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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) SAY NO TO NMD - TEST PLANNED JULY 7
Date: 01 Jul 2000 16:52:37 +1000

Please forward this message to anyone you know that might act on it.

JULY 7 TEST OF 'SON OF STAR WARS'
=46AX CLINTON, COHEN, NOW - SAY NO TO NMD.
Clinton [phone], Cohen on [phone].

CONTAINS:
Sample letter and Appeal to fax Cohen, Clinton
Press Releases from WSLF, Vandenburg Action Coalition.

Dear All,

Today in front of the Vandenberg Airforce base in the US, activists have
commenced a peaceful vigil against the planned 7 July test of the National
Missile Defence system.(NMD)

Non-violent civil disobediance is planned for the day of the test itself,
and it is hoped that as a result the test will be disrupted or delayed.

Ballistic Missile Defence, (BMD) or the specific proposal now under
consideration by Clinton known as National Missile Defence (NMD), is
essentially the continuation of 'Star Wars'.

The current NMD proposal will in all probability not work, is designed to
meet a nonexistent threat, and potentially may re-ignite the arms race,
setting at nought the obligations of both the US and Russia to the 'total
and unequivocal' elimination of their nuclear arsenals, embodied in the
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference.

The US secretary General, the European Union, Portugal, Sweden, Germany,
=46rance, and a  coalition of nations known as the New Agenda Coalition (who
effectively have the support of of the overwhelming majority of countries
in the world), have all expressed grave concern over the NMD proposal.

Russia and China have expressed extreme opposition and say it will create a
new arms race. Russia has threatened to tear up nuclear arms control
agreements if the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty is broken to allow NMD to
proceed.

The Australian Senate voted a motion against NMD on Thursday Morning at
9.30 am (Canberra Time)

President Clinton and Defence Secy Cohen will be making a decision on NMD
within a few weeks.

If you think,  as most of the world does, that NMD is a dangerous delusion,
please fax President Clinton and US Defence Secretary William Cohen now,
and let them know that you don't want NMD or BMD.

If you are in the US, please also contact your congressperson and let them
know that you don't want NMD.

If, like me, you're not in the US, you can still fax president Clinton on
[phone], and ask that the US not deploy BMD.  You could also fax
Defence Secretary Cohen on [phone].

IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE US YOU SHOULD ALSO LET YOUR MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS KNOW THAT YOU WANT YOUR GOVERNMENT TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST NMD.

IF YOU LIVE IN A G8 COUNTRY (Which includes not only US but Russia, UK,
=46rance, Germany, Japan) ASK YOUR MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OR HEAD OF
STATE TO LET THE US KNOW YOUR COUNTRY IS CONCERNED AT US NMD PLANS AT THE
COMING G 8 SUMMIT IN OKINAWA.

In the meantime, whether you live in the US or elsewhere, you are urged to
fax Clinton and Cohen before July 7 to say you don't want NMD.  You should
also try to fax candidates Bush and Gore.

You should also visit the 'Dont Blow it' website at
 http://DontBlowit.org.
from which you can send the president a free e-postcard.


I am enclosing:

1)A sample letter to Clinton/Cohen.

2) Press Releases from the Vandenburg Action Coalition and WSLF.

Happy faxing!


1) Sample letter to Clinton and Cohen

1)SAMPLE LETTER FOR ESP US FOLKS,  TO SEND TO BILL CLINTON, WILLIAM S.
COHEN, MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, BUSH, GORE, AND RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL
SUBCOMMITTEES.

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, 1-202-456-2461,

SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT 1-202-647-6047

SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN 1-703-695-1149
cc
George Bush
Al Gore

Dear President Clinton, William Cohen, Madeleine Albright, and Presidential
candidates,

I am writing to urge you not to proceed with proposals for a national
ballistic missile defence system.  Missile defence schemes respond to a
nonexistent or exaggerated threat,  are not the solution to real threats,
make the rest of the US's security environment less safe, sabotage nuclear
disarmament efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the
rest of the world, and show contempt for the opinions of US allies and the
rest of the world.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed.

At the very same conference, the UN Secretary General, and representatives
of Russia, China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European community, the New
Agenda Coalition and the Non- aligned movement have all expressed strongly
that they believe the ABM treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic
stability. They do not think it should be modified to allow a missile
defence system,  still less abrogated unilaterally.  On your recent
European trip, leaders of Europe and Russia have made the same point.
America simply cannot ignore the strongly repeated opinion of the whole
world, that the ABM treaty should not be modified to permit BMD.

=46urthermore:

1)The threat that the national missile defence system is supposed to
address, namely that of missile - equipped  so- called  'rogue states' is
in all likelihood, nonexistent.

2) A  state that really wished to inflict serious damage on the US would
probaby rather smuggle a nuclear explosive device into a US city by means
that are more reliable and more difficult to trace than missiles.

3)There are serious doubts as to whether this system can work at all, or as
to whether any missile defence system can ever work.  The problems posed
even by relatively simple decoys are probably technically insoluble.

4)National (and theatre) missile defence schemes are unsustainably costly,
and cost estimates are likely to rise without limit.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on real
solutions to global  strategic security.  The highest priorities have to be
the elimination of as many warheads as possible under any START-III
agreement with Russia, and  the removal of  strategic missile forces from
high alert status as advocated by the Canberra Commission, subsequent UN
resolutions and the final NPT declaration.

In this respect, the commitment of Candidate Bush to deep cuts in warhead
numbers and to reductions in alert status are worthy of support.
Commitments to costly and dangerous missile defence schemes are worthy only
of opposition.

Yours Sincerely,
Signed
=2E...

2) Press Releases

=46OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 30, 2000

                                      .  Vandenberg Action Coalition  .
                                  .  Resource Center for Nonviolence  .

for more information contact:
    Peter Lumsdaine  [phone] /  [e-mail]  through July 3,
[phone]  /  [e-mail] July 4 and early July 5,
[phone] from July 5 on
    Tracie De Angelis [phone] through July 4;  [e-mail]


   "Vieques west" looms for pivotal Star Wars missile test July 7:

                   PROTESTORS VOW TO INVADE PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE SECURITY
                                         ZONES,   DISRUPT KEY NMD LAUNCH

    *  "The globalization of the world economy will also continue, with a
widening between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' ... military forces have
evolved to protect national interests and investments - both military and
economic.    ... [the] U.S. Space Command:  dominating the space dimension
of
military operations to protect U.S. interests and investment.  Integrating
Space Forces into warfighting across the full spectrum of conflict."   -  '
Vision for 2020 ' (1998 U.S. Space Command document assembled under General
Howell M. Estes III)



