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From: Karina Wood <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Action Update on Fail Safe Opportunity
Date: 01 Mar 2000 14:45:37 -0500

Dear U.S. Abolitionists:

FIVE WEEKS TO ORGANIZE YOUR "FAIL SAFE" EVENTS!

    As I hope you have heard, there will be a live TV drama re-make of the
1964 nuke war thriller "Fail-Safe," starring George Clooney, on CBS,
April 9th at 9pm.

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To take full advantage of this rare publicity opportunity, Project
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: The Investment in Space--February 2000
Date: 01 Mar 2000 17:01:56 -0500


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> http://www.afa.org/magazine/0200investment.html=20
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> Zia Mian=20
> Center for Energy and Environmental Studies=20
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> Princeton University=20
> Princeton, NJ 08544-5263=20
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> February 2000 Vol. 83, No. 2
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ----------
>
>
>
>
> An AFA symposium explores our stake in space and the need to defend it.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> The Investment in Space
>
>
>
>
>
>
> By Peter Grier
>
>
>
>
>
> Gen. Richard B. Myers
>
> The nation's military space infrastructure is expensive. Within the Air
> Force, no one disputes that point, Gen. Richard B. Myers told the Air=
 Force
> Association's Los Angeles National Symposium on Nov. 19.
>
> However, it's worth the price, said the Air Force's top space officer.=
 Take
> Operation Allied Force. Without space assets, triumph would have taken
longer
> and cost more, both in collateral damage and lives of allied service
> personnel.
>
> In Los Angeles, Myers spoke as commander in chief of US Space Command and
> North American Aerospace Defense Command and as commander of Air Force=
 Space
> Command. He was confirmed in October to become vice chairman of the Joint
> Chiefs of Staff.
>
> "It is tough to put a price tag on the count of lives that I believe we
saved
> due to space support in Kosovo. ... There is little question that space=
 was
> vital to the allied victory," said Myers.
>
> That operational experience aside, the last two years have seen some
> difficult times for military space. A string of launch failures has
destroyed
> payloads worth $3 billion to $4 billion, including a Milstar bird lost=
 last
> April and a National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite that was lost in
> August 1998.
>
> These experiences have raised a difficult issue for Air Force Space=
 Command:
> How should the Air Force mitigate the risks associated with spacelift?
>
> "The question is, how much risk can we afford to take in the launch=
 business
> today?" said Myers.
>
> Mention launch insurance and "everyone shudders," the space chief told the
> AFA audience. That is because it would cost upward of 30 cents per dollar=
 of
> asset value--for the Air Force, anyway.
>
> "That is like paying 10 grand to insure a $30,000 car. It is not a very=
 good
> option for us," said Myers.
>
> Another way of mitigating launch risk would be to plan for it. Buy more
> satellites than requirements call for, on the theory that some will be=
 lost
> in launch accidents.
>
> Or use the Navy's method. The Navy only pays for space assets once they=
 are
> on orbit and functioning-an acquisition strategy that drives purchase=
 costs
> significantly higher.
>
> "We must have a plan to mitigate the few failures that we know we are=
 going
> to have over time. We can't just present the Air Force with a billion=
 dollar
> bill for Milstar and say, 'Go fund it,' " said Myers.
>
> The Air Force also needs a plan to defend its space capabilities, said the
> space chief. The nation's control of space remains vulnerable, because=
 space
> superiority is simply assumed-unlike air superiority, which is planned=
 for.
>
> Several countries already have lasers than can blind optical sensors on US
> satellites. Others are working on missile warheads capable of dispensing
> satellite-killing shrapnel in Low Earth Orbit. A nuclear detonation at the
> right altitude would leave people on Earth unharmed, yet fry every=
 satellite
> in Low Earth Orbit.
>
> "It is vitally important to protect ground launch and uplink=ADdownlink
> components as well," said Myers. "Many of our overseas ground sites are
> remote and potentially vulnerable."
>
> Critical space systems should be able to withstand attacks with little or=
 no
> damage. They should be able to detect and report when they are under siege
> and locate and identify the attacking system. Ground controllers need to=
 be
> able to quickly assess attacks and rapidly restore capability if needed.
>
> Commercial as well as military systems are at risk. Eighty percent of the
> spaceborne communications used in the Kosovo campaign traveled on=
 commercial
> systems.
>
> "Clearly, our reliance on commercial space has created a new center of
> gravity that can easily be exploited by our adversaries," said Myers.
>
> New technology would provide some protection for satellites against=
 attack.
> But it is impossible to upgrade a system that's already on orbit-and new
> systems may be a long time coming.
>
> "The bad news is that our GPS [Global Positioning System] satellites are
> lasting longer than predicted. Bad news because we have capability on=
 orbit
> designed for a previous era and not responsive to our current needs," said
> Myers.
>
> At present, 27 GPS satellites are on orbit and another 18 are waiting on=
 the
> ground. Most are older designs. A version that incorporates newer=
 technology
> is not currently scheduled for first launch until 2007. The must-have
> capabilities of the newer satellite include a jam-resistant military=
 signal
> called the M-code, two additional civil signals, and a much higher power
> level.
>
> Traditionally, launch schedules have been based on life expectancy, the
point
> being constellation sustainment rather than maximization of capability.=
 That
> needs to change, said the space chief.
>
> "We need to rethink our launch and acquisition strategies in order to get
the
> right capability up there when needed," he said.
>
> Gen. Michael E. Ryan
>
> As a nation, the United States has an ever-growing investment and
interest in
> the medium of space, Gen. Michael E. Ryan, Air Force Chief of Staff, told
the
> Los Angeles symposium. All told, space represents about a quarter of the
> overall US aerospace industry effort, he said. US government spending on
> space reached $30 billion last year. Private industry will reach and then
> surpass this level early in the 21st century.
>
> The Air Force represents a large portion of US space efforts. The service
> accounts for 90 percent of DoD's dedicated space personnel, 85 percent of
its
> space budget, and 90 percent of its space infrastructure.
>
> "Each year," said Ryan, "space systems and space operations account for a
> growing share of the Air Force budget. It will continue to grow. That
will be
> both an opportunity and a challenge for the US Air Force."
>
> The military implications of increased US involvement with, and reliance
> upon, space systems are immense. Space will become a place the nation
must be
> able to control, as it controls the atmosphere, when need be. That will=
 not
> be easy, and it will not be exact, said the Chief of Staff.
>
> "As the second half of the 20th century has matured the air realm, the=
 first
> half of the next century will mature the aerospace realm," he said.
>
> For Air Force purposes, space and air are not separate domains, according=
 to
> the Chief. Instead, they are two parts of the same whole, as closely=
 related
> as oceans and seas. "We should think of the aerospace domain as a seamless
> volume from which we provide military capabilities in support of national
> security," Ryan told the symposium. "Space is a place, not a mission."
>
> Breakthroughs achieved during Operation Allied Force demonstrate the
progress
> already made in integrating space capabilities into the service's overall
> structure.
>
> For the first time, the Air Force was able to almost instantly calculate=
 the
> coordinates needed for GPS=ADguided munitions to hit targets that had been
> identified with atmospheric unmanned aerial vehicles. Predator video data
was
> combined with three-dimensional terrain data from satellites, then beamed
> back to the cockpits of aircraft patrolling over Kosovo and Serbia.
>
> Such efforts required much greater communications capability than was=
 needed
> only a few years ago. Allied Force used five times as much bandwidth as=
 did
> Operation Desert Storm, Ryan noted. The Kosovo effort connected 40=
 different
> locations in 15 countries using a variety of military and civilian lines=
 and
> satellites, and many new ones were established.
>
> "We worked over 44,000 spectrum requests, some terrestrial, some
atmospheric,
> some for space systems, and, as you may know, these are very gnarly issues
> with our host countries," Ryan told the AFA audience.
>
> The Air Force is not the only US military service interested in space,
but it
> is the only one with a full spectrum of aerospace capabilities.=
 Maintaining
> that edge will be expensive. That is why partnerships are so critical,=
 said
> Ryan.
>
> Partnerships with industry are already a reality. In the Balkans, one
> experiment has forward air controllers using commercial satellite=
 telephone
> systems.
>
> "The first test occurred last December. The forward air controller dialed
911
> Air Force and received an immediate close air support aircraft in his=
 area,"
> said the Chief.
>
> The aerospace domain must be integrated into how the service fights, Ryan
> concluded.
>
> "We are on a journey," he said, "combining and evolving aerospace
> competencies into a full-spectrum aerospace force."
>
>
>
> Carol A. DiBattiste: The First Three Months
>
>
>
>
> During her first 100 days as undersecretary of the Air Force, Carol A.
> DiBattiste has flown aerobatics in a T-38. She has participated in a
> three-ship C-17 low-level airdrop mission and pulled seven and a half g's=
 in
> a two-on-two F-15 air intercept.
>
> She also got to send a navigation command to a GPS satellite--albeit under
> the watchful eyes of a room full of Space Command officers.
>
> "Hopefully, the millions who use GPS each day didn't know the difference
with
> me giving the commands, but it was truly awesome and a wonderful=
 experience
> for me to do so," said Undersecretary DiBattiste at an AFA symposium in=
 Los
> Angeles on Nov. 19.
>
> And while she was getting a taste of all the missions the Air Force
performs,
> DiBattiste listened-and then listened some more. What she heard was that=
 the
> men and women of the service are excited about what they do--but also=
 remain
> concerned about pay, health care, housing, retirement, and operations and
> personnel tempos.
>
> Pay and retirement changes that take effect in 2000 should help, she said.
> The next step is to make similar improvements in the health care system.
>
> "We are also working fast and furiously to address and to fix our=
 recruiting
> and retention problems, and we need all of your help to do so," she told=
 the
> symposium.
>
> Back in Washington, her three months on the job have exposed her to the
> tremendous pressures on the Air Force budget. She cited four major areas:
the
> cost of the aging fleet, the need to improve quality-of-life programs,
> unexpected personnel and operational costs, and modernization.
>
> Smaller aspects of modernization can be just as important as big programs
> such as the F-22, she said.
>
> "We must do our best to keep our space launch range infrastructure
> modernization program moving forward," she said. "I was told recently when=
 I
> visited Space Command, as an example, that some of the ranges' electronic
> patch panels that were used during John Glenn's first spaceflight were=
 still
> in use during his recent flight on the space shuttle."
>
> Partnering with other agencies and with industry is one way that budget
> pressure might be eased, said DiBattiste. Another is simply making the=
 case
> for modernization plans and initiatives.
>
> What is the requirement? What is the threat? Is it cost effective?
>
> "The better we can quantitatively answer these kinds of questions, ... the
> better we can evolve our aerospace force in the 21st century," the
> undersecretary said.=20
>
> Gen. George T. Babbitt
>
> All the top officials of the Air Force accept that space capability is a=
 key
> to fighting and winning in the decades ahead. That raises another issue,
said
> Gen. George T. Babbitt, commander of Air Force Materiel Command. How is=
 the
> service going to pay for the space modernization that it needs?
>
> Further force reductions are not likely to pay for much. More
re-engineering,
> outsourcing, and privatization won't provide enough money.
>
> Perhaps the military needs of America can no longer be satisfied by a
flat or
> declining budget, said Babbitt.
>
> "I expect the solution is a little bit of all. More topline and continued
> cost reduction," said Babbitt.
>
> One initiative that might help save money is greater use of commercial=
 space
> opportunities, according to the AFMC commander.
>
> A recent study by Air Force Space Command and AFMC's Space and Missile
> Systems Center said that not many opportunities exist in this area.=
 Babbitt
> said he was "surprised and a little disappointed" at this conclusion. He
> believes the subject deserves further debate before it can be dismissed.
>
> Discussions about commercial space typically involve five mission areas,=
 he
> said: launch services, range support, wideband communication, navigation,
and
> remote sensing. Five obstacles to increased Air Force use of commercial
> services are also typically raised, he said.
>
> The first is that use of commercial firms will establish a level playing
> field with adversaries who have access to the same services. That may be
true
> in regards to navigation, wideband communications, and remote sensing,=
 said
> Babbitt. But access to services does not automatically translate into=
 combat
> capability.
>
> "It takes a sustained commitment to tactics, doctrine, training, and
hardware
> to fully exploit these space-based services," said Babbitt.
>
> The second obstacle is that the military requirements and program approval
> process remains too long and arduous for greater use of civilian-provided
> services. Also true--but perhaps not insurmountable, according to the AFMC
> chief.
>
> Third, commercial firms often make use of proprietary technology and
> nonstandard interfaces and provide little coverage in limited market=
 areas.
> Perhaps there is a way to lure the civilian world into greater
> standardization, mused Babbitt.
>
> "What can be done to encourage commercial operators to comply with common
> user interfaces? What additional investments would be required to expand
> coverage into areas of military interest?" he asked.
>
> The fourth obstacle is that industry is interested in commercial
operation of
> ranges but uninterested in range investments. This reluctance should not
> limit the dialogue in what is one of the more promising areas for
> commercialization.
>
> The last roadblock is that US government policy prohibits commercial
> investment in the GPS constellation. It also prevents the Air Force from=
 any
> cost recovery from industry for its GPS investment. Yet few space systems
> seem better suited for some sort of commercial participation than the=
 widely
> used navigation system, said Babbitt.
>
> "GPS has created a thriving commercial market, and ... continued Air Force
> investment in that constellation diverts resources from systems that will
> never have a commercial appeal," said Babbitt. "We need to be sure before=
 we
> rule out commercial options [in this area]."
>
> Perhaps these obstacles are insurmountable and there truly is little room
for
> greater involvement by private firms in providing key Air Force services.
But
> more discussion needs to occur before that conclusion is reached, said the
> AFMC head.
>
> "I don't believe we have sufficiently explored commercial space options,"=
 he
> said.
>
> Sheila E. Widnall
>
> One commercial-military space partnership that symposium participants all
> described as a promising start was the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
> program.
>
> EELV is a unique approach, said former Secretary of the Air Force Sheila=
 E.
> Widnall in a panel discussion of challenges facing the space industry. The
> Air Force has been able to leverage a fixed investment several times over
due
> to investments by its commercial partners.
>
> "The goal of all of that is that the military, the Air Force, the national
> payloads should be able to get access to space at fundamentally commercial
> prices, and, at the same time, we should be able to get a very vigorous
> commercial space industry in the United States. It sounds like a win=ADwin=
,"
> said Widnall.
>
> But EELV aside, a number of important military and civilian launches in
> recent months have been lose-lose, in the sense that a string of launch
> failures has destroyed important payloads intended for both military and
> commercial uses.
>
> Widnall was the chair of Boeing's recent mission assurance review of two
> failed Delta III missions. She said that one problem was success. The
> reliability of the Delta II lured Boeing into applying some of the same
> engineering and oversight procedures to the Delta III, where they did not
> work.
>
> The success of Delta II was due to years of incremental improvements, said
> Widnall. But Boeing underestimated the Delta III design challenge.
>
> "The same kind of processes that were very successful in a mature vehicle,=
 a
> successful vehicle with incremental improvements, are not adequate to deal
> with some major changes," she said. "We believe this was a failure of
systems
> engineering."
>
> The review's first recommendation to Boeing was that quality must be the
> company's highest priority. The group also urged a strengthening of=
 systems
> engineering activities and more engineering oversight.
>
> "An extremely important issue is to assure that adequate communication
exists
> between design engineering and manufacturing," said the former civilian=
 head
> of the Air Force. "I think as we looked at some of the recent failures it
was
> very clear that there was a problem of what I would refer to as ambiguous
> technical orders."
>
> Supplier management is also a big issue, as roughly 60 percent of the
EELV is
> going to be supplier parts and components. Widnall also said her committee
> felt that launch vehicle teams should think explicitly about risk. Someone
> needs to consider the risk of failure due to proposed design, engineering,
> and manufacturing changes, she said.
>
> "Finally, I think everybody who is involved in this EELV issue is thinking
> very seriously about a first flight that is some sort of a test flight of
> perhaps a less-than-critical payload," said Widnall.
>
> A. Thomas Young
>
> A. Thomas Young, former president and chief operating officer of Martin
> Marietta, was the head of a similar assessment team formed by Lockheed
Martin
> last May following Titan IV, Athena, and Theater High Altitude Area=
 Defense
> missile failures.
>
> The first conclusion that this team highlighted, said Young, is that
military
> space is different from every other aerospace area, even other defense
areas.
> Oversight is more crucial than anywhere else.
>
> "One person can make one mistake that can [lead to] a total mission
failure,"
> said Young.
>
> Second, even when things are going well in the launch business, it is
> appropriate to worry. The Lockheed Martin-established group looked not=
 only
> at launch failures but at near-failures as well and came up with a
surprising
> number of what it termed "diving catches" (where heroic action by one=
 person
> saved a mission) and "escapements" (where problems were caught by normal
> review processes-but not when they should have caught them).
>
> "There were a large number of near-misses, diving catches, and=
 escapements.
> In fact, of particular interest, there were many in the Atlas program,=
 which
> has a record today of 48 consecutive successes," said Young.
>
> Every one of these semifailures should be treated as if they had caused a
> mission crash, urged Young. That means taking more corrective actions than
> might otherwise be deemed necessary.
>
> Mission success, not cost, needs to be the top priority.
>
> "You can't get to cost by putting cost No. 1. You get to cost and
schedule by
> putting quality or mission success first," said the former Martin Marietta
> chief.
>
> Loss of experienced engineers has hurt the space business, said both Young
> and Widnall. And accountability for mission success needs to be focused,
with
> both senior management and engineers involved in success-related=
 oversight.
>
> "The responsible engineer for a component, a box, a subsystem, a software
> package really should have cradle to grave responsibility," said Young.
>
>
> ----------
> Peter Grier, the Washington editor of the Christian Science Monitor, is a
> longtime defense correspondent and regular contributor to Air Force
Magazine.
> His most recent article,=
 <http://www.afa.org/magazine/1299newworld.html>"New
> World Coming," appeared in the December 1999 issue.
>
>
> ----------
> <http://www.afa.org/magazine/magz.html>Return to Air Force Magazine=20



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NGO sign-on letter calling for forward-looking NPT Review
Date: 03 Mar 2000 17:01:10 +1000

 Please reply to Hisham Zereffi <[e-mail]> OR Daryl Kimball
<[e-mail]>.

Dear All,
What follows is a letter complementary to the 'heads of State' NPT Review
letter I have been circulating.
If you have signed that one you will want to sign this one.
DO NOT REPLY TO ME, BUT AS BELOW AND ABOVE
John Hallam

WE ASK THAT YOU SIGN-ON NO LATER THAN NOON (Wash. DC time), WEDNESDAY March
15th. Please reply to Hisham Zereffi <[e-mail]> OR Daryl Kimball
<[e-mail]>.

***********************************

=46ebrurary 28, 2000

TO: nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation colleagues

=46R: Daryl Kimball (Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers); Arjun Makhijani
(Institute for Energy and Environmental Research); Martin Butcher (British
American Security Information Council)

RE: NGO sign-on letter calling for forward-looking NPT Review Conference
Statement

REPLY REQUESTED

The following is a "Recommendations for Action" letter to governments
represented at the upcoming Review Conference on the Treaty on the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Weapons (NPT). (See text below or see
<http://www.clw.org/coalition/nptsign-on0300.htm>)

It is intended to help organise NGOs views on the forward-looking portion
of the upcoming Conference with a view to the adoption of these ideas by
the conference or, at least, by a large majority of parties to the
conference. It will be sent to the heads of states and foreign ministers of
NPT States Parties, as well as officials from India, Pakistan, and Israel.

The recommendations in this letter build upon the 1995 NPT "Principles and
Objectives" document <http://www.un.org/Depts/dda/WMD/NPT.htm> and draws
upon recommendations contained in the "New Agenda Coalition" resolution of
1999 <http://www.acronym.org.uk/unnac99.htm>.

The letter is motivated by the fact that this NPT Review Conference will be
contentious and may be perceived as a "failure" if agreement is not reached
on forward-looking goals for disarmament and non-proliferation. Reaching
agreement on this aspect of the Review Conference will require the
coordinated efforts of a large number of like-minded states and pressure
>from NGOs in each of several important capitals.

This letter was originally drafted by Arjun Makhijani (IEER), Daryl Kimball
(Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers), and Martin Butcher (BASIC) at the
suggestion of participants at a February 1 meeting on the NPT in Washington
DC involving several disarmament NGOs. It has benefitted from the comments
and suggestions of a number of NGOs.

We invite you to join us is adding your organization's name to this letter.

WE ASK THAT YOU SIGN-ON NO LATER THAN NOON (Wash. DC time), WEDNESDAY March
15th. Please reply to Hisham Zereffi <[e-mail]> OR Daryl Kimball
<[e-mail]>.

Sincerely yours,

Arjun, Daryl, Martin


NOTE: This effort is meant to compliment another NGO letter writing effort
on the NPT organized by John Hallam of FOE/Sydney through the Abolition
2000 listserve. This letter differs in its specific focus on the importance
of a forward-looking "benchmarks and objectives" statement and its
recommendations about what that document should include.

********************************

March [XX], 2000

RE: Recommendations for Action at the 2000 NPT Review Conference

Dear [Head of State or Government and Foreign Minister],

The upcoming Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons (NPT) represents a critical opportunity to build
international resolve to address the threat of nuclear weapons and nuclear
war. We believe this Treaty is a vital cornerstone of the global
non-proliferation regime and an essential basis of efforts to rid the world
of nuclear weapons. In 1995, in conjunction with the indefinite extension
of the Treaty, States Parties agreed to an important set of Principles and
Objectives for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. While some progress has
been achieved, unfortunately, key elements, particularly those relating to
Article VI of the treaty, remain unfulfilled and new nuclear dangers have
emerged.

Consequently, we, the undersigned non-governmental representatives, believe
it is vital that States Parties redouble efforts to work together to
advance progress toward fulfillment of Article VI of the Treaty. It is
particularly important that the upcoming Review Conference produce an
objective review of the progress on the Treaty and Treaty commitments over
the last five years, and it is essential that consensus be found among
States Parties on new Benchmarks and Goals for action over the next five
years. Our recommendations draw on the expressed views of many parties to
the NPT as well as a broad cross section of civil society around the world.

We respectfully urge that the Benchmarks and Objectives include:

1. Reaffirmation of the commitment to full implementation of Article VI of
the Treaty, and, in this context, acceptance as authoritative the Advisory
Opinion of the International Court of Justice concerning Article VI,
adopted unanimously, which states that:

=93there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a
Conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects
Under strict and effective international control=94;

2. Immediate action by the Russian Federation and the United States of
America to implement the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) II and
conclude and implement START III at an early date. Following the prompt
conclusion of START III, the other nuclear weapon states parties to the NPT
and other states that may possess nuclear weapons should join in the
process of reducing their nuclear arsenals, with the goal of eliminating
all nuclear forces;

3. Adoption of policies that diminish the role of nuclear weapons in order
to create a stable atmosphere for disarmament and contribute to
international confidence and security. In this context the Nuclear Weapon
States and all nuclear capable states, whether not they are parties to the
NPT, should take early steps to:

=B7 eliminate all tactical nuclear weapons from their arsenals,

=B7 proceed to the de-alerting and removal of all nuclear warheads from
delivery vehicles,

=B7 respect the letter and spirit of the Comprhensive Nuclear Test Ban Treat=
y
(CTBT) by recognizing that it is an instrument of nuclear disarmament as
well as non-proliferation in all its aspects, and by ceasing the
development and qualitative improvement of nuclear weapons and ending the
production of new types of nuclear weapons,

=B7 refrain from producing any weapons-usable fissile materials for
military-purposes pending the conclusion of a ban on their production, put
all fissile materials declared to be in excess of military requirements
under appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, and
refrain from producing tritium for military purposes, and, put all fissile
materials declared to be in excess of military requirements under
appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, and,

=B7 refrain from actions that will aid or abet missile proliferation;

4. Action by all States, including non-parties to the NPT, to place all
commercial and research nuclear facilities under International Atomic
Energy Agency safeguards;

5. The immediate and unconditional signature and ratification of the
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) by all States, and, pending
the entry into force of the Treaty, adherence to its terms by not carrying
out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion, nor
aiding or abetting others to carry out such explosions;

6. The conclusion of legally-binding assurances to non-nuclear-weapon
States Party to the NPT against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons;

7. Progress toward the implementation of existing Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones
and the establishment of additional Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones, especially
in regions of tension, such as the Middle East;

8. Adherence by States Parties to all obligations under the terms of the
1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty;

9. Establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee on Nuclear Disarmament at the
Conference on Disarmament.

10. Establishment of appropriate subsidiary bodies to the NPT to address
nuclear disarmament.

Consensus among States Parties about practical benchmarks toward the
fulfillment of Article VI is crucial to the success of the Review
Conference. Substantial progress on Article VI goals during the next five
years will be crucial to the future of the NPT.

Given the particular importance of this Review Conference to global nuclear
non-proliferation and disarmament efforts, we urge States Parties to send
their Foreign Ministers to the opening session of the Conference and their
Heads of State or Government to the concluding session. We urge you to
adopt the strong and practical set of Benchmarks and Goals that we have
suggested above to guide the process of nuclear disarmament and
non-proliferation over this period.

Sincerely,

[Initial Grp. of Signers:]

Martin Butcher, British American Security Council
Rear Admiral Eugene J. Carroll, Jr., US Navy (Ret.)
Gordon Clark, Peace Action
Tom Collina, Union of Concerned Scientists
Ambassador Jonathan Dean, Union of Concerned Scientists
Surendra and Sanghimit Gadekar, Anumukkti (Vedchhi, India)
Spurgeon Keeny, Arms Control Association
Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia
=46elicity Hill, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom United
Nations Office
Marylia Kelly, Tri-Valley Cares (Livermore, CA)
Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Susan Shaer, Women's Action for New Directions
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Allistar Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum
Robert K. Musil, Physicians for Social Responsibility (USA)
Ambassador Roland Timerbaev, Center for Policy Studies in Russia





____________________________________

Daryl Kimball, Executive Director
Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
110 Maryland Avenue NE, Suite 505
Washington, DC 20002
(ph) 202-546-0795 x136 (fax) 202-546-7970
website <http://www.crnd.org>
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NGO sign-on letter calling for forward-looking NPT Review
Date: 03 Mar 2000 17:01:10 +1000

 Please reply to Hisham Zereffi <[e-mail]> OR Daryl Kimball
<[e-mail]>.

Dear All,
What follows is a letter complementary to the 'heads of State' NPT Review
letter I have been circulating.
If you have signed that one you will want to sign this one.
DO NOT REPLY TO ME, BUT AS BELOW AND ABOVE
John Hallam

WE ASK THAT YOU SIGN-ON NO LATER THAN NOON (Wash. DC time), WEDNESDAY March
15th. Please reply to Hisham Zereffi <[e-mail]> OR Daryl Kimball
<[e-mail]>.

***********************************

Februrary 28, 2000

TO: nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation colleagues

FR: Daryl Kimball (Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers); Arjun Makhijani
(Institute for Energy and Environmental Research); Martin Butcher (British
American Security Information Council)

RE: NGO sign-on letter calling for forward-looking NPT Review Conference
Statement

REPLY REQUESTED

The following is a "Recommendations for Action" letter to governments
represented at the upcoming Review Conference on the Treaty on the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Weapons (NPT). (See text below or see
<http://www.clw.org/coalition/nptsign-on0300.htm>)

It is intended to help organise NGOs views on the forward-looking portion
of the upcoming Conference with a view to the adoption of these ideas by
the conference or, at least, by a large majority of parties to the
conference. It will be sent to the heads of states and foreign ministers of
NPT States Parties, as well as officials from India, Pakistan, and Israel.

The recommendations in this letter build upon the 1995 NPT "Principles and
Objectives" document <http://www.un.org/Depts/dda/WMD/NPT.htm> and draws
upon recommendations contained in the "New Agenda Coalition" resolution of
1999 <http://www.acronym.org.uk/unnac99.htm>.

The letter is motivated by the fact that this NPT Review Conference will be
contentious and may be perceived as a "failure" if agreement is not reached
on forward-looking goals for disarmament and non-proliferation. Reaching
agreement on this aspect of the Review Conference will require the
coordinated efforts of a large number of like-minded states and pressure
>from NGOs in each of several important capitals.

This letter was originally drafted by Arjun Makhijani (IEER), Daryl Kimball
(Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers), and Martin Butcher (BASIC) at the
suggestion of participants at a February 1 meeting on the NPT in Washington
DC involving several disarmament NGOs. It has benefitted from the comments
and suggestions of a number of NGOs.

We invite you to join us is adding your organization's name to this letter.

WE ASK THAT YOU SIGN-ON NO LATER THAN NOON (Wash. DC time), WEDNESDAY March
15th. Please reply to Hisham Zereffi <[e-mail]> OR Daryl Kimball
<[e-mail]>.

Sincerely yours,

Arjun, Daryl, Martin


NOTE: This effort is meant to compliment another NGO letter writing effort
on the NPT organized by John Hallam of FOE/Sydney through the Abolition
2000 listserve. This letter differs in its specific focus on the importance
of a forward-looking "benchmarks and objectives" statement and its
recommendations about what that document should include.

********************************

March [XX], 2000

RE: Recommendations for Action at the 2000 NPT Review Conference

Dear [Head of State or Government and Foreign Minister],

The upcoming Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons (NPT) represents a critical opportunity to build
international resolve to address the threat of nuclear weapons and nuclear
war. We believe this Treaty is a vital cornerstone of the global
non-proliferation regime and an essential basis of efforts to rid the world
of nuclear weapons. In 1995, in conjunction with the indefinite extension
of the Treaty, States Parties agreed to an important set of Principles and
Objectives for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. While some progress has
been achieved, unfortunately, key elements, particularly those relating to
Article VI of the treaty, remain unfulfilled and new nuclear dangers have
emerged.

Consequently, we, the undersigned non-governmental representatives, believe
it is vital that States Parties redouble efforts to work together to
advance progress toward fulfillment of Article VI of the Treaty. It is
particularly important that the upcoming Review Conference produce an
objective review of the progress on the Treaty and Treaty commitments over
the last five years, and it is essential that consensus be found among
States Parties on new Benchmarks and Goals for action over the next five
years. Our recommendations draw on the expressed views of many parties to
the NPT as well as a broad cross section of civil society around the world.

We respectfully urge that the Benchmarks and Objectives include:

1. Reaffirmation of the commitment to full implementation of Article VI of
the Treaty, and, in this context, acceptance as authoritative the Advisory
Opinion of the International Court of Justice concerning Article VI,
adopted unanimously, which states that:

ôthere exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a
Conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects
Under strict and effective international controlö;

2. Immediate action by the Russian Federation and the United States of
America to implement the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) II and
conclude and implement START III at an early date. Following the prompt
conclusion of START III, the other nuclear weapon states parties to the NPT
and other states that may possess nuclear weapons should join in the
process of reducing their nuclear arsenals, with the goal of eliminating
all nuclear forces;

3. Adoption of policies that diminish the role of nuclear weapons in order
to create a stable atmosphere for disarmament and contribute to
international confidence and security. In this context the Nuclear Weapon
States and all nuclear capable states, whether not they are parties to the
NPT, should take early steps to:

╖ eliminate all tactical nuclear weapons from their arsenals,

╖ proceed to the de-alerting and removal of all nuclear warheads from
delivery vehicles,

╖ respect the letter and spirit of the Comprhensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
(CTBT) by recognizing that it is an instrument of nuclear disarmament as
well as non-proliferation in all its aspects, and by ceasing the
development and qualitative improvement of nuclear weapons and ending the
production of new types of nuclear weapons,

╖ refrain from producing any weapons-usable fissile materials for
military-purposes pending the conclusion of a ban on their production, put
all fissile materials declared to be in excess of military requirements
under appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, and
refrain from producing tritium for military purposes, and, put all fissile
materials declared to be in excess of military requirements under
appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, and,

╖ refrain from actions that will aid or abet missile proliferation;

4. Action by all States, including non-parties to the NPT, to place all
commercial and research nuclear facilities under International Atomic
Energy Agency safeguards;

5. The immediate and unconditional signature and ratification of the
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) by all States, and, pending
the entry into force of the Treaty, adherence to its terms by not carrying
out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion, nor
aiding or abetting others to carry out such explosions;

6. The conclusion of legally-binding assurances to non-nuclear-weapon
States Party to the NPT against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons;

7. Progress toward the implementation of existing Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones
and the establishment of additional Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones, especially
in regions of tension, such as the Middle East;

8. Adherence by States Parties to all obligations under the terms of the
1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty;

9. Establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee on Nuclear Disarmament at the
Conference on Disarmament.

10. Establishment of appropriate subsidiary bodies to the NPT to address
nuclear disarmament.

Consensus among States Parties about practical benchmarks toward the
fulfillment of Article VI is crucial to the success of the Review
Conference. Substantial progress on Article VI goals during the next five
years will be crucial to the future of the NPT.

Given the particular importance of this Review Conference to global nuclear
non-proliferation and disarmament efforts, we urge States Parties to send
their Foreign Ministers to the opening session of the Conference and their
Heads of State or Government to the concluding session. We urge you to
adopt the strong and practical set of Benchmarks and Goals that we have
suggested above to guide the process of nuclear disarmament and
non-proliferation over this period.

Sincerely,

[Initial Grp. of Signers:]

Martin Butcher, British American Security Council
Rear Admiral Eugene J. Carroll, Jr., US Navy (Ret.)
Gordon Clark, Peace Action
Tom Collina, Union of Concerned Scientists
Ambassador Jonathan Dean, Union of Concerned Scientists
Surendra and Sanghimit Gadekar, Anumukkti (Vedchhi, India)
Spurgeon Keeny, Arms Control Association
Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia
Felicity Hill, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom United
Nations Office
Marylia Kelly, Tri-Valley Cares (Livermore, CA)
Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Susan Shaer, Women's Action for New Directions
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Allistar Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum
Robert K. Musil, Physicians for Social Responsibility (USA)
Ambassador Roland Timerbaev, Center for Policy Studies in Russia





____________________________________

Daryl Kimball, Executive Director
Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers
110 Maryland Avenue NE, Suite 505
Washington, DC 20002
(ph) 202-546-0795 x136 (fax) 202-546-7970
website <http://www.crnd.org>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Israel's Open Nuclear Policy Debate
Date: 03 Mar 2000 14:26:19 -0500

Dear Friends,

Thanks to a few brave Members of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, the
existence of Israel's nuclear arsenal was openly acknowledged for the first
time in a Knesset debate last month.  If you would like to thank them for
their
courageous stand, please send an email to those listed below:

Issam Makhoul: [e-mail]
Zahava Gal-On: [e-mail]
Naomi Chazan: [e-mail]
Uri Savir: [e-mail]
Dalia Rabin-Pelossof: [e-mail]

Many thanks.
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
http://www.gracelinks.org

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network for the elimination
nuclear weapons.

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Nuclear Madness
Date: 04 Mar 2000 17:11:15 -0500

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>From: Rosemary & Sal / Citizens Awareness Network <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Nuclear Madness
>To: [e-mail]
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>
>
>Radioactive water alarms Nye officials
>
>Today: March 02, 2000 at 11:15:52 PST
>
>BY MARY MANNING
>LAS VEGAS SUN
>
>Nye County officials are taking a serious look at the radioactive
>contamination discovered in a ground-water sample off the Nevada
>Test Site and expect to have more results in a week, County
>Manager Jerry McKnight said Wednesday.
>
>"Good science dictates that we verify these initial results,"
>said Les Bradshaw, manager of the Nye County Department of
>Natural Resources and Federal Facilities.
>
>Nye officials revealed Wednesday that radiation in ground water
>has been found outside the Nevada Test Site in amounts 25 times
>higher than the federal drinking water standards.
>
>Increasing their concern is the type of radiation found. Two
>types of radioactive particles--alpha, which is found in several
>sources including plutonium, and beta, which causes skin
>burns--make it harder to pinpoint the source of the nuclear
>contamination.
>
>If the radioactive source came from one of the 928 nuclear
>weapons experiments from Cold War activities there, it would be
>the first time radiation has been found outside of the Test Site,
>which is located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
>
>The Department of Energy's monitoring program has never found
>radiation outside of the Rhode Island-sized nuclear proving
>grounds. In 1998 DOE scientists discovered plutonium that
>traveled on microscopic particles about a mile away from an
>underground nuclear bomb crater on the site.
>
>Sens. Harry Reid and Richard Bryan, both D-Nev., called
>Wednesday's announcement another surprise. Reid said he would
>discuss the issue with Energy Secretary Bill Richardson today.
>
>Reid had planned to meet with Richardson about including Test
>Site workers in legislation that would compensate those harmed by
>exposure to radiation and toxic chemicals.
>
>The senator said the radiation found in the ground water
>indicates why most Nevadans oppose a high-level nuclear
>repository at Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
>Yucca is the only site under consideration as a national dumping
>ground for 77,000 tons of highly radioactive wastes from
>commercial reactors and defense activities.
>
>"It's really important we accelerate the surveillance and
>monitoring at the Test Site," Reid told the Sun. "And it shows
>why we're opposed to Yucca Mountain. We need to know more."
>
>Bryan agreed with Reid.
>
>"This appears to be part of a growing pattern of radioactive
>migration from the Test Site," Bryan said. "More importantly,
>this discovery once again raises the credibility question for the
>Department of Energy."
>
>Nye County began its early-warning well network in 1998 with
>Department of Energy funds. Each year the county adds more wells
>south and west of the Test Site and analyzes test results in labs
>independent of the DOE.
>
>Nye County is officially neutral on Yucca Mountain, McKnight
>said.
>
>"Our position has always been if they have the science, then what
>is the argument?" he said. "If the science is not there, then
>there is a problem."
>
>Nye County's preliminary water result has received some criticism
>because it was such a surprise, found in a shallow test well 26
>feet deep, McKnight said. Further tests will subtract any
>naturally occurring radiation coming from sources such as
>surrounding rocks, the sun or cosmic rays.
>
>The radiation may have been introduced by the drill bit as it
>bored the well or from contaminated soils from the surface, he
>said.
>
>"It is technical, but in this case it is critical," McKnight said
>of the complicated testing procedure. "If the radiation was in
>the water, we have a lot more work to do."
>
>The preliminary findings by Nye County also make it less likely
>that the test result is a mistake, several scientists told the
>Sun.
>
>It is not simple tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen easily
>dissolved in water that usually alerts scientists to other
>radioactive contamination, said Steve Frishman, technical
>coordinator for the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects.
>
>"Now that they know the sample is real, they have to do further
>radiation testing," Frishman said.
>
>The Nevada State Health Division is sampling the well today,
>health physicist Larry Franks said.
>
>"We are going to do a full analysis," Franks said. The state will
>look for nuclear bomb traces such as uranium, plutonium,
>cesium-137 and tritium, as well as naturally occurring radiation,
>he said.
>
>The DOE confirmed that two of the three types of radiation had
>been found in the water sample. While alpha and beta particles
>are particularly dangerous if swallowed or inhaled, gamma
>particles can enter living tissue unless it is protected with a
>lead shield. No gamma source had been measured or identified.
>
>But the DOE questioned the county's method used to analyze the
>water sample.
>
>If the water was not carefully collected, DOE spokeswoman Nancy
>Harkess said, particles of sediment from the well could have
>contaminated the sample.
>
>The U.S. Geological Survey took a water sample from another well
>about 2 feet away from Nye County's hole and found no radiation
>in the water, Harkess said.
>
>
>
>ALL CONTENTS COPYRIGHT 2000 LAS VEGAS SUN, INC.
>
>
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>--------------------
>
>Where I Stand--Brian Greenspun: An alarming revelation
>
>Today: March 02, 2000 at 9:53:02 PST
>
>Brian Greenspun is editor of the Las Vegas Sun.
>
>Ok, what do we do now?
>
>I am not usually an alarmist. It is not my nature to jump to
>conclusions and cry wolf without some very good reason to do so.
>That's why I am not screaming from the rooftops about what I read
>in the Sun Wednesday night. Calm. I am just trying to stay calm
>because this could all be just one big misunderstanding.
>
>But what if it isn't? What if Mary Manning's report about ground
>water contamination in Nye County is right? What if the experts
>are correct in their belief that ground water outside the
>boundaries of the Nevada Test Site contains radiation that is 25
>times higher than the allowable federal drinking water limit?
>
>You see what I mean? I don't want to cry out loud but I am not
>sure what to do when Nye County's experts tell us that radiation
>is now in the ground water which, according to gravity and other
>scientific phenomena, will eventually make its way toward the
>population and food-growing centers of Nevada. And what then? To
>the milk dairies of Southern California?
>
>This is quite a predicament as you can well imagine. I suppose
>the best thing to do is wait. I remember when the Sun reported
>about fish in Lake Mead that were, to say the least, deformed.
>That led to an investigation of the cause, which led to
>uncovering all kinds of ugly things being dumped into Southern
>Nevada's drinking water resource. We waited a long time for the
>scientists to confirm what everyone knew in their gut. Chemicals
>that shouldn't have been allowed to leak into Lake Mead got
>there. In the meantime, the bottled water producers have made out
>like bandits.
>
>So, do we increase our orders for bottled water and wait for the
>scientists to tell us how radiation that is 25 times greater than
>allowable limits got into our ground water? Or do we march on the
>Test Site and demand that all records of nuclear testing be
>released immediately in the interests of public safety and health
>so we can determine if the government has been holding out on us?
>Or do we stick our heads deeply into the desert sands and pretend
>that whatever is in the water and whatever put it there is too
>big for us to deal with and just let our government take care of
>fixing the problem? Not!
>
>The story quoted a Nye County commissioner who said the whole
>thing could be a mistake. Or, he said, the radiation could be the
>result of natural causes--leaking into the ground water from
>Nevada's rock formations. Scientists, he claimed, are trying to
>determine whether the radioactivity in the water is natural or
>man-made-- like from the Test Site--but he was alerting the
>public in the interest of health and safety.
>
>Great. So, back to my first question. What are we supposed to do
>now?
>
>If the reports are true and the radiation levels are as high as
>the experts believe, do we allow our children to continue
>drinking the water? Is it safe for the dairy farmers in Nevada to
>continue watering their milk cows? Is any of that water making
>its way to the alfalfa and hay fields that are grown in Nevada,
>and is it used to feed cows in neighboring California and
>elsewhere?
>
>These questions have nothing to do with what is causing the
>problem and everything to do with how we react to it. If it is
>safe to drink water that is 25 times more polluted by
>radioactivity than the federal standards allow, why are the
>federal limits so low? Who else in the United States may be
>drinking water with similar amounts of nuclear toxins mixed in?
>If there are others, what kind of tests are being performed to
>make sure they and their offspring are healthy? And if there are
>no others, why is it that Nevada is the only place where this
>happens?
>
>You must have noticed that I haven't once blamed the radioactive
>water on the Nevada Test Site. The scientists may come to that
>conclusion by themselves. What I am thinking about is the
>possibility that the water is naturally polluted with the deadly
>radioactivity and how much more it may be diminished by possible
>leaks from a nuclear waste dump that the government is trying to
>force down our throats not far from the Test Site.
>
>If it is already 25 times worse than it should be; how much more
>dangerous will it be if the dumpsite leaks what the government
>deems allowable from nuke dump operations? Thirty, 40, 50 times?
>At what point should we all just pack up and bug out of this
>fabulous place in the sun because the water is so bad that, even
>though it is everywhere, there may not be a clean drop to drink?
>
>So, you see, this is not an easy problem to solve. There are
>seemingly no simple answers to this great big mess we have
>allowed ourselves to get into, but there is one answer to the
>question, "What do we do now?"
>
>And that is to oppose anyone and everyone who even thinks that
>putting a nuclear waste dump in our back yard is a good idea. At
>least until they can guarantee that leaks won't occur and
>accidents will not happen. If we made a foolish mistake before by
>trusting the government apparatchiks with their nuclear games, we
>would be deadly fools to do it again.
>
>Hey, government: Clean up our water. Guarantee our health and
>safety. And only then come talk to us about messing it up all
>over again.
>
>Calm. Just stay calm.
>
>
>
>ALL CONTENTS COPYRIGHT 2000 LAS VEGAS SUN, INC.
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
http://www.gracelinks.org

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network for the elimination
nuclear weapons.

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Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Nader Campaign
Date: 04 Mar 2000 17:13:40 -0500


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>>> harris LEFT="4" BOTTOM="469" TOP="42">  Article courtesy of the
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>>>
>>>
>>> A Nader/LaDuke Campaign and   Movement-Building
>>>
>>> By Ted Glick
>>>
>>> Fundamental, systemic change becomes possible only when    large
numbers of
>>> people, millions, tens of millions, collectively demonstrate    that they
>>> will not tolerate the old system and are prepared to support   something
>>> new. The forms of action that this broad mass of people take will    vary,
>>> but in ways as small as speaking up publicly to neighbors and friends,
>>> to more bold actions like civil disobedience or militant direct action,
>>> a    lesson of history is that the only way substantive, revolutionary
>>> change takes    place is through the emergence of such a popular
>>> movement.
>>>
>>> We need such a movement in the United States. And as the    first year of
>>> the new century gets off the ground, there are abundant signs    that such
>>> a movement may well be in its beginning stages. "The battle in   Seattle"
>>> is the most significant manifestation of this new reality. It is also
>>> seen by the 50,000 people, primarily African Americans, who came together
>>> in    literally a few weeks to demonstrate in Charleston, South
Carolina on
>>> the    Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend against the flying of the
>>> confederate    flag on top of the capitol building. And it is seen by a
>>> number of    indications, Seattle being one of them, that students are on
>>> the move, from    the growth and local victories of United Students
Against
>>> Sweatshops to the    emergence over the past year of SURGE and STARC, two
>>> other national student    networks, to the thousands of young people who
>>> marched to shut down the School    of the Americas in Georgia in
>>> mid-November.
>>>
>>> It is within this political context that, as this article    is written, a
>>> Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke Green Party campaign is beginning to   emerge
>>> onto the national political scene.
>>>
>>> This is another hopeful development, one that is badly    needed. Without
>>> it, we face a year of political rhetoric from the Democrats    and
>>> Republicans, as well as a likely Patrick Buchanan Reform Party
>>> candidacy,    that is, at its best, centrist and another dose of false
>>> promises, and more    often downright reactionary and hostile to
>>> pro-justice, environment, human    rights, peace and labor positions. If
>>> there was no Nader/LaDuke candidacy,    there would be NO progressive
voice
>>> on the national political scene answering    their lies and propaganda
and,
>>> make no mistake about it, that would affect us    all.
>>>
>>> When there is no public expression of our set of politics    during one of
>>> these every-four-years political games we are subjected to,   pro-justice
>>> activists feel weaker and more discouraged. They/we tend to soften    our
>>> positions because we have no standard-bearer who can keep us buoyed up
>>> and    to whom we can point as an alternative to two-party,
>>> corporate-business-as-usual. The "settling phenomenon," settling for
>>> lesser-of-two-evils Democrats even as we know they're untrustworthy and
not
>>> a    part of our movement, takes hold of far too many of us. Our
organizing
>>> is more    difficult. And positive, independent political movement,
such as
>>> what we now    see emerging, is set back.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We need a strong, forthright and broadly-based    Nader/LaDuke campaign!
>>> And it looks as if one could be developing. There are    indications that
>>> sectors of the labor movement, particularly the Labor Party    to whom
>>> Ralph Nader has spoken at 1996 and 1998 conventions, are interested in
>>> this campaign. Jim Hightower, one of the most well-known and respected
>>> progressive Democrats around, and someone who has also been close to the
>>> national leadership of both the Labor Party and the New Party, has
>>> spoken    positively about a Nader campaign and will be speaking at the
>>> Greens    nominating convention in Colorado in June. The Progressive
>>> Populist, a    national bi-weekly newspaper out of Texas which carries a
>>> number of regular    columns by progressive independents and progressive
>>> Democrats, called upon    Nader to run in a recent editorial. And the
>>> Greens generally, despite    persistent divisions, seem to be
significantly
>>> in agreement and are already    hard at work in support of a Nader/LaDuke
>>> campaign. All of these developments,    taken together, are concrete signs
>>> that we can expect to see a very different    campaign this year than what
>>> we saw in 1996.
>>>
>>> Can Nader get 5% of the vote so that, come 2004, the    Greens and their
>>> allies would have millions of dollars, potentially as much as    $10
>>> million, for a 2004 convention and presidential campaign. (Imagine such
>>> a    thing, and what could be done with it!) In 1996, spending less than
>>> $5,000 and    running pretty much of a non-campaign, Nader got a little
>>> less than 2% of the    vote in the 23 states where he was on the
ballot. If
>>> he gets on the ballot in    45 or so states this time, a realistic
>>> objective; if he and LaDuke campaign    seriously, as all indications are
>>> they will; if the campaign is not just    Greens but one taken up by many
>>> activists from the broader progressive    movement, including Labor Party
>>> and some New Party activists; and, finally, if    the Nader/LaDuke
message,
>>> while centered on the anti-corporate, pro-labor,    consumer rights and
>>> environmental issues Nader is most familiar and    comfortable with, also
>>> addresses the broader range of progressive issues so as    to bring in and
>>> hold the allegiance of activists of color, feminists,   lesbian/gay
>>> activists, peace activists and others--well, then we're really    cooking,
>>> and 5% of the vote is by no means out of the question.
>>>
>>> Keep in mind what the playing field is looking like: Al    Gore, George
>>> W.Bush and Patrick Buchanan. And even if McCain or Bradley get    their
>>> respective party's nomination, well, so what? Despite some of the
current
>>> election year rhetoric, neither is substantially different on most
>>> issues from Gore and Bush. However things shake out, there's a huge
>>> political    vacuum there. Al Gore is the likely "leftist" in that motley
>>> crew, and with    Bush or McCain and Buchanan attacking him from the
right,
>>> it is unlikely that    this "profile in accommodation" will give more than
>>> a relative handful of    rhetorical nods to progressive positions, as
he is
>>> doing somewhat more of    during the primaries against Bradley. There will
>>> be literally millions upon    millions of discouraged voters who can be
>>> reached by a Nader/LaDuke    campaign!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Potential Obstacles
>>>
>>> What stands in the way of such an historic    development?
>>>
>>> One is the internal divisions within the Greens. The    Greens face a
>>> challenge: will they rise above, get beyond debilitating    internal
fights
>>> and find common ground and a common way of work over the    course of this
>>> year? This is not to be pollyannish. There are differences   within the
>>> Greens over strategy, tactics and program; there always are within    just
>>> about any organization, particularly national organizations. Also,
there
>>> are always personality conflicts and issues over who should be in
>>> leadership.    But these inevitable differences and disagreements can be,
>>> and have to be,    addressed differently than the way they are within the
>>> institutions of the    dominant culture. Instead of competitiveness and
>>> jockeying for power, there    need to be good faith efforts on both sides
>>> of a disagreement to look for the    "common ground." Or, if it is clear
>>> that the disagreements are too deep,   decisions can be made as to how the
>>> disagreements can be put aside until later    so that the necessary and
>>> essential work can proceed as productively as    possible. I hope, and I'm
>>> cautiously optimistic, that the Greens have matured    enough since
1996 so
>>> that the year 2000 Nader/LaDuke campaign will bear    witness to an
>>> emerging, if still fragile, unity in action.
>>>
>>> Many pro-justice activists are concerned about whether    Nader will be
>>> up-front and forthright in support of issues such as a woman's    right to
>>> choose, affirmative action, opposition to police brutality, the
rights of
>>> lesbians and gay people and the need to reduce the military budget.
>>> These are issues that the broad progressive movement is in agreement on,
>>> but    in 1996 Nader either didn't address them or, in the case of
>>> lesbian/gay    rights, made at least one statement which indicated a
fairly
>>> serious lack of    appreciation for the oppression faced by those with
>>> non-heterosexual,    emotional/sexual orientations.
>>>
>>> There's a much deeper issue here. Some progressive    activists believe
>>> that we need to build a "class-based" movement which    de-emphasizes the
>>> "social issues" and instead focuses on issues like living    wage jobs,
the
>>> environment, tax reform and health care, because these are    issues that
>>> cut across lines of race, nationality, culture, gender, sexuality,  etc.
>>> and therefore can bring together the broadest range of people. There is
>>> truth to this position, but the fact is that a movement that calls
>>> itself    progressive, that is about the transformation of society in
>>> fundamental ways,    has to "do the right thing" even if it risks
>>> temporarily losing support from    those who are with us on the broader,
>>> class issues. We have to be consistent    in our opposition to injustice,
>>> oppression and discrimination. If not, we are    building a movement on
>>> sand, and it will eventually break apart as the storms    of corporate
>>> opposition look for any weakness they can exploit to undercut and
destroy
>>> our threat to their continued misrule.
>>>
>>> There is a relatively recent example from our history of    the political
>>> power of such an approach: the Rainbow movement of 1983-1988.    That
>>> movement, under the leadership of Jesse Jackson, consciously brought
>>> together all of the different pieces of the progressive movement and
>>> explicitly articulated their issues, from gay rights to the rights of
>>> farmers    to labor issues to those of people of color. It did this within
>>> an overall    framework which emphasized our common oppression at the
hands
>>> of corporate    power. This approach generated almost 7 million votes for
>>> Jackson during the    1988 Democratic Party primaries, and polls at the
>>> time indicated that if    Jackson had gone on to run as an independent in
>>> the fall, he would have gotten    in the neighborhood of 15% of the
vote.
>>>
>>>
>>> This makes what may well happen as the Nader/LaDuke    campaign gets off
>>> the ground even more sad, since there are indications that    some of
those
>>> Rainbow leaders may be working to undercut support for    Nader.
>>>
>>> This is the third, primary obstacle that I see to this    campaign: the
>>> efforts of certain "progressive leaders" who are tied to the   Democratic
>>> Party to keep it from happening. This is and will be the case for
>>> "progressive leaders" from labor, from the civil rights movement and
>>> from    other groups that are still unwilling to break from the
lesser-evil
>>> orthodoxy.    Some of this may be relatively honest, a reflection of a
>>> political dynamic    with deep, deep roots within our winner-take-all,
>>> big-money-dominated system.    Some of it will be much more
underhanded.
>>>
>>> We can't get discouraged by these inevitable attacks. In    many ways they
>>> are a sign that we are finally becoming a force that cannot be   ignored.
>>> We need to deal with them in the same way we would deal with tender
>>> young shoots of new plants emerging from a garden in the spring that
are
>>> threatened by cold spells, animals or birds: remember what those shoots
>>> can    become, develop plans for how to keep them growing and take
>>> appropriate    action. This new movement of the 21st century that we are
>>> seeing develop in    front of our eyes is too important to be sidetracked.
>>> We are talking about    history here. Let's all do our best to give of the
>>> best within us so that the    year 2000 is remembered as the turning point
>>> for the struggling, besieged,    abused and downtrodden people of this
>>> country and this world, and its air,    land, water, plant and animal
life.
>>> History is calling.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ted Glick is the National Coordinator of the Independent    Progressive
>>> Politics Network, although these are his individual views    only.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: radioactive waste in SantaFe and Colorado
Date: 05 Mar 2000 12:44:35 -0800

