Mass Mobilization to Stop the Drone Wars
April 23 - April 29, 2017
(Sunday through Saturday)
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April 23 - April 29, 2017
(Sunday through Saturday)
UPDATE: Our beautiful, awesome and peaceful convergence in the Nevada Desert is almost here! We can't wait to see you all, and work together to GROUND the DRONES!
Please register HERE, so we can best serve everyone.
AND: Please fill out this Transportation Form if you need or can offer rides from/to the Las Vegas airport, to/from Creech.
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Please come for part or all of this amazing Peace Convergence to nonviolently resist the illegal U.S. drone targeted assassination program. Stay at Camp Justice peace encampment (or other options). Most meals provided. We coordinate ride shares to/from Camp Justice - Las Vegas 9 (see transportation form). Click on tabs at top of this page for more info, but first: read this page for important details.
BIG CHANGE this year: Nonviolent mass civil resistance planned for Wednesday, April 26, with preparation & planning taking place on Mon. & Tues. Please look carefully at the week's scheduled program, before planning your trip.
Las Vegas Trials with Creech Anti-drone Defendants: April 24 & 25, Mon. & Tues.
8:15 am Pre-Trial Rally; 9:00 am Trials; Courtroom support needed;
Las Vegas Regional Justice Ctr., 200 Lewis Ave., Las Vegas;
(Free street parking on S. 3rd St., a few blocks south of courthouse, away from downtown)
-SPECIAL EVENT: National Bird, powerful drone documentary.
Mon. Apr. 24 & Wed. April 26, 6:30-9:30pm, Las Vegas.
Guest Speakers: 2 Former Drone Whistleblowers from U.S. Drone Program
-Thurs. April 27: Las Vegas Trump Tower action (11am-1pm) & The WILD CREECHERS Talent Show in the evening - all creechers, tame or not, welcome to participate.
Please join the event on Facebook (and share with others!) and/or follow us on Twitter at @ShutDownCreech ...and watch this location for updates!
Coming to Shut Down Creech? Please register HERE, so we can best serve everyone.
Join us April 23 - April 29, 2017 at Creech Air Force Base, Indian Springs, Nevada for a 3rd national mobilization of nonviolent resistance to shut down killer drone operations in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan,Yemen, Somalia and everywhere. Includes weeklong Camp Justice peace encampment. Alternatives to camping available.
In the last two years we had nearly 150 activists each year join us from 20 different states across the country, including dozens of veterans. Both years, in multiple and successful resistance actions, we were able to nonviolently interrupt business as usual, with dozens who risked arrest and were arrested to stand in strong opposition to the illegal U.S. "targeted killing" program. Let's make SHUT DOWN CREECH 2017 an even more powerful stance against the brutality of drone killing. Please join us, and help spread the word. Support people, who aren't able to risk arrest, are equally needed. Come one, come all. Together we are PEACE!
Join us April 23 - April 29, 2017 at Creech Air Force Base, Indian Springs, Nevada for a 3rd national mobilization of nonviolent resistance to shut down killer drone operations in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan,Yemen, Somalia and everywhere. Includes weeklong Camp Justice peace encampment. Alternatives to camping available.
In the last two years we had nearly 150 activists each year join us from 20 different states across the country, including dozens of veterans. Both years, in multiple and successful resistance actions, we were able to nonviolently interrupt business as usual, with dozens who risked arrest and were arrested to stand in strong opposition to the illegal U.S. "targeted killing" program. Let's make SHUT DOWN CREECH 2017 an even more powerful stance against the brutality of drone killing. Please join us, and help spread the word. Support people, who aren't able to risk arrest, are equally needed. Come one, come all. Together we are PEACE!
(Scroll down for more on: WHY WE PROTEST AT CREECH)
By Mauro Oliveira:
Recent Inspirational Videos of Anti-drone Resistance at Creech AFB:
Shut DownCreech 2016, (Drone Strike on Funeral Procession) (4 min)
ShutDown Creech 2015, "Drone Strikes - United States Terrorism" (25 min)
By Nico Colombant:
MusicVideo #1, Mike Rufo's "Streets of Plenty" (4 min)
Music Video #2, Zoya Amarey, "Citizen's of the World" (3 min)
Fall 2016 CODEPINK Action, "Citizen's Arrest" of Base Commander (6 min)
We will hold peaceful vigils daily, Monday - Friday, April 24th to Apr. 28th, during rush hour commute:
6:00 - 8:00 am and 3:00 - 5:00 pm.
Participants
who can only participate in part of the week's activities are urged to
arrive by noon, Monday, at latest when we begin preparing for a large
peaceful direct action/civil resistance that will take place on
Wednesday.
#SHUTDOWNCREECH
Sponsored By:
CODEPINK: Women For Peace
Nevada Desert Experience
Voices for Creative Nonviolence
Veterans For Peace
and more
In 2014, it was leaked that the CIA's criminal drone assassination program, officially a separate operation from the Air Force's, has been piloted all along by Creech's super-secret Squadron 17. In November 2015, four Air Force drone veterans who were based at Creech wrote to President Obama, “We came to the realization that the innocent civilians we were killing only fueled the feelings of hatred that ignited terrorism and groups like ISIS, while also serving as a fundamental recruitment tool similar to Guantanamo Bay. This administration and its predecessors have built a drone program that is one of the most devastating driving forces for terrorism and destabilization around the world.”
Since 2009 dozens of activists have been arrested for allegedly trespassing at Creech, why attempting to peacefully interrupt the indiscriminate killing and burning of innocent people by drones.
The US drone program is rapidly proliferating as air bases are being converted to drone bases across the U.S. and abroad, but Creech remains the primary air base in U.S. state-sponsored global terrorism. Creech is where the killer drone program started--it is where we shall end it.
and more
WHY WE PROTEST AT CREECH:
In 2005, Creech Air Force Base secretly became the first U.S. base in the country to carry out illegal, remotely controlled assassinations using the MQ-1 Predator drones, and in 2006, the more advanced Reaper drones were added to its arsenal. Creech drone personnel sit behind computers in the desert north of Las Vegas and kill "suspects" thousands of miles away. Recent independent research indicates that the identity of only one out of 28 victims of U.S. drone strikes is known beforehand. Though officials deny it, the majority killed by drones are civilians.In 2014, it was leaked that the CIA's criminal drone assassination program, officially a separate operation from the Air Force's, has been piloted all along by Creech's super-secret Squadron 17. In November 2015, four Air Force drone veterans who were based at Creech wrote to President Obama, “We came to the realization that the innocent civilians we were killing only fueled the feelings of hatred that ignited terrorism and groups like ISIS, while also serving as a fundamental recruitment tool similar to Guantanamo Bay. This administration and its predecessors have built a drone program that is one of the most devastating driving forces for terrorism and destabilization around the world.”
Since 2009 dozens of activists have been arrested for allegedly trespassing at Creech, why attempting to peacefully interrupt the indiscriminate killing and burning of innocent people by drones.
The US drone program is rapidly proliferating as air bases are being converted to drone bases across the U.S. and abroad, but Creech remains the primary air base in U.S. state-sponsored global terrorism. Creech is where the killer drone program started--it is where we shall end it.
- We must put an end to this desecration of our Mother Earth and all creatures who inhabit it.
- We must put an end to the dehumanization of lives from Ferguson to Palestine to Syria and Yemen.
- We must close all foreign U.S. military bases. Money for human needs.
- We must put an end to drone murder, drone surveillance and global militarization.
