"Thirty-five Years of War Resisting"

Presentations by: Franciscan priest Fr. Louis Vitale with Journalist Loring Wirbel

Fr. Louis Vitale, OFM: Fr Louis Vitale is a Franciscan priest from California who has spent the last 35 years resisting nuclear weapons and other war efforts at the Nevada Test Site, the Vandenberg Air Force Base, the School of the Americas in Ft Benning GA, U.S. military interrogators at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, and at the Creech Air Force Base in Nevada where unmanned drones are piloted.

Loring Wirbel is author of "Star Wars: US Tools of Space Supremacy" and an activist working with Citizens for Peace in Space and Pikes Peak Justice and Peace Commission in Colorado Springs. He has worked against nuclear weapons and intelligence abuses for 30 years, and has concentrated on space militarization issues since the early 1990s. He spoke at STRATCom in 2005, and has spoken on U.S. military space policy in Korea, England, and Germany.

The two are in Omaha to participate in the 4th Annual Peace Witness Nov. 2-4 outside of the Strategic Space Symposium at the Quest Center. Their visit is sponsored by the Catholic Workers of Omaha and Des Moines, Nebraskans for Peace, and the Omaha chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility.

Registration not required.

Contact Info