April 9, 2009
Video by Kate Chandler and Claudia Salamanca
On April 9 2009 outside the main gates of Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada a non-violent action took place. Calling attention to the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper Drones operated inside the Air Force installations, demonstrators questioned the U.S. military’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles to wage war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Fourteen individuals trespassed across the main gates of the Creech Air Force Base in what participants are calling, “… the first major act of civil disobedience against drones in the United States” (Democracy Now). We accompanied the demostrators documenting the action. Our video aims to document the Action as well as to trace questions about the relations in public / military territories.
This video was possible through the wonderful friendship and collaboration of Nevada Desert Experience, Voices for Creative Non-Violence.
For more information:
http://vcnv.org/ground-the-drones-lest-we-reap-the-whirlwind
Democracy Now Reporting “Peace Activists Arrested After Protesting US Drones in Nevada