     (Vandenberg AFB, California)   An international alliance of peace and
global justice activists vowed today to carry the "spirit of Seattle and
Vieques" into the brushy coastal security zones of Vandenberg Air Force Base
to disrupt a pivotal "Star Wars" or "National Missile Defense" (NMD) flight
test scheduled for July 7.  Those planning to take on the physical and legal
risks of backcountry civil disobedience at Vandenberg include dissidents
from
China, Russia, Great Britain and the United States.
    Organizers involved in planning the recent Seattle and Washington DC
upheavels against corporate globalization, local residents from California's
central coast, and  veterans of  an historic 1983 backcountry showdown at
this west coast missile base have banded together in the Vandenberg Action
Coalition, backed by the endorsement of  the long-established national Peace
Action organization (membership 78,000) and the Global Network Against
Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.  The Resource Center for Nonviolence
(founded in 1976) and the Casa Guadalupe Catholic Worker House, just north
of
Vandenberg, are also involved;  and a local World War II veteran has offered
his nearby house and farmland as a base camp for the civil resistance teams.
    Activists say that - much like similar actions at Vieques in Puerto Rico
this year, at Kwajalein Atoll in 1982 and 1996, at Cape Canaveral in 1987,
and at Vandenberg itself in 1983 - small teams of nonviolent resisters will
clandestinely hike into the rugged launch-security zones of the base by July
7 to block flight testing of the Star Wars/NMD system, which they denounce
as
"a defensively-wrapped Trojan Horse of offensive global terror and a tool of
nuclear first-strike warfare."
    "We are going to rip the mask of lies off of this cleverly camouflaged
offensive Star Wars program," declared Coalition spokespeople Peter
Lumsdaine
and Tracie DeAngelis, "and we will confront the New World Order's space-age
missile power with what Gandhi and Martin Luther King called the
'soul-power'
of nonviolent direct action -
re-occupying the backcountry, putting ourselves at risk near the launch
point
to stand in the way of this these global war machines and denounce the
continued military theft of indigenous lands, from California to the South
Pacific.  The U.S. Space Command's
little-known plan for global domination, expressed in their own document
'Visi
on for 2020', must be exposed and stopped."
    Vandenberg's intercontinental test missiles, including a Minuteman ICBM
slated to be used the July 7 test, are fired at Kwajalein - the Earth's
largest coral atoll - which is occupied by the U.S. military, despite years
of protests and nonviolent resistance actions by the indigenous Marshallese
people who once lived around the South Pacific island ring.  The new NMD
interceptor missile is scheduled to be launched from Kwajalein Atoll on July
7, aimed to collide with Vandenberg's Minuteman.  Vandenberg Air Force Base
itself is built on the traditional lands of California's Chumash Indians,
who
were almost exterminated by European forces in previous centuries, but whose
descendents still live in the area, near Point Conception, which they call
the Western Gate - the bridge to the afterlife.
    The Vandenberg Action Coalition has stated that they oppose the NMD/Star
Wars project and related space warfare programs because these military
technologies will facilitate the use of the Pentagon's devastating offensive
weaponry against movements and nations that resist the 'New World Order' of
corporate globalization, while simultaneously igniting a perilous new
nuclear
arms race.  "Star Wars/NMD weapons are not being built to stop an attack on
the United States but to make sure that the U.S government and corporate
leadership can securely launch a 'conventional' or nuclear
first-strike against any country on Earth" said Lumsdaine and De Angelis.
The Coalition denounces the forced relocation of Kwajalein Atoll's
indigenous
people and calls for the U.S. Space Command to respect the traditional land
rights of  the Marshallese and Chumash peoples.
    Coalition activists will also gather at noon on July 1 for a  legal
protest vigil at Vandenberg's main gate, less than a week before the test
launch resistance action.  They plan a public educational event on Hiroshima
Day (August 5), and a larger backcountry mass resistance action on October
7.
   Vandenberg is the largest U.S. Space Command facility in the world, with
a
55-mile land boundary, and Coalition spokespeople believe that their
resistance teams will be able to clandestinely slip into the rugged
backcountry.  Military secrecy and security regulations require that large
areas of the base be cleared of all unauthorized people before a launch
countdown can proceed.  Futhermore, missile exhaust can endanger people near
the launch point and accidental launch explosions can blast shrapnel,
burning
debris and super-heated toxic gasses for more than a mile in all directions.
    The nonviolent resistance teams may make their presence in these areas
known by the use of banners, flares, balloons, noise or night-time
flashlights, while avoiding capture for as long as possible.   Some likely
participants are veterans of similar actions that disrupted base operations
in the 1980s.  Others have emerged from the clouds of peppper spray and
rubber bullets at recent Washington DC and Seattle globalization protests
with a renewed determination to confront what Lumsdaine calls "the military
enforcement wing of a slowly crumbling corporate world order, its space-age
global web of counterinsurgency terror and thermonuclear brinkmanship."

                                                       -  30  -


=46or more information contact:
 [see detailed contact information at the top of this news release]
  Peter Lumsdaine  [phone];  [e-mail]   OR   [e-mail]
  Tracie De Angelis [phone];  [e-mail]


 WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
 1440 Broadway, Suite 500 Oakland, CA 94612
 Tel [phone]  E-mail [e-mail]

 For immediate release: July 1, 2000
 Contact: Jacqueline Cabasso or Andrew Lichterman [phone]

 WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION STATEMENT ON BMD,
 NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

  Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA -- The proposed US Ballistic Missile
Defense (BMD) system blocks nuclear arms reductions and threatens to spur
new arms races.  BMD, like =93Stockpile Stewardship,=94  is fundamentally
incompatible with nuclear disarmament.  This simple fact is often obscured
in a blizzard of technical minutia and political gobbledygook.  But you
don=92t have to be an expert to understand that the best (and possibly only)
way to prevent nuclear war is to get rid of nuclear weapons.  And you don=92=
t
have to be an expert to understand that the current US concept of national
security if not sustainable.  Security cannot be premised on the constant
threat of overwhelming bloodshed and destruction.  Instead it must be
redefined in human and ecological terms.       =20

         Western States Legal Foundation calls for cancellation of the July
7 interceptor test from Vandenberg Air Force Base and termination of the
BMD program and follow-on plans for space-based weapons systems.  Instead,
we call on the U.S. government -- without further delay -- to seek and
accept sweeping reductions in both strategic (long-range) and tactical
(short-range) weapons, and together with Russia to take all weapons off
hair-trigger alert so that Armageddon is no longer the push of a button
away.  Further, we call on the US to initiate multilateral negotiations on
the framework for a nuclear-weapon-free-world.  These are the necessary and
appropriate first steps toward nuclear sanity and real global security.

 Most Americans have no idea that their government continues to brandish
nuclear weapons as the ultimate =93big stick.=94 But every government knows
that a nuclear threat implicitly backs up every US or US-led military
action anywhere in the world. More than 10 years after the end of the Cold
War, US Trident submarines continue to patrol the world=92s oceans, armed
with thousands of the most deadly weapons every designed, ready to launch
them within 15 minutes. Thousands more land-based =93strategic=94 missiles a=
re
ready to launch within 2 minutes.  And approximately 150 US =93tactical=94
nuclear weapons are deployed in NATO countries.

 Presidential Decision Directive-60 (PDD-60), signed by President Clinton
in December 1997, recommitted the US to nuclear weapons as the
=93cornerstone=94 of its national security for the foreseeable future and
reaffirmed the US policies of threatened first use and threatened massive
retaliation.  Over the past decade the US has threatened the use of nuclear
weapons against Libya (April 1996), North Korea (July 1994) and Iraq (1991
and 1998).

         The US is planning to spend over $4.5 billion a year over the next
decade on nuclear weapons research, development, testing and production; an
amount, in constant dollars, well above the annual Cold War spending
average of $3.7 billion for directly comparable activities. Through the
misleadingly-named =93Stockpile Stewardship=94 program, new nuclear weapons
facilities of unprecedented sophistication are being built, a new
generation of nuclear scientists is being trained, and nuclear weapons
design and production is going forward. Under Stockpile Stewardship,
modifications or upgrades  in some instances including enhanced military
capabilities -- are planned for every weapon type in the US arsenal. This
new round of high-tech research and development -- the =93price=94 exacted b=
y
the nuclear weapons labs for their acquiescence to the Comprehensive Test
Ban Treaty --  is lending renewed credibility to the threatened use of
nuclear weapons, and is leading towards the development and production of
weapon-types that are more, rather than less likely to be used in the post
Cold War world.=20

 Moreover, some Stockpile Stewardship facilities have applications for
ballistic missile defense systems and other kinds of high-tech weaponry.=20
This technology overlap is of increasing concern as parts of the Stockpile
Stewardship technology base are used for many different types of weapons
programs.  According to one Air Force planning document: =93The technology
base required to meet future space weapon needs must be developed and
matured today if it is to be available for future warfighter needs.=94

 The US Space Command Vision for 2020 contemplates =93dominating the space
dimension of military operations to protect US interests and investment...
Integrating Space Forces into warfighting capabilties across the full
spectrum of conflict.=94  The Pentagon=92s Joint Vision 2020 contemplates =
=93the
creation of a force that is dominant across the full spectrum of military
operations  persuasive in peace, decisive in war, preeminent in any form of
conflict.=94
        =20
 It is only within this broader context of current and emerging US national
security policy and current and planned technology development that the
internationally dangerous and destabilizing effects of the impending
decision to deploy a BMD system can be fully understood.

