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The Declaration of Independence From America

Sarah Swift of the Menwith Hill Accountability Campaign in Britain says: “Now is the time to call for Independence From America.”

What prompted this call? You can see it in this video clip about the U.S. spy base Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire. Featuring the chair of Yorkshire CND (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament), Quakers and others, it’s a scene filmed by Jane of Bradford City of Climate Culture. It explains how the base connects to military oppression in Gaza and in Iran.

Declaration Day Demonstration

Yorkshire CND and the Menwith Hill Accountability Campaign will meet at 3 pm on 4 July at Kettlesing Village Hall, near Harrogate, for an information session.

Those who can visit the base are invited to participate in a reading of the Declaration of Independence From America.

Back at Kettlesing, participants will hear from:

Dave Webb, chair of Yorkshire CND, with a visual presentation: “What is happening now at Menwith Hill?” Dr Carla Ibled of Durham University, covering “What is happening in Space?” Dr Ibled’s research into the networks involved in lobbying to commodify outer space is encapsulated in the report Star Wars: Why the Left Should Protect the Status of Space as Humanity’s Commons (2025). Jim Scott of PARC Against DARC (Deepspace Advanced Radar Capability), opposing the U.S. military’s plans for augmenting its control in space with a 27-dish radar array in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Dr Martin Schweiger, retired public health consultant, discussing Surveillance Matters.

Dave Webb, chair of Yorkshire CND, with a visual presentation: “What is happening now at Menwith Hill?”

Dr Carla Ibled of Durham University, covering “What is happening in Space?” Dr Ibled’s research into the networks involved in lobbying to commodify outer space is encapsulated in the report Star Wars: Why the Left Should Protect the Status of Space as Humanity’s Commons........

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