> This is a lengthy document but please read #2 on page 4.  "The City of
>Sante Fe New Mexico is currently being sued by NRC for trying to regulate
>radioactive discharge into the sewers.  NRC claims that radioactive
>discharge will not be regulated by USEPA, cities or the states."
>    If this is accurate, EPA has no intention to regulate radioactive
>discharges to sewers and NRC is suing to force sewer plants to take
>radioactive discharges.
>    There is something fishy here.  The GAO report said the extent of
>radioactive contamination at POTWs was not  known.  EPA granted anonymity
>to POTW's in order to gain their cooperation in assessing the extent of
>contamination.  Now NRC is suing to force POTWs to accept radioactive
>discharges.  Is this whole process nuts?  How would it ever be possible to
>do a FOIA request to determine what POTWs are receiving?
>    This can be another talking point for Alan Rubin.  "There has never
>been a documented case of radioactive material in soil being documented as
>coming from sludge." It just appears when airplanes fly over and detect it
>at the sewer plants.
>  next item-Colorado
>-
>
>> USEPA, Region 8
>> Project Manager Rocky Flats
>> Tim Rehder
>>
>> Dear Tim,
>>
>> The upcoming vegetation burn planned by the Department of Energy for the
>buffer
>> zone at Rocky Flats Superfund Site at the end of March must be better
>evaluated as
>> to the appropriateness; due to the close proximity to major cities and
>communities
>> that now surround this facility.  This proposed D.O.E. plan generates many
>> unanswered questions, and most importantly has NOT been demonstrated on any
>> Superfund Site nationwide. Also, the public is concerned about the DOE
>> contractor,  Kaiser Hill's recent statement at their presentation to the
>Citizens
>> Advisory Board on March 2, that  "this will be a great opportunity for
>> experiments".  Rocky Flats is a USEPA documented contaminated site of
>concern and
>> the clean-up is still being debated.  Sierra Club is concerned.   Members
>of the
>> SC asked that DOE provide for an extension on the Environmental Assessment
>> completed for this vegetation management plan and were turned down. The
>> information distributed by the DOE and Kaiser Hill is conflicting, and
>the publics
>> notification in case of a "burn out of control",  i.e. emergency
>notification, has
>> not been prepared by the DOE for the surrounding communities.  The DOE.
>and USEPA
>> should have provided more public input and involvement in preparation for
>this
>> annual event; especially in light of the fact presented at the Citizens
>Advisory
>> Board meeting 3-2-00, there will be future burns in what DOE claims ARE
>> contaminated areas.  To date the public has not been provided the
>Colorado Air
>> Quality Permit for this burn, formal assurances from USEPA, a CDPHE
>public meeting
>> for this application as requested by Sierra Club, no copy of the actual
>Forest
>> Service burn plan, and no emergency preparedness plan for the local
>communities.
>> This vegetation/fuel load and soil burn is scheduled for the end of March
>and
>> beginning of April according to the Environmental Assessment.  The DOE now
>> suggests from the CAB meeting that window for the burn  may change
>through to May.
>> Information must be consistent and available as essential tools to
>educate and
>> provide assurances to the public for their health and safety. These
>assurances
>> have not been provided.
>>
>> Your recent reply by e-mail suggested that I may not understand Global
>fallout.  I
>> am very aware of nuclear fallout and Colorado's proximity to the Nevada
>test site;
>> and did not make an uneducated comment.  My interest in making reference to
>> Savannah River was to compare contamination issues.  My homework is the
>result of
>> reviewing D.O.E. analysis and test results; not their assumptions.  The
>Colorado
>> reference to fallout used by D.O.E., USEPA and CDPHE of  .04 pci/g is for
>> background plutonium in the soil for Colorado from the 1970's. The recent
>> plutonium background numbers for Colorado reported by the Citizen Monitoring
>> results, 1996, show Platteville, Lafayette, and Genesee averaging
>approximately
>> .015 pci/g.  These numbers reflect background, 1996. Information regarding
>> background test results by the DOE and USEPA should be provided to the
>public
>>
>> The public understands fallout to be contamination from global fallout and
>> emissions from daily operations, fires, accidents, past waste disposal
>migration
>> etc.  The Savannah River location I mentioned  is one of the largest nuclear
>> complex's in the country with plutonium background from global fallout and
>> emissions from daily operations, accidents/upset conditions that report
>> measurements of plutonium background of only .0018 pci/g.  Compare this
>figure to
>> the reported .04pci/g by the D.O.E. for Colorado plutonium background; these
>> measurements are of considerable interest to residents in Colorado.  The
>upcoming
>> discussion/presentation from the agencies at the March 23 Soil Action
>Committee
>> meeting will be important.  The group will discuss an interim standard for
>> contamination on the buffer zone at Rocky Flats; which will impact the
>current
>> Colorado standard for plutonium in the soil; and perhaps set another SAFE
>standard
>> to build homes and recreation on or near Rocky Flats.  Many look forward
>to this
>> meeting.    Your input and comments in advance of this meeting would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Your state in one of your e-mails that you "believe" that there is no
>> contamination in the area targeted for the prescribe burn. The USEPA's
>claim there
>> is no contamination, and the DOE's claim there is no KNOWN contamination is
>> misleading. Positive results were presented by DOE in their presentation
>at the
>> CAB in the area of the prescribed burn.  How they came to these
>conclusions is
>> most important (sampling protocol - depth into the soil- analysis for dust
>> resuspension which will determine if  plutonium concentrates in dust just
>above
>> the soil; other DOE locations have used portable vacuum cleaners to pick up
>> plutonium in resuspension!  Not penetrate the soil to10cm then average the
>> sample).  The fact that plutonium was found above background by the DOE
>should
>> indicate to USEPA  that, yes, plutonium is present.  Would you please
>provide
>> documentation that you have read that assisted you and supports your
>statement
>> that you "believe" that there is no contamination; especially in light of
>the
>> positive readings that were presented at the recent CAB meeting.   After
>the CAB
>> meeting I spoke with  DOE and Kaiser Hill .  representatives.  They were
>unable to
>> refer to the document that supported their tests results illustrated on
>their
>> maps. In addition, DOE provided a large comprehensive map of the sites
>tested for
>> plutonium, and there were a few samples taken from the north area
>targeted for the
>> prescribed burn, and no samples on the south side.  DOE presenters after the
>> meeting presented overheads that were more specific to test results, and
>noted
>> that had no explanation as to why no sampling was taken from the south
>side.  The
>> colorful maps that were presented for the entire buffer zone by DOE at
>the meeting
>> should have references. DOE presented incomplete information on the
>> characterization of the site; and had no answers as to why the Environmental
>> Assessment indicates that the annual burns will include the entire buffer
>zone!
>>
>>  Test results for plutonium, americium, uranium, and other radionuclides
>as well
>> as contaminates of concern such as arsenic, lead, beryllium have been
>inadequately
>> presented to the public for evaluation.  Soil, fuel load (25 years of dead
>> vegetation), and vegetation uptake information has NOT been adequately
>tested.
>> The Environmental Assessment authored by DOE indicated that there was
>vegetation
>> uptake found as high as 28 pci/g.  The DOE presenter at the CAB meeting
>indicated
>> that a factor of .034 x the soil levels will give you the level of
>radioactive
>> uptake into the vegetation.  How contaminated is the vegetation at the
>903 paid
>> location?  DOE stated they are just now testing the fuel load.  The combined
>> plutonium inventory from soil, vegetation, and fuel load has not been
>assessed as
>> to the risk to the public.
>>
>> What is your reaction to the statement by Kaiser Hill that they will
>conduct in
>> their words, "experiments" during and after the burn.  They referred to
>these
>> experiments and studies 3 times.  They presented vague information on
>what the
>> studies will include.  Resuspension of radioactive soil particles was
>presented in
>> their overheads to the governor's aid, Allard's aid and others on the
>tourof the
>> actual site.  What about the cumulative inventory of plutonium on the
>vegetation
>> of the leaves as well as uptake from the roots, the  ash that will be
>present in
>> the soil, and the winds that will resuspend the ash into the nearby
>communities.
>> Was this ash considered in the "Hypothetical, Risk Assessment for Worst Case
>> Scenario" on the controlled burn location for the future completed by Kaiser
>> Hill?  The public has not been presented this document for review.
>Certainly
>> there will be no tall stacks to disperse the airborne sub micron
>particulates that
>> will be present in the smoke and gases.  Include in this discussion the
>> possibility of surface water impacts to the major bodies of water used for
>> drinking water, and ground water impacts from the potential leaching of
>the ash.
>>
>> The public would appreciate facts that support your statement that there
>is NO
>> contamination at the site in the area of the present prescribed burn, and
>that the
>> public should not be concerned; please help distribute documented facts and
>> sources from USEPA literature for them to refer to in helping them
>understand this
>> issue. Also, if you wouldn't mind, please help with a response to the
>following
>> specific questions and document requests:
>>
>> 1.  Please provide the current radioactive "background" information that
>USEPA has
>> collected before the CAB meeting March 23; this would be helpful when the
>Rocky
>> Flats Soil Action Committee presents the new proposed interim standard for
>> plutonium of 35 pci/g.  What is USEPA's position on this new figure as
>compared to
>> the standard proposed at 1,429 pci/g for plutonium at Rocky Flats?
>> Certainly a discussion of the Colorado State Standard of .9 pci/g should be
>> mentioned. Offsite contamination found at the site of the Haystack Fire
>reveals
>> Colorado is not adhering to their own standard of .9 for plutonium in the
>soil.
>> The following levels were taken by CDPHE:
>>
>> Sampling Location        Period            Plutonium
>>
>> soil near haystack fire            5-30-91        3.97 plus or minus .09
>> hay from the haystack           5-30-91        .010 plus or minus .002
>> hay ash from haystack           5-30-91        .144 plus or minus .029
>> boots & bunker etc.              5-30-91        1.14 plus or minus .10
>> trouser wipes
>> (West Adams County FD)
>> Boots & bunkers
>> trouser wipes
>> (Westminster Fire Dept.)    5-30-91            .19 plus or minus .03
>>
>> Same as Above                Same as above        Uranium
>>                                                                    .91
>+/- .03
>>                                                                    1.48
>+/-.27
>>                                                                    1.00
>+/- .06
>>                                                                    1.14
>+/-.05
>>
>1.15+/-.03
>>
>> Dr. Ed Martell was involved in the Colorado discussions for setting the
>state soil
>> standard.   He determined that the initial standard discussed of .2 pci/g
>would be
>> more protective.
>>
>> 2. Please explain why it took ten years to get the NPDES permit from the
>DOE and
>> what was holding it back?  I've been told that the DOE/NRC will not have
>their
>> radioactive discharges permitted.  The City of Sante Fe New Mexico is
>currently
>> being sued by NRC for trying to regulate radioactive discharge into the
>sewers.
>> NRC claims that radioactive discharge will not be regulated by USEPA,
>cities or
>> the states.
>>
>> 3. Why will there be no split samples taken by the Colorado Department of
>Health
>> during the burn?  CDPHE, Arch Crouse stated roughly that they have only 1
>monitor
>> on the north, l south, 1 east and 2  west for particulate monitoring.  He
>said
>> these will not be used for the burn.  They have no funding for this
>proposal.
>>
>> 4. Why has there been no prescribed burn anywhere else in the United
>States on a
>> Superfund site if weed management is the targeted issue? Weeds grow
>everywhere!
>> Why have we not targeted prescribed burns throughout Colorado or for
>other federal
>> Superfund sites in Colorado?   DOE said the only federal  facility they have
>> burned vegetation at is Savannah River on 30,000 acres.  Doesn't this
>location
>> have miles of buffer that separate the public from the prescribed burns
>areas?
>> Was the USEPA involved in this prescribed burn?  Would you please provide
>USEPA
>> information and test results from these prescribed burns.  DOE has not
>shared this
>> with the public. Also, the Environmental Assessment presents maps of the
>future
>> burns in contaminated areas.  What is the USEPA position on this future
>plan?
>>
>> 5.  You implied at the CAB meeting that the Air Quality Control Division
>of the
>> Colorado Department of Health would have to permit the "contaminated"
>portions of
>> the Rocky Flats site differently than the "non-contaminated" areas?
>CDPHE  issues
>> an agricultural open burn permit.  The Colorado regulations for open
>burns do not
>> include in the application requirements and reference for air toxics of
>concern
>> i.e. plutonium, americium, arsenic, lead, beryllium etc.  They regulate
>the six
>> criteria pollutants i.e. particulates, carbon monoxide, etc.  NOTE:
>Kaiser Hill
>> said in their recent onsite tour for the Governors office, Allards aid
>etc.,  that
>> the Colorado Department of Health had issued an open burn air permit.  As
>of the
>> evening of the CAB 3-2-00 the permit  had not been issued.  It had been
>canceled
>> and a new application submitted by DOE.  The Forest Service cannot
>complete their
>> burn plan for the public's review due to this lack of air permit. What is
>USEPA's
>> position on this lack of information required for burn permits, and the
>lack of
>> permits and plans available for review so near the target date?
>>
>> 6.  There has been no Smoke Plume modeling study presented to the public.
> Kaiser
>> Hill stated that there is no such thing as prevailing winds; that this
>plume may
>> go in many directions.  Why has no smoke plume and or air modeling study
>been
>> presented to the public from a Major Air Pollution Source?  Will this
>annual burn
>> be required to be reported in the Colorado State Implementation Plan?
>>
>> 7.  Notification to the public is of great concern to the surrounding
>> communities.  The plan presented at the CAB indicates that the PA system
>will be
>> used for the employees on site.  Since wind conditions, etc. are
>important factor
>> in monitoring during the burn, the plan for the general public is
>inadequate.  How
>> will prompt notification be given to the public,  i.e. children on the
>> playgrounds, if there is a problem from an out of control burn into the most
>> contaminated areas?  DOE states that they have completed a "worst case
>scenario"
>> for the most contaminated area, the 903 pad.  This has NOT been made
>available for
>> the public's preview.
>> Please include this document to me.
>>
>>
>> 8.  The City of Westmister is opposed to this burn.  They requested at
>the CAB
>> meeting the DOE use a 1/4 acre burn area to experiment with first,
>instead of the
>> entire 500 acres.  Did you agree with DOE's reasoning that this was not
>> practicable?
>>
>> 9.  The Environmental Assessment states that there has never been a
>prescribed
>> burn at the Rocky Flats facility.  Yet, the Colorado Air Quality Control
>Division
>> recently informed Sierra Club that there have been prescribed burns in
>the past.
>> They have issued permits and confirm these burns. They have requested
>that Sierra
>> Club file a Freedom of Information request to get this information.
>CDPHE also
>> was recently informed by Kaiser Hill that NESHAPS for air quality state
>that 10
>> millirem is an acceptable exposure for nearby residents. Does the Air
>Quality burn
>> permit mention this?  This is not required.  A CAB member at the meeting
>stated
>> that there could be a possible exposure of 15 millirem during the burn
>according
>> to D.O.E. literature. I have not reviewed this information.
>>
>> 10.  Dr. Harvey Nichols from CU presented very pressing concerns
>regarding the
>> monitoring equipment and hot spots that have been determined to be in the
>vicinity
>> of the proposed burn.  He states:
>> a. There has been no independent testing of the areas in question;
>> b. High volume air samplers at or close to ground level are not adequate
>to record
>> airborne particulate contaminants such as plutonium;
>> c. Deposition of burned material on one or more of the surrounding
>communities due
>> to the size and duration of the fire will result.
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your assistance.   I look forward to your participation to
>educate
>> the public on this most urgent of issues confronting the Rocky Flats
>communities.
>> My address for receiving documents requested is:
>>
>> 6654 S. Buffalo Dr.
>> Littleton, Colorado   80120
>>
>> Joan Seeman
>> Sierra Club
>> Hazardous Waste Committee Chair
>> Rocky Mt. Chapter
>>
>> [e-mail] wrote:
>>
>> > The new npdes permit for Rocky Flats is goes out for public comment
>Monday.
>> > There was an announcement in the classifieds of today's Denver Post
>(see Legal
>> > Notices).
>



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Reaffirm Committment to NPT says UN Secy General
Date: 06 Mar 2000 17:04:27 +1000

This statement was first downloaded by Felicity at WILPF.

I'm not sure how many people on Abolition have seen it, so downloaded it
again from the UN website.

I'm sure that we would all add to the Secy General's remarks 'Article VI'.

John Hallam

3 March 2000

                         Press Release
                         SG/SM/7323
                         DC/2686

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON ANNIVERSARY OF NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION  TREATY,
URGES PARTIES TO REAFFIRM COMMITMENT AT UPCOMING REVIEW CONFERENCE

20000303

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for  Secretary-
General Kofi Annan:

Thirty years ago, on 5 March 1970, the Treaty on the  Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons (NPT) entered into force. The  event was acclaimed then as
the most important international agreement in the field of disarmament
since  the start of the nuclear age and a major success for the cause of
peace. The Treaty has since become and remains the cornerstone of the
global nuclear  non-proliferation regime. Its membership has steadily grown
to 187  States parties today.

On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the NPT's entry into
force, the Secretary-General would like to stress that in order to  achieve
the ultimate objective of a world free of nuclear weapons, the
international community should  immediately start taking new and effective
measures to achieve the  inherently linked goals of nuclear disarmament and
non-proliferation. Efforts to seek the  elimination of all nuclear weapons
must remain a high priority.

The Secretary-General hopes that all parties to the NTP will  rededicate
themselves to unceasing efforts to implement all of their  obligations
under the Treaty. The forthcoming 2000 NPT Review Conference (24 April to
19 May) would be  an excellent opportunity for all parties to reaffirm
their commitment  to the Treaty.




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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Oh No! Not Another ' Write to your Government'! - NPT Letters to
Date: 06 Mar 2000 18:18:23 +1000

(Sorry for duplicate copies caused by double- posting.)

PLEASE WRITE TO YOUR GOVT. RE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW

SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYONE TO SEND TO PRESIDENTS/PRIME MINISTERS/FOREIGN
MINISTERS

(This is for you or your organisation to send to your foreign minister, and
president or prime minister, and/or to presidents Putin and Clinton.)

(Please email/forward these 2 sample letters to everyone you know - and do
please actually send these letters to your foreign minister or prime
minister or president)

If you have already done it, congratulations. This is posted for those who
have not yet done it. If you haven't done it and you think the nuke weapons
states ought to fulfil their legal obligation to get rid of nuclear
weapons, do please do it. I'll be posting reminders asking you to do it
over the next few weeks.


Dear All who get these two sample letters,

The two sample letters below are a call for action consistent with the
Abolition statement, and with current NGO demands for the upcoming review
conference of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.

They basically ask the nuclear weapons states to fulfil their obligations
under Article VI of the NPT, to eliminate their nuclear arsenals, and they
ask everyone else to press the nuclear weapons states to do just that.

I am posting these appeals to write to your government re the nuclear
nonproliferation treaty in the hope that you will actually do just that!

If you want to change anything that's just fine, just do it, if you think
the letters are better phrased some other way then thats great.  But
basically I am hoping that as many people as possible will write something
like this to your head of state or prime minister or foreign minister, and
that you will pass this message on to others who will do the same.

If you are an organisation and especially if you have already signed the
'Heads of State' letter that I posted some time ago, you may also want to
sign the letter to be found on the following URL:
<http://www.clw.org/coalition/nptsign-on0300.htm>

On 24 April-19May this year, the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) will
go before its first review conference after being indefinitely extended in
1995.

As the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty covers every nation in the world
with the exception of Israel, India and Pakistan (all of whom have nuclear
weapons), the NPT Review Conference, which will be held at the UN in New
York will be one of the most important diplomatic events (if not THE most
important diplomatic event) of the year.

It has implications for the safety of the whole planet.

Article VI of the NPT which has been in force since 1970, obliges the
nuclear weapons states to negotiate away their nuclear arsenals yesterday.

The International Court of Justice in 1996, in a unanimous advisory
opinion, said that there exists an obligation, under article VI, to
negotiate away the nuclear arsenals of the nuclear weapons powers.

However, the opposite is what is happening.

As the Nuclear Nonproiferation treaty is in effect a deal whereby the nuke
weapons states agree to eliminate their nuclear arsenals in return for the
non- nuclear weapons states agreeing not to attempt to obtain nuclear
weapons, the failure of the nuclear weapons states to honour their part of
the deal means that the non-nuclear weapons states may start to withdraw
from their part of the deal as india, Israel and Pakistan in effect already
have done.

You are therefore strongly urged to write to your foreign minister, and
Prime Minister and/or Head of State, (whoever is the relevant decision-
maker) urging them to press the nuclear weapons states to keep their side
of the NPT 'Bargain' and fulfil the requirements of Article VI, or if you
live in a nuclear weapons state, ask them to fulfil their Article VI NPT
obligations immediately.

These two letters, one to all heads of state/prime ministers/foreign
ministers and one specifically to Russian President Putin, foreign Minister
Igor Ivanov, and copied to Clinton, are to give you an idea what to write.
Please don't follow them slavishly.

If you are an individual, I'd urge you to write HANDWRITTEN. Copied letters
get thrown away. Handwritten gets read.

If you are an organisation, please put this on your own letterhead and
CUSTOMISE IT.

These letters are deliberately too long. You may want to shorten them.

If you are in a non- english speaking country do please translate it and
make any changes you feel necessary when you translate it.

The NPT Review Conference is literally an event of global signficance, so
ask your head of state/foreign minister/prime minister to attend the NPT
Review in person.

Do please write. The fate of the world as a whole will quite literally
depend on the deliberations of the diplomats, foreign ministers, and heads
of state in the review conference in New York.

A shorter letter (very short) is available on:

Http://www.abolition2000.org.  Fax numbers of heads of state, foreign
ministers, and UN Missions  are also available on that URL.

Another URL that has the fax numbers of heads of state, foreign ministers
and UN missions and also has lots of information on the NPT Review is:
Http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org


TEXT OF GENERAL SAMPLE LETTER AND SAMPLE LETTER TO PUTIN AND IVANOV FOLLOWS

RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000
- GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

TO: PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER,


Your Excellency,
[0r]
Dear President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister,

I am writing  to urge [your/our]  government to take a strong position at
the upcoming  Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in
New York April 24 to May 19, 2000, and to urge [your/our] head of state or
of government to attend this  meeting.

It is vital that the governments of all nations   do their utmost to
pressure  the nuclear weapons states, especially the US and Russia, to do
more  to fulfill their obligations under Article VI of the NPT,  and
negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero.

The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a unanimous
advisory opinion that this is indeed a legal obligation.

The nuclear weapons states are currently making very little movement toward
fulfilling  this obligation.  Instead there have been many developments in
the opposite direction.

The US Senate has failed to ratify the CTBT,(Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty)
and the US is contemplating the deployment of a Ballistic Missile Defence
System in violation of the 1972 ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) treaty.

Talks between the US and Russia to make cuts in nuclear weapons are
stalled, as is implementation of  START II. Russia has changed its previous
policy of 'no first use' of nuclear weapons to one that mirrors those of
the western states, and its Duma has refused to ratify START-II.

Both the US and Russia continue to conduct 'subcritical' nuclear tests.
China is modernizing its nuclear arsenal, and India and Pakistan have
openly tested nuclear weapons. Israel,  in spite of a recent debate in the
Knessett, refuses to acknowledge its nuclear capabilities but may have as
many as 400 weapons.

On the other hand, the non nuclear weapons states with a few notable
exceptions, have adhered to their side of the bargain, while the NPT has
become nearly universal.

A successful outcome at the coming NPT Review Conference,  would explicitly
commit parties under Article VI to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an
early date,  and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline
the process for that to occur.

It is important that your government and every government, use its position
to push the nuclear weapon states and particularly the US and Russia, to
fulfill Article VI during the coming review conference.

A key preliminary step in this direction that would reduce the danger of
purely accidental war,  and improve the climate for further steps, would be
the abandonment of 'launch on warning' postures. This should be followed by
reduction of alert status of warheads, and the verifiable physical removal
of
warheads from delivery vehicles.

It is especially vital that [your/our] [head of government/head of state]
be present at the proceedings of this review conference. The decisions
taken at the coming NPT Review conference will literally determine the fate
of the world. Only by the authority lent by the presence of heads of State
or of Government can decisions be taken that will have the end result of
ridding the world of nuclear weapons and fulfilling the mandate of the
nuclear nonproliferation treaty over the last thirty years.

Signed...etc.



SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYONE TO SEND TO PRESIDENT PUTIN
AND
FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV.

RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000
- GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

TO: PRESIDENT PUTIN [phone],
FOREIGN MINISTER IVANOV [phone], [phone]
RUSSIAS UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR + 1 212 628 0252
cc
PRESIDENT CLINTON [phone]

Dear President Putin and Foreign Minister Ivanov,

I am writing  to urge Russia's government to fulfill its obligations under
Article VI of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.

It is vital that we negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero
sooner rather than later.

The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a unanimous
judgment, that this is indeed a legal obligation.

It is now vital that the Russia and the US fulfill their clear obligations
under Article VI of the nonproliferation treaty. While arms reductions have
occurred since the 1980s, this process of reduction has now stalled and may
be going into reverse.

The US and Russia are both signed on to a treaty, article VI of which
demands that you negotiate to eliminate your nuclear arsenals. The binding
nature of Article VI was  reaffirmed by the 1996 unanimous advisory opinion
of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Russia and the US together, as well as China, the UK and France cannot
forever refuse to fulfill their clear legal obligations under the NPT while
expecting that other countries will continue to fulfill theirs. The
credibility of the NPT will disappear if the nuclear weapon states -
yourselves - do not fulfill your obligations. The eventual result of that
is likely to be much wider acquisition of nuclear weapons, with a vastly
increased likelihood of nuclear war.

While Russia may have been given reasons to distrust US and NATO
intentions, the stakes in getting rid of nuclear weapons are literally
ultimate. No political goal no matter how central it may seem to the
interests of either Russia or the US can justify the possible destruction
of human civilisation and life worldwide.

Public opinion in both your countries is strongly in favor of negotiating
to eliminate nuclear weapons. Global public opinion is overwhelmingly in
favor of this and indeed demands it, as do the overwhelming majority of
governments.

A successful outcome at the coming NPT Review Conference,  would explicitly
commit parties under Article VI to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an
early date,  and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline
the process for that to occur.

In this context, it is especially vital that the Russian and US Presidents
be present at the proceedings of the NPT  Review Conference, and be ready
to negotiate to eliminate your nuclear arsenals as you are obliged to do
under Article VI. The decisions taken at the coming NPT Review conference
will literally determine the fate of the world. Only by the authority lent
by the presence of heads of State or of Government can decisions be taken
that will have the end result of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and
fulfilling the mandate of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty over the last
thirty years.

Signed...etc.

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
Fax [phone]  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd





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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Emergency Nuclear Free Zone Alert
Date: 06 Mar 2000 11:45:55 -0800

>Return-Path: <[e-mail]>
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>Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 12:01:36 -0800 (PST)
>X-Sender: [e-mail]
>To: [e-mail]
>From: "." <[e-mail]>
>Subject: EMERGENCY NUCLEAR FREE ZONE ALERT
>Sender: [e-mail]
>
>EMERGENCY NUCLEAR FREE ZONE ALERT -----
>You may not be aware that a year ago the Berkeley City Council drastically
>weakened the Nuclear Free Zone law. There is a proposal coming before the
>City Council to reinstate and strengthen this law. IT IS VITAL THAT  DIANE
>WOOLLEY,  A SWING VOTE, BE CONTACTED. It's also important to call the Mayor,
>Dona Spring and, if you live in Berkeley,  your own City Council Member. The
>City Clerk can tell you the name of your Council Member. The details and
>additional contact information is provided below:
>
>NUCLEAR FREE ZONE ALERT
>An occasional newsletter about Berkeley's Nuclear Free Zone
>No. 2
>
>      1998 CITY COUNCIL ACTION VIRTUALLY REPEALS
>      ENFORCEABILITY OF NUCLEAR FREE ZONE LAW
>
>IN 1997 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) announced they would
>build DARHT, a device vital for designing new nuclear weapons. Berkeley
>responded by enforcing its Nuclear Free law three times in a six month
>period (organizing a forum attended by hundreds, passing a resolution
>opposing DARHT, and sending a formal request that U.C. and LBNL cease and
>desist all nuclear weapons work, including the DARHT project). It is illegal
>for the City Council to alter the voter created Nuclear Free law, but eight
>months after citizens seeking to enforce the nuclear free law delayed
>approval of a U.C. contract (the Nuclear Free law prohibits Berkeley from
>contracting with entities doing nuclear weapons work, unless there is no
>reasonable, cost effective, alternative) the City Council passed a "blanket
>waiver" that weakened the law by ending citizen commission review of
>proposals to waive the law, thus making enforcement of the nuclear free law
>virtually impossible. In the one year period since the blanket waiver passed
>not a single effort to enforce its nuclear free law has occurred - it's as
>if the Nuclear Free law has been repealed!
>
> CONTACT COUNCIL NOW TO REVIVE CITIZEN REVIEW AND REINSTATE ENFORCEMENT OF
>NUCLEAR FREE ZONE LAW
>
>IN JANUARY,  2000 the Peace & Justice Commission unanimously recommended
>that the City Council  reinstate the policy of having citizen commissions
>review proposals to waive the Nuclear Free law. But passage of the Peace and
>Justice proposal is uncertain. Linda Maio is likely vote against it. Vice
>Mayor Maudelle Shirek, Margaret Breland, and  Kriss Worthington are likely
>to support it. Ask Council Members Woolley, Spring and the Mayor  to support
>the Peace and Justice recommendation. Mayor Shirely Dean    [phone]
>[e-mail]
>
>Green Party Council Member Dona Spring           [phone]
>[e-mail]
>In the past Dona Spring has led efforts to oppose DARHT and enforce the
>Nuclear Free law, but in 1998 she agreed to compromises that weakened the
>law. She has said she will vote for the Peace and Justice Commission
>recommendation, ask her to resist pressure to weaken it.
>
>Council Member Diane. Woolley is a swing vote -  [phone]
>[e-mail]
>Woolley distinguished herself by abstaining from the vote to weaken the
>nuclear free law. Ask  her to vote for the Peace and Justice recommendation.
>
>Or write the Mayor & Council Members at: 1900 Addision St., Berkeley, Ca.
>94704.
>
>Although the cold war is behind us, the Nuclear Free law is still important.
>If India and Pakistan had signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty they
>could not have conducted nuclear weapons tests. India justifies refusing to
>sign the treaty because the test ban does not prohibit nuclear weapons
>states from using advanced technologies like DARHT to maintain and develop
>nuclear weapons. The treaty is thus viewed as a ploy by nuclear weapons
>states, instead of a sincere first step toward nuclear disarmament. By
>discouraging developing countries from signing the test ban treaty, DARHT,
>and related technologies, may be indirectly responsible the outbreak of the
>India-Pakistan nuclear arms race.
>
>
>TO HELP PLEASE CALL: [phone] or e-mail us at [e-mail]
>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----
>For more information visit Nuclear Free Berkeley - the web page:
>
>WWW.NUCLEARFREE.ORG
>
>
>NUCLEAR FREE ZONE ALERT, by  the publisher of KPFA Chronicles, was created
>to educate people about, and  encourage enforcement of,  the  Nuclear Free
>Berkeley Act.  Letters and donations can be sent to:
>Nuclear Free Berkeley, P.O. Box 851, Berkeley, Ca 94701
>
>
>
>



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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Countdown to the NPT
Date: 06 Mar 2000 18:13:30 -0800

6 March 2000

Dear Friends and Activists,

    With only 49 more days until the 2000 Review Conference of the
Non-Proliferation Treaty, momemtum in support of the Abolition 2000 Global
Network and for nuclear abolition is building.  There are now 1479
organizational endorsements of the Abolition 2000 Statement and 241
Municipal endorsements, for a total of 1720 endorsers.   We only need 280
more endorsers to reach our goal of 2000, which means that we nead to
receive aproximately SIX NEW endorsements, EVERYDAY, for the next 49 DAYS.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!  It is critical to reach our goal of 2000 endorsers
by the time of the 2000 NPT Review Conference (24 April-19 May). Please
make a comittment to enroll AT LEAST one new organization or municipality
this week.  With YOUR help, we will achieve our goal!

    Thank you for your continued support.  I look forward to hearing
from you.

In Peace and Solidarity,

Carah


Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
Santa Barbara CA 93108

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) DOE budget analysis on TVC web site/New!
Date: 06 Mar 2000 20:11:49 -0800 (PST)

Dear peace and environmental colleagues:

Tri-Valley CAREs has a new report on its web site that will likely be of
interest -- and of great use -- to you.

"THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR
WEAPONS ACTIVITIES," is an analysis done for Tri-Valley CAREs by Dr. Robert
Civiak. (From 1988 to 1999, Bob served as Program Examiner in the federal
Office of Management and Budget, where the DOE budget was within the scope
of his responsibilities.)

The report is concise, readable and "chock full" of valuable information on
the nuclear weapons activities proposed in the budget request that went to
Congress on February 7, 2000. For example:

(1) Did you know that only 10% of the DOE budget request is directly tied
to evaluation and maintenance of the existing arsenal? Check out our report
and learn what the other 90% will buy!

(2) Did you know that the DOE budget request contains 17 separate
"campaigns" that are largely activities to improve or expand capabilities?
Check out the 6 U.S. weapons types for which the budget requests
"improvement" monies!

(3) Did you know that the fiscal year 2001 cost for the National Ignition
Facility is hidden in various categories throughout the DOE budget request?
Check out the box at the end of our report to see how the NIF funding adds
up!

Our web site is at http://igc.org/tvc. Happy reading.

Peace,
Marylia

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear
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From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Hawaii's Jim Albertini solidarity for a Nuclear-Free University!!
Date: 06 Mar 2000 23:37:04 PST


Dear Abolitionists,

Aloha and Greetings from Hawai'i! Here's Jim Albertini for you!! We can use
all of the inspiration from those who preceeded us, and appreciate the
solidarity! Jim swam out into the Pacific Ocean to confront a US
nuclear-armed warship and spent 3 years in prison for it! During a time of
cynicism, we young ones need folks lik Jim Albertini and M.Vanunu to guide
us with their examples.

Richard Salvador
Honolulu, Hawai`i

----


Dear Richard and UH peacemakers,

I applaud your work for a Nuclear-free University of Hawaii and extend my
solidarity as one sentenced to three years in U.S. federal prison for a
nonviolent swiming protest of a nuclear armed warship entering Hawaii
County's Nuclear-free zone in 1984.  Hawaii County was the first
municipality in the U.S. to pass a law declaring itself a nuclear-free zone
in 1981.  Unfortunately, then county council chair (now mayor) Steven
Yamashiro, and the council majority, did not have the courage to stand up in
support of the law.  They bent to the pressure of the military.
To UH students, I say, BE STRONG.  STAND FIRM IN DECLARING UH A NUCLEAR-FREE
ZONE.

With gratitude and aloha,
Jim

Jim Albertini
P.O. Box AB
Ola`a (Kurtistown), Hawaii 96760
808-966-7622
email [e-mail]


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail],
     Military Affairs Reporter Mike Gordon <[e-mail]>,
     Honolulu Star Bulletin <[e-mail]>,
     Honolulu Weekly <[e-mail]>


Note: The University of Hawaii Graduate Student Organization (GSO) will be
considering passage of a Nuclear Free University of Hawaii Resolution next
week. See text of the Resolution below.  The GSO meeting will be held on
Friday, March 10, 2000, from 1-3pm, at UH-Manoa Campus Center Building, Room
CC220. Come and support this resolution. Mahalo.


Aloha, FYI:

It has become critical for all communities throughout Hawaii, the Pacific,
and around the world to take a stand on nuclear weapons and to take steps
toward influencing State and National Governments including countries to
begin seriously addressing the "nuclear crisis," as former US President
Jimmy Carter described the current state of nuclear proliferation in a
February 23, 2000 op-ed piece in the Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/2000-02/23/008l-022300-idx.html).
Unfortunately, as President Carter writes, "U.S. policy has had a good deal
to do with creating it." As a consequence, there have been "a disturbing
pattern of provocative [nuclear] developments" (see a brief list of these in
President Carter's op-ed piece).

These have been allowed to happen largely because of uninformed publics and
because of the failure of the media to focus on them as critical areas of
concern for domestic and world peace. However, national and international
leaders can be "inspired to act wisely and courageously by an informed
public," as Carter adds. There is an urgent need for the public, in the USA
and around the world, to educate peoples, advocate for and lobby their
leaders to speak out on these issues in preparation for the 5-year Review of
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, taking place April 24 - May 19, 2000
at the United Nations. (Please visit the website of Abolition 2000
http://www.abolition2000.org,   for more information.)

The University of Hawaii community and the entire Hawaiian population should
proudly commend President C. Mamo Kim and her colleagues in the Graduate
Student Organization for taking this initiative to pass the following
Nuclear-Free Zone Resolution and for taking a leadership role in educating
peoples in Hawaii, the United States and the world in calling for nuclear
disarmament as a step toward world peace.

Please come to the GSO meeting to support the passage of this Resolution.

Thank you very much.


Richard Salvador
Pacific Abolition 2000
Pacific Islands Association of NGOs


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Cc: Annalisa Guevarra Delacruz <[e-mail]>

/snip/


Richard,

Our next GSO meeting will be next Friday from 1-3, at CC220.  I think it
would be good to introduce this resolution yourself.  You could send a copy
of this to the gso-l with a forward, mentioning your intention to have the
GSO pass it in assembly.

/snip/

At the assembly, deliver hard copies which read as follows:


                GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION OF
               THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I AT MANOA
                 2445 Campus Road, Hemenway 212

            GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION RESOLUTION 02-00

URGING THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPON FREE ZONES THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD AND CALLING UPON THE GOVERNMENTS OF ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATES TO
BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS IMMEDIATELY ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONVENTION TO PROHIBIT AND
ELIMINATE ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS EARLY IN THIS NEW CENTURY, AND TO COMPLETE
THESE NEGOTIATIONS BY THE YEAR 2000

Whereas the billions of dollars spent on nuclear weapons each year could be
reallocated to help fund educational programs and other social needs;

Whereas the research and development of nuclear weapons, which has
involved many of our universities, fosters a culture of secrecy which is in
direct opposition to the principles of democracy;

Whereas the intellectual resources currently devoted to the development and
maintenance of our nuclear arsenals could be far more productively used for
research into environmentally sound technologies;

Whereas the International Court of Justice ruled unanimously in July 1996,
"There exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a
conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects
under strict and effective international control";

Whereas retired U.S. General Lee Butler, once responsible for all U.S.
strategic nuclear forces, has called nuclear weapons "inherently dangerous,
hugely expensive, militarily inefficient, and morally indefensible";

Whereas the residual effects of nuclear warfare would have a lasting
impact on present and future generations, posing a constant threat to the
health and peace of mind of the world's citizens;

Whereas it is in the direct interest of young people to support the
sustainability of life on this planet in order that they may have a healthy
place to live in which to pursue their dreams and aspirations;

Now, therefore, be it resolved that the GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION of the
University of Hawai'i at Manoa declares itself a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
and supports the further development of Nuclear Weapon Free Zones throughout
the world;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the GSO calls for all nuclear weapons to be
taken off alert status; for all nuclear warheads to be separated from their
delivery vehicles; and for the nuclear weapons states to agree to
unconditional no first use of these weapons;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the GSO calls upon the governments of all
nuclear weapons states to begin negotiations immediately on a Nuclear
Weapons Convention to prohibit and eliminate all nuclear weapons early in
this new century, and to complete these negotiations by the year 2000;

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be distributed to the
Board of Regents of the University of Hawai'i, President and Chancellor of
Manoa Kenneth P. Mortimer, Vice-President of Student Affairs Doris Ching,
the U.S. Congressional Delegation, the President of the U.S., and the local
media;

ROLL CALL       GSO RESOLUTION 02-00
                Ayes:

                Nays:

                Abstentions:

ADOPTED BY THE 1999-2000 GSO ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2000.
Prepared by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation for the Abolition 2000 Global
Campaign and introduced by Richard Salvador, Ph.D. candidate, Political
Science, University of Hawai'i at Manoa.




C. Mamo Kim                             Kalawaia Moore
GSO President                           GSO Secretary



Richard, I'll send a copy of this memo to Anna and ask her to type it up for
you and make about 15 hardcopies.

anna:  Please remind the gso list to come to the next meeting, time date,
place, etc.  thanks.  Mamo














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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Keep the Momentum going
Date: 07 Mar 2000 20:57:26 -0800

Dear Friends and Activists,

Let's keep the momentum going!  These organizations have endorsed the
Abolition 2000 Statement this week:


Post Pessimits, A-Bolo Graz/Austria
Bangladesh People's Solidarity Center, Sao Miguel/Portugal
International Informatization Academy, Cape Coast/Ghana
Brotherhood Link, Cantoments/Ghana
The Millennium Visioneer, Madina/Ghana
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, Poulsbo/Washington
Saffron Waldon Green Party, Waldon/UK



This bring the total number of endorsers to


Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
Santa Barbara CA 93108

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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 8Mar Global Peace Walk 2000
Date: 08 Mar 2000 19:15:41 -0800

Please don't use reply-to-all but reply offlist to [e-mail]

As of today, March 8th, the Global Peace Walk has reached Gallup NM and
received there a proclamation of support from the Mayor after earlier this
week receiving a letter/proclamation of support from the President of the
Navajo Nation in Window Rock AZ as they drum their way walking across
country.

The walkers bussed back today to near Flagstaff for sweat lodge ceremony
there and are contemplating side trip to Phoenix and perhaps Tucson before
resuming on path of walk from Gallup towards Albuquerque (where no date has
yet been set for events there and we need some local coordinators to step
forward to help), Apr8 in Santa Fe, and Apr22 EarthDay2000 in Taos NM where
they will stay for some time on land previously donated to the walk for a
future spiritual agricultural community.

As soon as I know their upcoming weeks' schedule I will post a more detailed
report with it to these and other lists.   Please help me forward this info
to your networks.

The walk stirred up some controversy in the Hopi-Navajo area because of the
Big Mountain relocation situation, but also some communications were opened
with the Hopi Tribe which we hope in future will help with some postitive
resolution to the Big Mountain relocation problems.

Because it feels the walk is championing the cause of the Big Mountain
resisters, the Hopi Tribal Council declined to offer their letter of support
as they had done in 1995 although they indicated on the phone and by email
that they support the overall purpose of the walk and its prayer for "Global
Peace Now!" as a universal human resolve.

The walk went through the Hopi area directly on the way to Window Rock and
in Flagstaff on Feb25 representatives of the Big Mountain elders came and
spoke to the walkers with the help of the Black Mesa Indigenous Support
network folks who shuttled them back and forth from Big Mountain to
Flagstaff.   A representative of the Hopi Tribe leadership also drove down
to Flagstaff and delivered for the walkers a comprehensive information
package and video describing their positions on the so-called "Hopi-Navajo
Land Dispute" or relocation issue.

Please check out the updates at http://www.globalpeacenow.org for recently
posted walk photos from first few weeks, letters and proclamations of
support, newsclippings, etc.

Global Peace Walk 2000 is now an established vehicle available to carry all
survival issue messages submitted by individuals and organizations in the
form of their letters of support summarizing such messages, websites, etc.
These messages will be publicized along the way and carried for delivery in
Washington DC and to the United Nations.   How big and powerful and strong
this vehicle will become in the coming weeks and months will depend entirely
on the level of support it receives from networkers like you who pass the
word about it to your networks and ask for their help to spread the word.
In any event, Global Peace Walk 2000 will fulfill its mission to reach DC
and the UN and offer its prayer and deliver its messages accumulated along
the way.

Especially if you do not see your "pet issues" listed on the walk website or
discussed in letters already posted, please submit your letters/messages of
support for the walk to carry and publicize.   Such letters may be emailed
to me for posting and signed hardcopies (on letterhead if available) may be
mailed for forwarding to the walk sent to PO Box 170245, San Francisco CA
94117-0245, to which address tax deductible donations for the walk may be
sent payable to "Yucca Foundation - GPW".

The walkers have been gathering support along the way, donations of food
etc, and now have a somewhat seasoned core group of a couple of dozen or so
walkers after 7 weeks on the road with additional folks joining in for
shorter distances along the way.  They have been lately in snowy weather and
appreciate whatever support they are offered for hospitality along the way.

For the lastest updates on where the walk is, or to leave a message for
them, call the update recording at 415-267-1877.  Names and contact info of
folks you know on their route who would like to help can also be left for
the walkers at that number.

I have not received a direct phone call from them in a week or more so have
been waiting for that to get more details for a more comprehensive report
which I will send as soon as possible.

If you want to offer financial support for the walk and do not need a tax
deduction, or if you want to offer expense money so I can better support
them with phone calls and mailings, etc., you may also send to me at address
below.

Please help me support this great historical project for the Year2000.  We
need some endorsements and participation by well known public figures,
celebrities, etc., to accelerate the public awareness of this project and
the messages it is carrying.  Let me know directly any way you can help.

Thanks very much, for "Global Peace Now!",

David Crockett Williams  [e-mail]
20411 Steeple Court, Tehachapi, CA 93561
661-822-3309

Global Peace Walk 2000
http://www.globalpeacenow.org
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html
Updates 415-267-1877 -- Voicemail 415-863-2084
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/schedule.html SCHEDULE & contacts

GLOBAL  EMERGENCY  ALERT  RESPONSE
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000

The Vision of Paradise on Earth
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html

Please Support HR 2545:
Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act of 1999
Details & Email:  http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm
Sign letter to Senators which can be found at
http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#senate
Send letter to Representatives supporting HR-2545
http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#letter

Easy indexed site to email Congresspeople & Media
http://congress.nw.dc.us/wnd
(copy & paste email letters to media and Congress)

An Agenda for Peace
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/agenda.html





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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) AUSTRALIAN SENATE RESOLUTION ON NPT REVIEW PRESS RELEASES
Date: 09 Mar 2000 18:03:18 +1000

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
Fax [phone]  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd

Dear All,
This morning the Labor Party put to the Australian Senate a resolution
(text below) on the NPT Review Conference.

The test of the resolution is to be transmitted by the President of the
Senate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Presidents of
the Security Council and the General Assembly, the Chair of the NPT Review
Conference, the Presidents and/or prime ministers and foreign ministers of
the US, Russia, China, France, the UK, India, Pakistan and Israel, and the
foreign ministers of all non- nuclear weapons NPT signatory states.

That means the only country that will not get a copy will be Cuba.

Laurie Brereton, Labor shadow foreign affairs spokesperson deserves to be
congratulated for this.

His fax number is 61-2-6277-8502 or 61-2-9349-8089

CONTAINS:
Friends of the Earth Press Release on NPT Review Resolution
Release by Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Laurie Brereton on NPT Review
Resolution
Text of NPT Review Resolution as passed by the Australian Senate at about
11am 9/3/2000, 33 votes to 27 votes.

AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE/FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
SENATE VOTES FOR PROGRESS ON NUCLEAR ARMS AS GOVERNMENT STICKS HEAD FIRMLY
IN SAND

The Australian Peace Committee and Friends of the Earth have warmly
welcomed a motion calling for progress on the elimination of nuclear arms
which was adopted by 33 in favour to 27 against in the Senate this morning.
The motion was  proposed by the Labor Party and supported by the Greens and
Democrats.

According to Irene Gale AM of the APC and John Hallam of Friends of the Earth,
"The motion calls for both the Australian government and for other
governments to make real progress toward the elimination of nuclear arms at
the upcoming review conference of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty in
the United Nations in New York, 24April-19May."
"It is especially pleasing to see that the Senate  specifically affirms
that the nuclear weapon states have an obligation to fulfill promptly their
undertaking under Article VI of the NPT to pursue negotiations in good
faith to eliminate nuclear arsenals."
"In this context the government needs to note that on the 12 Nov. 1998, a
poll conducted by the Roy Morgan organization revealed that 92% of all
Australians believe that Australia should help to negotiate a global treaty
to ban nuclear weapons. A model for such a treaty, known as a nuclear
weapons convention, was actually introduced to the United Nations General
Assembly some years ago."

"What is disturbing however is that the Government has seen fit not only to
oppose the motion, which it should have supported, but to characterise it
in very negative terms."

"This is a motion that deserved warm support from all quarters. The
government seems to have adopted what it calls a policy of 'damage control'
for the coming NPT Review. This is a policy that cannot succeed and
certainly does not deserve to succeed. The Secretary General of the United
Nations, Kofi Annan has himself warned that the coming NPT Review
conference will be difficult, and that what is required to make a way
through these difficulties is real progress toward the elimination of the
nuclear weapon states arsenals."

"We congratulate Laurie Brereton and the ALP , for sponsoring this
resolution and Bob Brown and Lyn Allison for their support. But it is a
tragic waste of an opportunity for progress if the Australian Government
reacts to the coming review conference by sticking its head firmly in the
sand, as it appears to have done.  This resolution and the approach it
embodies were an opportunity for progress which they should have supported.
We urge them to reconsider their position."

John Hallam 02-9517-3903  Irene Gale AM, 08-8364-2291
(The chairman of the World Court Project, Commander Robert Green (RN-Retd.)
is currently in Canberra to lobby in connection with the coming NPT Review.
Commander Green can be contacted on 0419-266-110.)


PRESS RELEASE
LAURIE BRERETON
SHADOW MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS

    30/00    9 March 2000

SENATE MOTION ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

    The Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Laurie Brereton, today
welcomed the motion adopted by the Australian Senate on the forthcoming
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.  The motion was adopted
by a vote of 33 for to 27 against.

    "Today's Senate motion on nuclear disarmament sends a valuable
message to the international community and especially to the nuclear weapon
states in the run-up to next month's NPT Review Conference", Mr Brereton
said.  "It is a great shame that the Howard Government would not support
Labor's Senate motion which properly deserved unanimous support."

    "This year will be critical for progress towards nuclear disarmament
and strengthening international prohibitions on weapons of mass destruction.
The NPT Review Conference is likely to be very difficult.  United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month rightly highlighted the parlous
state of nuclear disarmament efforts.  The failure to make progress on
disarmament increases the risks of nuclear proliferation with adverse
consequences for Australia's national security."

    "Leadership from non-nuclear middle powers, especially Australia, is
vital to help rebuild momentum towards nuclear disarmament.  We should be
putting all our efforts into breaking the impasse on nuclear disarmament,
not sitting on the sidelines apologising for the nuclear weapon states.  It
is a matter of great regret that the Howard Government has effectively
abandoned Australia's previous leading role on nuclear disarmament issues
and risks becoming little more than an apologist for the nuclear weapons
states."

    "The Howard Government made no real effort to promote the work of
the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and has walked
away from any advocacy of efforts to achieve a nuclear weapons free world.
Australia has conspicuously declined to support the New Agenda Coalition of
small and middle powers working at the United Nations to encourage the
nuclear weapon states to take positive steps to fulfil their obligation to
move towards nuclear disarmament."

    "Labor's motion today draws its inspiration directly from the
Canberra Commission and the New Agenda Coalition.  It provides an
opportunity for Australia to again give some international leadership in
this vital area of foreign policy."

    "The Howard Government's refusal to support Labor's motion is very
clearly at odds with the United Nations Secretary-General.  Indeed its
response in the Senate today was positively embarrassing.  The Government's
approach could not be more short-sighted."

    A copy of Labor's Senate motion is attached.


    NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE

    Motion by Senator Peter Cook (Australian Labor Party)

    (1)    That the Senate-

(a)    notes:

    (i)    the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference
will be held at the United Nations (UN) in New York from 24 April to 19 May
2000, and

    (ii)    the declaration of the UN Secretary-General (Mr Kofi Annan)
in February 2000 that the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation agenda
is in a state of `deplorable stagnation', that it is difficult to approach
the NPT Review Conference with optimism `given the discouraging list of
nuclear disarmament measures in suspense, negotiations not initiated and
opportunities not taken', and that a dangerous nuclear arms race `looms on
the horizon';

(b)    recalls:

    (i)    the conclusion of the Canberra Commission on the Elimination
of Nuclear Weapons that, `The proposition that nuclear weapons can be
retained in perpetuity and never used - accidentally or by decision - defies
credibility' and that `the only complete defence is the elimination of
nuclear weapons and assurance that they will never be produced again', and

    (ii)    the Commission's observations that, `Nuclear weapons are
held by a handful of states which insist that these weapons provide unique
security benefits, and yet reserve uniquely to themselves the right to own
them. The situation is highly discriminatory and thus unstable; it cannot be
sustained. The possession of nuclear weapon by any state is a constant
stimulus to other states to acquire them';

(c)    notes the unanimous finding of the International Court of Justice in
its 1996 Advisory Opinion that, `There exists a clear obligation to pursue
in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear
disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international
control';

(d)    affirms that the nuclear weapon states have an obligation to fulfil
promptly their undertaking under Article VI of the NPT to pursue
negotiations in good faith to eliminate their nuclear arsenals;

(e)    in the light of the above, urges that the nuclear weapon states
reject the indefinite possession of nuclear weapons and policies based on
their possession, unequivocally commit to the elimination of all nuclear
weapons, and agree to start work immediately on the practical steps and
negotiations required to achieve this goal;

(f)    calls on all parties at the NPT Review Conference to urge the
nuclear weapon states to commence and bring to the earliest possible
conclusion negotiations to bring about the verifiable elimination of nuclear
weapons and the full safeguarding of militarily-useable nuclear material;
and

(g)    urges that the practical steps toward nuclear disarmament outlined
by the commission and the Tokyo Forum for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and
Disarmament, and advocated by the New Agenda Coalition of non-nuclear weapon
states, be used as a basis for immediate negotiations and action.

(2)    That the text of this resolution be conveyed to the UN
Secretary-General, to the Presidents of the UN Security Council and General
Assembly, to the Chairperson of the NPT Review Conference, to the
Presidents, Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of the United States,
Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France, India, Pakistan and Israel, and
to the foreign ministers of all non-nuclear weapon NPT signatory states.



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From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Two items from Marshall Islands: nuclear testing and March 1 activities.
Date: 09 Mar 2000 02:10:21 PST


Aloha and Greetings from Hawai'i,

There are two news items below:
1) Marshall Islands Seeking Increased U.S. Compensation for Nuclear Testing.
2) March 1 activities at College of Marshall Islands: All Rep of Marshall
Islands, not just Bikini and Rongelap, Guinea Pigs of Test Area.

Thanks and best wishes to all.

Richard Salvador
Honolulu, Hawai'i

---

http://pidp.ewc.hawaii.edu/PIReport/2000/March/03-09-02.htm

PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT

Thursday, March 9, 2000

Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center
Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawaiæi at Manoa


MARSHALL ISLANDS SEEKING INCREASED U.S. COMPENSATION FOR NUCLEAR TESTING

MAJURO, Marshall Islands (March 3, 2000 û Marshall Islands Journal)ùForeign
Minister Alvin Jacklick said it was not only the four atolls that were
exposed to nuclear test fallout from the 67 American nuclear tests at Bikini
and Enewetak, but also islands to the southern and western islands in the
RMI -- and even islands as distant as Pohnpei in the Federated States of
Micronesia.

During the Nuclear Victims Day ceremony in Majuro, he assured a nationwide
listening audience that the new government was working on petitioning the
U.S. Congress to consider increased compensation and medical care for the
Marshalls. A special committee has already been established for this
purpose, he said.

Jacklick also said that the new government was delivering on a promise to
prevent importation of nuclear and hazardous waste. Last week, he said, bill
number 12 was introduced in the Nitijela which, when passed into law, will
ban any nuclear waste from entering the RMI.

He also commented on the fact that 15 years ago, when the first Compact and
its compensation provisions were negotiated, detailed information on U.S.
nuclear testing effects in the RMI was not available. This information has
only become available in the past several years, he said.

Bikini Councilman Nijma Jamodre spoke on behalf of the Bikini community,
concluding his remarks by saying nuclear test problems were widespread.
"It's not just Bikini, it's not just Rongelap. It's a problem for all of the
Marshall Islands," he said.

Rongelap Mayor James Matayoshi said that recently released U.S. Department
of Energy documents show that U.S. scientists experimented on Rongelap
islanders. "Without any authorization, American doctors had conducted
experiments involving injecting Rongelapese with radioactive substances," he
said.

He joined with other speakers in alluding to the so-called "changed
circumstances" issue with regard to compensation and medical care,
commenting that Rongelap would be working with the RMI government in the
upcoming negotiations with the U.S. government. Matayoshi said he believes
that the Marshall Islands will "speak with one voice" in talks with the U.S.
on the nuclear issue.



ALL RMI GUINEA PIGS OF TEST AREA

MAJURO, Marshall Islands (March 3, 2000 û Marshall Islands Journal)ùMarshall
Islander after Marshall Islander took to the microphone at Nuclear Victims
Remembrance Day ceremonies Wednesday to say that nuclear test problems are
affecting the entire country, not just the four recognized northern atolls.

The event marks the March 1, 1954 Bravo hydrogen bomb test at Bikini that
spewed radioactive fallout around the Marshall Islands.

Representatives of the northern atolls delivered impassioned testimony about
problems they've suffered as a result of resettlement from their nuclear
contaminated home islands, and described a litany of health problems they've
experienced.

The ceremony, held at the College of the Marshall Islands, was attended by
President Kessai Note and other high-level government officials.


The Marshall Islands Journal, Box 14, Majuro, Marshall Islands 96960
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From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NPT CALL TO ACTION - UPDATED
Date: 09 Mar 2000 22:40:01 -0800

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ABOLITION 2000 NPT CALL TO ACTION!
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FROM THE ABOLITION 2000 COORDINATING COMMITTEE: Janet Bloomfield, UK; Jac=
kie
Cabasso, USA; Pol D=92Huyvetter, Belgium; David Krieger, USA; Richard Sal=
vador,
Belau; Alice Slater, USA; Hiro Umebayshi, Japan; Alyn Ware, Aotearoa/NZ; =
John
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MOMENTUM IS BUILDING FOR THE UPCOMING NPT 2000 REVIEW CONFERENCE, APRIL 2=
4 -
MAY 19 AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK.  Abolition 2000 plans to have a=
 large
and visible presence there, to hold the world accountable to our number o=
ne
demand: completion of negotiations on a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapo=
ns by
the year 2000.  EVEN IF YOU CAN=92T COME TO NEW YORK IN APRIL, HERE ARE F=
OUR
ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE:=20

1) HELP ABOLITION 2000 GROW!  OUR GOAL IS TO ENROLL AT LEAST 2000 ORGANIZ=
ATIONS
BY THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE IN APRIL. While it would take a miracle to m=
eet
our founding goal of a treaty by the end of 2000, with your help we can g=
o to
New York 2000 members strong!  We now have more than 1475 organizational
endorsers of the Abolition 2000 Statement over 90 countries and over 240
Municipal endorsers. If each group enrolls just one additional organizati=
on,
we=92ll easily exceed our goal!  Expand your horizons.  Reach out to reli=
gious,
environmental, and social groups; churches, trade-unions, and schools.  P=
ut a
notice in your newsletter.  Enrollment forms can be found on-line on the
award-winning Abolition 2000 website at http://www.abolition2000.org* whe=
re you
will also find: a sample Abolition 2000 Resolution for Municipalities; co=
pies
of the ABOLITION 2000 STATEMENT in several languages; and the MOOREA
DECLARATION, addressing the unique suffering of indigenous and colonized
peoples as a result of the nuclear age.  PRINTED ENROLLMENT CARDS AND BRO=
CHURES
WHICH YOU CAN CARRY WITH YOU AS YOU FIND ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH OT=
HER
ORGANIZATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE ABOLITION 2000 OFFICE OR YOUR REGION=
AL
ABOLITION 2000 CONTACT.  Don't leave home without them!!=20

2) WRITE TO YOUR HEAD OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTER: URGE THEM TO MAKE TH=
E NPT
REVIEW CONFERENCE A TOP PRIORITY AND TO PERSONALLY ATTEND;  ASK THAT THEY=
 OPEN
ALL SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE TO CIVIL SOCIETY.  What happens at this ye=
ar=92s
NPT Review Conference is critical -- it could be a turning point for eith=
er
nuclear disarmament or nuclear breakout. The presence of heads of state a=
nd
foreign ministers will signal to the world the vital importance of breaki=
ng the
nuclear deadlock.  At past NPT meetings very few sessions have been open =
to
NGOs, even though diplomats have told us that the closed sessions are
essentially no different from the open sessions.  This practice is
unacceptable.  What happens at the NPT Review Conference is the world=92s
business!  WE NEED LOTS OF LETTERS, FAXES  AND PHONE CALLS TO THE HEADS O=
F
STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF EVERY STATE PARTY TO THE NPT! A sample let=
ter is
available at http://www.abolition2000.org.  PLEASE POST YOUR LETTER TO TH=
E
ABOLITION CAUCUS E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION LIST TO INSPIRE OTHERS.
3) PUT A "HUMAN FACE=94 ON NUCLEAR SUFFERING.  HONOR THE HIBAKUSHA, DOWNW=
INDERS
AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DIRECTLY INJURED BY THE NUCLEAR AGE.  On April 25t=
h,
2000, at 9:00 a.m., in cooperation with Earth Day organizers in New York,=
 we
are planning a demonstration to highlight the enormous suffering of peopl=
e all
over the world from the toxic legacy of the nuclear age,. We will assembl=
e at
the Dag Hammarsjold Plaza, across from the UN to memorialize those people=
.  WE
NEED YOUR HELP TO GATHER THE NAMES OF DOWNWINDERS, HIBAKUSHA, AND AFFECTE=
D
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR OUR DEMONSTRATION.  PHOTOS=
 ARE
ALSO WELCOME.  PLEASE SEND THE NAMES AND CITY, COUNTRY, DATE OF EXPOSURE,
DEATH, OR ACCIDENT, OF NUCLEAR VICTIMS AND THE NATURE OF THEIR INJURIES, =
BY
E-MAIL TO: [e-mail]; OR BY SNAIL MAIL OR FAX TO: Global Reso=
urce
Action Center for the Environment (GRACE), 15 East 26th Street, Room 915,=
 New
York, NY 10010; tel: [phone]; fax: [phone].

