Set up before the Invasion of Iraq in 2003, BEPJ campaigns on Peace and Justice issues in the Newcastle Emlyn area of West Wales, UK. Our slogan is 'Organise, Inform, Educate and Agitate'

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Howard Zinn 1922-2010

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Qinetiq Target drone recovered after crash landing near Manorbier

“Its presence had begun to attract a fair amount of interest from walkers and visitors.”

Lewis Valentine Annual Memorial Lecture – Angharad Mair

Delivered at Bethel Chapel, Llanelli on Tuesday 13th July 2010

Remember Helen at Greenham Common

Helen Thomas from Newcastle Emlyn was killed 21 years ago aged 22 while she protested outside former US cruise missile base at Greenham Common.

Exhibition of childrens’ drawings from Gaza

Supported by UNESCO, The Officers Club, Terrace Road, Aberystwyth

Parc Aberporth Vigil on Armed Forces Day

The Fellowship of Reconciliation / Cymdeithas y Cymod Wales

£248,497.70

That’s what The Welsh Assembly Government spent on its consultation with the public and “stakeholder groups” over the creation of a UAV testing zone over West Wales.

Channel 4 documentary on use of military drones. Right click to view full screen

Armed drones: war by remote control

While the British and US Reaper and Predator drones are physically in Afghanistan and Iraq, they are controlled remotely via satellite from Nellis and Creech USAF base outside Las Vegas, Nevada.

CAA impose de facto UAV testing zone ahead of official decision

The CAA have imposed it’s own flying restrictions to allow testing of Watchkeeper military UAVs before they have evaluated the Welsh Assembly’s application.

The myth of defensive military UAVs

The idea of a purely defensive UAV is a myth. Watchkeeper will soon be armed with missiles, so the “defensive only” rationale for support from some local politicians vanishes in a puff of rocket smoke.

Ceredigion General Election Peace and Justice Hustings

Aberystwyth Peace & Justice Network are holding a
General Election Peace and Justice Hustings at 7.30pm on Thursday 25 March, in the Morlan Centre, Queen Street, Aberystwyth

From Aberporth to Mynydd Epynt

Angharad Mair asks, If our politicians truly believe in the virtues of testing these dangerous machines over West Wales, then why don’t they insist on being given the praise for the development?

Selex may move from Parc Aberporth

The unmanned air vehicles centre at Parc Aberporth airport in west Wales could lose its sole tenant if Selex Galileo decides to move