The Global Network Protests
StratCom
The U.S. Strategic Command (StratCom) for
years has been the site from which a nuclear war would be controlled. Since
9/11, its mission has expanded. It is now also command central in the U.S. “War
on Terror” and for the U.S. plans to dominate space militarily. This “New
StratCom” is responsible for overseeing any Global “First Strikes,” the National
Security Agency’s “warrantless wiretaps,” and Ballistic Missile Defense.
StratCom (at Offutt AFB) today is the
most dangerous place on the face of the earth. It is secretive. Its mission is
destabilizing. It operates outside the law. And its transformation has
occurred so quickly, most of the world is completely unaware of its missions and
dangers.
The Global Network brings together
world citizens who will, for the first time, gather to shine a light on what
StratCom has become. Building global awareness is essential if we are to get
StratCom to back away from the brink.
The conference will be hosted by
Global Network affiliate Nebraskans for Peace.
Conference Agenda
Friday, April 11
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Rally at StratCom’s Kinney Gate at Offutt A.F.B., Omaha, Nebraska
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Dinner at Creighton University (St. John’s Parish
basement) Welcome by nationally known
Native American activist Frank LaMere of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
and Native American drumming group.
Keynote speaker: Olivier Bancoult, Chair of Chagos Refugees
Group, Republic of Mauritius
Saturday, April 12
8:00 am
Registration coffee/bagels, tabling at Creighton University (St. John’s
Parish basement)
9:00 – 9:15
Welcome and Purpose of Conference
9:15 – 11:00 Plenary Panel Discussion I: StratCom’s New Mission: From Waging the
War on Terror to the Domination of Space
11:15 – 1:00
Plenary Panel Discussion II:
U.S. Bases Worldwide & Their Connection to Space Technology
1:00 – 2:00 Lunch
at St. John’s Parish Basement
2:15 – 3:45 Workshop Session I
4:00 – 5:30 Workshop Session II
6:00 – 9:00 Dinner and
Speakers/Music
Keynote Speakers:
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton & Representative from SPARK (South Korea)
Sunday, April 13
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Global Network
Membership meeting (All are welcome to
join us on Sunday for our annual meeting for local grassroots reports, Board
elections, the coordinator’s report, and to participate in our strategy
discussion for the coming year.)
Workshops for Saturday
Afternoon
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Wars
of the Future: Military Transformation
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StratCom and U.S. First-Strike Policy
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Mission Moon & Mars: U.S. Bases on the Planetary Bodies
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Anti-Bases Network: Building Alliances to End the Empire
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Space
Command: Military Arm of Corporate Globalization
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Missile Defense Developments in Europe: U.S., NATO and a New Cold War
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Missile Defense: Deployments in U.S. & Asian-Pacific Region
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Converting the Permanent War Economy
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Organizing around Campus Militarization
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Space
Law- or Space Warfare?
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Echoes
from Other Lands: Voices of People Displaced By U.S. Bases
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Creative Nonviolent Disobedience to Empire
Conference
Speakers(List is in Formation)
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Bob Anderson, Stop the War Machine, New Mexico
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Olivier Bancoult, Chagos Refugees Group, Republic
of Mauritius
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Brian Bogart, M.A. Candidate, Advanced Studies for
Peace & Diversity,University of Oregon
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Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, California
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Leslie Cagan, United for Peace & Justice, New York
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Kim Chaplin, Olympia Port
Militarization Resistance,Washington
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Frank Cordaro, Des Moines Catholic Worker, Iowa
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Denis Doherty, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition
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Aurel Duta,
For Mother Earth, Romania
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Stacey
Fritz, No Nukes North, Alaska
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Bruce
Gagnon, Global Network, Maine
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Holly Gwinn
Graham, Singer/Songwriter Washington
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Bishop
Thomas Gumbleton, Michigan
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Regina
Hagen, International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against
Proliferation, Germany
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Wes Hamilton,
Olympia Port Militarization Resistance,
Washington
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Dud Hendrick, Maine Veterans for Peace
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Andrea Licata,
No Dal Molin, Italy
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Tamara Lorincz, Halifax Peace Coalition, Canada
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Elizabeth
McAlister, Jonah House, Maryland
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David Meieran, Bite the Bullet Campaign, Pennsylvania
