Request for support for Global Network Russia friendship trip
Dear friends,
On April 25 – May 10, the Global Network will lead 25 people on a study tour to Russia. We will visit Moscow, Crimea and St. Petersburg in an effort to listen, learn and serve as citizen diplomats among our peoples.
Members of the GN and Veterans For Peace will make up the bulk of those going on the trip. Activists from Sweden, England, Nepal, Canada, and throughout the US will be in our group. While in St. Petersburg, we plan to meet with members of the Russian Veterans For Peace chapter that was established many years ago.
The demonization of Russia has been relentless in recent times all across the west. Not since the height of the Cold War in the 1980’s have tensions been so great between Russia and the US and the consequences are dire. May we remind you:
· Washington pulled out of the ABM Treaty, the INF Treaty and the Iran Nuclear Deal.
· Trump’s recent announcement calling for the “Space Force” indicated that the US intends to ‘control and dominate’ space and deny Russia and China access to space during times of hostility. This is a provocative declaration that will drive a new expensive and destabilizing arms race. Congress must give final approval on the Space Force proposal.
· The US refuses to renounce its first-strike policy.
· We are in more danger of nuclear war than ever as recent US construction of ‘missile defense’ launch bases in Romania and Poland reduce the flight times to reach Moscow to 10-12 minutes.
· Friends in Finland and Sweden tell us how the US is twisting the arms of their countries to get them to join an ever-expanding NATO and allow war games and bases aimed at Russia onto their lands.
I am writing to ask you to consider making a donation to the Global Network to help us cover some of the costs for the Russia trip. We intend to help some people who need assistance paying for airfare and hotels.
If you wish to donate you can use the secure green Donate Now button on our website or send a check to our address below. All donations to the GN are tax deductible.
Washington now regularly blames Russia for nearly every ill in the world. The US annual military budget is $1 trillion per year (when you add up all the various military pots of gold) while Russia spends just over $60 billion per year on their military. (In fact, Moscow cut its military budget during the last two years claiming it wanted to invest more on national development projects and reduction of poverty. Don’t we wish Trump and Congress would act in a similar way?)
We’ve got to do all we can to break down these walls being erected between Washington and Moscow. Please help us make our trip to Russia a big success – we need to build a friendship bridge among our people and make sure that war does not break out. To achieve that end we must first get to know one another.
Thanks for your consideration and support.
In peace,
Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 652
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 607-4255
http://www.space4peace.org
http://space4peace.blogspot.com (blog)
'Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.'
~ Henry David Thoreau
Coordinator
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 652
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 607-4255
http://www.space4peace.org
http://space4peace.blogspot.com (blog)
'Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.'
~ Henry David Thoreau
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