 Western States Legal Foundation (WSLF) is a non-profit, public interest
organization founded in 1982, which monitors and analyzes US nuclear
weapons programs and policies with a focus on the national nuclear weapons
laboratories.  WSLF recognizes that nuclear weapons affect the environment,
the economy, the role of violence in society, and democracy itself.  Rather
than enhancing our =93national=94 security, nuclear weapons threaten our
fundamental human security.  WSLF seeks to abolish nuclear weapons, compel
open public environmental review of nuclear technologies, and ensure
appropriate management of nuclear waste. Grounded in nonviolence and rooted
in both international and environmental law, the principle guiding WSLF=92s
activities is democratization of decision making affecting nuclear weapons
and related technologies. WSLF is a founding member of the Abolition 2000
Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, and its US affiliate, the US
Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.




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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) SAY NO TO NMD - TEST PLANNED JULY 7
Date: 03 Jul 2000 12:36:26 +1000

Please forward this message to anyone you know that might act on it.

JULY 7 TEST OF 'SON OF STAR WARS'
=46AX CLINTON, COHEN, NOW - SAY NO TO NMD.
Clinton [phone], Cohen on [phone].

CONTAINS:
Sample letter and Appeal to fax Cohen, Clinton
Press Releases from WSLF, Vandenburg Action Coalition.

Dear All,

Today in front of the Vandenberg Airforce base in the US, activists have
commenced a peaceful vigil against the planned 7 July test of the National
Missile Defence system.(NMD)

Non-violent civil disobediance is planned for the day of the test itself,
and it is hoped that as a result the test will be disrupted or delayed.

Ballistic Missile Defence, (BMD) or the specific proposal now under
consideration by Clinton known as National Missile Defence (NMD), is
essentially the continuation of 'Star Wars'.

The current NMD proposal will in all probability not work, is designed to
meet a nonexistent threat, and potentially may re-ignite the arms race,
setting at nought the obligations of both the US and Russia to the 'total
and unequivocal' elimination of their nuclear arsenals, embodied in the
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference.

The US secretary General, the European Union, Portugal, Sweden, Germany,
=46rance, and a  coalition of nations known as the New Agenda Coalition (who
effectively have the support of of the overwhelming majority of countries
in the world), have all expressed grave concern over the NMD proposal.

Russia and China have expressed extreme opposition and say it will create a
new arms race. Russia has threatened to tear up nuclear arms control
agreements if the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty is broken to allow NMD to
proceed.

The Australian Senate voted a motion against NMD on Thursday Morning at
9.30 am (Canberra Time)

President Clinton and Defence Secy Cohen will be making a decision on NMD
within a few weeks.

If you think,  as most of the world does, that NMD is a dangerous delusion,
please fax President Clinton and US Defence Secretary William Cohen now,
and let them know that you don't want NMD or BMD.

If you are in the US, please also contact your congressperson and let them
know that you don't want NMD.

If, like me, you're not in the US, you can still fax president Clinton on
[phone], and ask that the US not deploy BMD.  You could also fax
Defence Secretary Cohen on [phone].

IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE US YOU SHOULD ALSO LET YOUR MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS KNOW THAT YOU WANT YOUR GOVERNMENT TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST NMD.

IF YOU LIVE IN A G8 COUNTRY (Which includes not only US but Russia, UK,
=46rance, Germany, Japan) ASK YOUR MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OR HEAD OF
STATE TO LET THE US KNOW YOUR COUNTRY IS CONCERNED AT US NMD PLANS AT THE
COMING G 8 SUMMIT IN OKINAWA.

In the meantime, whether you live in the US or elsewhere, you are urged to
fax Clinton and Cohen before July 7 to say you don't want NMD.  You should
also try to fax candidates Bush and Gore.

You should also visit the 'Dont Blow it' website at
 http://DontBlowit.org.
from which you can send the president a free e-postcard.


I am enclosing:

1)A sample letter to Clinton/Cohen.

2) Press Releases from the Vandenburg Action Coalition and WSLF.

Happy faxing!


1) Sample letter to Clinton and Cohen

1)SAMPLE LETTER FOR ESP US FOLKS,  TO SEND TO BILL CLINTON, WILLIAM S.
COHEN, MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, BUSH, GORE, AND RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL
SUBCOMMITTEES.

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, 1-202-456-2461,

SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT 1-202-647-6047

SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN 1-703-695-1149
cc
George Bush
Al Gore

Dear President Clinton, William Cohen, Madeleine Albright, and Presidential
candidates,

I am writing to urge you not to proceed with proposals for a national
ballistic missile defence system.  Missile defence schemes respond to a
nonexistent or exaggerated threat,  are not the solution to real threats,
make the rest of the US's security environment less safe, sabotage nuclear
disarmament efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the
rest of the world, and show contempt for the opinions of US allies and the
rest of the world.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed.

At the very same conference, the UN Secretary General, and representatives
of Russia, China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European community, the New
Agenda Coalition and the Non- aligned movement have all expressed strongly
that they believe the ABM treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic
stability. They do not think it should be modified to allow a missile
defence system,  still less abrogated unilaterally.  On your recent
European trip, leaders of Europe and Russia have made the same point.
America simply cannot ignore the strongly repeated opinion of the whole
world, that the ABM treaty should not be modified to permit BMD.

=46urthermore:

1)The threat that the national missile defence system is supposed to
address, namely that of missile - equipped  so- called  'rogue states' is
in all likelihood, nonexistent.

2) A  state that really wished to inflict serious damage on the US would
probaby rather smuggle a nuclear explosive device into a US city by means
that are more reliable and more difficult to trace than missiles.

3)There are serious doubts as to whether this system can work at all, or as
to whether any missile defence system can ever work.  The problems posed
even by relatively simple decoys are probably technically insoluble.

4)National (and theatre) missile defence schemes are unsustainably costly,
and cost estimates are likely to rise without limit.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on real
solutions to global  strategic security.  The highest priorities have to be
the elimination of as many warheads as possible under any START-III
agreement with Russia, and  the removal of  strategic missile forces from
high alert status as advocated by the Canberra Commission, subsequent UN
resolutions and the final NPT declaration.

In this respect, the commitment of Candidate Bush to deep cuts in warhead
numbers and to reductions in alert status are worthy of support.
Commitments to costly and dangerous missile defence schemes are worthy only
of opposition.

Yours Sincerely,
Signed
=2E...

