Ground the Drones
Saturday 27th April: protest to Ground the Drones
Stop Britain being a launchpad for killer drones
Assemble: 12 noon at Lincoln station
March to rally at 2pm at RAF Waddington – the UK's new Centre of Drone Operations
This spring, the UK will double its number of armed Reaper drones in Afghanistan and will for the first time begin operating drones over Afghanistan from a new facility at RAF Waddington near Lincoln.
Over the past four years, the US has launched hundreds of drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Libya, with reliable reports showing thousands of people have been killed, including hundreds of children. In Afghanistan where the US and UK have launched over 1,500 drone strikes, it is simply not known how many people have perished in these strikes. In Gaza too, many Palestinians have been killed by Israeli drone strikes.
Drones have become the latest weapon of choice in the so-called war on terror. Drones make it much easier for politicians to launch military intervention and assassinate suspects anywhere in the world. Drones are making the world a much more dangerous place.
Join us in calling on the government to abandon the use of drones as weapons of war.
Called by CND, Drone Campaign Network, Stop the War Coalition, War on Want.
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Benefit evening: TEN
Royal Court Theatre, Sloane Square, London, Sunday 7 April 6pm
A benefit evening of ten x ten minute pieces to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and to celebrate our enduring anti-war movement.
New plays, music, poetry, comedy and performance from - to date - Nick Bailey, Richard Bradbury, Aidan Casey, Janie Dee, Stella Duffy, Brian Eno, Alan Franks, Peter Kennard, Muzz Khan, Shappi Khorsandi, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Peter Lynam, Ahmed Mukhtar, David Mumeni, Shelley Silas, Ralf Togneri, Tim West, Saadi Yusef and surprise guests.
Tickets from £20. To book phone 020 7565 5000 or visit the Royal Court Theatre web site