CONTACT: Bruce Gagnon (352) 337-9274

On October 13 an International Day of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space will be held worldwide. Currently, protest events are planned in 19 nations and at 109 locations. Many of the actions will also call for peaceful and legal solutions to recent terrorist attacks instead of more violence and a spiraling of civilian deaths and revenge.

The October 13 actions are being organized by the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space and have been endorsed by 266 organizations around the world.

"Recent events show that the use of violence to resolve human conflict only creates more hatred and more killing," said Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator of the Global Network. "Instead of moving toward creating more global stability through multilateral arms control agreements and economic justice, the U.S. is now moving toward 'control and domination' of space that will give it the military capability to literally win all wars on the Earth. This is being viewed by most nations in the world as a dangerous unilateral step that in the end will create more global chaos."

According to Global Network Board member Regina Hagen in Germany, "The picture is becoming clearer all the time. 'Missile defense' is the Trojan horse - the foot in the door - the way to sell Star Wars as a defensive system. Then, once missile defense is deployed, the Space-Based Laser program would be put into motion. In the end, hundreds of billions of dollars will be wasted in order to help the U.S. Space Command become the 'Master of Space'. Now is the time for people around the world to act in order to keep space for peace. War in space will mean more war on the Earth below."

"The October 13 protests represent the largest grassroots global expression against moving the arms race into space ever held," said Gagnon.

October 13 actions include events in:

1) Adelaide, Australia (Victoria Square)
2) Albuquerque, N.M.
3) Amherst, MA (Town Common - Oct 13)
4) Amherst College, MA (Star Wars Returns video - Oct 10)
5) Anchorage, Alaska (Valley of the Moon Park)
6) Ann Arbor, MI
7) Arcata, CA
8) Bangor Subase, WA
9) Bath, Maine
10) Beale AFB (CA)
11) Berlin, Germany
12) Boeing (Seattle, WA)
13) Boeing (Mukilteo, WA)
14) Bloomington, IN
15) Boston, MA (Oct 10 "Common Security-Don't Arm the Heavens" panel)
16) Boston, MA (Oct 4 vigil at Park Street Subway station)
17) Brattleboro, VT (Star Wars Returns video - Oct 9)
18) Buckley AFB (CO)
19) Burlington, VT
20) Cape Cod Air Station, MA (Pave Paws Radar Facility)
21) Charlottesville, VA
22) Chennai, India
23) Chicago, IL
24) Cleveland State University (Keep Space for Peace Conference)
25) Columbia, MO (Post Office - 6th & Walnut))
26) Damascus, Syria
27) Des Moines, IA (Federal Building)
28) Dhaka, Bangladesh
29) Duluth, MN
30) Edwards AFB (California)
31) Ellsworth AFB (South Dakota)
32) Fairbanks, Alaska
33) Fayetteville, AR (Federal Building)
34) Florence, Oregon
35) France (Pyrenean mountain:Observatoire Pic du Midi de Bigorre)
36) France (Civilian space observatory in the "Midi de Bigorre" mountain -Oct 14)
37) Ft Meade, MD (National Security Agency HQ)
38) Fylingdales, England (BMD Radar Facility)
39) Hartford, CT
40) Hiroshima, Japan
41) Huntsville, Alabama
42) Isahaya City, Japan
43) Ithaca, N.Y.
44) Kennedy Space Center (Titusville, Florida)
45) Kodiak, Alaska
46) Lockheed Martin (Eagan, MN)
47) Lockheed Martin (Moorestown, NJ)
48) Lockheed Martin (Sunnyvale, CA)
49) Lockheed Martin (Valley Forge, PA)
50) Mankato, MN
51) Marquette, MI (Federal Building)
52) Menwith Hill, England (BMD Ground Relay Station)
53) Mexico City, Mexico
54) Milwaukee, WI
55) Munich, Germany
56) Nagpur, India
57) Nevada Test Site (Sunrise Service)
58) New Haven, CT
59) New York, N.Y. (Washington Square Park)
60) Olympia, WA (Madison School)
61) Osaka, Japan
62) Ottawa, Canada (Oct 5-6)
63) Palo Alto, CA
64) Paris, France
65) Perth, Australia
66) Peterson AFB (Colorado Springs, CO)
67) Philadelphia, PA (Liberty Bell Pavilion)
68) Phoenix, AZ
69) Pittsburgh, PA (Oct 11, Market Square)
70) Portland, Maine
71) Port Louis, Mauritius
72) Raytheon (Andover, MA - Oct 12)
73) Raytheon (Tucson, AZ)
74) Saintes, France
75) Salt Lake City, Utah
76) San Francisco, CA (Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard)
77) Santa Fe, N.M. (Cerrillos Rd & St. Francis Drive)
78) Seoul, South Korea (Oct 11-13)
79) Stamford, CT
80) Stennis Missile Testing Center (Mississippi)
81) Stockholm, Sweden
82) St Louis, MO
83) Stuttgart, Germany
84) Takoma Park, MD (Oct 6)
85) Tokyo, Japan (Oct 12 forum)
86) Tokyo, Japan (Oct 14 protest)
87) Toledo, OH
88) TRW HQ (Cleveland, OH - Oct 12 & 14)
89) TRW (Fowlerville, MI)
90) USAF Feltwell (Norfolk, England)
91) USAF Lakenheath (Suffolk, England)
92) U.S. Consulate (Perth, Australia - Oct 12)
93) U.S. Consulate (Sydney, Australia)
94) U.S. Embassy (Accra, Ghana)
95) U.S. Embassy (Bucharest, Romania)
96) U.S. Embassy (Dublin, Ireland)
97) U.S. Embassy (London, England)
98) U.S. Embassy (Stockholm, Sweden)
99) U.S. Embassy (Tokyo, Japan)
100) U.S. Embassy (Vienna, Austria)
101) Victoria, Canada
102) Vandenberg AFB (California)
103) Washington DC (White House)
104) Weapon Industri-Terma (Lystrup, Denmark)
105) Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand
106) Westport, CT
107) White Sands Missile Test Range, N.M.
108) Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada)
109) Woodstock, N.Y. (Village Green)

Meanwhile, testing of the Missile Defense system is scheduled to resume this month at Vandenberg AFB in California. The Pentagon is also dangerously promoting Theatre Missile Defense (TMD) deployments in the Middle East and Asia, which will provoke regional escalations of nuclear and conventional weapons development. It is worthy to note that the number one industrial export of the U.S. today is weapons.

October 13 protest sites are still being added each day. To see the current list of actions, and worldwide sponsoring groups, check the Global Network's web site at: http://www.space4peace.org

Note to Editors & Assignment Desks: Media seeking the actual Pentagon plans for "control and domination" of space can obtain them by clicking on Space Command's web site at: http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace/index.htm

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