Philadelphia Monthly Demonstration to Stop the Drone War Command Center in Horsham, PA

Philadelphia Demonstration to Stop the Drone War Command Center at Horsham Air Guard Station, in Horsham, Montgomery County, PA

Friday, January 9, 4p.m.- 5p.m. Phila. PM Rush Hour Leafleting w/banners and signs at SEPTA entrance/west side of Phila. City Hall, 15th & Market Streets.

In case of rain showers, bring an umbrella. In the event of severe weather, call 610-544-1818 day of event for status.

Join us on the streets of Philadelphia, 2nd Friday of the month, 4p.m. – 5p.m., to Stop the Drone War Command Center in Horsham, PA.

Background…

The U.S. Air Force at Horsham Air Guard Station is establishing a Drone War Command Center in Horsham, Montgomery County. The command center would direct Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones – armed with deadly Hellfire missiles and Paveway bombs. Unless stopped, hunter-killer MQ-9 Reaper drones will be remotely piloted through space-based satellites from the Horsham Air Guard Station against human beings thousands of miles away.

For more information and what you can do to stop the drone war command center in Horsham, PA, call the Brandywine Peace Community, (610) 544-1818.

Demonstrate…Stand-up, Speak-Out. Monthly demonstrations, last Saturday of the month, will resume, after a two month pause (January/Februariy), at the Horsham PA Air Guard Station on March 28, Noon – 2p.m., at Route 611/Easton & County Line Roads in Horsham, Montgomery County, PA 19040.

Make a Call to Your Senators and Congresspeople

Senators:
Bob Casey, (215) 405-9660, www.casey.senate.gov/; Pat Toomey, (215) 241-1090, www.toomey.senate.gov/
U.S. Representatives:
Find Your U.S. Congressional Representative at www.house.gov/representatives/find/

The campaign to stop the drone war command center was initiated by the Brandywine Peace Community and the American Friends Service Committee, and continues with the participating endorsement of a growing list of groups and activists: Bryn Mawr Peace Coalition, BuxMont Coalition for Peace Action, Catholic Peace Fellowship, Coalition for Peace Action, Death Walk Against Drones, Germantown Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), LEPOCO (Lehigh-Pocono Committee of Concern), Main Line Peace Action, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Granny Peace Brigade—Philadelphia, Global Women’s Strike/Phila., Green Party of Philadelphia, Greens of Montgomery and Bucks County, Pacem in Terris (Wilmington, DE), Payday men’s network/Phila., Peace Action – Philadelphia, Philly Against War; Peace Center of Delaware County, Peace & Justice Ministry of St. Vincent’s Roman Catholic Church in Germantown, Philadelphia Catholic Worker, Shalom House/Circle of Hope, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF), Phila.

For more information: Brandywine Peace Community, (610) 544-1818