The opposition to the drones conference at the Assembly Rooms in June is growing, with Bath Stop War Coalition's petition increasing in signatures via the internet and on paper by the day and letters most weeks in the Bath Chronicle. Now, Bath Stop the Drones have issued the following information relating to a meeting this Saturday 2nd June to plan action for the event. Please spread this far and wide throughout Bath and the rest of the UK.
RESIST
THE DRONES FAIR - NO DRONES IN BATH - ORGANISING MEETING - SATURDAY
2nd JUNE
Manvers street Baptist church (1 minute walk from Bath Spa
train station) – 11AM-4.00PM
As
you may have seen, a large military fair - focussing on military and
surveillance drones - is being held in Bath between the 25th and 28th
of June. We intend to resist them, and want to bring together the
biggest coalition of groups and individuals to educate, agitate,
organise and make sure the death dealers' stay in Bath isn't a
pleasant one!
As
we speak, groups and individuals in Bath, including the local Stop
the War Coalition are doing sterling work petitioning the council to
scrap the conference (as it is being held in council-owned
buildings). We hope that this tactic will encourage the council to
see sense, but in case the fair does go ahead, we need to start
organising ASAP to build the biggest and most effective response.
In
an effort to make sure that resisting the drone conference is a
process that includes as many different voices, groups and
perspectives as possible, we are holding a planning day, where all
groups and individuals opposed to the conference can kick-start the
process of organising resistance/events. We would love it if you, and
as many of your mates/representatives from your group as possible
could make it along.
As
you will probably know, drones are unmanned aerial weapons which have
been indiscriminately terrorising, killing and maiming hundereds of
civilians in countries including Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The
structure of the day is completely open, so if you have any
amendments or suggestions, please drop us an email at bathstopthedrones@gmail.com. At this point, we
imagine the day will break down a bit like this -
MORNING
SESSION – 11-12.30
*Introduction
to the conference - who are the baddies/where and when will they be
meeting?
*Feedback
on progress so far - finding out the progress of petitions to the
council etc
*Feedback
from anti-drone conference protests in Bristol - what worked, what
didn't?
*Events
- coming up with ideas for protests/events and a timetable
*Any
other ideas/ things that need to be discussed or have not been
covered
*'To
do list'
*people
form working groups to complete tasks on the to do list
LUNCH
- 12.30 - 1.15
AFTERNOON
SESSION - 1.15 - 3.45
*Split
into working groups
*Feedback
from working groups and discussion of next steps
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