4) GATHER SIGNATURES ON THE ABOLITION 2000 PETITION!  The ABOLITION 2000
PETITION is a tool your group can use to collect individual signatures in
support of the goals of Abolition 2000: 1) End the Nuclear Threat; 2) Sig=
n the
Treaty; and 3) Reallocate Resources.  To date, more than 13 million signa=
tures
have been collected on the Abolition 2000 Petition. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE N=
PT
REVIEW CONFERENCE HAS AGREED TO RECEIVE OUR SIGNED PETITIONS THIS SPRING =
AT THE
UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK.  Now is the time to revitalize the Abolition =
2000
petition campaign by gathering as many signatures as possible!  It=92s a =
great
local outreach activity.  The complete ABOLITION 2000 PETITION is availab=
le on
the Abolition 2000 website or from the Abolition 2000 office or your loca=
l
Abolition 2000 contact.  SEND YOUR SIGNED PETITIONS TO THE ABOLITION 2000
CLEARINGHOUSE.=20

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ABOLITION 2000 CLEARINGHOUSE: CARAH ONG IS THE ABOLITION 2000 COORDINATOR=
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Contact her in care of: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, 1187 Coast Village =
Rd.
Suite 121, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 USA; e-mail: [e-mail];  tel:
[phone]; fax: [phone].  LET CARAH KNOW WHAT OTHER ACTIVITIES =
YOUR
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Jackie Cabasso, USA; Pol D=92Huyvetter, Belgium; David Krieger, USA;
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LEAST 2000 ORGANIZATIONS BY THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE IN APRIL. While it
would take a miracle to meet our founding goal of a treaty by the end of
2000, with your help we can go to New York 2000 members strong!  We
now have more than 1475 organizational endorsers of the Abolition 2000
Statement over 90 countries and over 240 Municipal endorsers. If each
group enrolls just one additional organization, we=92ll easily exceed our
goal!  Expand your horizons.  Reach out to religious,
environmental, and social groups; churches, trade-unions, and
schools.  Put a notice in your newsletter.  Enrollment forms
can be found on-line on the award-winning Abolition 2000 website at
<a href=3D"http://www.abolition2000.org/" eudora=3D"autourl"><u>http://www.a=
bolition2000.org</a></u>*
where you will also find: a sample Abolition 2000 Resolution for
Municipalities; copies of the ABOLITION 2000 STATEMENT in several
languages; and the MOOREA DECLARATION, addressing the unique suffering of
indigenous and colonized peoples as a result of the nuclear age.
PRINTED ENROLLMENT CARDS AND BROCHURES WHICH YOU CAN CARRY WITH YOU AS
YOU FIND ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ARE AVAILABLE
FROM THE ABOLITION 2000 OFFICE OR YOUR REGIONAL ABOLITION 2000
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NGOs, even though diplomats have told us that the closed sessions are
essentially no different from the open sessions.  This practice is
unacceptable.  What happens at the NPT Review Conference is the
world=92s business!  WE NEED LOTS OF LETTERS, FAXES  AND PHONE
CALLS TO THE HEADS OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF EVERY STATE PARTY TO
THE NPT! A sample letter is available at
<a href=3D"http://www.abolition2000.org/" eudora=3D"autourl"><u>http://www.a=
bolition2000.org</a></u>.
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in cooperation with Earth Day organizers in New York, we are planning a
demonstration to highlight the enormous suffering of people all over the
world from the toxic legacy of the nuclear age,. We will assemble at the
Dag Hammarsjold Plaza, across from the UN to memorialize those
people.  WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GATHER THE NAMES OF DOWNWINDERS,
HIBAKUSHA, AND AFFECTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR
OUR DEMONSTRATION.  PHOTOS ARE ALSO WELCOME.  PLEASE SEND THE
NAMES AND CITY, COUNTRY, DATE OF EXPOSURE, DEATH, OR ACCIDENT, OF NUCLEAR
VICTIMS AND THE NATURE OF THEIR INJURIES, BY E-MAIL TO:
[e-mail]; OR BY SNAIL MAIL OR FAX TO: Global Resource Action
Center for the Environment (GRACE), 15 East 26th Street, Room 915, New
York, NY 10010; tel: [phone]; fax: [phone].<br>
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individual signatures in support of the goals of Abolition 2000: 1) End
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Resources.  To date, more than 13 million signatures have been
collected on the Abolition 2000 Petition. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NPT REVIEW
CONFERENCE HAS AGREED TO RECEIVE OUR SIGNED PETITIONS THIS SPRING AT THE
UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK.  Now is the time to revitalize the
Abolition 2000 petition campaign by gathering as many signatures as
possible!  It=92s a great local outreach activity.  The complete
ABOLITION 2000 PETITION is available on the Abolition 2000 website or
from the Abolition 2000 office or your local Abolition 2000
contact.  SEND YOUR SIGNED PETITIONS TO THE ABOLITION 2000
CLEARINGHOUSE. <br>
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1187 Coast Village Rd. Suite 121, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 USA; e-mail:
[e-mail];  tel: [phone]; fax: [phone].  LET
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) More Disarmament Impetus
Date: 12 Mar 2000 16:58:56 -0800

Dear Friends and Activists,

Let's keep the momentum going!  Please commit to enrolling a new
organization this week.  These organizations endorsed the Abolition 2000
Statement during the week of 6-12 March:


Northeast District of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Portland/Maine
Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland/Maine
Peace and Justice Center of Southern Maine, Portland/Maine
Maine Coalition for Food Security, Portland/Maine
Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine, Portland/Maine
African Students Union, Romania
SOS Hotline and Center for Girls, Serbia/Yugoslavia
Orpington Women's Peace Group UK
Fairfield County Coalition for Peace and Justice, Norwalk/CT
Veterans for Peace Chapter 18, Ridgefield/CT
Earth Matters, Ridgefield/CT
Uniting Church, Sydney/Australia
Morningside Monthly Meeting, New York/NY
Center for Peace, Orissa/India
Civil Solidarity for Open Society, Seoul/Republic of Korea
PSPD (People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy), Seoul/Republic of Korea
 I and We, Seoul/Republic of Korea
Tabitha Community, Kyonggi-Do/Republic of Korea
Korea Atomic Bomb Casualty Association, Seoul/Republic of Korea
Good Friends: Centre for Peace, Human Rights and Refugees, Seoul/Republic
of Korea
Women Making Peace, Seoul/Republic of Korea
Womenlink, Seoul/Republic of Korea
Solidarity for World Peace & Human Rights (SPR), Seoul/Republic of Korea
Korean House for International Solidarity, Seoul/Republic of Korea
KNCR (Korea National Congress for Reunification), Seoul/Republic of Korea
Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM), Seoul/Republic of Korea


This bring the number of endorsers to 1512 organizations and 242
municipalities for a total of 1754 endorsers.  This means will only need
246 more by the time of the NPT conference.  WE CAN DO IT!

In Peace and Solidarity,
Carah


Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
Santa Barbara CA 93108

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Scientists and Missile Defense:  A New E-Mail Network
Date: 13 Mar 2000 13:55:15 -0500

>Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 09:15:18 -0500
>Subject: Scientists and Missile Defense:  A New E-Mail Network
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>Dear colleague:
>
>We are pleased to announce a new e-mail network especially
>for scientists who want to make a difference on nuclear
>arms control issues.  Sponsored by the Union of Concerned
>Scientists, this network, called ArmsNet, has a specific
>and immediate goal--to actively engage the American
>scientific community in the policy debate on National
>Missile Defense (NMD).
>
>Since its birth in 1969, UCS has been engaged in the
>missile defense issue.  During the 1980s UCS played a key
>role in the 'Star Wars' debate.  Today we are the most
>prominent science organization working on NMD--to find out
>more about us, please visit our website at
>http://www.ucsusa.org/arms/arms-home.html
>
>President Clinton is expected to decide this summer whether
>the United States should begin deploying an NMD system
>intended to protect all 50 states from a limited attack by
>long-range ballistic missiles.
>
>The proposed system would require substantial revisions to
>the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and thereby
>threatens to derail US-Russian nuclear arms reductions and
>increase tensions with China and NATO.  And because the
>system is still in early development--with only 3 intercept
>tests to be held before the summer--there will be no
>technical basis to make a sound decision by then.
>
>An important issue for scientists to evaluate is whether
>the NMD system can be expected to work against an adversary
>who surely would take steps to defeat it.  UCS and the
>Security Studies Program at MIT have assembled a group of
>physicists to study this issue, chaired by Andrew Sessler,
>past president of the American Physical Society.  (We are
>both participants in the study.)  UCS and MIT are about to
>release a detailed technical report that shows that the
>planned NMD system could be defeated by one of several
>technically-straightforward "countermeasures" that would be
>available to any state able to deploy long-range missiles.
>Thus the planned system would not be effective against even
>a limited attack by long-range ballistic missiles.
>
>As a scientist, you can play an important role in policy
>issues that have a technical component.  A recent survey of
>congressional staffers shows that Senators and
>Representatives across the political spectrum are
>interested in hearing from their constituent scientists on
>such issues.  The Senate's rejection of the Comprehensive
>Test Ban Treaty demonstrates what can happen when Congress
>does not have relevant factual information on nuclear arms
>issues.  It is essential that the scientific community get
>more involved in the NMD debate now to prevent another
>serious setback.
>
>ArmsNet is designed to facilitate your engagement.
>We will provide you with e-mail updates, a copy of the
>upcoming report, background information, action alerts and
>information on whom to contact, and the opportunity to come
>to Washington DC in June for briefings and to meet with your
>congressional representatives.
>
>We need your help.  Support is growing for President
>Clinton to postpone the deployment decision until the next
>administration; a greater appreciation in Congress and the
>media for the technical limitations of this system could
>make all the difference.  If you find the UCS/MIT report
>persuasive, we would ask you to help us get the word out--
>to send the report with a cover letter to your local media
>and congressional delegation and to follow up from time to
>time.  And we are looking for volunteers to come to
>Washington DC June 10-12 to brief your elected
>representatives.
>
>If you are a professional scientist or graduate student and
>would like to join other scientists and engage in the NMD
>debate in an effective, efficient and timely way, please
>join UCS's ArmsNet today.  Simply fill out the enrollment form
>below and return it by replying to this e-mail. (Please note
>that this is not our personal address, but will be sent directly
>to UCS in Washington).
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Kurt Gottfried
>Professor of Physics Emeritus, Cornell University;
>Chairman of the Board, UCS
>
>Richard L. Garwin
>Senior Fellow for Science and Technology, Council on
>Foreign Relations; IBM Fellow Emeritus; consultant to
>Sandia National Laboratory and to Los Alamos National
>Laboratory; Member of the Board, UCS
>Papers of current interest at http://www.fas.org/rlg
>
>P.S.  Please help spread the word about ArmsNet by sharing
>this letter and enrollment form with your colleagues.  If
>you are not a scientist, please contact John Spykerman at UCS
>([e-mail]) for other ways to get involved.
>We apologize for multiple postings.
>
>=======================================
>ArmsNet Enrollment Form
>=======================================
>
>Note:  If you have difficulty returning this form via e-
>mail, please print it out and fax it to UCS at (202) 332-
>0905 or mail it to UCS-ArmsNet, 1616 P St NW, Suite 310,
>Washington DC, 20036.
>
>The following information will help us provide better
>services to you and will give a better profile of ArmsNet
>members.  All information is private and confidential and
>will not be distributed outside UCS without your permission.
>
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>
>First Name [___________________________________]
>Middle Initial [_____]
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>
>
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>
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>
>Contact Preferences=====================================
>
>For each type of address, where would you prefer to be
>contacted? (Place an X in either home or work for each type)
>
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>Phone  [     ]                [     ]
>Fax    [     ]                [     ]
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>
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>
>Profession (Place X next to category that best fits you)
>
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>Astronomy                   [   ]
>Astrophysics                [   ]
>Atmospheric Science         [   ]
>Chemistry                   [   ]
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>Agricultural Science/Agronomy   [   ]
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>Evolutionary Biology            [   ]
>Marine Biology                  [   ]
>Molecular Biology               [   ]
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>Environmental Science           [   ]
>Forest Science                  [   ]
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>Awards earned
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>Are you a registered voter?
>Yes    [   ]
>No     [   ]
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>Have you contacted your congressional representatives
>(state or national) about issues that concern you in the
>past?
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>concern you in the past?
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>Are you interested in coming to Washington DC from
>June 10-12, 2000 to receive briefings, media training,
>and to meet with your congressional delegation?
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>Any additional information/comments you would like to share
>with us
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Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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From: Charles F Hilfenhaus <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Thoroughbred Subcritical Alert
Date: 13 Mar 2000 23:47:37 EST

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The US Department of Energy conducted a "good" mandatory dry run for the
subcritical nuclear test Thoroughbred this afternoon (3-13-00).  There is
a great likelihood that this test will be conducted within the next three
days.  Signals have also been monitored for the test Oboe 4

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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Three Things You Can Do To Help Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
Date: 14 Mar 2000 13:48:41 +1000

(Sorry for duplicate copies caused by double- posting.)

There are three things you or your organisation can do between now and
April 24-May19 when the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review
Conference takes place at the United Nations in New York, which will help
to move the world toward the elimination of nuclear weapons.

1)If you are an ordinary person or an organisation, you can send a suitably
customised version of one of the sample letters below to either your prime
minister, your president, or most importantly, your foreign minister.

A shorter letter (very short) is available on:

Http://www.abolition2000.org.  Fax numbers of heads of state, foreign
ministers, and UN Missions  are also available on that URL.

Another URL that has the fax numbers of heads of state, foreign ministers
and UN missions and also has lots of information on the NPT Review is:
Http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org


2)If you are an organisation and especially if you have already signed the
'Heads of State' letter that I posted some time ago, you may also want to
sign the letter to be found on the following URL:
<http://www.clw.org/coalition/nptsign-on0300.htm>

3) if you are an organisation please sign the Abolition Statement (which
you have probably recieved in the previous email) by emailing
[e-mail] or by visiting Http://www.abolition2000.org.


Next comes the texts of a sample letter that can be sent by anyone to their
heads of state, prime ministers and foreign ministers anywhere, and a
sample letter that can be sent to the Russian government.

I reccommend sending the letter to the Russian government if you are in
Eastern Europe or in Russia or in CIS countries as well as a letter to your
own head of state/foreign minister.  Note that it is copied to President
Clinton.

The general letter is to be sent anywhere, but is largely designed for
countries other than the US, Russia,  or the UK. I strongly suggest that
you make changes to adapt it to what you know of your particular country
and its position.

For example, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden, Brazil, Egypt, South Africa, and
a large number of other countries have actually taken a very good position
on this issue. If your country's position is a good one your letter will
need to congratulate them for that, and urge them to maintain it.

If you don't know exactly what your countrys position is going to be then
send the letter as it is but ask them what it will be.

TEXT OF
(1)GENERAL SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYBODY TO SEND
AND
(2)SAMPLE LETTER TO PUTIN AND IVANOV

FOLLOWS


(1)GENERAL SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYBODY TO SEND

RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000
- GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

TO: PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER,


Your Excellency,
[0r]
Dear President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister,

I am writing  to urge [your/our]  government to take a strong position at
the upcoming  Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in
New York April 24 to May 19, 2000, and to urge [your/our] head of state or
of government or foreign minister to attend this  meeting.

It is vital that the governments of all nations   do their utmost to
pressure  the nuclear weapons states, especially the US and Russia, to do
more  to fulfill their obligations under Article VI of the NPT,  and
negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero.

The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a unanimous
advisory opinion that this is indeed a legal obligation.

The nuclear weapons states are currently making very little movement toward
fulfilling  this obligation.  Instead there have been many developments in
the opposite direction.

The US Senate has failed to ratify the CTBT, (Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty) and the US is contemplating the deployment of a Ballistic Missile
Defence System in violation of the 1972 ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile)
treaty.

Talks between the US and Russia to make cuts in nuclear weapons are
stalled, as is implementation of  START II. Russia has changed its previous
policy of 'no first use' of nuclear weapons to one that mirrors those of
the western states, and its Duma has refused to ratify START-II.

Both the US and Russia continue to conduct 'subcritical' nuclear tests.
China is modernizing its nuclear arsenal, and India and Pakistan have
openly tested nuclear weapons. Israel,  in spite of a recent debate in the
Knessett, refuses to acknowledge its nuclear capabilities but may have as
many as 400 weapons.

On the other hand, the non nuclear weapons states with a few notable
exceptions, have adhered to their side of the bargain, while the NPT has
become nearly universal.

A successful outcome at the coming NPT Review Conference,  would explicitly
commit parties under Article VI to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an
early date,  and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline
the process for that to occur.

It is important that your government and every government, use its position
to push the nuclear weapon states and particularly the US and Russia, to
fulfill Article VI during the coming review conference.

A key preliminary step in this direction that would reduce the danger of
purely accidental war,  and improve the climate for further steps, would be
the abandonment of 'launch on warning' postures. This should be followed by
reduction of alert status of warheads, and the verifiable physical removal
of
warheads from delivery vehicles.

It is especially vital that [your/our] [head of government/head of
state/foreign minister] be present at the proceedings of this review
conference. The decisions taken at the coming NPT Review conference will
literally determine the fate of the world. Only by the authority lent by
the presence of heads of State or of Government can decisions be taken that
will have the end result of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and
fulfilling the mandate of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty over the last
thirty years.

Signed...etc.



SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYONE TO SEND TO PRESIDENT PUTIN
AND
FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV.

RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000
- GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

TO: PRESIDENT PUTIN [phone],
FOREIGN MINISTER IVANOV [phone], [phone]
RUSSIAS UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR + 1 212 628 0252
cc
PRESIDENT CLINTON [phone]

Dear President Putin and Foreign Minister Ivanov,

I am writing  to urge Russia's government to fulfill its obligations under
Article VI of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.

It is vital that we negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero
sooner rather than later.

The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a unanimous
judgment, that this is indeed a legal obligation.

It is now vital that the Russia and the US fulfill their clear obligations
under Article VI of the nonproliferation treaty. While arms reductions have
occurred since the 1980s, this process of reduction has now stalled and may
be going into reverse.

The US and Russia are both signed on to a treaty, article VI of which
demands that you negotiate to eliminate your nuclear arsenals. The binding
nature of Article VI was  reaffirmed by the 1996 unanimous advisory opinion
of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Russia and the US together, as well as China, the UK and France cannot
forever refuse to fulfill their clear legal obligations under the NPT while
expecting that other countries will continue to fulfill theirs. The
credibility of the NPT will disappear if the nuclear weapon states -
yourselves - do not fulfill your obligations. The eventual result of that
is likely to be much wider acquisition of nuclear weapons, with a vastly
increased likelihood of nuclear war.

While Russia may have been given reasons to distrust US and NATO
intentions, the stakes in getting rid of nuclear weapons are literally
ultimate. No political goal no matter how central it may seem to the
interests of either Russia or the US can justify the possible destruction
of human civilisation and life worldwide.

Public opinion in both your countries is strongly in favor of negotiating
to eliminate nuclear weapons. Global public opinion is overwhelmingly in
favor of this and indeed demands it, as do the overwhelming majority of
governments.

A successful outcome at the coming NPT Review Conference,  would explicitly
commit parties under Article VI to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an
early date,  and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline
the process for that to occur.

In this context, it is especially vital that the Russian and US Presidents
be present at the proceedings of the NPT  Review Conference, and be ready
to negotiate to eliminate your nuclear arsenals as you are obliged to do
under Article VI. The decisions taken at the coming NPT Review conference
will literally determine the fate of the world. Only by the authority lent
by the presence of heads of State or of Government can decisions be taken
that will have the end result of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and
fulfilling the mandate of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty over the last
thirty years.

Signed...etc.

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
Fax [phone]  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd





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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 03/14/2000 - Today on Capitol Hill
Date: 14 Mar 2000 05:57:56 -0500

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 of
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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 14Mar Global Peace Walk2000 appeal
Date: 14 Mar 2000 14:34:40 -0800

The Global Peace Walk 2000 from San Francisco to Washington DC to New York
City for the 55th anniversary of the United Nations, and to help inaugurate
the UN Year and Decade of Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century,
reached Gallup, NM, last week and will restart its line of walk from there
near the end of March, after the next couple of weeks of local events in
Arizona for which we need your advise and networking assistance regarding
those folks in the Flagstaff, Sedona, Phoenix, and Tucson areas who may want
to join in these events or support the walk in some way to help fulfill its
mission to bring out the prayer for "Global Peace Now!" as a universal human
resolve.

Today the walkers are taking part in events at the Glen Canyon Dam in Page,
Arizona, with the support of the Glen Canyon Action Network dedicated to
freeing the Colorado River from this hydroelectric dam which reportedly
contributes 3% of the regional power grid http://www.drainit.org

Over the next few days the walkers will be driving to Sedona, AZ, for local
events there in preparation for an important schedule of local events in
Phoenix, March 25-28, including the local Global Peace Walk to the mayor and
governor's offices on Monday, March 27, and a special presentation to the
walkers on March 28th (the 31st anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear
power plant accident) by inventor Joseph Newman of Scotsdale, whose
revolutionary new energy generator research for over 30 years has been at
the forefront of this "new-energy" genre of power technologies to replace
nuclear, hydroelectric and fossil fuel power technologies
<http://www.josephnewman.com>.

This presentation will address a potential solution to the controversial Big
Mountain relocation issue since these new energy technologies under
development to replace nuclear and fossil fuel power can eliminate the
need for the Black Mesa coal mining which fuels electric power plants that
reportedly emit more acid rain pollutions than the top five US cities
combined.   One proposal that the walk is carrying suggests that the Hopi
Tribe and the Navajo Nation also become involved in this new energy
technology development as a way end their reliance on coal mining income as
well as to help further these technologies which can help eliminate the
dangers and pollutions of the present global energy economy.

Please check your address book, forward this post to those who may be
interested, and let me know asap of folks in these areas who are interested
in hosting, participating, promoting, and/or supporting the walk in these
areas and also in Albuquerque (April 4th, anniversary of assasination of
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, local walk 11AM from Robinson's Park to mayor's
office), Santa Fe (April 7 Friday walk 11AM from mayor's to governor's
office; April 8th Buddha's Birthday Ceremony at the Rosario Cemetary of the
WWII Japanese Concentration [Relocation] Camp conducted by Global Peace Walk
initiator and zen buddhist monk Reverend Yusen Yamato), and April 22
Saturday EarthDay2000 event in Kit Carson Park in Taos, New Mexico.

Daily updates on the walk's location are recorded on the walk's voicemail at
415-267-1877 where messages for the walkers may also be left.

Along the way Global Peace Walk 2000 has received letters and proclamations
of support from religious, community, and political leaders including the
mayors of San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Morro Bay, San Luis
Obispo (County Board of Supervisors), Santa Barbara, Bakersfield, and
Tehachapi, California; Las Vegas, Nevada; Flagstaff, AZ; Gallup, NM; and the
Navajo Nation President.

Global Peace Walk 2000 took its first step from the War Memorial
Building in San Francisco on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Æs Birthday on
January 15, 2000 bringing out the prayer of ôGlobal Peace Now!ö as a
universal human resolve to spread across the United States after a
morning ceremony, conducted by Shoshone spiritual leader Corbin Harney
<http://www.shundahai.org> and the walk initator Reverend Yusen Yamato,
attended by about 100 people.

    Global Peace Walk 2000 also took part in the Martin Luther King Jr.s
Holiday March and "Freedom Train Ride" from San Jose on Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr.Æs Holiday on Monday, January 17, 2000.

    Along the way, the Global Peace Walkers are carrying petitions,
messages & information to educate & network with people & groups on the
following issues:  Abolition 2000 - A Call to Ban Nuclear Weapons Worldwide;
Protecting our Land & Life & other Environmental & Social issues; Native
American issues (e.g., Leonard Peltier clemency; Big Mountain Dineh
relocation, AZ; Ward Valley nuclear waste dump, CA; Nevada Nuclear Test Site
and Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump - Shoshone treaty violations);
Sustainable Global Economy (e.g., Permaculture, Industrial Hemp);
Alternative Healing/Medicine; Medical Marijuana; Global Conflict Resolution
by Creating a Culture of Peace and a Spiritual United Nations; the World
Thirteen Moon Calendar Change Peace Movement; Peace Pagoda Project; Global
Peace Zone Project; and Proper Funding for New-Energy Technology Research
and Development; as well as other issues that people bring to us along the
way.

    On October 9, 2000 (Columbus Day), the Global Peace Walk will arrive in
Washington DC and bring the petitions and "The Message of Peaceö to our
governmental leaders.  A "Millennium of Peace Ceremony" will be conducted
then with perhaps over one million people in Washington DC to rededicate the
Washington Monument as a Symbol of The Message of Peace.

    The walk will arrive in New York City at the United Nations on October
24th, 2000 (United Nations Day) to deliver the petitions and "The Message of
Peaceö to our world government leaders, to reaffirm the original principles
of the United Nations Charter to ôsave succeeding generations from the
scourge of war...reaffirm faith in the dignity of human rightsö to ôlive
together in peaceö, and to help inaugurate the UN Year and Decade of
Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century.

    Since the Global Peace Walk project was initiated in 1995, walking from
New York City to San Francisco for the United Nations 50th anniversary, the
Global Peace Walk has received many letters and proclamations of support
from religious, political (e.g., mayors and governors), community and
cultural leaders towards the creation of a worldwide Global Peace Zone 2000
and these compiled messages will be included in "The Message of Peace"
documentation.

Living On the Globe with All Our Friends
Global Peace NOW!

====================================


For the most recent reports on the walk, copies of letters and proclamations
of support, etc., and to subscribe to the Global Peace Walk 2000 local
coordinators email group list, see
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk

For printable typeset efax version of main walk flyer see
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/208.html

Master GPW2000 schedule with links to printable local flyers, maps
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/schedule.html

Selected list of letters and proclamations of support linked to texts
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/listproc.html

Links to other new-energy researchers
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/10.html

For more information, contact:

David Crockett Williams  [e-mail]
20411 Steeple Court, Tehachapi, CA 93561
661-822-3309

Global Peace Walk 2000
http://www.globalpeacenow.org main website, photos, proclamations, etc
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html additional site
Updates 415-267-1877 -- Voicemail 415-863-2084
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/schedule.html SCHEDULE & contacts

GLOBAL  EMERGENCY  ALERT  RESPONSE
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000

The Vision of Paradise on Earth
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html

Urge your Congressperson to support H.R. 2545
Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act of 1999
Details & Sample Email:  http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm
Sign letter to Senators which can be found at
http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#senate
Send letter to Representatives supporting HR-2545
http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#letter

Easy indexed site to email Congresspeople & Media
http://congress.nw.dc.us/wnd
(copy & paste email letters to media and Congress)

An Agenda for Peace
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/agenda.html




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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter
Date: 15 Mar 2000 16:15:07 -0800

(Apologies for any duplicate messages received due to crossovers
lists.)

        Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter
            March 2000
                  Vol. II  Number 3

*************************************
In This Edition...
*************************************
I.        Introduction
II.        New Organizations
IV.        New Municipalities
V.        Articles
VI.        Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000
VII.        Announcements
VIII.        Calendar Events
IX.        Resources
X.        Letter from the Editor
*************************************
*************************************


*****************
Introduction
*****************
`
    WOW!  With less than 40 days until the first day of the
Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, we only need enroll 236
organizations or municipalities to reach our goal of 2000 endorsers by the
time of the NPT Rev Con. The Network now has 1,522 organizations in 93
countries and 242 Municipalities have endorsed the Abolition 2000 Municipal
Resolution.  Let's keep the momentum going!  Help us reach our goal by
enrolling an organization this week.  Please join me in wishing a warm
welcome to the following organizations and municipalities which have
recently endorsed the Abolition 2000 statement and joined the network.
Thank you for your continued support.


************************
New Organizations
************************

African Students Union, Tmisoara/Romania
Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland/Maine
ANBM (Alliance for National Buddhist Movement), Seoul/ Republic of Korea
Bangladesh People's Solidarity Center, Sao Miguel/Portugal
Bay Area Campaign to Free Mordechai Vanunu, Oakland/California
Brotherhood Link, Cantoments/Ghana
Center for Peace, Orissa/India
Children of the Manhattan Project, San Francisco/California
Civic Alliance of Serbia (political party), Belgrade/Serbia
Civil Solidarity for Open Society, Seoul/Republic of Korea
ComSult International, Tallahassee/Florida
Earth Matters, Ridgefield/Connecticut
Fairfield County Coalition for Peace and Justice, Norwalk/Connecticut
Falmouth Friends of the Earth, Kernow/UK
Foundation for Universal Responsibility, New Dehli/India
Free the Children International, Concord/Ontario
Friedenszentrum Braunschweig, Braunschweig/Germany
Global Youth for Peace & Environment, Kerala/India
Good Friends: Centre for Peace, Human Rights and Refugees, Seoul/Republic
of Korea
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, Poulsbo/Washington
Heal Our Planet Earth Global Environment Organization, Vancouver/Canada
I and We, Seoul/Republic of Korea
Indigenous Environmental Network, Bemidji/Minnesota
Interculture, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
International Association of Educators for World Peace, Huntsville/Alabama
International Informatization Academy, Cape Coast/Ghana
KIN (Korean International Network), Seoul/ Republic of Korea
Korea Atomic Bomb Casualty Association, Seoul/Republic of Korea
Korean Dentists' Association for Healthy Society, Seoul/ Republic of Korea
Korean House for International Solidarity, Seoul/Republic of Korea
Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM), Seoul/Republic of Korea
KNCR (Korea National Congress for Reunification), Seoul/Republic of Korea
LEAD, Concord/Ontario
Maine Coalition for Food Security, Portland/Maine
Maine Veterans for Peace, Winthrop/Maine
Mothers Against War, Berlin/Germany
Morningside Monthly Meeting, New York/New York
National Campaign for the Eradication of Crime by US Troops in
Korea , Seoul/ Republic of Korea
Llanymddyfri Peace Group, Cynghordy/Llanymddyfri
Natural Heritage Fund, Odessa/Germany
NB21 Agenda 21 Community Environmental Programme, Bedsworth/UK
Nordic Women Peace Network, Oslo/Norway
Northeast District of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Portland/Maine
Nuclear Free Future Award, Munich/Germany
Orpington Women's Peace Group, Orpington/UK
Pax Christi Maine, Portland/Maine
Peace and Justice Center of Southern Maine, Portland/Maine
PSPD (People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy), Seoul/Republic of Korea
Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine, Portland/Maine
Pittsburgh Area Pax Christi, Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania
Plowshares Support Group of Portland, Portland/Maine
Post Pessimists, A-Bolo Graz/Austria
Raging Grannies, Subiaco/Western Australia
Saffron Walden Friends Meeting, Saffron Walden/UK
Saffron Walden Green Party, Walden/UK
SOFA Action (People's Action for Reform of the Unjust ROK-US SOFA
Agreement), Seoul/ Republic of Korea
Solidarity for World Peace & Human Rights (SPR), Seoul/Republic of Korea
SOS Hotline and Center for Girls, Belgrade/Serbia
Tabitha Community, Kyonggi-Do/Republic of Korea
The Millennium Visioneer, Madina/Ghana
The Participatory Autonomy Forum for 21st Century, Kwangju/Republic of Korea
The Victoria Peace Project, Ontario/Canada
Tottenham and Wood Green Friends of the Earth, London/UK
Uniting Church, Sydney/Australia
Veterans for Peace Chapter 18, Ridgefield/Connecticut
Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation, Seattle/Washington
Womenlink, Seoul/Republic of Korea
Women Making Peace, Seoul/Republic of Korea
WILPF Maine, Portland/Maine
Zelenyi Svit Environmental Association, Dnipropetrovsk/Ukraine

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New Municipalities
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Clackmannanshire Council, Central Scotland
Salzburg Municipal Council, Salzburg/Austria
Stevenage Borough Council, Hertfordshire/UK


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Articles
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Global Abolition Days in Japan

    To celebrate Global Abolition Days, organizations in Japan hosted a
series of events to educate and advocate nuclear abolition.  On 26
February, a public meeting was held in Kawasaki City to celebrate the
annual general assembly of the Peace Depot.  The evening also included a
speech by Rebecca Johnson on the NPT Review Conference.  The speech was
used as an educational tool and was circulated among activists and
journalists.

    In a forum organized by Japanase women's groups, Angie Zelter spoke
in Tokyo on 3 March.  Angie Zelter was recently acquitted by a Scottish
judge on four accounts of maliciously and willfully damaging a floating
laboratory that provides operational support for Trident Submarines.  On
March 4, a one day program in Tokyo featured "Our Abolition Day! Symposium
on Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free  Zone."  Angie Zelter inspired those
in attendance by recounting her non-violent direct action.  A panel
discussion on establishing a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in North East Asia
followed in the afternoon.

    In Shinjuku, Tokyo, there is a street which prohibits automobile
traffic on Sundays.  Young ant-nuclear activists,  also called Nuclear
Abolition Beni-Tengu, used this opportunity on 5 March to present
"Sunflower Operation -- A Street Performance." Activists also made a
Sunflower "objet  d'art" and had a live music performance.

    On March 11, the first pre-assembly of the Global Citizens Assembly
to Abolish Nuclear weapons held a panel discussion on "Nuclear Abolition
and the Citizens' Role."  The discussion took place in Nagasaki and
featured Robert Green (Middle Powers Initiative), Kate Dewes (Disarmament &
Security Centre), Angie Zelter (Trident Plowshare), Hideo TSUCHIYAMA
(Former President, Nagasaki University) and Masao TOMONAGA (Professor,
Nagasaki University).

    In addition to the activities mentioned above, there were many
other activities commemorating Bikini Day during the week of February 29 to
March 3 in Shizuoka and Tokyo.


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Global Abolition Days in Hawai'i


    On March 1 (Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day), Richard
Salvador, a member of the Abolition 2000 Coordination Committee,
collaborated with the Student Peace Action Network (SPAN/Peace Action) and
hosted a Appeal for Peace Pacific Forum at the University of Hawai'i at
Manoa.

    Abolition 2000 and Hague Appeal for Peace each had a table with
information in a central location of the university.  The Abolition 2000
table was quite successful and solicited signatures for the International
Petition during the entire Global Abolition week.  Richard Salvador also
spoke about Abolition 2000 at a rally to Free Mumia Abu Jamal.

    Follow-up activities for Global Abolition Days in Hawai'i will
include introducing a Nuclear Free Resolution to the presidents of the
undergraduate student government and the graduate student organization for
implementation at the University of Hawai'i.  Future plans also include
lobbying the Honolulu City Council to pass an Abolition 2000 Resolution.

    In addition, Hague Appeal for Peace presentations will be given
during the whole month of March in hopes of educating both students and the
community.  Air time will also be requested from the public access channel
to show the Hague Appeal for Peace and Back from the Brink videos.

For more information, please contact:

Richard Salvador
Tel:  [phone]
Fax:  [phone]
Email: [e-mail]


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Year 2000 Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in Japan

    On December 22, 1999, "The Year 2000 Campaign to Abolish Nuclear
Weapons" was officially launched at a press conference in Tokyo.  The
campaign is being coordinated by citizen groups in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and
Tokyo/Yokohama.  The vision of these organizations is  to revitalize a
nation-wide voice for nuclear abolition in the year 2000.  The Campaign is
organizing a unified demand to the Government of Japan with broad
popularity across the political tendencies and organizations.

    The pillar of this campaign is the "The 2000 People's Appeal:
Toward the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons -- Japan's Mission."  Campaign
organizers have set a goal of gathering at least 2000 signatures from
opinion leaders and prominent individuals from various professions.  At the
time of press conference, the campaign had already received 619
signatories.  As of 25 February, 974 individuals, including actors,
actresses, singers, writers, artists, cartoonists, scholars, lawyers,
presidents of organizations, businessmen and campaigners, have signed the
Appeal.  The campaign hopes to attain 2000 signatories by the end of June.
The Appeal will then be sent to the Prime Minister and heads of major
political parties for actions  and to implement people's demands.

    The Year 2000 Campaign is playing an important role in Japan to
outreach to new people and encourage new approaches to nuclear abolition.
Activities of the Campaign include:

1.  Organize "The 2000 People's Appeal: Toward the Abolition of
Nuclear Weapons -- Japan's Mission" and a delegate to present the Appeal to
the Government of Japan and Parliamentarians.

2.  Maintain a web-site to publicize abolition activities of various
organizations and groups all around Japan, including traditional national
organizations and local citizen groups.

3.  Introduce overseas activities related to nuclear abolition to the
Japanese audience and relate Japanese activities to audiences overseas.

4.  Support the Nagasaki NGO International Assembly in November and help
plan, advertise and mobilize for its success.

If you would like further information, please contact:

Hiro Umebayashi
International Coordinator, PCDS
President, Peace Depot
3-3-1 Minowa-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-0051 Japan
Tel: [phone]  Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]


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Australia Follows Example of Aotearoa (New Zealand)


    In a vote on 9 March 2000, the Australian Senate passed (33 to 27)
a resolution concerning the upcoming Non Proliferation Treaty Review
Conference in New York.  The Australian resolution follows a recent
decision made by the NZ Parliament to adopt a resolution moved by the Prime
Minister, Helen Clark.  The NZ motion marks the year 2000 with a call on
all countries to implement the NPT nuclear disarmament obligation by
concluding negotiations on complete nuclear disarmament.

    Laurie Brereton, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, welcomed the
motion adopted by the Australian Senate.  Brereton commented on the
importance of the upcoming NPT conference and stated, "This year will be
critical for progress towards nuclear disarmament and strengthening
international prohibitions on weapons of mass destruction. The NPT Review
Conference is likely to be very difficult. United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month rightly highlighted the parlous
state of nuclear disarmament efforts. The failure to make progress on
disarmament increases the risks of nuclear proliferation with adverse
consequences for Australia's national security."

    Brereton also stated, "Leadership from non-nuclear middle powers,
especially Australia, is vital to help rebuild momentum towards nuclear
disarmament. We should be putting all our efforts into breaking the impasse
on nuclear disarmament, not sitting on the sidelines apologising for the
nuclear weapon states. It is a matter of great regret that the Howard
 Government has effectively abandoned Australia's previous leading
role on nuclear disarmament issues and risks becoming little more than
an apologist for the nuclear weapons states."

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Peace Builds, Bombs Destroy:  Making Asia Nuclear Free

    From 18-20 February, activists and scholars from around the world
attended "Peace Builds, Bombs Destroy:  Let's Make Asia Nuclear Free" in
Dhaka, Bangladesh.  The conference was initiated by Community Development
Library (Dhaka) and Focus on the Global South (Bangkok and Mumbai) and
sponsored by Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani peace, development and
justice organizations.  The anti-nuclear conference was the first to be
held in the Asian region since the nuclear weapons tests conducted by India
and Pakistan in May 1998.

    The conference issued a declaration calling upon India and Pakistan
to "immediately dismantle these programmes (nuclear weapons programmes) and
sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and other restraint measures as
steps towards nuclear disarmament, and as part of their return to the
global disarmament agenda."  In addition, the Dhaka Declaration called upon
the 5 declared Nuclear Weapons States (NWS) to honor their disarmament
obligations under Article 6 of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and
the 1996 opinion of the International Court of Justice.  Furthermore, the
Declaration called upon the NWS to ratify Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,
de-alert nuclear forces, halt deployment of ballistic missile defense
systems and work towards a nuclear weapons convention.

    A Plan of Action was adopted by the Conference and appealed to
South Asian activists to support global nuclear disarmament and urged
activists to work towards a South Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone.
Additionally, the Plan of Action called for the launching of a "South Asian
Peace Coalition" to create "broad base alliance" and link the South Asian
movement with other anti-nuclear and peace organizations around the world.

For more information, please visit:

The Dhaka declaration is available on the world wide web at:
http://www.focusweb.org/nuclear/dec_nuc.htm

The Plan of Action is available at:
Http://www.focusweb.org/nuclear/poa_nuc.htm

or contact:

John Burroughs
Lawyer's Committee on Nuclear Policy
Email:  [e-mail]
Http://www.lcnp.org

Dr. Joseph Gerson
American Friends Service Committee
Email: [e-mail]
Related speeches, resources, and web site links are available on the
American Friends Service Committee webiste:  Http://www.afsc.org/pes.htm



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Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000
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    The "Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000" highlights the
activities of and statements from various organizations in Abolition 2000.
If you would like to share your past, current or future activities and
plans with other members of the Abolition 2000 Global Network, please email
your statement to Carah Ong, the Abolition 2000 Grassroots News editor,  at
[e-mail].



Switzerland

Roland Schutzbach and David Schmitter
Global Initiative
Allmendstr. 75, 4500 Solothurn, Switzerland
Tel: [phone]  Email: [e-mail]
Http://www.globalinitiative.org

The People's Walk for Peace in Switzerland 2000

    At the Peace Walk 1999 350 people walked from different regions of
Switzerland to Berne for world-wide, total disarmament.  This event has a
bigger potential. In July 2000 there will be another Peace Walk, which will
be twice as long.  Plans for the event include:

-Sunday 2 - Friday 7 July walking communities will make their way to Berne.
On Saturday July 8, all the groups will meet in Bern for a
festive-revolutionary peace demonstration. It will be the final celebration
for the participants of the first part and the starting point for the
participants of the second part.  Hard-core activists will walk
during both weeks.

-Sunday July  9, the same or other walking communities will leave Bern,
spreading the message of peace to their regions until Saturday 15 July. The
peace walk 2000 is another opportunity to walk together, to get in contact
with nature, to celebrate, to discuss peace themes and to express the will
to live in a world without weapons and violence.  People willing to
participate can found their own walking community or join an existing one.
It is also possible to join the walk for only a part of the way.

    Each route of the Peace Walk 2000 has a theme. Organizations and
engaged individuals walk their own route.  The Peace Walk is also meant to
show the connection between the efforts of the different initiatives. It
can be incorporated into schools as a project week and the classes can
prepare by working on peace themes at school and exchange with other
classes at the peace walk.  Join us to put an end to apathy and resignation!


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Announcements
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Abolition Global Caucus Update

    The Abolition Global Caucus now has 415 subscribers from around the
world.  If you are not already a member, then I encourage you to join.  The
Global Caucus is an excellent international forum for discussion of nuclear
issues.  In addition, the listserv offers current articles and insight to
keep members informed about the anti-nuclear movement and current events
related to nuclear issues.

    If you are already a member of the Abolition Global Caucus, then
please help expand our list by including the following advertisement in
your email signature:

"Join the Abolition-Global Caucus listserv to receive regular updates about
the Abolition movement.  The caucus provides an international forum for
conversation on nuclear-related issues.  Important articles and information
relating to nuclear issues are also circulated to keep interested
individuals and activists informed about nuclear issues.  To subscribe to
the Abolition Global Caucus send an e-mail to:
[e-mail]  (leave the subject line and body of
the message blank)."

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New Abolition 2000 UK Coordinator

    Please join me in welcoming Claire Poyner as the new Abolition 2000
UK Coordinator.  Claire previously worked at the National Peace Council as
membership and publications worker.  Claire is also a member of the
Campaign Against Arms Trade.  There will be an Abolition 2000 UK meeting on
30 March and plans will be made for a public meeting to raise awareness in
the UK.  If you would like more information about Abolition 2000 UK
activities or if you would like to send Claire a welcome message, please
contact:

Claire Poyner
Abolition 2000 UK
601 Holloway Road
London N19 4DJ
Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]

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Message from Peace Action:  LANL 2000 Protest

    Help us continue to work for the abolition of nuclear weapons.  On
9th August 1999, over 400 people confronted the nuclear weapons machine at
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the belly of the nuclear beast.
More than 70 people committed civil disobedience and were arrested on LANL
property.  This year on August 9th, the 55th anniversary of the destruction
of Nagasaki, we need more protesters at Ashley Pond in Los Alamos bringing
even greater pressure to end the production of these illegal nuclear
weapons of mass destruction.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!  We are dedicated to ending the Nuclear Age.  But, we
need YOU and many hundreds of other people to stand with New Mexico
communities who suffer the consequences of nuclear weapons production.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Contact:  Peace Action New Mexico  505.989.4812 or at [e-mail]
COMMIT to joining us in Los Alamos on August 9th
Please tell your friends and pass the word!  THANK YOU


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Calendar of Events
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April

1-2  Nuclear Weapons Abolition Days Network (A-days) will host an
international meeting to discuss effective common action and lobbying
campaigns in Europe and to prepare for the NPT.  For more information or to
register, please contact:
Hanna Jarvinen Katri Silvonen
e-mail:  [e-mail]   Fax: [phone]

13  The UK and Irish Local Authorities announce the third annual conference
on nuclear hazards.  Themes for the conference include:
- "Getting to Zero:  Implementation of the OSPAR agreement to cut
radioactive discharges
    from nuclear plants to the marine environment"
- "Polluter or Remediator?:  Can the Sellafield nuclear complex convert to
clean up?"
- "Protecting the Public:  Controlling the circulation of radioactive scrap
and preventing its
    incorporation into consumer goods."
- "Managing Nuclear Waste:  Review of progress with the rundown of highly
active liquid
    wastes at Sellafield and the outlook for UK policy."
For detailed information about the conference, please contact the Nuclear
Free Local Authorities Secretariat at:
Town Hall
Manchester, M60 2LA, UK
Email:  [e-mail]   URL:  Http://www.gn.apc.org/nfzns/

16 Demonstration against the Laser Megajoule and tests in labs at Le Barp,
near Bordeaux France at 12 noon.  The event will be hosted by the French
Peace Movement and other Abolition groups.  For more information, please
contact:
Lysiane Alezard
Le Mouvement de la Paix
139 BD VICTOR HUGO - F-93400 SAINT-OUEN
Email:  [e-mail]  URL:  Http://www.asi.fr/~ddurand/

14-17  Keep Space for Peace!  Join activists from around the world in
Washington, D.C for four days of protesting plans to weaponize space.  For
more information please contact:
Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
P.O. Box 90083
Gainsville, Florida  32607
Tel: [phone]  Email:  [e-mail]
URL:  www.globenet.free-online.co.uk

16-23  Holy Week Walk from Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site.  For more
information, contact:
Cindy Pile
Nevada Desert Experience
Tel:  [phone]  Email:  [e-mail]

21-26   The Chernobyl Project is hosting a conferecen on on energy sources
of the future devoted to the scheduled closing of Chernobyl nuclear power
station and will be held in Kiev, Ukraine.  For more information, please
contact:
CHERNOBYL PROJECT
107 Avenue Parmentier
F - 75011 PARIS
FRANCE
Phone : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
Email : [e-mail]

22  Earth Day 2000 events and activities will take place around the world.

24-May 19  Mark your Calendars!  The 2000 NPT Review Conference will be
held at the UN in New York.  Stay tuned for forthcoming information on
action you can take to demand disarmament from the nuclear weapons states.
Daily meetings of Abolition 2000 will take place from 8am-9am at 777 UN
Plaza, 2nd floor.

25  Abolition 2000 will have a large demonstration honoring Hibakusha,
Downwinders, Indigenous Peoples and Affected Communities at Dag Hammarsjold
Plaza, 47th Street and First Avenue

26  Chernobyl Day (Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, 1986)

28  Dance Party celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of Abolition 2000 at 611
Broadway, 9th Floor.

24-28  Auckland, New Zealand College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Massey University (at Albany) is holding a conference entitled "Enhancing
the prospect of peace within pluralistic societies and the pluralistic
global body, across the realms of Community, Nationality, International
Relations, and Individuality".   For further information on conference
themes and registration, please visit the website at:
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwsocial/homepage.htm
or contact:  Dr. Warwick Tie (conference convenor), School of Sociology and
Women's Studies Massey University, Private Bag & Helli, North Shore Mail
Centre, New Zealand. Fax [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

30  Abolition 2000 Annual General Meeting (business meeting); location and
time TBA


May

1-15  International Call-In-Days to White House & Congress on Star Wars No BMD!
These two weeks will be a crucial time for activists around the world to
help create massive pressure on Clinton and Congress to back away from
dangerous, costly, and destabilizing plans to allow "early deployment" of
the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system.

7-10  Alliance for Nuclear Accountability will host "2000 DC Days:  Nuclear
Accountability for the New Millennium" -- 4 days of training, education and
political advocacy.  Registration deadline: April 11, 2000
Form more information, contact:
Tel:  [phone]
URL:  http://www.ananuclear.org

7-13  Shoshone Walk and Run for the Damaged Land, Warm Springs to Mercury.
Please call Johnnie Bobb of the Western Shoshone Nation, Yomba Tribe at
[phone]

11 and 28    Proliferation Days  (India and Pakistan conduct nuclear tests,
1998)

22-26   The Millennium Forum at the UN will be an important opportunity for
Abolition 2000 organizations to interact with the rest of the NGO
community. The Millennium Forum is part of the preparations for the
Millennium Summit of the UN General Assembly that will take place in
September 2000.  For more information, visit:
Http://www.millenniumforum.org  or   www.un.org/millennium

22-27  "Visions of Peace" International Conference in Dublin, Ireland is
now accepting proposals for papers and presentations as part of the
UNESCO's International Year for a Culture of Peace.  The Conference is
sponsored by the Free University of Ireland.  Contact:
Sean English
55 Prussia Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
Tel:  [phone]   Email:  [e-mail]

June

1  Sunflower Celebration Day (US Russian and Ukrainian defense ministers
plant sunflowers to celebrate Ukraine becoming nuclear weapons free)

4-30  Peace Power 2000! Global Peace Services-USA invites anyone concerned
with active peacemaking to participate in a series of four week-long
education and training courses at Centro Maria in Washington, D.C.  For
more information, please contact:
Clara Doyle
P.O. Box 27922
Washington, D.C.  27922
Tel:  [phone]   Email:  [e-mail]
URL:  Http://www.globalpeaceservices.org

11 Action and demonstration at Crozon near Ile Longue (French nuclear
submarine base) : "for a nuclear weapon free Brittany and world" at 12
noon. For more information, please contact:
Lysiane Alezard
Le Mouvement de la Paix
139 BD VICTOR HUGO - F-93400 SAINT-OUEN
Email:  [e-mail]  URL:  Http://www.asi.fr/~ddurand/

14-18  International Network of Engineers and Scientists (INES) announces
an International Conference entitled "Challenges for Science and
Engineering in the 21st Century" in Stockholm, Sweden.  For more
information, contact the  INES 2000 Conference Secretariat at:
Gutenbergstr. 31,44139 Dortmund, Germany
Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone],
E-mail: [e-mail]
URL: Http://www.ines2000.org


July

1-9 August  The People's Campaign for Nonviolence will lead peace and
justice groups from around the United States in prayerful vigil and
peaceful protest at either the Pentagon, White House, or the Capitol
Building.  Each day, a different group from around the country will
maintain this call for peace and justice. For more information, please
contact the Fellowship of Reconciliation at:
Tel: [phone]. Email: [e-mail]
INFO: http://www.nonviolence.org/for/114.htm

6-9  The "International Conference on War Tax Issues" will be held in
Washington, D.C. The conference will be sponsored by the National Campaign
for a Peace Tax Fund.  For more information, contact the Peace Tax Fund at:
Tel:  [phone]   Email:  [e-mail]
URL:  Http://www.nonviolence.org


8  International Court of Justice Opinion Day (International Court of
Justice rules nuclear
weapons generally illegal and there exists an obligation for complete
nuclear disarmament)

8-13  The Sixth World Congress of Educators for Peace will be held in
Paris, France.  For more information, contact:
IAEP
13 Allee M. Robespierre
92290 Chatenay-Malabrie, France
Tel:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]

August

6  Abolition and Peace Rally for Hiroshima Day in Britany, France will
include a peace walk on the Menez Hom, a small mountain near the nuclear
submarine base of Ile Longue.
For more information, please contact:
Lysiane Alezard
Le Mouvement de la Paix
139 BD VICTOR HUGO - F-93400 SAINT-OUEN
Email:  [e-mail]  URL:  Http://www.asi.fr/~ddurand/

October

7  International Day of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space

9   Nuremberg Day (Leaders held to account for crimes against peace, war
crimes and crimes against humanity, 1946)

19  Indigenous Peoples' Day (Indigenous peoples have suffered
disproportionate effects of nuclear mining and testing)

20-21  Asia-Europe Meeting III (ASEM III) will be held in Seoul, South
Korea.  For more information, please contact:  Gyung-Lan Jung
[e-mail]

24  Disarmament Week

24  United Nations Day


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Resources
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Websites

    If you haven't visited the Abolition 2000 website recently, you are
missing out!  In February, the Abolition 2000 website received an award
from Encyclopedia Britannica online as one of the best sites on the
internet.  In addition, Infoseek/Go.com recently ranked Abolition 2000 as
the #4 Watchdog Organization on the World Wide Web!
Http://www.abolition2000.org

    Reaching Critical Will, a project of Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom, contains current information on the forth-coming NPT
Review Conference.  Visit the website to learn about the history of NPT and
issues surrounding the upcoming conference.
Http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org


    The Nuclear Files has many documents and extensive information on
the history of the NPT.   The site also includes four new nuclear
proliferation research portals for North Korea, Russia, China and Germany.
Http://www.nuclearfiles.org

    Alice Slater has written an article about nuclear disarmament
entitled "Where's our Treaty?"  The article can be viewed at the Abolition
2000 website or copies can be requested from Carah Ong at [e-mail].


    The 24-page Plutonium Investigation Special issue on the USA is now on
the web:  Http://www.pu-investigation.org/gb/17_18/contents.html




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Letter from the Editor
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"On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the NPT's entry into
force, the Secretary-General would like to stress that in order to  achieve
the ultimate objective of a world free of nuclear weapons, the international
community should  immediately start taking new and effective measures
to achieve the  inherently linked goals of nuclear disarmament and
non-proliferation.  Efforts to seek the elimination of all nuclear weapons
must remain a high priority."
Spokesperson for Kofi Annan
Secretary-General of the United Nations
3 March 2000


Dear Friends and Activists,

    As you know, the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension
Conference is just around the corner.  In light of its importance to global
disarmament efforts,  Abolition 2000 plans on having a large and visible
presence at the NPT.  Abolition 2000 has put together a packet of
information that you and your organization will find useful to prepare for
the NPT.  You will receive this packet very shortly.  Look for its arrival
by mail.

    Abolition 2000 needs the support and participation of all its
members!  Even if you are unable to attend the NPT Review Conference in New
York, you can help the Global Network to achieve its goal of global nuclear
disarmament by taking these simple steps:

1)     Enroll a new organization or have the Abolition 2000 Municipal
Resolution passed in your local government council.  Our goal is to have at
least 2000 endorsers by the NPT Review Conference in April.

2)    Write to your Head of State and Foreign Minister: Urge them to make
the NPT Review Conference a top priority and to personally attend;  ask
that they open all sessions of the conference to civil society.  A sample
letter is available at the Abolition 2000 website:
Http://www.abolition2000.org

3)    Honor the Hibakusha, Downwinders and Indigenous Peoples directly
injured by the Nuclear Age. We need your help to gather the names of
Downwinders, Hibakusha, and affected Indigenous Peoples from all over the
world for our demonstration.  Photos are also welcome.  Please send the
names and city, country, date of exposure, death, or accident, of nuclear
victims and the nature of their injuries, by e-mail to:
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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 03/16/2000 - Today on Capitol Hill
Date: 16 Mar 2000 06:01:52 -0500

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From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Nuclear Free & Independent Pacific Movement changes hands! To a Woman!!
Date: 16 Mar 2000 10:05:31 PST

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Dear All,

Anyone who wants to send personal messages of congratulations and/or well
wishes to Lopeti can still reach him at the Pacific Concerns Resource
Centre:

[e-mail]

Stuart [Wulff]

__________________________________________________

Press Statement

Vanuatu Honours Lopeti Senituli for
Contributions to Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific

Port Vila, 17 March:- Mr Lopeti Senituli, prominent leader in the Pacific
and spokesperson for the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) was
recently honoured by Vanuatu when he was awarded a  First Class Medal of
Vanuatu for his contributions to the welfare of the nation of Vanuatu and to
humanity at large in the campaign for the nuclear free and independent
Pacific movement. This honour, which was bestowed by His Excellency Father
John Bani, President of the Republic of Vanuatu was witnessed in a ceremony
hosted by PIANGO (Pacific Islands Association of Non Government
Organizations) and attended by representatives of the government, heads of
regional and national NGOs, relatives and friends.

Born in Tonga and brought up in Fiji, Mr Senituli has been, for the past 12
years, the Director for the Pacific Concerns Resource Centre and the
strength behind the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) movement. Mr
Lopeti is widely respected both regionally and internationally for his
commitment and dedication for promoting the vision that the peoples of the
Pacific cannot be nuclear free until they are independent and are sovereign
states in their own rights. In June 1999 the United Nations, in recognizing
the work carried out by the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific movement,
was awarded consultative status at ECOSOC making NFIP the first NGO in the
Pacific to receive such recognition.

In a moving acceptance speech Mr Senituli said that Vanuatu had honoured the
Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific movement and it was a privilege to
receive the honour on behalf of the movement. He said that: "In times in
need of inspiration to continue the struggle, I bring up this snapshot which
is actual footage shot by the US army on Bikini in March 1946, roughly six
months after the US dropped bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

"The scene is on the beach of Bikini. And all the people of Bikini including
the chief Hiroitch Juda are seated on the ground as they awaited the arrival
of the US Commander who was responsible for the nuclear testing programme in
the Marshall Islands. And as he arrived on the Zodiac he was offered the
traditional welcome by the people of Bikini. The Commander was seated on the
chair while the Chief and his people were seated on the ground. And the
Commander speaking through an interpreter said: "I have come from the
fathers in Washington to inform you that we must remove your from the island
so that we can test this new weapon which is designed  to end all wars." At
the end of his speech Hiroitch Juda, the Chief of the people of Bikini spoke
and said: "Please Commander. Please convey to the people, the great fathers
in Washington the love of the people of Bikini. And we pray that our
sacrifice by giving up our land will be remembered as our contribution to
the good of  all humankind".

"Today the son of Hiroitch Juda is still trying to get adequate compensation
from the US government for the damage done to their land and the health of
the population.

Another snapshot that comes to mind is that of the late Father Lini in his
negotiations with the members of the Soouth Pacific Forum, especially
Australia and New Zealand, about the nuclear free zone in the South Pacific
and the re-listing of New Caledonia in the United Nations Decolonization
Committee list in 1986. Father Lini absolutely refused to give in to the
Australian and New Zealand government policy which said that New Caledonia
and French Polynesia were integral parts of France and the nuclear free
treaty that endangers the Australian and New Zealand relationship with the
United States will never be contemplated. And how Father Lini stuck to his
convictions to the very end.

"These are inspirations. For me as a person and as an activists which I try
to share with staff members, but also other activists in the movement.

"May I be brave, Your Excellency, to suggest that the fire next time will
probably be in the five Melanesian Spearhead Group of countries. I suppose
our honeymoon with the independence we started ^ with Samoa gaining
independence in 1962, Nauru in 1968, Fiji in 1970 and culminating in Palau^s
independence in 1986, the honeymoon period was probably over with the
military coups in Fiji in 1987. In the four independent Melanesian spearhead
group of countries - Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea -
have some of the best and the most progressive Constitutions in the world
because these were written up based on lessons learned from former colonies
in Africa, South-East Asia and South America. It is only now that these
Constitutions are being tested: The people are now starting to question
whether you can legislate for democracy or whether you can legislate against
discrimination. And this is where it calls for a complete review of what we
inherited on independence".

"And I think the governments of the Pacific that fails to take heed of
Bougainville, of what^s happening in Guadalcanal, of the military coups in
Fiji ^ a government that refuses to take heed of the peoples^ wishes is
doomed to take its peoples in the Pacific down the road that a lot of
African countries are currently on.

"The struggle continues of course. East Timor has gained its independence,
West Papua must be the next fight for us in the Pacific. For too long the
governments of the Pacific have refused to hear the cries of the people of
West Papua. While the struggle continues, the enemy now is different. When
we started off in 1975 it was the colonial forces that we were up against.
There were the Americans, the British, the French, the Dutch, the
Indonesian. Today the struggle is not as clear-cut. The enemy is not as
clearly defined. Because increasingly we must take on our own home grown
leaders and the types of governance in which they are leading our people
down. And increasingly now the infrastructures that we inherited on
independence are being tested."

In paying tribute to Mr Senituli^s achievements, Ms Hilda Lini, a member of
the NFIP movement said:

"What is unique about Lopeti is that many issues which Vanuatu struggled and
fought for were also visions that drove Lopeti in his struggles for
independence for countries in the Pacific. Lopeti promoted the issue for
independence for indigenous peoples of the Pacific regionally and
internationally. He supported the vision that if we really wanted a nuclear
free Pacific, we can only achieve that when all the countries in the Pacific
were independent. Amongst the many achievements which has been initiated or
supported by Mr Senituli personally and though his work with include:

* His work toward getting the British to compensate those on Christmas
Island who used the island for testing nuclear bombs;

* Getting agreement from the United States to compensate peoples of the
Marshall Islands for their damages from nuclear testing;

* Supporting the indigenous people in Australia in getting Australians to
re-write its history through the historic Mabo decision by the High Court of
Australia in 1991.

* Getting the United States to stop using Kahoolawe (sic), Hawaii as target
practice for their nuclear testing.

* With his leadership and work with churches, NGOs and other organizations
in the region, the halting of nuclear testing in the Pacific by France in
1996.

Ms Hilda Lini will shortly be taking the reins of the Pacific Concerns
Resource Centre as the new Director.

