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COUNTDOWN TO THE STATEWIDE  PROTEST/VIGIL AT BRUNSWICK

 NAVAL AIR STATION 

 

When: Saturday, Sept. 10, 2005

 

Where: March begins at Brunswick Mall,

              and ends at NASB Main Gate

 

 

The Event We're Protesting:

The Navy's "Blue Angels" Air Show

 

Theme of Our Protest:

"Stop the Worship of the Gods of War!"

 

On Sat., Sept. 10th, Maine Veterans for Peace will be joined by other major peace and justice groups (see list of co-sponsors below) in a massive protest:

 

. to protest the false god idolatry of the Blue Angels Air Show, whose "ooh-&-aah"performances have one purpose: to promote badly-lagging military recruitment to protest the obscene waste of American tax dollars to stage these Blue Angels' multi-million dollar extravaganzas

 

. to protest Bush's immoral, monomaniacal Iraq war -- nearly 1,900 U.S. and

  100,000 Iraqi civilians dead, at a cost of over $300 billion, and still counting

 

. to protest NASB's complicity with the war machine, providing surveillance aircraftto target ground forces, which in the end cause horrendous "collateral damage" 

 

. to challenge NASB to convert to peaceful purposes, creating good-paying high-tech/industrial jobs, making products that improve lives, not end them

 

We urge you to join us Sept. 10 in Brunswick.  Also joining us will be Kathy Kelly (Founder: Voices in the Wilderness).

 

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

293-2580/729-0517 [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, Peace & Justice Center of Eastern Maine, Peninsula Peace & Justice, Winthrop Area People for Peace, Waldo County Peace & Justice.]

 

VETERANS FOR PEACE PLANNING STATEWIDE DEMO

 

On September 10, Maine Veterans for Peace (VFP) will hold a statewide demonstration in Brunswick to protest the planned appearance of the Navy's "Blue Angels" flight performance team. 

Calling their action "Stop the Worship of the Gods of War!  Say No to the Blue Angels Air Show," VFP is planning a rally on the Brunswick mall to be followed by a march to the front gate of the Naval Air Station.  Over 40,000 people are expected to attend the air show thus creating the opportunity to reach with many with our anti-war message.

 

The VFP intends to concentrate on four key themes as it builds this action.  The themes are the obvious idolatry of weapons, the enormous cost of war as social spending is cut, the need for conversion of the military-industrial complex, and the military recruiting nature of the air show.

 

Peace groups in Maine are invited to join as co-sponsors of the action and are invited to the next planning meeting.  It will be held on June 25 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. at the Brunswick public library.  Call Bruce Gagnon at 729-0517 for more details.