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StratCom: The Most Dangerous Place
on the Face of the Earth

ANNUAL SPACE ORGANIZING CONFERENCE
April 11-13, 2008
Omaha, Nebraska


GLOBAL NETWORK AGAINST
WEAPONS & NUCLEAR POWER IN SPACE

The Global Network Protests StratCom


The U.S. Strategic Command (StratCom) for years has been the site from which a nuclear war would be controlled. Since 9/11, its mission has expanded. It is now also command central in the U.S. “War on Terror” and for the U.S. plans to dominate space militarily. This “New StratCom” is responsible for overseeing any Global “First Strikes,” the National Security Agency’s “warrantless wiretaps,” and Ballistic Missile Defense.

StratCom (at Offutt AFB) today is the most dangerous place on the face of the earth. It is secretive. Its mission is destabilizing. It operates outside the law. And its transformation has occurred so quickly, most of the world is completely unaware of its missions and dangers.

The Global Network brings together world citizens who will, for the first time, gather to shine a light on what StratCom has become. Building global awareness is essential if we are to get StratCom to back away from the brink.

The conference will be hosted by Global Network affiliate Nebraskans for Peace.


Conference Agenda


Friday, April 11

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm, Rally at StratCom’s Kinney Gate at Offutt A.F.B., Omaha, Nebraska

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Dinner at Creighton University (St. John’s Parish basement) Welcome by nationally known Native American activist Frank LaMere of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska and Native American drumming group.

Saturday, April 12

8:00 am, Registration coffee/bagels, tabling at Creighton University (St. John’s Parish basement)

9:00 – 9:15, Welcome and Purpose of Conference

9:15 – 11:00, Plenary Panel Discussion I: StratCom’s New Mission: From Waging the War on Terror to the Domination of Space

11:15 – 1:00, Plenary Panel Discussion II: U.S. Bases Worldwide & Their Connection to Space Technology

1:00 – 2:00, Lunch at St. John’s Parish Basement

2:15 – 3:45, Workshop Session I

4:00 – 5:30, Workshop Session II

6:00 – 9:00, Dinner and Speakers/Music

Sunday, April 13

9:00 am – 1:00 pm, Global Network Membership Meeting All are welcome to join us on Sunday for our annual meeting for local grassroots reports, Board elections, the coordinator’s report, and to participate in our strategy discussion for the coming year.


Workshops for Saturday Afternoon


Wars of the Future: Military Transformation

StratCom and U.S. First-Strike Policy

Mission Moon & Mars: U.S. Bases on the Planetary Bodies

Anti-Bases Network: Building Alliances to End the Empire

Space Command: Military Arm of Corporate Globalization

Missile Defense Developments in Europe: U.S., NATO and a New Cold War

Missile Defense: Deployments in U.S. & Asian-Pacific Region

Converting the Permanent War Economy

Organizing around Campus Militarization

Space Law-fare as New Weapon of War

Echoes from Other Lands: Voices of People Displaced By U.S. Bases

Creative Nonviolent Disobedience to Empire



Conference Speakers (List is in Formation)


Bob Anderson, Stop the War Machine

Olivier Bancoult, Republic of Mauritius Chagos Refugees Group

Brian Bogart, Student Activist, University of Oregon

Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation

Leslie Cagan, United for Peace & Justice

Frank Cordaro, Des Moines Catholic Worker

Stacey Fritz, No Nukes North

Bruce Gagnon, Global Network

Bishop Thomas Gumbleton

Regina Hagen, International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation

Dud Hendrick, Maine Veterans for Peace

Elizabeth McAlister, Jonah House

David Meieran, Bite the Bullet

Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group

Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases, England

Bal Pinguel, American Friends Service Committee

J. Narayana Rao, All India Peace & Solidarity Organization

Tim Rinne, Nebraskans for Peace

Joanne Sheehan, War Resisters League

Alice Slater, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

Mary Beth Sullivan, Global Network

Bill Sulzman, Citizens for Peace in Space

David Swanson, After Downing Street

Jan Tamas, No To Bases Initiative, Czech Republic

Carol Urner, Woman’s International League for Peace & Freedom

David Webb, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, England

Loring Wirbel, Citizens for Peace in Space

Col. Ann Wright, Retired U.S. Army & U.S. State Department


Event Endorsers (List is in Formation)


After Downing Street
Bite the Bullet Campaign
Codepink
Committee for the Rescue & Development of Vieques
Fellowship of Reconciliation
International Network Against Foreign Military Bases
Nebraskans for Peace
No Nukes North-Alaska
No To Bases Initiative-Czech Republic
Omaha Catholic Worker
Peace Action
United for Peace & Justice
Veterans for Peace
Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom