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Bruce Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.
Between 1983â"1998 Bruce was the State Coordinator of the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice.
He was the organizer of the Cancel Cassini Campaign (launched 72 pounds of plutonium into space in 1997) that was featured on the TV program 60 Minutes.
Bruce has been featured by artist Robert Shetterly in his collection of portraits and quotes entitled Americans Who Tell The Truth.In 2006 he was the recipient of the Dr. Benjamin Spock Peacemaker Award.
In 2003 Bruce co-produced a popular video entitled Arsenal of Hypocrisy that spells out U.S. plans for space domination.His latest video, shot in 2006, is entitled The Necessity of the Conversion of the Military Industrial Complex.
In 1968 Bruce was Vice-chair of the Okaloosa County (Florida) Young Republican Club while working on the Nixon campaign for president.
Bruce is a Vietnam-era veteran and began his career by working for the United Farm Workers Union in Florida organizing fruit pickers.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Rank-and-File Dems Punk Out on Drones & Guantanamo (2 comments)
Most liberal Dems support Obama's drone killing and Guantanamo policies.... if a Republican was in power they'd be howling.....rank-and-file Dems are weak and hypocrites.
Thursday, January 26, 2012 Pivot Toward Asia-Pacific
Obama is moving quickly to implement his "pivot toward the Asia-Pacific" as outlined in the Pentagon's recent Defense Guidance. This coming massive U.S. military buildup bodes ill for the likes of Jeju Island, Guam, Okinawa, the Philippines, Hawaii and more.
Sunday, December 25, 2011 Moving from a War Economy to a Peace Economy (1 comments)
Behind every question about how to get the United States back on track and improve the lives of average Americans (the so-called 99 percent) lies the necessity for economic conversion--that is, planning, designing, and implementing a transformation from a war economy to a peace economy.
Monday, December 12, 2011 Remembering His-Story - Iran Attack Next?
Stephen Hadley is pumping up the war talk with Iran - do you remember who this guy is? His name, and his-story, should not be forgotten.
Friday, August 26, 2011 TWISTED UP BY A SUPER COUP D'ETAT (11 comments)
The new Congressional "Super Committee" has already been bought and paid for by the military industrial complex - Republican and Democrat alike.
Saturday, July 2, 2011 NEXT PLUTONIUM SPACE LAUNCH SET (2 comments)
NASA's next plutonium launch (with 10.56 pounds of the deadly nuclear fuel on-board) is set for November....a launch failure could be catastrophic....
Friday, May 27, 2011 MAKING FRIENDS AT BATH IRON WORKS
I'm fasting in solidarity with South Korean villagers who are in jail and hunger striking over construction of Navy base that will destroy their fishing village
Thursday, May 19, 2011 PROTEST LEADERS ARRESTED ON JEJU ISLAND
Eight leaders of protest movement opposing Navy base construction on Jeju Island, South Korea have been arrested. One activist, already in jail for blocking a construction truck, is now on his 45th day of hunger strike. We need your help.
Thursday, May 12, 2011 Budgets are Moral Choices
People rally against budget cuts in Maine but not a mumbling word was heard about endless war spending....except for those two pesky signs behind the speakers platform
Monday, April 25, 2011 Pyramids to the Heavens (1 comments)
The spectacle of a recovering Rep. Giffords and Obama waving to her husband as he blasts off on the space shuttle will bring tears to many eyes and warm feelings in many hearts. The aerospace industry hopes that more support for "everything" space will also result.
Friday, April 8, 2011 GLOBAL NETWORK STATEMENT ON JAPANESE NUCLEAR DISASTER (3 comments)
The Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan tragically demonstrates, again, the dangers of nuclear power, an energy source that must be abandoned--as a clear and present threat to life. Instead of promoting nuclear power expansion globally the nuclear power industry should be dismantled or converted to a green technology industry.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 THE KILLING CULTURE (2 comments)
The killing culture of America.... Democrats like Obama help keep the peaceniks tamed and in their cages. Republican politicians keep their party faithful distracted by whipping up outlandish fears about the U.S. becoming "a secular atheist country" that is potentially dominated by "radical Islamists."
Thursday, March 3, 2011 BRING OUR WAR $$ HOME
The Maine Campaign to Bring Our War $$ Home is organizing a rally at the state capital on April 4...we've got to make the links between endless war and economic crisis at home
Sunday, January 23, 2011 THEY AGREE WITH US - NOW JUST NEED TO SPEAK UP
Even with all the corporate media blathering about the deficit and the need to cut back on "entitlement programs," once again the majority of American people are seeing through the fog. Why though are they still not moving into action?
