National Space Organizing Conference & Protest
Huntsville, Alabama

March 16-18 2001


National Space Organizing Conference & Protest
Holiday Inn Space Center
Huntsville, Alabama
March 16-18

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, MARCH 16

4:00 - 5:30 pm - Vigil at Redstone Arsenal/Marshall Space Flight Center Gate 9 (Rideout Road)

SATURDAY, MARCH 17

8:30 - 9:00 am - Registration at Holiday Inn Space Center

9:00 - 9:30 - Welcome & purpose of conference

  • David Waters (Veterans for Peace, Birmingham, AL)
  • Karl Grossman (Professor of Journalism, SUNY)

9:30 - 10:45 - Introductions & Local Reports

11:00 - 12:30 - Keynote: Dr. Michio Kaku (Professor of Nuclear Physics, CUNY)

12:30 - 1:30 - Lunch on your own

1:45 - 3:30 - Panel Discussion: "Nuclearization & Weaponization of Space: Current Plans & Programs"

  • Karl Grossman (Professor of Journalism, SUNY)
  • Sally Light (Director, Nevada Desert Experience)
  • Peter Shaw (Veterans for Peace, State College, PA)
  • Andrew Lichterman (Western States Legal Foundation, CA)

4:00 - 5:30 - Panel Discussion: "Military Satellites for Warfighting, Intelligence & Counterinsurgency"

  • Peter Lumsdaine (Vandenberg Action Coalition, CA)
  • Bill Sulzman (Citizens for Peace in Space, CO)
  • Loring Wirbel (Citizens for Peace in Space, CO)

5:30 - Cash Bar

6:00 - 7:00 - Buffet Supper

  • Speaker: Janet Cuevas (Global Network United Nations Representative)
7:00 - 8:30 - Panel Discussion: "Strategies & Movement Building Under a New Administration"
  • Dennis Brutus (Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh)
  • Bruce Gagnon (Coordinator, Global Network)
  • Chris Ney (War Resisters League, New York)
  • Alice Slater (G.R.A.C.E., New York)

8:30 - 10:00 - Evening Entertainment

  • Holly Gwinn Graham (Olympia, WA)
  • Judy Cumbee (Lanett, AL)
  • Joel Landy (New York, N.Y.)

SUNDAY, MARCH 18

10:00 am - 1:00 - Protest at Space & Rocket Center Museum

FEES

Registration for the conference will be on a sliding scale between $15 - $50 (pay what you can best afford). Supper on March 17 will be provided as part of your registration fee.

HOUSING

We have reserved a block of rooms at the Holiday Inn Space Center (3810 University Dr) for $63 per night (four person room). Holiday Inn has an airport pickup service at the Huntsville airport. We also have lists of cheaper hotels in the area if you need it.

(See also Huntsville and "The Nazi Legacy" by Karl Grossman).

(For reports on weekend see:
Big Daddy's Fireworks
Protesters to target Redstone's arms work,
Protesters gather to protest Redstone space defense work,
and Magic Bullet Organizing Strategy".)


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