[Scan-DC] Global Protest Day against 5G

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Washington DC event this Saturday 12-3.

Global Protest Day against 5G: 205 events in 195 cities planned so far
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From: Arthur Firstenberg <info at cellphonetaskforce.org>
Date: Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 8:15 PM
Subject: Global Protest Day against 5G: 205 events in 195 cities planned so
far
To: <joan at chears.org>

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 *FIRST GLOBAL DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST 5G GATHERS MOMENTUM*

A Global Day of Protest against 5G was just an idea three months ago. At
this writing, more than 205 events in more than 195 cities in 32 countries
are being planned for Saturday, January 25. Some events will also take
place on Friday, January 24, when government offices are open, and on
Sunday, January 26. Most of the events, together with contact information,
are listed here: https://stop5ginternational.org/5g-protest-day/
<http://r.mail.cellphonetaskforce.org/mk/cl/f/7tSbitDTO_byggoODU7TVOzmQKGITEKCFI8dIrC-KJcCBNSaRD4ihQN5nzXcL2dG1VgVkp3R2hij7pfgp0EdmeaKJ5w_eJxVJCDg-bCJD-fN75Zm2hk75_vDujBf7p2TiSQLjaACXEmFGimUrnKFH-nkyJoXh-pFUE2bLf8NW_sZIPvFxGfpPYW-n935vRQ_imM4rk0HKvpT>.
So far, events are planned in:

Austria - Vienna
Australia (5 cities)
Belgium
Bermuda
Canada (13 events)
Croatia (6 cities)
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark (7 cities)
Finland
France (many cities)
Germany (11 cities)
Greece - Patras
Hungary (3 cities)
Ireland - Dublin
Italy (39 cities)
Japan - Tokyo
Kenya
Malta
Netherlands - Amsterdam
New Zealand (15 cities)
Norway (5 cities)
Poland (9 cities)
Portugal - Lisbon
Romania (4 cities)
Serbia - Belgrade
Slovenia - Ljubljana
South Africa - Durban and Cape Town
Spain (5 cities plus two events in the Canary Islands)
Sweden (3 cities)
Switzerland (13 cities)
United Kingdom (13 events)
United States (34 events)

If your event is not listed on the website, please contact
team at stop5Ginternational.org  <team at stop5Ginternational.org>and request
your event to be added.

Here is an updated press release
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about
the Global Day of Protest. Please send it to newspapers and other media in
your county.

*SIXTY MORE SATELLITES TO BE LAUNCHED SHORTLY BY SPACEX*
*Astronomers Protest*

SpaceX intends to launch another 60 satellites as soon as the weather is
favorable, bringing the total number of "Starlink" satellites in low orbit
around the Earth to 240. Originally scheduled for tomorrow, the launch has
been postponed due to weather conditions.

An Appeal by Astronomers called "Safeguarding the Astronomical Sky
<http://r.mail.cellphonetaskforce.org/mk/cl/f/1dE-ghg_4G0hytSfbxMoy6plRHsnPiB-uHfP4dyevp0XRxSNIyxgR20cJb7meiQByXkrlpap6dxCJhKR5jRN1tUlw3-3Cio_DIq4o7MLiMXDylSKac4Xmn1dgzhAxsuK7sQhilspZpt-qzLOlh_zUjpv_Y_lYnt4X9GxKPXxcH7kJfNaAkoxAefnZZRQRmHU>"
is
circulating, spearheaded by Italian astronomer Stefano Gallozzi. The appeal
will collect signatures for about one more week, and then will be sent to
governments, institutions and agencies around the world, and to newspapers
and other media.

Most of the satellites will be visible to the naked eye, especially in the
time after sunset and before sunrise, when they will most strongly catch
the glare of the sun. If tens of thousands of them are launched, say the
astronomers, they will ruin the night sky for all of humanity. The
satellites will not only “greatly outnumber the approximately 9,000 stars
that are visible to the unaided human eye,” but will “reach the brightness
of the stars in the Ursa Minor constellation,” and will be “exceeded in
brightness only by 172 stars in the whole sky.”