2) Press Releases

=46OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 30, 2000

                                      .  Vandenberg Action Coalition  .
                                  .  Resource Center for Nonviolence  .

for more information contact:
    Peter Lumsdaine  [phone] /  [e-mail]  through July 3,
[phone]  /  [e-mail] July 4 and early July 5,
[phone] from July 5 on
    Tracie De Angelis [phone] through July 4;  [e-mail]


   "Vieques west" looms for pivotal Star Wars missile test July 7:

                   PROTESTORS VOW TO INVADE PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE SECURITY
                                         ZONES,   DISRUPT KEY NMD LAUNCH

    *  "The globalization of the world economy will also continue, with a
widening between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' ... military forces have
evolved to protect national interests and investments - both military and
economic.    ... [the] U.S. Space Command:  dominating the space dimension
of
military operations to protect U.S. interests and investment.  Integrating
Space Forces into warfighting across the full spectrum of conflict."   -  '
Vision for 2020 ' (1998 U.S. Space Command document assembled under General
Howell M. Estes III)



     (Vandenberg AFB, California)   An international alliance of peace and
global justice activists vowed today to carry the "spirit of Seattle and
Vieques" into the brushy coastal security zones of Vandenberg Air Force Base
to disrupt a pivotal "Star Wars" or "National Missile Defense" (NMD) flight
test scheduled for July 7.  Those planning to take on the physical and legal
risks of backcountry civil disobedience at Vandenberg include dissidents
from
China, Russia, Great Britain and the United States.
    Organizers involved in planning the recent Seattle and Washington DC
upheavels against corporate globalization, local residents from California's
central coast, and  veterans of  an historic 1983 backcountry showdown at
this west coast missile base have banded together in the Vandenberg Action
Coalition, backed by the endorsement of  the long-established national Peace
Action organization (membership 78,000) and the Global Network Against
Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.  The Resource Center for Nonviolence
(founded in 1976) and the Casa Guadalupe Catholic Worker House, just north
of
Vandenberg, are also involved;  and a local World War II veteran has offered
his nearby house and farmland as a base camp for the civil resistance teams.
    Activists say that - much like similar actions at Vieques in Puerto Rico
this year, at Kwajalein Atoll in 1982 and 1996, at Cape Canaveral in 1987,
and at Vandenberg itself in 1983 - small teams of nonviolent resisters will
clandestinely hike into the rugged launch-security zones of the base by July
7 to block flight testing of the Star Wars/NMD system, which they denounce
as
"a defensively-wrapped Trojan Horse of offensive global terror and a tool of
nuclear first-strike warfare."
    "We are going to rip the mask of lies off of this cleverly camouflaged
offensive Star Wars program," declared Coalition spokespeople Peter
Lumsdaine
and Tracie DeAngelis, "and we will confront the New World Order's space-age
missile power with what Gandhi and Martin Luther King called the
'soul-power'
of nonviolent direct action -
re-occupying the backcountry, putting ourselves at risk near the launch
point
to stand in the way of this these global war machines and denounce the
continued military theft of indigenous lands, from California to the South
Pacific.  The U.S. Space Command's
little-known plan for global domination, expressed in their own document
'Visi
on for 2020', must be exposed and stopped."
    Vandenberg's intercontinental test missiles, including a Minuteman ICBM
slated to be used the July 7 test, are fired at Kwajalein - the Earth's
largest coral atoll - which is occupied by the U.S. military, despite years
of protests and nonviolent resistance actions by the indigenous Marshallese
people who once lived around the South Pacific island ring.  The new NMD
interceptor missile is scheduled to be launched from Kwajalein Atoll on July
7, aimed to collide with Vandenberg's Minuteman.  Vandenberg Air Force Base
itself is built on the traditional lands of California's Chumash Indians,
who
were almost exterminated by European forces in previous centuries, but whose
descendents still live in the area, near Point Conception, which they call
the Western Gate - the bridge to the afterlife.
    The Vandenberg Action Coalition has stated that they oppose the NMD/Star
Wars project and related space warfare programs because these military
technologies will facilitate the use of the Pentagon's devastating offensive
weaponry against movements and nations that resist the 'New World Order' of
corporate globalization, while simultaneously igniting a perilous new
nuclear
arms race.  "Star Wars/NMD weapons are not being built to stop an attack on
the United States but to make sure that the U.S government and corporate
leadership can securely launch a 'conventional' or nuclear
first-strike against any country on Earth" said Lumsdaine and De Angelis.
The Coalition denounces the forced relocation of Kwajalein Atoll's
indigenous
people and calls for the U.S. Space Command to respect the traditional land
rights of  the Marshallese and Chumash peoples.
    Coalition activists will also gather at noon on July 1 for a  legal
protest vigil at Vandenberg's main gate, less than a week before the test
launch resistance action.  They plan a public educational event on Hiroshima
Day (August 5), and a larger backcountry mass resistance action on October
7.
   Vandenberg is the largest U.S. Space Command facility in the world, with
a
55-mile land boundary, and Coalition spokespeople believe that their
resistance teams will be able to clandestinely slip into the rugged
backcountry.  Military secrecy and security regulations require that large
areas of the base be cleared of all unauthorized people before a launch
countdown can proceed.  Futhermore, missile exhaust can endanger people near
the launch point and accidental launch explosions can blast shrapnel,
burning
debris and super-heated toxic gasses for more than a mile in all directions.
    The nonviolent resistance teams may make their presence in these areas
known by the use of banners, flares, balloons, noise or night-time
flashlights, while avoiding capture for as long as possible.   Some likely
participants are veterans of similar actions that disrupted base operations
in the 1980s.  Others have emerged from the clouds of peppper spray and
rubber bullets at recent Washington DC and Seattle globalization protests
with a renewed determination to confront what Lumsdaine calls "the military
enforcement wing of a slowly crumbling corporate world order, its space-age
global web of counterinsurgency terror and thermonuclear brinkmanship."

                                                       -  30  -


=46or more information contact:
 [see detailed contact information at the top of this news release]
  Peter Lumsdaine  [phone];  [e-mail]   OR   [e-mail]
  Tracie De Angelis [phone];  [e-mail]


 WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
 1440 Broadway, Suite 500 Oakland, CA 94612
 Tel [phone]  E-mail [e-mail]

 For immediate release: July 1, 2000
 Contact: Jacqueline Cabasso or Andrew Lichterman [phone]

 WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION STATEMENT ON BMD,
 NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

  Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA -- The proposed US Ballistic Missile
Defense (BMD) system blocks nuclear arms reductions and threatens to spur
new arms races.  BMD, like =93Stockpile Stewardship,=94  is fundamentally
incompatible with nuclear disarmament.  This simple fact is often obscured
in a blizzard of technical minutia and political gobbledygook.  But you
don=92t have to be an expert to understand that the best (and possibly only)
way to prevent nuclear war is to get rid of nuclear weapons.  And you don=92=
t
have to be an expert to understand that the current US concept of national
security if not sustainable.  Security cannot be premised on the constant
threat of overwhelming bloodshed and destruction.  Instead it must be
redefined in human and ecological terms.       =20

         Western States Legal Foundation calls for cancellation of the July
7 interceptor test from Vandenberg Air Force Base and termination of the
BMD program and follow-on plans for space-based weapons systems.  Instead,
we call on the U.S. government -- without further delay -- to seek and
accept sweeping reductions in both strategic (long-range) and tactical
(short-range) weapons, and together with Russia to take all weapons off
hair-trigger alert so that Armageddon is no longer the push of a button
away.  Further, we call on the US to initiate multilateral negotiations on
the framework for a nuclear-weapon-free-world.  These are the necessary and
appropriate first steps toward nuclear sanity and real global security.

 Most Americans have no idea that their government continues to brandish
nuclear weapons as the ultimate =93big stick.=94 But every government knows
that a nuclear threat implicitly backs up every US or US-led military
action anywhere in the world. More than 10 years after the end of the Cold
War, US Trident submarines continue to patrol the world=92s oceans, armed
with thousands of the most deadly weapons every designed, ready to launch
them within 15 minutes. Thousands more land-based =93strategic=94 missiles a=
re
ready to launch within 2 minutes.  And approximately 150 US =93tactical=94
nuclear weapons are deployed in NATO countries.

