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STOP THE WORSHIP OF THE GODS OF WAR!

STATEWIDE PROTEST OF BLUE ANGELS AIR SHOW

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10

BRUNSWICK MALL TO NASB

MARCH BEGINS AT 9:00 A.M.

The Navy’s “Blue Angels” flight team will come to Naval Air Station Brunswick (NASB) to perform on the anniversary of 9-11.  The event is a recruiting gimmick at a time when the military is in desperate need for more of our kids to fight in Iraq. 

Maine Veterans for Peace is calling for a statewide peace march from the downtown Brunswick mall to NASB on September 10.  We will begin gathering just after 8:00 a.m. that morning.  Over 100,000 people are expected to view the expensive war promotion air show.

Navy planes from NASB routinely fly surveillance and reconnaissance missions over Iraq calling in air strikes – many of which kill innocent Iraqi civilians.  At these air shows our children are taught to idolize these “gods of metal.”

As we face massive social spending cuts in our state and nation, the time has come for the public to say that we must convert our huge military industrial complex to peaceful and sustainable production.  Over 50% of every tax dollar now goes to fight “endless war.”

Please join VfP on September 10 in Brunswick.  Special guest will be Kathy Kelly (Voices in the Wilderness).  Real angels don’t drop bombs! 

Maine Veterans for Peace * 13 Soper Rd. * Chesterville, ME. 04938 * vfpmaine.org

293-2580 or 729-0517

Co-Sponsors:  Pax Christi Maine, PeaceWorks, Maine WILPF, Peace Action Maine, Smilin'Trees Disarmament Farm, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Maine Coalition for Peace & Justice, Island Peace & Justice, Witness for Peace, Peninsula Peace & Justice, Winthrop Area People for Peace, Portsmouth Seacoast Response, and Waldo County Peace & Justice