For more information contact PIANGO (678) 25607, fax [phone], e-mail:
[e-mail]



PACIFIC PEOPLES' PARTNERSHIP
(formerly South Pacific Peoples Foundation)
1921 Fernwood Road
Victoria, BC, V8T 2Y6, Canada
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NPT 'Heads of State' Letter signatures closing end of March Pls
Date: 17 Mar 2000 15:24:22 +1000

ORGANISATIONS PLS SIGN BY EMAILING <[e-mail]>

John Hallam
=46riends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
=46ax (61)(2)9517-3902  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd

Dear All,
If your organisation has not yet signed this letter, please sign it soon as
you can by emailing me on:
<[e-mail]>

If your organisation has not yet signed the Abolition2000 statement, you
can sign it by emailing:
[e-mail],
or by visiting
Http://www.abolition2000.org.

The NPT Review conference, which this letter urges heads of state/prime
ministers/foreign ministers to attend, commences on 24April and goes to 19
May.

This letter will be faxed and mailed starting April 2, and will be released
to media on 10April, in Canberra, New York, and hopefully London, and
Moscow.

Signatures close end of March.

TO:
PRESIDENT  BILL CLINTON, (US)
[phone], 1-202-456-2883, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, (RUSSIA)
[phone], [phone],
=46OREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV(RUSSIA)
[phone], [phone]

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, (UK) [phone]

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC (FRANCE)[phone],
PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN (FRANCE) [phone]
PRESIDENT JIANG XEMIN (CHINA)
CC
PRIME MINISTER A.B. VAJPAYEE, (INDIA)[phone]

PRESIDENT MOHAMMED RAFIQ DARAR(PAKISTAN)
9251-920-3938,
=46OREIGN MINISTER ABDUL SATTAR (PAKISTAN)
9251-920-7217

PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK (ISRAEL) [phone],

ALL HEADS OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NUCLEAR
NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)

UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADORS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NPT

RE: ENSURING A SUCCESSFUL NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE=
=2E

Dear Heads of State, Foreign Ministers, and Ambassadors,

The undersigned organizations, representing many millions of deeply
concerned people worldwide, are writing to you regarding the  Review
Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) at the United
Nations in New York,  April 24-May 19, 2000. This meeting has crucial
implications not only for NPT member states, but also for non-member
states, especially India,  Pakistan and Israel.

We believe the 2000 Review Conference could and should be a catalyst in
breaking the deadlock in the nuclear disarmament arena. It represents an
opportunity to make real progress toward nuclear disarmament, and nuclear
weapons abolition, which is essential to the achievement of common security
based on human and ecological values and respect for international
institutions and law. Failure in this regard could lead to the unraveling
of the NPT regime.

This is exactly opposite to the wishes and expectations of the majority of
the people of the world. It is clear from recent polls, that the
overwhelming majority of the world's people expect no less than immediate
commencement of multilateral negotiations leading to the elimination of
nuclear weapons through a global treaty in fulfillment of Article VI.

Crucial to the outcome of this Review Conference will be the extent to
which the nuclear weapon states are willing to act on their unambiguous
legal obligation and commitment to the elimination of their nuclear weapons
as called for by Article VI, which states:
"Each of the parties to the treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in
good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms
race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on
general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international
control."

Since the 1995 Review and Extension Conference, the importance of Article
VI and the NPT itself has been reinforced by the International Court of
Justice (ICJ),   which concluded unanimously in its 1996 Advisory Opinion
that:
"there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a
conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects
under strict and effective international control"

While some progress has been achieved over the last decade in the reduction
of the total number of nuclear weapons deployed by the nuclear weapon
states, these states maintain their commitment to highly dangerous nuclear
military doctrines as a cornerstone of their defence and security policy,
some for the indefinite future. Progress on fulfilling Article VI
obligations is thus stalled, and the development of new nuclear dangers is
encouraged.

The following developments represent a growing peril that challenges
international and human security, and to which NPT states parties and
especially nuclear states must respond creatively:

--Ten years after the end of the Cold War, over 30,000 nuclear weapons
remain worldwide, and India and Pakistan have both tested nuclear weapons.

--Though UN and European Parliament  resolutions have drawn attention to
the Article VI obligations and to the ICJ Advisory Opinion, NATO has
jeopardized the NPT by its re-affirmation in April 1999 that nuclear
weapons are 'essential' to its security. While the NATO nuclear policy
review is welcome, it is preempted and undercut by this reaffirmation.

-- The US and Russia failed to respond to worldwide pressure to de- alert
by December 1999, and each maintain over 2000 nuclear warheads on permanent
'launch on warning' status. This continues in spite of the incorporation of
de-alerting into the 1996 recommendations of the Canberra Commission, into
two resolutions  passed by massive majorities in the UN General Assembly in
1998, and again in 1999, and a unanimous resolution of the European
Parliament of November 18,  1999.

--Key states have failed to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
(CTBT), opened for signature in 1996.  The US Senate in October 1999  voted
down ratification, in spite of the nearly unanimous endorsement of that
treaty by the international community and overwhelming US public support
for nuclear disarmament and the CTBT.

--The clear aim of the CTBT is to constrain weapons development:  yet the
US, Russia, and other nuclear states still proceed with the development of
new nuclear weapon types and modifications in computer-simulated 'virtual
reality', with the aid of sub-critical underground nuclear testing, which
undermines both the spirit and purpose of the treaty. In particular, US
activities at the National Ignition Facility and the French Megajoule laser
project enable further weapons development.

--In 2000, the US may decide to deploy a National Ballistic Missile Defence
(NMD) system which would violate the existing Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
of 1972, which is fundamental to the existing strategic arms restraints
between the United States and Russia. NMD deployment could set back
progress on Article VI objectives for years to come.

--Presidential Decision Directive 60 has reaffirmed US use of nuclear
weapons as a 'cornerstone' of its security policy. Meanwhile, Russia has
steadily moved toward a more ready use of nuclear weapons in recent years.
The potential dangers in this are extreme.

In light of the above developments, lack of progress on Article VI
obligations poses the increasing danger that some non-nuclear states will
conclude that it is in their interests to acquire nuclear weapons, while
those that have already tested them will proceed to further weaponisation
and expansion of their arsenals.

A positive and creative response to the above, and commitment and
leadership on behalf of both human life and all other life is urgently
demanded.

Of critical importance in addressing the currently unacceptable situation
are interim measures such as de-alerting,  and the removal of weapons from
delivery systems, aimed at decreasing the possibility of accidental nuclear
war and at increasing mutual trust and establishing a momentum toward
nuclear weapons elimination.

NPT states parties should resolve,  as a first step,  that all nuclear
forces be immediately stood down from high alert status.

We urge all  nuclear weapons states leaders, and all NPT Review
participants, as a matter of the highest priority and urgency, as well as a
clear legal obligation, to take action to complete unfinished disarmament
objectives and to begin urgent negotiations toward a treaty to eliminate
nuclear weapons.

Immediate steps (both in the CD and other fora)  must be taken by the
nuclear states that will lead clearly and swiftly toward negotiations in
fulfillment of Article VI.

You, as a world leader,  have the fate of the world  in your hands during
these discussions.  We therefore  strongly urge you to attend this review
conference, as you have the authority to commence negotiations to eliminate
nuclear weapons.  By doing so, you can to alter the course of history and
leave a legacy of a more secure future for this generation and for those to
come. Failure to do so risks a revived nuclear arms race that ultimately
could destroy civilization.

(Signed)

(International Organizations)

Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, President, (Kate Dewes, Vice-President,)
International Peace Bureau,  Geneva,
Bruna Nota, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, (WILPF),
Geneva/NY,
Ian Maddocks (Chair), Dr. Mary Wynne-Asford, Co-President,  Merav Datan,
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW),
Cambridge, Mass,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), The Hague, Netherlands,
William Peden, Disarmament Campaign, Stephanie Mills, Nuclear Campaign,
Greenpeace International, Canonbury Villas, London, UK.,
Dan Plesch, Director, British-American Security Information Council,
London/Washington, UK/US,
Rosalie Bertell, GNSH., President, International Institute of Concern for
Public Health, Toronto, Canada,
Peer de Rijk.,World Information Service on Energy.(WISE) International,
Amsterdam, Netherlands.,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium.,
Roland Schutzbach, President, David Schmitter, Vice-President, Global
Initiative, Solothurn, Switzerland,
Jim Morgan, ARC-Peace, International Architects, Designers, and Planners
for Social Responsibility, Stockholm, Swed, /NY., USA.,

Commander Robert Green, RN (Retd.), Chair, George Farebrother Secretary,
World Court Project, UK,
Dave Knight, Chair, CND, UK.,
Janet Bloomfield, former chair CND, Saffron Walden Group Against Nuclear
Weapons, England,
Di Mc Donald., Nuclear Information Service., Southampton, UK.,
Liz Waterson, Douglas Holdstock,  MEDACT (IPPNW- UK)., Lond., UK,
Anni Rainbow, Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases,
Yorkshire, UK.,
Margaret Turner, WILPF-UK.,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Birmingham.,
UK.,
Glen Lee, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, UK.,
Angie Zelter, Environment and Peace Campaigner, Cromer, Norfolk, UK.,
Dr. George Farebrother, Sussex Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament, UK,
Allan Cottey, International Week of Science and Peace, Norwich, UK.,
Nancy Zook, Christian CND., London, UK.,
David Morris, Chair, CND-Cymru,

Roger Cole, Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland,
Eugene Mc Cartan, Chair, Communist Party of Ireland,
Sister Mary O'Connor, Irish Commission for Justice and Peace, Ireland,


Ulla Loetzer, MdB,(German Parliament) PDS,
Xanthe Hall, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Bernd Frieboese (Berlin), Ole von Uexkull (Lund), Barsebacksoffensiv,
Germany/Sweden.,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Future Award., Munich, Germany.,
Roland Blach, Non-Violent Action to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Germany.,
Ulf Panzer, District Court Judge, Judges and Prosecutors for Peace,
Hamburg, Germany.,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt, Germany.,
Henning Droege, Arzt fur Allgemeinmedizin, Allgau, Germany.,
Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council.,

Josef Puehringer, Plattform Gegen Atomgefahr, Austria.,
Josef Puehringer, Centrum-Energie Ceske Budejovice(Czech Republic)
Josef Puehringer, Buergerinitiative Umweltschutz, (Czech Republic)
Hienz Stockinger, Chair, PLAGE., (Platform Gegen Atomgefahren), Salzburg,
Austria.,
Mathilde Halla, Chair, Uberpartlielice Platform Gegen Atomgefahren, Linz,
Austria.,
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria.,
Dr. Hildegard Faessler, Chairwoman, International Week of Science and
Peace, Innsbruck, Austria.,
Dr. Hildegard Zlabinger, Chairwoman, Eco-Ontological System for Human
Rights and Environmental Protection.,
Bernadette Koechl, Council of Eco-ontological Systems for Human Rights and
Environmental Protection.,

Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Ulla Lehtinen, First Peoples, Finland.,
Lea Launokari, Women for Peace, Finland.,
Pirkko Lindberg, Women Against Nuclear Power, Finland.,
Lea Rantanen, Grandmothers Against Nuclear Power, Finland.,
Anita Hagman, Grandmothers for Peace, Finland.,
Anna-Liisa Mattsoff, No More Nuclear Power Movement, Finland.,

Claudia Behrens, Norwegian Green Party,
Bjorn Hilt, Norske Leger Mot Atomkrieg, (IPPNW Norway) Trondhiem, Norway.,
Gunnar Westberg, President, Vendela Englund Burnett, SLMK (IPPNW
affilliate) Goteborg, Sweden,
Aungiira Aurel Duta, For Mother Earth Romania,
=46undatia Pentru Partenariat Comunitar., Romania,

Solange Fernex, President, WILPF France, Paris, France,
Daniel Durand, National Secy., Mouvement de la Paix, Paris France.,
Harsh Kapoor, South Asians Against Nukes, Combaillaux, France.,

Ak Malten, Global Anti Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Netherlands.,
Krista Van Velzen, Socialist Party, Netherlands.,
Berrie Kollau, Stichting Vredesbureau Eindhoven (Peace Office Foundation
Eindhoven), Netherlands.,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
David Boerma, Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples, Neth.,

Kostas Valiotes, Domcetzoglou Kyriakos, Pan-Hellenic Network of Ecological
Organisations, Greece.,
Stefanos Stamellos, Friends of the Forest, Lamia, Greece,
Ecological Movement of Patras, Greece,

Vladimir Slivyak, Alexey Yablokov., Social-Ecological Union, Moscow, Russia,
Vera Brovkina, Chair, St Petersburg Peace Council, Russia.
Boris Bondarenko, IPPNW-Russia, St Petersburg Russia.,
Oleg Bodrov, Chair, 'Green World', Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, Russia,
Andrey Sukhnev, Ecotourism Centre, Lake Baikal, Russia,
Dr. Vyacheslav Sharov, Chelyabinsk-Hanford Project, Chelyabinsk, Russia.,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign in Ex-USSR., Moscow, Russia.,
Natalia Raghouzhina, Centre for Public Health, Novosibirsk, Russia.,
Elena Perfilyeva, Ecological Information Agency, Novokuznetsk, Russia,
Larisa Gurova, Movement for Ecological Safety, Ozersk, Russia,
Nadezhda Kutepova, Regional Social-Ecological Organisation 'HOPE', Ozersk,
Russia,
Aleksey Kozlov, Civil Initiatives Development Centre, Voronezh, Russia,
Galina Raghouzhina, WISE-Kaliningrad, Russia,
Natalia Kanyashkina, WISE-TOMSK, Russia.,
Alexander Koroleva, Ecodefense, Russia.,
Anatoly Korolyov, Baltic Resource Information Centre, Russia.,
Marina Roubtsova, Central Forest Biosphere Reserve, Russia/Ecologia Scotland=
,
Prof Anatoly Shahbad, Foundation Civilisation, Moscow.,

Alla Shevchuk, Odessa Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine.,
Dr. Lado Mirianashvili., Director, 'Udabno' fund, Georgia.,
Natalie Kirvalidze, Environmental and Sustainable Development Centre 'RIO',
Tblisi, Georgia.,
Alexey Svetikov, Zelenyi Zvit, Severodonetsk, Ukraine.,

Dr. Caroline Lucas, MEP, Greens,UK, European Parliament,
Hiltrud Breyer, MEP., Greens, Germany, European Parliament,  Brussels,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Greens Group, Germany, European Parliament,
Brussells,
Gorka Knorr Borrass, MEP,  European Parliament, Brussells,
Pierre Jonkheer, MEP, Greens Group Belgium, European Parliament, Brussels,
Heidi Hautala, MEP Greens Group Finland, European Parliament,
Patsy S=F6rensen Member of The European Parliament, Greens Group,
Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Group, Ireland,
Nuala Ahern MEP Greens Group, Ireland,  European Parliament, Brussells,
Rolf Linkohr, MEP, Germany, Social-Democrats., European Parliament, Brussell=
s,
Maj-Britt-Theorin, MEP, Social Democrats, Sweden (as President IPB)

Hiroshi Taka, Secy. General, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs (Japan
Gensuikyo)
Iwamatsu Shigetoshi, Chair, Japan Congress Against A and H-Bombs,
(Gensuikin), Tokyo, Japan.,
Sadao Kamata, Director, Nagasaki Peace Institute,
Senji Yamaguchi, Nihon Hidankyo, (Japan Confederation of A-Bomb and H-Bomb
Sufferers Organisation)
Dr Hideo Suchiyama, Former President, Nagasaki University,
Steve Leeper, Transnet, Hiroshima, Japan.,
Hiro Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
Disarmament and Security, Yokohama, Japan.,
Nichigu Asanga, (Buddhist Monk), Peace Office, Tokyo.,


Aditi Chowdhury, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA), Hong
Kong.,
Jong Won, National Secy., Green Korea United, South Korea.,

S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India.,
Thomas Matthew, SEEDS-India, Punnakadu, Kerala
Sukla Sen, EKTA, Santacruz, Mumbai,
Ammu Abraham, Womens Centre, Mumbai, India.,

M.W. Faruque, for:
--Society for Legal Rights, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
--Youth Approach to Development and Cooperation Dhaka, Bangladesh,
--Bangladesh Campaign to Ban Landmines
--Bangabandhu Gabeshana & Pathgar Parishad, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
--Bangabandhu Srimte Sangsad, Bashurhat, Noahkhali, Berhampur, Bangladesh.,
--Muktijoddah Jadhurgar (Liberation War Museum), Dhaka, Bangladesh,
--Bangabandhu Research Organization,
--Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
--Bashurhat Club, Noahkhali,
--Thikana Sambaya Samiti.,
--Suganda Sanskritik Kendra
--Institute for Comprehensive Healthcare, Research, and Rehabilitation of
Addicts and Psychopaths, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
Dr. M.A. Bari, Integrated Child Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,

Asif Rasheed, Executive Director., Awami Committee for Development, Multan,
Pakistan.,
Ramesh Man Tuladhar, Centre for Community Development and Environment
Research., Kathmandhu, Nepal.,

Nouri Abdul Razak Hussain, Secretary-General, Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity
Organisation, Egypt,
Harley, WALHI-SULTENG, (Indonesian Forum for Development),
Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW Malaysian
Affiliate), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.,
Cora Fabros, Secy. General, Nuclear- Free Phillipines Coalition,
Roy Cabonegro, Youth For Sustainable Development Phillipines,
(YSDA-Pilipinas)  Quezon City, Phillipines,
Julia Grace, LIHUE Association, Patagonia, Argentina.,
Prof. Raul A. Montenegro, FUNAM, Cordoba, Argentina.,
Luis Guttierez., President, Latin American Circle for International
Studies., Mexico City, Mexico.,
Ayesha Imam, Baobab for Womens Rights, Nigeria.,
Dr. Jenks Okwari, Program Officer, Community Development Project., Bukuru,
Jos, Nigeria.,
Patrick Eyinla, Justice Development and Peace, Nigeria.,
Diana Nyonyinotono, Single Mothers Association, Uganda.,
Jean-Clautaire Frerys Pouele, Earth Action Congo., Brazzaville, Republique
du Congo,

Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, Calif,
Alice Slater, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment,
(GRACE) New York,
Carah Ong, Abolition-2000, Santa Barbara, Calif.,
David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif=
,
Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation,
Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, Washington DC, USA.,
Bob Musil, Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility, (IPPNW
USA), Washington DC.,
Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carrol Jr, USN(Retd),  Deputy Director, Centre for
Defence Information,(CDI), Washington DC, US.,
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy,
(LCNP) N.Y., USA.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA, UN Plaza, NY, USA.,
Paxus Calta, Board member, International Campaigner, Nuclear Information
and Research Service, (NIRS) Washington, DC.,
Charles Ferguson, Director, Nuclear Policy Project., Federation of American
Scientists,
Arjun Makhijani PhD, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
(IEER), Tacoma, US.,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York/Y2K WASH., Huntingdon, NY.,

Richard N. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Honolulu, Hawaii,
Donald C. Whitmore, President, Third Millenium Foundation, US.,
Joe Katz, President, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND), Metro
Detroit, USA.,
Dana L. Richter PhD, Copper Country Peace Alliance, Houghton, Mich, USA.,
Troy Davis, President, World Citizen Foundation, Harvard, USA.,
Alastair Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum, Washington DC., USA.,

Bob Kinsey, Chair, Peace and Justice Task Force, United Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountain Conference, Colorado, USA.,
Steve Ito, United Church of Christ Justice and Peace Ministry Coordinator,
Ryan Kurakawa, Office for Church in Society, United Church of Christ, USA.,
Howard W. Hallman, Chair, Methodists United for Peace and
Justice.,Washington, DC.,
Rosemary Everett, Sisters of the Holy Name., Justice and Peace Coordinator.,
Mary Ellen Gordeck, SSJ., Office of Peace and Justice, Sisters of St
Joseph, Nazareth, MI., USA.,
Vivienne E. Perkins, Christ Church Episcopal., Castle Rock, Colorado., USA.,
Joe Volk, National Secy, Friends Committee on National Legislation.,
Washington, DC.,

Michele Bisonette Robbins, Executive Director, Youth for Environment and
Sanity (YES), Soquel, Ca, USA.,
Ruth Garbus, Director, New York Women of Vision and Action., NY., USA.,
Shiela Blaker, Blaine Metcalf, War Resisters League, San Luis Obispo, CA.,
USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio.,
Bruce K. Gagnon., Coordinator., Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear
Power In Space., Florida USA.,
Letitcia Aguilar, Inter American Development Bank.,
Loren Finkelstien, Program Director, Free The Planet.,
Andrew Beath, Earthways Foundation, Malibu., Calif.,
Mary JoChristian,Monmouth County Citizens for Clean Air and Water.,
Phyllis S. Yingling., WILPF- US., Philadelphia., USA.,
Jan Harwood, Celia Freeman, Don Larkin, Harriet Blue, Paul Blue, Elena
Leland, Marilyn Lucier, Lilly Litsky, Alice Davis, Committee of Santa Cruz,
CA Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Santa Cruz, CA.,
Anne Anderson, Coordinator, Psychologists for Social Responsibility.,
Rochelle Beckers., San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace., Calif., USA.,
Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM., USA.,
Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group.,(LASG) Santa Fe, NM., USA.,
Marsha Feinland, Chair, California Peace and Freedom Party,
Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Project EDNA, (Engaged Democracy for the Nuclear
Age), NY., USA.,
Patricia Birnie, GE Stockholders Alliance for a Sustainable Nuclear-Free
=46uture, USA.,
Betty Schroeder, Arizona Safe Energy Coalition, Ariz, USA.,
Norm Cohen, Unplug Salem Campaign,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Arlington, MA.,
Prof Dennis Brutus, Co-President, Jubilee-2000 Afrika, Univ of Pittsburg, US=
A.,
Michael John Corley, Un-NGO Rep, Veterans for Peace,
Zia Mian, Centre for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton, NJ.,
Jim Boland,Peace Resource Centre, Wilmington, Ohio,
Marc P. Blaise Paige, Nevada Desert Experience, Las Vegas, Nevada.,
J. Truman, Director,  Downwinders, USA,

Senator Douglas Roche OC, Parliament, Canada.,
Bill Blaikie, MP, (Winnipeg-Transcona), House Leader, New Democratic Party,
Canada.,
Barbara Birkett,M.D.,President, Physicians  for Global Survival (Canada),
Gordon Edwards PhD, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear
Responsibility, Montreal, Canada,
Bev Delong, President, Lawyers for Social Responsibility, Canada.,
Michael Murphy, Inter-Church Uranium Educational Cooperative, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada,
Archdeacon Jim Boyles, General Secretary, Synod, Anglican Church of Canada,
Prof. L. Terrell-Gardner, Past President, Science for Peace, Univ. of
Toronto, Canada,
Tryna Booth, Canadian Peace Alliance, Toronto, Canada.,
Joyce Lydiard, Rainforest Raging Grannies,  Vancouver, Canada.,
Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, Canada.,
Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatchewan, Canada.,
Linda Murphy, President, Interchurch Uranium Committee, Saskatchewan, Canada=
=2E,
Jo Hayward-Haines., Victoria Peace Project., Ontario, Canada.,
Penelope Simons, The Simons Foundation, Canada.,
Victor Lau, Green Campus Society, Canada.,
Macha Mc Kay, Chair, Nuclear Issues, Carolyn Langdon, Co-Chair, Canadian
Voice of Women for Peace,

Kate Dewes, Director, Disarmament and Security Centre, Christchurch,
Aotearoa/NZ
Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation Aotearoa/NZ, Auckland, NZ.,
Marion Hancock, Abolition2000, Auckland, NZ.,
Megan Hutching, Secy., WILPF, Aotearoa, (NZ).,
Kieth Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa (NZ), Parliament House, Wellington,
Carol Anne-Bradford, New Zealand Coalition for Gun Control, Auckland, NZ.,
Richard Frizzell, Nelson Peace Group, Nelson, NZ.,
Helen Kingston, Golden Bay Peace Group, NZ.,
Gary Ware, Peace Action Tuaranga, NZ.,
Miranda Bain, Psychology Works, Tuaranga, NZ.,
Rob Wilkinson, National President, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ.,
Ellen Mc Crae, New Zealand Federation of University Women, Canterbury Branch=
,
Jill Hawkey, Christian World Service, Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ


Peter Garrett, President, Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian
Conservation Foundation, Fitzroy, (Melb) Vic., Australia.,
Reverend John Mavor, President.,The Uniting Church in Australia, National
Assembly,
Irene Gale AM, Babs Fuller- Quinn, Australian Peace Committee,
Dr. Susan Wareham President MAPW (Medical Association for Prevention of
War) Canberra, Australia,
Chris White, Secretary, South Australian Trades and Labour Council,
Adelaide, SA.,
Rev Greg  Thompson,  St Johns Anglican Darlinghurst.
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross,
Denis Doherty, Pax Christi Sydney.,
Moira Rowland, Convenor, Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Future, Canberra.,
Cameron Edwards, People for Nuclear Disarmament NSW.,
Hannah Middleton, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign, Sydney.,
Kirsten Blair, Mark Wakeham, Coordinators, Environment Centre of the
Northern Territory,
Rowena, Environment Centre of W.A., Perth, W.A.,
Graeme Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament W.A.,
Jo Vallentine, Community Anti-Nuclear Network, W.A.,
Jo Vallentine, Anti-Nuclear Alliance, W.A.,
Jo Vallentine, Perth Anti-Nuclear Group.,
Grant Keady, Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping, W.A.,
Bruce Nichols, Shine A Light for Peace Campaign.,

Senator Meg Lees,Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader, Australian
Democrats,
Senator Vicki Bourne, Australian Democrats Senator for New South Wales,
Senator Lyn Allison, Australian Democrats Senator for Victoria,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Australian Democrats Senator for Queensland,
Senator Bob Brown, Greens Senator for Tasmania,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Julia Gillard, ALP Member for Lalor, Victoria.,
Dr. Carmen Lawrence, MP, ALP Member for Fremantle, W.A.,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal ALP Member for Stirling, W.A.,
Jill Hall, MP, ALP Member for, Shortland, NSW.,
Daryl Melham MP, ALP  Member for Banks, NSW., Aust.,
Anthony Albanese, ALP Member for Grayndler, NSW.,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP Member for Sydney, NSW,
Robin Geraghty, ALP  Member for Torrens, SA., Aust.,
Richard Jones MLC.,(Ind) NSW.,
Lee Rhiannon, Green MLC, NSW.,

Ricardo Navarro, Chair, Friends of the Earth International
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador.,
Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth U.S., Washington., Dr.
Patrick Green, Senior Nuclear and Climate Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
England Wales and Northern Ireland, London, UK.,
Dr. Victor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine (Zelenyi Zvit),
Prof. Vladimir Koklyukhin, Friends of the Earth Belarus, Brest, Belarus.,
Manana Kochladze, Friends of the Earth Georgia/CEE Bankwatch Georgia,
Daniela Stojanova, Secy General, Friends of the Earth Macedonia.,
Dr. Maria Minkova, 'Ekoglasnost', Friends of the Earth Bulgaria, Sofia,
Juraj Zamkovsky, Friends of the Earth Slovakia, Ponicky, Slovakia,
Jan Beranek, Chair, Friends of the Earth Czech Republic (Hnuti Duha) Brno,
Czech Republic,
Diderich Johny, LIFE-Luxembourg (Youth Friends of the Earth Luxembourg)
Kika Kapela, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Wendy Johnson, Friends of the Earth New Zealand,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia (Sydney)

John Hallam
=46riends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
=46ax (61)(2)9517-3902  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
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Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 03/17/2000 - Today in DC
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Subject: (abolition-usa) Job Announcement
Date: 17 Mar 2000 17:25:35 -0500

Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

Job Announcement

Staff/Project/Senior Scientist

Position:    Staff or Project or Senior Scientist=20
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Benefits:    Health and dental insurance, annual leave, retirement benefits
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Description: The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) is
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as comparable international programs
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energy and security issues
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meetings with activists, analysts, journalists and others, as necessary.
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From: Norm and Karen Cohen <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) major cause of cancer, part 1
Date: 18 Mar 2000 14:33:12 -0500

Great background info on why we want Salem and all nukes closed.
Norm

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> THE MAJOR CAUSE OF CANCER--PART 1
>
> [Rachel's will be published next on April 13.]
>
> When Wilhelm Roentgen first discovered X-rays, in 1895, "doctors
> and physicians saw the practical potential of X-rays at once, and
> rushed to experiment with them."[1,pg.7] Many physicians built
> their own X-ray equipment, with mixed results: some home-brew
> X-ray machines produced no radiation whatsoever, others produced
> enough to irradiate everyone in the next room.
>
> The ability to see inside the human body for the first time was a
> marvelous, mysterious and deeply provocative discovery. Roentgen
> trained X-rays on his wife's hand for 15 minutes, producing a
> macabre image of the bones of her hand adorned by her wedding
> ring. Roentgen's biographer, Otto Glasser, says Mrs. Roentgen
> "could hardly believe that this bony hand was her own and
> shuddered at the thought that she was seeing her skeleton. To
> Mrs. Roentgen, as to many others later, this experience gave a
> vague premonition of death," Glasser wrote.[1,pg.4]
>
> Within a year, by 1896, physicians were using X-rays for
> diagnosis and as a new way of gathering evidence to protect
> themselves against malpractice suits. Almost immediately --
> during 1895-96 -- it also became clear that X-rays could cause
> serious medical problems. Some physicians received burns that
> wouldn't heal, requiring amputation of their fingers. Others
> developed fatal cancers.
>
> At that time, antibiotics had not yet been discovered, so
> physicians had only a small number of treatments they could offer
> their patients; X-rays gave them a range of new procedures that
> were very "high tech" -- bordering on the miraculous -- and which
> seemed to hold out promise to the sick. Thus the medical world
> embraced these mysterious, invisible rays with great enthusiasm.
> Understandably, physicians at the time often thought they
> observed therapeutic benefits where controlled experiments today
> find none.
>
> At that time -- just prior to 1920 -- the editor of AMERICAN
> X-RAY JOURNAL said "there are about 100 named diseases that yield
> favorably to X-ray treatment." In her informative history of the
> technology, MULTIPLE EXPOSURES; CHRONICLES OF THE RADIATION AGE,
> Catherine Caufield (see REHW #200, #201, #202), comments on this
> period: "Radiation treatment for benign [non-cancer] diseases
> became a medical craze that lasted for 40 or more
> years."[1,pg.15] "...[L]arge groups of people [were] needlessly
> irradiated for such minor problems as ringworm and acne.... Many
> women had their ovaries irradiated as a treatment for
> depression."[1,pg.15] Such uses of X-rays would today be viewed
> as quackery, but many of them were accepted medical practice into
> the 1950s. Physicians weren't the only ones enthusiastic about
> X-ray therapies. If you get a large enough dose of X-rays your
> hair falls out, so "beauty shops installed X-ray equipment to
> remove their customers' unwanted facial and body hair," Catherine
> Caufield reports.[1,pg.15]
>
> Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895 led directly to Henri
> Becquerel's discovery of the radioactivity of uranium in 1896 and
> then to the discovery of radium by Marie Curie and her husband
> Pierre in 1898, for which Becquerel and the Curies were jointly
> awarded the Nobel prize in 1903. (Twenty years later Madame Curie
> would die of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.)
>
> Soon radioactive radium was being prescribed by physicians
> alongside X-rays. Radium treatments were prescribed for heart
> trouble, impotence, ulcers, depression, arthritis, cancer, high
> blood pressure, blindness and tuberculosis, among other ailments.
> Soon radioactive toothpaste was being marketed, then radioactive
> skin cream. In Germany, chocolate bars containing radium were
> sold as a "rejuvenator."[1,pg.28] In the U.S, hundreds of
> thousands of people began drinking bottled water laced with
> radium, as a general elixir known popularly as "liquid sunshine."
> As recently as 1952 LIFE magazine wrote about the beneficial
> effects of inhaling radioactive radon gas in deep mines. Even
> today The Merry Widow Health Mine near Butte, Montana and the
> Sunshine Radon Health Mine nearby advertise that visitors to the
> mines report multiple benefits from inhaling radioactive
> radon,[2] even though numerous studies now indicate that the only
> demonstrable health effect of radon gas is lung cancer.
>
> Thus the medical world and popular culture together embraced
> X-rays (and other radioactive emanations) as miraculous remedies,
> gifts to humanity from the foremost geniuses of an inventive age.
>
> In the popular imagination, these technologies suffered a serious
> setback when atomic bombs were detonated over Japan in 1945. Even
> though the A-bombs arguably shortened WW II and saved American
> lives, John Hersey's description of the human devastation in
> HIROSHIMA forever imprinted the mushroom cloud in the popular
> mind as an omen of unutterable ruin. Despite substantial efforts
> to cast The Bomb in a positive light, radiation technology would
> never recover the luster it had gained before WW II.
>
> Seven years after A-bombs were used in war, Dwight Eisenhower set
> the U.S. government on a new course, intended to show the world
> that nuclear weapons, radioactivity and radiation were not
> harbingers of death but were in fact powerful, benign servants
> offering almost-limitless benefits to humankind. The "Atoms for
> Peace" program was born, explicitly aimed at convincing Americans
> and the world that these new technologies were full of hope, and
> that nuclear power reactors should be developed with tax dollars
> to generate electricity. The promise of this newest technical
> advance seemed too good to be true -- electricity "too cheap to
> meter."[3]
>
> The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 created the civilian Atomic Energy
> Commission but as a practical matter the nation's top military
> commanders maintained close control over the development of all
> nuclear technologies.[4]
>
> Thus by a series of historical accidents, all of the major
> sources of ionizing radiation fell under the purview of people
> and institutions who had no reason to want to explore the early
> knowledge that radiation was harmful. In 1927, Hermann J. Muller
> had demonstrated that X-rays caused inheritable genetic damage,
> and he received a Nobel prize for his efforts. However, he had
> performed his experiments on fruit flies and it was easy, or at
> least convenient, to dismiss his findings as irrelevant to
> humans.
>
> In sum, to physicians, radiation seemed a promising new therapy
> for treating nearly every ailment under the sun; for the military
> and the Joint Commmission on Atomic Energy in Congress it
> unleashed hundreds of billions of dollars, a veritable flood of
> taxpayer funds, most of which came with almost no oversight
> because of official secrecy surrounding weapons development; and
> for private-sector government contractors like Union Carbide,
> Monsanto Chemical Co., General Electric, Bechtel Corporation,
> DuPont, Martin Marietta and others -- it meant an opportunity to
> join the elite "military-industrial complex" whose growing
> political power President Eisenhower warned against in his final
> address to Congress in 1959.
>
> Throughout the 1950s the military detonated A-bombs above-ground
> at the Nevada Test Site, showering downwind civilian populations
> with radioactivity.[5] At the Hanford Reservation in Washington
> state, technicians intentionally released huge clouds of
> radioactivity to see what would happen to the human populations
> thus exposed. In one Hanford experiment 500,000 Curies of
> radioactive iodine were released; iodine collects in the human
> thyroid gland. The victims of this experiment, mostly Native
> Americans, were not told about it for 45 years.[6,pg.96] American
> sailors on ships and soldiers on the ground were exposed to large
> doses of radioactivity just to see what would happen to them. The
> military brass insisted that being showered with radiation is
> harmless. In his autobiography, Karl Z. Morgan, who served as
> radiation safety director at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
> (Clinton, Tennessee) from 1944 to 1971, recalls that, "The
> Veterans Administration seems always on the defensive to make
> sure the victims are not compensated."[6,pg.101] Morgan recounts
> the story of John D. Smitherman, a Navy man who received large
> doses of radiation during A-bomb experiments on Bikini Atoll in
> 1946. Morgan writes, "The Veterans Administration denied any
> connection to radiation exposure until 1988, when it had awarded
> his widow benefits. By the time of his death, Smitherman's body
> was almost consumed by cancers of the lung, bronchial lymph
> nodes, diaphragm, spleen, pancreas, intestines, stomach, liver,
> and adrenal glands. In 1989, a year after it had awarded the
> benefits, the VA revoked them from Smitherman's widow."[6,pg.101]
>
> Starting in the 1940s and continuing into the 1960s, thousands of
> uranium miners were told that breathing radon gas in the uranium
> mines of New Mexico was perfectly safe. Only now are the
> radon-caused lung cancers being tallied up, as the truth leaks
> out 50 years too late.
>
> In retrospect, a kind of nuclear mania swept the industrial
> world. What biotechnology and high-tech computers are today,
> atomic technology was in the 1950s and early 1960s. Government
> contractors spent billions to develop a nuclear-powered airplane
> -- even though simple engineering calculations told them early in
> the project that such a plane would be too heavy to carry a
> useful cargo.[4,pg.204] Monsanto Research Corporation proposed a
> plutonium-powered coffee pot that would boil water for 100 years
> without a refueling.[4,pg.227] A Boston company proposed
> cufflinks made of radioactive uranium for the simple reason that
> uranium is heavier than lead and "the unusual weight prevents
> cuffs from riding up."[4,pg.227]
>
> In 1957, the Atomic Energy Commission established its Plowshare
> Division -- named of course for the Biblical "swords into
> plowshares" phrasing in Isaiah (2:4).[4,pg.231] Our government
> and its industrial partners were determined to show the world
> that this technology was benign, no matter what the facts might
> be. On July 14, 1958, Dr. Edward Teller, the father of the
> H-bomb, arrived in Alaska to announce Project Chariot, a plan to
> carve a new harbor out of the Alaska coast by detonating up to
> six H-bombs. After a tremendous political fight -- documented in
> Dan O'Neill's book, THE FIRECRACKER BOYS[7] -- the plan was
> shelved. Another plan was developed to blast a new canal across
> Central America with atomic bombs, simply to give the U.S. some
> leverage in negotiating with Panama over control of the Panama
> Canal. That plan, too, was scrapped. In 1967, an A-bomb was
> detonated underground in New Mexico, to release natural gas
> trapped in shale rock formations. Trapped gas was in fact
> released, but -- as the project's engineers should have been able
> to predict -- the gas turned out to be radioactive so the hole in
> the ground was plugged and a bronze plaque in the desert is all
> that remains visible of Project Gasbuggy.[4,pg.236]
>
> In sum, according to NEW YORK TIMES columnist H. Peter Metzger,
> the Atomic Energy Commission wasted billions of dollars on
> "crackpot schemes," all for the purpose of proving that nuclear
> technology is beneficial and not in any way harmful.[4,pg.237]
>
> The Plowshare Division may have been a complete failure, but one
> lasting result emerged from all these efforts: A powerful culture
> of denial sunk deep roots into the heart of scientific and
> industrial America.
>
> [To be continued April 13.]
>
> Descriptor terms: radiation; nuclear weapons; nuclear power;
> x-rays; cancer; carcinogens; karl z. morgan; downwinders;
> nevada test site; hanford;
>
> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
> [1] Catherine Caufield, MULTIPLE EXPOSURES; CHRONICLES OF THE
> RADIATION AGE (New York: Harper & Row, 1989). ISBN 0-06-015900-6.
>
> [2] Jim Robbins, "Camping Out in the Merry Widow Mine," HIGH
> COUNTRY NEWS Vol. 26, No. 12 (June 27, 1994), pgs. unknown. See
> http://www.hcn.org/1994/jun27/dir/reporters.html. And see
> http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MTBASradon.html
>
> [3] Arjun Makhijani and Scott Saleska, THE NUCLEAR POWER
> DECEPTION; U.S. NUCLEAR MYTHOLOGY FROM ELECTRICITY "TOO CHEAP TO
> METER" TO "INHERENTLY SAFE" REACTORS (New York: The Apex Press,
> 1999). ISBN 0-945257-75-9.
>
> [4] H. Peter Metzger, THE ATOMIC ESTABLISHMENT (New York: Simon &
> Schuster, 1972). ISBN 671-21351-2.
>
> [5] Michael D'Antonio, ATOMIC HARVEST (New York: Crown
> Publishers, 1993). ISBN 0-517-58981-8. And: Chip Ward, Canaries
> on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West (New York: Verso, 1999).
> ISBN 1859847501.
>
> [6] Karl Z. Morgan and Ken M. Peterson, THE ANGRY GENIE; ONE
> MAN'S WALK THROUGH THE NUCLEAR AGE (Norman, Oklahoma: University
> of Oklahoma Press, 1999). ISBN 0-8061-3122-5.
>
> [7] Dan O'Neill, THE FIRECRACKER BOYS (New York: St. Martin's
> Press, 1994). ISBN 0-312-13416-9.
>
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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) GPW2000 Phoenix & Albuquerque
Date: 19 Mar 2000 10:05:22 -0800

The Global Peace Walk 2000 is encamped in Stagestop camping area outide
Sedona Arizona over the spring equinox for ceremonies and counciling before
major events in Phoenix, Arizona, March 24-28, 2000, where with your
networking help the walk events may garner national media attention for the
first time along its route.  Please pass on the below basic information
about Phoenix and Albuquerque upcoming events to your networks to alert
those in these areas who can join these events and help them gain needed
public attention for vital peace, social justice, and environmental
"survival issue messages" being united under the banner of "Global Peace
Now!" as a universal human resolve.   For regular updates on walk location,
directions to camp, or to leave a message for the walkers, check
updates/voicemail at 415-267-1877

The mayor of Phoenix this week is expected to issue his proclamation
recognizing the Phoenix Global Peace Walk 2000 appearances.

The walk's Phoenix host, Baseline Mansion's Phoenix CoHousing Project, is
also soliciting interest in its plan to buy their leased 4-1/2 acre property
from the owner for creation of a CoHousing community project for those
interested in living there to help foster a local culture of peace in
Phoenix.  More info on this is available at
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/292.html and
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/293.html
Gatherings and ceremonies including sweat lodge will be held there during
the walk's stay in Phoenix to further these plans and the mission of Global
Peace Walk 2000.  The walkers offer their appreciation for the many years of
progressive community organizations support, and special thanks to Brian
Kruger and the Baseline Mansion Project community for their kindness and
support in offering the walkers hospitality for their six days time in
Phoenix.


Below is text for basic flyer for
Phoenix, Arizona, Global Peace Walk 2000 events taking place
March 24-28, 2000.

Printable typeset versions may be downloaded in WordPad
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/295.html
or in case you cannot use wordpad, less clear efax format
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/297.html

=======Phoenix flyer text:

United Nations 55th Anniversary
Future Generations Prayer
We are concerned about our future and our human life.

Phoenix, Arizona
Global Peace Walk 2000
Develop Spiritual United Nations
and a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century
Bring Your Banners & Your Message

Friday, March 24th
9AM Senator John McCain's Office Building
(2400 East Arizona Biltmore Circle)

9mile walk to 1PM, Phoenix City Hall
(200 West Washington)

Saturday, March 25th
Afternoon-Eve Benefit Gathering/Music
Baseline Mansion CoHousing Community Project
(2501 East Baseline Road, 602-305-7988)

Monday, March 27, 11AM City Hall to Capitol, 1mile

Tuesday, March 28, 11AM, 31st Anniversary of Three Mile Island accident
Presentation and Demonstration by Energy Machine Inventor
Joseph Newman of a non-polluting Revolutionary Energy Technology
designed to replace all nuclear and fossil fuel power systems.
(at Baseline Mansion Project Stage)
Information on Newman Energy Machine <http://www.josephnewman.com>

Uniting Survival Issue Messages in "Global Peace Now!" universal human
resolve
Spiritual Walk for a Global Peace Zone 2000
San Francisco Jan15th,
St. Louis August 6th,
Washington DC October 9th,
New York City - U.N. October 24, 2000

Voicemail 415-863-2084 -- PO Box 170245, San Francisco, CA 94117-0245
[e-mail]
Recorded walk location/route update info and voicemail 415-267-1877
http://www.globalpeacenow.org

LOCAL CONTACT:  Brian Kruger, Baseline Mansion Project, 602-305-7988

=============end Phoenix flyer text


Below is text of flyer for Albuquerque, New Mexico,
Global Peace Walk 2000 event April 4, 2000,

Printable typeset versions may be downloaded in WordPad
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/296.html
or in case you cannot use wordpad, less clear efax format
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/298.html



==========Albuquerque flyer text:

United Nations 55th Anniversary
Future Generations Prayer
We are concerned about our future and our human life.

Global Peace Walk 2000
San Francisco             Washington Monument         United Nations, NYC
January 15th                          October 9th
October 24th

Develop Spiritual United Nations
and a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century
Bring Your Banners & Your Message

Albuquerque
Tuesday, April 4th
Anniversary Martin Luther King demise

Robinson Park
to City Hall

11:00 AM, Robinson Park
(8th Street & Central Avenue, downtown)

NOON Albuquerque City Hall

Uniting Survival Issue Messages in "Global Peace Now!" universal human
resolve
A Spiritual Walk for a Global Peace Zone 2000
San Francisco Jan15th,
St. Louis August 6th,
Washington DC October 9th,
New York City - U.N. October 24, 2000

Recorded walk location/route update info and voicemail 415-267-1877
PO Box 170245, San Francisco, CA 94117-0245
[e-mail]      http://www.globalpeacenow.org

LOCAL CONTACT:  Bruce Bush 505-256-0810

========end Albuquerque flyer text:

David Crockett Williams  [e-mail]
20411 Steeple Court, Tehachapi, CA 93561
661-822-3309

Global Peace Walk 2000
http://www.globalpeacenow.org
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html
Updates 415-267-1877 -- Voicemail 415-863-2084
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/schedule.html SCHEDULE & contacts

GLOBAL  EMERGENCY  ALERT  RESPONSE
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000

The Vision of Paradise on Earth
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html

Please Support HR 2545:
Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act of 1999
Details & Email:  http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm
Sign letter to Senators which can be found at
http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#senate
Send letter to Representatives supporting HR-2545
http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#letter

Easy indexed site to email Congresspeople & Media
http://congress.nw.dc.us/wnd
(copy & paste email letters to media and Congress)

An Agenda for Peace
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/agenda.html



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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: FW: Mobile Chernobyl ALERT! House vote coming!
Date: 20 Mar 2000 10:04:39 -0500

>Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:25:21 -0500
>Subject: FW: Mobile Chernobyl ALERT! House vote coming!
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mariotte, Michael
>Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 2:55 PM
>To: Mariotte, Michael
>Subject: Mobile Chernobyl ALERT! House vote coming!
>
>
>NIRS ACTION ALERT, Friday, March 17th, 2000
>
>MOBILE CHERNOBYL BILL
>REARING ITS UGLY HEAD YET AGAIN IN CONGRESS
>
>The U.S. House of Representatives will take up the recently passed
>Senate version of S. 1287, the "Mobile Chernobyl" bill, as early as
>Fri., March 24th.  This bill would initiate the transport of high-level
>atomic waste to an unsound site in Nevada and weaken environmental
>standards. President Clinton has promised to veto the bill.
>Call, fax or write your U.S Representative immediately. Urge them to
>oppose S. 1287, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2000. Urge
>them to support Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) in his efforts to
>strengthen the bill's nearly non-existent safety standards for
>high-level radioactive waste transportation.
>Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at [phone], to be plugged
>through to your U.S. Rep. To write your Rep., address the letter to: The
>Honorable (full name); United States House of Representatives;
>Washington, D.C. 20515; Dear Representative (last name) If you would
>like to fax your letter, call NIRS at [phone] for your Rep.'s fax
>number.
>If you're able to do more, after you've contacted your Rep. yourself,
>consider one of these ideas: activate your organization's phone tree,
>forward this e-mail alert, host a letter-writing party, set up an info
>table with a cell phone at your food co-op or college student union and
>give folks there the chance to flood your Rep. with phone calls on the
>spot, (insert YOUR idea here!), yell it from the rooftops - get those
>calls and letters rolling into Congress to STOP MOBILE CHERNOBYL, OPPOSE
>S. 1287!
>Tell your Representative to oppose S. 1287 because:
>
>n S. 1287 undermines Environmental Protection Agency authority by
>blocking EPA from setting radiation protection standards till June 1,
>2001-until after a new President is in the White House- thus placing
>politics over science and undermining public health and environmental
>protection at Yucca Mountain. The Clinton Administration has vowed to
>veto S. 1287 for this reason.
>
>n S. 1287 would launch the largest nuclear waste transportation program
>in history: tens of thousands of truck and train casks traveling through
>43 States, within half a mile of the homes of over 50 million Americans.
>How are we supposed to trust DOE and NRC to do this safely, when they
>are responsible for radiation catastrophes at STATIONARY waste storage
>sites, and are regularly locking the public out of any role in decision
>making?!
>
>n Are emergency responders prepared to deal with a radiation accident?
>Do they have the training and equipment they would need to handle
>emergencies safely and protect themselves and your community? The
>Japanese nuclear accident last fall showed that emergency responders,
>attempting to rescue injured workers, were themselves seriously
>contaminated.
>
>n Chances are, waste shipments will pass through your Congressional
>district. Check that out at the "Atomic Atlas" web site
>(http://www.citizen/org/cmep/AtomicAtlas/atlas.htm), which will also
>show you the elementary schools, colleges, and hospitals waste will roll
>by in your community.
>
>n Ask your Representative how much sense it makes to be debating when
>and how to send waste to a site that will certainly leak? Yucca Mountain
>is an active earthquake zone, with over 600 quakes within 50 miles in
>the past 25 years. Last fall, a quake derailed a train on a railway that
>could be used to transport high level waste. Rainwater is able to
>percolate deep down into the mountain at fast rates. That threatens to
>corrode waste casks and wash radiation into the groundwater, so that
>residents downstream would be exposed to harmful doses. Under DOE
>guidelines, this fast rate of water flow alone should disqualify the
>site from further consideration. Instead, DOE is attempting to change
>the guidelines, to remove this disqualifying condition. Now, with S.
>1287, Congress would weaken Yucca Mountain standards further still.
>Nuclear waste legislation should genuinely deal with the problem, not
>make it worse!
>
>n The big question is WHY the House would attempt to force this issue
>now, when just last month the Senate failed to win the votes necessary
>to override President Clinton's promised veto?
>
>BACKGROUND
>
>Question: So, why did the Member of Congress cross the road (with
>high-level nuclear waste in tow)?
>Answer: To collect campaign contributions from the nuclear power
>industry, silly!
>
>It's an election year, so some Members of the House are eager to
>demonstrate their "worthiness" to nuclear utility companies. The nuclear
>power industry, of course, is eager to dump its high-level nuclear
>wastes onto our nation's roads and rails at taxpayer liability and
>expense.
>With 34 votes against the Senate's version of the Mobile Chernobyl bill
>on Feb. 10th, the Senate was unable to pass the bill with a veto-proof
>margin. It was a real victory. We had hoped Mobile Chernobyl was dead
>for the rest of this year in Congress, so we could focus on the Dept. of
>Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission's own unacceptable shortcuts on
>sound science and weakening of safety standards.
>But we weren't not so lucky. Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-AK), who
>emotionally blurted "This Senator from Alaska is done beating his head
>against the wall on this one" just after S. 1287 had failed to win
>enough votes to override the Administration's promised veto, seems ready
>to beat his head some more. Murkowski sat down with U.S. Representative
>Bliley (R-VA), chair of the House Commerce Committee, and has convinced
>him to move Mobile Chernobyl to the Floor of the House for a vote. S.
>1287 is already scheduled for Floor time on Fri., March 24th.
>The whole Yucca Mountain fight is coming to a head. The DOE plans to
>publish its Final Environmental Impact Statement this November, as well
>as complete its Site Recommendation Consideration Report, which the
>Secretary of Energy will use to make his/her December 31, 2001 Site
>Recommendation decision to the President. This, despite the fact that
>important scientific studies are years away from completion, and won't
>be completed until AFTER DOE's decision! DOE's intention to go forward
>with Yucca Mountain is clear.
>NIRS and our allies in Washington and across the country are gearing up
>to launch a national campaign this spring, summer, and fall, to educate
>communities about these Mobile Chernobyl routes right through their
>FRONT yards. It goes without saying, the Yucca Mountain/Mobile Chernobyl
>fight will be won at the grassroots level. What better way to kick off
>this campaign than with another roadblock to the nuclear industry's
>plans, by stopping Mobile Chernobyl dead in its tracks on Capitol Hill?
>Please contact your Representative today!
>If you have any questions or need any support, contact Kevin Kamps,
>nuclear waste specialist, Nuclear Information & Resource Service, at
>1424 16th St. NW, Suite 404, Washington, D.C. 20036; phone (202)
>328-0002; fax [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail]. www.nirs.org
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
http://www.gracelinks.org

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network for the elimination
nuclear weapons.

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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) How anyone Can help Eliminate N-Weapons: What to Write, Numbers
Date: 21 Mar 2000 16:42:25 +1000

PLEASE RE- POST  AND FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU POSSIBLY CAN
(Sorry for duplicate copies caused by double- posting.)

Please read this slowly and carefully!

- This email tells you exactly how you as an ordinary individual can really
make a difference to the coming (April 24-May19) review conference of the
nuclear nonproliferation treaty, and help to eliminate nuclear weapons.

It tells you what to write and what numbers to fax it to.

The Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is in just 34
days. (Apr 24-May19th)

The nuclear nonproliferation treaty is just about the most important
international treaty there is, and it has been signed by every country on
the planet except Cuba, India, Pakistan and Israel.

Article VI of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty committs nuclear weapon
states to negotiate to eliminate their nuclear arsenals. It has been in
force since 1970, thirty years, and progress toward the elimination of
nuclear weapons is stalled.  That Article VI really does impose a legal
obligation to eliminate nuclear weapons was reaffirmed by the international
Court of Justice in 1996.

There is concern that if progress is not made by the nuclear weapons states
toward the fulfilment of Article VI, the NPT, the main instrument of
nuclear non proliferation, may start to unravel.

That would mean more nuclear weapons, more countries with nuclear weapons,
and a greater chance of nuclear war in the future.

It is essential to get a clear message from the public to all governments
in every country, but especially to the heads of the Nuclear Weapons
States, that article VI of the NPT must be fulfilled, and that progress
toward filling it must start immediately.

Ordinary people can best do this by writing and faxing a letter (preferably
handwritten NOT printed), to your Foreign Minister or Prime Minister or
President.  Sample letters and fax numbers are below.

If you are an organisation please sign the Abolition Statement by emailing
[e-mail] or by visiting Http://www.abolition2000.org.

A URL where the fax numbers of every head of state and foreign minister in
the world is listed plus lots of information is this:
Http://www.abolition2000.org.   It also has a (very) short sample letter.

(Another URL that has the fax numbers of heads of state, foreign ministers
and UN missions and also has lots of information on the NPT Review is:
Http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org )

Some of the relevant fax numbers are listed below. If your country is not
on this list, you can find your foreign minister or head of state on one of
the two URLs above.
(The + in front stands for whatever your countrys ISD access code may be.
You only really need it if you are faxing some other country. I hope
however, that  people may like not only to fax their own foreign minister
but also those of Russia and the US.)

Some of these numbers may have changed. If any of them don't work, let me
know at <[e-mail]>  and check the number on the URL or with
your own telephone system.

If you are in the US, President Clintons fax number is 1-202-456-2461

If you are in Australia, foreign minister Alexander Downers fax number is
61-2-6273-4112.
Prime Minister Howards fax number is 61-2-6273-4100

If you are in Russia, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov's fax number is
[phone] or [phone]. (You need to be persistent with these
numbers)
The general Kremlin fax number is [phone]. (This is the slowest fax
in the universe)

If you are in France, your foreign ministers fax number is [phone]=
,
Jacques Chirac's fax number is [phone].

If you are in the UK, Tony Blairs fax number is [phone].
The Foreign Minister, Robin Cook's fax number is:  [phone]

If you are in Germany, the Chancellors fax number is: [phone],  or
[phone]
=46oreign Minister Joschka Fischers number is any of these: 49-228-168-6662,
49-30-20186-252,
[phone], [phone]

Here are the fax numbers of some foreign ministers only:
If you are in Canada, your foreign ministers fax number is: [phone].
If you are in Japan, you need to fax [phone]
If you are in Italy please fax [phone], or 39-6-3222-850 or 39-6-3222-=
734
If you are in Hungary, please fax your foreign minister on [phone]
If you are in Korea, try  your minister of foreign affairs on
[phone], [phone]
If you are in Brazil, your foreign ministers fax should be [phone]
If you are in Mexico, try [phone]
If you are in Greece try 30-1-645-0094 (or 0095)
If you are in Thailand, try [phone], or 66-2-226-1374


If you are an ordinary person or an organisation, you can fax a suitably
customised version of one of the sample letters below to either your Prime
Minister, your President, or most importantly, your Foreign Minister.

Next comes the texts of a sample letter that can be sent by anyone to their
heads of state, prime ministers and foreign ministers anywhere, and a
sample letter that can be sent to the Russian government. There is also one
we are sending to the foreign minister of Australia, Alexander Downer.

I reccommend sending the letter to the Russian government if you are in
Eastern Europe or in Russia or in CIS countries as well as a letter to your
own head of state/foreign minister.  Note that it is copied to President
Clinton.

The general letter is to be sent anywhere, but is largely designed for
countries other than the US, Russia,  or the UK. I strongly suggest that
you make changes to adapt it to what you know of your particular country
and its position.

=46or example, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden, Brazil, Egypt, Mexico, South
Africa, and a large number of other countries have actually taken a very
good position on this issue. If your country's position is a good one your
letter will need to congratulate them for that, and urge them to maintain
it.

If you don't know exactly what your countrys position is going to be then
send the letter as it is but ask them what it will be.

TEXT OF
(1)GENERAL SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYBODY TO SEND
AND
(2)SAMPLE LETTER TO PUTIN AND IVANOV
(3)SAMPLE LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ALEXANDER DOWNER

=46OLLOWS


(1)GENERAL SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYBODY TO SEND

RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000
- GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

TO: PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER,


Your Excellency,
[0r]
Dear President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister,

I am writing  to urge [your/our]  government to take a strong position at
the upcoming  Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in
New York April 24 to May 19, 2000, and to urge [your/our] head of state or
of government or foreign minister to attend this  meeting.

It is vital that the governments of all nations   do their utmost to
pressure  the nuclear weapons states, especially the US and Russia, to do
more  to fulfill their obligations under Article VI of the NPT,  and
negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero.

The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a unanimous
advisory opinion that this is indeed a legal obligation.

The nuclear weapons states are currently making very little movement toward
fulfilling  this obligation.  Instead there have been many developments in
the opposite direction.

The US Senate has failed to ratify the CTBT, (Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty) and the US is contemplating the deployment of a Ballistic Missile
Defence System in violation of the 1972 ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile)
treaty.

Talks between the US and Russia to make cuts in nuclear weapons are
stalled, as is implementation of  START II. Russia has changed its previous
policy of 'no first use' of nuclear weapons to one that mirrors those of
the western states, and its Duma has refused to ratify START-II.

Both the US and Russia continue to conduct 'subcritical' nuclear tests.
China is modernizing its nuclear arsenal, and India and Pakistan have
openly tested nuclear weapons. Israel,  in spite of a recent debate in the
Knessett, refuses to acknowledge its nuclear capabilities but may have as
many as 400 weapons.

On the other hand, the non nuclear weapons states with a few notable
exceptions, have adhered to their side of the bargain, while the NPT has
become nearly universal.

A successful outcome at the coming NPT Review Conference,  would explicitly
commit parties under Article VI to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an
early date,  and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline
the process for that to occur.

It is important that your government and every government, use its position
to push the nuclear weapon states and particularly the US and Russia, to
fulfill Article VI during the coming review conference.

A key preliminary step in this direction that would reduce the danger of
purely accidental war,  and improve the climate for further steps, would be
the abandonment of 'launch on warning' postures. This should be followed by
reduction of alert status of warheads, and the verifiable physical removal
of
warheads from delivery vehicles.