Even if the satellites are coated with non-reflecting paint, say the
astronomers, they will still eclipse stars, and their radio transmissions
will cripple radio astronomy, “making the astrophysics community blind to
these spectral windows” through which they are currently able to observe
the universe.

“THERE IS NO MORE TIME TO DISCUSS, IT IS TIME TO ACT!” states the appeal.

The appeal can be signed by

   - Professional Astrophysicists and Astronomers
   - Technologists/Engineers
   - PHD students
   - Collaborators and/or Associates at International Scientific Institutes.

*If you are an astronomer or if you fit into one of those categories,
please *sign the Astronomers' Appeal
<http://r.mail.cellphonetaskforce.org/mk/cl/f/CO95a74UfY7tk5w6AjOkDVrmO1VOI0eSAfvhu7MDAV4o9V2xmtthwNT3UDFqaM8_JBMGoyX_I9Zu8LjXJWh53svKpjxY469xtXC9oHkwWFeTGK1yXetjatT291OpE3bI7PczfaoeD_2t-GH1a9fl5Sz11CW3zI3plyfMcOYVnBdRDvyBiZWZLmWVGDTTRf_kCPCDM4k8CecSxpbv5xangjkQsZSSrpADpodOpbkQBxoV2AgWjSOSsA>*
and
ask your colleagues to sign also.* At this writing, the list of signatories
<http://r.mail.cellphonetaskforce.org/mk/cl/f/pSGZv4vfGhN15YXedFrG2hbqLaClR80JDNjOCCgUoE_VDxGeNmqHUeZeYiAGrsDJe4NYwXvDlE9r6H4fftqt2Y2YRNWhZ5VDczHuOExPhSJFQJp2ocEq-mZz8csJWZ2VPvEAy40NHNKMr44Z9oxRSKDqj8pPdp6P8CyjHhVgOkFrTQIC0aAgqXTyc_vGcqcmSl5_a-Hr8nJqGDU-ZlnQ0RnaMsul0VvwieQylbYkL6fqdkwGuHnoZ1Xj7OhbpEKN_yk>
contains
263 astronomers from 25 countries (Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada,
Chile, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New
Zealand, Poland, Russia, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela).

An article about this threat to the night sky was published in the popular
and widely-read science magazine, *Scientific American*, on January 16,
2020. It is titled, "The FCC’s Approval of SpaceX’s Starlink Mega
Constellation May Have Been Unlawful
<http://r.mail.cellphonetaskforce.org/mk/cl/f/FS8cE3Cc-TSdwJ3ZPjTDVL3jdjXzG5dkcinJEk01A-LLTNu6JWIQ17NnORCHme6W-8Vkyw9_MrtE-WcAuI0iv2HcXkNc1tAq9Rao9NHyQgaiyVRmVlHJSeLRarsU2ZQ50wL9mrLoBcRxYr5W-8JZPL0o836NBFQLeKr866y3ElZ0Y-eLGCt-KDhbZLWh8N-UqaGNLN5_qiL8ukWkQ4qyFLNDm5KSGHMUtWKsJCrSi6eDyURmFN0QGche966GmptKmvHL8pN1oOlR7j27f2B-QXZBYLFeKK39gCchCWK54dNH3uUKlmiE>."
It quotes Ruskin Hartley, the Executive Director of the International Dark
Sky Association. Such a large number of satellites, he says “has the
potential to change our relationship, and our connection, with the
universe.” And it quotes Ramon Ryan, a law student at Vanderbilt
University. Ryan has written an article, to be published later this year in
the Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, in which he
argues that the Federal Communications Commission’s approval of 12,000
satellites was illegal because no environmental review was carried out. If
the FCC is sued in a court of law, he says, it will be likely to lose.

Arthur Firstenberg
P.O. Box 6216
Santa Fe, NM 87502
USA
phone: +1 505-471-0129
info at cellphonetaskforce.org
https://www.5gSpaceAppeal.org
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