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 AMERICA'S VIOLENCE CONTRADICTION (19 comments)
We weep and wail and wring our hands when domestic terrorists kill innocent people, as was done this past weekend in Tucson, Arizona. But each and every day our kids all over the nation are being brainwashed about the joys of violence, the thrill of war, the glory of killing the "enemy" and few blink an eye.
Monday, December 27, 2010 NAVY MAKES THEIR MOVE TODAY ON JEJU ISLAND (5 comments)
Navy today begins to pour concrete over rocky coastline on Jeju Island in South Korea to build base for US warships to surround China coastline...villagers are fighting for the rocks, the water, the fish, and the coral.
Monday, December 13, 2010 THE WARNING HAS BEEN GIVEN (18 comments)
Keep an eye on Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank (Skull & Bones member at Yale) if you want to know where the power strucutre is heading...read my analysis on his latest piece called "Obama finally stands his ground"....against the left
Friday, December 3, 2010 NEW ORGANIZING STRATEGY IS NEEDED (8 comments)
Recent Republican victories across the nation call for new organizing strategies by the left....not the usual Washington DC black hole "legislative games" that now dominate progressive movement building
Sunday, November 28, 2010 U.S. LOOKING FOR A FIGHT (6 comments)
Obama's war team pushing North Korea into a corner with war games directed at them each month since last July.
Monday, October 18, 2010 STONES IN KASHMIR & OBAMA'S ARMS SALE (1 comments)
Obama going to India to sell $10 billion worth of weapons in an already unstable region....conflict in Kashmir not likely on his agenda as US prefers to view endless conflict regions as good source for more weapons sales
Thursday, September 23, 2010 THE STRATEGY IS IN THE POLL NUMBERS
New poll numbers reveal that the public has no confidence in our wars....but their minds are fixed on economy & jobs....movements need to connect the dots!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Maine Veterans Plan Peace Walk (1 comments)
Maine Veterans for Peace plan a peace walk November 2-11. The walk will focus on the costs of endless war.
Thursday, August 19, 2010 PERMANENT WAR ECONOMY
Fast rising pay and benefits in the armed forces have lifted many military towns into the ranks of the nation's most affluent communities....
Sunday, July 25, 2010 LOOKING FOR A FIGHT (5 comments)
U.S. war "games" began today in Yellow Sea angering China and North Korea.... on 60th anniversary of "ceasefire" of Korean War. U.S. military operations in Persian Gulf and Costa Rica indicate Obama and Pentagon looking to pick a fight.
Monday, July 19, 2010 PUTTING IT IN REVERSE (1 comments)
The U.S. is becoming the leader of the category of "quickest economic decline".....our roads are turning to gravel as we fund endless war
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 WHY MISLEAD ABOUT PENTAGON-NASA CONNECTION?
A guest on Democracy Now recently claimed that the Pentagon and NASA are separated like church and state. Why would this person distort reality like this?
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 BRING WAR $$ HOME RESOLUTION PASSES PORTLAND, MAINE CITY COUNCIL
By a vote of 7-1 the Portland City Council has voted to Bring Our War $$ Home. There is growing consciousness in Maine that we have to link war spending to fiscal crisis at home.
Sunday, March 14, 2010 CENTRAL ASIA PIPELINE PLAN BEGINS TO EMERGE (4 comments)
Central Asia pipeline plan begins to emerge as Marines build bases in desolate southwestern Afghanistan....
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 DEER ISLE, MAINE - FIRST IN THE NATION (3 comments)
Deer Isle, Maine annual town meeting votes by 67% margin to call on Congress to Bring Our War $$ Home
Friday, February 26, 2010 JEJU ISLAND HEATING UP AGAIN (1 comments)
The US is turning the right-wing South Korean government into a tool to help militarily surround China...
Tuesday, February 23, 2010 PROACTIVE ORGANIZING GETS BEST RESULTS
If we truly want to advance our peace movement, we must reassess whether our local organizing strategies are reactive or proactive.
