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Drones Around the Globe: Proliferation and Resistance

Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave NW, Washington, DC

Join CODEPINK and allies for a day of anti-drone actions as we march from the White House to the offices of General Atomics, the largest manufacturer of the killer drones that circle over much of the world and have caused so much catastrophe, heartbreak and despair on the ground in places we are not at war with, like Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia-- they have even been reported in the Philippines and Cote d'Ivoire! It's an empire, and in an unchecked system of killing with impunity with no transparency, thousands of lost lives remain unacknowledged.

Press inquires: contact Alli @ 860-575-5692

Friday, November 15th

Protest and March, White House to General Atomics Headquarters, 12:00pm

Reception and film screening, Busboys and Poets, 5th and K St. NW, 6-8 pm

Join CODEPINK, the Institute for Policy Studies, the Nation, Center for Constitutional Rights and allies at our kick-off event for the first ever Global Drones Summit: Proliferation and Resistance. Network and meet with activists and policymakers from all over the world over a bite to eat and enjoy a program of artistic resistance to drone warfare across multiple mediums: an auction of cartoons and art related to drone warfare, a screening of the groundbreaking new film by world renowned filmmaker, Robert Greenwald, Unmanned: America's Drone Wars accompanied by a talk from Executive Director Jim Miller, spoken word and live music. Join the resistance: educate, inspire and activate!

For more details, contact Noor Mir at noor@codepink.org

Saturday, November 16th

Hart Auditorium, Georgetown University Law Center 8:00 am - 6:30 pm

8:00 am - all day: Registration and check-in opens

9 am-10am : CODEPINK welcome (Medea Benjamin and Noor Mir) and address by Dr. Cornel West

10-11am: Legal Challenges to Drone Strikes (law professor Mary Ellen O'Connell, legal expert Marjorie Cohn (moderator), Center for Constitutional Rights attorney Pardiss Kebriaei)

11:05-12:45 pm: Drone Proliferation Across the Globe (German filmmaker Elsa Rassbach, Israeli researcher Dalit Baum, scientist Noel Sharkey, Wade McMullen from R.F. Kennedy Center, UK-NATO expert Chris Cole (also moderator)

12:45 - 1:45: Lunch, concurrent film screening of Wounds of Waziristan, by Pakistani filmmaker Madiha Tahir (starting at 1:10 pm)

1:45 pm-3:30pm View from Yemen (Baraa Shaiban of REPRIEVE, attorney Mohamed Ahmady of Al Karama, Ahmed Arman from Yemeni NGO HOOD, Faisal bin Ali Jaber a relative of drone victims in Yemen, Entesar al Qadhi a prominent female Yemeni politician, moderated by CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin)

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm : The Domestic State of Drones (Amie Stepanovich of Electronic Privacy Information Center, professor Joe Nevins, author David Swanson, artist Essam, moderated by RT anchor Abby Martin)

5:00 - 6:00 pm: Two views of the Drone War: ( former military intel analyst Daniel Hale, Afghan educator Fahima Vorgetts, Colonel Mo Davis, Samira Sayed-Rahman of Afghans for Peace, moderated by Colonel Ann Wright)

6:00-6:30:Closing remarks

8:00-10:00: Dinner at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St NW DC and movie screening

Screening of new film Drones, a gripping drama about life on the other side of the drone-- its pilots. Come see an exclusive preview of Hollywood's version of drone wars. The story follows two Air Force pilots operating a drone from a trailer in Nevada with a mission to surveil a remote compound in the rugged Afghan mountains in hopes of identifying and assassinating an unarmed terrorist suspect believed to be a high-ranking official of Al-Qaeda. Dinner and drinks will available for your purchase at the restaurant.

Sunday, November 17th

Hart Auditorium, Georgetown University Law Center 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

8:00 am - 9:00 am : Breakfast

8:30-10:30am: Organizing a US network (Peter Lems, from American Friends Service Committee, Joe Scarry from No Drones Network, Debra Sweet from World Can't Wait)

Workshops (Session I): 10:30-12:00 pm

Organizing for Students: Jiva Manske of Amnesty USA, Kuch Karo (Pakistani Students for Change)

Pressuring Governments for Change: Robert Naiman (director of Just Foreign Policy), Baraa Shaiban (Yemeni staff of Reprieve/member of National Dialogue Conference), Chris Cole (Drone Wars UK)

Activism from Bases to Boardrooms: Nick Mottern (Know Drones Tour), Brian Terrell (Voices for Creative Nonviolence), Kait McIntyre (Anti-War Committee of Chicago)

Art for Activism: Leah Bolger (Veterans for Peace), Tighe Barry (CODEPINK), Stephen Whisler (artist from Napa), James Knight (filmmaker)

LUNCH: 12pm-1:00 pm

1:00-1:30pm Walking the Walk Film screening (James Knight)

1:30-3:00 pm: Workshops (Session II)

Drones & The War Complex: David Swanson, Claire Hanrahan, Bruce Gagnon

Global Organizing: Overseas delegates, Medea Benjamin, Ann Wright

Art, Poetry and the Words of Resistance: Jon Tucker, Stephen Whisler, Misty Rowlan

3-5 pm: Wrap-up/where do we go from here?

Monday, November 18th

Cafeteria, Rayburn House Building 9:00am-5:00pm

Join us as we lobby members of the Senate Intelligence and Foreign Relations Committees and members of the Drones Congressional Caucus. We have meetings set up and will provide literature, but feel free to bring your own!