It is especially vital that [your/our] [head of government/head of
state/foreign minister] be present at the proceedings of this review
conference. The decisions taken at the coming NPT Review conference will
literally determine the fate of the world. Only by the authority lent by
the presence of heads of State or of Government can decisions be taken that
will have the end result of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and
fulfilling the mandate of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty over the last
thirty years.

Signed...etc.



(2)SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYONE TO SEND TO PRESIDENT PUTIN
AND
=46OREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV.

RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000
- GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

TO: PRESIDENT PUTIN [phone],
=46OREIGN MINISTER IVANOV [phone], [phone]
RUSSIAS UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR + 1 212 628 0252
cc
PRESIDENT CLINTON [phone]

Dear President Putin and Foreign Minister Ivanov,

I am writing  to urge Russia's government to fulfill its obligations under
Article VI of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty.

It is vital that we negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero
sooner rather than later.

The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a unanimous
judgment, that this is indeed a legal obligation.

It is now vital that the Russia and the US fulfill their clear obligations
under Article VI of the nonproliferation treaty. While arms reductions have
occurred since the 1980s, this process of reduction has now stalled and may
be going into reverse.

The US and Russia are both signed on to a treaty, article VI of which
demands that you negotiate to eliminate your nuclear arsenals. The binding
nature of Article VI was  reaffirmed by the 1996 unanimous advisory opinion
of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Russia and the US together, as well as China, the UK and France cannot
forever refuse to fulfill their clear legal obligations under the NPT while
expecting that other countries will continue to fulfill theirs. The
credibility of the NPT will disappear if the nuclear weapon states -
yourselves - do not fulfill your obligations. The eventual result of that
is likely to be much wider acquisition of nuclear weapons, with a vastly
increased likelihood of nuclear war.

While Russia may have been given reasons to distrust US and NATO
intentions, the stakes in getting rid of nuclear weapons are literally
ultimate. No political goal no matter how central it may seem to the
interests of either Russia or the US can justify the possible destruction
of human civilisation and life worldwide.

Public opinion in both your countries is strongly in favor of negotiating
to eliminate nuclear weapons. Global public opinion is overwhelmingly in
favor of this and indeed demands it, as do the overwhelming majority of
governments.

A successful outcome at the coming NPT Review Conference,  would explicitly
commit parties under Article VI to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an
early date,  and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline
the process for that to occur.

In this context, it is especially vital that the Russian and US Presidents
be present at the proceedings of the NPT  Review Conference, and be ready
to negotiate to eliminate your nuclear arsenals as you are obliged to do
under Article VI. The decisions taken at the coming NPT Review conference
will literally determine the fate of the world. Only by the authority lent
by the presence of heads of State or of Government can decisions be taken
that will have the end result of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and
fulfilling the mandate of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty over the last
thirty years.

Signed...etc.

(3)SAMPLE LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ALEXANDER DOWNER

SAMPLE LETTER TO ALEXANDER DOWNER/JOHN HOWARD ON THE NUCLEAR
NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE

RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000
- GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

TO:
JOHN HOWARD, PRIME MINISTER 02-6273-4100, 9251-5454
ALEXANDER DOWNER, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 02-6273-4112

Dear Foreign Minister Downer and Prime Minister Howard,
I am writing  to urge the Australian  government to take a strong position
at the upcoming  Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
in new York April 24 to May 19, 2000.

It is vital that the Australian government  does its utmost to  pressure
the nuclear weapons states, especially the US and Russia, to do more  to
fulfill their obligations under Article VI of the NPT,  and negotiate their
nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero sooner rather than later.

The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a a unanimous
judgment that this is indeed a legal obligation.

The nuclear weapons states are currently making very little movement toward
fulfilling  this obligation.  Instead there have been many developments in
the opposite direction.

The US Senate has failed to ratify the CTBT,(Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty)
the US is contemplating the deployment of a highly destabilising Ballistic
Missile Defence System in violation of the 1972 ABM (Anti-Ballistic
Missile) treaty, and talks between the US and Russia to make cuts in
nuclear weapons are stalled.

A successful outcome would explicitly commit parties to the elimination of
nuclear weapons at an early date and a global regime banning nuclear
weapons, and would outline the process for that to occur.

Australia has had a good reputation in the nuclear disarmament field. It is
important that Australia use its position to push the nuclear weapon states
and particularly our allies in that direction during the coming review
conference.

I note that a resolution to this effect passed the Senate on March 9th, and
am disappointed that the government was not able to support that
resolution.

Signed...etc.



John Hallam
=46riends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
=46ax (61)(2)9517-3902  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd





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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) IMPORTANT Timely Personal Request [short]
Date: 20 Mar 2000 23:19:04 -0800

Just in case you missed my very important longer post early today
"Presidential Campaign Miracle in The Making?",

Or maybe you have been too busy yet to spend 10minutes reading and
responding to it,

And perhaps it was a bit too long at 19-20K for you to feel comfortable yet
forwarding to your email contact lists, but PLEASE now take the 1-minute
to read this short post and forward this one widely ASAP.

Daily for the next three days I will be sending out press releases to large
national media lists and Thursday (Mar23) mid-day I leave for Phoenix trying
to get national media exposure for critical progressive issues during the
five days of Global Peace Walk 2000 events there starting 9AM Friday at
Senator John McCain's office and ending Sunday with my formal announcement
of the Williams-Peltier USCampaign Independent Candidacy for the United
States Presidency.

This is a bone fide serious campaign whose details are explained in my
earlier post which includes authorities and agreements citations, strategy,
etc, archived at <http://www.egroups.com/group/williams-peltier/3.html>

I need quick responses now with the names of those who agree to be
Electors for this campaign to "get to first base" on ballot access and
publicity.  If you already know what this means and entails you can now
email your Name and Address for this purpose, as they are listed on your
voter registration, to <[e-mail]>, with Subject Line starting
with your State abbreviation in brackets followed by a space and then your
name, eg, "[CA] John Buck Doe", or "[OH] John B. Doe" (without quotes)
depending on how your name is registered.

That's it.  That's all we need right now.  No time commitment.

For details see above archived post.  Excuse me if you already responded.

In each daily press release I want to mention numbers of Presidential
Elector
respondants to date.

Thanks very much for doing this now and forwarding this summary intro post
to your lists.

David Crockett Williams
<[e-mail]>
Special Address for USCampaign
A Global Emergency Alert Response
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Sign-on letter for Russian NGOs
Date: 21 Mar 2000 10:51:29 -0500

>Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:44:24 -0500
>Subject: Sign-on letter for Russian NGOs
>Priority: non-urgent
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>To: [e-mail], [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>PLEASE RESPOND TO [e-mail]
>
>Friends!
>Please add your signature to this appeal.  On March 23, the Russian
>government will review whether to authorize the importation of
>radioactive material into Russia from other countries.  Many
>organizations around the world have already agreed to unite with Russian
>NGOs and sign-on to this letter.  Now the letter has been translated
>into English and will be disseminated around the world.
>
>Aleksei Yablokov
>March 20, 2000
>
>Statement of non-governmental environmental organizations on the plan to
>export-import spent nuclear fuel
>
>At the present time, countries that have developed nuclear energy have
>run into the problem of storage and burial of spent nuclear fuel and
>radioactive waste.  Not wanting to use its territory for the repository
>of these dangerous materials, the governments and nuclear-energy
>companies of these countries are trying to transport them to other
>countries that are experiencing economic difficulties, in particular, to
>Russia.  Earlier attempts by industrial countries to establish
>international repositories for spent nuclear fuel in Australia, South
>Africa and Namibia were not successful.  Proposals by private companies
>to construct such a repository on one of the islands in the Pacific
>Ocean that belongs to the US caused a sharp negative reaction by the
>White House.
>
>Russian legislation forbids the import of foreign radioactive materials
>for storage and burial on Russian territory.  The Ministry of the
>Russian Federation on atomic energy (Minatom), which is counting on
>receiving the material into its custody and developing its potential, is
>lobbying to change this law and is making preparations for organizations
>of commercial storage and for the reprocessing of foreign radioactive
>waste and spent nuclear fuel in its facilities.  The Russian
>authorities, which are facing a continual budget deficit, are ready to
>change the law.
>
>The administration of the US, worried on the one hand about the security
>of fissile materials and the possible leaking of nuclear specialists
>from Russia, and on the other hand, not wanting to store spent nuclear
>fuel on its own territory from countries that use in their reactors
>nuclear fuel that was produced in the US, is giving in to the support of
>the commercial storage of foreign radioactive materials in Russia.
>
>The United States, in exchange for giving permission to Russia to import
>spent nuclear fuel from Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Switzerland,
>Germany, and other countries, requires that Russia stop reprocessing
>spent nuclear fuel and further accumulation of plutonium.  But the
>accepted conception in Russia of a closed fuel cycle envisages such
>reprocessing.  Minatom promises (under the conditions of constructing
>many new nuclear power plants) to curtail the production of plutonium
>for only 200 years.  Having at its disposal large stock of Russian spent
>nuclear fuel, Minatom is ready to agree with the US requirement to give
>up reprocessing of foreign spent nuclear fuel today in order to be able
>to use it in the future in its facilities, which are constructed with
>=93radioactive=94 money.
>
>Minatom maintains that the resources they receive from storing
>radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel will go first to remediate land
>that has been polluted by radionuclides during the Cold War.  However,
>it is clear that a primary part of the resources that are received in
>the waste business go into building new nuclear power plants, factories
>for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel, and other environmentally and
>politically dangerous projects.
>
>The waste business, in which Minatom intends to earn money, will result
>in the deterioration of the environmental situation in Russia and create
>significant additional risks for the population during the transport of
>spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste and the management of dangerous
>wastes.
>
>It is disturbing to us that negotiations on the management of
>radioactive and nuclear materials, which affects the interests of the
>whole world, go on in secret from the public.  We hold that this leads
>to the weakening of international and national environmental legislation
>and undermines the foundations of civil society.
>
>We hold that countries, in which long-term radionuclides were obtained
>in reactors, should take full responsibility for their safe storage
>during the time it is necessary for full decay of all long-term
>radionuclides.
>
>We hold that the Russian and US governments and other nuclear countries
>should first take care of the safe storage of the large quantities of
>already manufactured plutonium.
>
>We categorically come out against the import and export of spent nuclear
>fuel and radioactive waste.  We are against earning =93dirty=94 money in=
 the
>morally unacceptable =93waste business,=94 which carries numerous
>misfortunes for current and future generations, we are against double
>standards.
>
>We hold that reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, which inevitably leads
>to the management of a large quantity of radioactive waste and to
>extraction of new quantities of plutonium, should be stopped in all
>countries.
>
>We are in favor of every future generation living in a less dangerous
>world.
>
>Signed,
>
>L. Popova =AD Center for nuclear ecology and energy policy, SEU
>A. Yablokov =AD Center for environmental policy in Russia
>E. Kriusanov =AD Program on nuclear and radioactive safety, SEU
> =20
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
http://www.gracelinks.org

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network for the elimination
nuclear weapons. =20

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Water Contamination at Nevada Test Site
Date: 21 Mar 2000 11:52:50 -0500

>Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:47:27 -0500
>Subject: Water Contamination at Nevada Test Site
>Priority: non-urgent
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>To: [e-mail], [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>   Note implications for Yucca Mountain toward the end of this lengthy
>article.
>
>
>       CONCERNS ARISE OVER AQUIFER NEAR NUCLEAR TEST SITE
>                         New York Times
>                         March 21, 2000
>                      by Martin Forstenzer
>
>    When the federal government conducted 828 underground nuclear tests
>at the Nevada Test Site from 1956 to 1992, its scientists knew that
>ground water beneath the site would become contaminated. They believed
>that the underground water barely moved, and that radioactive particles
>would be sealed into cavities by the blasts or else absorbed by
>underground rock.
>    But studies in recent years have found that radioactive particles
>like long-lived plutonium 239 can travel with water, and that water is
>flowing more rapidly beneath the site than was once believed. Scientists
>now agree that contaminated plumes have the potential to flow beyond the
>borders of the 1,573 square-mile test site in south-central Nevada,
>toward populated areas.
>    The trouble is that no one knows how big the plumes are, where they
>have already traveled or what exactly they contain. Scientists from the
>United States Geological Survey and the University of Nevada say that a
>witch's brew of radionuclides could take as little as a decade to reach
>well water in Beatty, a town of 1,500 people in the Oasis Valley about
>25 miles from the heavily contaminated northwest corner of the test
>site.
>    "Could it show up there in the next 10 years?" Randell Laczniak, a
>Geological Survey hydrologist and a co-author of a 1996 report on ground
>water at the test site, said in an interview.
>    "There's that possibility. Will it show up at a dangerous level? I
>don't know."
>    Spokesmen for the Department of Energy, which administers the test
>site, were more conservative.
>    Bob Bangerter, manager of the Energy Department's program handling
>the ground water issue, said that because some underground tests
>occurred near the test site's western boundary  at the heavily
>contaminated Pahute Mesa area and the water was moving toward the
>southwest, "there is a high potential that it  will move off of the test
>site toward the Oasis Valley." But he would not estimate when this might
>happen.
>    Another Energy Department official in Nevada, Carl Gertz, assistant
>manager for environmental management, said there was no evidence that
>the contamination had yet left the site and that it would not be likely
>to reach a populated area even 100 years from now.
>    The department has spent $176 million to evaluate the ground water
>problem at the test site, but some experts say the agency has gone about
>it the wrong way.
>    An early draft of a ground water model that tried to determine how
>far contaminants could travel at one section of the test site was
>heavily criticized last September by a review panel of ground water
>experts who said that the model lacked enough data to make it
>meaningful.
>    "It was severely data limited," said Dr. Lynn W. Gelhar, a ground
>water expert and professor of civil and environmental engineering at the
>Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who led the six-member peer
>review panel.
>    Another panel member, Dr. Dennis Weber, a physicist and ground water
>researcher at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, said the agency
>relied on one of its own previous ground water models in place of
>gathering real data about the problem. "They tried to do this without
>taking data," Dr. Weber said. "Your models are only as good as your
>data."
>    The model, which the agency is now revising, predicted that ground
>water at the Frenchman Flat area of the site could travel only about
>three-fifths of a mile in 1,000 years, but the panel said that it did
>not take into account the "plausible" possibility that the water could
>drop into a lower aquifer, where it could travel much more rapidly.
>    "The testing was not actually done down in the primary aquifer,
>which is a limestone-type aquifer, but in a zone above that," Dr. Gelhar
>said.
>    "The question is to what extent there is connection between the
>upper zone and this deeper, very permeable aquifer."
>    The Energy Department has already drilled dozens of monitoring wells
>both on and outside the test site and is installing eight wells
>northeast of Beatty. But agency critics say they are of limited value
>because they are not designed to find and define the contaminant plumes.
>    "They should design monitoring systems to intercept the contaminants
>from some of the critical larger detonations so that they learn more
>about the plumes, where they are going and how fast they are going," Dr.
>Weber said.
>    Mr. Gertz of the Energy Department, though, said new wells were not
>necessarily cost effective.
>    "Do you put a well every five miles?" Mr. Gertz asked. "Every six
>miles?" We have a site bigger than the state of Rhode Island. To go down
>to 6,000 feet, where we think you have to go in the northern part of our
>site, they're about $2 million a well.
>    What is the appropriate cost to taxpayers?"
>    Some scientists emphasize that even if ground water was to travel
>off the site, it does not mean that the radioactive contaminants would
>necessarily travel with it. It was once believed that plutonium 239
>could not travel in ground water, but in 1997, scientists from the Los
>Alamos National Laboratory concluded that plutonium 239 had traveled
>nearly a mile from the location of an underground blast by attaching
>itself to colloids, insoluble particles suspended in water.
>    It is still not known whether the element, which has a half-life of
>24,100 years, can move in ground water over distances of several miles
>in concentrations that would be harmful. But the finding increased
>concern among scientists about the potential health threat from the
>ground water.
>    The one radionuclide at the site that is known to travel freely with
>water is tritium, a hydrogen isotope that becomes part of water
>molecules.
>    Although it decays in only 12.3 years, tritium can remain dangerous
>to humans for hundreds of years when found in the kinds of large
>concentrations that the test site holds, Dr. Weber said. Other elements
>that contaminate the site include neptunium and americium, but little is
>known about their ability to travel in ground water.
>    Because Death Valley National Park is the end point of ground water
>flow for the region, scientists said that water from the test site would
>probably reach there eventually and could threaten the park, although
>most believe that it would take longer than a hundred years.
>    For residents near the test site, the focus on contaminated ground
>water has compounded fears about the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste
>repository, which the federal government plans to build near the western
>border of the Nevada Test Site not far from Beatty and other populated
>areas.
>    By making the idea of contaminated ground water less abstract, it
>has sharpened public worries about what might happen if radioactive
>material leaked from the site, which would hold tons of high-level
>radioactive waste from around the country.
>    There is no feasible way to clean the ground water of contaminants
>or divert it from flowing toward a particular place. But to prepare for
>the possibility that contaminants might someday reach a populated area,
>the Energy Department has studied a variety of costly, experimental
>plans, including trying to mine out contaminants at the test site, which
>would cost trillions of dollars and present serious health risks to
>workers, diverting the ground water back onto the test site, and piping
>or trucking water to affected communities.
>    In Beatty, the issue has been a leading topic of discussion. "I'm
>concerned for a lot of reasons," said LaRene Younghans, who owns a ranch
>just north of Beatty. "We wanted to stay here until we died, and we'll
>probably have to move."
>    Such worries spiked in late February when Nye County officials
>reported that a very high level of radiation was found in one monitoring
>well south of the Oasis Valley. The report prompted calls to the Energy
>Department from county residents and spurred emergency meetings of town
>and county officials, but it turned out to be a false alarm: the initial
>well analysis was faulty.
>    Some scientists who have studied the issue believe that the Energy
>Department has never really tried to learn much about the contaminated
>ground water in order to keep public pressure off the agency.
>    "They haven't drilled wells with the intention of finding the
>plumes," Dr. Weber said. "They didn't want to know."
>    A spokeswoman for the department, Nancy Harkess, responded: "We are
>looking and we do want to find it if it's moving. Our No. 1 priority is
>to protect the public."
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/03/21:  Archives Posted 3/1-15; Rad Workers and
Date: 21 Mar 2000 15:09:14 -0500

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Time sensitive: =20
2. Ill workers will testify in Washington (on March 22)
3. Requests by veterans service organizations to present oral comments on=
 Gulf
War Syndrome due March 24; Written comments due March 30; Testimony April 4.
3. Today's Senate Committee Hearings (March 21, 2000

ALSO:  NucNews archives has been posted online through March 15, 2000 at
http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm. =20

------

(1)

Daybook, Washington Time, March 21, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000321214023.htm

SENATE COMMITTEES=20

2 p.m. - Environment and Public Works Committee's Superfund, waste control=
 and
risk assessment subcommittee holds a hearing on the current status of=
 cleanup
activities under the Superfund program. Location: 406 Dirksen Senate Office
Building. Contact: 202/224-6176.

2:30 p.m. - Foreign Relations Committee holds hearing on "Proliferation=
 Threats
and the Formulation of Policy." George Tenet, CIA director, testifies.
Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4651.

----

(2)
Ill workers will testify in Washington (on March 22)

By Laura Frank / Staff Writer=20
http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/03/16/testify16.shtml

Three nuclear weapons workers and an ill worker's daughter will carry the
plight of their ailing cohorts to Capitol Hill next week to testify before=
 one
of the most powerful Senate committees.

U.S. Sens. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., and George Voinovich, R-Ohio, yesterday
released the list of people who will appear Wednesday before the=
 Governmental
Affairs committee, which is exploring how the federal government has handled
health and safety issues at nuclear weapons plants.

Thompson is chairman of the committee.

"This is something we've worked on for five years," said Ann Orick, an ill=
 Oak
Ridge worker who will testify. "This is probably our one and only=
 opportunity.
We've got to take advantage of it."

Meanwhile, a team of doctors hired in 1997 to determine whether some Oak=
 Ridge
workers' ailments are related to toxic exposure from the site announced they
will report their official findings at the end of next month.

Thompson and Voinovich announced the hearings last fall because, they said,=
 the
U.S. Department of Energy was not giving the sites in their states equal
attention to the weapons fuel plant in Paducah, Ky., where workers have=
 filed a
massive lawsuit.

Legislation is pending in Congress to compensate some ill nuclear weapons
workers: those with lung damage from the metal beryllium, those from the
Paducah site with certain cancers and a group of Oak Ridge workers. That=
 group
is expected to be determined at the end of April, when the DOE-hired doctors
announce findings of their three-year investigation.

Thompson said the March 22 hearing will focus on how best to compensate ill
workers.

Other people who will testify include:

Vikki Hatfield of Kingston, Tenn., whose father is a former Oak Ridge worker
now dying of kidney failure and berylliosis, a lung disease caused by the=
 metal
beryllium, which was used in atomic bombs.

Sam Ray of Lucasville, Ohio, who retired in 1995 from the Portsmouth Gaseous
Diffusion plant near Piketon, Ohio, after 41 years. He suffers from
chondrosarcoma, a cancer of the cartilage in his throat.

Jeff Walburn of Greenup, Ky., a security guard at the Portsmouth site for 23
years, who suffers respiratory problems after a 1994 accident at the site.

Dr. Steven Markowitz of the City University of New York Medical School, who=
 is
leading a study of former nuclear fuel production workers at Oak Ridge,
Portsmouth and Paducah.

David Michaels, assistant U.S. energy secretary for environment, safety and
health.

"I realize the gravity of this," Walburn said of his upcoming testimony and=
 the
fact he will speak for dozens of other workers who will not have a chance to
testify.

During the past three years, The Tennessean has interviewed more than 400
atomic weapons site workers and neighbors who suffer a host of mysterious
illnesses. Many of the ailments are immune, neurological and respiratory
problems. Others are more difficult to define, such as severe fatigue,=
 rashes
and pain.

Last July, President Clinton ordered a review of whether evidence existed=
 that
nuclear workers' health had been harmed.=20

-------

(2)

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary=20

Meeting to Discuss the Future of the Office of the Special Assistant for=
 Gulf
War Illnesses (OSAGWI)

AGENCY: Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense Investigations of
Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents, Department of Defense

ACTION: Notice

SUMMARY: The Board will conduct a public meeting to obtain information from
veterans service organizations and the Departments of Defense, Veterans
Affairs, and Health and Human Services regarding the design of a successor
organization to OSAGWI. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. EDT.

DATE: April 4, 2000
ADDRESS: Truman Room, White House Conference=20
Center, 726 Jackson Place, NW,=20
Washington, DC 20503

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Mr. David Edman,=20
Special Oversight Board, 1401 Wilson Blvd,=20
Suite 401, Arlington, VA 22209,=20
phone [phone], fax [phone],=20
or via Email at [e-mail].=20

Requests to present oral comments regarding an OSAGWI successor organization
must be sent to Mr. Edman and received no later than noon Friday, March 24,
2000 for consideration. Written comments must be received no later than noon
Thursday, March 30, 2000 to ensure their availability to board members prior=
 to

the hearing. Copies of the draft meeting agenda can be obtained by=
 contacting
Ms. Sandra Simpson at [phone] or at the above fax number or above=
 email.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Seating in the Truman Room is limited, and spaces
will be reserved only for scheduled speakers. The remaining seats will be
available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8:30 a.m. No
teleconference lines will be available. The Special Oversight Board expects
that statements presented at this meeting will deal only with the design of=
 a
successor organization to OSAGWI and its affiliation, if any, with the
Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services. In
general, each individual or group making an oral presentation will be=
 limited
to a total time of five minutes. Written comments will be provided to Board
members if at least 10 copies are received in the Special Oversight Board=
 Staff
Office no later than noon March 30, 2000. Written comments received after=
 that
date will be mailed to Board members after the adjournment of the April 2000
meeting and will also be included in the official records of that meeting.=
 The
White House Conference Center, 726 Jackson, Place, NW, is located on the=
 west
side of Lafayette Park. Lafayette Park is on the north side of the White=
 House
and bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue on the south, H Street on the north and
centered at 16th Street. Lafayette Park is within easy walking distance of=
 the
Farragut West (two city blocks) or McPherson Square (three city blocks)
MetroRail subway stops (Blue and Orange lines). There is no vehicular access=
 to
Jackson Place. Taxicabs should be directed to the Decatur House, 1600 H=
 Street,
NW.

---

SPECIAL OVERSIGHT BOARD PUBLIC HEARING
White House Conference Center=20
Truman Room=20
726 Jackson Place NW=20
Washington, DC 20503
April 4, 2000 9:00 AM =AD 4:00 PM

DRAFT AGENDA

9:00 Call to Order - Mr. Setti Warren=20
Roll Call of Board - Designated Federal Officer

9:03-9:15 Purpose of the Meeting;=20
Moment of Silence for Senator Rudman and Board=20
ADM Zumwalt; Introduction of all Board Members,=20
Remarks

9:15-9:45 DoD Low-Level Chemical Agent Research=20
LTC Ross, ODASD for (Five-year plan)=20
Chem/Bio Defense

9:45-10:15 Research Working Group Update=20
Dr. Feussner and staff

10:15-12:00 OSAGWI Follow-on Organization=20
NSC Representative plus JCS; OSAGWI; MVHCB;=20
VA; HHS; OASD(HA)

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 Health Problems in Canadian Forces=20
in Croatia Ministry of Defence

1:30-2:00 Veterans Service Organization Panel 1=20
American Legion; AMVETS American GI Forum

2:00-2:30 Veterans Service Organization Panel 2=20
Disabled American Veterans; Jewish War Veterans; NCOA

2:30-3:00 Veterans Service Organization Panel 3=20
VFW; Vietnam Veterans of America

3:00-4:00 Board Discussion and Final Remarks=20
Senator Rudman and Board

4:00 Adjourn=20
Designated Federal Officer

-------------------=20


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<html>
Time sensitive:  <br>
2. Ill workers will testify in Washington (on March 22)<br>
3. Requests by veterans service organizations to present oral comments on
Gulf War Syndrome due March 24; Written comments due March 30; Testimony
April 4.<br>
3. Today's Senate Committee Hearings (March 21, 2000<br>
<br>
ALSO:  NucNews archives has been posted online through March 15,
2000 at
<a href=3D"http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm" eudora=3D"autourl">http://=
prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm</a>.
<br>
<br>
------<br>
<br>
(1)<br>
<br>
Daybook, Washington Time, March 21, 2000<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000321214023.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000321214023.=
htm</a><br>
<br>
SENATE COMMITTEES <br>
<br>
2 p.m. - Environment and Public Works Committee's Superfund, waste
control and risk assessment subcommittee holds a hearing on the current
status of cleanup activities under the Superfund program. Location: 406
Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-6176.<br>
<br>
2:30 p.m. - Foreign Relations Committee holds hearing on
"Proliferation Threats and the Formulation of Policy." George
Tenet, CIA director, testifies. Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office
Building. Contact: 202/224-4651.<br>
<br>
----<br>
<br>
(2)<br>
Ill workers will testify in Washington (on March 22)<br>
<br>
By Laura Frank / Staff Writer <br>
<a href=3D"http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/03/16/testify16.shtml"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/03/16/testify16.shtml</=
a><br>
<br>
Three nuclear weapons workers and an ill worker's daughter will carry the
plight of their ailing cohorts to Capitol Hill next week to testify
before one of the most powerful Senate committees.<br>
<br>
U.S. Sens. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., and George Voinovich, R-Ohio,
yesterday released the list of people who will appear Wednesday before
the Governmental Affairs committee, which is exploring how the federal
government has handled health and safety issues at nuclear weapons
plants.<br>
<br>
Thompson is chairman of the committee.<br>
<br>
"This is something we've worked on for five years," said Ann
Orick, an ill Oak Ridge worker who will testify. "This is probably
our one and only opportunity. We've got to take advantage of
it."<br>
<br>
Meanwhile, a team of doctors hired in 1997 to determine whether some Oak
Ridge workers' ailments are related to toxic exposure from the site
announced they will report their official findings at the end of next
month.<br>
<br>
Thompson and Voinovich announced the hearings last fall because, they
said, the U.S. Department of Energy was not giving the sites in their
states equal attention to the weapons fuel plant in Paducah, Ky., where
workers have filed a massive lawsuit.<br>
<br>
Legislation is pending in Congress to compensate some ill nuclear weapons
workers: those with lung damage from the metal beryllium, those from the
Paducah site with certain cancers and a group of Oak Ridge workers. That
group is expected to be determined at the end of April, when the
DOE-hired doctors announce findings of their three-year
investigation.<br>
<br>
Thompson said the March 22 hearing will focus on how best to compensate
ill workers.<br>
<br>
Other people who will testify include:<br>
<br>
Vikki Hatfield of Kingston, Tenn., whose father is a former Oak Ridge
worker now dying of kidney failure and berylliosis, a lung disease caused
by the metal beryllium, which was used in atomic bombs.<br>
<br>
Sam Ray of Lucasville, Ohio, who retired in 1995 from the Portsmouth
Gaseous Diffusion plant near Piketon, Ohio, after 41 years. He suffers
from chondrosarcoma, a cancer of the cartilage in his throat.<br>
<br>
Jeff Walburn of Greenup, Ky., a security guard at the Portsmouth site for
23 years, who suffers respiratory problems after a 1994 accident at the
site.<br>
<br>
Dr. Steven Markowitz of the City University of New York Medical School,
who is leading a study of former nuclear fuel production workers at Oak
Ridge, Portsmouth and Paducah.<br>
<br>
David Michaels, assistant U.S. energy secretary for environment, safety
and health.<br>
<br>
"I realize the gravity of this," Walburn said of his upcoming
testimony and the fact he will speak for dozens of other workers who will
not have a chance to testify.<br>
<br>
During the past three years, The Tennessean has interviewed more than 400
atomic weapons site workers and neighbors who suffer a host of mysterious
illnesses. Many of the ailments are immune, neurological and respiratory
problems. Others are more difficult to define, such as severe fatigue,
rashes and pain.<br>
<br>
Last July, President Clinton ordered a review of whether evidence existed
that nuclear workers' health had been harmed. <br>
<br>
-------<br>
<br>
(2)<br>
<br>
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE<br>
Office of the Secretary <br>
<br>
Meeting to Discuss the Future of the Office of the Special Assistant for
Gulf War Illnesses (OSAGWI)<br>
<br>
AGENCY: Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense Investigations
of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents, Department of=20
Defense<br>
<br>
ACTION: Notice<br>
<br>
SUMMARY: The Board will conduct a public meeting to obtain information
from veterans service organizations and the Departments of Defense,
Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services regarding the design of a
successor organization to OSAGWI. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m.
EDT.<br>
<br>
DATE: April 4, 2000<br>
ADDRESS: Truman Room, White House Conference <br>
Center, 726 Jackson Place, NW, <br>
Washington, DC 20503<br>
<br>
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Mr. David Edman, <br>
Special Oversight Board, 1401 Wilson Blvd, <br>
Suite 401, Arlington, VA 22209, <br>
phone [phone], fax [phone], <br>
or via Email at
<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>[e-mail]</font></u>. <br>
<br>
Requests to present oral comments regarding an OSAGWI successor
organization must be sent to Mr. Edman and received no later than noon
Friday, March 24, 2000 for consideration. Written comments must be
received no later than noon Thursday, March 30, 2000 to ensure their
availability to board members prior to <br>
the hearing. Copies of the draft meeting agenda can be obtained by
contacting Ms. Sandra Simpson at [phone] or at the above fax
number or above email. <br>
<br>
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Seating in the Truman Room is limited, and
spaces will be reserved only for scheduled speakers. The remaining seats
will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8:30
a.m. No teleconference lines will be available. The Special Oversight
Board expects that statements presented at this meeting will deal only
with the design of a successor organization to OSAGWI and its
affiliation, if any, with the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs,
and Health and Human Services. In general, each individual or group
making an oral presentation will be limited to a total time of five
minutes. Written comments will be provided to Board members if at least
10 copies are received in the Special Oversight Board Staff Office no
later than noon March 30, 2000. Written comments received after that date
will be mailed to Board members after the adjournment of the April 2000
meeting and will also be included in the official records of that
meeting. The White House Conference Center, 726 Jackson, Place, NW, is
located on the west side of Lafayette Park. Lafayette Park is on the
north side of the White House and bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue on the
south, H Street on the north and centered at 16th Street. Lafayette Park
is within easy walking distance of the Farragut West (two city blocks) or
McPherson Square (three city blocks) MetroRail subway stops (Blue and
Orange lines). There is no vehicular access to Jackson Place. Taxicabs
should be directed to the Decatur House, 1600 H Street, NW.<br>
<br>
---<br>
<br>
SPECIAL OVERSIGHT BOARD PUBLIC HEARING<br>
White House Conference Center <br>
Truman Room <br>
726 Jackson Place NW <br>
Washington, DC 20503<br>
April 4, 2000 9:00 AM =AD 4:00 PM<br>
<br>
DRAFT AGENDA<br>
<br>
9:00 Call to Order - Mr. Setti Warren <br>
Roll Call of Board - Designated Federal Officer<br>
<br>
9:03-9:15 Purpose of the Meeting; <br>
Moment of Silence for Senator Rudman and Board <br>
ADM Zumwalt; Introduction of all Board Members, <br>
Remarks<br>
<br>
9:15-9:45 DoD Low-Level Chemical Agent Research <br>
LTC Ross, ODASD for (Five-year plan) <br>
Chem/Bio Defense<br>
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9:45-10:15 Research Working Group Update <br>
Dr. Feussner and staff<br>
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10:15-12:00 OSAGWI Follow-on Organization <br>
NSC Representative plus JCS; OSAGWI; MVHCB; <br>
VA; HHS; OASD(HA)<br>
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12:00-1:00 Lunch<br>
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1:00-1:30 Health Problems in Canadian Forces <br>
in Croatia Ministry of Defence<br>
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1:30-2:00 Veterans Service Organization Panel 1 <br>
American Legion; AMVETS American GI Forum<br>
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2:00-2:30 Veterans Service Organization Panel 2 <br>
Disabled American Veterans; Jewish War Veterans; NCOA<br>
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2:30-3:00 Veterans Service Organization Panel 3 <br>
VFW; Vietnam Veterans of America<br>
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3:00-4:00 Board Discussion and Final Remarks <br>
Senator Rudman and Board<br>
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4:00 Adjourn <br>
Designated Federal Officer<br>
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From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) We can't stop now!
Date: 21 Mar 2000 13:36:23 -0800

There are now 1773 municipalities and organizations who endorse Abolition
2000.  Let's keep the momentum going!  There are only 34 days left until
the NPT begins. We still need 227 more endorsers to reach our goal of 2000.
Please commit to enrolling an organization this week.

The following organizations endorsed the Abolition 2000 Statement during
the week of 15 March to 21 March:

Civic Alliance of Serbia (political party), Belgrade/Yugoslavia
Children of the Manhattan Project, San Francisco/California
Indigenous Environmental Network, Bemidji/Minnesota
Nuclear-Free Future Award, Munich/Germany
KIN (Korean International Network), Seoul/ Republic of Korea
National Campaign for the Eradication of Crime by US Troops in
Korea , Seoul/ Republic of Korea
ANBM (Alliance for National Buddhist Movement), Seoul/ Republic of Korea
The Participatory Autonomy Forum for 21st Century, Kwangju/Republic of Korea
SOFA Action (People's Action for Reform of the Unjust ROK-US SOFA
Agreement), Seoul/ Republic of Korea
The Victoria Peace Project, Ontario/Canada
Llanymddyfri Peace Group, Cynghordy/Llanymddyfri
 Korean Dentists' Association for Healthy Society, Seoul/ Republic of Korea
Sauk Prairie Area Peace Council, Sauk City/Wisconsin
Utah Navaho Downwinders, Montezuma Creek/Utah
Bekere Keresok (Peace Tax Payers), Budapest/Hungary
League of Women Voters of Beaver County, Aliquippa/Pennsylvania
Beaver Valley National Organization for Women, Aliquippa/Pennsylvania
Beaver County Peace Links, Aliquippa/Pennsylvania
Project EDNA, Brooklyn/New York
ADMAN Enterprises, Jacksonville/Florida
Centre for Community Development & Environment Research, Kathmandu/Nepal.

Thank you for your continued support!

In Peace and Solidarity,
Carah


Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
Santa Barbara CA 93108

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From: Sally light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Press Release from Tri-Valley CAREs re: "Thoroughbred" Subcritical Nuclear Test on 3/22/00
Date: 21 Mar 2000 19:58:08 +0000















March 21, 2000                  For Immediate Release


 Contact:       Sally Light, Tri-Valley CAREs, [phone], (925)
443-7148
                     Ann Beier, Western States Legal Foundation, (510)
839-5877
                     Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion
Project, [phone]


"THOROUGHBRED" IS A SUBCRITICAL NUCLEAR TEST,
NOT PART OF A HORSE RACE, SAY ACTIVISTS;
PROTEST PLANNED FOR NOON ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22
                   AT BECHTEL'S SAN FRANCISCO HQ


BECHTEL IS LOCATED AT 50 BEALE STREET, SAN FRANCISCO,
1 BLOCK SOUTH OF MARKET STREET, NEAR EMBARCADERO BART STATION

Activists around the world are planning protests against another US
underground subcritical nuclear test, the 10th in a series that began in
mid-1997.   It is code named "Thoroughbred," and the Department of
Energy (DOE) will detonate it on Wednesday, March 22, 2000, at the
Nevada Test Site.  A local
Demonstration - a "chalk action" --  is planned for noon on Wednesday,
March 22, at Bechtel Group's international headquarters, 50 Beale St., 1
block south of the Market St. Embarcadero BART station in San
Francisco.  Protesters will write on sidewalks outside Bechtel's offices
the names of all the US nuclear tests conducted since 1945 (more than
1,000).  Bechtel operates the DOE's Nevada Test Site (NTS).  Other
protests will occur in Nevada, Japan, Europe and Australia.

The "Thoroughbred" test will consist of high explosives blown up along
with fissile material such as plutonium, an extremely lethal,
radioactive substance used in nuclear weapons.  The explosion will take
place about 960 feet underground at NTS's U1A Complex, 85 miles
northwest of Las Vegas, and will  be
Monitored and recorded for subsequent analysis.  The test was prepared
by DOE's Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

"Although DOE claims these tests are done to ensure the US nuclear
arsenal remains safe and reliable," stated Sally Light, "they serve a
different purpose."  Ms. Light, who is the Nuclear Weapons Program
Analyst for Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive
Environment), continued, "These tests
are part of DOE's Stockpile Stewardship Program which, despite its name,
is an aggressive, over-funded program to develop new, "modernized"
nuclear weapons."  Ms. Light also said that DOE has also been carrying
out other, above-ground subcritical tests at its Los Alamos National
Laboratory.  Tri-Valley CAREs, located in Livermore, is the long-time
"watchdog" over DOE's Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory where many subcritical nuclear tests have been prepared (an
11th subcritical test, "Oboe 4," is in preparation now at Livermore
Lab).

"The US must halt these tests immediately," said Ann Beier, Associate
Director of Western States Legal Foundation (Oakland), another
antinuclear group that monitors the nuclear weapons complex.  She
continued, "Subcritical nuclear tests are violations of Article VI of
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
(NPT), which the US has signed."  Ms. Beier went on, "The United Nations
NPT review conference is coming in April of this year in New York.  How
will it seem to other UN member nations if the US is conducting
subcritical nuclear tests at the very time compliance with the treaty is
undergoing review?"

Representatives from both Tri-Valley CAREs and Western States Legal
Foundation, as well as other organizations from the Bay Area, will
attend the NPT review conference at the United Nations in New York.

Sherry Larsen-Beville of the Oakland-based Livermore Conversion Project
said her group is outraged that Bechtel receives a huge profit from its
contract with DOE to run the Nevada Test Site.  "Activities at NTS,
including subcritical nuclear tests, contaminate the environment with
radioactive materials and threaten
the health and safety of local residents, including the Western Shoshone
people, the Native Americans whose land was taken by the US for nuclear
testing," she said.  Ms. Larsen-Beville stated that Bechtel makes a
reported $5 billion from its current DOE contract (ending 12/31/00),
and, last October, negotiated
an extension of its contract another 4 years, 9 months for an additional
$4.25 billion.

For further information, please contact Tri-Valley CAREs at (925)
443-7148.
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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fail Safe sample letters to the editor
Date: 22 Mar 2000 11:09:36 -0500

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Dear Friends,

The house party campaign around the April 9 CBS-TV live anti-nuclear
drama Fail-Safe is in full gear.  We expect over 500 watch parties to be
held around the country in homes, churches, and colleges.  It's not too
late to order your house party organizing kit.  Email
<[e-mail]> or call 800/233-6786, ext. 21 for your free
kit.

Attached are two sample letters to the editor to help raise awareness of
this campaign.  Please feel free to adapt in any way you see fit and
send them to your local newspaper.

In Peace,

Kevin Martin
Director, Project Abolition

PLEASE RE-POST AND CIRCULATE WIDELY!

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From: Rosalie Tyler Paul <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Fail Safe sample letters to the editor
Date: 22 Mar 2000 11:26:35 -0500

Kevin - Please send me a house-party-organizing kit for the 4/9 FailSafe.
Have you seen the film? My fear is that many people will see it as reason
to ADD to nuclear readiness rather than cut back on our arsenal. Any way
you can assuage my fears? My current plan is to tape it on 4/9 and, if it
makes a good case, then invite people in to watch and discuss. What do you
think? Best, Rosalie Paul, Peace Action Maine.

POBox 269, Georgetown, ME 04548


>Dear Friends,
>
>The house party campaign around the April 9 CBS-TV live anti-nuclear
>drama Fail-Safe is in full gear.  We expect over 500 watch parties to be
>held around the country in homes, churches, and colleges.  It's not too
>late to order your house party organizing kit.  Email
><[e-mail]> or call 800/233-6786, ext. 21 for your free
>kit.
>
>Attached are two sample letters to the editor to help raise awareness of
>this campaign.  Please feel free to adapt in any way you see fit and
>send them to your local newspaper.
>
>In Peace,
>
>Kevin Martin
>Director, Project Abolition
>
>PLEASE RE-POST AND CIRCULATE WIDELY!
>
>Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:project abol fail safe sample l
>(WDBN/MSWD) (0000D3F4)




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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Persecution: Plowshares Trial Continues
Date: 22 Mar 2000 10:38:09 -0600

This Judge just ruled that he will not listen to anything i have to say in
court even on an offer of proof. Notice the basic unfairness of this
persecution/prosecution of the DU Plowshares. The Government gets to put on
its so-called "expert"  in order to convict them. But the DU Plowshares
cannot put me on to explain why DU is criminal under international law, thus
negating any malice on their part. Here in the United States of America:
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
WE ALL LOVE BIG BROTHER

Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law
In the Nuclear Empire
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 7:26 PM



Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216
Ph: 410-233-6238 or [e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>

PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 21, 2000

CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or [e-mail]
Jonah House 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]

DEFENSE BEGINS CASE IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL IN MARYLAND

WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's Jonah
House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and Elizabeth Walz, a
Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves the Plowshares Vs.
Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog [Fairchild Thunderbolt II]
aircraft. The aircraft were located at the Warfield Air National Guard base
in Middle River, Mary. Following Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the
activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used
against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted uranium
[DU] ammunition.

Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman rested his case. Jonathan Katz,
representing Kelly, Ramsey Clark, representing Crane, and Berrigan and Walz,
acting pro se, asked Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr.
to dismiss all charges: 1] malicious destruction of property--with a
property damage of more than $300-three years and/or $2,500 fine; 2]
conspiracy to maliciously destroy property--maximum three years); and 3]
trespass--a maximum 90 days in jail and/or a $500 fine. Susan Crane is also
facing a second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence of
ten years imprisonment.

WHAT: Judge Smith dismissed the trespass charge, after Katz pointed out that
no evidence was presented that the defendants entered private property.
However, the other charges would remain, including the assault charge
against Crane.

With the courtroom filled with Plowshares supporters, Walz, in her opening
statement, asked the jurors to hear the music [why disarmament is necessary]
and dance with [acquit] us. In Clark's opening statement, he explained there
is no dispute that the pacifists hammered on A-10s. However, he indicated
that they did so, after studying international law, in order to prevent the
use of depleted uranium, which has harmed civilians in Iraq and Kosovo and
U.S. soldiers in the Persian Gulf. The defense is now prepared to put
witnesses on the stand.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 at 9:15 AM

WHERE: Circuit Court, Room #2, 3d floor, 401 Bosley Ave., Towson, Maryland

WHY: The defendants readily admit turning the Warthogs into plowshares, but
argue they acted without malice and criminal intent. They intend to testify
that the use of DU is criminal, and therefore citizens must act to prevent
further harm. It is unclear how much of such testimony, Judge Smith will
permit.

Air National Guard security agents Thomas Piddington and Jonathan Garfield
testified today that they confronted Crane and Kelly while the activists
were hammering on one of the A-10s. They were responsible for charging Crane
with assault. In testimony, however, they admitted Rev. Kelly did the same
as Crane, but he was never charged with assault. Garfield initially denied
tackling Crane, but Katz produced a Dec. 19 statement in which he said he
tackled her. Clark, on Crane's behalf, made the argument there was
insufficient evidence for this charge to go to the jury. He added that it
was a case of overcharging. Unfortunately, Judge Smith would not dismiss the
charge.

The most provocative testimony came from Tactical Sergeant Christopher
Rivera, who described the A-10 as his specialty. An 18-year veteran with the
Air National Guard, he testified, "I am the mother, the aircraft is my
child." However, under oath, he claimed to know nothing about depleted
uranium.

Another legal skirmish occurred when Katz challenged the government's
witness, John Herzberger, chief of quality assurance, as an expert. This
matter was raised as the prosecution failed to provide the defense with
Herzberger's reports on damage assessment of the A-10s. The judge ruled he
could testify as an expert, even though Doug Rokke, a defense witness, was
excluded as an expert on depleted uranium.


Herzberger, on cross-examination, claimed a lack of knowledge of deleted
uranium. Eventually, though, he admitted the military does not use the term.
Instead, the radioactive ammunition is called Armor Piercing Incendiary
[API], an obvious euphemism. No prosecution witness admitted receiving any
training in the use of DU.

The trial should go to the jury on Thursday after the defense rests and
closing statements are made. If the jurors were attentive to the testimony,
they will probably acquit Susan Crane of assault. The question remains,
though, what the jury will make of the argument that the A-10s violated
international law and the laws of armed conflict.

There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place on
Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered on
nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Penn.

Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were members of the Prince of Peace
Plowshares, which disarmed an Aegis destroyer at the Bath [Maine] Iron Works
on Feb. 12, 1997. After Rev. Kelly served his sentence for the Maine action
and refused to cooperate with federal probation, federal marshals were
pursuing him.

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning
hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they
train for war again." Isaiah 2:4
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From: Charles F Hilfenhaus <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Thoroughbred Subcritical Test
Date: 22 Mar 2000 14:01:54 EST

Mercury,  Nevada, U.S.A. 3-22-2000  11:00 a.m. PST

    The United States Department of Energy has just conducted the
subcritical nuclear test "Thoroughbred"  at the LYNER facility on the
Nevada Test Site.  This, following "Oboe 3" in February, is the second
subcritical nuclear test of 2000 by the United States.  The test "Oboe 4"
is currently being readied and should occur sometime in April.

    Seventeen people gathered at sunrise in protest this morning at
the Mercury entrance to the Nevada Test Site.  Under the banner of
Shundahai Network and lead by Western Shoshone spiritual leader Corbin
Harney they conducted a ceremony following which six individuals entered
onto the Test Site and were arrested.  They were subsequently cited for
trespass and released.

    Additional protests are planned this afternoon in Las Vegas at
the Department of Energy offices from 3-5p.m..

Charlie Hilfenhaus
Alliance of Atomic Veterans
Director, Atomic Workers Division
[e-mail]

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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Persecution of DU Plowshares Continues: Doug Rokke Press Conferen
Date: 22 Mar 2000 16:17:28 -0600

Here in the United States of America--"..the land of the free, and the home
of the brave":
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
WE ALL LOVE BIG BROTHER

Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law
In the Nuclear Empire
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:05 PM



Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216
Ph: 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]

PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2000

CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or [e-mail]
Jonah House 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]


DEPLETED URANIUM EXPERT, NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL, TO HOLD
PRESS CONFERENCE


WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's Jonah
House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and Elizabeth Walz, a
Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves the Plowshares Vs.
Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog [Fairchild Thunderbolt II]
aircraft. The aircraft were located at the Warfield Air National Guard base
in Middle River, Mary. Following Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the
activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used
against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted uranium
ammunition.

Today, Crane's testimony was repeatedly interrupted by the objections of
Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman. He also asked her to name who
drove the activists to the air base. She refused to implicate anyone.

Jonathan Katz, representing Kelly, and Ramsey Clark, representing Crane,
argued that Doug Rokke, a Department of Defense expert on depleted uranium,
should be allowed to testify. Otherwise, the defendants could present no
defense as to the poisonous nature of depleted uranium. As Clark argued, the
jury would have nothing to base a decision on regarding the defendants'
study of DU. They could just as easy, Clark noted, express a belief that
they went to the air base to prevent an attack by extra-terrestrials. It
makes no sense to a jury to hear a defendant say what s/he believes, and
then not be allowed to present an expert witness to provide context.

WHAT: Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr. reluctantly
allowed Rokke on the stand, but sustained the prosecutor's objections to
each question asked of the witness. It became clear to the defendants that
they would not be permitted to raise a defense. So they refused to continue.
Supporters in the courtroom began speaking out, and eventually the room was
cleared when singing broke out.

Because of the importance of Rokke's testimony, he will be appearing at a
press conference to explain what he would said about the hazardous nature of
depleted uranium. A number of the Plowshares supporters will also attend.


WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 at 6:00 PM

WHERE: 4806 York Road, AFSC-Baltimore headquarters


WHY: The defendants readily admit turning the Warthogs into plowshares, but
argue they acted without malice and criminal intent. Since they were not
permitted to present evidence as to their intent, they saw no reason to
continue.

On December 26, 1999, CBS 60 Minutes, the first large media outlet,
discussed the dangers of depleted uranium. Doug Rokke was a prominent part
of the show, as he actually produced for the Pentagon training films on the
handling of depleted uranium. The films were never used, and Persian Gulf
veterans told 60 Minutes that they were not trained in the handling of DU.
In fact, some of them believe their illnesses were caused by DU.

Rokke has documents indicating the Department of War was aware of the
dangers of this ammunition as far back as 1943. He will also indicate that
he went to the White House before NATO's air war against Yugoslavia to
advocate that depleted uranium should not be used. His advice was
disregarded, and NATO planes shot DU ammunition in Yugoslavia.

The jury is expected to start deliberations tomorrow on the following
charges:malicious destruction of property--with a property damage of more
than $300-three years and/or $2,500 fine and conspiracy to maliciously
destroy property--maximum three years. Susan Crane is also facing a
second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence of ten years
imprisonment. Court will resume on Thursday, March 23, at 9:15 AM.

There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place on
Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered on
nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Penn.

Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were members of the Prince of Peace
Plowshares, which disarmed an Aegis destroyer at the Bath [Maine] Iron Works
on Feb. 12, 1997. After Rev. Kelly served his sentence for the Maine action
and refused to cooperate with federal probation, federal marshals were
pursuing him.

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning
hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they
train for war again." Isaiah 2:4


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From: Sally light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Report on San Francisco protest of "Thoroughbred" subcritical nuclear test
Date: 22 Mar 2000 16:32:09 +0000

At noon today, March 22, 2000, a protest took place in San Francisco
against the US subcritical nuclear test, =93Thoroughbred,=94 that was
detonated at 11 am this morning at the Nevada Test Site.

About 15 anti-nuclear protesters gathered in front of the international
headquarters of the Bechtel Group, the corporation that operates the
Nevada Test Site pursuant to a contract with the US Department of
Energy.

A =93chalk action=94 style demonstration resulted in about 1 block of
sidewalk being covered with names of many of the 1,000-plus US nuclear
tests conducted since 1945. Protesters also passed out information and
spoke over bullhorns so that the passersby and Bechtel employees could
learn about why the =93chalk action=94 was going on.

Organizations represented included Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against
A Radioactive Environment), Western States Legal Foundation, California
Peace Action and the Livermore Conversion Project.

Several Bechtel employees expressed their personal support of the
protesters.

There were no arrests.

Sally Light
Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst
Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against A Radioactive Environment)



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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) l--GPW Clean-Energy Overture for EarthDay2000 promotions
Date: 22 Mar 2000 19:42:01 -0800

Wednesday, March 22, 2000,  4:20PM  "30-Days 'til Earth Day 2000"

For Immediate Release:   Contact -- Baseline Mansion  602-305-7988


Global Peace Walk 2000 is carrying new Clean-Energy information to support
the EarthDay2000 "Clean Energy Now!" campaign which is globally poised
to engage some 500 million participants drawn from nearly every nation on
Earth to April 22nd gatherings such as the annual Global Peace Walk
celebration of "Global Peace Now!" in Taos, New Mexico, on the way to
which this spiritual walk is conducting ceremonies and celebrations now in
Arizona.

"Supporting the work of the Global Peace Walk 2000 and its Earth Day
celebration is vitally important.  I strongly encourage your organization to
actively participate in planning and funding activities associated with this
educational, action-oriented effort", says Earth Day Network National
Coordinator Christopher J. Curtis in his support letter received today.
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/307.html

Global Peace Walk 2000 from San Francisco to the United Nations will be in
Phoenix for five days of local events starting at 9AM outside Senator John
McCain's district office building with the local PeaceWalk to Phoenix City
Hall to thank the mayor for his proclamation of yesterday designating
Phoenix as a Global Peace Zone to help inspire a worldwide Global Peace Zone
2000.  Mayor Rimsza's proclamation also recognizes the Baseline Mansion's
Phoenix CoHousing Project which is hosting these events for creating a local
culture of peace,  including this weekend's musical celebration.

Global Peace Walk 2000 maintains that the most important message for all
21st Century leaders to understand is that "Spirituality is the Highest Form
of Politics".

Phoenix area resident Joseph Newman, who for some time has been conducting
an unofficial Write-In Candidacy for US President, has also been invited to
take part in these five days of events, finishing with his scheduled main
presentation to the walkers, on the March 28th Three Mile Island Nuclear
Power Plant Accident's 21st Anniversary, about his new energy technology
designed to replace all nuclear and fossil fuel power systems.

The many survival issue messages, letters, and proclamations of support
that Global Peace Walk 2000 is carrying to Washington DC, and to the
United Nations for its 55th anniversary October 24th to help inaugurate this
UN Year and Decade of Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century (and
to mark the midpoint of the UN's International Decade of the World's
Indigenous Peoples 1995-2004), include those from from Newman and those from
American Indian Movement spiritual leader and, according to Amnesty
International, US political prisoner Leonard Peltier whose message of
support says of the Walk's central theme, "Global Peace Now is critical to
the survival of the human race.  Global Peace Now is not just an invitation,
it is a great cry for us to open our eyes and ears, to use our heads and
hands and create the kinds of change that will save the planet
and all who live and breathe upon Her."

Scheduled for March 28th as a final Global Peace Walk 2000 event in Phoenix
is a presentation and demonstration by local Energy Machine Inventor
Joseph Newman of his non-polluting Revolutionary Energy Technology designed
to replace all nuclear and fossil fuel power systems.  In the past Newman
has had the support of the Republican Congressional Caucus and eleven
Congresspeople who unsuccessfully introduced bills to grant him a US patent
by Congressional Act because the US Patent Office has continuously refused
to do so.  Reportedly now protected by NAFTA and a Mexican patent, Newman
says he is finally ready to manufature this fuel-less electric power
generator invention after over thirty years of offering his life's work
for the benefit of all humanity.   In a recent internet auction, the first
unit of this motor/generator was purchased on a top bid up from $2,000 to
$3,600 by an electrical engineer at a power plant in Indonesia who is coming
all the way to Phoenix for Mr. Newman to present it to him on this occasion.

Newman's Press Release of March 14, 2000, says
"The March for World Peace on March 28, 2000 in the Phoenix Area
coincides with Joseph Newman's belief's and lifework and represents the
'WILL OF GOD'.  All good and caring people should attend the March for World
Peace."

In his email "To the People of the World" dated Tuesday, February 22, 2000
12:47 PM, Newman says, "I believe in the Goal of the Global Peace Walk,  and
I warmly ask people to not only give their physical presence to the event,
but most  importantly  to give their HONEST THOUGHTS in its support.  God
has stated that  WE ARE ALL TO  LOVE  ONE ANOTHER, and that most definitely
includes the 7 Major Religions of the
World."
                                                                -30-

Joseph Newman info http://www.josephnewman.com

Leonard Peltier info http://www.freepeltier
GPW support letter http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/peltier.html

Below is the text of the March 21, 2000, Mayoral Proclamation for Global
Peace Walk 2000.   A signed faxed copy can be read/printed from
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/305.html


-----------------------text of Phoenix Mayoral Proclamation:

City of Phoenix
Office of the Mayor
A Proclamation

Global Peace Zone 2000

Whereas, the Global Peace Walk Project began in 1995 to promote the original
purpose of the United Nations Charter to end wars and violence and to
promote global peace; and

Whereas, today's world is still rife with wars and violence, suggesting
humanity itself must learn a Peaceful Way of Life; and

Whereas, Global Peace Walk 2000 is being conducted across America to mark
the 55th anniversary of the United Nations and to help inaugurate the UN
Year and Decade of Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century; and

Whereas, the Year 2000 marks the midpoint of the UN Decade of the World's
Indigenous Peoples, 1995-2004; and

Whereas, Global Peace Walk 2000 seeks to unite all of humanity in the firm
resolve of "Global Peace Now!" for a worldwide Global Peace Zone; and

Whereas, the Global Peace Walk 2000 activities in Phoenix, March 24-28,
2000, are being hosted by the Baseline Mansion's Phoenix CoHousing Project
to promote a local culture of peace;


NOW, THEREFORE, I, SKIP RIMSZA, MAYOR of the City of Phoenix, Arizona, do
hereby proclaim the City of Phoenix as a GLOBAL PEACE ZONE, and urge all
citizens to work for the creation of a culture of peace for the 21st
Century.


Given under my hand in these free United States in the City of Phoenix, on
the twenty-first of March, two thousand; and to which I have caused the Seal
of the City of Phoenix to be affixed and have made this proclamation public.


[signed]  Skip Rimsza
Mayor

[Phoenix City Seal]
Attest:
[signed]  Vicky Miel
City Clerk
====================end proclamation text



Below is text for basic flyer/schedule for
Phoenix, Arizona, Global Peace Walk 2000 events taking place
March 24-28, 2000.


=======Phoenix flyer text:

United Nations 55th Anniversary
Future Generations Prayer
We are concerned about our future and our human life.