Thursday, February 4, 2010 THE SWORD AND THE SHIELD (2 comments)
U.S. expands first-strike encirclement of Russia and China
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 PEACEFUL PROTESTERS ROUGHED UP, ARRESTED BY OBAMA'S PENTAGON (6 comments)
Obama says he wants nuclear disarmament but then his Pentagon roughs up a woman in her 80's calling for same at Vandenberg AFB protest as she and others arrested for legally vigiling against nukes
Monday, February 1, 2010 REGIONAL ANTI-WAR CONFAB A WINNER!
Great organizing energy and speakers at MIT NorthEast regional anti-war confab this past Saturday....people are over Obama's "hope and change" rhetoric
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 HOPIUM DRUG WEARING THIN (2 comments)
Obama's announcement that he will propose a three-year spending freeze on all federal programs except for "military, veterans affairs, homeland security, and certain international programs" [read CIA] is just more of the slight of hand we are growing accustomed to seeing from the magician.
Friday, January 22, 2010 APPEAL TO STOP NAVY BASE CONSTRUCTION ON JEJU ISLAND
700 organizations and individuals from 30 countries sign statement in support of villagers from Gangjeong on Jeju Island, South Korea who are fighting Navy base
Monday, January 11, 2010 Call for Signatures Protesting Navy Base Construction that will Destroy Coral Reefs
South Koreans are protesting the construction of a new Navy base on Jeju Island that will destroy coral reefs, traditional fishing and their way of life. US and South Korean Navy ships will be homeported there. Your signature needed to protest the base.
Friday, January 1, 2010 COURAGE TO END TOTAL WAR
The corporate oligarchy is now doing under Obama what it could not accomplish under Bush. Total war. It's going to take great courage on our part to change things.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 HOUSE DEMS TAKE ANOTHER DIVE
Dems vote overwhelmingly in favor of military and war funding bill today in the House.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 NEW SPACE WAR FILM JUST OUT (2 comments)
Two weeks ago the new film called Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space opened at film festivals in Montreal and Amsterdam.
Thursday, December 10, 2009 DRONE MAN LECTURES ON PEACE (2 comments)
Deep in his heart the magician knows he did not earn this peace prize. He knows it is just another part of the constructed public relations campaign to hide the western world's rape and pillage of the Middle East, Central Asia, and Africa for diminishing supplies of fossil fuels and rare and precious minerals
Sunday, June 7, 2009 Mr. Big is Calling (1 comments)
The military is moving to take over our public schools. Mr. Big has all the dough these days. It is about creating automatons for the oligarchy.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 WHAT ABOUT NORTH KOREA?
Lots of people are asking me "What about North Korea?"
Friday, May 15, 2009 Whose War Now? (2 comments)
200 Democrats voted yes to fund Iraq-Afghanistan-Pakistan wars for rest of 2009. No real debate was had as they spent most of the time kicking around the false issue of Guantanamo prisioners being released onto the streets of America. The war parties won this round......
Friday, May 1, 2009 Obama Continues Bush Policy on Weapons to Georgia (5 comments)
US and NATO plan war games this month in Georgia provoking more tensions with Russia. Obama to send Georgia more weapons as NATO encircles Russia.
Thursday, April 23, 2009 REPORT ON KOREA PEACE ORGANIZING TRIP
The US is doubling its military presence in the Asian-Pacific and taking land from farmers to expand bases in Korea. Here is a report on a peace organizing trip to Korea.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009 Peace Activists Brought on the Reservation (6 comments)
Our job is to non-violently resist the cavalry - not to saddle their horses for battle.
Sunday, April 5, 2009 REFLECTIONS ON THE OBAMA TRIP TO EUROPE
Obama's trip to Europe appears to be about "rebranding" the product of empire...the good cowboy, a good listener, replaces the bad cowboy called Bush. The policies remain much the same.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009 INT'L SPACE ORGANIZING CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN SOUTH KOREA
The Global Network's annual space organizing conference will be held in Seoul just as the US & Japan threaten to attack North Korean missile launch. The US uses North Korea as an excuse to expand its military in the region to surround China.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 CZECH GOVERNMENT FALLS OVER STAR WARS RADAR (2 comments)
After two years of intense campaigning the forces of peace prevail and the Czech government falls after refusing to end their support for the US Star Wars radar.
Monday, March 23, 2009 TRIP REPORT - FLORIDA & PORTUGAL (1 comments)
This report covers my recent speaking trip to Florida & Portugal where I saw a real political party in action. One that fights for the people!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 REPORT ON CONFERENCE & PROTESTS IN WASHINGTON DC (1 comments)
Full report on No US Bases conference and climate change protest in Washington. I come away feeling certain that Obama will continue building the US military empire.
