Marie Michael Library

Title

Arming the Heavens: the Push for Weapons in Space

Length

27 min.

File No

650

Format

DVD; Includes manual.

Description

In a rush to seize "the new high ground", the United States is moving forward on plans to place weapons in space. This represents a significant break from the long-standing international policy of restrain toward arming the heavens. This film explores the range of visions from those who seek to preserve space as a "weapons free zone" to those who would make the U.S. military commander-in-chief of the cosmos.

St. Francis Xavier University and Coady Institute stand on the lands of Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded home of the Mi’kmaw. We express our deep gratitude and appreciation to the generations of Mi’kmaw who, since time immemorial, have loved and stewarded these lands and the beings who call them home. Colonization is not just history; it exists in the present tense. While we strive to decolonize ourselves and our University, we know there is still much for us to learn.

We are committed to doing the hard work of self-reflection and to repairing relationships with the Mi’kmaw on whose lands we reside, including embracing the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action and embodying their spirit in our plans to move forward with our University.

Ms~t wiaqpulti’kl ankukamkewe’l
We are all treaty people.

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