I’m looking forward to being part of this panel next week on Tuesday the 23rd from 7-8pm GMT, hosted by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and Drone Wars.
Registration is free through eventbrite
From the event website:
Join this CND and Drone Wars UK and CND webinar, which will examine the UK’s militarisation of space, how we got here, and how the peace movement should respond.
Although the UK’s space programme began in 1952, until recently it has had very limited impact. However, as the commercial space sector has expanded and the cost of launches has decreased, the UK government is now treating space as an area of serious interest. Over the past two years we have seen the setting up of UK Space Command, the publication of a Defence Space Strategy outlining how the MoD will “protect the UK’s national interests in space” and the announcement of a portfolio of programmes for developing space assets and infrastructure. Over the summer of 2022, the UK MoD plans its first UK space launch from the UK.
With guest speakers Dr Jill Stuart, academic at the London School of Economics and Political Science and expert in the politics, ethics and law of outer space exploration and exploitation; Dave Webb, member of the Drone Wars Steering Committee and co-author of the new report ‘Heavens Above: Examining the UK’s Militarisation of Space; and Bruce Gagnon, founder and Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. Chaired by Kate Hudson, CND General Secretary.
Speakers:
- Dr Jill Stuart is an academic based at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is an expert in the politics, ethics and law of outer space exploration and exploitation. She is a frequent presence in the global media on the issue and regularly gives lectures around the world.
- Dave Webb is former Chair of CND and has played a leading role in CND’s work on missile defence. He is a member of the Drone Wars Steering Committee and co-author of the new report ‘Heavens Above: Examining the UK’s Militarisation of Space.
- Bruce Gagnon is founder and Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. He is author of numerous articles on the issue as well as a regular speaker at conferences and meetings. He is an active member of Veterans for Peace.
Chair:
- Dr Kate Hudson is General Secretary of CND. She has held that post since September 2010, having previously been Chair of the campaign since 2003. She is a leading anti-nuclear and anti-war campaigner and author of CND at 60: Britain’s Most Enduring Mass Movement.
