Reminder - Drones on Trial - Wed. at MCC

One of the promoters of Wednesday's program at MCC has sent a message that the Northwest Herald has not printed her press release, even after many phone calls and promises to do so. She would like to get information out about the rapidly-escalating use of drones in Afghanistan and countries outside war zones including Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. The number of civilians killed, 30% according to the New America Foundation which tries to track drone attacks, is inciting more fear, hatred and violence. There will be petitions to legislators and postcards to the White House to sign at the event.

Current American Issues
Information Seminar Series

DRONES ON TRIAL

A first-hand account from Afghanistan and Pakistan with Kathy Kelly

Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 7:00PM
McHenry County College Conference Center
8900 Route 14 Crystal Lake, IL

Kathy Kelly, co-founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence in Chicago and three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee, will give an account of her recent visit to Pakistan and Afghanistan where she met with victims of U.S. drone (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) attacks. On September 14, she will stand trial in Las Vegas with 13 other peace activists for trespassing at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada . Their nonviolent act of civil disobedience followed a 10-day peace vigil outside the gates. Creech AFB is headquarters for the US Air Force drone warfare program and includes training and the actual control center for drones used in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq that do surveillance and shoot “Hellfire” missiles that challenge the international rule of law.

The event is part of the Current American Issues Series and is also a fundraiser for the “Creech 14” trial, which will emphasize the injustice of the military’s use of drones that attack civilian homes and have killed so many innocent families while increasing the hatred and violence of war.

“Human interaction, negotiations, diplomacy and dialogue, not surveillance and bombing by robots, will ensure a more peaceful future at home and abroad.” Kathy Kelly

The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. Refreshments will be served. There is no fee but donations are accepted. The event is sponsored by SPAN and Voices for Creative Nonviolence. For more information, e-mail lib4paz@comcast.net