San Diego News

National Anti-Drone Days of Action San Diego CA, April 4-7, 2013

April 4 - Thursday -  3-6 pm

San Diego Veterans for Peace demonstration at General Atomics Predator drones production site. Assemble at General Atomics Way and Kirkham Way, Poway. More info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone 760.207.9139

Parking: There is no parking on any side streets in the vicinity of this demonstration. Parking at local businesses is without permission and you do so at your own risk. There is posted parking at scattered businesses North of Scripps Poway Parkway, from Stowe to General Atomics Way. One half mile West of the bannering point is Costco and Home Depot. This point is 1.5 miles from the demo start point, however we will have limited shuttle service from the Costco, Home Depot area to the start point until 3PM. This service will be slow and limited, so allow plenty of time to catch a ride. On the day of the demo. call 760.207.9139 for information on how to catch a ride. We recommend that the participants carpool and drop off the passengers at the demo. start point leaving ample time for the driver to find parking and secure a ride back.

7-8 pm

Overpass Light Brigade
Clairemont Drive bridge over the I-5. Volunteers are needed to hold letters. More info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or OLB Facebook event

Parking: Mission Bay Visitors Center, west of Clairemont Drive overpass.


April 5 - Friday

8 am - Protest at home of Neal Blue, General Atomics CEO, 9756 La Jolla Farms Road, La Jolla, CA. Coordinated by CodePink. More info: email Nancy or phone 415-235-6517

10 am - Rally at General Atomics Headquarters 3500 General Atomics Court (off John Jay Hopkins Drive), La Jolla 92121. Coordinated by CodePink. More info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

4-6 pm - Demonstration and bannering at Northrup Grumman, 9326 Spectrum Center Blvd. and Ruffin Road, San Diego 92123. Please wear black! coordinated by CodePink More info: email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

6:30-9:30 pm - Assembly with dinner, socializing, and more. Location TBA. more info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

7-8 pm - Overpass Light Brigade, Location TBA. Volunteers are needed to hold letters. More info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or OLB Facebook event


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April 6 - Saturday

1-3 pm - Join us at the Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum (Harbor Drive south of Broadway, downtown San Diego) for a demonstration. Please wear black. Coordinated by Women Occupy; More info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone 858-945-6273.

6 pm; 7-9 pm dinner - Forum with Medea Benjamin (CodePink), Pedro Rios (AFSC San Diego), and others. Church of the Brethren, 3850 Westgate Pl., San Diego 92105. More info: email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   

7-8 pm - Overpass Light Brigade at Forum site. More info: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or OLB Facebook event


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April 7 - Sunday (ending by 3 p.m.)

10 am - 3 pm - General Assembly and Workshops, Centro Cultural de la Raza, 2004 Park Blvd., San Diego 92101. More info: email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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National Call

The Drone Diego Coordinating Committee invites organizations and individuals to come to San Diego on April 4-7, as we protest and bring attention to the dangers drones present to the people of the world. Join us for nonviolent actions, workshops, street theater and more, or organize your own activities.

Our opposition to drone warfare is based on our stand for peace and justice. We believe that:

  • Armed drones are weapons of terror. They kill combatants and civilians, children and adults, men and women, alike. Their presence overhead terrorizes entire communities.
  • Extrajudicial assassinations by killer drones violate U. S. and international law.
  • Surveillance drones threaten our liberties, spying on communities and borders, invading our personal privacy.
  • Drones make our families less secure by making it easier for military and paramilitary agencies (like the CIA) to continue endless war without limits in either space or time.

Why come to San Diego? San Diego is the drone production capital of the world. San Diego is home to General Atomics, builders of the killer Predator and Reaper drones (which may be armed with Hellfire missiles), and Northrup Grumman, maker of the Global Hawk surveillance drone. Surveillance drones also regularly fly along the border between San Diego and Mexico.

A strong presence in San Diego will draw attention locally and nationally to the hazards posed by these robotic killers and spy craft. We hope that this will be the first of many actions in San Diego

Of course not everyone has the resources to come to San Diego. We encourage those who cannot come to make April 4-7 days of action against drones in their own communities.

Kickoff day is Thursday, April 4, with a demonstration at the General Atomics drone production facility in Poway, just north of San Diego. The San Diego chapter of Veterans for Peace is holding a weekly vigil there and we will join them.

We invite other organizations to develop workshops, forums and actions during the four days of action. If you or your organization would like to plan an event, please contact our host committee so we can provide information about locations, venues, and schedule coordination. We also welcome sponsoring organizations (which provide financial or organizational resources) and endorsing organizations (which express their public agreement with our goals) to contact the host committee.

Our host committee will work to provide housing in San Diego for activists who need it. We are also working to establish an encampment, with more details to follow.

For more info about the National Days Against Drones Actions in San Diego, or if your organization would like to become a sponsor or endorser, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We can also be found on the web here and on Facebook