Monday, July 18, 2005

Knocking on Heaven's Door

From Globenet. Note that a conference about 'space' includes as featured speakers people who may not be subject matter experts about the area they are speaking about.

For example this fellow.
Knocking on Heaven's Door - An International Conference on Space Security

1st October 2005

Leeds Metropolitan University
Brunswick Building
Leeds, UK

An important conference at an important time - President George W. Bush is about to announce that the US will go ahead with developing and deploying weapons in space.

What does this mean to foriegn policies, international relations and global security?

How will peace activists and campaigners react?

Leading speakers and actors in this debate will be in Leeds on 1st October
to commemorate the start of "Keep Space for Peace Week"

Speakers include:

Bruce Gagnon - from the "Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space", Maine;

Stacey Fritz from "No Nukes North", Alaska;

Dennis Apel from the "Guadlope Catholic Worker" and "Vandenberg Action Coalition", California;

Kate Hudson, Chair of CND;

Jeremy Corbyn MP;

Jean Lambert MEP (Green Party);

Lindis Percy (CAAB)


Plus a number of Workshops on the Militarisation of Space

Admission FREE

But please registration necessary -

Contact: d.webb@leedsmet.ac.uk
blog comments powered by Disqus