 Presidential Decision Directive-60 (PDD-60), signed by President Clinton
in December 1997, recommitted the US to nuclear weapons as the
=93cornerstone=94 of its national security for the foreseeable future and
reaffirmed the US policies of threatened first use and threatened massive
retaliation.  Over the past decade the US has threatened the use of nuclear
weapons against Libya (April 1996), North Korea (July 1994) and Iraq (1991
and 1998).

         The US is planning to spend over $4.5 billion a year over the next
decade on nuclear weapons research, development, testing and production; an
amount, in constant dollars, well above the annual Cold War spending
average of $3.7 billion for directly comparable activities. Through the
misleadingly-named =93Stockpile Stewardship=94 program, new nuclear weapons
facilities of unprecedented sophistication are being built, a new
generation of nuclear scientists is being trained, and nuclear weapons
design and production is going forward. Under Stockpile Stewardship,
modifications or upgrades  in some instances including enhanced military
capabilities -- are planned for every weapon type in the US arsenal. This
new round of high-tech research and development -- the =93price=94 exacted b=
y
the nuclear weapons labs for their acquiescence to the Comprehensive Test
Ban Treaty --  is lending renewed credibility to the threatened use of
nuclear weapons, and is leading towards the development and production of
weapon-types that are more, rather than less likely to be used in the post
Cold War world.=20

 Moreover, some Stockpile Stewardship facilities have applications for
ballistic missile defense systems and other kinds of high-tech weaponry.=20
This technology overlap is of increasing concern as parts of the Stockpile
Stewardship technology base are used for many different types of weapons
programs.  According to one Air Force planning document: =93The technology
base required to meet future space weapon needs must be developed and
matured today if it is to be available for future warfighter needs.=94

 The US Space Command Vision for 2020 contemplates =93dominating the space
dimension of military operations to protect US interests and investment...
Integrating Space Forces into warfighting capabilties across the full
spectrum of conflict.=94  The Pentagon=92s Joint Vision 2020 contemplates =
=93the
creation of a force that is dominant across the full spectrum of military
operations  persuasive in peace, decisive in war, preeminent in any form of
conflict.=94
        =20
 It is only within this broader context of current and emerging US national
security policy and current and planned technology development that the
internationally dangerous and destabilizing effects of the impending
decision to deploy a BMD system can be fully understood.

 Western States Legal Foundation (WSLF) is a non-profit, public interest
organization founded in 1982, which monitors and analyzes US nuclear
weapons programs and policies with a focus on the national nuclear weapons
laboratories.  WSLF recognizes that nuclear weapons affect the environment,
the economy, the role of violence in society, and democracy itself.  Rather
than enhancing our =93national=94 security, nuclear weapons threaten our
fundamental human security.  WSLF seeks to abolish nuclear weapons, compel
open public environmental review of nuclear technologies, and ensure
appropriate management of nuclear waste. Grounded in nonviolence and rooted
in both international and environmental law, the principle guiding WSLF=92s
activities is democratization of decision making affecting nuclear weapons
and related technologies. WSLF is a founding member of the Abolition 2000
Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, and its US affiliate, the US
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 4 days to BMD Test - Keep those Faxes Rolling In to Clinton,
Date: 03 Jul 2000 14:35:38 +1000

Dear People on Abolition 2000, Nuc News, Abolition USA, and Nukenet,

Sorry to be so insistent,

But its just four days now till the July 7 sceduled test of the NMD system
at Vandenburg and Kwajelien.

A number of US groups have held a vigil at the gates of the Vandenburg AFB,
and further protests are to be held on the day of the test.

At this stage, it is vital not only to demonstrate solidarity with the
protesters, which can best be done on

"Carah" <[e-mail]>,  "Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space" <[e-mail]>, (or better still, send a hard
copy on 1-805-568-0466, at NAPF),

BUT IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT

-To let President Clinton and Secretary of defence Cohen as well as the
presidential candidates and your local congressperson know that you don't
want BMD.

Clintons fax number is 1-202-456-2461. Secy of Defence Cohen's is
1-703-695-1149.

I have put up sample letters repeatedly on these lists, including just now.

You should also visit the 'Dont Blow it' website at
 http://DontBlowit.org.
from which you can send the president a free e-postcard.




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From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Date: 03 Jul 2000 13:49:05 -0700

Dear Ellen -- No, you haven't sent us your form yet! -- Jackie

At 09:39 PM 7/1/00 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >REMINDER: If your group received a yellow booklet but hasn't
> >yet sent in your endorsement form, please do so NOW!  (If you don't know
> >what I'm talking about, send me an e-mail.)
>
> I haven't the foggiest whether I've filled out this form.  Do you know?
>
> Ellen Thomas
> Proposition One Committee
> PO Box 27217, Washington DC 20038
> 202-462-0757 -- fax [phone]
> [e-mail]  --  http://prop1.org
>
>                          ***
>
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From: "David Rush" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Lost mail from 15-28 June, 2000.
Date: 03 Jul 2000 18:55:26 -0400

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during that period, PLEASE resend. Many thanks.
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From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" <[e-mail]>
Date: 04 Jul 2000 01:09:13 PDT


fyi:
some update news of what's happening in Marshall Islands regarding use of
Kwajalein Atoll.

Thanks and greetings from Hawaii.

Richard Salvador
Honolulu, Hawaii

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http://pidp.ewc.hawaii.edu/PIReport/2000/July/07-04-10.htm

Tuesday, July 4, 2000

PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT

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


KWAJALEIN LANDOWNERS FILE SUIT AGAINST MARSHALL ISLANDS GOVERNMENT

æWe weren't properly represented' in Compact LUA negotiations'

MAJURO, Marshall Islands (June 23, 2000 û Marshall Islands Journal)---A
large group of Kwajalein landowners filed suit Tuesday in Majuro in the High
Court against the [Republic of the Marshall Islands] RMI government û a suit
that is intended, said attorney Scott Taylor, to "liberate our clients from
the economic servitude imposed upon them by the United States."

The suit is challenging the legality of the Land Use Agreement (LUA) that
has been in use since the beginning of the Compact between the landowners
and the RMI government, which is the basis of U.S. government use of the
Kwajalein missile testing range.

Leading Kwajalein landowners who brought the suit, including Senators Imata
Kabua, Ataji Balos and Sato Maie, Leroijs Likwor Locak and Neimata Kabua and
Mayor Wilmer Bolkeim, have heavyweight legal representation, with such
luminaries as constitutional law expert Lawrence Tribe of Harvard and
Richard Scruggs of tobacco litigation fame on board.

The suit claims among other things that:

     ╖ The Kwajalein Atoll Corporation (KAC) had no power to bind the
landowners to a 30 year term of use for Kwajalein when the LUA was signed in
the early 1980s (then KAC chairman Ataji Balos signed the LUA with the RMI).

     ╖ Kwajalein landowners had "no effective legal advice and
representation" at the time the LUA was negotiated and signed.

     ╖ When the KAC ceased operations in 1986, its power of attorney for
landowners ended.

     ╖ The Cabinet entered the LUA in violation of the Marshall Islands
constitution because the Nitijela did not pass a law empowering the Cabinet
to act on the LUA, as is required.

     ╖ Money for the second 15-year term of the lease was supposed to be
paid during the interim use agreement period 1982-1985, but no money was
ever paid, making the extension of the use to this second 15-year period
void.

The suit says that the LUA was the trade off for U.S. approval of the
Compact and all other funding to the RMI government.

The suit says that when negotiations on the LUA and the Compact of Free
Association with the U.S. were happening in the early 1980s, RMI government
officials told the KAC that if they refused to sign the LUA for Kwajalein,
then "the RMI wouldn't get even limited autonomy from the U.S. and Kwajalein
would receive no money.