Phoenix, Arizona
Global Peace Walk 2000
Develop Spiritual United Nations
and a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century
Bring Your Banners & Your Message

Friday, March 24th
9AM Senator John McCain's Office Building
(2400 East Arizona Biltmore Circle)

9mile walk to 1PM, Phoenix City Hall
(200 West Washington)

Saturday, March 25th
Afternoon-Eve Benefit Gathering/Music
Baseline Mansion CoHousing Community Project
(2501 East Baseline Road, 602-305-7988)

Monday, March 27, 11AM City Hall to Capitol, 1mile

Tuesday, March 28, 11AM, 21st Anniversary of Three Mile Island accident
Presentation and Demonstration by Energy Machine Inventor
Joseph Newman of a non-polluting Revolutionary Energy Technology
designed to replace all nuclear and fossil fuel power systems.
(at Baseline Mansion Project Stage)
Information on Newman Energy Machine <http://www.josephnewman.com>

Uniting Survival Issue Messages in "Global Peace Now!"
universal human resolve
Spiritual Walk for a Global Peace Zone 2000
San Francisco Jan15th,
St. Louis August 6th,
Washington DC October 9th,
New York City - U.N. October 24, 2000

Voicemail 415-863-2084 -- PO Box 170245, San Francisco, CA 94117-0245
[e-mail]
Recorded walk location/route update info and voicemail 415-267-1877
http://www.globalpeacenow.org

LOCAL CONTACT:  Brian Kruger, Baseline Mansion Project, 602-305-7988

=============end Phoenix flyer text

Printable typeset flyer may be downloaded in WordPad
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/295.html
or in case you cannot use wordpad, less clear efax format
http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/297.html


CLEAN-ENERGY  CAMPAIGN  2000
David Crockett Williams  [e-mail]
GLOBAL  EMERGENCY  ALERT  RESPONSE
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000
Clean-Energy links http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/10.html

Global Peace Walk 2000
http://www.globalpeacenow.org
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html
Updates 415-267-1877 -- Voicemail 415-863-2084
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/schedule.html SCHEDULE & contacts

USCampaign:  Presidential Candidacies Influence Project
http://www.egroups.com/group/williams-peltier/3.html

The Vision of Paradise on Earth
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html

Please Support HR 2545:
Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act of 1999
Details & Email:  http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm
Sign letter to Senators which can be found at
http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#senate
Send letter to Representatives supporting HR-2545
http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#letter

Easy indexed site to email Congresspeople & Media
http://congress.nw.dc.us/wnd
(copy & paste email letters to media and Congress)

An Agenda for Peace
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/agenda.html










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From: Charles F Hilfenhaus <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Thoroughbred follow up
Date: 23 Mar 2000 01:48:34 EST

    I did not include this with my announcement of the test because
it is a personal opinion not a factual report of the action, however:
    One can only wonder at the magnitude of hippocracy of the United
States to conduct this test at the same time President Clinton is
lecturing India and Pakistan about their nuclear weapons programs.
    I wish, instead, he would listen and learn from Pope John Paul II
and apologize to the world for the role of the United States in
developing, using and perpetuating the evil of nuclear weapons.

Charlie Hilfenhaus
Alliance of Atomic Veterans
Director, Atomic Workers Division
[e-mail]

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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Persecution of DU Plowshares:Putting Mark of Cain on Smith
Date: 23 Mar 2000 05:11:43 -0600

This pathetic excuse for a Judge named Smith had better start thinking long
and hard about what he is doing to Phil Berrigan here! Phil is THE MORAL
CONSCIENCE of our generation. Quite obviously, Smith fully intends to send
Phil to prison after this sham of a kangaroo court proceeding. Phil will
probably die in prison. Phil's death in prison will be on the hands of Smith
for the rest of eternity. Phil's death in prison will be the Mark of Cain on
the forehead of Smith forever. We all know where Phil will be going after
his death. Smith had better start thinking about where he will be going
after his death!
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


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Sent: 3/22/00 4:17 PM

Here in the United States of America--"..the land of the free, and the
home of the brave":
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
WE ALL LOVE BIG BROTHER

Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law
In the Nuclear Empire
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:05 PM



Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216
Ph: 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]

PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2000

CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or
[e-mail]
Jonah House 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]


DEPLETED URANIUM EXPERT, NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL, TO
HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE


WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's
Jonah House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and
Elizabeth Walz, a Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves
the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog
[Fairchild Thunderbolt II] aircraft. The aircraft were located at the
Warfield Air National Guard base in Middle River, Mary. Following
Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the
activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used
against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted
uranium ammunition.

Today, Crane's testimony was repeatedly interrupted by the objections of
Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman. He also asked her to name who
drove the activists to the air base. She refused to implicate anyone.

Jonathan Katz, representing Kelly, and Ramsey Clark, representing Crane,
argued that Doug Rokke, a Department of Defense expert on depleted
uranium, should be allowed to testify. Otherwise, the defendants could
present no defense as to the poisonous nature of depleted uranium. As
Clark argued, the jury would have nothing to base a decision on
regarding the defendants' study of DU. They could just as easy, Clark
noted, express a belief that they went to the air base to prevent an
attack by extra-terrestrials. It makes no sense to a jury to hear a
defendant say what s/he believes, and then not be allowed to present an
expert witness to provide context.

WHAT: Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr.
reluctantly allowed Rokke on the stand, but sustained the prosecutor's
objections to each question asked of the witness. It became clear to the
defendants that they would not be permitted to raise a defense. So they
refused to continue. Supporters in the courtroom began speaking out, and
eventually the room was cleared when singing broke out.

Because of the importance of Rokke's testimony, he will be appearing at
a press conference to explain what he would said about the hazardous
nature of depleted uranium. A number of the Plowshares supporters will
also attend.


WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 at 6:00 PM

WHERE: 4806 York Road, AFSC-Baltimore headquarters


WHY: The defendants readily admit turning the Warthogs into plowshares,
but argue they acted without malice and criminal intent. Since they were
not permitted to present evidence as to their intent, they saw no reason
to continue.

On December 26, 1999, CBS 60 Minutes, the first large media outlet,
discussed the dangers of depleted uranium. Doug Rokke was a prominent
part of the show, as he actually produced for the Pentagon training
films on the handling of depleted uranium. The films were never used,
and Persian Gulf veterans told 60 Minutes that they were not trained in
the handling of DU. In fact, some of them believe their illnesses were
caused by DU.

Rokke has documents indicating the Department of War was aware of the
dangers of this ammunition as far back as 1943. He will also indicate
that he went to the White House before NATO's air war against Yugoslavia
to advocate that depleted uranium should not be used. His advice was
disregarded, and NATO planes shot DU ammunition in Yugoslavia.

The jury is expected to start deliberations tomorrow on the following
charges:malicious destruction of property--with a property damage of
more than $300-three years and/or $2,500 fine and conspiracy to
maliciously destroy property--maximum three years. Susan Crane is also
facing a second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence
of ten years imprisonment. Court will resume on Thursday, March 23, at
9:15 AM.

There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place on
Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered
on nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia,
Penn.

Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were members of the Prince of Peace
Plowshares, which disarmed an Aegis destroyer at the Bath [Maine] Iron
Works on Feb. 12, 1997. After Rev. Kelly served his sentence for the
Maine action and refused to cooperate with federal probation, federal
marshals were pursuing him.

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into
pruning
hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall
they
train for war again." Isaiah 2:4


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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Humanity v MOX/Parallex
Date: 23 Mar 2000 16:38:02 -0600

Nuclear Information & Resource Service

1424 16th St. NW Suite 404 Washington, DC 20036

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League

P.O. Box 88 Glendale Springs, NC 28629

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Atlanta Chapter 421 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30307

March 22, 2000

For Immediate Release

Contact: Mary Olson, NIRS Southeast 706-722-8968

Janet Zeller, BREDL 336-982-2691

Kevin Kamps, NIRS National Office 202-328-0002

Ed Arnold, PSR/Atlanta 404-378-9078

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Physicians for Social
Responsibility and Nuclear Information and Resource Service Join Legal
Challenge to U.S. Nuclear Proliferation-Prone Plutonium Plan

Citing grave concerns about the potential spread of plutonium for bombmaking
throughout the world, three organizations, two national and one regional
have joined the plaintiffs who have sued to stop a U.S.-Russian-Canadian
plan to use nuclear weapons plutonium as fuel in nuclear power reactors.

The internationally-known Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS),
with nearly 6000 members, including more than 1000 U.S. grassroots groups
nationwide, the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Inc. (BREDL),
headquartered in North Carolina with 30 chapters in five southern states,
and the internationally known Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR),
the U.S. affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear
War, recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for educating about the dangers
of nuclear weapons, are the latest public interest advocates to formally
enter a federal lawsuit in Kalamazoo, Michigan which was brought by an array
of Canadian and U.S. First Nations tribes and other nuclear power and
weapons critics.

The lawsuit seeks to halt a test shipment of mixed oxide plutonium fuel, or
MOX, from being transported to a test nuclear reactor in Chalk River,
Ontario from the Russian Federation, as part of a bigger scheme to use MOX
as reactor fuel in light water reactors in the Southeastern United States,
Canada and Russia. Billed as a peaceful means of reusing nuclear weapons,
the plan would legitimize the commercialization and exportation of plutonium
and may allow many nations and even independent groups to develop nuclear
bomb capability.

The Chalk River test, named "Parallex," was first challenged in court last
December when plaintiffs sued the U.S. Department of Energy to halt shipment
of the U.S. MOX fuel from being trucked across Michigan to Canada until
there was a formal, public decision making process over the environmental
and nuclear weapons proliferation impacts of the program. Judge Richard Alan
Enslen ruled that while the Energy Department had acted in bad faith to
hasten the test of MOX, courts could not stop the Executive Branch from
conducting foreign policy. The plaintiffs are asking the judge to reconsider
that decision, and NIRS, PSR and BREDL are adding their weight to that
request.

"The Department of Energy has already begun to disregard the law and trample
our rights," said Janet Zeller, BREDL's Executive Director. "People from
across the country must join together to block this reckless and secretive
program and insure that the DOE obeys national and international law." BREDL
is campaigning against the planned use of MOX fuel in six Southeastern U.S.
reactors: Duke Power's Catawba 1&2 near Rock Hill, South Carolina; McGuire
1&2, near Charlotte, North Carolina; and Virginia Power's North Anna 1&2
reactors near Charlottesville, Virginia.

Physicians for Social Responsibility has actively opposed the MOX plan since
its inception, primarily on the grounds that it promotes nuclear
proliferation, rather than delivering the goal of making the plutonium from
dismantled nuclear weapons unavailable for further destructive purposes. The
Atlanta chapter of the national organization has led professionals in the
region in their action to oppose the commercialization of plutonium.

"Citizens everywhere want nuclear weapons abolished," said Ed Arnold,
Executive Director of PSR/Atlanta. "We don't accomplish that by
recirculating nuclear weapons material. And we don't abolish nuclear weapons
by shipping bomb-grade plutonium all over the planet. This MOX program
encourages nuclear proliferation and we must stop it."

NIRS, which launched a "NIX MOX" campaign in 1998, recently opened a
Southeastern office to assist BREDL and other grassroots groups opposing MOX
fuel usage and the spending of hundreds of millions in public funds to
subsidize MOX fabrication, utility acceptance and reprocessing.

"Nuclear power is the most expensive form of energy and under utility
deregulation is going to be subject to tough competition. The MOX program
provides direct tax dollars to underwrite more dirty, dangerous nuclear
waste production," said Kevin Kamps, nuclear specialist with NIRS. "This is
an unfair subsidy that will disadvantage safer and cheaper power sources
that have less hazardous byproducts. This is another reason that we are
committed to stopping the MOX mistake."

"The people in the Southeast have gotten the picture loud and clear from the
first shipment of MOX fuel to Canada that the US DOE will lie, cover their
actions, take a cloak of secrecy and act above not only the law of the land,
but also international treaty in order to accomplish their goals" affirmed
Mary Olson, Director of NIRS Southeast Office. She continued, "This is the
old National Security mythology applied to a so-called commercial
enterprise, but in the end it is taxpayer dollars that are funding this
program, so we are proud to support citizens in taking action to stop this
charade." The first MOX shipment to Canada included transport within Canada
by helicopter, despite DOE's acknowledgement that the MOX casks were not
certified for air transport and the agency's assurances that no air travel
would be involved

"The use of MOX creates more bomb possibilities around the world, not
fewer," said Terry Lodge, an attorney for the plaintiffs. "Instead of
rolling plutonium up in two-ton glass logs and disposing of it under heavy
guard, our government instead wants to show the world how to fuel
low-security civilian nuclear plants with it. There will be lots of scary
new members to the 'Nuclear Club' if we do this."

Trial activity will resume on April 7 on the issues of whether the Russian
shipment must be stopped because of claimed violations of federal
environmental law and violation of the international Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty.

-NIRS/BREDL/PSR-


Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue
Champaign, Ill. 61820
217-333-7954 (voice)
217-244-1478 (fax)
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From: "bob kinsey" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Thoroughbred follow up
Date: 23 Mar 2000 14:49:50 -0700

 agree totally -- except even the Pope is unable to mention specifics like
the behavior of Pius XII during the Holocaust and only expresses sadness
without assuming some of the guilt involved in the Concordat between Hitler
and the Roman Church.  Its the functionaries in the system, the nuclear
scientists and technicians, the Pentagon careerists who keep it all going.
Its kind of like the Curia in the Vatican.
*************************************************
Bob Kinsey
Peace and Justice Task Force
Rocky Mountain Conference, United Church of Christ
bkinsey@peacemission .org
6555 Ward Road, Arvada, Colorado, 80004
"Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God" --
Jesus of Nazareth
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Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 11:48 PM


> I did not include this with my announcement of the test because
> it is a personal opinion not a factual report of the action, however:
> One can only wonder at the magnitude of hippocracy of the United
> States to conduct this test at the same time President Clinton is
> lecturing India and Pakistan about their nuclear weapons programs.
> I wish, instead, he would listen and learn from Pope John Paul II
> and apologize to the world for the role of the United States in
> developing, using and perpetuating the evil of nuclear weapons.
>
> Charlie Hilfenhaus
> Alliance of Atomic Veterans
> Director, Atomic Workers Division
> [e-mail]
>
> ________________________________________________________________
> YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET!
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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Smith&Cain: Persecution of DU Plowshares:Putting Mark of Cain on
Date: 23 Mar 2000 17:22:14 -0600

Smith gave Phil Berrigan 30 months. May the Mark of Cain be upon Smith's
head for the rest of eternity should Phil die in jail!
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


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Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 5:12 AM
''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]'
'; ''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]' ';
''[e-mail]' '; ''TP2000' '; ''Scottish CND' ';
''[e-mail]' '; ''AALS Section on Minority
Grps. mailing list' '
Cain on Smith
Importance: High


This pathetic excuse for a Judge named Smith had better start thinking long
and hard about what he is doing to Phil Berrigan here! Phil is THE MORAL
CONSCIENCE of our generation. Quite obviously, Smith fully intends to send
Phil to prison after this sham of a kangaroo court proceeding. Phil will
probably die in prison. Phil's death in prison will be on the hands of Smith
for the rest of eternity. Phil's death in prison will be the Mark of Cain on
the forehead of Smith forever. We all know where Phil will be going after
his death. Smith had better start thinking about where he will be going
after his death!
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


-----Original Message-----
'[e-mail]'; '[e-mail]';
'[e-mail]'; '[e-mail]'; 'TP2000';
'Scottish CND'; '[e-mail]'; 'AALS Section on
Minority Grps. mailing list'
Sent: 3/22/00 4:17 PM

Here in the United States of America--"..the land of the free, and the
home of the brave":
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
WE ALL LOVE BIG BROTHER

Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law
In the Nuclear Empire
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:05 PM



Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216
Ph: 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]

PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2000

CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or
[e-mail]
Jonah House 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]


DEPLETED URANIUM EXPERT, NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL, TO
HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE


WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's
Jonah House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and
Elizabeth Walz, a Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves
the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog
[Fairchild Thunderbolt II] aircraft. The aircraft were located at the
Warfield Air National Guard base in Middle River, Mary. Following
Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the
activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used
against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted
uranium ammunition.

Today, Crane's testimony was repeatedly interrupted by the objections of
Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman. He also asked her to name who
drove the activists to the air base. She refused to implicate anyone.

Jonathan Katz, representing Kelly, and Ramsey Clark, representing Crane,
argued that Doug Rokke, a Department of Defense expert on depleted
uranium, should be allowed to testify. Otherwise, the defendants could
present no defense as to the poisonous nature of depleted uranium. As
Clark argued, the jury would have nothing to base a decision on
regarding the defendants' study of DU. They could just as easy, Clark
noted, express a belief that they went to the air base to prevent an
attack by extra-terrestrials. It makes no sense to a jury to hear a
defendant say what s/he believes, and then not be allowed to present an
expert witness to provide context.

WHAT: Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr.
reluctantly allowed Rokke on the stand, but sustained the prosecutor's
objections to each question asked of the witness. It became clear to the
defendants that they would not be permitted to raise a defense. So they
refused to continue. Supporters in the courtroom began speaking out, and
eventually the room was cleared when singing broke out.

Because of the importance of Rokke's testimony, he will be appearing at
a press conference to explain what he would said about the hazardous
nature of depleted uranium. A number of the Plowshares supporters will
also attend.


WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 at 6:00 PM

WHERE: 4806 York Road, AFSC-Baltimore headquarters


WHY: The defendants readily admit turning the Warthogs into plowshares,
but argue they acted without malice and criminal intent. Since they were
not permitted to present evidence as to their intent, they saw no reason
to continue.

On December 26, 1999, CBS 60 Minutes, the first large media outlet,
discussed the dangers of depleted uranium. Doug Rokke was a prominent
part of the show, as he actually produced for the Pentagon training
films on the handling of depleted uranium. The films were never used,
and Persian Gulf veterans told 60 Minutes that they were not trained in
the handling of DU. In fact, some of them believe their illnesses were
caused by DU.

Rokke has documents indicating the Department of War was aware of the
dangers of this ammunition as far back as 1943. He will also indicate
that he went to the White House before NATO's air war against Yugoslavia
to advocate that depleted uranium should not be used. His advice was
disregarded, and NATO planes shot DU ammunition in Yugoslavia.

The jury is expected to start deliberations tomorrow on the following
charges:malicious destruction of property--with a property damage of
more than $300-three years and/or $2,500 fine and conspiracy to
maliciously destroy property--maximum three years. Susan Crane is also
facing a second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence
of ten years imprisonment. Court will resume on Thursday, March 23, at
9:15 AM.

There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place on
Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered
on nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia,
Penn.

Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were members of the Prince of Peace
Plowshares, which disarmed an Aegis destroyer at the Bath [Maine] Iron
Works on Feb. 12, 1997. After Rev. Kelly served his sentence for the
Maine action and refused to cooperate with federal probation, federal
marshals were pursuing him.

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into
pruning
hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall
they
train for war again." Isaiah 2:4


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Denied Right to Defense
Date: 23 Mar 2000 18:30:35 EST

When rights are compromised on big issues, the little affairs are
dramatically inflated in importance and the small people who control the
little affairs become quite pleased with their positions. Beggars become
kings in the land of the unjust. Here, a king of humanity is being persecuted
for trying to create real dialogue. A small judge is enacting one of the
perennial passion plays but who will tell this story. I hope you will.
Jonathan

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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) RE: Smith&Cain: Persecution of DU Plowshares:Putting Mark of Cain
Date: 23 Mar 2000 20:05:45 -0600

 Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216
Ph: 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]

PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2000

CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or =
[e-mail]
Jonah House 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]


VINDICTIVE JUDGE EXCEEDS SENTENCING GUIDELINES=20

IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL


WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's =
Jonah
House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and Elizabeth =
Walz, a
Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves the Plowshares =
Vs.
Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog [Fairchild Thunderbolt II]
aircraft. The aircraft were located at the Warfield Air National Guard =
base
in Middle River, Mary. Following Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, =
the
activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used
against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted =
uranium
ammunition.

Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr. effectively =
sealed
the fate of the Plowshares when, on March 13, he granted the =
prosecution's
motion for a gag order. The defendants would not be permitted to =
explain why
they disarmed the planes, nor to call expert witnesses. So as the trial
began on March 20 in circuit court in Towson, Maryland, the only issues =
of
contention would be a bogus assault charge against Crane and the =
severity of
the sentences handed out.

WHAT: The defendants elected to stay locked up and did not appear in =
court.
No closing statement was presented by the defense. After Assistant =
State's
Attorney Mickey Norman made his closing statement, which included a =
number
of disparaging comments, the case was in the hands of the jury.

After 4 =BD hours, the jury could not agree on the assault charge. So a
mistrial was declared on that charge, and the prosecutor chose not to =
re-try
that case. The four pacifists were convicted, however, of malicious
destruction of property--with a property damage of more than $300 and
conspiracy to maliciously destroy property. Judge Smith meted out the
following sentences. Each defendant was expected to pay restitution of =
=BC of
$88, 622.11, and should they want to be released pending appeal, each =
one
would have to post $90,000 cash bail. All were given prison sentences:
Walz-18 months, Crane and Kelly-27 months, and Berrigan-30 months.

WHEN: Thursday, March 23 at 4:15 PM

WHERE: Baltimore County Circuit Court

WHY: The prosecution was permitted to call an expert witness to testify =
as
to the damage done to the two A-10s. This expert, though, claimed to =
know
nothing about depleted uranium. Under cross-examination, he admitted =
the
military does not use that term. It is instead Armor Piercing =
Incendiary.

On March 22, when the defense called Doug Rokke, an acknowledged expert =
on
depleted uranium, Judge Smith found his testimony unsuitable. This =
convinced
the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium that they would not be able to =
receive a
fair trial. As Phil Berrigan said, "The courts are identified with the
Pentagon and the government. There is no way nonviolent defendants can =
get a
serious hearing in this or any other courtroom." Why hand the rope for =
your
hanging to the hangman?

Some observers were disturbed by portions of the prosecutor's closing
statement. "The defendants have used you. ... One of the few things =
Jonathan
Katz [defense attorney] said that was right, 'Being misguided is not a
crime.'... You can hate them if you like, as they damaged $88,622.11 of
tax-payer money. ... If you do not convict them, that would make you as =
bad
as them." In impugning Crane, "She deceived even him" [Bishop Thomas
Gumbleton, her character witness.] In a jab at the Plowshares =
supporters, he
said "They tried to infect you during their demonstrations."

Prior to sentencing, Walz sent a note from jail. She asked to stay in =
the
Baltimore County Detention Center so that she could serve the women =
there. A
transfer to the Department of Corrections would be an upgrade in regard =
to
services available. So Smith acquiesced with her request. The others =
will be
sent to a Maryland Department of Corrections facility.=20

More than fifty supporters were shocked by the vindictiveness of Judge =
James
Smith. The prosecutor stated the sentencing guidelines: Walz-probation =
to
one month; Crane and Kelly-two to nine months; and Berrigan-six months =
to
one year. The judge took the sentences well beyond the guidelines,
justifying this because of the extent of the damage. More likely, he =
wanted
to get back at the defendants who refused to recognize his version of =
the
law.=20

During the jury deliberations, supporters demonstrated outside the
courthouse. One of the three alternate jurors, who were dismissed at =
the
conclusion of the case, passed by the demonstration with tears in his =
eyes.
When approached, he would only say, "Not guilty. Not guilty."

There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place =
on
Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered =
on
nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, =
Penn.
Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were on federal probation for a =
previous
Plowshares disarmament, so that matter will be taken up after they =
serve
their Maryland sentences.

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into =
pruning
hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall =
they
train for war again." Isaiah 2:4


************************

 =20

-----Original Message-----
''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]' =
';
''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]' ';
''[e-mail]' '; ''TP2000' '; ''Scottish CND' ';
''[e-mail]' '
Cc: '[e-mail]'; '[e-mail]'
Sent: 3/23/00 5:22 PM
on
Smith

Smith gave Phil Berrigan 30 months. May the Mark of Cain be upon =
Smith's
head for the rest of eternity should Phil die in jail!
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 5:12 AM
''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]'
'; ''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]' ';
''[e-mail]' '; ''TP2000' '; ''Scottish CND' ';
''[e-mail]' '; ''AALS Section on Minority
Grps. mailing list' '
of
Cain on Smith
Importance: High


This pathetic excuse for a Judge named Smith had better start thinking
long
and hard about what he is doing to Phil Berrigan here! Phil is THE =
MORAL
CONSCIENCE of our generation. Quite obviously, Smith fully intends to
send
Phil to prison after this sham of a kangaroo court proceeding. Phil =
will
probably die in prison. Phil's death in prison will be on the hands of
Smith
for the rest of eternity. Phil's death in prison will be the Mark of
Cain on
the forehead of Smith forever. We all know where Phil will be going
after
his death. Smith had better start thinking about where he will be going
after his death!
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law
=20

-----Original Message-----
'[e-mail]'; '[e-mail]';
'[e-mail]'; '[e-mail]'; 'TP2000';
'Scottish CND'; '[e-mail]'; 'AALS Section
on
Minority Grps. mailing list'
Sent: 3/22/00 4:17 PM
Conference

Here in the United States of America--"..the land of the free, and the
home of the brave":=20
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
WE ALL LOVE BIG BROTHER
=20
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law
In the Nuclear Empire
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:05 PM



Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216
Ph: 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]

PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2000

CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or
[e-mail]
Jonah House 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]


DEPLETED URANIUM EXPERT, NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL, TO
HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE


WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's
Jonah House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and
Elizabeth Walz, a Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves
the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog
[Fairchild Thunderbolt II] aircraft. The aircraft were located at the
Warfield Air National Guard base in Middle River, Mary. Following
Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the
activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used
against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted
uranium ammunition.

Today, Crane's testimony was repeatedly interrupted by the objections =
of
Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman. He also asked her to name who
drove the activists to the air base. She refused to implicate anyone.

Jonathan Katz, representing Kelly, and Ramsey Clark, representing =
Crane,
argued that Doug Rokke, a Department of Defense expert on depleted
uranium, should be allowed to testify. Otherwise, the defendants could
present no defense as to the poisonous nature of depleted uranium. As
Clark argued, the jury would have nothing to base a decision on
regarding the defendants' study of DU. They could just as easy, Clark
noted, express a belief that they went to the air base to prevent an
attack by extra-terrestrials. It makes no sense to a jury to hear a
defendant say what s/he believes, and then not be allowed to present an
expert witness to provide context.

WHAT: Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr.
reluctantly allowed Rokke on the stand, but sustained the prosecutor's
objections to each question asked of the witness. It became clear to =
the
defendants that they would not be permitted to raise a defense. So they
refused to continue. Supporters in the courtroom began speaking out, =
and
eventually the room was cleared when singing broke out.=20

Because of the importance of Rokke's testimony, he will be appearing at
a press conference to explain what he would said about the hazardous
nature of depleted uranium. A number of the Plowshares supporters will
also attend.


WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 at 6:00 PM

WHERE: 4806 York Road, AFSC-Baltimore headquarters


WHY: The defendants readily admit turning the Warthogs into plowshares,
but argue they acted without malice and criminal intent. Since they =
were
not permitted to present evidence as to their intent, they saw no =
reason
to continue.=20

On December 26, 1999, CBS 60 Minutes, the first large media outlet,
discussed the dangers of depleted uranium. Doug Rokke was a prominent
part of the show, as he actually produced for the Pentagon training
films on the handling of depleted uranium. The films were never used,
and Persian Gulf veterans told 60 Minutes that they were not trained in
the handling of DU. In fact, some of them believe their illnesses were
caused by DU.=20

Rokke has documents indicating the Department of War was aware of the
dangers of this ammunition as far back as 1943. He will also indicate
that he went to the White House before NATO's air war against =
Yugoslavia
to advocate that depleted uranium should not be used. His advice was
disregarded, and NATO planes shot DU ammunition in Yugoslavia.

The jury is expected to start deliberations tomorrow on the following
charges:malicious destruction of property--with a property damage of
more than $300-three years and/or $2,500 fine and conspiracy to
maliciously destroy property--maximum three years. Susan Crane is also
facing a second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence
of ten years imprisonment. Court will resume on Thursday, March 23, at
9:15 AM.

There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place =
on
Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered
on nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia,
Penn.

Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were members of the Prince of Peace
Plowshares, which disarmed an Aegis destroyer at the Bath [Maine] Iron
Works on Feb. 12, 1997. After Rev. Kelly served his sentence for the
Maine action and refused to cooperate with federal probation, federal
marshals were pursuing him.

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into
pruning
hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall
they
train for war again." Isaiah 2:4


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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Thoroughbred follow up
Date: 24 Mar 2000 13:05:26 +1000

See the FOE Australia press release on Abolition Caucus yesterday - we make
exactly the same point re the NPT Review.


At 7:49 AM +1000 24/3/2000, bob kinsey wrote:
> agree totally -- except even the Pope is unable to mention specifics like
>the behavior of Pius XII during the Holocaust and only expresses sadness
>without assuming some of the guilt involved in the Concordat between Hitler
>and the Roman Church.  Its the functionaries in the system, the nuclear
>scientists and technicians, the Pentagon careerists who keep it all going.
>Its kind of like the Curia in the Vatican.
>*************************************************
>Bob Kinsey
>Peace and Justice Task Force
>Rocky Mountain Conference, United Church of Christ
>bkinsey@peacemission .org
>6555 Ward Road, Arvada, Colorado, 80004
>"Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God" --
>Jesus of Nazareth
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Charles F Hilfenhaus <[e-mail]>
>To: <[e-mail]>; <[e-mail]>;
><[e-mail]>; <[e-mail]>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 11:48 PM
>Subject: (abolition-usa) Thoroughbred follow up
>
>
>> I did not include this with my announcement of the test because
>> it is a personal opinion not a factual report of the action, however:
>> One can only wonder at the magnitude of hippocracy of the United
>> States to conduct this test at the same time President Clinton is
>> lecturing India and Pakistan about their nuclear weapons programs.
>> I wish, instead, he would listen and learn from Pope John Paul II
>> and apologize to the world for the role of the United States in
>> developing, using and perpetuating the evil of nuclear weapons.
>>
>> Charlie Hilfenhaus
>> Alliance of Atomic Veterans
>> Director, Atomic Workers Division
>> [e-mail]
>>
>> ________________________________________________________________
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 300 GROUPS SIGN NPT 'HEADS OF STATE' LETTER - CLOSING END MARCH
Date: 24 Mar 2000 15:53:38 +1000

Dear All,
If your organisation has still not signed the 'Heads of State' letter on
the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
we urge you to do so. The letter essentially asks the nuclear weapons
states to fulfil their article VI obligations under the treaty, which are
to eliminate their nuclear arsenals, and asks other NPT signatories to act
to press them to do so.

So far it has been signed by about 300 organisations including FOEI,
Greenpeace International, International Peace Bureau, WILPF, World Court
Project, IPPNW, IALANA, 12 members of the European Parliament, 14
Australian MPs, 2 Canadian MPs, 2UK MPs, and MPs from Germany, France, and
Norway.
It has also been signed by the uniting Church in Australia and by the
Anglican Synod of Canada.

It is to be mailed and faxed to UN missions, foreign ministers, and heads
of state from the end of March, when signatures close.

We urge you to sign it before then.


TO:
PRESIDENT  BILL CLINTON, (US)
[phone], 1-202-456-2883, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, (RUSSIA)
[phone], [phone],
=46OREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV(RUSSIA)
[phone], [phone]

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, (UK) [phone]

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC (FRANCE)[phone],
PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN (FRANCE) [phone]
PRESIDENT JIANG XEMIN (CHINA)
CC
PRIME MINISTER A.B. VAJPAYEE, (INDIA)[phone]

PRESIDENT MOHAMMED RAFIQ DARAR(PAKISTAN)
9251-920-3938,
=46OREIGN MINISTER ABDUL SATTAR (PAKISTAN)
9251-920-7217

PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK (ISRAEL) [phone],

ALL HEADS OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NUCLEAR
NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)

UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADORS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NPT

RE: ENSURING A SUCCESSFUL NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE=
=2E

Dear Heads of State, Foreign Ministers, and Ambassadors,

The undersigned organizations, representing many millions of deeply
concerned people worldwide, are writing to you regarding the  Review
Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) at the United
Nations in New York,  April 24-May 19, 2000. This meeting has crucial
implications not only for NPT member states, but also for non-member
states, especially India,  Pakistan and Israel.

We believe the 2000 Review Conference could and should be a catalyst in
breaking the deadlock in the nuclear disarmament arena. It represents an
opportunity to make real progress toward nuclear disarmament, and nuclear
weapons abolition, which is essential to the achievement of common security
based on human and ecological values and respect for international
institutions and law. Failure in this regard could lead to the unraveling
of the NPT regime.

This is exactly opposite to the wishes and expectations of the majority of
the people of the world. It is clear from recent polls, that the
overwhelming majority of the world's people expect no less than immediate
commencement of multilateral negotiations leading to the elimination of
nuclear weapons through a global treaty in fulfillment of Article VI.

Crucial to the outcome of this Review Conference will be the extent to
which the nuclear weapon states are willing to act on their unambiguous
legal obligation and commitment to the elimination of their nuclear weapons
as called for by Article VI, which states:
"Each of the parties to the treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in
good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms
race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on
general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international
control."

Since the 1995 Review and Extension Conference, the importance of Article
VI and the NPT itself has been reinforced by the International Court of
Justice (ICJ),   which concluded unanimously in its 1996 Advisory Opinion
that:
"there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a
conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects
under strict and effective international control"

While some progress has been achieved over the last decade in the reduction
of the total number of nuclear weapons deployed by the nuclear weapon
states, these states maintain their commitment to highly dangerous nuclear
military doctrines as a cornerstone of their defence and security policy,
some for the indefinite future. Progress on fulfilling Article VI
obligations is thus stalled, and the development of new nuclear dangers is
encouraged.

The following developments represent a growing peril that challenges
international and human security, and to which NPT states parties and
especially nuclear states must respond creatively:

--Ten years after the end of the Cold War, over 30,000 nuclear weapons
remain worldwide, and India and Pakistan have both tested nuclear weapons.

--Though UN and European Parliament  resolutions have drawn attention to
the Article VI obligations and to the ICJ Advisory Opinion, NATO has
jeopardized the NPT by its re-affirmation in April 1999 that nuclear
weapons are 'essential' to its security. While the NATO nuclear policy
review is welcome, it is preempted and undercut by this reaffirmation.

-- The US and Russia failed to respond to worldwide pressure to de- alert
by December 1999, and each maintain over 2000 nuclear warheads on permanent
'launch on warning' status. This continues in spite of the incorporation of
de-alerting into the 1996 recommendations of the Canberra Commission, into
two resolutions  passed by massive majorities in the UN General Assembly in
1998, and again in 1999, and a unanimous resolution of the European
Parliament of November 18,  1999.

--Key states have failed to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
(CTBT), opened for signature in 1996.  The US Senate in October 1999  voted
down ratification, in spite of the nearly unanimous endorsement of that
treaty by the international community and overwhelming US public support
for nuclear disarmament and the CTBT.

--The clear aim of the CTBT is to constrain weapons development:  yet the
US, Russia, and other nuclear states still proceed with the development of
new nuclear weapon types and modifications in computer-simulated 'virtual
reality', with the aid of sub-critical underground nuclear testing, which
undermines both the spirit and purpose of the treaty. In particular, US
activities at the National Ignition Facility and the French Megajoule laser
project enable further weapons development.

--In 2000, the US may decide to deploy a National Ballistic Missile Defence
(NMD) system which would violate the existing Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
of 1972, which is fundamental to the existing strategic arms restraints
between the United States and Russia. NMD deployment could set back
progress on Article VI objectives for years to come.

--Presidential Decision Directive 60 has reaffirmed US use of nuclear
weapons as a 'cornerstone' of its security policy. Meanwhile, Russia has
steadily moved toward a more ready use of nuclear weapons in recent years.
The potential dangers in this are extreme.

In light of the above developments, lack of progress on Article VI
obligations poses the increasing danger that some non-nuclear states will
conclude that it is in their interests to acquire nuclear weapons, while
those that have already tested them will proceed to further weaponisation
and expansion of their arsenals.

A positive and creative response to the above, and commitment and
leadership on behalf of both human life and all other life is urgently
demanded.

Of critical importance in addressing the currently unacceptable situation
are interim measures such as de-alerting,  and the removal of weapons from
delivery systems, aimed at decreasing the possibility of accidental nuclear
war and at increasing mutual trust and establishing a momentum toward
nuclear weapons elimination.

NPT states parties should resolve,  as a first step,  that all nuclear
forces be immediately stood down from high alert status.

We urge all  nuclear weapons states leaders, and all NPT Review
participants, as a matter of the highest priority and urgency, as well as a
clear legal obligation, to take action to complete unfinished disarmament
objectives and to begin urgent negotiations toward a treaty to eliminate
nuclear weapons.

Immediate steps (both in the CD and other fora)  must be taken by the
nuclear states that will lead clearly and swiftly toward negotiations in
fulfillment of Article VI.

You, as a world leader,  have the fate of the world  in your hands during
these discussions.  We therefore  strongly urge you to attend this review
conference, as you have the authority to commence negotiations to eliminate
nuclear weapons.  By doing so, you can to alter the course of history and
leave a legacy of a more secure future for this generation and for those to
come. Failure to do so risks a revived nuclear arms race that ultimately
could destroy civilization.

(Signed)

(International Organizations)

Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, President, (Kate Dewes, Vice-President,)
International Peace Bureau,  Geneva,
Bruna Nota, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, (WILPF),
Geneva/NY,
Ian Maddocks (Chair), Dr. Mary Wynne-Asford, Co-President,  Merav Datan,
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW),
Cambridge, Mass,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), The Hague, Netherlands,
William Peden, Disarmament Campaign, Stephanie Mills, Nuclear Campaign,
Greenpeace International, Canonbury Villas, London, UK.,
Dan Plesch, Director, British-American Security Information Council,
London/Washington, UK/US,
Rosalie Bertell, GNSH., President, International Institute of Concern for
Public Health, Toronto, Canada,
Peer de Rijk.,World Information Service on Energy.(WISE) International,
Amsterdam, Netherlands.,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium.,
Roland Schutzbach, President, David Schmitter, Vice-President, Global
Initiative, Solothurn, Switzerland,
Jim Morgan, ARC-Peace, International Architects, Designers, and Planners
for Social Responsibility, Stockholm, Swed, /NY., USA.,

UK Organisations
Commander Robert Green, RN (Retd.), Chair, George Farebrother Secretary,
World Court Project, UK,
Dave Knight, Chair, CND, UK.,
Janet Bloomfield, former chair CND, Saffron Walden Group Against Nuclear
Weapons, England,
Di Mc Donald., Nuclear Information Service., Southampton, UK.,
Liz Waterson, Douglas Holdstock,  MEDACT (IPPNW- UK)., Lond., UK,
Anni Rainbow, Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases,
Yorkshire, UK.,
Margaret Turner, WILPF-UK.,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Birmingham.,
UK.,
Glen Lee, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, UK.,
Angie Zelter, Environment and Peace Campaigner, Cromer, Norfolk, UK.,
Dr. George Farebrother, Sussex Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament, UK,
Allan Cottey, International Week of Science and Peace, Norwich, UK.,
Nancy Zook, Christian CND., London, UK.,
David Morris, Chair, CND-Cymru,
Norman Archie MP, (Conservative) Shadow Secy of State for Environment, UK
Parliament,
Alice Mahon MP, UK Parliament,

Roger Cole, Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland,
Eugene Mc Cartan, Chair, Communist Party of Ireland,
Sister Mary O'Connor, Irish Commission for Justice and Peace, Ireland,


Ulla Loetzer, MdB,(German Parliament) PDS,
Xanthe Hall, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Bernd Frieboese (Berlin), Ole von Uexkull (Lund), Barsebacksoffensiv,
Germany/Sweden.,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Future Award., Munich, Germany.,
Roland Blach, Non-Violent Action to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Germany.,
Ulf Panzer, District Court Judge, Judges and Prosecutors for Peace,
Hamburg, Germany.,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt, Germany.,
Henning Droege, Arzt fur Allgemeinmedizin, Allgau, Germany.,
Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council.,

Josef Puehringer, Plattform Gegen Atomgefahr, Austria.,
Josef Puehringer, Centrum-Energie Ceske Budejovice(Czech Republic)
Josef Puehringer, Buergerinitiative Umweltschutz, (Czech Republic)
Hienz Stockinger, Chair, PLAGE., (Platform Gegen Atomgefahren), Salzburg,
Austria.,
Mathilde Halla, Chair, Uberpartlielice Platform Gegen Atomgefahren, Linz,
Austria.,
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria.,
Dr. Hildegard Faessler, Chairwoman, International Week of Science and
Peace, Innsbruck, Austria.,
Dr. Hildegard Zlabinger, Chairwoman, Eco-Ontological System for Human
Rights and Environmental Protection.,
Bernadette Koechl, Council of Eco-ontological Systems for Human Rights and
Environmental Protection.,

Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Ulla Lehtinen, First Peoples, Finland.,
Lea Launokari, Women for Peace, Finland.,
Pirkko Lindberg, Women Against Nuclear Power, Finland.,
Lea Rantanen, Grandmothers Against Nuclear Power, Finland.,
Anita Hagman, Grandmothers for Peace, Finland.,
Anna-Liisa Mattsoff, No More Nuclear Power Movement, Finland.,

Claudia Behrens, Norwegian Green Party,
Bjorn Hilt, Norske Leger Mot Atomkrieg, (IPPNW Norway) Trondhiem, Norway.,
Gunnar Westberg, President, Vendela Englund Burnett, SLMK (IPPNW
affilliate) Goteborg, Sweden,
Aungiira Aurel Duta, For Mother Earth Romania,
=46undatia Pentru Partenariat Comunitar., Romania,
Alba Circle Nonviolent Movement, Budapest, Hungary,
Peace Tax Payers, Budapest, Hungary.,

Solange Fernex, President, WILPF France, Paris, France,
Dominique Lalanne, STOP-ESSAIS, La Ville, France.,
Daniel Durand, National Secy., Mouvement de la Paix, Paris France.,
Harsh Kapoor, South Asians Against Nukes, Combaillaux, France.,
G=E9rard Levy, National Secy, The Greens, (Les Verts) France.,
Elizabeth Lavier, The Greens, Paris, France.,

Ak Malten, Global Anti Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Netherlands.,
Krista Van Velzen, Socialist Party, Netherlands.,
Berrie Kollau, Stichting Vredesbureau Eindhoven (Peace Office Foundation
Eindhoven), Netherlands.,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
David Boerma, Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples, Neth.,

Kostas Valiotes, Domcetzoglou Kyriakos, Pan-Hellenic Network of Ecological
Organisations, Greece.,
Stefanos Stamellos, Friends of the Forest, Lamia, Greece,
Ecological Movement of Patras, Greece,

Vladimir Slivyak, Alexey Yablokov., Social-Ecological Union, Moscow, Russia,
Vera Brovkina, Chair, St Petersburg Peace Council, Russia.
Boris Bondarenko, IPPNW-Russia, St Petersburg Russia.,
Oleg Bodrov, Chair, 'Green World', Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, Russia,
Andrey Sukhnev, Ecotourism Centre, Lake Baikal, Russia,
Dr. Vyacheslav Sharov, Chelyabinsk-Hanford Project, Chelyabinsk, Russia.,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign in Ex-USSR., Moscow, Russia.,
Natalia Raghouzhina, Centre for Public Health, Novosibirsk, Russia.,
Elena Perfilyeva, Ecological Information Agency, Novokuznetsk, Russia,
Larisa Gurova, Movement for Ecological Safety, Ozersk, Russia,
Nadezhda Kutepova, Regional Social-Ecological Organisation 'HOPE', Ozersk,
Russia,
Aleksey Kozlov, Civil Initiatives Development Centre, Voronezh, Russia,
Galina Raghouzhina, WISE-Kaliningrad, Russia,
Natalia Kanyashkina, WISE-TOMSK, Russia.,
Alexander Koroleva, Ecodefense, Russia.,
Anatoly Korolyov, Baltic Resource Information Centre, Russia.,
Marina Roubtsova, Central Forest Biosphere Reserve, Russia/Ecologia Scotland=
,
Prof Anatoly Shahbad, Foundation Civilisation, Moscow.,

Alla Shevchuk, Odessa Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine.,
Dr. Lado Mirianashvili., Director, 'Udabno' fund, Georgia.,
Natalie Kirvalidze, Environmental and Sustainable Development Centre 'RIO',
Tblisi, Georgia.,
Alexey Svetikov, Zelenyi Zvit, Severodonetsk, Ukraine.,
Vadim Diukhanov, Chair, Ukrainian Society for Sustainable Development,

Dr. Caroline Lucas, MEP, Greens,UK, European Parliament,
Hiltrud Breyer, MEP., Greens, Germany, European Parliament,  Brussels,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Greens Group, Germany, European Parliament,
Brussells,
Gorka Knorr Borrass, MEP,  European Parliament, Brussells,
Pierre Jonkheer, MEP, Greens Group Belgium, European Parliament, Brussels,
Heidi Hautala, MEP Greens Group Finland, European Parliament,
Patsy S=F6rensen Member of The European Parliament, Greens Group,
Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Group, Ireland,
Nuala Ahern MEP Greens Group, Ireland,  European Parliament, Brussells,
Rolf Linkohr, MEP, Germany, Social-Democrats., European Parliament, Brussell=
s,
=46rancis Wurtz, MEP, President, Group GUE/NGL (Green-Left), European
Parliament,
Maj-Britt-Theorin, MEP, Social Democrats, Sweden (as President IPB)

Hiroshi Taka, Secy. General, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs (Japan
Gensuikyo)
Iwamatsu Shigetoshi, Chair, Japan Congress Against A and H-Bombs,
(Gensuikin), Tokyo, Japan.,
Sadao Kamata, Director, Nagasaki Peace Institute,
Senji Yamaguchi, Nihon Hidankyo, (Japan Confederation of A-Bomb and H-Bomb
Sufferers Organisation)
Dr Hideo Suchiyama, Former President, Nagasaki University,
Steve Leeper, Transnet, Hiroshima, Japan.,
Hiro Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
Disarmament and Security, Yokohama, Japan.,
Nichigu Asanga, (Buddhist Monk), Peace Office, Tokyo.,


Aditi Chowdhury, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA), Hong
Kong.,
Jong Won, National Secy., Green Korea United, South Korea.,

S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India.,
Thomas Matthew, SEEDS-India, Punnakadu, Kerala
Sukla Sen, EKTA, Santacruz, Mumbai,
Ammu Abraham, Womens Centre, Mumbai, India.,

M.W. Faruque, for:
--Society for Legal Rights, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
--Youth Approach to Development and Cooperation Dhaka, Bangladesh,
--Bangladesh Campaign to Ban Landmines
--Bangabandhu Gabeshana & Pathgar Parishad, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
--Bangabandhu Srimte Sangsad, Bashurhat, Noahkhali, Berhampur, Bangladesh.,
--Muktijoddah Jadhurgar (Liberation War Museum), Dhaka, Bangladesh,
--Bangabandhu Research Organization,
--Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
--Bashurhat Club, Noahkhali,
--Thikana Sambaya Samiti.,
--Suganda Sanskritik Kendra
--Institute for Comprehensive Healthcare, Research, and Rehabilitation of
Addicts and Psychopaths, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
Dr. M.A. Bari, Integrated Child Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,

Asif Rasheed, Executive Director., Awami Committee for Development, Multan,
Pakistan.,
Ramesh Man Tuladhar, Centre for Community Development and Environment
Research., Kathmandhu, Nepal.,

Nouri Abdul Razak Hussain, Secretary-General, Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity
Organisation, Egypt,
Harley, WALHI-SULTENG, (Indonesian Forum for Development),
Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW Malaysian
Affiliate), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.,
Cora Fabros, Secy. General, Nuclear- Free Phillipines Coalition,
Roy Cabonegro, Youth For Sustainable Development Phillipines,
(YSDA-Pilipinas)  Quezon City, Phillipines,
Julia Grace, LIHUE Association, Patagonia, Argentina.,
Prof. Raul A. Montenegro, FUNAM, Cordoba, Argentina.,
Luis Guttierez., President, Latin American Circle for International
Studies., Mexico City, Mexico.,

Ayesha Imam, Baobab for Womens Rights, Nigeria.,
Dr. Jenks Okwari, Program Officer, Community Development Project., Bukuru,
Jos, Nigeria.,
Patrick Eyinla, Justice Development and Peace, Nigeria.,
Diana Nyonyinotono, Single Mothers Association, Uganda.,
Jean-Clautaire Frerys Pouele, Earth Action Congo., Brazzaville, Republique
du Congo,

Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, Calif,
Alice Slater, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment,
(GRACE) New York,
Carah Ong, Abolition-2000, Santa Barbara, Calif.,
David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif=
,
Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation,
Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, Washington DC, USA.,
Bob Musil, Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility, (IPPNW
USA), Washington DC., USA.,
Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carrol Jr, USN(Retd),  Deputy Director, Centre for
Defence Information,(CDI), Washington DC, US.,
Christpher Paine, Natural Resources Defence Council, Washington DC.,
Jesse James,  Director, National Nuclear Dangers Dialogue, Washington DC.,
USA.,
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy,
(LCNP) N.Y., USA.,
War and Peace Foundation, UN Plaza, New York.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA, UN Plaza, NY, USA.,
Paxus Calta, Board member, International Campaigner, Nuclear Information
and Research Service, (NIRS) Washington, DC.,
Charles Ferguson, Director, Nuclear Policy Project., Federation of American
Scientists,
Arjun Makhijani PhD, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
(IEER), Tacoma, US.,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York/Y2K WASH., Huntingdon, NY.,

Richard N. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Honolulu, Hawaii,
Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Project EDNA,(Engaged Democracy for the Nuclear
Age), Brooklyn, NY.,
Donald C. Whitmore, President, Third Millenium Foundation, USA.,
Joe Katz, President, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND), Metro
Detroit, USA.,
Dana L. Richter PhD, Copper Country Peace Alliance, Houghton, Mich, USA.,
Troy Davis, President, World Citizen Foundation, Harvard, USA.,
Alastair Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum, Washington DC., USA.,

Bishop Walter F. Sullivan, President, Pax Christi USA,
Bob Kinsey, Chair, Peace and Justice Task Force, United Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountain Conference, Colorado, USA.,
Steve Ito, United Church of Christ Justice and Peace Ministry Coordinator,
Ryan Kurakawa, Office for Church in Society, United Church of Christ, USA.,
Howard W. Hallman, Chair, Methodists United for Peace and
Justice.,Washington, DC.,
Rosemary Everett, Sisters of the Holy Name., Justice and Peace Coordinator.,
Mary Ellen Gordeck, SSJ., Office of Peace and Justice, Sisters of St
Joseph, Nazareth, MI., USA.,
Vivienne E. Perkins, Christ Church Episcopal., Castle Rock, Colorado., USA.,
Joe Volk, Executive Secy, Friends Committee on National Legislation.,
Washington, DC.,

Michele Bisonette Robbins, Executive Director, Youth for Environment and
Sanity (YES), Soquel, Ca, USA.,
Ruth Garbus, Director, New York Women of Vision and Action., NY., USA.,
Shiela Blaker, Blaine Metcalf, War Resisters League, San Luis Obispo, CA.,
USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio.,
Bruce K. Gagnon., Coordinator., Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear
Power In Space., Florida USA.,
Letitcia Aguilar, Inter American Development Bank.,
Loren Finkelstien, Program Director, Free The Planet.,
Andrew Beath, Earthways Foundation, Malibu., Calif.,
Mary JoChristian,Monmouth County Citizens for Clean Air and Water.,
Phyllis S. Yingling., WILPF- US., Philadelphia., USA.,
Jan Harwood, Celia Freeman, Don Larkin, Harriet Blue, Paul Blue, Elena
Leland, Marilyn Lucier, Lilly Litsky, Alice Davis, Committee of Santa Cruz,
CA Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Santa Cruz, CA.,
George W. Albee, President, Psychologists for Social Responsibility.,
Rochelle Beckers., San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace., Calif., USA.,
Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM., USA.,
Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group.,(LASG) Santa Fe, NM., USA.,
Marsha Feinland, Chair, California Peace and Freedom Party,
Patricia Birnie, GE Stockholders Alliance for a Sustainable Nuclear-Free
=46uture, USA.,
Betty Schroeder, Arizona Safe Energy Coalition, Ariz, USA.,
Norm Cohen, Unplug Salem Campaign,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Arlington, MA.,
Prof Dennis Brutus, Co-President, Jubilee-2000 Afrika, Univ of Pittsburg, US=
A.,
Michael John Corley, Un-NGO Rep, Veterans for Peace,
Zia Mian, Centre for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton, NJ.,
Jim Boland,Peace Resource Centre, Wilmington, Ohio,
Marc P. Blaise Paige, Nevada Desert Experience, Las Vegas, Nevada.,
J. Truman, Director,  Downwinders, USA,
Michael Stowell, Arcata Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Commission, Arcata,
California, USA.,

Senator Douglas Roche OC, Parliament, Canada.,
Bill Blaikie, MP, (Winnipeg-Transcona), House Leader, New Democratic Party,
Canada.,
Barbara Birkett,M.D.,President, Physicians  for Global Survival (Canada),
Gordon Edwards PhD, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear
Responsibility, Montreal, Canada,
Bev Delong, President, Lawyers for Social Responsibility, Canada.,
Michael Murphy, Inter-Church Uranium Educational Cooperative, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada,
Archdeacon Jim Boyles, General Secretary, Synod, Anglican Church of Canada,
Prof. L. Terrell-Gardner, Past President, Science for Peace, Univ. of
Toronto, Canada,
Tryna Booth, Canadian Peace Alliance, Toronto, Canada.,
Joyce Lydiard, Rainforest Raging Grannies,  Vancouver, Canada.,
Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, Canada.,
Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatchewan, Canada.,
Linda Murphy, President, Interchurch Uranium Committee, Saskatchewan, Canada=
=2E,
Jo Hayward-Haines., Victoria Peace Project., Ontario, Canada.,
Penelope Simons, The Simons Foundation, Canada.,
Victor Lau, Green Campus Society, Canada.,
Macha Mc Kay, Chair, Nuclear Issues, Carolyn Langdon, Co-Chair, Canadian
Voice of Women for Peace,

Kate Dewes, Director, Disarmament and Security Centre, Christchurch,
Aotearoa/NZ
Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation Aotearoa/NZ, Auckland, NZ.,
Marion Hancock, Abolition2000, Auckland, NZ.,
Megan Hutching, Secy., WILPF, Aotearoa, (NZ).,
Kieth Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa (NZ), Parliament House, Wellington,
Carol Anne-Bradford, New Zealand Coalition for Gun Control, Auckland, NZ.,
Richard Frizzell, Nelson Peace Group, Nelson, NZ.,
Helen Kingston, Golden Bay Peace Group, NZ.,
Gary Ware, Peace Action Tuaranga, NZ.,
Miranda Bain, Psychology Works, Tuaranga, NZ.,
Rob Wilkinson, National President, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ.,
Ellen Mc Crae, New Zealand Federation of University Women, Canterbury Branch=
,
Jill Hawkey, Christian World Service, Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ


Peter Garrett, President, Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian
Conservation Foundation, Fitzroy, (Melb) Vic., Australia.,
Reverend John Mavor, President.,The Uniting Church in Australia, National
Assembly,
Irene Gale AM, Babs Fuller- Quinn, Australian Peace Committee,
Dr. Susan Wareham President MAPW (Medical Association for Prevention of
War) Canberra, Australia,
Chris White, Secretary, South Australian Trades and Labour Council,
Adelaide, SA.,
Rev Greg  Thompson,  St Johns Anglican Darlinghurst.
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross,
Denis Doherty, Pax Christi Sydney.,
Moira Rowland, Convenor, Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Future, Canberra.,
Cameron Edwards, People for Nuclear Disarmament NSW.,
Hannah Middleton, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign, Sydney.,
Kirsten Blair, Mark Wakeham, Coordinators, Environment Centre of the
Northern Territory,
Rowena, Environment Centre of W.A., Perth, W.A.,
Graeme Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament W.A.,
Jo Vallentine, Community Anti-Nuclear Network, W.A.,
Jo Vallentine, Anti-Nuclear Alliance, W.A.,
Jo Vallentine, Perth Anti-Nuclear Group.,
Grant Keady, Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping, W.A.,
Bruce Nichols, Shine A Light for Peace Campaign.,

Senator Meg Lees,Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader, Australian
Democrats,
Senator Vicki Bourne, Australian Democrats Senator for New South Wales,
Senator Lyn Allison, Australian Democrats Senator for Victoria,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Australian Democrats Senator for Queensland,
Senator Brian Grieg, Australian Democrats Senator for  W.A.,
Senator Bob Brown, Greens Senator for Tasmania,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Julia Gillard, ALP Member for Lalor, Victoria.,
Dr. Carmen Lawrence, MP, ALP Member for Fremantle, W.A.,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal ALP Member for Stirling, W.A.,
Jill Hall, MP, ALP Member for, Shortland, NSW.,
Daryl Melham MP, ALP  Member for Banks, NSW., Aust.,
Anthony Albanese, ALP Member for Grayndler, NSW.,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP Member for Sydney, NSW,
Robin Geraghty, ALP  Member for Torrens, SA., Aust.,
Richard Jones MLC.,(Ind) NSW.,
Lee Rhiannon, Green MLC, NSW.,

Ricardo Navarro, Chair, Friends of the Earth International
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador.,
Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria,
Benin City, Nigeria,
Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth U.S., Washington., Dr.
Patrick Green, Senior Nuclear and Climate Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
England Wales and Northern Ireland, London, UK.,
Dr. Victor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine (Zelenyi Zvit),
Prof. Vladimir Koklyukhin, Friends of the Earth Belarus, Brest, Belarus.,
Manana Kochladze, Friends of the Earth Georgia/CEE Bankwatch Georgia,
Daniela Stojanova, Secy General, Friends of the Earth Macedonia.,
Dr. Maria Minkova, 'Ekoglasnost', Friends of the Earth Bulgaria, Sofia,
Juraj Zamkovsky, Friends of the Earth Slovakia, Ponicky, Slovakia,
Jan Beranek, Chair, Friends of the Earth Czech Republic (Hnuti Duha) Brno,
Czech Republic,
Diderich Johny, LIFE-Luxembourg (Youth Friends of the Earth Luxembourg)
Kika Kapela, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Kim Ejlertsen, Secy, Friends of the Earth Denmark (NOAH)
Wendy Johnson, Friends of the Earth New Zealand,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia (Sydney)



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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) St.Peter& Smith&Cain: Persecution of DU Plowshares:Putting Mark o
Date: 24 Mar 2000 09:50:00 -0600

a lawyer died and went up towards heaven trying to get past the Pearly
Gates. He filed his Brief with St. Peter and made the best oral =
argument he
could. St. Peter ruled:"Admission denied!" The lawyer demanded an =
appeal.
St. Peter told him that he had one appeal as of right, but that the =
appeal
would take at least 2 years and that in the meantime he would have to =
go to
purgatory and appeal from there. So the lawyer began walking down the =
road
towards  purgatory somewhat apprehensively. While he was  on the road, =
the
devil caught up with the lawyer and told him:"Say, i can get you an =
appeal
down there in 30 days." "Oh really", said the lawyer," that is just =
great.
But please tell me why does it take 2 years to get an appeal in heaven =
and
only 30 days to get an appeal in hell?" The devil responded: " Because =
I
have most of the judges down there with me." fab

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Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 8:06 PM
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Cc: ''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]' '
Cain on Smith
Importance: High


 Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216
Ph: 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]

PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2000

CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or =
[e-mail]
Jonah House 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]


VINDICTIVE JUDGE EXCEEDS SENTENCING GUIDELINES=20

IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL


WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's =
Jonah
House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and Elizabeth =
Walz, a
Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves the Plowshares =
Vs.
Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog [Fairchild Thunderbolt II]
aircraft. The aircraft were located at the Warfield Air National Guard =
base
in Middle River, Mary. Following Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, =
the
activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used
against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted =
uranium
ammunition.

Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr. effectively =
sealed
the fate of the Plowshares when, on March 13, he granted the =
prosecution's
motion for a gag order. The defendants would not be permitted to =
explain why
they disarmed the planes, nor to call expert witnesses. So as the trial
began on March 20 in circuit court in Towson, Maryland, the only issues =
of
contention would be a bogus assault charge against Crane and the =
severity of
the sentences handed out.

WHAT: The defendants elected to stay locked up and did not appear in =
court.
No closing statement was presented by the defense. After Assistant =
State's
Attorney Mickey Norman made his closing statement, which included a =
number
of disparaging comments, the case was in the hands of the jury.

After 4 =BD hours, the jury could not agree on the assault charge. So a
mistrial was declared on that charge, and the prosecutor chose not to =
re-try
that case. The four pacifists were convicted, however, of malicious
destruction of property--with a property damage of more than $300 and
conspiracy to maliciously destroy property. Judge Smith meted out the
following sentences. Each defendant was expected to pay restitution of =
=BC of
$88, 622.11, and should they want to be released pending appeal, each =
one
would have to post $90,000 cash bail. All were given prison sentences:
Walz-18 months, Crane and Kelly-27 months, and Berrigan-30 months.

WHEN: Thursday, March 23 at 4:15 PM

WHERE: Baltimore County Circuit Court

WHY: The prosecution was permitted to call an expert witness to testify =
as
to the damage done to the two A-10s. This expert, though, claimed to =
know
nothing about depleted uranium. Under cross-examination, he admitted =
the
military does not use that term. It is instead Armor Piercing =
Incendiary.

On March 22, when the defense called Doug Rokke, an acknowledged expert =
on
depleted uranium, Judge Smith found his testimony unsuitable. This =
convinced
the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium that they would not be able to =
receive a
fair trial. As Phil Berrigan said, "The courts are identified with the
Pentagon and the government. There is no way nonviolent defendants can =
get a
serious hearing in this or any other courtroom." Why hand the rope for =
your
hanging to the hangman?

Some observers were disturbed by portions of the prosecutor's closing
statement. "The defendants have used you. ... One of the few things =
Jonathan
Katz [defense attorney] said that was right, 'Being misguided is not a
crime.'... You can hate them if you like, as they damaged $88,622.11 of
tax-payer money. ... If you do not convict them, that would make you as =
bad
as them." In impugning Crane, "She deceived even him" [Bishop Thomas
Gumbleton, her character witness.] In a jab at the Plowshares =
supporters, he
said "They tried to infect you during their demonstrations."

Prior to sentencing, Walz sent a note from jail. She asked to stay in =
the
Baltimore County Detention Center so that she could serve the women =
there. A
transfer to the Department of Corrections would be an upgrade in regard =
to
services available. So Smith acquiesced with her request. The others =
will be
sent to a Maryland Department of Corrections facility.=20

More than fifty supporters were shocked by the vindictiveness of Judge =
James
Smith. The prosecutor stated the sentencing guidelines: Walz-probation =
to
one month; Crane and Kelly-two to nine months; and Berrigan-six months =
to
one year. The judge took the sentences well beyond the guidelines,
justifying this because of the extent of the damage. More likely, he =
wanted
to get back at the defendants who refused to recognize his version of =
the
law.=20

During the jury deliberations, supporters demonstrated outside the
courthouse. One of the three alternate jurors, who were dismissed at =
the
conclusion of the case, passed by the demonstration with tears in his =
eyes.
When approached, he would only say, "Not guilty. Not guilty."

There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place =
on
Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered =
on
nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, =
Penn.
Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were on federal probation for a =
previous
Plowshares disarmament, so that matter will be taken up after they =
serve
their Maryland sentences.

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into =
pruning
hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall =
they
train for war again." Isaiah 2:4


************************

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';
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''[e-mail]' '
Cc: '[e-mail]'; '[e-mail]'
Sent: 3/23/00 5:22 PM
on
Smith

Smith gave Phil Berrigan 30 months. May the Mark of Cain be upon =
Smith's
head for the rest of eternity should Phil die in jail!
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 5:12 AM
''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]'
'; ''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]' ';
''[e-mail]' '; ''TP2000' '; ''Scottish CND' ';
''[e-mail]' '; ''AALS Section on Minority
Grps. mailing list' '
of
Cain on Smith
Importance: High


This pathetic excuse for a Judge named Smith had better start thinking
long
and hard about what he is doing to Phil Berrigan here! Phil is THE =
MORAL
CONSCIENCE of our generation. Quite obviously, Smith fully intends to
send
Phil to prison after this sham of a kangaroo court proceeding. Phil =
will
probably die in prison. Phil's death in prison will be on the hands of
Smith
for the rest of eternity. Phil's death in prison will be the Mark of
Cain on
the forehead of Smith forever. We all know where Phil will be going
after
his death. Smith had better start thinking about where he will be going
after his death!
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law
=20

-----Original Message-----
'[e-mail]'; '[e-mail]';
'[e-mail]'; '[e-mail]'; 'TP2000';
'Scottish CND'; '[e-mail]'; 'AALS Section
on
Minority Grps. mailing list'
Sent: 3/22/00 4:17 PM
Conference

Here in the United States of America--"..the land of the free, and the
home of the brave":=20
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
WE ALL LOVE BIG BROTHER
=20
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law
In the Nuclear Empire
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:05 PM



Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216
Ph: 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]

PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2000

CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or
[e-mail]
Jonah House 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]


DEPLETED URANIUM EXPERT, NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL, TO
HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE


WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's
Jonah House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and
Elizabeth Walz, a Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves
the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog
[Fairchild Thunderbolt II] aircraft. The aircraft were located at the
Warfield Air National Guard base in Middle River, Mary. Following
Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the
activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used
against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted
uranium ammunition.

Today, Crane's testimony was repeatedly interrupted by the objections =
of
Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman. He also asked her to name who
drove the activists to the air base. She refused to implicate anyone.

Jonathan Katz, representing Kelly, and Ramsey Clark, representing =
Crane,
argued that Doug Rokke, a Department of Defense expert on depleted
uranium, should be allowed to testify. Otherwise, the defendants could
present no defense as to the poisonous nature of depleted uranium. As
Clark argued, the jury would have nothing to base a decision on
regarding the defendants' study of DU. They could just as easy, Clark
noted, express a belief that they went to the air base to prevent an
attack by extra-terrestrials. It makes no sense to a jury to hear a
defendant say what s/he believes, and then not be allowed to present an
expert witness to provide context.

WHAT: Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr.
reluctantly allowed Rokke on the stand, but sustained the prosecutor's
objections to each question asked of the witness. It became clear to =
the
defendants that they would not be permitted to raise a defense. So they
refused to continue. Supporters in the courtroom began speaking out, =
and
eventually the room was cleared when singing broke out.=20

Because of the importance of Rokke's testimony, he will be appearing at
a press conference to explain what he would said about the hazardous
nature of depleted uranium. A number of the Plowshares supporters will
also attend.


WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 at 6:00 PM

WHERE: 4806 York Road, AFSC-Baltimore headquarters


WHY: The defendants readily admit turning the Warthogs into plowshares,
but argue they acted without malice and criminal intent. Since they =
were
not permitted to present evidence as to their intent, they saw no =
reason
to continue.=20

On December 26, 1999, CBS 60 Minutes, the first large media outlet,
discussed the dangers of depleted uranium. Doug Rokke was a prominent
part of the show, as he actually produced for the Pentagon training
films on the handling of depleted uranium. The films were never used,
and Persian Gulf veterans told 60 Minutes that they were not trained in
the handling of DU. In fact, some of them believe their illnesses were
caused by DU.=20

Rokke has documents indicating the Department of War was aware of the
dangers of this ammunition as far back as 1943. He will also indicate
that he went to the White House before NATO's air war against =
Yugoslavia
to advocate that depleted uranium should not be used. His advice was
disregarded, and NATO planes shot DU ammunition in Yugoslavia.

The jury is expected to start deliberations tomorrow on the following
charges:malicious destruction of property--with a property damage of
more than $300-three years and/or $2,500 fine and conspiracy to
maliciously destroy property--maximum three years. Susan Crane is also
facing a second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence
of ten years imprisonment. Court will resume on Thursday, March 23, at
9:15 AM.

There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place =
on
Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered
on nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia,
Penn.

Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were members of the Prince of Peace
Plowshares, which disarmed an Aegis destroyer at the Bath [Maine] Iron
Works on Feb. 12, 1997. After Rev. Kelly served his sentence for the
Maine action and refused to cooperate with federal probation, federal
marshals were pursuing him.

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into
pruning
hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall
they
train for war again." Isaiah 2:4


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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Nuclear Sins: St.Peter& Smith&Cain: Persecution of DU Plowshares:
Date: 24 Mar 2000 15:21:27 -0600

During the  course of the DU Plowshares persecution/trial, 76 year old Phil
Berrigan--nominated last year for the Nobel Peace Prize--was kept in
shackles despite his request to Smith/Cain  that the shackles be removed
because they were causing Phil pain. Phil suffers because of our nuclear
sins.
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law

Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue
Champaign, Ill. 61820
217-333-7954 (voice)
217-244-1478 (fax)
[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2000 9:50 AM
'''[e-mail]' ' ';
'''[e-mail]' ' '; '''[e-mail]' '
'; '''[e-mail]' ' '; '''[e-mail]' ' ';
'''TP2000' ' '; '''Scottish CND' ' ';
'''[e-mail]' ' '
Cc: ''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]' '
of Cain on Smith
Importance: High


a lawyer died and went up towards heaven trying to get past the Pearly
Gates. He filed his Brief with St. Peter and made the best oral argument he
could. St. Peter ruled:"Admission denied!" The lawyer demanded an appeal.
St. Peter told him that he had one appeal as of right, but that the appeal
would take at least 2 years and that in the meantime he would have to go to
purgatory and appeal from there. So the lawyer began walking down the road
towards  purgatory somewhat apprehensively. While he was  on the road, the
devil caught up with the lawyer and told him:"Say, i can get you an appeal
down there in 30 days." "Oh really", said the lawyer," that is just great.
But please tell me why does it take 2 years to get an appeal in heaven and
only 30 days to get an appeal in hell?" The devil responded: " Because I
have most of the judges down there with me." fab

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 8:06 PM
'''[e-mail]' ' ';
'''[e-mail]' ' '; '''[e-mail]' '
'; '''[e-mail]' ' '; '''[e-mail]' ' ';
'''TP2000' ' '; '''Scottish CND' ' ';
'''[e-mail]' ' '
Cc: ''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]' '
Cain on Smith
Importance: High


 Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216
Ph: 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]

PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2000

CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or [e-mail]
Jonah House 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]


VINDICTIVE JUDGE EXCEEDS SENTENCING GUIDELINES

IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL


WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's Jonah
House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and Elizabeth Walz, a
Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves the Plowshares Vs.
Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog [Fairchild Thunderbolt II]
aircraft. The aircraft were located at the Warfield Air National Guard base
in Middle River, Mary. Following Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the
activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used
against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted uranium
ammunition.

Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr. effectively sealed
the fate of the Plowshares when, on March 13, he granted the prosecution's
motion for a gag order. The defendants would not be permitted to explain why
they disarmed the planes, nor to call expert witnesses. So as the trial
began on March 20 in circuit court in Towson, Maryland, the only issues of
contention would be a bogus assault charge against Crane and the severity of
the sentences handed out.

WHAT: The defendants elected to stay locked up and did not appear in court.
No closing statement was presented by the defense. After Assistant State's
Attorney Mickey Norman made his closing statement, which included a number
of disparaging comments, the case was in the hands of the jury.

After 4 ╜ hours, the jury could not agree on the assault charge. So a
mistrial was declared on that charge, and the prosecutor chose not to re-try
that case. The four pacifists were convicted, however, of malicious
destruction of property--with a property damage of more than $300 and
conspiracy to maliciously destroy property. Judge Smith meted out the
following sentences. Each defendant was expected to pay restitution of ╝ of
$88, 622.11, and should they want to be released pending appeal, each one
would have to post $90,000 cash bail. All were given prison sentences:
Walz-18 months, Crane and Kelly-27 months, and Berrigan-30 months.

WHEN: Thursday, March 23 at 4:15 PM

WHERE: Baltimore County Circuit Court

WHY: The prosecution was permitted to call an expert witness to testify as
to the damage done to the two A-10s. This expert, though, claimed to know
nothing about depleted uranium. Under cross-examination, he admitted the
military does not use that term. It is instead Armor Piercing Incendiary.

On March 22, when the defense called Doug Rokke, an acknowledged expert on
depleted uranium, Judge Smith found his testimony unsuitable. This convinced
the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium that they would not be able to receive a
fair trial. As Phil Berrigan said, "The courts are identified with the
Pentagon and the government. There is no way nonviolent defendants can get a
serious hearing in this or any other courtroom." Why hand the rope for your
hanging to the hangman?

Some observers were disturbed by portions of the prosecutor's closing
statement. "The defendants have used you. ... One of the few things Jonathan
Katz [defense attorney] said that was right, 'Being misguided is not a
crime.'... You can hate them if you like, as they damaged $88,622.11 of
tax-payer money. ... If you do not convict them, that would make you as bad
as them." In impugning Crane, "She deceived even him" [Bishop Thomas
Gumbleton, her character witness.] In a jab at the Plowshares supporters, he
said "They tried to infect you during their demonstrations."

Prior to sentencing, Walz sent a note from jail. She asked to stay in the
Baltimore County Detention Center so that she could serve the women there. A
transfer to the Department of Corrections would be an upgrade in regard to
services available. So Smith acquiesced with her request. The others will be
sent to a Maryland Department of Corrections facility.

More than fifty supporters were shocked by the vindictiveness of Judge James
Smith. The prosecutor stated the sentencing guidelines: Walz-probation to
one month; Crane and Kelly-two to nine months; and Berrigan-six months to
one year. The judge took the sentences well beyond the guidelines,
justifying this because of the extent of the damage. More likely, he wanted
to get back at the defendants who refused to recognize his version of the
law.

During the jury deliberations, supporters demonstrated outside the
courthouse. One of the three alternate jurors, who were dismissed at the
conclusion of the case, passed by the demonstration with tears in his eyes.
When approached, he would only say, "Not guilty. Not guilty."

There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place on
Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered on
nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Penn.
Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were on federal probation for a previous
Plowshares disarmament, so that matter will be taken up after they serve
their Maryland sentences.

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning
hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they
train for war again." Isaiah 2:4


************************



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''[e-mail]' '
Cc: '[e-mail]'; '[e-mail]'
Sent: 3/23/00 5:22 PM
Smith

Smith gave Phil Berrigan 30 months. May the Mark of Cain be upon Smith's
head for the rest of eternity should Phil die in jail!
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 5:12 AM
''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]'
'; ''[e-mail]' '; ''[e-mail]' ';
''[e-mail]' '; ''TP2000' '; ''Scottish CND' ';
''[e-mail]' '; ''AALS Section on Minority
Grps. mailing list' '
Cain on Smith
Importance: High


This pathetic excuse for a Judge named Smith had better start thinking
long
and hard about what he is doing to Phil Berrigan here! Phil is THE MORAL
CONSCIENCE of our generation. Quite obviously, Smith fully intends to
send
Phil to prison after this sham of a kangaroo court proceeding. Phil will
probably die in prison. Phil's death in prison will be on the hands of
Smith
for the rest of eternity. Phil's death in prison will be the Mark of
Cain on
the forehead of Smith forever. We all know where Phil will be going
after
his death. Smith had better start thinking about where he will be going
after his death!
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


-----Original Message-----
'[e-mail]'; '[e-mail]';
'[e-mail]'; '[e-mail]'; 'TP2000';
'Scottish CND'; '[e-mail]'; 'AALS Section
on
Minority Grps. mailing list'
Sent: 3/22/00 4:17 PM
Conference

Here in the United States of America--"..the land of the free, and the
home of the brave":
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
WE ALL LOVE BIG BROTHER

Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law
In the Nuclear Empire
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:05 PM



Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216
Ph: 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]

PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2000

CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or
[e-mail]
Jonah House 410-233-6238 or [e-mail]


DEPLETED URANIUM EXPERT, NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL, TO
HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE


WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's
Jonah House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and
Elizabeth Walz, a Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves
the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog
[Fairchild Thunderbolt II] aircraft. The aircraft were located at the
Warfield Air National Guard base in Middle River, Mary. Following
Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the
activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used
against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted
uranium ammunition.

Today, Crane's testimony was repeatedly interrupted by the objections of
Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman. He also asked her to name who
drove the activists to the air base. She refused to implicate anyone.

Jonathan Katz, representing Kelly, and Ramsey Clark, representing Crane,
argued that Doug Rokke, a Department of Defense expert on depleted
uranium, should be allowed to testify. Otherwise, the defendants could
present no defense as to the poisonous nature of depleted uranium. As
Clark argued, the jury would have nothing to base a decision on
regarding the defendants' study of DU. They could just as easy, Clark
noted, express a belief that they went to the air base to prevent an
attack by extra-terrestrials. It makes no sense to a jury to hear a
defendant say what s/he believes, and then not be allowed to present an
expert witness to provide context.

WHAT: Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr.
reluctantly allowed Rokke on the stand, but sustained the prosecutor's
objections to each question asked of the witness. It became clear to the
defendants that they would not be permitted to raise a defense. So they
refused to continue. Supporters in the courtroom began speaking out, and
eventually the room was cleared when singing broke out.

Because of the importance of Rokke's testimony, he will be appearing at
a press conference to explain what he would said about the hazardous
nature of depleted uranium. A number of the Plowshares supporters will
also attend.


WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 at 6:00 PM

WHERE: 4806 York Road, AFSC-Baltimore headquarters


WHY: The defendants readily admit turning the Warthogs into plowshares,
but argue they acted without malice and criminal intent. Since they were
not permitted to present evidence as to their intent, they saw no reason
to continue.

On December 26, 1999, CBS 60 Minutes, the first large media outlet,
discussed the dangers of depleted uranium. Doug Rokke was a prominent
part of the show, as he actually produced for the Pentagon training
films on the handling of depleted uranium. The films were never used,
and Persian Gulf veterans told 60 Minutes that they were not trained in
the handling of DU. In fact, some of them believe their illnesses were
caused by DU.

Rokke has documents indicating the Department of War was aware of the
dangers of this ammunition as far back as 1943. He will also indicate
that he went to the White House before NATO's air war against Yugoslavia
to advocate that depleted uranium should not be used. His advice was
disregarded, and NATO planes shot DU ammunition in Yugoslavia.

The jury is expected to start deliberations tomorrow on the following
charges:malicious destruction of property--with a property damage of
more than $300-three years and/or $2,500 fine and conspiracy to
maliciously destroy property--maximum three years. Susan Crane is also
facing a second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence
of ten years imprisonment. Court will resume on Thursday, March 23, at
9:15 AM.

There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place on
Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered
on nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia,
Penn.

Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were members of the Prince of Peace
Plowshares, which disarmed an Aegis destroyer at the Bath [Maine] Iron
Works on Feb. 12, 1997. After Rev. Kelly served his sentence for the
Maine action and refused to cooperate with federal probation, federal
marshals were pursuing him.

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into
pruning
hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall
they
train for war again." Isaiah 2:4


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Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: protest in Japan]
Date: 24 Mar 2000 14:16:32 +0000

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Sally Light
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Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against A Radioactive Environment)
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Sally

It was a great pleasure that i could talked with you the oter day.  I am
hoping to see you in NY next month.

Please find a enclosed the article from AKAHATA.

Masaya


U.S. again conducts nuclear test

   TOKYO MAR 24 JPS -- In Japan, many peace and democratic organizations on
March 23 protested against the U.S. subcritical nuclear test conducted at
Nevada Test Site on March 22 (Pacific Standard Time).

   In front of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, young people, women, workers, and
peace activists held a protest rally with the Japan Council against A & H
Bombs (Japan Gensuikyo).

   The U.S. carried out the test, which was the 10th of this kind, while
persuading India and Pakistan to give up their nuclear weapons.

   The U.S. Department of Energy announced that the test code-named
"Thoroughbred" had gone well to collect necessary data to prepare for a
future mock nuclear test explosion.

   Hiroshima Gensuikyo and the A-bomb survivors' organization in Hiroshima
staged a sit-in in Peace Memorial Park.  The participants decided to send a
letter to U.S. President Bill Clinton and to Japan's Prime Minister Keizo
Obuchi to request him that the Japanese government stand on a clear position
against all nuclear tests.

   The A-bomb survivors' organization in Nagasaki sent a letter to President
Clinton through the U.S. Embassy in Japan.  The letter said, "All you must
do is accept the responsibility for the tragedy caused by the U.S. atomic
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, apologize to, and work for abolishing
nuclear weapons not to repeat the same tragedy."

   In a published statement, the Japan P.E.N. Club criticized the
superpower's egoism and sent it to relevant authorities.  (end item)


JPS 03-083

Obuchi is irresponsible on secret agreements on nuclear weapons: Akahata

   TOKYO MAR 24 JPS -- Akahata's editorial of March 24  criticized Prime
Minister Keizo Obuchi for trying to avoid the Japanese government
responsibility for 'secret agreements on nuclear weapons.' The full text of
which is as follows.

   The Japan-U.S. Security Treaty included 'secret agreements.' During the
past 40 years since the signing of the Security Treaty in January 1960, the
question of 'secret agreements' between the two governments on the Security
Treaty has persisted.

   Especially, the question of secret agreements to allow U.S. nuclear
weapons to be brought into Japan has been a focal point of the Japan-U.S.
military alliance in connection with suspicions that it U.S. nuclear weapons
have been brought into Japan.

Declassified U.S. documents speak about themselves

    During one-on-one debates (Question Time) with Prime Minister Keizo
Obuchi on March 8 and 22, Japanese Communist Party Chair Tetsuzo Fuwa raised
this question as a fundamental national issue that "shouldn't be left
unsolved by the Diet" as we are to enter the 21st century. Showing
declassified U.S. official documents, he pressed the prime minister to make
a thorough investigation into the problem.

   So far, the Japanese government has officially explained that the
question of bringing nuclear weapons into Japan's ports is subject to prior
consultation under the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty and that so long as the
U.S. makes no proposal for prior consultation the Three Non-Nuclear
Principles are maintained.

   However, "not to allow nuclear weapons to be brought into Japan," one of
the three principles, will be effective only when the U.S. government
complies with it. There are two U.S. ways of bringing in nuclear weapons:
"introduction" and "transit." If the U.S. government implies that the
transit of nuclear weapons on vessels making temporary portcalls and on
aircraft transiting and using airports in Japan is not subject to prior
consultation, the Japanese government view completely is groundless.

   Declassified U.S. documents from 1961 to 1963 revealed by JCP Chair Fuwa
on March 22 have directly dealt with the minutes of the secret agreements on
the bringing-in of nuclear weapons.

   The June 1961 U.S. Department of State internal document states: "While
our treaty arrangements with Japan require formal consultation before
nuclear weapons are 'introduced' into Japan, the Japanese Government has
confidentially agreed, in effect, that weapons on vessels and aircraft in
transit through Japan are none of its concern."

   Another U.S. document indicates that Japan's Ikeda Cabinet in the Diet in
1963 made remarks that were tantamount to disregarding Japan-U.S. secret
agreements, U.S. President John F. Kennedy immediately held a meeting to
discuss what to do with the unexpected attitude of Japan.

   Under President Kennedy's instructions, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Edwin
Reischauer met Japan's Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira on April 4, 1963 to
reconfirm the validity of the secret agreement.

   They agreed that the word "introduce" means to "place" or "install" U.S.
nuclear weapons on Japan's territory.

   All  this are vividly  described in the U.S. documents.

   In the March 8 "Question Time," Fuwa said that U.S. declassified
documents show that there were secret agreements between the two countries
in January 1960 in connection with Japan-U.S. Security Treaty.

   In the March 22 "Question Time," Fuwa pointed out that one of the 1960
secret agreements was about U.S. nuclear weapons, and it was incorporated
into a document on "prior consultations" and taken over by the Ikeda
Cabinet.

   The point is that these official documents are made available on the
responsibility of the U.S. government. U.S. Forces are using its bases in
Japan based on what secret agreements say. The problem of U.S. nuclear
weapons in Japan is not a matter of 40 years ago but a current issue.
Explanations of Japan's government in last 40 years completely denied by the
facts

   In reply to Fuwa, Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi said that he was not able
to comment on the existence, character or contents of the U.S. documents
because Japan's government was not concerned with them. He only said that he
had complete trust in the U.S. as Japan's ally.

   It is the U.S. government, in which P.M. Obuchi has complete confidence,
that has made public the secret agreement. P.M. Obuchi should not dodge the
question, by only saying that Japan's government "was not concerned."

   The serious facts included in the U.S. declassified documents can
completely deny the explanations that Japan's government has made to the
Japanese people for the last 40 years.

   What has Japan's government promised to the U.S. government? Japan's
government must review the history of its foreign relations and make all
facts public. (end item)







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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) DU  Plowshares persecution  report
Date: 24 Mar 2000 17:14:38 -0600








Published on Friday, March 24, 2000 in the Philadelphia Inquirer

'Plowshares Vs Depleted Uranium' Activists Face Harsh Jail
Sentences

by David O'Reilly

TOWSON, Md. - The judge in the tumultuous trial of four Roman
Catholic peace activists charged with vandalizing two A-10 Warthog
bombers at a nearby military base stunned the courtroom yesterday
by imposing long prison sentences.

The four, who turned their backs on the judge on Wednesday and
refused to cooperate with their own defense, chose not to enter
the courtroom yesterday after instructing their lawyers to make no
closing arguments or sentencing pleas for them. The lawyers, who
included Ramsey Clark, a former U.S. attorney general, followed
their instructions.

Judge James T. Smith of Baltimore County Circuit Court then
sentenced Elizabeth Walz, 33, of Philadelphia, to 15 more months
in the county detention center, where she has resided since her
arrest Dec. 19.

Minutes before the sentencing, the state prosecutor had told the
judge that state sentencing guidelines for the charges against
Walz, who has no record, call for probation or one month in jail.

Smith also sentenced Philip Berrigan, 77, of Baltimore, to 30
months in state prison and Susan Crane, 56, also of Baltimore, and
the Rev. Steven Kelly, 50, of New York, to 27 months, less the
three months already served in jail awaiting trial.

All had been charged with malicious destruction of property and
conspiracy for cutting a fence at the Air National Guard Base in
Essex, Md., on Dec. 19, and afterward pouring blood, hanging a
rosary and a banner, and hammering on two A-10 Warthog bombers.

Crane had also faced an assault charge for allegedly swinging a
hammer over head when air-base security guards came to arrest her.
The jury was hung on that charge, and it was dropped.

State's Attorney Mickey Norman, who prosecuted the case, had
recommended sentences ranging from three months to one year.

"They were prepared for the worst," Berrigan's wife, Elizabeth
McCallister, told a crowd of about 40 supporters outside the
courthouse afterward, "and they got it."

Smith, who angrily cleared his courtroom Wednesday when the
supporters burst into a spontaneous hymn of protest against his
rulings, yesterday justified his long sentences: The $88,622 in
estimated damage to the airplanes "takes it out of the normal
range of property damage cases."

He also ordered each of the four - who call themselves "Plowshares
vs. Depleted Uranium" and say they live residentially in near
poverty - to reimburse the government for the full amount of the
damage.

The sentences and reparation amounts can be appealed, but lead
attorney John Katz of Silver Spring, Md., said he did not know how
they would proceed. The defendants were not available yesterday
for comment.

After the verdict and prior to sentencing, Walz sent a note to the
judge detailing what she said were many unpleasant aspects of
Baltimore County Prison and noting that several other women's
prisons were more accommodating of inmates. For that reason, she
said, she asked that she be permitted to stay at the Baltimore
County facility "where I might be of some comfort to the women
suffering there."

The judge allowed her request.

The four claim that anti-tank bullets of depleted uranium, which
were fired extensively by Warthogs in the 1991 Persian Gulf war
and last year in Kosovo, pollute the ground and air with
radioactive particulates that can cause birth defects and other
serious ailments to civilians and military personnel.

The U.S. Department of Defense maintains that depleted uranium is
only slightly radioactive and poses no significant health hazard.

When trial began on Monday, Smith said he would not allow expert
testimony on the health hazards of depleted uranium ordnance, and
he refused to allow the defendants to argue that their symbolic
acts of vandalism - what they call "conversion" - were morally
justified because of the hazards of depleted uranium.

Nevertheless, Berrigan and Walz, who represented themselves, and
the three defense lawyers tried repeatedly to inject references to
depleted uranium, which provoked immediate objections by Norman.

Most of those objections were sustained.

The mounting tension in the courtroom came to a head Wednesday
when Smith refused to allow the defense to present witnesses to
testify about the hazards of the use of depleted uranium.

Crane then read a statement asserting: "We cannot put on a defense
about the dangers of depleted uranium..." The judge ordered her
to stop, but she continued reading: "We will not participate in
what amounts to a legal gag order."

Berrigan, Walz, Crane and Father Kelly then turned their backs on
the judge. Father Kelly began reading a passage about justice from
the Book of Jeremiah.

Then, someone in the audience began singing an old Catholic Worker
hymn: "Courage, Sister; Courage, Brother. You do not walk alone.
We will walk with you, and sing your spirit home."

Smith gaveled repeatedly for silence, but when that did not
succeed, shouted: "If you cannot control yourselves about how
deeply you feel about the system, you must leave this courtroom."

When the singing continued, the judge sent the jury out
temporarily and ordered deputies to clear the room, allowing only
the press.

The audience was allowed back in today, but with strict
instructions to remain silent at the verdicts and sentencing,
which it did.

In his closing remarks yesterday, Norman told the jurors that the
defendants had "used you" and later suggested they had been
motivated by a desire for publicity, "their day in the sun."

"It's a no-brainer," he continued. "They came to preach...
If you let your feelings one way or the other interfere with your
duty, that makes you as bad as them."

Some members of the audience groaned.

After the verdict, Berrigan's wife, McCallister, complained that
Norman had engaged in "character rape."

Wendy Leitner-Sieber, who with her husband shares a Catholic
Worker house in Germantown with Walz, said she was saddened but
not surprised by the guilty verdicts.

"Our friends acted as they felt morally justified, as witnesses to
the gospel of love," she said. "The verdict stands for itself."

(c) 2000 Philadelphia Newspapers Inc.


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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) RE: Plowshares update
Date: 26 Mar 2000 20:25:01 -0600


Liz : I have lined up an outstanding Protestant Minister willing to organize
some clergy on behalf of Phil, their fellow clergy. He wrote against the
morality of nukes the same time Merton did. He believes that what Phil did
is right. Please send me the name, address, phone, fax and email (if
possible) of Judge Smith. He will try to get through to the so-called
Catholic lawyer of the year. His name is Rev. Dr. A.J. Good, our family
minister, since i also joined my wife's church--Congregationalist. All my
best, Francis.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: 3/26/00 9:31 AM

Liz here just sharing that I saw Susan Crane and Liz Walz yesterday and
Phil Berrigan and Steve Kelly this a.m. All are still in the Baltimore
Co. Detention Center or jail (women). They are fine; they are peaceful;
they are thankful to all who came and/or supported them in myriad ways.
Liz will stay in the Balt Co Jail and serve her time there. She still
welcomes mail #995-376.  200 Court House Court. Towson MD 21204
The other 3 expect to be moved by Tuesday - Steve and Phil to a
Diagnostic Center in downtown Baltimore for approximately 30 days; Susan
to the women's prison in Jessup MD to the quarantine-diagnostic
equivalent. We will keep you informed. If you wish to write them in the
interim, perhaps it would be best to send mail here and we will forward
it or await e mail updates. It is clearly a time of flux for them.
Some of them admitted to being weary after the trial but overall very
well.

And if they are thankful to you, I want you to imagine thanks and then
multiply it by tons and that can begin to express the gratitude of all
of us at Jonah House. For all - Liz

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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) CAN YOUR ORGANISATION  SIGN NPT LETTER BEFORE FRIDAY?
Date: 27 Mar 2000 18:03:31 +1000

Dear All,

Signatures on the "heads of State' letter to Foreign ministers, Prime
Ministers, and Heads of State of NPT signatory countries plus India
Pakistan and Israel are closing Friday!

So far it has been signed by about 300 organisations including FOEI,
Greenpeace International, International Peace Bureau, WILPF, World Court
Project, IPPNW, IALANA, 12 members of the European Parliament, 14
Australian MPs, 2 Canadian MPs, 2UK MPs, and MPs from Germany, France, and
Norway.
It has also been signed by the Uniting Church in Australia and by the
Anglican Synod of Canada.

It is to be mailed and faxed to UN missions, Foreign Ministers, and Heads
of State from the end of March, when signatures close.

WE URGE YOU TO SIGN IT BEFORE THEN.

To sign just email <[e-mail]>

Please make sure you include at least which COUNTRY you are from, and
preferably a non- cyberspace location. (country/state or province/city).


TO:
PRESIDENT  BILL CLINTON, (US)
[phone], 1-202-456-2883, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, (RUSSIA)
[phone], [phone],
=46OREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV(RUSSIA)
[phone], [phone]

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, (UK) [phone]

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC (FRANCE)[phone],
PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN (FRANCE) [phone]
PRESIDENT JIANG XEMIN (CHINA)
CC
PRIME MINISTER A.B. VAJPAYEE, (INDIA)[phone]

PRESIDENT MOHAMMED RAFIQ DARAR(PAKISTAN)
9251-920-3938,
=46OREIGN MINISTER ABDUL SATTAR (PAKISTAN)
9251-920-7217

PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK (ISRAEL) [phone],

ALL HEADS OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NUCLEAR
NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)

UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADORS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NPT

RE: ENSURING A SUCCESSFUL NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE=
=2E

Dear Heads of State, Foreign Ministers, and Ambassadors,

The undersigned organizations, representing many millions of deeply
concerned people worldwide, are writing to you regarding the  Review
Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) at the United
Nations in New York,  April 24-May 19, 2000. This meeting has crucial
implications not only for NPT member states, but also for non-member
states, especially India,  Pakistan and Israel.

We believe the 2000 Review Conference could and should be a catalyst in
breaking the deadlock in the nuclear disarmament arena. It represents an
opportunity to make real progress toward nuclear disarmament, and nuclear
weapons abolition, which is essential to the achievement of common security
based on human and ecological values and respect for international
institutions and law. Failure in this regard could lead to the unraveling
of the NPT regime.

This is exactly opposite to the wishes and expectations of the majority of
the people of the world. It is clear from recent polls, that the
overwhelming majority of the world's people expect no less than immediate
commencement of multilateral negotiations leading to the elimination of
nuclear weapons through a global treaty in fulfillment of Article VI.

Crucial to the outcome of this Review Conference will be the extent to
which the nuclear weapon states are willing to act on their unambiguous
legal obligation and commitment to the elimination of their nuclear weapons
as called for by Article VI, which states:
"Each of the parties to the treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in
good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms
race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on
general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international
control."

Since the 1995 Review and Extension Conference, the importance of Article
VI and the NPT itself has been reinforced by the International Court of
Justice (ICJ),   which concluded unanimously in its 1996 Advisory Opinion
that:
"there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a
conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects
under strict and effective international control"

While some progress has been achieved over the last decade in the reduction
of the total number of nuclear weapons deployed by the nuclear weapon
states, these states maintain their commitment to highly dangerous nuclear
military doctrines as a cornerstone of their defence and security policy,
some for the indefinite future. Progress on fulfilling Article VI
obligations is thus stalled, and the development of new nuclear dangers is
encouraged.

The following developments represent a growing peril that challenges
international and human security, and to which NPT states parties and
especially nuclear states must respond creatively:

--Ten years after the end of the Cold War, over 30,000 nuclear weapons
remain worldwide, and India and Pakistan have both tested nuclear weapons.

--Though UN and European Parliament  resolutions have drawn attention to
the Article VI obligations and to the ICJ Advisory Opinion, NATO has
jeopardized the NPT by its re-affirmation in April 1999 that nuclear
weapons are 'essential' to its security. While the NATO nuclear policy
review is welcome, it is preempted and undercut by this reaffirmation.

-- The US and Russia failed to respond to worldwide pressure to de- alert
by December 1999, and each maintain over 2000 nuclear warheads on permanent
'launch on warning' status. This continues in spite of the incorporation of
de-alerting into the 1996 recommendations of the Canberra Commission, into
two resolutions  passed by massive majorities in the UN General Assembly in
1998, and again in 1999, and a unanimous resolution of the European
Parliament of November 18,  1999.

--Key states have failed to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
(CTBT), opened for signature in 1996.  The US Senate in October 1999  voted
down ratification, in spite of the nearly unanimous endorsement of that
treaty by the international community and overwhelming US public support
for nuclear disarmament and the CTBT.

--The clear aim of the CTBT is to constrain weapons development:  yet the
US, Russia, and other nuclear states still proceed with the development of
new nuclear weapon types and modifications in computer-simulated 'virtual
reality', with the aid of sub-critical underground nuclear testing, which
undermines both the spirit and purpose of the treaty. In particular, US
activities at the National Ignition Facility and the French Megajoule laser
project enable further weapons development.

--In 2000, the US may decide to deploy a National Ballistic Missile Defence
(NMD) system which would violate the existing Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
of 1972, which is fundamental to the existing strategic arms restraints
between the United States and Russia. NMD deployment could set back
progress on Article VI objectives for years to come.

--Presidential Decision Directive 60 has reaffirmed US use of nuclear
weapons as a 'cornerstone' of its security policy. Meanwhile, Russia has
steadily moved toward a more ready use of nuclear weapons in recent years.
The potential dangers in this are extreme.

In light of the above developments, lack of progress on Article VI
obligations poses the increasing danger that some non-nuclear states will
conclude that it is in their interests to acquire nuclear weapons, while
those that have already tested them will proceed to further weaponisation
and expansion of their arsenals.

A positive and creative response to the above, and commitment and
leadership on behalf of both human life and all other life is urgently
demanded.

Of critical importance in addressing the currently unacceptable situation
are interim measures such as de-alerting,  and the removal of weapons from
delivery systems, aimed at decreasing the possibility of accidental nuclear
war and at increasing mutual trust and establishing a momentum toward
nuclear weapons elimination.

NPT states parties should resolve,  as a first step,  that all nuclear
forces be immediately stood down from high alert status.

We urge all  nuclear weapons states leaders, and all NPT Review
participants, as a matter of the highest priority and urgency, as well as a
clear legal obligation, to take action to complete unfinished disarmament
objectives and to begin urgent negotiations toward a treaty to eliminate
nuclear weapons.

Immediate steps (both in the CD and other fora)  must be taken by the
nuclear states that will lead clearly and swiftly toward negotiations in
fulfillment of Article VI.

You, as a world leader,  have the fate of the world  in your hands during
these discussions.  We therefore  strongly urge you to attend this review
conference, as you have the authority to commence negotiations to eliminate
nuclear weapons.  By doing so, you can to alter the course of history and
leave a legacy of a more secure future for this generation and for those to
come. Failure to do so risks a revived nuclear arms race that ultimately
could destroy civilization.

(Signed)

(International Organizations)

Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, President, (Kate Dewes, Vice-President,)
International Peace Bureau,  Geneva,
Bruna Nota, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, (WILPF),
Geneva/NY,
Ian Maddocks (Chair), Dr. Mary Wynne-Asford, Co-President,  Merav Datan,
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW),
Cambridge, Mass,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), The Hague, Netherlands,
William Peden, Disarmament Campaign, Stephanie Mills, Nuclear Campaign,
Greenpeace International, Canonbury Villas, London, UK.,
Dan Plesch, Director, British-American Security Information Council,
London/Washington, UK/US,
Rosalie Bertell, GNSH., President, International Institute of Concern for
Public Health, Toronto, Canada,
Peer de Rijk.,World Information Service on Energy.(WISE) International,
Amsterdam, Netherlands.,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium.,
Roland Schutzbach, President, David Schmitter, Vice-President, Global
Initiative, Solothurn, Switzerland,
Jim Morgan, ARC-Peace, International Architects, Designers, and Planners
for Social Responsibility, Stockholm, Swed, /NY., USA.,

UK Organisations
Commander Robert Green, RN (Retd.), Chair, George Farebrother Secretary,
World Court Project, UK,
Dave Knight, Chair, CND, UK.,
Janet Bloomfield, former chair CND, Saffron Walden Group Against Nuclear
Weapons, England,
Di Mc Donald., Nuclear Information Service., Southampton, UK.,
Liz Waterson, Douglas Holdstock,  MEDACT (IPPNW- UK)., Lond., UK,
Anni Rainbow, Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases,
Yorkshire, UK.,
Margaret Turner, WILPF-UK.,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Birmingham.,
UK.,
Glen Lee, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, UK.,
Angie Zelter, Environment and Peace Campaigner, Cromer, Norfolk, UK.,
Dr. George Farebrother, Sussex Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament, UK,
Allan Cottey, International Week of Science and Peace, Norwich, UK.,
Nancy Zook, Christian CND., London, UK.,
David Morris, Chair, CND-Cymru,
Norman Archie MP, (Conservative) Shadow Secy of State for Environment, UK
Parliament,
Alice Mahon MP, UK Parliament,

Roger Cole, Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland,
Eugene Mc Cartan, Chair, Communist Party of Ireland,
Sister Mary O'Connor, Irish Commission for Justice and Peace, Ireland,


Ulla Loetzer, MdB,(German Parliament) PDS,
Xanthe Hall, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Bernd Frieboese (Berlin), Ole von Uexkull (Lund), Barsebacksoffensiv,
Germany/Sweden.,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Future Award., Munich, Germany.,
Roland Blach, Non-Violent Action to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Germany.,
Ulf Panzer, District Court Judge, Judges and Prosecutors for Peace,
Hamburg, Germany.,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt, Germany.,
Henning Droege, Arzt fur Allgemeinmedizin, Allgau, Germany.,
Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council.,

Josef Puehringer, Plattform Gegen Atomgefahr, Austria.,
Josef Puehringer, Centrum-Energie Ceske Budejovice(Czech Republic)
Josef Puehringer, Buergerinitiative Umweltschutz, (Czech Republic)
Hienz Stockinger, Chair, PLAGE., (Platform Gegen Atomgefahren), Salzburg,
Austria.,
Mathilde Halla, Chair, Uberpartlielice Platform Gegen Atomgefahren, Linz,
Austria.,
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria.,
Dr. Hildegard Faessler, Chairwoman, International Week of Science and
Peace, Innsbruck, Austria.,
Dr. Hildegard Zlabinger, Chairwoman, Eco-Ontological System for Human
Rights and Environmental Protection.,
Bernadette Koechl, Council of Eco-ontological Systems for Human Rights and
Environmental Protection.,

Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Ulla Lehtinen, First Peoples, Finland.,
Lea Launokari, Women for Peace, Finland.,
Pirkko Lindberg, Women Against Nuclear Power, Finland.,
Lea Rantanen, Grandmothers Against Nuclear Power, Finland.,
Anita Hagman, Grandmothers for Peace, Finland.,
Anna-Liisa Mattsoff, No More Nuclear Power Movement, Finland.,

Claudia Behrens, Norwegian Green Party,
Bjorn Hilt, Norske Leger Mot Atomkrieg, (IPPNW Norway) Trondhiem, Norway.,
Gunnar Westberg, President, Vendela Englund Burnett, SLMK (IPPNW
affilliate) Goteborg, Sweden,
Aungiira Aurel Duta, For Mother Earth Romania,
=46undatia Pentru Partenariat Comunitar., Romania,
Alba Circle Nonviolent Movement, Budapest, Hungary,
Peace Tax Payers, Budapest, Hungary.,

Solange Fernex, President, WILPF France, Paris, France,
Dominique Lalanne, STOP-ESSAIS, La Ville, France.,
Daniel Durand, National Secy., Mouvement de la Paix, Paris France.,
Harsh Kapoor, South Asians Against Nukes, Combaillaux, France.,
G=E9rard Levy, National Secy, The Greens, (Les Verts) France.,
Elizabeth Lavier, The Greens, Paris, France.,

Ak Malten, Global Anti Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Netherlands.,
Krista Van Velzen, Socialist Party, Netherlands.,
Berrie Kollau, Stichting Vredesbureau Eindhoven (Peace Office Foundation
Eindhoven), Netherlands.,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
David Boerma, Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples, Neth.,

Kostas Valiotes, Domcetzoglou Kyriakos, Pan-Hellenic Network of Ecological
Organisations, Greece.,
Stefanos Stamellos, Friends of the Forest, Lamia, Greece,
Ecological Movement of Patras, Greece,

Vladimir Slivyak, Alexey Yablokov., Social-Ecological Union, Moscow, Russia,
Vera Brovkina, Chair, St Petersburg Peace Council, Russia.
Boris Bondarenko, IPPNW-Russia, St Petersburg Russia.,
Oleg Bodrov, Chair, 'Green World', Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, Russia,
Andrey Sukhnev, Ecotourism Centre, Lake Baikal, Russia,
Dr. Vyacheslav Sharov, Chelyabinsk-Hanford Project, Chelyabinsk, Russia.,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign in Ex-USSR., Moscow, Russia.,
Natalia Raghouzhina, Centre for Public Health, Novosibirsk, Russia.,
Elena Perfilyeva, Ecological Information Agency, Novokuznetsk, Russia,
Larisa Gurova, Movement for Ecological Safety, Ozersk, Russia,
Nadezhda Kutepova, Regional Social-Ecological Organisation 'HOPE', Ozersk,
Russia,
Aleksey Kozlov, Civil Initiatives Development Centre, Voronezh, Russia,
Galina Raghouzhina, WISE-Kaliningrad, Russia,
Natalia Kanyashkina, WISE-TOMSK, Russia.,
Alexander Koroleva, Ecodefense, Russia.,
Anatoly Korolyov, Baltic Resource Information Centre, Russia.,
Marina Roubtsova, Central Forest Biosphere Reserve, Russia/Ecologia Scotland=
,
Prof Anatoly Shahbad, Foundation Civilisation, Moscow.,

Alla Shevchuk, Odessa Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine.,
Dr. Lado Mirianashvili., Director, 'Udabno' fund, Georgia.,
Natalie Kirvalidze, Environmental and Sustainable Development Centre 'RIO',
Tblisi, Georgia.,
Alexey Svetikov, Zelenyi Zvit, Severodonetsk, Ukraine.,
Vadim Diukhanov, Chair, Ukrainian Society for Sustainable Development,

Dr. Caroline Lucas, MEP, Greens,UK, European Parliament,
Hiltrud Breyer, MEP., Greens, Germany, European Parliament,  Brussels,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Greens Group, Germany, European Parliament,
Brussells,
Gorka Knorr Borrass, MEP,  European Parliament, Brussells,
Pierre Jonkheer, MEP, Greens Group Belgium, European Parliament, Brussels,
Heidi Hautala, MEP Greens Group Finland, European Parliament,
Patsy S=F6rensen Member of The European Parliament, Greens Group,
Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Group, Ireland,
Nuala Ahern MEP Greens Group, Ireland,  European Parliament, Brussells,
Rolf Linkohr, MEP, Germany, Social-Democrats., European Parliament, Brussell=
s,
=46rancis Wurtz, MEP, President, Group GUE/NGL (Green-Left), European
Parliament,
Maj-Britt-Theorin, MEP, Social Democrats, Sweden (as President IPB)

Hiroshi Taka, Secy. General, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs (Japan
Gensuikyo)
Iwamatsu Shigetoshi, Chair, Japan Congress Against A and H-Bombs,
(Gensuikin), Tokyo, Japan.,
Sadao Kamata, Director, Nagasaki Peace Institute,
Senji Yamaguchi, Nihon Hidankyo, (Japan Confederation of A-Bomb and H-Bomb
Sufferers Organisation)
Dr Hideo Suchiyama, Former President, Nagasaki University,
Steve Leeper, Transnet, Hiroshima, Japan.,
Hiro Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
Disarmament and Security, Yokohama, Japan.,
Nichigu Asanga, (Buddhist Monk), Peace Office, Tokyo.,


Aditi Chowdhury, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA), Hong
Kong.,
Jong Won, National Secy., Green Korea United, South Korea.,

S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India.,
Thomas Matthew, SEEDS-India, Punnakadu, Kerala
Sukla Sen, EKTA, Santacruz, Mumbai,
Ammu Abraham, Womens Centre, Mumbai, India.,

M.W. Faruque, for:
--Society for Legal Rights, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
--Youth Approach to Development and Cooperation Dhaka, Bangladesh,
--Bangladesh Campaign to Ban Landmines
--Bangabandhu Gabeshana & Pathgar Parishad, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
--Bangabandhu Srimte Sangsad, Bashurhat, Noahkhali, Berhampur, Bangladesh.,
--Muktijoddah Jadhurgar (Liberation War Museum), Dhaka, Bangladesh,
--Bangabandhu Research Organization,
--Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
--Bashurhat Club, Noahkhali,
--Thikana Sambaya Samiti.,
--Suganda Sanskritik Kendra
--Institute for Comprehensive Healthcare, Research, and Rehabilitation of
Addicts and Psychopaths, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
Dr. M.A. Bari, Integrated Child Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,

Asif Rasheed, Executive Director., Awami Committee for Development, Multan,
Pakistan.,
Ramesh Man Tuladhar, Centre for Community Development and Environment
Research., Kathmandhu, Nepal.,

Nouri Abdul Razak Hussain, Secretary-General, Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity
Organisation, Egypt,
Harley, WALHI-SULTENG, (Indonesian Forum for Development),
Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW Malaysian
Affiliate), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.,
Cora Fabros, Secy. General, Nuclear- Free Phillipines Coalition,
Roy Cabonegro, Youth For Sustainable Development Phillipines,
(YSDA-Pilipinas)  Quezon City, Phillipines,
Julia Grace, LIHUE Association, Patagonia, Argentina.,
Prof. Raul A. Montenegro, FUNAM, Cordoba, Argentina.,
Luis Guttierez., President, Latin American Circle for International
Studies., Mexico City, Mexico.,

Ayesha Imam, Baobab for Womens Rights, Nigeria.,
Dr. Jenks Okwari, Program Officer, Community Development Project., Bukuru,
Jos, Nigeria.,
Patrick Eyinla, Justice Development and Peace, Nigeria.,
Diana Nyonyinotono, Single Mothers Association, Uganda.,
Jean-Clautaire Frerys Pouele, Earth Action Congo., Brazzaville, Republique
du Congo,

Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, Calif,
Alice Slater, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment,
(GRACE) New York,
Carah Ong, Abolition-2000, Santa Barbara, Calif.,
David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif=
,
Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation,
Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, Washington DC, USA.,
Bob Musil, Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility, (IPPNW
USA), Washington DC., USA.,
Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carrol Jr, USN(Retd),  Deputy Director, Centre for
Defence Information,(CDI), Washington DC, US.,
Christpher Paine, Natural Resources Defence Council, Washington DC.,
Jesse James,  Director, National Nuclear Dangers Dialogue, Washington DC.,
USA.,
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy,
(LCNP) N.Y., USA.,
War and Peace Foundation, UN Plaza, New York.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA, UN Plaza, NY, USA.,
Paxus Calta, Board member, International Campaigner, Nuclear Information
and Research Service, (NIRS) Washington, DC.,
Charles Ferguson, Director, Nuclear Policy Project., Federation of American
Scientists,
Arjun Makhijani PhD, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
(IEER), Tacoma, US.,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York/Y2K WASH., Huntingdon, NY.,

Richard N. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Honolulu, Hawaii,
Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Project EDNA,(Engaged Democracy for the Nuclear
Age), Brooklyn, NY.,
Donald C. Whitmore, President, Third Millenium Foundation, USA.,
Joe Katz, President, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND), Metro
Detroit, USA.,
Dana L. Richter PhD, Copper Country Peace Alliance, Houghton, Mich, USA.,
Troy Davis, President, World Citizen Foundation, Harvard, USA.,
Alastair Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum, Washington DC., USA.,

Bishop Walter F. Sullivan, President, Pax Christi USA,
Bob Kinsey, Chair, Peace and Justice Task Force, United Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountain Conference, Colorado, USA.,
Steve Ito, United Church of Christ Justice and Peace Ministry Coordinator,
Ryan Kurakawa, Office for Church in Society, United Church of Christ, USA.,
Howard W. Hallman, Chair, Methodists United for Peace and
Justice.,Washington, DC.,
Rosemary Everett, Sisters of the Holy Name., Justice and Peace Coordinator.,
Mary Ellen Gordeck, SSJ., Office of Peace and Justice, Sisters of St
Joseph, Nazareth, MI., USA.,
Vivienne E. Perkins, Christ Church Episcopal., Castle Rock, Colorado., USA.,
Joe Volk, Executive Secy, Friends Committee on National Legislation.,
Washington, DC.,

Michele Bisonette Robbins, Executive Director, Youth for Environment and
Sanity (YES), Soquel, Ca, USA.,
Ruth Garbus, Director, New York Women of Vision and Action., NY., USA.,
Shiela Blaker, Blaine Metcalf, War Resisters League, San Luis Obispo, CA.,
USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio.,
Bruce K. Gagnon., Coordinator., Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear
Power In Space., Florida USA.,
Letitcia Aguilar, Inter American Development Bank.,
Loren Finkelstien, Program Director, Free The Planet.,
Andrew Beath, Earthways Foundation, Malibu., Calif.,
Mary JoChristian,Monmouth County Citizens for Clean Air and Water.,
Phyllis S. Yingling., WILPF- US., Philadelphia., USA.,
Jan Harwood, Celia Freeman, Don Larkin, Harriet Blue, Paul Blue, Elena
Leland, Marilyn Lucier, Lilly Litsky, Alice Davis, Committee of Santa Cruz,
CA Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Santa Cruz, CA.,
George W. Albee, President, Psychologists for Social Responsibility.,
Rochelle Beckers., San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace., Calif., USA.,
Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM., USA.,
Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group.,(LASG) Santa Fe, NM., USA.,
Marsha Feinland, Chair, California Peace and Freedom Party,
Patricia Birnie, GE Stockholders Alliance for a Sustainable Nuclear-Free
=46uture, USA.,
Betty Schroeder, Arizona Safe Energy Coalition, Ariz, USA.,
Norm Cohen, Unplug Salem Campaign,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Arlington, MA.,
Prof Dennis Brutus, Co-President, Jubilee-2000 Afrika, Univ of Pittsburg, US=
A.,
Michael John Corley, Un-NGO Rep, Veterans for Peace,
Zia Mian, Centre for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton, NJ.,
Jim Boland,Peace Resource Centre, Wilmington, Ohio,
Marc P. Blaise Paige, Nevada Desert Experience, Las Vegas, Nevada.,
J. Truman, Director,  Downwinders, USA,
Michael Stowell, Arcata Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Commission, Arcata,
California, USA.,

Senator Douglas Roche OC, Parliament, Canada.,
Bill Blaikie, MP, (Winnipeg-Transcona), House Leader, New Democratic Party,
Canada.,
Barbara Birkett,M.D.,President, Physicians  for Global Survival (Canada),
Gordon Edwards PhD, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear
Responsibility, Montreal, Canada,
Bev Delong, President, Lawyers for Social Responsibility, Canada.,
Michael Murphy, Inter-Church Uranium Educational Cooperative, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada,
Archdeacon Jim Boyles, General Secretary, Synod, Anglican Church of Canada,
Prof. L. Terrell-Gardner, Past President, Science for Peace, Univ. of
Toronto, Canada,
Tryna Booth, Canadian Peace Alliance, Toronto, Canada.,
Joyce Lydiard, Rainforest Raging Grannies,  Vancouver, Canada.,
Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, Canada.,
Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatchewan, Canada.,
Linda Murphy, President, Interchurch Uranium Committee, Saskatchewan, Canada=
=2E,
Jo Hayward-Haines., Victoria Peace Project., Ontario, Canada.,
Penelope Simons, The Simons Foundation, Canada.,
Victor Lau, Green Campus Society, Canada.,
Macha Mc Kay, Chair, Nuclear Issues, Carolyn Langdon, Co-Chair, Canadian
Voice of Women for Peace,

Kate Dewes, Director, Disarmament and Security Centre, Christchurch,
Aotearoa/NZ
Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation Aotearoa/NZ, Auckland, NZ.,
Marion Hancock, Abolition2000, Auckland, NZ.,
Megan Hutching, Secy., WILPF, Aotearoa, (NZ).,
Kieth Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa (NZ), Parliament House, Wellington,
Carol Anne-Bradford, New Zealand Coalition for Gun Control, Auckland, NZ.,
Richard Frizzell, Nelson Peace Group, Nelson, NZ.,
Helen Kingston, Golden Bay Peace Group, NZ.,
Gary Ware, Peace Action Tuaranga, NZ.,
Miranda Bain, Psychology Works, Tuaranga, NZ.,
Rob Wilkinson, National President, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ.,
Ellen Mc Crae, New Zealand Federation of University Women, Canterbury Branch=
,
Jill Hawkey, Christian World Service, Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ


Peter Garrett, President, Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian
Conservation Foundation, Fitzroy, (Melb) Vic., Australia.,
Reverend John Mavor, President.,The Uniting Church in Australia, National
Assembly,
Irene Gale AM, Babs Fuller- Quinn, Australian Peace Committee,
Dr. Susan Wareham President MAPW (Medical Association for Prevention of
War) Canberra, Australia,
Chris White, Secretary, South Australian Trades and Labour Council,
Adelaide, SA.,
Rev Greg  Thompson,  St Johns Anglican Darlinghurst.
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross,
Denis Doherty, Pax Christi Sydney.,
Moira Rowland, Convenor, Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Future, Canberra.,
Cameron Edwards, People for Nuclear Disarmament NSW.,
Hannah Middleton, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign, Sydney.,
Kirsten Blair, Mark Wakeham, Coordinators, Environment Centre of the
Northern Territory,
Rowena, Environment Centre of W.A., Perth, W.A.,
Graeme Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament W.A.,
Jo Vallentine, Community Anti-Nuclear Network, W.A.,
Jo Vallentine, Anti-Nuclear Alliance, W.A.,
Jo Vallentine, Perth Anti-Nuclear Group.,
Grant Keady, Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping, W.A.,
Bruce Nichols, Shine A Light for Peace Campaign.,

Senator Meg Lees,Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader, Australian
Democrats,
Senator Vicki Bourne, Australian Democrats Senator for New South Wales,
Senator Lyn Allison, Australian Democrats Senator for Victoria,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Australian Democrats Senator for Queensland,
Senator Brian Grieg, Australian Democrats Senator for  W.A.,
Senator Bob Brown, Greens Senator for Tasmania,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Julia Gillard, ALP Member for Lalor, Victoria.,
Dr. Carmen Lawrence, MP, ALP Member for Fremantle, W.A.,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal ALP Member for Stirling, W.A.,
Jill Hall, MP, ALP Member for, Shortland, NSW.,
Daryl Melham MP, ALP  Member for Banks, NSW., Aust.,
Anthony Albanese, ALP Member for Grayndler, NSW.,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP Member for Sydney, NSW,
Robin Geraghty, ALP  Member for Torrens, SA., Aust.,
Richard Jones MLC.,(Ind) NSW.,
Lee Rhiannon, Green MLC, NSW.,

Ricardo Navarro, Chair, Friends of the Earth International
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador.,
Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria,
Benin City, Nigeria,
Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth U.S., Washington., Dr.
Patrick Green, Senior Nuclear and Climate Campaigner, Friends of the Earth
England Wales and Northern Ireland, London, UK.,
Dr. Victor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine (Zelenyi Zvit),
Prof. Vladimir Koklyukhin, Friends of the Earth Belarus, Brest, Belarus.,
Manana Kochladze, Friends of the Earth Georgia/CEE Bankwatch Georgia,
Daniela Stojanova, Secy General, Friends of the Earth Macedonia.,
Dr. Maria Minkova, 'Ekoglasnost', Friends of the Earth Bulgaria, Sofia,
Juraj Zamkovsky, Friends of the Earth Slovakia, Ponicky, Slovakia,
Jan Beranek, Chair, Friends of the Earth Czech Republic (Hnuti Duha) Brno,
Czech Republic,
Diderich Johny, LIFE-Luxembourg (Youth Friends of the Earth Luxembourg)
Kika Kapela, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Kim Ejlertsen, Secy, Friends of the Earth Denmark (NOAH)
Wendy Johnson, Friends of the Earth New Zealand,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia (Sydney)

John Hallam
=46riends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
=46ax (61)(2)9517-3902  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd






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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Berrigan's last stand
Date: 27 Mar 2000 08:23:56 -0600



Francis A. Boyle
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Headline: Berrigan's last stand
Subhead: The 76-year-old activist has always chosen the path of greatest
resistance. If a prison sentence for damaging warplanes means he end of that
road, he will go without regrets.

