Mike Pence Praises Shannon Airport
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was overheard Monday declaring silently to himself that the United States military simply could not have killed anywhere near as many people in the Middle East, Central Asia, or North Africa in recent years without shuttling millions of troops and weapons through Shannon Airport in the supposedly neutral nation of Ireland.
In the viewpoint of military experts, however, the U.S. military could quite easily transport its troops and weapons through other locations, and simply ships them through Ireland in order to assert dominance over the servile Irish government and avoid the horror of having a country stand outside the U.S. empire.
Pence spoke out publicly on Monday to denounce a conference and rally being planned in Limerick and at Shannon Airport (see video). The conference and rally, called #NoWar2019, is being planned by a global peace organization with members in Ireland called World BEYOND War. The organizers oppose the U.S. military's use of Shannon Airport.
More information is available at
https://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2019
Anti-War Conference and Rally Planned for Limerick and Shannon Airport
A conference called #NoWar2019 is planned for October 5th and 6th in Limerick, Ireland, and a rally planned for October 6th near Shannon Airport to demand an end to the airport's use by the U.S. military.
The conference is the annual gathering of a global organization called World BEYOND War. The agenda and all details are online at https://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2019
Participating in the conference will be activists and academics from around the world, including, among many others listed on the website:
The conference will include panel discussions on such topics as nonviolent activism, Irish neutrality, sanctions and refugees, closing bases, and outlawing the arms trade, as well as participatory workshops on divestment from weapons, youth activism, art creation, and using music to build the movement.
For more information see http://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2019
Many of the conference and rally participants are available for interviews now by phone. Contact World BEYOND War Executive Director David Swanson david@worldbeyondwar.org 1-202-329-7847.
More contacts follow. Their bios are here: https://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2019speakers
Barry Sweeney barrysweeney11@gmail.com 00393 3494219660.
Kathy Kelly kathy@vcnv.org 773-619-2418.
Ed Horgan edwardhorgan45@gmail.com +353858519623.
Tarak Kauff takauff@gmail.com 845-706-0187.
Vijay Mehta vijay@vmpeace.org 07776 231 018.
World BEYOND War is a global nonviolent movement to end war and establish a just and sustainable peace. We aim to create awareness of popular support for ending war and to further develop that support. We work to advance the idea of not just preventing any particular war but abolishing the entire institution. We strive to replace a culture of war with one of peace in which nonviolent means of conflict resolution take the place of bloodshed.
http://worldbeyondwar.org |
Monday, September 02, 2019
Mike Pence Praises Shannon Airport
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