Saturday, February 21, 2009 I WANT YOU TO BE RESPONSIBLE (7 comments)
Obama is organizing a "fiscal responsibility" summit next week. The goal is to prepare the public for more social spending cuts and to get Congress to increase war funding. Rep. Barney Franks will hold a briefing the next day on his call for 25% in Pentagon spending. Which side are you on?
Thursday, February 19, 2009 U.S. CATCHING HELL ON FOREIGN POLICY (13 comments)
Around the world people are organizing to stop the US empire. Here are some important examples of these efforts. We need to be in motion with them.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 MORE ON MILITARY BASES CONFERENCE
Activists from around the US and the world will gather in DC for No US Bases conference at the end of the month. Here are the key issues.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009 OBAMA'S FIRST NEWS CONFERENCE (5 comments)
Reflections & comments as I listened to Obama's first news conference. Best question of the night was from Helen Thomas.....
Saturday, February 7, 2009 NO U.S. BASES CONFERENCE COMING UP (1 comments)
National campaign to close US empire kicks off with conference in DC at end of February. Major speakers coming from around world.
Friday, February 6, 2009 THE REAL GREEN PLEASE (3 comments)
Many progressives are pushing hard for the stimulus but it doesn't adress the real fact that our economy is a hostage of the military industrial complex. Until that happens the sausage making will continue.
Thursday, February 5, 2009 IRAN'S TV SATELLITE LAUNCH WHIPS FEARS (6 comments)
Pro-missile defense advocates go nuts claiming Iran is now ready to nuke the US after they launched a TV satellite this week.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 KEEP WATCH ON CENTRAL & SOUTH ASIA (3 comments)
US supply base for Afghan war in Kyrgyzstan might soon be closed. US plans to surround China and Russia and control Caspian Sea resources are causing major power bloc moves in the region.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009 OBAMA PICKS ANOTHER BUSH MAN (6 comments)
Obama picks Se. Judd Gregg for Commerce Dept. Sen. Gregg wants to "fix" Social Security and Medicaid. Who is still being fooled by the "change" and "hope" man?
Thursday, January 29, 2009 SECURITY WITHOUT EMPIRE - NATIONAL CONFERENCE
National Organizing Conference on Foreign Military Bases at American University, Washington, D.C.
February 27-March 2, 2009
Saturday, January 24, 2009 OBAMA FIRES FIRST DEADLY SHOTS (44 comments)
Four days into the job Obama launches attack on Pakistan killing 21, including civilians. Not a good way to start "hopeful" dialogue.
Saturday, January 10, 2009 House Vote on Israel-Gaza Resolution (5 comments)
See how your member of Congress voted on this very bad resolution that passed 390-5.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 680-10 (5 comments)
Palestinians continue to die and Israel has killed as many of its own soldiers as Hamas has. I have to climb out of my fog and do more to help stop the madness.
Monday, January 5, 2009 OUT BEFORE THE SHOW STARTS
Bill Richardson withdraws his name from Obama cabinet. He has a long record of supporting the military industrial complex in NM. Read what activists there say about him.
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 Some Would Call It Genocide (14 comments)
The Israeli attacks on Gaza is getting personal for me.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 LOST IN SPACE: NASA AT 50 (2 comments)
Journalist Karl Grossman lays out the story behind 50 years of NASA. Today the Pentagon calls the shots at the space center.
Thursday, December 11, 2008 MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN (9 comments)
Secretary of War Gates announces another 20,000 troops to Afghanistan. What will the Democrats do now?
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 Mr. Jones, We got a Thing Going On
One MSNBC reporter said Obama's foreign policy will be similar to that of George H.W. Bush. Correspondent Chuck Todd reported that Gen. Jones is a close buddy of John McCain and was likely picked for his new role because Secretary of Defense (DoD) Robert Gates insisted on having Jones be part of the team if Obama wanted Gates to remain at DoD.
Monday, December 1, 2008 A Bit Left of Bush (9 comments)
TV news commentator Chris Matthews of MSNBC described it well. Obama's new "National Security team" is "a bit left of Bush." Mr. Obama's "change and hope" seems to be in favor of corporate capital and not the rest of us.
Friday, November 21, 2008 BECOMING A BEE
Resistance to monoculture and industrialism! That is the change we need to be fighting for. Learn about Maine's Beehive Design Collective.
