The Minuteman III ICBM launch set for Wednesday, September 15, has been canceled as of 1:15 pm Tuesday afternoon. The base is preparing a press release to explain why. The launch has been rescheduled for Friday, September 17th at 3 am. Check MacGregor Eddy’s Blog for further info. or call 831-206-5043

Posted: September 15th, 2010 under News, Upcoming Events.
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At 11:55 pm on February 14, there will be a gathering at the main gate to protest a scheduled launch of a minuteman III missile. Please see Slide Presentation

Posted: September 5th, 2010 under News, Upcoming Events.
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Jorge Manly-Gil appeared in Santa Barbara Federal Court on Thursday, August 19, 2010 for arraignment on a “trespass” charge from the April 7, 2010 witness. When Jorge asked for a Public Defender (PD), U.S. Prosecutor Sharon McCaslin asked the court to deny the request as the government will not be seeking jail time nor probation, further stating that Dennis Apel did a reasonable job representing himself in a similar case, so Mr. Manly-Gil also can represent himself or retain counsel on his own. Magistrate Rita Coyne-Federman agreed and denied Jorge a PD, even though he stated he could not afford one. Jorge Manly-Gil’s trial is at 1:30 pm on September 16. Court address: Santa Barbara Federal Court – 1415 State St., Santa Barbara, 93101. For further details call 805-343-6322

The September 15, 2010 court date scheduled for Rev. Louie Vitale, OFM, and Sr. Megan Rice has been rescheduled for Thursday, November 18 at 9:00 am because of another court appearance in Nevada scheduled for September 14 for a previous action against drones at Creech AFB.

Posted: August 20th, 2010 under News, Upcoming Events.
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Steve Kelly, S.J., Dennis Apel, and MacGregor Eddy will be tried at 8:30 am on Thursday, July 15, for violating the arbitrary ban and bar order. Please join them in support at the Santa Barbara Federal Court – 1415 State St., Santa Barbara, 93101. For further details call MacGregor Eddy at 831-206-5043 or e-mail: macgregoreddy@gmail.com or see MacGregor Eddy’s Blog for further info.

Posted: July 12th, 2010 under News, Upcoming Events.
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Join us on Saturday, August 7, from 1pm to 3pm, at the front gate of Vandenberg Air Force Base, six miles north of Lompoc, CA on Highway One. (parking allowed at Vandenberg Middle School on Saturdays) to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and stand in opposition to continued U.S. imperial violence.  For further details call Dennis Apel: 805-343-6322. Also, check out the slide presentation here.

Posted: July 12th, 2010 under News, Upcoming Events.
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On June 6, 2010, the United States plans to launch a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California central coast. The missile will likely carry one or more “unarmed” warheads to the Ronald Reagan Test Site in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

The launch, the first of two planned for the month of June, will come
just nine days after the completion of the nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT) Review Conference at the United Nations.

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation President, David Krieger, who attended the NPT Review Conference earlier this month, said, “U.S. testing so close to the end of the NPT Review Conference will make many countries doubt our sincerity in
fulfilling our nuclear disarmament obligations under the NPT.
President Obama has said that he wants to reduce the role of nuclear
weapons in US security policy, but tests such as this one suggest that
we are continuing with business as usual.”

Krieger continued, “When any country tests long-range missiles and
nuclear weapons, it is more than just a test. It is a message to the
world and perhaps to specific countries; it says in effect, ‘This is
what we can do to you.’ If the US wants to lead the way to a world
free of nuclear weapons, it needs to stop sending such provocative
messages. In the US we are very aware of such messages when other
countries test. We seem to have a blind spot in our thinking about our
own tests.” For more info contact Rick Wayman at rwayman@napf.org or call (805) 965 3443

There will be a protest at the front gate of Vandenberg on Saturday,
June 5 at 1:00 pm to oppose the upcoming ICBM tests. David Krieger,
President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Andrew Lichterman of
the Western States Legal Foundation will speak at the event. June 5 is
“Nuclear Abolition Day,” with events promoting the abolition of
nuclear weapons taking place in cities around the world. For more information on Nuclear Abolition Day, including the protest event in Los Angeles, please visit Nuclear Abolition Day Web Site

