10th October 2008 |
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| Type: | Public |
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| Country: | United States |
| State/Province: | CA |
| City: | Lompoc |
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| Location: | Vandenberg Air Force Base Front Gate |
| Event Name: | Keep Space for Peace vigil at front gate of Star Wars missile launch base |
| Event Description: | Vandenberg AFB, California (Oct 11) Vigil at front gate of Star Wars missile launch base 1:00 pm. Vandenberg now hosts one of two missile defense installations in the USA and a Space Command Center. Military satellites are launched from here and both nuclear and NMD missiles are frequently tested in firings to Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. |
| Promotional Image: | No Image. |
| Report on the Results: | Students from University of California at Santa Barbara and members of WILPF, Global Network, Nevada Experience and Nuclear Age Peace Foundation gathered for the vigil. as quoted from the Santa Maria Times A small group of protesters gathered on a windy afternoon Saturday near Vandenberg Air Force Base's main gate to oppose military space programs. Eleven activists, some from as far away as Los Angeles and the Bay Area, traveled to the base to mark Keep Space for Peace Week. Space should belong to the whole world, not just 5 percent of the population, said MacGregor Eddy, a Salinas resident and member of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. Eddy added that Keep Space for Peace Week involves protests at government installations and military bases around the world. We may be a small group here, she said, but we're part of something bigger. . . . At past demonstrations, Air Force security officers have arrested demonstrators who strayed from a small, designated assembly area. No one was arrested Saturday but Air Force security told Eddy that she would be arrested if she didn't leave. We're here to make sure there is a peaceful protest, Lt. Col. Antonius Spangler said, adding that Eddy is facing criminal charges stemming from a prior protest at Vandenberg. She has been barred and is currently barred from the base. |
| Attendance: | 11 |
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| Media Impressions: | 100000 |
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