The RMI exchanged national autonomy for use of the landowners' lagoon and
land, the suit says.

The suit is asking the High Court to declare the LUA null and void, and to
require the RMI government to include the landowners in all discussions and
negotiations regarding compensation for Kwajalein Atoll.


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Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/04 - Daybook; FOR's 40-day People's Campaign for
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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200074213649.htm

    Play performance and vigil =972 p.m. =97 The Kairos Theatre Company=
 performs a
play, "A Clown, a Hammer, a Bomb, and God," about the Plowshares Movement,=
 in
conjunction with a peace vigil.
      Highlights =97 2 p.m. =97 Upper Senate Park, Delaware and Constitution=
 Avenue
NE.
      6 p.m. =97 Lafayette Park, across from the White House. Contact:
202-462-0757; 212/714-5392.

2) Report on People's Campaign for Nonviolence - Dozens of people gathered=
 in
Lafayette Park yesterday for the first of 40 days of public events to "call=
 for
an end to our culture of violence and injustice, to affirm a new culture=
 rooted
in justice and nonviolence."  Several people were arrested on the White=
 House
sidewalk for praying for global nuclear disarmament.  Sponsored by=
 Fellowship
of Reconciliation (http://www.forusa.org), each day's events are
co-sponsored by
other groups. =20

The People's Campaign for Nonviolence Schedule of Events 2000=20
All Events in Washington, D.C., July 1st-August 9th
Updated June 28 - http://www.forusa.org/109.htm

--
Ongoing Events of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House=20

 Mondays: Vigil for Nuclear Disarmament 7-8 a.m., Pentagon south entrance.=
=20
 Fridays: Protest Against the War & Sanctions on Iraq 12-1 p.m., White=
 House,
Pennsylvania Avenue.
 Second Thursdays: Vigil for Mordechai Vanunu 12-1 p.m., Israeli Embassy,=
 Van
Ness Street (off Connecticut Avenue, two blocks west). Contact Kathy Boylan.
202-882-9649. Dorothy Day Catholic Workers & Friends.
--

July 1 Panel Discussion "Building a Culture of Peace & Justice" and=
 reception
with peace activists Daniel Berrigan, Helen Caldicott, John Dear, Marian=
 Wright
Edelman, Arun Gandhi, Jim Lawson, Mairead Maguire & Jonathan Schell 7-9=
 p.m.,
Howard University Chapel, 2395 Sixth Street N.W. (Howard Pl. & Sixth Street)
Shaw-Howard University metro stop. Groups over ten people please RSVP.
Donations accepted at the door, free ice cream will be served. 202-244-0951.
Fellowship of Reconciliation.

Fast & Vigil to End the Death Penalty - all day, Supreme Ct. First Street &=
 E.
Capitol Street N.E. 800-973-6548. Abolitionist Action Committee.=20

Rally for Tibet 11 a.m., White House (Lafayette Pk.), 17th Street &
Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. March for Tibet led by Mairead Maguire, Ven.=
 Samdhong
Rinpoche, Sulak Sivaraska, and Richard Gere 12 p.m., from Lafayette Pk. to
Chinese Embassy. Rally at Chinese Embassy 1 p.m., 2300 Connecticut Avenue=
 N.W.
Call Moj at 202-785-1515, ext. 25, for details. www.savetibet.org.
International
Campaign for Tibet, Capital Area Tibetan Association & Students for a Free
Tibet.=20

July 2 Nonviolence Workshop & Action Prep for July 3rd with Jim Lawson 2-6=
 p.m.
Howard University (Douglas Hall). Documentary Film on Nonviolent Direct=
 Action
Campaigns 'A Force More Powerful' 8 p.m., School of Communications at Howard
University, Bryant Street, between Fourth & Sixth Streets. 202-244-0951.=
 FOR.

Fast & Vigil to End the Death Penalty - all day & Break the Fast Gathering
11:15 p.m. and Meal 12 a.m., Supreme Ct. First Street & E. Capitol Street=
 N.E.
800-973-6548. Abolitionist Action Committee.=20

Great Prayer Festival for World Peace 8:30-10:30 a.m., & Public Address by=
 H.H.
the Dalai Lama 11 a.m.-12 p.m., National Mall, Seventh Street & Constitution
Avenue N.W. www.tibetanculture.org. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival &
International Campaign for Tibet.

July 3 Public Witness and Direct Action for Nuclear Disarmament 11 a.m.,=
 White
House (Lafayette Pk). Bring signs and posters. 202-244-0951. American=
 Friends
Service Committee, Jesuit Volunteer Corps & Atlantic Life Community.

July 3 Speakers: "The Power of Nonviolence Movements Around the World"
featuring Mubarak Awad and Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan 7:30 p.m., St. Aloysius
Church lower chapel, 19 'I' Street N.W. 202-244-0951. Nonviolence
International.=20

July 4 "A Clown, A Hammer, A Bomb & God" Plowshares Play 2 p.m., Upper=
 Senate
Pk. (N. side of the Capitol). Second performance at 6 p.m., White House
(Lafayette Pk.). "A Good Day to Pie" (play commentary on genetically=
 modified
foods) 2 p.m., Upper Senate Pk. Peace Vigil & Leafletting for Nuclear
Disarmament & Interfaith Prayer Service 4 p.m., Lafayette Pk. Bring banners=
 &
posters. 202-483-3541. Grassroots Unity, Kairos Theater, Pace e Bene, Nevada
Desert Experience and the Methodist Peace Fellowship.

July 5-7 Youth Action Days. Begins July 5th, 9:30 a.m. and ends July 7th, 9
p.m. Special guests Colman McCarthy, Leah Wells and Richard Deats. St.
Aloysius, 19 'I' Street N.W. Call Neera Singh to register. 845-358-4601.=
 FOR.

July 7-9 Intergenerational Peacebuilding Weekend Registration 4 p.m., Grace
Lutheran Church, 4300 16th Street N.W. Call Neera Singh to register.
845-358-4601. FOR.

July 7 Evening Peace Gathering 7 p.m., 3rd Street Church of God, 1204 Third
Street N.W. 765-643-0049. Church of God Peace Fellowship.

July 8 Nonviolence Workshop 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 3rd Street Church of God, 1204
Third Street N.W. Protest 2-4 p.m., White House. 'Peacing Together'=
 Networking
and Reflecting 6:30-8:30 p.m., Nat'l Memorial Church of God, 4100 16th=
 Street
N.W. 765-643-0049. Church of God Peace Fellowship.

July 9 Worship Service 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., 3rd Street Church. Potluck with
Speakers' Panel 1 p.m., Nat'l Memorial Church of God, 4100 16th Street N.W.
765-643-0049. Church of God Peace Fellowship.

Ban Landmines Conference 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Keynote Speaker Address with UN
Secretary General Kofi Annan and Steve Goose 9 - 10 a.m., Washington Court
Hotel. Interfaith Prayer Service in honor of landmine victims and survivors=
 5 -
6:15 p.m. Please RSVP. 617-695-0041. US Campaign to Ban Landmines &=
 Physicians
for Human Rights.

July 10 Protest Military Spending 'Penny Poll' and March 9 a.m.-12 p.m.,
Washington Monument (near Constitution & 15th Street). 212-228-0450. War
Resisters League.

Ban Landmines Conference Legislative Breakfast with House and Senate members
8:30-10 a.m. Lobby & Press Briefing Meetings 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Students Against
Landmines Training 12:30-5 p.m. Reception honoring Ken Ruthorford 6-8 p.m.=
 All
at Washington Court Hotel. Please RSVP. 617-695-0041. US Campaign to Ban
Landmines & Physicians for Human Rights.

July 11 Ban Landmines Lobbying at The Capitol. Please RSVP. 617-695-0041. US
Campaign to Ban Landmines & Physicians for Human Rights.