By Carl Schoettler
SUN STAFF

Philip Berrigan is the great enduring figure of resistance
to his admirers, who gather at his trials like a vast extended
family. He is the non-partiarchal patriarch of a clan whose totem
might be the dove of peace.

A kind of shudder ripples through his supporters in the courtroom when Judge
James T. Smith sentences Berrigan to 30 months in prison with the crisp
dispatch with which he imposes a life sentence on a murderer.

Berrigan is 76 years old, so you ask Elizabeth McAlister,
his wife of 31 years, if she's ever thought he might die
in jail, perhaps alone.

"He could," McAlister says. She has a clear, handsome face as strong as a
peasant woman in a Breughel painting. She's probably never worn makeup. Her
extraordinary white hair frames her face like a Jeanne D'Arc helmet.

"There's a level on which if that happens he would say `That must be.' And
he will have given his life. He will die as he lived, giving his life."

She almost intones the words, her face is a little tight
as she tries to answer plainly no matter how painfully.

"No one will take his life from him," she says. "Because it's already been
given over. And it's been given more and more deeply over these years of
non-violent
resistance.

"I try not to think beyond the gift that is today
and what we have to do in this moment. And if we can do that
as faithfully as we can, well, we'll get enough for tomorrow."

On Friday, Berrigan was in the Baltimore County Detention Center,
awaiting transfer to a state prison. He looks fit and cheerful
and unlikely to pass away very soon.

"I don't think there's any danger of that," he says, bemused by the
suggestion. He's sitting in a glass-enclosed booth talking through a phone
to a visitor.

"But if I do, that's OK. I couldn't spend my life better. It's what the
Christian gospel is all about. It's about bringing justice out of love. In
my limited fashion,
I've tried to do that. You love people and so you are just to them.

"My health is terrific," he says. He does 25 sit-ups and about 50 push-ups
every morning -- but not all at once. And he watches his diet. "It's hell on
wheels
in jail if your health isn't good."

Arrest record

He knows. He's been imprisoned 60 to 70 times in
the 35 years since he was arrested for pouring blood on draft
records at the Baltimore custom house in one of the first anti-war
protests of the Vietnam era. He became internationally famous
for the 1968 Catonsville Nine raid on a draft board.

Few question Berrigan's commitment or integrity, but even on the activist
left critics wonder if his direct-action raids on military targets are not
irrelevant and outdated in the year 2000. In this era, when "draft" is a way
to order beer, many wonder whether the symbolic pouring of blood on
airplanes then bending their fins has any practical value. Even
"progressives" get bored and ask if anyone hears the protest.

At the Baltimore County jail, Berrigan wears blue jail coveralls that hang
as if they were cut for somebody a couple sizes larger. Except for the fit,
he looks pretty much as he did during the brief period he was in court
during the trial.
He sat a bit hunched over in bib overalls, a work shirt and a red sweater,
perhaps nodding some during the duller periods. He looked more like the
three jurors in blue jeans than the suit-wearing officers of the court.

But that didn't stop them from convicting Berrigan
and his three companions on charges of conspiracy and damaging
A-10 Warthogs at the Maryland Air National Guard base at Essex.
The Guard toted up the cost of aircraft parts they damaged at
$88,622.11.

"The amount of the destruction in this case takes
it out of the guidelines of the typical malicious destruction
of property case," Judge Smith said in imposing sentence.

The Rev. Stephen Kelly, 50, a Jesuit priest from New York City,
and Susan Crane, 56, a member with Berrigan of Baltimore's
Jonah House community, both received 27-month sentences. Judge
Smith ordered Elizabeth Walz, 33, a Catholic worker from Philadelphia,
to serve 18 months in the Baltimore County jail. She asked to
be allowed to stay in the women's section of the jail where
she thought she could help alleviate conditions she found deplorable.

The four walked out of Judge Smith's court on Thursday and
never went back. They listened to the verdict and sentencing
over loudspeakers in the prisoners' "bullpen."

"If we had conformed and bent our necks," Berrigan
says, "our sentences would have been much different.

"The judge didn't understand what he was doing.
He thinks if he uses a club on people he'll get them to submit.
Some may get frightened and will submit, and others will say `No!' "

He's not sure if they'll appeal. That's a group decision, and he disclaims
any undue influence.

"If I wield a little edge, it's because, it's because I've been at this a
long time. We strive strenuously to be equal, to be community."

Another last protest

He thinks "realistically" this will be his last protest.

"This is the fourth time he's said `This is my last one,' " his wife says.
"Or `I got one more in me.' "

Berrigan will probably be transferred to the diagnostic center of the state
prison system on Tuesday. He expects to do about 20 months on a 30-months
sentence. He's been in jail since the Dec. 19, 1999, action.

"I miss my family and friends. We have a terrific community," he says. The
Jonah House community lives in a house they built themselves on the edge of
an old overgrown cemetery in West Baltimore.

Fighting back tears, their daughter, Frida, sat with her mother in the
courtroom, listening as the sentences were read. Jerry, their son, sat
stone-faced in a red T-shirt with a Celtic cross hanging from his neck.

"I miss our kids, sure," Berrigan says across the plate glass of the jail
booth. "It's the thing you give up to be free enough to say `No.'

"I'll try to do this jail stint constructively and then help out at home."

Constructively?

"It means you use the time as well as you can. Because you've got a lot of
time. You use it to help people and not sit back and watch TV and read
novels.

"People are often very bewildered and confused and hurt by being in prison,"
he says. "Sometimes you can help with that. That's what I mean by being
constructive."

He shares a cell with Father Kelly, the Jesuit, and two other
prisoners.

"We do counseling and a lot of listening," he says.

They lead prayers in the morning. Berrigan was a priest at St. Peter Claver
Roman Catholic Church, in an African-American parish in West Baltimore, when
he began his life protest during the civil rights era of the early '60s. He
remains deeply religious. He often writes Biblical exegeses in jail.

"I do a whole string of prayers," he says. "I pray for my family. I pray for
refugees. I pray for children of this country and abroad. Twenty percent of
the kids in America go to bed hungry every night. These kids need to be
prayed for, and their parents also."

Kelly and he run through a checklist every morning.
They review the things they did the previous day and talk about
the things they'll do during the coming day.

"In that way we're accountable to one another," Berrigan says.
Accountability is his prescription for a decent world. "That's very
necessary. That's the way the
world ought to be going on. We ought to be accountable to one another."

A weathered guy named Dan Colton came in from Missouri to sit in the
courtroom during the trial. He met Berrigan and his brother Daniel, a
Jesuit, poet and activist, in jail 30 years ago just after the Catonsville
Nine trial. He was a kid doing time on a marijuana charge.

"They touch people's lives in ways you don't ordinarily see. They're
extraordinary people," Colton says. "Here you are in prison being a regular
prisoner and these guys roll in and they make you glad you're there."

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From: "lau" <[e-mail]>
Subject: R: (abolition-usa) CAN YOUR ORGANISATION  SIGN NPT LETTER BEFORE FRIDAY?
Date: 27 Mar 2000 21:30:13 +0200

Dear freinds ,
Ok , another  time , I agree with Your letter to the eye- and earless hea=
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of the States,

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> Ministers, and Heads of State of NPT signatory countries plus India
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> PRESIDENT JIANG XEMIN (CHINA)
> CC
> PRIME MINISTER A.B. VAJPAYEE, (INDIA)[phone]
>=20
> PRESIDENT MOHAMMED RAFIQ DARAR(PAKISTAN)
> 9251-920-3938,
> FOREIGN MINISTER ABDUL SATTAR (PAKISTAN)
> 9251-920-7217
>=20
> PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK (ISRAEL) [phone],
>=20
> ALL HEADS OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NUCLEAR
> NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)
>=20
> UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADORS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NPT
>=20
> RE: ENSURING A SUCCESSFUL NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW
CONFERENCE.
>=20
> Dear Heads of State, Foreign Ministers, and Ambassadors,
>=20
> The undersigned organizations, representing many millions of deeply
> concerned people worldwide, are writing to you regarding the  Review
> Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) at the United
> Nations in New York,  April 24-May 19, 2000. This meeting has crucial
> implications not only for NPT member states, but also for non-member
> states, especially India,  Pakistan and Israel.
>=20
> We believe the 2000 Review Conference could and should be a catalyst in
> breaking the deadlock in the nuclear disarmament arena. It represents a=
n
> opportunity to make real progress toward nuclear disarmament, and nucle=
ar
> weapons abolition, which is essential to the achievement of common
security
> based on human and ecological values and respect for international
> institutions and law. Failure in this regard could lead to the unraveli=
ng
> of the NPT regime.
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> This is exactly opposite to the wishes and expectations of the majority
of
> the people of the world. It is clear from recent polls, that the
> overwhelming majority of the world's people expect no less than immedia=
te
> commencement of multilateral negotiations leading to the elimination of
> nuclear weapons through a global treaty in fulfillment of Article VI.
>=20
> Crucial to the outcome of this Review Conference will be the extent to
> which the nuclear weapon states are willing to act on their unambiguous
> legal obligation and commitment to the elimination of their nuclear
weapons
> as called for by Article VI, which states:
> "Each of the parties to the treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in
> good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear
arms
> race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on
> general and complete disarmament under strict and effective internation=
al
> control."
>=20
> Since the 1995 Review and Extension Conference, the importance of Artic=
le
> VI and the NPT itself has been reinforced by the International Court of
> Justice (ICJ),   which concluded unanimously in its 1996 Advisory Opini=
on
> that:
> "there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a
> conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspec=
ts
> under strict and effective international control"
>=20
> While some progress has been achieved over the last decade in the
reduction
> of the total number of nuclear weapons deployed by the nuclear weapon
> states, these states maintain their commitment to highly dangerous
nuclear
> military doctrines as a cornerstone of their defence and security polic=
y,
> some for the indefinite future. Progress on fulfilling Article VI
> obligations is thus stalled, and the development of new nuclear dangers
is
> encouraged.
>=20
> The following developments represent a growing peril that challenges
> international and human security, and to which NPT states parties and
> especially nuclear states must respond creatively:
>=20
> --Ten years after the end of the Cold War, over 30,000 nuclear weapons
> remain worldwide, and India and Pakistan have both tested nuclear
weapons.
>=20
> --Though UN and European Parliament  resolutions have drawn attention t=
o
> the Article VI obligations and to the ICJ Advisory Opinion, NATO has
> jeopardized the NPT by its re-affirmation in April 1999 that nuclear
> weapons are 'essential' to its security. While the NATO nuclear policy
> review is welcome, it is preempted and undercut by this reaffirmation.
>=20
> -- The US and Russia failed to respond to worldwide pressure to de- ale=
rt
> by December 1999, and each maintain over 2000 nuclear warheads on
permanent
> 'launch on warning' status. This continues in spite of the incorporatio=
n
of
> de-alerting into the 1996 recommendations of the Canberra Commission,
into
> two resolutions  passed by massive majorities in the UN General Assembl=
y
in
> 1998, and again in 1999, and a unanimous resolution of the European
> Parliament of November 18,  1999.
>=20
> --Key states have failed to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
> (CTBT), opened for signature in 1996.  The US Senate in October 1999=20
voted
> down ratification, in spite of the nearly unanimous endorsement of that
> treaty by the international community and overwhelming US public suppor=
t
> for nuclear disarmament and the CTBT.
>=20
> --The clear aim of the CTBT is to constrain weapons development:  yet t=
he
> US, Russia, and other nuclear states still proceed with the development
of
> new nuclear weapon types and modifications in computer-simulated 'virtu=
al
> reality', with the aid of sub-critical underground nuclear testing, whi=
ch
> undermines both the spirit and purpose of the treaty. In particular, US
> activities at the National Ignition Facility and the French Megajoule
laser
> project enable further weapons development.
>=20
> --In 2000, the US may decide to deploy a National Ballistic Missile
Defence
> (NMD) system which would violate the existing Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty
> of 1972, which is fundamental to the existing strategic arms restraints
> between the United States and Russia. NMD deployment could set back
> progress on Article VI objectives for years to come.
>=20
> --Presidential Decision Directive 60 has reaffirmed US use of nuclear
> weapons as a 'cornerstone' of its security policy. Meanwhile, Russia ha=
s
> steadily moved toward a more ready use of nuclear weapons in recent
years.
> The potential dangers in this are extreme.
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> In light of the above developments, lack of progress on Article VI
> obligations poses the increasing danger that some non-nuclear states wi=
ll
> conclude that it is in their interests to acquire nuclear weapons, whil=
e
> those that have already tested them will proceed to further weaponisati=
on
> and expansion of their arsenals.
>=20
> A positive and creative response to the above, and commitment and
> leadership on behalf of both human life and all other life is urgently
> demanded.
>=20
> Of critical importance in addressing the currently unacceptable situati=
on
> are interim measures such as de-alerting,  and the removal of weapons
from
> delivery systems, aimed at decreasing the possibility of accidental
nuclear
> war and at increasing mutual trust and establishing a momentum toward
> nuclear weapons elimination.
>=20
> NPT states parties should resolve,  as a first step,  that all nuclear
> forces be immediately stood down from high alert status.
>=20
> We urge all  nuclear weapons states leaders, and all NPT Review
> participants, as a matter of the highest priority and urgency, as well =
as
a
> clear legal obligation, to take action to complete unfinished disarmame=
nt
> objectives and to begin urgent negotiations toward a treaty to eliminat=
e
> nuclear weapons.
>=20
> Immediate steps (both in the CD and other fora)  must be taken by the
> nuclear states that will lead clearly and swiftly toward negotiations i=
n
> fulfillment of Article VI.
>=20
> You, as a world leader,  have the fate of the world  in your hands duri=
ng
> these discussions.  We therefore  strongly urge you to attend this revi=
ew
> conference, as you have the authority to commence negotiations to
eliminate
> nuclear weapons.  By doing so, you can to alter the course of history a=
nd
> leave a legacy of a more secure future for this generation and for thos=
e
to
> come. Failure to do so risks a revived nuclear arms race that ultimatel=
y
> could destroy civilization.
>=20
> (Signed)
>=20
> (International Organizations)
>=20
> Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, President, (Kate Dewes, Vice-President,)
> International Peace Bureau,  Geneva,
> Bruna Nota, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, (WILPF),
> Geneva/NY,
> Ian Maddocks (Chair), Dr. Mary Wynne-Asford, Co-President,  Merav Datan=
,
> International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW),
> Cambridge, Mass,
> Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of
Lawyers
> Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), The Hague, Netherlands,
> William Peden, Disarmament Campaign, Stephanie Mills, Nuclear Campaign,
> Greenpeace International, Canonbury Villas, London, UK.,
> Dan Plesch, Director, British-American Security Information Council,
> London/Washington, UK/US,
> Rosalie Bertell, GNSH., President, International Institute of Concern f=
or
> Public Health, Toronto, Canada,
> Peer de Rijk.,World Information Service on Energy.(WISE) International,
> Amsterdam, Netherlands.,
> Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium.,
> Roland Schutzbach, President, David Schmitter, Vice-President, Global
> Initiative, Solothurn, Switzerland,
> Jim Morgan, ARC-Peace, International Architects, Designers, and Planner=
s
> for Social Responsibility, Stockholm, Swed, /NY., USA.,
>=20
> UK Organisations
> Commander Robert Green, RN (Retd.), Chair, George Farebrother Secretary=
,
> World Court Project, UK,
> Dave Knight, Chair, CND, UK.,
> Janet Bloomfield, former chair CND, Saffron Walden Group Against Nuclea=
r
> Weapons, England,
> Di Mc Donald., Nuclear Information Service., Southampton, UK.,
> Liz Waterson, Douglas Holdstock,  MEDACT (IPPNW- UK)., Lond., UK,
> Anni Rainbow, Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases=
,
> Yorkshire, UK.,
> Margaret Turner, WILPF-UK.,
> Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
Birmingham.,
> UK.,
> Glen Lee, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, UK.,
> Angie Zelter, Environment and Peace Campaigner, Cromer, Norfolk, UK.,
> Dr. George Farebrother, Sussex Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament, UK,
> Allan Cottey, International Week of Science and Peace, Norwich, UK.,
> Nancy Zook, Christian CND., London, UK.,
> David Morris, Chair, CND-Cymru,
> Norman Archie MP, (Conservative) Shadow Secy of State for Environment, =
UK
> Parliament,
> Alice Mahon MP, UK Parliament,
>=20
> Roger Cole, Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland,
> Eugene Mc Cartan, Chair, Communist Party of Ireland,
> Sister Mary O'Connor, Irish Commission for Justice and Peace, Ireland,
>=20
>=20
> Ulla Loetzer, MdB,(German Parliament) PDS,
> Xanthe Hall, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
> Bernd Frieboese (Berlin), Ole von Uexkull (Lund), Barsebacksoffensiv,
> Germany/Sweden.,
> Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Future Award., Munich, Germany.,
> Roland Blach, Non-Violent Action to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Germany.,
> Ulf Panzer, District Court Judge, Judges and Prosecutors for Peace,
> Hamburg, Germany.,
> Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt, Germany.,
> Henning Droege, Arzt fur Allgemeinmedizin, Allgau, Germany.,
> Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council.,
>=20
> Josef Puehringer, Plattform Gegen Atomgefahr, Austria.,
> Josef Puehringer, Centrum-Energie Ceske Budejovice(Czech Republic)
> Josef Puehringer, Buergerinitiative Umweltschutz, (Czech Republic)
> Hienz Stockinger, Chair, PLAGE., (Platform Gegen Atomgefahren), Salzbur=
g,
> Austria.,
> Mathilde Halla, Chair, Uberpartlielice Platform Gegen Atomgefahren, Lin=
z,
> Austria.,
> Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad
Ischl,
> Austria.,
> Dr. Hildegard Faessler, Chairwoman, International Week of Science and
> Peace, Innsbruck, Austria.,
> Dr. Hildegard Zlabinger, Chairwoman, Eco-Ontological System for Human
> Rights and Environmental Protection.,
> Bernadette Koechl, Council of Eco-ontological Systems for Human Rights
and
> Environmental Protection.,
>=20
> Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
> Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
> Ulla Lehtinen, First Peoples, Finland.,
> Lea Launokari, Women for Peace, Finland.,
> Pirkko Lindberg, Women Against Nuclear Power, Finland.,
> Lea Rantanen, Grandmothers Against Nuclear Power, Finland.,
> Anita Hagman, Grandmothers for Peace, Finland.,
> Anna-Liisa Mattsoff, No More Nuclear Power Movement, Finland.,
>=20
> Claudia Behrens, Norwegian Green Party,
> Bjorn Hilt, Norske Leger Mot Atomkrieg, (IPPNW Norway) Trondhiem,
Norway.,
> Gunnar Westberg, President, Vendela Englund Burnett, SLMK (IPPNW
> affilliate) Goteborg, Sweden,
> Aungiira Aurel Duta, For Mother Earth Romania,
> Fundatia Pentru Partenariat Comunitar., Romania,
> Alba Circle Nonviolent Movement, Budapest, Hungary,
> Peace Tax Payers, Budapest, Hungary.,
>=20
> Solange Fernex, President, WILPF France, Paris, France,
> Dominique Lalanne, STOP-ESSAIS, La Ville, France.,
> Daniel Durand, National Secy., Mouvement de la Paix, Paris France.,
> Harsh Kapoor, South Asians Against Nukes, Combaillaux, France.,
> G=E9rard Levy, National Secy, The Greens, (Les Verts) France.,
> Elizabeth Lavier, The Greens, Paris, France.,
>=20
> Ak Malten, Global Anti Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Netherlands.,
> Krista Van Velzen, Socialist Party, Netherlands.,
> Berrie Kollau, Stichting Vredesbureau Eindhoven (Peace Office Foundatio=
n
> Eindhoven), Netherlands.,
> Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
> David Boerma, Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples, Neth.,
>=20
> Kostas Valiotes, Domcetzoglou Kyriakos, Pan-Hellenic Network of
Ecological
> Organisations, Greece.,
> Stefanos Stamellos, Friends of the Forest, Lamia, Greece,
> Ecological Movement of Patras, Greece,
>=20
> Vladimir Slivyak, Alexey Yablokov., Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
Russia,
> Vera Brovkina, Chair, St Petersburg Peace Council, Russia.
> Boris Bondarenko, IPPNW-Russia, St Petersburg Russia.,
> Oleg Bodrov, Chair, 'Green World', Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, Russi=
a,
> Andrey Sukhnev, Ecotourism Centre, Lake Baikal, Russia,
> Dr. Vyacheslav Sharov, Chelyabinsk-Hanford Project, Chelyabinsk, Russia=
.,
> Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign in Ex-USSR., Moscow, Russia.,
> Natalia Raghouzhina, Centre for Public Health, Novosibirsk, Russia.,
> Elena Perfilyeva, Ecological Information Agency, Novokuznetsk, Russia,
> Larisa Gurova, Movement for Ecological Safety, Ozersk, Russia,
> Nadezhda Kutepova, Regional Social-Ecological Organisation 'HOPE',
Ozersk,
> Russia,
> Aleksey Kozlov, Civil Initiatives Development Centre, Voronezh, Russia,
> Galina Raghouzhina, WISE-Kaliningrad, Russia,
> Natalia Kanyashkina, WISE-TOMSK, Russia.,
> Alexander Koroleva, Ecodefense, Russia.,
> Anatoly Korolyov, Baltic Resource Information Centre, Russia.,
> Marina Roubtsova, Central Forest Biosphere Reserve, Russia/Ecologia
Scotland,
> Prof Anatoly Shahbad, Foundation Civilisation, Moscow.,
>=20
> Alla Shevchuk, Odessa Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine.,
> Dr. Lado Mirianashvili., Director, 'Udabno' fund, Georgia.,
> Natalie Kirvalidze, Environmental and Sustainable Development Centre
'RIO',
> Tblisi, Georgia.,
> Alexey Svetikov, Zelenyi Zvit, Severodonetsk, Ukraine.,
> Vadim Diukhanov, Chair, Ukrainian Society for Sustainable Development,
>=20
> Dr. Caroline Lucas, MEP, Greens,UK, European Parliament,
> Hiltrud Breyer, MEP., Greens, Germany, European Parliament,  Brussels,
> Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Greens Group, Germany, European Parliament,
> Brussells,
> Gorka Knorr Borrass, MEP,  European Parliament, Brussells,
> Pierre Jonkheer, MEP, Greens Group Belgium, European Parliament,
Brussels,
> Heidi Hautala, MEP Greens Group Finland, European Parliament,
> Patsy S=F6rensen Member of The European Parliament, Greens Group,
> Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Group, Ireland,
> Nuala Ahern MEP Greens Group, Ireland,  European Parliament, Brussells,
> Rolf Linkohr, MEP, Germany, Social-Democrats., European Parliament,
Brussells,
> Francis Wurtz, MEP, President, Group GUE/NGL (Green-Left), European
> Parliament,
> Maj-Britt-Theorin, MEP, Social Democrats, Sweden (as President IPB)
>=20
> Hiroshi Taka, Secy. General, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs (Japan
> Gensuikyo)
> Iwamatsu Shigetoshi, Chair, Japan Congress Against A and H-Bombs,
> (Gensuikin), Tokyo, Japan.,
> Sadao Kamata, Director, Nagasaki Peace Institute,
> Senji Yamaguchi, Nihon Hidankyo, (Japan Confederation of A-Bomb and
H-Bomb
> Sufferers Organisation)
> Dr Hideo Suchiyama, Former President, Nagasaki University,
> Steve Leeper, Transnet, Hiroshima, Japan.,
> Hiro Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
> Disarmament and Security, Yokohama, Japan.,
> Nichigu Asanga, (Buddhist Monk), Peace Office, Tokyo.,
>=20
>=20
> Aditi Chowdhury, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA),
Hong
> Kong.,
> Jong Won, National Secy., Green Korea United, South Korea.,
>=20
> S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Researc=
h,
> Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India.,
> Thomas Matthew, SEEDS-India, Punnakadu, Kerala
> Sukla Sen, EKTA, Santacruz, Mumbai,
> Ammu Abraham, Womens Centre, Mumbai, India.,
>=20
> M.W. Faruque, for:
> --Society for Legal Rights, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
> --Youth Approach to Development and Cooperation Dhaka, Bangladesh,
> --Bangladesh Campaign to Ban Landmines
> --Bangabandhu Gabeshana & Pathgar Parishad, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
> --Bangabandhu Srimte Sangsad, Bashurhat, Noahkhali, Berhampur,
Bangladesh.,
> --Muktijoddah Jadhurgar (Liberation War Museum), Dhaka, Bangladesh,
> --Bangabandhu Research Organization,
> --Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
> --Bashurhat Club, Noahkhali,
> --Thikana Sambaya Samiti.,
> --Suganda Sanskritik Kendra
> --Institute for Comprehensive Healthcare, Research, and Rehabilitation =
of
> Addicts and Psychopaths, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
> Dr. M.A. Bari, Integrated Child Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh.=
,
>=20
> Asif Rasheed, Executive Director., Awami Committee for Development,
Multan,
> Pakistan.,
> Ramesh Man Tuladhar, Centre for Community Development and Environment
> Research., Kathmandhu, Nepal.,
>=20
> Nouri Abdul Razak Hussain, Secretary-General, Afro-Asian Peoples
Solidarity
> Organisation, Egypt,
> Harley, WALHI-SULTENG, (Indonesian Forum for Development),
> Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW Malaysian
> Affiliate), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.,
> Cora Fabros, Secy. General, Nuclear- Free Phillipines Coalition,
> Roy Cabonegro, Youth For Sustainable Development Phillipines,
> (YSDA-Pilipinas)  Quezon City, Phillipines,
> Julia Grace, LIHUE Association, Patagonia, Argentina.,
> Prof. Raul A. Montenegro, FUNAM, Cordoba, Argentina.,
> Luis Guttierez., President, Latin American Circle for International
> Studies., Mexico City, Mexico.,
>=20
> Ayesha Imam, Baobab for Womens Rights, Nigeria.,
> Dr. Jenks Okwari, Program Officer, Community Development Project.,
Bukuru,
> Jos, Nigeria.,
> Patrick Eyinla, Justice Development and Peace, Nigeria.,
> Diana Nyonyinotono, Single Mothers Association, Uganda.,
> Jean-Clautaire Frerys Pouele, Earth Action Congo., Brazzaville,
Republique
> du Congo,
>=20
> Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, Calif,
> Alice Slater, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment,
> (GRACE) New York,
> Carah Ong, Abolition-2000, Santa Barbara, Calif.,
> David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara,
Calif,
> Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation,
> Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, Washington DC, USA.,
> Bob Musil, Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility,
(IPPNW
> USA), Washington DC., USA.,
> Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carrol Jr, USN(Retd),  Deputy Director, Centre f=
or
> Defence Information,(CDI), Washington DC, US.,
> Christpher Paine, Natural Resources Defence Council, Washington DC.,
> Jesse James,  Director, National Nuclear Dangers Dialogue, Washington
DC.,
> USA.,
> John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy=
,
> (LCNP) N.Y., USA.,
> War and Peace Foundation, UN Plaza, New York.,
> Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA, UN Plaza, NY,
USA.,
> Paxus Calta, Board member, International Campaigner, Nuclear Informatio=
n
> and Research Service, (NIRS) Washington, DC.,
> Charles Ferguson, Director, Nuclear Policy Project., Federation of
American
> Scientists,
> Arjun Makhijani PhD, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
> (IEER), Tacoma, US.,
> Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York/Y2K WASH., Huntingdon, NY.,
>=20
> Richard N. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Honolulu,
Hawaii,
> Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Project EDNA,(Engaged Democracy for the Nuclear
> Age), Brooklyn, NY.,
> Donald C. Whitmore, President, Third Millenium Foundation, USA.,
> Joe Katz, President, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND), Metro
> Detroit, USA.,
> Dana L. Richter PhD, Copper Country Peace Alliance, Houghton, Mich, USA=
.,
> Troy Davis, President, World Citizen Foundation, Harvard, USA.,
> Alastair Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum, Washington DC., USA.,
>=20
> Bishop Walter F. Sullivan, President, Pax Christi USA,
> Bob Kinsey, Chair, Peace and Justice Task Force, United Church of Chris=
t,
> Rocky Mountain Conference, Colorado, USA.,
> Steve Ito, United Church of Christ Justice and Peace Ministry
Coordinator,
> Ryan Kurakawa, Office for Church in Society, United Church of Christ,
USA.,
> Howard W. Hallman, Chair, Methodists United for Peace and
> Justice.,Washington, DC.,
> Rosemary Everett, Sisters of the Holy Name., Justice and Peace
Coordinator.,
> Mary Ellen Gordeck, SSJ., Office of Peace and Justice, Sisters of St
> Joseph, Nazareth, MI., USA.,
> Vivienne E. Perkins, Christ Church Episcopal., Castle Rock, Colorado.,
USA.,
> Joe Volk, Executive Secy, Friends Committee on National Legislation.,
> Washington, DC.,
>=20
> Michele Bisonette Robbins, Executive Director, Youth for Environment an=
d
> Sanity (YES), Soquel, Ca, USA.,
> Ruth Garbus, Director, New York Women of Vision and Action., NY., USA.,
> Shiela Blaker, Blaine Metcalf, War Resisters League, San Luis Obispo,
CA.,
> USA.,
> Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio.,
> Bruce K. Gagnon., Coordinator., Global Network Against Weapons and
Nuclear
> Power In Space., Florida USA.,
> Letitcia Aguilar, Inter American Development Bank.,
> Loren Finkelstien, Program Director, Free The Planet.,
> Andrew Beath, Earthways Foundation, Malibu., Calif.,
> Mary JoChristian,Monmouth County Citizens for Clean Air and Water.,
> Phyllis S. Yingling., WILPF- US., Philadelphia., USA.,
> Jan Harwood, Celia Freeman, Don Larkin, Harriet Blue, Paul Blue, Elena
> Leland, Marilyn Lucier, Lilly Litsky, Alice Davis, Committee of Santa
Cruz,
> CA Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Santa Cruz, CA.,
> George W. Albee, President, Psychologists for Social Responsibility.,
> Rochelle Beckers., San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace., Calif., USA.,
> Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM., USA.,
> Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group.,(LASG) Santa Fe, NM., USA.,
> Marsha Feinland, Chair, California Peace and Freedom Party,
> Patricia Birnie, GE Stockholders Alliance for a Sustainable Nuclear-Fre=
e
> Future, USA.,
> Betty Schroeder, Arizona Safe Energy Coalition, Ariz, USA.,
> Norm Cohen, Unplug Salem Campaign,
> Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
> Arlington, MA.,
> Prof Dennis Brutus, Co-President, Jubilee-2000 Afrika, Univ of Pittsbur=
g,
USA.,
> Michael John Corley, Un-NGO Rep, Veterans for Peace,
> Zia Mian, Centre for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton, NJ.,
> Jim Boland,Peace Resource Centre, Wilmington, Ohio,
> Marc P. Blaise Paige, Nevada Desert Experience, Las Vegas, Nevada.,
> J. Truman, Director,  Downwinders, USA,
> Michael Stowell, Arcata Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Commission, Arcata,
> California, USA.,
>=20
> Senator Douglas Roche OC, Parliament, Canada.,
> Bill Blaikie, MP, (Winnipeg-Transcona), House Leader, New Democratic
Party,
> Canada.,
> Barbara Birkett,M.D.,President, Physicians  for Global Survival (Canada=
),
> Gordon Edwards PhD, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear
> Responsibility, Montreal, Canada,
> Bev Delong, President, Lawyers for Social Responsibility, Canada.,
> Michael Murphy, Inter-Church Uranium Educational Cooperative, Saskatoon=
,
> Saskatchewan, Canada,
> Archdeacon Jim Boyles, General Secretary, Synod, Anglican Church of
Canada,
> Prof. L. Terrell-Gardner, Past President, Science for Peace, Univ. of
> Toronto, Canada,
> Tryna Booth, Canadian Peace Alliance, Toronto, Canada.,
> Joyce Lydiard, Rainforest Raging Grannies,  Vancouver, Canada.,
> Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, Canada.=
,
> Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatchewan, Canada.,
> Linda Murphy, President, Interchurch Uranium Committee, Saskatchewan,
Canada.,
> Jo Hayward-Haines., Victoria Peace Project., Ontario, Canada.,
> Penelope Simons, The Simons Foundation, Canada.,
> Victor Lau, Green Campus Society, Canada.,
> Macha Mc Kay, Chair, Nuclear Issues, Carolyn Langdon, Co-Chair, Canadia=
n
> Voice of Women for Peace,
>=20
> Kate Dewes, Director, Disarmament and Security Centre, Christchurch,
> Aotearoa/NZ
> Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation Aotearoa/NZ, Auckland, NZ=
.,
> Marion Hancock, Abolition2000, Auckland, NZ.,
> Megan Hutching, Secy., WILPF, Aotearoa, (NZ).,
> Kieth Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa (NZ), Parliament House,
Wellington,
> Carol Anne-Bradford, New Zealand Coalition for Gun Control, Auckland,
NZ.,
> Richard Frizzell, Nelson Peace Group, Nelson, NZ.,
> Helen Kingston, Golden Bay Peace Group, NZ.,
> Gary Ware, Peace Action Tuaranga, NZ.,
> Miranda Bain, Psychology Works, Tuaranga, NZ.,
> Rob Wilkinson, National President, Engineers for Social Responsibility,
NZ.,
> Ellen Mc Crae, New Zealand Federation of University Women, Canterbury
Branch,
> Jill Hawkey, Christian World Service, Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ
>=20
>=20
> Peter Garrett, President, Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian
> Conservation Foundation, Fitzroy, (Melb) Vic., Australia.,
> Reverend John Mavor, President.,The Uniting Church in Australia, Nation=
al
> Assembly,
> Irene Gale AM, Babs Fuller- Quinn, Australian Peace Committee,
> Dr. Susan Wareham President MAPW (Medical Association for Prevention of
> War) Canberra, Australia,
> Chris White, Secretary, South Australian Trades and Labour Council,
> Adelaide, SA.,
> Rev Greg  Thompson,  St Johns Anglican Darlinghurst.
> Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross,
> Denis Doherty, Pax Christi Sydney.,
> Moira Rowland, Convenor, Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Future, Canberra.,
> Cameron Edwards, People for Nuclear Disarmament NSW.,
> Hannah Middleton, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign, Sydney.,
> Kirsten Blair, Mark Wakeham, Coordinators, Environment Centre of the
> Northern Territory,
> Rowena, Environment Centre of W.A., Perth, W.A.,
> Graeme Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament W.A.,
> Jo Vallentine, Community Anti-Nuclear Network, W.A.,
> Jo Vallentine, Anti-Nuclear Alliance, W.A.,
> Jo Vallentine, Perth Anti-Nuclear Group.,
> Grant Keady, Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping, W.A.=
,
> Bruce Nichols, Shine A Light for Peace Campaign.,
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> Senator Meg Lees,Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader, Australi=
an
> Democrats,
> Senator Vicki Bourne, Australian Democrats Senator for New South Wales,
> Senator Lyn Allison, Australian Democrats Senator for Victoria,
> Senator Andrew Bartlett, Australian Democrats Senator for Queensland,
> Senator Brian Grieg, Australian Democrats Senator for  W.A.,
> Senator Bob Brown, Greens Senator for Tasmania,
> Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
> Julia Gillard, ALP Member for Lalor, Victoria.,
> Dr. Carmen Lawrence, MP, ALP Member for Fremantle, W.A.,
> Jann Mc Farlane, Federal ALP Member for Stirling, W.A.,
> Jill Hall, MP, ALP Member for, Shortland, NSW.,
> Daryl Melham MP, ALP  Member for Banks, NSW., Aust.,
> Anthony Albanese, ALP Member for Grayndler, NSW.,
> Tanya Plibersek, ALP Member for Sydney, NSW,
> Robin Geraghty, ALP  Member for Torrens, SA., Aust.,
> Richard Jones MLC.,(Ind) NSW.,
> Lee Rhiannon, Green MLC, NSW.,
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> Ricardo Navarro, Chair, Friends of the Earth International
> Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador.,
> Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria=
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> Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth U.S., Washington., D=
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> Patrick Green, Senior Nuclear and Climate Campaigner, Friends of the
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> Dr. Victor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine (Zelenyi Zvit),
> Prof. Vladimir Koklyukhin, Friends of the Earth Belarus, Brest, Belarus=
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> Manana Kochladze, Friends of the Earth Georgia/CEE Bankwatch Georgia,
> Daniela Stojanova, Secy General, Friends of the Earth Macedonia.,
> Dr. Maria Minkova, 'Ekoglasnost', Friends of the Earth Bulgaria, Sofia,
> Juraj Zamkovsky, Friends of the Earth Slovakia, Ponicky, Slovakia,
> Jan Beranek, Chair, Friends of the Earth Czech Republic (Hnuti Duha)
Brno,
> Czech Republic,
> Diderich Johny, LIFE-Luxembourg (Youth Friends of the Earth Luxembourg)
> Kika Kapela, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
> Kim Ejlertsen, Secy, Friends of the Earth Denmark (NOAH)
> Wendy Johnson, Friends of the Earth New Zealand,
> John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia (Sydney=
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> John Hallam
> Friends of the Earth Sydney,
> 17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
> Fax [phone]  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Query: MOX Tests Canada
Date: 27 Mar 2000 14:06:33 -0600




-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 2:03 PM
Importance: High


If anyone can send me technical literature on the Canadian stockpile of
weapons grade plutonium, I can use it at the Federal District Court Hearing
in Kalamazoo MI on April 7 to stop this. Thanks.
Francis A. Boyle
Professor of International Law


Francis A. Boyle
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Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 2:01 PM


New at the AECB site:

Canadian Regulations Regarding MOX Parallex Tests and Possible Use of MOX
Fuel in Canadian Power Reactors

<http://www.aecb-ccea.gc.ca/announce/statemen/mox_e.htm>

An interesting detail: AECB authorized the air transport of the MOX
samples...

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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Write  Judge Smith& New addresses for DU plowshares
Date: 27 Mar 2000 14:30:54 -0600

27 March 2000

Judge James T. Smith, Jr.
Circuit Court for Baltimore County
400 Bosley Ave.
Towson MD 21204, USA

Dear Judge Smith,
    Re: Ploughshares vs Depleted Uranium
    You must be somewhat disturbed over the trial of Philip Berrigan,
Susan
Crane, Stephen Kelly, SJ, and Elizabeth Walz. Your sentencing was so
excessively vindictive that I would guess that the action of these men
and women deeply challenged your "faith" and belief that Catholic
doctrine supported US military activity, regardless of the judgement of
the Church?s more prophetic members.
    By eliminating expert witnesses in this case, you eliminated my
testimony. I am a Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart (Motherhouse in Yardley
Pennsylvania), and also President of the North American Association of
Contemplative Sisters. I am also an Epidemiologist with 30 years
experience with communities exposed to uranium mining and milling, and
related polluting activities. I have been working for the last three
years with the veterans of the Gulf War who are seriously ill. It was in
recognition of my expertise in the health effects of radiation,
especially from uranium compounds, that I was asked by the defendants to
testify to the rationality of their actions.
    In your better moments, you must find that shooting radioactive
waste
at one?s enemy is outrageous behaviour. How much more outrageous is it
to undermine the health of one?s own military personnel, and the women
and children of the land which you have polluted. There is no war theory
which condones indiscriminate poison. By the US Nuclear Regulatory
Commission regulations, depleted uranium can be handled only by licensed
and trained personnel, and all releases to the environment must be
cleaned up. It is legally recognized as a poison.
    I hope that even though you expressed your moral distress and
confusion
in an inappropriate way in the court, you will on sober reflection
realize that your silencing of the defendants did not make the depleted
uranium problem go away. As a Catholic Judge, you should be prepared to
hear unwanted truth, and respect the righteous actions of those who
clearly see and denounce a wrong. I will pray that you find a way
quickly to redress the wrong which you have done and reduce the
sentences of the Ploughshares defendants. Silencing the messengers and
prophets has long been the pattern of behaviour of false leaders. Do not
continue on this wrong path.

Sincerely, Dr. Rosalie Bertell, GNSH
President


Francis A. Boyle
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New addresses and numbers for 3 of the 4 plowshares:
    We heard today from all 4 of the plowshares vs depleted uranium. Liz
called from Towson early to say that Susan was moved out at about 6:00
a.m. Then Susan called from Jessup to announce arrival and address.
    This afternoon Phil called from downtown Baltimore to say that he
and
Steve were in the Diagnostic Center. For the time being (and this will
definitely change for Phil and Steve) here are their new addresses and
numbers:
    Susan Crane #916-999
    Maryland Correctional Institution for Women
    PO Box 535
    Jessup MD 20794
    (mail is sent to that address; if you happen to want to enclose a
money
order that need to be addressed to PO Box 306; the rest of the address
remains the same)
    Philip Berrigan #292-139 and Rev. Steve Kelly S.J. #292-140
    MRDCC (Diagnostic Center)
    550 E. Madison St
    Baltimore MD 21202

    Liz Walz remains #995-376
    200 Court House Court
    Towson MD 21204

Sr. Rosalie Bertel shared with us the letter she wrote to Judge Smith. I
append it here; you may want to write in similar or different fashion; I
don't put much store by his willingness to change his mind but there is
value in letting him know that people know about what he did and are
outraged. As the spirit moves you...

To us, Rosalie wrote: "This letter may be too "soft", but perhaps it
will touch this vindictive judge.á I will send you a hard copy with our
letterhead stationery." Rosalie

27 March 2000

Judge James T. Smith, Jr.
Circuit Court for Baltimore County
400 Bosley Ave.
Towson MD 21204, USA

Dear Judge Smith,
    Re: Ploughshares vs Depleted Uranium
    You must be somewhat disturbed over the trial of Philip Berrigan,
Susan
Crane, Stephen Kelly, SJ, and Elizabeth Walz. Your sentencing was so
excessively vindictive that I would guess that the action of these men
and women deeply challenged your "faith" and belief that Catholic
doctrine supported US military activity, regardless of the judgement of
the Church?s more prophetic members.
    By eliminating expert witnesses in this case, you eliminated my
testimony. I am a Grey Nun of the Sacred Heart (Motherhouse in Yardley
Pennsylvania), and also President of the North American Association of
Contemplative Sisters. I am also an Epidemiologist with 30 years
experience with communities exposed to uranium mining and milling, and
related polluting activities. I have been working for the last three
years with the veterans of the Gulf War who are seriously ill. It was in
recognition of my expertise in the health effects of radiation,
especially from uranium compounds, that I was asked by the defendants to
testify to the rationality of their actions.
    In your better moments, you must find that shooting radioactive
waste
at one?s enemy is outrageous behaviour. How much more outrageous is it
to undermine the health of one?s own military personnel, and the women
and children of the land which you have polluted. There is no war theory
which condones indiscriminate poison. By the US Nuclear Regulatory
Commission regulations, depleted uranium can be handled only by licensed
and trained personnel, and all releases to the environment must be
cleaned up. It is legally recognized as a poison.
    I hope that even though you expressed your moral distress and
confusion
in an inappropriate way in the court, you will on sober reflection
realize that your silencing of the defendants did not make the depleted
uranium problem go away. As a Catholic Judge, you should be prepared to
hear unwanted truth, and respect the righteous actions of those who
clearly see and denounce a wrong. I will pray that you find a way
quickly to redress the wrong which you have done and reduce the
sentences of the Ploughshares defendants. Silencing the messengers and
prophets has long been the pattern of behaviour of false leaders. Do not
continue on this wrong path.

Sincerely, Dr. Rosalie Bertell, GNSH
President


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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) DU Plowshares: For National Catholic Reporter
Date: 28 Mar 2000 10:04:01 -0600


By PATRICK O'NEILL
TOWSON, MD. - Not much has changed about Philip Berrigan since 1968 when his

anti-Viet Nam War protests landed him on the cover of Time Magazine with his

brother, Jesuit Fr. Daniel Berrigan. At age 76, Berrigan welcomed in year
2000 from a Baltimore County jail cell. By his own account, Berrigan has
spent more than nine years in jail and prison for acts of civil
disobedience.
 On March 23, Circuit Judge James T. Smith, Jr. made sure Berrigan will
spend
at least another New Year's Day - perhaps two - in a Maryland prison after
he
sentenced the former Josephite priest and three other Catholic pacifists for

using hammers and blood to damage two Air National Guard A-10 Warthog
warplanes last December to protest the United States' use of depleted
uranium
in recent wars against Iraq and Yugoslavia.
 Smith, who was once named "Man for All Seasons" by the St. Thomas More
Society of Maryland, Inc., a Catholic lawyers group, shocked courtroom
observers by sentencing Berrigan to 30 months in prison for malicious
destruction of property and conspiracy. Smith far exceeded the 6-to-12 month

guidelines Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman requested for Berrigan.
Also sentenced: Elizabeth Walz, 33, a Catholic Worker from Philadelphia
(guidelines, 0-to-1 month; sentence, 18 months), Susan Crane, 56, of
Baltimore, and Fr. Stephen Kelly S.J., 50 of New York. (guidelines, 2-to-9
months; sentence, 27 months each). Smith also ordered the defendants to
share
in paying $88,622.11 in restitution for the damage. The large damage total
justified stiff sentences, Smith said. The judge imposed a cash bail of
$90,000 each, "to be paid by the defendants only" in the event the four seek

appeals.
 Calling themselves "Plowshares vs. Depleted Uranium," the four admitted to
using bolt cutters to gain access to Warfield Air National Guard Base in
Middle River, MD. during the predawn hours of Dec. 19. Citing Isaiah 2:4
("They shall beat their swords into plowshares ..."), the activists hammered

and poured blood on two A-10s, which use Gatling guns to fire various types
of depleted uranium shells.
 "This criminal plane fired 95 percent of the depleted uranium deployed by
the U.S. during the Gulf War ... poisoning humans and the elements in Kuwait

and Iraq," the four wrote in a statement.
 During his opening argument, prosecutor Norman said the four had taken
hammers to property not belonging to them, something you couldn't do "unless

of course there is a legally justifiable reason. The defendants might
believe
there is a moral justification, but this is a court of law. There wasn't a
legal justification."
 Smith agreed to Norman's pretrial Motion in Limine, which prohibited "the
defense from introducing evidence and/or propounding argument concerning
depleted uranium."
 The motion, upheld for most of the trial, essentially prevented the
defendants from using a defense based on international law or necessity. The

motion also kept the defense from calling various expert witnesses to
bolster
their case.
 On the third day of the four-day trial, the defense called depleted uranium

expert Doug Rokke as a witness (see sidebar), but the Jacksonville State
University professor and Army Reserves major, himself stricken from exposure

to depleted uranium, was only permitted to give his name and academic
credentials.
  Immediately following Rokke's limited testimony the four defendants stood
and turned their backs on the bench as Crane read a statement.
   "We cannot put on a defense about the dangers of depleted uranium and our

rights and duties under international law," Crane said. Smith ordered her to

cease and desist, but Crane persisted. "We have been denied our right to
testify about these topics. We have been denied our expert witnesses.
Therefore, we can't go forward. We will not participate in what amounts to a

legal gag order."
  Earlier in the day Crane had refused to answer the prosecutor's questions
about who drove the van that left the four activists off outside the base
gates the morning of the action.
 During the disruption a woman in the gallery stood and yelled out, "I drove

the van." Seconds later, others joined in shouting, "I drove the van." Soon,

more than 100 spectators were openly proclaiming conspiratorial ties to the
four as a red-faced Smith screamed for order. When Crane was finished, Fr.
Kelly, a former missionary in Sudan and Central America, began reading aloud

the day's scripture passage from Jeremiah.
  Smith ordered sheriff's deputies to clear the courtroom of everyone except

reporters. After a recess, only Berrigan returned to the courtroom to tell
the judge the four intended no disrespect for Smith or Norman, but they
would
no longer participate in an unjust trial.
 "The courts of this country are identified with the Pentagon and the
Government," Berrigan said outside the presence of the jury, "and there's no

way that nonviolent resistance can get a serious hearing in this country."
  On the final day of the trial none of the defendants were in the courtroom

when Norman made his closing arguments. The jury deliberated more than four
hours before reaching verdicts. Crane had been charged with assault because
a
guard said he felt threatened by her hammer, but the jury could not reach a
verdict on the charge and it was dropped. Crane's defense against the
assault
charge was likely bolstered by the character testimony of Detroit Bishop
Thomas J. Gumbleton, who said Crane "had a deep commitment to nonviolence.
Her integrity to me is beyond question." When Norman asked the bishop if
destroying property was evidence that
Crane was violent, Bishop Gumbleton replied: "I don't see damaging property
as a violation of peacefulness."
  After sentencing, Berrigan's wife, Elizabeth McAlister told supporters:
"They were prepared for the worst, and they got it."


SIDEBAR:
 Prof. Doug Rokke is the U.S. Army's premier expert on the dangers of
depleted uranium. Unfortunately, Rokke, 50, didn't learn enough about the
dangers of DU to prevent his own exposure to the radioactive substance that
he believes has caused illness and death to scores of his military
colleagues, and to perhaps thousands of others in countries where the U.S.
has used DU munitions.
 "DU munitions are solid uranium 238 and are not coated nor tipped with it,"

he said. "This makes a big difference."
 Rokke, who lives in Alabama and teaches at Jacksonville State University,
is
a major in the Army Reserves. He was exposed to radiation from depleted
uranium "while cleaning up the DU mess" in Iraq during Operation Desert
Storm. He may have also been exposed twice more while conducting research
for
the Army in 1994 and 1995.
  "Mine was all inhalation or absorption," said Rokke, who came to Maryland
last week hoping to testify as an expert witness at the trial of four
Catholic pacifists charged with damaging two A-10 Warthog aircraft, the type

of plane used to fire DU shells during the Gulf War and more recently in
Yugoslavia. "Inhalation has caused confirmed reactive airway disease."
 Rokke, who referred to himself as a warrior in an interview for this story,

said he had reservations about what the plowshares had done. Since his
exposure, Rokke said he has lost most of his fine motor skills, his vision
is
damaged and he has only 60 percent lung function. "I live with continuous
pain," he said.
 After years of unsuccessfully challenging the Pentagon to tell the truth
about DU, and implement safeguards to prevent further exposures, Rokke went
public with his story. Recently, he was interviewed on 60 Minutes, and by
media outlets throughout the world.
  "The United States deliberately used depleted uranium munitions in Iraq,
Kuwait, Okinawa, Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia, Puerto Rico and within the United
States," Rokke said. "Thousands of individuals have been exposed and today
many are sick or dead. DU is a health hazard if it is inhaled, ingested, or
gets in wounds."
 Department of Energy documents released January 29 confirm the hazards of
uranium exposures, Rokke said. "Respiratory and skin protection must be worn

by everyone within 80 feet of any DU-contaminated equipment to prevent
exposures. DU contamination will make food and water unusable. Today
unrefutable evidence suggests that adverse health and environmental effects
occur unless all contamination is removed."
 Rokke, who was not permitted to testify about DU at the trial, said he was
warned by many - including emails from the Pentagon - to not attend the
trial.
 In a statement released after the trial, Rokke said: "Everyone should
consider if they want thousands and thousands of radioactive heavy metal
poison bullets in their own backyard. If not, then it should not be left
anywhere in the world where children may be exposed. The response to this
crime against God and humanity is simple:
1. All individuals who may have inhaled, ingested, or had wound
contamination
must receive medical care.
2. All depleted uranium penetrator fragments, contaminated equipment and
oxide contamination must be removed and disposed of properly.
3.The use of depleted uranium munitions must be banned."



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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Second Call: MOX press release
Date: 29 Mar 2000 14:04:29 -0600







Once again, anyone who has produced any analysis of Parallex and/or MOX
with respect to the NPT, please send me that analysis immediately by fax or
Fedex. Thanks. fab.

Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue
Champaign, Ill. 61820
217-333-7954 (voice)
217-244-1478 (fax)
[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>


-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 2:38 PM
Cc: Terry Lodge; [e-mail]; Ed Arnold; kathie brosemer; Kay
Cumbow; Anabel Dwyer; Gordon Edwards; Alice Hirt; Char Johnston; Kevin
Kamps; Michael Keegan; Brennain Lloyd; Kary Love; Chris McCormick; Don
Moniak; Kristen Ostling; Kimberly Roberts; lawrence white; Francis Boyle


All,

Attached is the final version of the MOX lawsuit press release, for
release on Wednesday morning.

Michael Mariotte
NIRS


>
> Mary Olson
> NIRS Southeast
> P.O. 5647
> Augusta, Georgia 30916-5647 USA
> 706-722-8968
> [e-mail]
>
> other key contacts:
>
> Kevin Kamps
> Nuclear Information & Resource Service
> 1424 16th St. NW Suite 404
> Washington,  DC  20036
> 202-328-0002   202-462-2183
> [e-mail]
> www.nirs.org
>
> Janet and Lou Zeller
> Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
> PO BOX 88
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> 336-982-2691   -2954
> [e-mail]
>
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> Physicians for Social Responsibility / Atlanta
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From: Proposition One Committee <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/03/30:  DC Hearings
Date: 30 Mar 2000 04:38:01 -0500

1) NucNews archives have been updated to March 22, 2000; easy search of
today's news sources:  http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm.

2) Some Congressional hearings today (3/30/2000):

SENATE COMMITTEES=20

                        9:30 a.m. =97 Foreign
                   Relations Committee holds
                   hearing, "The Need for
                   Non-proliferation Policy
                   Innovations." Donald Rumsfeld,
                   former defense secretary,
                   testifies. Location: 430 Dirksen
                   Senate Office Building. Contact:
                   202/224-4651.

HOUSE COMMITTEES

                        11 a.m. =97 Ways and Means
                   Committee holds hearing on
                   continued U.S. membership in
                   the World Trade Organization.
                   Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura
                   testifies. Location: 1100
                   Longworth House Office
                   Building. Contact:
                   202/225-3625.

                   =20
________________________________________________________________

  * Peace Through Reason - http://prop1.org - Convert the War Machines! *

Don't Forget! Online Petition -
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html
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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fail Safe action alert
Date: 30 Mar 2000 10:45:08 -0500

PLEASE RE-POST AND CIRCULATE WIDELY!

On Sunday, April 9, over 20 million Americans are expected to watch the
live CBS television remake of the anti-nuclear drama "Fail Safe"
starring George Clooney, Richard Dreyfuss, Harvey Keitel, Brian Dennehy,
and Noah Wyle. Thousands of concerned citizens will gather in homes,
churches, colleges and universities for Fail Safe "watch parties" to
discuss the movie and raise their voices to demand the abolition of
nuclear weapons. Even if you can't organize or attend a watch party, we
need you to participate.  Here's how:

1.  Watch Fail Safe on your local CBS television station, Sunday, April
9. CBS says the show will air at 9:00 p.m. in all time zones, but check
your local listings to be sure.

2.  Flood the White House with calls on Monday, April 10, a national
call-in action the day after Fail Safe airs, to demand that President
Clinton take leadership for the abolition of nuclear weapons.  For a
call-in day flier to distribute to your organization or to friends,
family, and co-workers, go to
http://www.fourthfreedom.org/hottopic/fail_safe_poster.htm
If you can make more than one call, call the Bush and Gore campaign
headquarters to demand that they address the abolition of nuclear
weapons as a campaign issue. Bush HQ: [phone], Gore HQ: (615)
340-2000.

3.  Write to President Clinton -- letters are still better than phone
calls.  For samples, go to www.disarmament.org/presltr.htm

4.  Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.  Samples were
sent out last week via email.  If you didn't receive one, contact me at
<[e-mail]>.

As the great abolitionist Frederick Douglass said, "Power concedes
nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will." Let's not
miss this opportunity, when millions of Americans will be re-awakened to
the danger of nuclear weapons, to raise our demand to wipe this scourge
off the face of the earth.

In Peace,

Kevin Martin
Director, Project Abolition


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From: California Peace Action <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Fail Safe action alert
Date: 29 Mar 2000 20:18:10 -0700

Hi Kevin.
I hope everything is going great with family and work. We are doing a
viewing party and inviting CBS and CNN to come and cover it. Andrew is in
charge. Unfortunately we aren't doing one in LA becasue Danielle is on a
long vacation.
I have one big question though. How do we know this won't be a big Star
Wars woop 'em up. The plot of Fail Safe somewhat lends itself to the
current limited Star Wars rhetoric.
Inquiring minds want to know...
-ptf
_____________________________________________________________________________
California Peace Action
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tel:[phone] fax:[phone]
email: [e-mail]
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the tireless efforts and persistent work of dedicated individuals."

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From: Charles F Hilfenhaus <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Where have all the nukes gone?
Date: 30 Mar 2000 12:09:10 EST

    This information appeared in the 3-27 las Vegas Review Journal
with a Washington Post byline.

THE WASHINGTON POST
    The Energy Department plans to renovate more than 6000 aging
nuclear warheads during the next 15 years, almost double the number the
United States is allowed to deploy under the START II arms reduction
treaty according to senior U.S. officials.
    The plan to keep an "inactive reserve" of 2,500 to 3,000 more
warheads than permitted to be deployed under START II is the product of a
little-publicized Clinton administration nuclear policy called "lead and
hedge."  It was described to Congress in 1996 by Harold Smith, Jr., then
assistant to the secretary of defense for nuclear, chemical and
biological defense programs.
    He said that while the administration "leads"by pushing for force
reductions in arms-control negotiations, the United States has to "retain
the ability to hedge by returning to START I levels."
    Smith said the policy was approved by President Clinton in
September 1994 as part of a Nuclear Posture Review, an annual document
setting guidelines for america's nuclear forces.

ATOMIC VETERANS RESPOND
    The timing of these past decisions and the start of subcritical
testing at the Nevada Test Site proves, if anyone needed proof, that
these tests never had any purpose not related to nuclear weapons.  Much
of the renovation work could take place in Nevada at  the DAF (Device
Assembly Facility) complex on the Nevada Test Site built during the
1990's but never used.
    From a purely military standpoint the existence of an "inactive
reserve" of nuclear weapons combined with the U.S. dependance on cruise
missiles, which have always been designed to be used as either
conventional or nuclear delivery systems,  leaves the U.S. with the
option to double its nuclear force overnight.
    Senate rejection of the CTBT, threats to abrogate the ABM Treaty,
congressional prohibitions on cutting US forces below START I levels
until the Duma ratifies START II, even though the Russians are
unilaterally moving toward a 1,500 warhead arsenal that they propose for
START III, all question the United States commitment to observe any arms
control treaty unless there is some military advantage to do so.
    The military industrial complex DOES run the United States

Charlie Hilfenhaus
Alliance of Atomic Veterans
Director, Atomic Workers Division
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