On April 17, 2020, The GN and Yorkshire CND joined forces to organise a webinar on: War in Space: Weaponizing the ‘Final Frontier’ and Building a Gloabl Citizen Movement to Stop it! The webinar brought together key activists from the US and the UK to discuss the latest news and views
Protesters outside the event (Image: Greg Martin / Cornwall Live) By Mike Smallcombe, Published by Cornwall Live, 22 January 2020 CORNWALL SPACEPORT PROTEST A small group of climate change campaigners gathered outside a Spaceport talk to protest against the £20 million project. The three campaigners claim that the “disruption” was
By Tom McKay, Published by Gizmodo, 17 January 2020 SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who has previously conceded that many of the people whom he desires to send to Mars must be prepared to risk death in the process, has sweetened the deal with the hint of some indentured servitude. On Thursday
Extinction Rebellion protesters outside County Hall for Spaceport meeting (Image: Simon Heester) By Gayle McDonald, Published by Cornwall Live, 26 November 2019 Protesters threw paper airplanes into the council chamber Police were called to a council meeting in Cornwall this afternoon after "chaos" ensued following a key vote. Councillors today
By Bruce Gagnon, November 13, 2019 Ukraine coming apart at the seams While in Moscow two weeks ago I was invited to meet with Larisa Shesler, the Chairperson of the Union of Immigrants & Political Prisoners from Ukraine. Larisa is from Ukraine and had to escape for her life in
From: Bruce Gagnon's Blog, Sunday November 3, 2019 Arrival in Crimea - pick the 'forbidden fruit' Despite the western punitive sanctions against Crimea I arrived here Friday about 5:00 pm on a flight from Moscow. It was snowing at the airport as I left Russia's capital city. When I arrived
From: Bruce Gagnon's Blog, Monday, October 28, 2019 Visiting the blown bridge that links the LPR & Ukraine We were taken from our hotel in Lugansk (the Donbass) early yesterday on a cold and foggy morning to the Stanitsa Luganskaya bridge that connects the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) and Ukraine.
