Sick of U.S. wars and foreign policy? Here are some of the events and protests planned in the United States and other countries.
Stand up, speak out. And U.S. and NATO soldiers, stand down!
From World Beyond War, http://www.worldbeyondwar.org
February 28 – March 1 in New York, NY: Symposium: The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction
March 2nd – major blockade of nuclear bomb factory of AWE Burghfield, England
March 4-6 – Shut Down Creech (also here)
March 18-21 in Washington DC: Spring Rising
March 26 to May 29: 65 days nonviolent blockade at nuclear air base Büchel, Germany.
March 28 – April 3 in Nevada: Nevada Desert Experience – Sacred Peace Walk
March 28 in Glasgow, Scotland: #TridentHastoGoNow demonstration
March 30 in Knoxville, Tennessee: Moving Towards a Nuclear Free Future 2015 walk to New York City for April 24 events
April 11 Michigan – David Swanson speaking
April 13 in Scotland: #BairnsNotBOMBS Big Blockade
April 13, Global Day of Action Against Military Spending
April 15, March for the Homeless
April 22, March from EPA to Pentagon
April 24 – April 26 in New York, NY: Peace and the Planet Conference and Rally * April 24/25 – An international peace, justice and environmental conference * April 26 – A major international rally, march to the United Nations and peace festival
April 25 Houston – David Swanson speaking
April 27-29 at the Hague: WILPF Turns 100
April 27 – May 22 at United Nations Headquarters, New York, NY: NPT Review Conference (“RevCon”) * Call for NPT-related organizing * NPT brief overview * NPT Home page at UN
May 25 in Washington, D.C., a Veterans For Peace Memorial Day
August 6 – 9 in Santa Fe, NM: Campaign Nonviolence National Conference (Aug 6 – Mark the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima with the annual sackcloth and ashes peace vigil and call for nuclear disarmament near the National Labs. Aug 9 – Mark the 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki with the annual sackcloth and ashes peace vigil and call for nuclear disarmament near the National Labs.)
August 6 in Hiroshima, Japan: “August 6, 2015 will be the 70th anniversary of the bombing [of Hiroshima]. Annually, there are events such as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, with guest speakers, and the Lantern Floating Ceremony, in which lanterns float on the river as petitions for peace. Additional special events for the 70th anniversary are to be announced.”
August 9 in Nagasaki, Japan: [August 9, 2015 will be the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. Commemoration events are held annually and, as with Hiroshima, it is expected that additional special events for the 70th anniversary are to be announced.]
August 27 Chicago – David Swanson speaking
September 20 – 27: Everywhere: Campaign Nonviolence Week of Actions 2015
November – date TBD in Nagasaki, Japan: Annual Pugwash Conference
More nuclear disarmament events here. (Thanks to Joe Scarry!)
