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April 26-28!   Resisting Drones, Global War and Empire: A Convergence to Action!


Three Days to Join the Resistance!
  Three Days of networking, learning, sharing and preparing to build a national movement!
        Three Days to say NO! to Drones. NO! to Global Wars. NO! to Empire.


Saturday:
A full day of workshops, panel presentations, an art workshop, organizing and networking:
  • Full Schedule of Workshops and Panels, Presenter Bios
  • Videos of Presentations

Sunday: (3 videos)
Rally by the Thompson Rd Gate to Hancock

Video by Nick Papatonis of Syracuse

Speakers: Nick Mottern (KnowDrones), Mark Johnson (FOR), Debra Sweet (WCW), Marilyn Levin (UNAC), Sarah Ahmed (Iraq), Rooj Alwazir (Yemen), Russell Brown (WNY Peace Ctr), Noor Mir (CodePink), Kevin Zeese (ClearingTheFog Radio), Bruce Gagnon (Space4Peace), Col. Ann Wright, Elliott Adams (VFP),

Funeral Procession Procession leaves for Hancock Base Front Gate on E. Malloy Rd. with Jun San Yasuda in the lead.

Video by Nick Papatonis of Syracuse

Action and Arrests at Hancock Front Gate:

Video Posted to Youtube by Joan Pleume

Sponsors: Amistad Catholic Worker - ANSWER Coalition - Band of Rebels, Rochester - Bethlehem Neighbors for Peace - Bill of Rights Defense Committee - Brooklyn for Peace - Broome County for Peace Action - Christian Peacemaker Team - CNY Caribbean/Latin American Coalition - Code Pink, Santa Cruz - CODEPINK - Commission on Peace and Justice, Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany - Cynthia McKinney - Downtown United Presbyterian Church Justice Team, Rochester Fellowship of Reconciliation - Fr. Charlie Mulholland Catholic Worker House Garner, NC - Freedom Socialist Party - Friends of Franz Jagerstatter - Genessee Valley Citizens for Peace - Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space - Granny Peace Brigade - Green Party of New York State - International Action Committee, Buffalo - International Socialist Organization - Ithaca Catholic Worker - JustForeignPolicy.com - KnowDrones.com - Little Flower Catholic Worker - Metro Justice of Rochester - Metro Justice Peace Action and Education - Move to Amend, Rochester - Mowhawk Valley, Pax Christi - National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance - Nazareth Peace&Justice - New York City War Resistor’s League - No Drones, Niagara - Occupy Albany - Occupy Forum - Pax Christi USA - Peace Action and Education, Metro Justice, Rochester - Peace Action of Central New York - Peace Action New York - Peace Action (National) - PeaceNow Ithaca - People United for Peace,Santa Cruz CA - Rochester Against War - Rochester Committee on Latin America - Rochester Law Digest.com - Saratoga Peace Alliance - Schoharie County Peace Makers - St. Joseph's Catholic Worker - Slocum House Catholic Worker - Steven Leeper - Syracuse Peace Council - The Interfaith Alliance of Rochester - The Latin American Solidarity Committee of the WNY Peace Center - The Murphey Initiative, Baltimore - The Nuclear Resister - UFPJ (United for Peace and Justice) Boston - UNAC (United National Antiwar Coalition - Upper Hudson Peace Action - Veterans Fellowship Of Reconciliation - VFP Albany, Chapter 10 - VFP Buffalo, Chapter 128 - VFP/Ithaca Veterans Peace Council - Veterans for Peace, National - Veteran's Sanctuary - Voices for Creative NonViolence - WarIsACrime.org - Western NY Peace Center - Women Against War, Albany - World Can't Wait.

In Memory of Peacemakers: Ann Herman, Dick Mundy, George Weber, Peter De Mott, Frank Woolever, John Peter Grady, John Oldfield, Mary Maples, Angus McDonald, Bill Griffin, Sisters Anita VonWelsheim, Ann Montgomery and Trudy, Father Ted Sizing.


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Founded in 2010, Upstate Drone Action also known as the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars, is a decentralized, informally-organized grassroots organization, primarily composed of activists from upstate New York representing a diverse assortment of Peace and Justice organizations in different cities. We seek to educate the public and Hancock Air Base personnel about the war crimes perpetrated in Afghanistan with the MQ9 Reaper drone piloted from Hancock Air National Guard Base on the outskirts of Syracuse, and also the perversity of a society that prioritzes war over other solutions. -- Read our Mission Statement --