Successful vigil against drone death on 3/1 in Philadelphia

A silent death walk and anti-drone vigil took place outside of the Philadelphia Convention Center last Saturday, during a well-attended flower show. Members of the Resister Sisters of Philadelphia, along with others, came out wearing black clothing and white masks to bear witness to extrajudicial drone killing happening now in Pakistan, Yemen, and many other countries. Such killing will soon be directed in part from the Horsham Air Guard Station near Philadelphia. 

STOP U.S. Drones. They Kill Innocent Civilians

Visitors to the flower show were greeted by
 eerie white faces arrayed against the walls

"Drones are controlled by human operators", a fact that belies the claims that drones are a sterile or clean method of killing.

Educating the public with some harsh truths.

This event was part of a tradition of First Saturday Vigils against drones in Philadelphia. Visit Brandywine Peace Action Community  or e-mail Marge Van Cleef at mvc@igc.org for more information about future such events, including regular demonstrations at Horsham Air Guard Station. 


CLICK HERE for more information about the upcoming nationwide Spring Days of Action against drones.

TOMORROW: Silent Anti-Drone Death Walk and Vigil in Philadelphia

The Brandywine Peace Community is continuing the First Saturday tradition of holding a death walk and vigil in the center of Philadelphia with signs, banners, and leaflets to oppose U.S. Drone Warfare. 

"...Drone war is the most extreme terrorist war in history" - Noam Chomsky, September 2013

U.S. drone strikes have killed thousands of civilians, many of whom are children, terrorizing people daily in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Somalia. “Extra-judicial assassinations,” “targeted killings,” the “global war on terror,” U.S. Drones (UAVs, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) — armed with Lockheed Martin Hellfire missiles — are remotely controlled, via satellites also produced by Lockheed Martin, from command centers in the continental United States, such as the one planned for the Horsham Air Guard Station outside of Philadelphia.

WHEN: Tomorrow, March 1st, from 12pm-1pm

WHERE: Meet at 12th and Arch Streets, across from the Philadelphia Convention Center where the Flower Show will be opening.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:  Wear BLACK, white masks will be available. If you will be arriving late please call Marge so you know where people will be walking. We will hold signs and banners, opposing U.S. DRONE WARFARE and TERRORISM, and the killing of civilians, and the continuing US/NATO war in Afghanistan We will walk or stand silently in the manner of a DEATH WALK or VIGIL to bring attention to the wars and the victims in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and other countries where drones are used. This is street theater, thus we keep to the form of single file, silence, masks and black clothing.


For signs and masks, please RSVP to Marge Van Cleef at 267-763-1644 or e-mail: mvc@igc.org. In the event of severe weather, call Marge Van Cleef for the status of the walk.

	Click HERE to learn about future anti-drone events in Philadelphia!