July 12 Rally & Speakers 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Meet at Capitol East Front Senate=
 grassy
area 10 a.m. Walk to the Methodist Bldg., 110 MD Avenue N.E. 703-360-3657.
Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.

July 13 Vigil "Every Church A Peace Church" & Church Visitations 11 a.m.-3
p.m., White House (Lafayette Pk.). 717-859-1958. New Call to Peacemaking.

July 14 Justice for Janitors Teach-in 5-6:30 p.m., Oblates Peace & Justice
Office, 391 Michigan Avenue NE (near Catholic University). 202-898-3422.
Service Employees International Union.

'Stop the Hate' Organizer's Gathering & Facilitated Dialogue 6 p.m., Grace
Lutheran Church, 4300 16th Street NW Call Claire Cocco to register.
845-358-4601. FOR.

July 15 'Stop the Hate' Organizer's Gathering 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Grace Lutheran
Church. Interfaith Candlelight Vigil 7-9:30 p.m., Dupont Circle.=
 845-358-4601.
FOR.=20

July 16 Nuclear Abolition Day. 805-985-5073. Abolition 2000.

July 17 Conscientious Objection to War Day. Evening Program 6-9 p.m., St.
Aloysius, 19 'I' Street N.W. 202-483-2220. Center for Conscience and War &
National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors & Central
Committee for Conscientious Objectors.

July 18 Street Theater & Protest Against 'Star Wars', National Mall.
202-892-9740. Peace Action.

July 19 Colombia Solidarity Day. Lobbying & Protest 5 p.m., White House.
Teach-in 7:30 p.m., Church of the Redeemer, 1423 Girard Street N.E.
608-257-8753/202-745-0847. Colombia Support Network & Colombia Human Rights
Committee.

July 20 Nat'l Jewish Fast for Peace & Justice Rally & Vigil, 12 p.m. Capitol
(west side). 'Break the Fast' Dinner & Celebration 6 p.m., George Washington=
 U.
Hillel, 2300 H Street N.W. www.jewishpeacefellowship.org/SocialJustice.
202-686-9479 or 703-560-3623. Jewish Peace Fellowship, Jews United for=
 Justice
& Am Kolel.

July 21 "Journey to Salaam: A Culture of Peace for the Muslim Community",
Georgetown University Salaam Center. Sunset Concert 8 p.m., White House
(Lafayette Park). Contact Rabia 845-358-4601, ext. 43. Muslim Peace=
 Fellowship.


July 21-23 'Journeying from Violence to Wholeness' Nonviolence Workshop 6=
 p.m.
Friday-3 p.m. Sunday, First Trinity Lutheran Church, 309 'E' Street N.W.=
 Call
to register. 206-720-0313. Lutheran Peace Fellowship & Pace e Bene.=20

July 23-31 Peacemaker Training Institute, Grace Lutheran Church, 4300 16th
Street N.W. Call Neera Singh to register. 845-358-4601. FOR.

July 24 Cancel the Debt Day, 12 p.m. Meet at NE side of the Capitol. Evening
Program on Debt Cancellation 7 p.m., St. Aloysius, 19 'I' Street N.W.
202-832-1780. Jubilee 2000.

July 25 An Event to Highlight the Cost of Nuclear Weapons & Create Change.
Music, drama, speakers & more, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., US Capitol (NE lawn).
404-524-5999. Women's Action for New Directions.

July 26 Rally for Clemency for Raul Garza & Federal Moratorium on Executions=
 12
p.m., White House. www.abolition.org. 919-933-7567. People of Faith Against=
 the
Death Penalty, Nat'l Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty & Citizens=
 United
for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.=20

July 27 Vigil to Call for Re-direction of Military Spending 12-3 p.m. White
House. Speaker Bishop Gumbleton 7 p.m., St. Aloysius, 19 'I' Street N.W.
814-453-4955, ext. 234. Pax Christi USA.

July 28 Facilitated Dialogue "The Family Covenant of Nonviolence".
704-521-6051. Baptist Peace Fellowship.

July 29 Training on Listening "Capital Punishment" 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., St.
Margaret's, 1830 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Dinner Discussion with speaker=
 Colman
McCarthy "Being An Effective Peacemaker" 6-8 p.m. Candlelight Walk (from=
 church
to White House) & Interfaith Vigil 8 p.m., White House. 914-358-4601.=
 Episcopal
Peace Fellowship

July 30 Peacemaking Forum, Church Service & Lunch 10:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m., St.
Margaret's, 1830 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Vigil for Mordechai Vanunu 3 p.m.,
Israeli Embassy, Van Ness & Internat'l Dr. N.W. Dinner & Speakers Jim &=
 Kathy
McGinnis 4:30-8:30 p.m., Methodist Bldg. 100 MD Avenue N.E. 845-358-4601.
Episcopal Peace Fellowship.

"Families Building Peace in the New Millennium" Family Peace Camp 2-4 p.m.
Capitol (east side). Violent Toys & Media Workshop 3:30 p.m.. Dinner &=
 Speakers
Jim and Kathy McGinnis 6:45 p.m., Methodist Bldg, 100 MD Avenue N.W.
301-946-4575. Families Against Violence Advocacy Network.

July 31 Close the School of the Americas with Speaker Reverend Roy Bourgeois=
 7
p.m., St. Aloysius, 19 'I' Street N.W. 202-234-3440. School of the Americas
Watch.

Aug 1 Women in Black Wailing Vigil 7-8 a.m., Pentagon; 9:30-10:30 a.m.,
Capitol; 12-1 p.m., White House. "ImPEACE the Congress 2000' Training 4-6=
 p.m.
Dinner 6 p.m., NY Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1313 NY Avenue N.W.=
 202-546-6727.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Aug 2 Listening Project. 202-546-6727. WILPF.

Chiapas Solidarity Day 10 a.m. -2 p.m., White House (Lafayette Pk.).
202-588-1471. Witness for Peace

Aug 3 Vigil for Nuclear Disarmament 9 a.m.-12 p.m., White House. Ecumenical
Service & Speaker Colman McCarthy 7 p.m. St. Aloysius, 19 'I' Street N.W.
920-722-7657. Wisconsin Peace Groups.

Aug 4 Vigil for Nuclear Disarmament 7-8 a.m., Pentagon, south entrance.=
 Protest
for Mordechai Vanunu, 11:45 a.m. meet at UDC metro stop at Connecticut=
 Avenue,
then walk to Israeli Embassy, Van Ness Street. Dinner 5 p.m. & Program with=
 Sam
Day speaking on Mordechai Vanunu and Walter Wink on Resistance, 7-9 p.m. ,=
 St.
Aloysius, N. Capitol & 'I' Street N.W. Kathy Boylan. 202-882-9649. Dorothy=
 Day
Catholic Worker & Campaign to Free Mordechai Vanunu.

Aug 4-9 Faith & Resistance Retreat. 410-233-6238. Atlantic Life Community.=
=20

Aug 5 Teach-in on Iraq 11 a.m.-6 p.m., St. Aloysius Church, 19 'I' Street=
 N.W.
(www.saveageneration.org/a6),  202-543-1062.
Annual Hiroshima Commemoration 6:30 p.m., Lincoln Memorial.  202-462-0757 =
=20

Aug 6 National March to End Sanctions on Iraq (Lincoln Memorial to White=
 House,
meet at Lincoln Memorial at 12 p.m.). Prayer Service & Rally with Martin=
 Sheen
2 p.m., White House. Nonviolence Workshops & Action Prep for August 7th=
 Action
5 p.m. www.saveageneration.org/a6. 202-543-1062.=20

Aug 7 Nonviolent Direct Action to End Sanctions on Iraq. Call 202-543-1062=
 for
details.=20

Aug 8 Students Against Sanctions 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Capitol Steps.=
 518-589-5103.
The Bruderhof.  Nagasaki Commemoration and Dedication of Peace Statue by
Japanese and American Hibakusha, 7:30-10:30 p.m., Josephine Butler Center,=
 2437
15th St NW.