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Greg
Mello, Los Alamos Study Group, New Mexico
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Damian Moran, Polish Campaign
Against Militarism
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Tom Neilson, Singer/Songwriter, Massachusetts
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Agneta
Norberg, Swedish Peace Council
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Lindis
Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases, England
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Bal Pinguel, American Friends Service Committee, Pennsylvania
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J. Narayana Rao, All India Peace & Solidarity Organization
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Tim Rinne, Nebraskans for Peace
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Joanne
Sheehan, War Resisters League, Conneticut
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Alice
Slater, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, New York
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Mary Beth
Sullivan, Global Network, Maine
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Bill Sulzman, Citizens for Peace in Space, Colorado
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David
Swanson, After Downing Street, Virginia
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Jan Tamas,
No To Bases Initiative, Czech Republic
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Rhianna
Tyson, Global Security Institute, New York
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Carol Urner, Woman’s International League for Peace & Freedom, Oregon
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David
Webb, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, England
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Lynda Williams, Physics educator-Space ecologist, California
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Loring
Wirbel, Citizens for Peace in Space, Colorado
Event Endorsers
(List is in Formation)
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After Downing Street; Bite the Bullet Campaign; Codepink; Committee for the
Rescue & Development of Vieques; Fellowship of Reconciliation; Grandmothers
for Peace; International Network Against Foreign Military Bases; Nebraskans
for Peace; No Nukes North-Alaska; No To Bases Initiative-Czech Republic;
Nukewatch; Omaha Catholic Worker; Peace Action; Peace Majority Report;
People's Action for Clean Energy; United for Peace & Justice; Veterans for
Peace; Women for Peace Iowa; Des Moines Catholic Worker; Intelligent Future;
and Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom; Stop the War Machine;
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; Environmentalists Against War;
Directors of Mercy Investment Program (Sisters of Mercy of the Americas);
Conference
Accommodation
The Nebraskans for Peace staff in
Omaha did the research to get this information on
Hotel/Motel locations, phone numbers and
prices for April 11 – 13, 2008.
Please note that the price rate is not
guaranteed. When you call the hotel, if you hear a higher rate quoted, it might
help to let the hotel know that you received a different quote.
There is no guarantee, but it might also
help to say that you will be attending a conference on the campus of Creighton
University.
Good luck!
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Hotel/Motel locations In Omaha, NE |
Phone |
Price |
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Double Tree
Hotel 1616 Dodge Street |
402-346-7600 |
$129.95 for
one or two adults, $10 more for each additional person, 24 hour cancellation
policy. For King or two queens. $149.95 for two with breakfast.
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Hilton Garden
Inn 1005 Dodge Street |
402-341-4400 |
$199 including
tax: $231.81 for King Bed, They are out of double bed rooms. |
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Homewood
Suites by Hilton 1314 Cuming Street
|
402-345-5100 |
$109 Including
tax $123.17 |
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Redick Plaza
Hotel |
402-342-1500 |
$109 including
tax: $114.45 |
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Econo Lodge
2211 Douglas Street |
402-345-9565 |
$59.99 with
tax: $69.88 for a single, Doubles are: $64.99 with tax: $75.70.
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Best Western
Seville Plaza Omaha Downtown 3001 Chicago Street (Formerly the Park Inn
Hotel)
|
402-345-2222 |
$95 Including
taxes is: $110.64 |
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Super 8 Motel
3000 Airport Rd in Carter Lake |
712-347-5588 |
$74.88 include
tax $83.11 two queens. |
Conference
Registration
Name:
______________________________________________
Mailing Address:
________________________________________
City/State______________________________
Zip code_______________________
Country_______________________
Email:
________________________________________
Telephone:
____________________________________
All meals provide vegetarian options and
are included with the registration fee. Please check the meals you will eat:
__Friday night dinner
__Saturday morning bagels
__Saturday lunch
__Saturday dinner
Please check if you need the following:
__Home Hospitality (first come, first served)
__A list of hotels in the area
Registration fee is based
on a sliding scale; pay what you can best afford: $15 - $75
Enclosed is a registration fee of
$_________
For how many people? ___________
(Please send the name and contact information for each person.)
Return your registration to:
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 652 Brunswick, Maine 04011
For questions, contact:
globalnet@mindspring.com
(207) 443-9502 or
nfpstate@nebraskansforpeace.org
(402) 475-4620
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