Keep space for peace
Join the Pine Gap Protest October 5-7 2002
Pine Gap is a military spy base for the United States located just outside of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. It has been here since the 1960s and has played a major role in many US military operations (including the Gulf War and the current "War on Terror"). It will be an integral part of the proposed US star wars system enabling the US to dominate and control space. Its very existence on Australian soil makes us complicit in the military strikes of America and makes us a nuclear target. We don't want it. Help us expose it and shut it down this October. Organisations and individuals will be participating from all over Australia. Mass transport is being coordinated from most capital cities. For more information contact: South Australia: Australian Peace Committee — Adelaide ph: (08) 8332 3461 Victoria: Action for Peace — Melbourne (a collective set up at FoE) through Friends of the Earth (03) 9419 8700 or ph: 0402 246 491 New South Wales: Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition — Sydney ph: (02) 9212 0800 Northern NSW: ph: (02) 6685 8410 Queensland: Brisbane ph: (07) 3359 1933 or 0412 057 240 Western Australia: Perth ph: (08) 9272 4252 or (08) 9381 6293 Northern Territory: There will soon be a coordinating desk set up in an environment centre in Alice Springs which will take on the central organising role on the ground. Posters & leaflets Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition (AABCC) in Sydney has produced a full colour pamphlet about Pine Gap — if you want copies to distribute contact the AABCC at: peace@mira.net saying how many you need and where to mail them to. Friends of the Earth (FOE) have a pamphlet called: Star Wars 2020 which explains missile defence and advertises the protest action at Pine Gap. Available soon on the FoE web site: http://www.foe.org.au. Medical Association for Prevention of War (MAPW) have just released missile defence briefings and some members are planning to attend. There are two collaborative (non-group specific) pamphlets available also: 1. 21st Century Star Wars — Talking Points on National Missile Defence and Australia's role through Pine Gap the US Military base outside of Alice Springs It has great explanations about Missile Defence and Pine Gap from AABCC's Dr Hannah Middleton and UK specialist David Webb. 2. A leaflet designed for an International audience — explaining why Australians are protesting at Pine Gap, where it is, what is used for. To keep informed check out the following websites: Friends of the Earth: http://www.foe.org.au/nc/nc_pine.htm MAPW: http://www.mapw.org.au/nationalmissiledefence/nmd-index.html AABCC: http://www.anti-bases.org.au OPeace: http://www.ozpeace.net.au Australian Peace Committee: www.peacecourier.com WANI (Women Against the Nuclear Industry): http://www.womenandearth.org/wani/wani.htmil. For information on other activities happening at the same time as the Pine Gap actions during the international week to keep space for peace then visit: Global Network: http://www.space4peace.org