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About Me

Bruce Gagnon is the Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.Between 1983â€“1998 Bruce was the State Coordinator of the Florida Coalition for Peace & Justice and has worked on space issues for 25 years. In 1987 he organized the largest peace protest in Florida history when over 5,000 people marched on Cape Canaveral in opposition to the first flight test of the Trident II nuclear missile. He was the organizer of the Cancel Cassini Campaign (launched 72 pounds of plutonium into space in 1997) that drew enormous support and media coverage around the world and was featured on the TV program 60 Minutes.In 2003, Bruce was appointed by Dr. Helen Caldicott as a Senior Fellow at her Nuclear Policy Research Institute where he also serves on her Advisory Board. Bruce has been featured by artist Robert Shetterly in his collection of portraits and quotes entitled Americans Who Tell The Truth. In 2006 he was the recipient of the Dr. Benjamin Spock Peacemaker Award.Bruce also has a new book out in 2005 called Come Together Right Now: Organizing Stories from a Fading Empire. He is a member of the National Writers Union (UAW Local # 1981 AFL-CIO) and writes a popular blog called Organizing Notes.In 2003 Bruce co-produced a highly acclaimed video entitled Arsenal of Hypocrisy that spells out U.S. plans for space domination. His latest video, shot in 2006, is entitled The Necessity of the Conversion of the Military Industrial Complex. He is also host of a cable TV show called This Issue that currently runs in eight Maine communities. (This show can also be seen from the GNâ€™s website.)In 1968 Bruce was Vice-chair of the Okaloosa County (Florida) Young Republican Club while working on the Nixon campaign for president.Bruce is a Vietnam-era veteran and began his career by working for the United Farm Workers Union in Florida organizing fruit pickers. Bruce is an active member of Veterans for Peace.http://www.space4peace.org

My Interests

Political organizing to stop the war machine

I'd like to meet:

Ray and Dave Davies for a beer

Music:

The Kinks, Ray and Dave Davies, John Trudell, Tom Neilson; John Lennon; Holly Gwinn Graham

Movies:

The Battle for America's Soul

Books:

Order my book "Come Together Right Now: Organizing Stories from a Fading Empire" by sending $19 (includes s/h) to Global Network, PO Box 652, Brunswick, ME 04011

Heroes:

Eugene V. Debs, Crazy Horse, Cynthia McKinney, Ray Davies

My Blog

THE LONG RIDE

Mary Beth (MB) and I got on the train in Boston on Sunday morning at 6:40. We stayed at her brother John's house in Boston the night before and her aunt Debra picked us up early at his house to tak...
Posted by Bruce on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:08:00 PST

AROUND THE HORN

The image above is a fishing boat in Laos made of Vietnam war-era fuel tanks from U.S. war planes. It's a good example of turning swords into plowshares. Isn't it reassuring to know that we left th...
Posted by Bruce on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:03:00 PST

WE LOVED GEORGE CARLIN

I was sad to hear that George Carlin died. He was one of the great political comedians who made a career of doing a sociological study of how the American people think and are controlled. He wa...
Posted by Bruce on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:21:00 PST

JUNE 22 PHOTOS AND AN EMAIL FROM THE COLONEL

Folks met in Brunswick, Maine on the town green for an hour of sign holding, writing letters to Condi Rice (who goes to the Czech Republic on July 10 to sign the Star Wars radar agreement), and we ...
Posted by Bruce on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:33:00 PST

THANKS FOR THE CALL COLONEL - WELL MAYBE NOT

At 10:30 a.m. this morning I had a phone call from the base commander at Kirtland A.F.B. in Albuquerque, New Mexico. And it's a Sunday.In my blog yesterday I quoted Col. Robert Suminsby, Jr. about h...
Posted by Bruce on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:00:00 PST

STAR WARS OR SOCIAL PROGRESS - YOU DECIDE

It's all about two things - power and money. Star Wars technology will give the U.S. "control and domination" of space and the Earth below as the Space Command planning document Vision for 2020 has ...
Posted by Bruce on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 07:17:00 PST

NOT AS FUNNY AS IT SEEMS

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Posted by Bruce on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:10:00 PST

CITIZEN RESISTANCE IN CZECH REPUBLIC INSPIRES US

We heard this morning that the Democrats in the U.S. Congress had cut a deal with the Republicans to give Bush another $162 billion for the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. On top of that billio...
Posted by Bruce on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:39:00 PST

ITS A GROWING CONCERN

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Posted by Bruce on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:05:00 PST

SUPPORT THE JUNE 22 DAY OF FASTING TO STOP STAR WARS

List to dateBeth Adams (Greenfield, Massachusetts)Bittiandra Muddappa Aiyyappa (Mumbai, India)Bob Anderson (Albuquerque, New Mexico)Dennis Apel (Guadalupe, California)Pat Arrowsmith (London, Englan...
Posted by Bruce on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:32:00 PST