| DRONE WARFARE: FROM WALES TO GAZA All Wales Anti-Drones Conference Saturday 25 May, 1.30 – 5.30 pm Wallace Lecture Theatre, Main Building Cardiff University, Park Place The US launches hundreds of drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and reports show thousands of people killed, including hundreds of children, while Israel uses drones to launch regular strikes on the besieged people of Gaza. The Welsh Government uses millions of pounds of our taxes to facilitate the testing of drones at Parc Aberporth. The Israeli military are a frequent presence there. Do we want our government to be complicit in war crimes? This important conference will discuss what drone warfare is & how we build the anti-drones movement in Wales. Speakers include – RAFEEF ZIADAH Palestinian Spoken Word Artist & Activist Senior Campaigns Officer with War on Want CHRIS COLE Secretary of the Drones Campaigns Network & Founder of Drones Wars UK blog HARRY ROGERS Bro Emlyn for Peace and Justice HAYA AL-FARRA Palestinian from Gaza ARFON RHYS Secretary, Fellowship of Reconciliation in Wales / Cymdeithas y Cymod JILL EVANS MEP Former Chair, CND Cymru and peace campaigner For more info. and full conference programme email – Cardiff_troopsout Free admission, but donations welcome Sponsored by Abergavenny and Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Cardiff Stop the War Coalition, Cardiff S.T.A.R andothers. |
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS – RAFEEF ZIADAH Palestinian Spoken Word Artist & Activist Senior Campaigns Officer with War on Want Author of their recent report on the use of drones against Palestine CHRIS COLE Secretary of the Drones Campaigns Network & Founder of Drones Wars UK blog Co-author of ‘Convenient Killing: Armed Drones and the Playstation Mentality’ HAYA AL-FARRA (Palestinian student from Gaza), ARFON RHYS (Cymdeithas Y Cymod, Fellowship of Reconciliation), HARRY ROGERS (Welsh Anti-Drones Campaigner, Bro Emlyn for Peace & Justice), JILL EVANS MEP (Former Chair, CND Cymru & Peace Campaigner) The US launches hundreds of drone strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Mali etc and reports show thousands of people killed, including hundreds of children, while Israel uses drones to launch regular strikes on the besieged people of Gaza. The Welsh Government uses millions of pounds of our taxes to facilitate the testing of drones at Parc Aberporth. The Israeli military are a frequent presence there. Do we want to be complicit in war crimes? Drones and the concept of remote, so-called ‘risk-free’ warfare, is a perilous military escalation, making the option to resort to the use of military force much easier by the big powers This important conference will discuss what drone warfare is & how we build the anti-drones movement in Wales Sponsored by Cardiff Stop the War Coalition, Abergavenny and Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Cardiff S.T.A.R and others.
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS – RAFEEF ZIADAH Palestinian Spoken Word Artist & Activist Senior Campaigns Officer with War on Want Author of their recent report on the use of drones against Palestine CHRIS COLE Secretary of the Drones Campaigns Network & Founder of Drones Wars UK blog Co-author of ‘Convenient Killing: Armed Drones and the Playstation Mentality’ HAYA AL-FARRA (Palestinian student from Gaza), ARFON RHYS (Cymdeithas Y Cymod, Fellowship of Reconciliation), HARRY ROGERS (Welsh Anti-Drones Campaigner, Bro Emlyn for Peace & Justice), JILL EVANS MEP (Former Chair, CND Cymru & Peace Campaigner) The US launches hundreds of drone strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Mali etc and reports show thousands of people killed, including hundreds of children, while Israel uses drones to launch regular strikes on the besieged people of Gaza. The Welsh Government uses millions of pounds of our taxes to facilitate the testing of drones at Parc Aberporth. The Israeli military are a frequent presence there. Do we want to be complicit in war crimes? Drones and the concept of remote, so-called ‘risk-free’ warfare, is a perilous military escalation, making the option to resort to the use of military force much easier by the big powers This important conference will discuss what drone warfare is & how we build the anti-drones movement in Wales Sponsored by Cardiff Stop the War Coalition, Abergavenny and Cardiff Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Cardiff S.T.A.R and others.
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To discuss what drone warfare is & how we build the anti-drones movement in Wales.
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