Friday, November 14, 2008 NOT WAITING FOR GODOT
People are not waiting to see what Obama will do as president before acting. In South Korea activists are calling on Obama to end the dangerous US-South Korea military alliance.
Sunday, November 9, 2008 WHICH WAS IT MR. OBAMA? (2 comments)
Obama has not even been sworn into office yet and he is already denying a BBC story about him promising Poland's president that Bush's "missile defense" deployments will go forward.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 VICTORY BUT BIG CHALLENGES AHEAD (3 comments)
I hope Obama delivers the changes he has promised. I hope the public understands that their role in bringing real change has just begun. I hope that Obama supporters are in this one for the long haul.
Thursday, October 23, 2008 Prepare Now for Post-Election Strategy (9 comments)
Local coalitions should begin planning now for what we will do after the elections - no matter who wins.
Monday, October 20, 2008 PROTESTING AEGIS IN MAINE AND SOUTH KOREA (1 comments)
Another Aegis destroyer was "Christened" in Maine and on the same day activists went underwater in South Korea to hold banners in the coral reefs opposing a planned Navy base where the Aegis would be deployed. A new arms race is underway in the Asian-Pacific.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 ROCKET FUEL OR SAFE MILK?
Perchlorate is a chemical used in rocket fuel that is showing up in drinking water in 35 states. It causes thyroid problems in women and retardation in kids. EPA is refusing to strictly regulate the contaminant. Your comments are urgently needed to EPA.
Friday, October 10, 2008 DIVIDE AND CONQUER (1 comments)
The corporate elite are turning American against American to deflect the public's outrage as the nation falls apart at the seams.
Saturday, October 4, 2008 REPORT ON SCANDINAVIA TRIP
Trip to Sweden, Denmark, and Norway to organize against militarization of space turns out to be a winner.
Friday, October 3, 2008 FINAL SPACE WEEK ACTIONS LIST
List of worldwide actions to stop a new arms race in space. Space technology today coordinates all warfare on earth. Thus whoever controls space wins all the wars on earth.
Monday, September 22, 2008 REVOLUTION FOR THE RICH (1 comments)
On your knees you serf! We are returning to the days of feudalism. Socialism for the rich and capitalism for everyone else.
Sunday, September 21, 2008 EUROPEAN SOCIAL FORUM: IT'S ALL ABOUT NATO (2 comments)
Participating at ESF in Sweden reveals major European activist outrage about expanding NATO under the control of the US. Bush out to surround Russia and is creating war tensions throughout the continent.
Thursday, September 18, 2008 Keep Space for Peace Week (1 comments)
An int'l week of local protests to build the movement to prevent a new arms race in outer space. See the list of planned events so far.
Thursday, September 11, 2008 BREAD AND CIRCUS
Pigs, lipstick, sex, race, and the social issues replace real issues discussion in the presidential campaign. Right on schedule and according to plan.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008 SPACE MOVEMENT - WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? (7 comments)
The weapons corporations are now creating and funding a "space movement" to help them lodge America's dwindling tax dollars from our pockets. Which side are you on?
Sunday, September 7, 2008 REPORT ON TRIP TO MINNESOTA
As the limited and over-hyped violence in St. Paul played out I flashed back to Vonnegut's novel Player Piano that told the story about young people who had no role or stake in society destroying the machines as a way to reject the social order and attempt to recreate a new society.
Thursday, August 28, 2008 THAT'S NOT CHANGE, IT'S MORE OF THE SAME (4 comments)
Joe Biden accuses McCain of not being for "change" and then he calls for more troops in Afghanistan and says we will confront Russia.
Friday, August 22, 2008 PLANNING FOR COLD WAR AND BEYOND (1 comments)
One outcome of the US-Georgia provocation against Russia is massive contracts for the weapons industry. Not bad profit for a few days work?
Monday, August 18, 2008 IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE? (9 comments)
New video about children's deformities in Iraq (resulting from DU exposure) are evidence enough of impeachable offenses.
Saturday, August 16, 2008 UNDERSTANDING AEGIS: FIRST-STRIKE WARFARE (2 comments)
An attack on Iran will likely be initiated by the Navy's Aegis destroyer. The ships are also now part of the Star Wars program.
Monday, August 11, 2008 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT? (5 comments)
U.S. corporate interests and both political parties have their hands deep in this dangerous stew which has resulted in Georgia-Russia conflict. What comes next?
