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Coordinator
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
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Bruce Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.
Between 1983 "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.
SHARE 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.
SHARE 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
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, April 25, 2011 Pyramids to the Heavens
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.
(3 comments) SHARE Friday, April 8, 2011 GLOBAL NETWORK STATEMENT ON JAPANESE NUCLEAR DISASTER
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.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 30, 2011 THE KILLING CULTURE
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."
SHARE 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
SHARE 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?
(19 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 11, 2011 AMERICA'S VIOLENCE CONTRADICTION
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.
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, December 27, 2010 NAVY MAKES THEIR MOVE TODAY ON JEJU ISLAND
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.
(18 comments) SHARE Monday, December 13, 2010 THE WARNING HAS BEEN GIVEN
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
(8 comments) SHARE Friday, December 3, 2010 NEW ORGANIZING STRATEGY IS NEEDED
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
(6 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 28, 2010 U.S. LOOKING FOR A FIGHT
Obama's war team pushing North Korea into a corner with war games directed at them each month since last July.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, October 18, 2010 STONES IN KASHMIR & OBAMA'S ARMS SALE
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
SHARE 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!
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Maine Veterans Plan Peace Walk
Maine Veterans for Peace plan a peace walk November 2-11. The walk will focus on the costs of endless war.
SHARE 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....
(5 comments) SHARE Sunday, July 25, 2010 LOOKING FOR A FIGHT
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.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, July 19, 2010 PUTTING IT IN REVERSE
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
SHARE 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?