Posted: May 29th, 2010 under News, Upcoming Events.
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In Santa Barbara Federal Court today, May 20, federal prosecutor Sharon McCaslin dropped all charges against Bud Boothe, Scott Fina, Hortensia Hernandez-Apel, Jorge Manly-Gil, Mary Becker and Steve Kelly, S.J..  However, Dennis Apel and MacGregor Eddy will be tried on July 15 for violating the arbitrary ban and bar order. Please mark your calendar and support them at the Santa Barbara Federal Court – 1415 State St., Santa Barbara, 93101. For further details call MacGregor Eddy at 831-206-5043 or e-mail: macgregoreddy@gmail.com or see MacGregor Eddy’s Blog for further info.

Posted: May 21st, 2010 under News, Upcoming Events.
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For the third time, on April 15, Bud Boothe appeared before U.S. Magistrate Federman for his arraignment for the Nov. 4th arrest. The prosecution has yet to file charges, therefore it was continued to May 20.

On the same day, Dennis Apel, Jorge Manly, and MacGregor Eddy also appeared before U.S. Magistrate Federman. However, since the original arrest in February, two identical charges have been filed but not yet placed on the court docket. The Judge agreed to hear all charges on May 20.

Please support them at the Santa Barbara Federal Court – 1415 State St., Santa Barbara, 93101. For further details call MacGregor Eddy at 831-206-5043 or e-mail: macgregoreddy@gmail.com or see MacGregor Eddy’s Blog for further info.

Posted: April 18th, 2010 under News, Upcoming Events.
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Join us on Saturday,  June 5–World Nuclear Abolition Day– to vigil for peace and voice our opposition to the planned June Minuteman III ICBM thermonuclear warhead delivery system test launch from Vandenberg to Kwajalein, in the Marshall Islands. Testing nuclear weapon delivery systems violates the letter and spirit of article VI of the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). See slide presentation HERE

Please join us at either Vandenberg AFB from 1 pm to 3 pm, at the front gate of Vandenberg Air Force Base, six miles north of Lompoc CA on Highway One. (parking allowed at Vandenberg Middle School on Saturdays). Speaker: Andrew Lichterman of Western States Legal Foundation, or Los Angeles AFB in El Segundo, from 3 pm to 5 pm. The Los Angeles AFB is located at 262 N. Douglas, El Segundo, 90245  (aka Los Angeles Space and Missile Center), (please note, there is no public parking on nearby streets; plan to shuttle from available parking or public transit or drop off signs and people and have the driver find parking.) Speaker: Que Keju who will read a statement on behalf of residents of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands.

Endorsed by: International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons;  Physicians for Social Responsibility; Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom; Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space; Nuclear Age Peace Foundation; War Resisters League; Los Angeles Catholic Worker; Office of the Americas; and Western States Legal Foundation;

For further details call MacGregor Eddy at 831-206-5043 or e-mail macgregoreddy@gmail.com or visit MacGregor Eddy’s Blog.

Posted: March 24th, 2010 under News, Upcoming Events.
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Dennis Apel, MacGregor Eddy, and Jorge Manly-Gil have a court date scheduled for Thursday, April 15, 9 am, for their March 3rd arrest. At 10:30 am Bud Boothe’s trial/arraignment (part 3) will continue for his November 4th arrest.

Please support them at the Santa Barbara Federal Court – 1415 State St., Santa Barbara, 93101. For further details call MacGregor Eddy at 831-206-5043 or e-mail: macgregoreddy@gmail.com or see MacGregor Eddy’s Blog for further info.

(Ret) Col. Ann Wright will be at a noon press conference following the court appearances.  Court seating is limited, but everyone is invited to the press conference.

Also, check out this Slideshow about Vandenberg.

Posted: March 16th, 2010 under News, Upcoming Events.
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