Aug 9 Vigil for Peace 9 a.m., Pentagon. 510-655-6169. Buddhist Peace
Fellowship.

People's Campaign for Nonviolence Closing Interfaith Prayer Service 12 p.m.,
Pentagon. 718-243-9276. FOR.

Aug 12 Unity in Diversity Day "Atonement & Reparation to Heal America" 11
a.m.-8 p.m., National Mall, Third Street N.W. Exhibits, cultural=
 performances,
speakers, etc. 202-310-1430. www.racialhealing.org. The People's Movement=
 for
Racial Healing, Diversity, and Justice.=20

Printed June 25, 2000. Schedule subject to change. Call in advance to=
 confirm
event times and locations. Telephone Martin or Christa at 202-244-0951 for
additional information.

The Fellowship of Reconciliation
P.O. Box 271, Nyack, NY 10960
[phone]; Fax:[phone]
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<b>1) Washington Daybook</b>, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200074213649.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200074213649.h=
tm</a><br>
<br>
    Play performance and vigil =972 p.m. =97 The Kairos
Theatre Company performs a play, "A Clown, a Hammer, a Bomb, and
God," about the Plowshares Movement, in conjunction with a peace
vigil.<br>
      Highlights =97 2 p.m. =97 Upper Senate Park,
Delaware and Constitution Avenue NE.<br>
      6 p.m. =97 Lafayette Park, across from the
White House. Contact: 202-462-0757; 212/714-5392.<br>
<br>
<b>2) Report on People's Campaign for Nonviolence</b> - Dozens of people
gathered in Lafayette Park yesterday for the first of 40 days of public
events to "call for an end to our culture of violence and injustice,
to affirm a new culture rooted in justice and nonviolence."
Several people were arrested on the White House sidewalk for praying for
global nuclear disarmament.  Sponsored by Fellowship of
Reconciliation
(<a href=3D"http://www.forusa.org/" eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.forusa.org=
</a>),
each day's events are co-sponsored by other groups.  <br>
<br>
The People's Campaign for Nonviolence Schedule of Events 2000 <br>
All Events in Washington, D.C., July 1st-August 9th<br>
Updated June 28 -
<a href=3D"http://www.forusa.org/109.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.forusa.org/109.htm</a><br>
<br>
--<br>
Ongoing Events of the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House <br>
<br>
 Mondays: Vigil for Nuclear Disarmament 7-8 a.m., Pentagon south
entrance. <br>
 Fridays: Protest Against the War & Sanctions on Iraq 12-1 p.m.,
White House, Pennsylvania Avenue.<br>
 Second Thursdays: Vigil for Mordechai Vanunu 12-1 p.m., Israeli
Embassy, Van Ness Street (off Connecticut Avenue, two blocks west).
Contact Kathy Boylan. 202-882-9649. Dorothy Day Catholic Workers &
Friends.<br>
--<br>
<br>
July 1 Panel Discussion "Building a Culture of Peace &
Justice" and reception with peace activists Daniel Berrigan, Helen
Caldicott, John Dear, Marian Wright Edelman, Arun Gandhi, Jim Lawson,
Mairead Maguire & Jonathan Schell 7-9 p.m., Howard University Chapel,
2395 Sixth Street N.W. (Howard Pl. & Sixth Street) Shaw-Howard
University metro stop. Groups over ten people please RSVP. Donations
accepted at the door, free ice cream will be served. 202-244-0951.
Fellowship of Reconciliation.<br>
<br>
Fast & Vigil to End the Death Penalty - all day, Supreme Ct. First
Street & E. Capitol Street N.E. 800-973-6548. Abolitionist Action
Committee. <br>
<br>
Rally for Tibet 11 a.m., White House (Lafayette Pk.), 17th Street &
Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. March for Tibet led by Mairead Maguire, Ven.
Samdhong Rinpoche, Sulak Sivaraska, and Richard Gere 12 p.m., from
Lafayette Pk. to Chinese Embassy. Rally at Chinese Embassy 1 p.m., 2300
Connecticut Avenue N.W. Call Moj at 202-785-1515, ext. 25, for details.
<a href=3D"http://www.savetibet.org/" eudora=3D"autourl">www.savetibet.org</=
a>.
International Campaign for Tibet, Capital Area Tibetan Association &
Students for a Free Tibet. <br>
<br>
July 2 Nonviolence Workshop & Action Prep for July 3rd with Jim
Lawson 2-6 p.m. Howard University (Douglas Hall). Documentary Film on
Nonviolent Direct Action Campaigns 'A Force More Powerful' 8 p.m., School
of Communications at Howard University, Bryant Street, between Fourth
& Sixth Streets. 202-244-0951. FOR.<br>
<br>
Fast & Vigil to End the Death Penalty - all day & Break the Fast
Gathering 11:15 p.m. and Meal 12 a.m., Supreme Ct. First Street & E.
Capitol Street N.E. 800-973-6548. Abolitionist Action Committee. <br>
<br>
Great Prayer Festival for World Peace 8:30-10:30 a.m., & Public
Address by H.H. the Dalai Lama 11 a.m.-12 p.m., National Mall, Seventh
Street & Constitution Avenue N.W.
<a href=3D"http://www.tibetanculture.org/" eudora=3D"autourl">www.tibetancul=
ture.org</a>.
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival & International Campaign for
Tibet.<br>
<br>
July 3 Public Witness and Direct Action for Nuclear Disarmament 11 a.m.,
White House (Lafayette Pk). Bring signs and posters. 202-244-0951.
American Friends Service Committee, Jesuit Volunteer Corps & Atlantic
Life Community.<br>
<br>
July 3 Speakers: "The Power of Nonviolence Movements Around the
World" featuring Mubarak Awad and Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan 7:30 p.m.,
St. Aloysius Church lower chapel, 19 'I' Street N.W. 202-244-0951.
Nonviolence International. <br>
<br>
July 4 "A Clown, A Hammer, A Bomb & God" Plowshares Play 2
p.m., Upper Senate Pk. (N. side of the Capitol). Second performance at 6
p.m., White House (Lafayette Pk.). "A Good Day to Pie" (play
commentary on genetically modified foods) 2 p.m., Upper Senate Pk. Peace
Vigil & Leafletting for Nuclear Disarmament & Interfaith Prayer
Service 4 p.m., Lafayette Pk. Bring banners & posters. 202-483-3541.
Grassroots Unity, Kairos Theater, Pace e Bene, Nevada Desert Experience
and the Methodist Peace Fellowship.<br>
<br>
July 5-7 Youth Action Days. Begins July 5th, 9:30 a.m. and ends July 7th,
9 p.m. Special guests Colman McCarthy, Leah Wells and Richard Deats. St.
Aloysius, 19 'I' Street N.W. Call Neera Singh to register. 845-358-4601.
FOR.<br>
<br>
July 7-9 Intergenerational Peacebuilding Weekend Registration 4 p.m.,
Grace Lutheran Church, 4300 16th Street N.W. Call Neera Singh to
register. 845-358-4601. FOR.<br>
<br>
July 7 Evening Peace Gathering 7 p.m., 3rd Street Church of God, 1204
Third Street N.W. 765-643-0049. Church of God Peace Fellowship.<br>
<br>
July 8 Nonviolence Workshop 9 a.m.-12 p.m., 3rd Street Church of God,
1204 Third Street N.W. Protest 2-4 p.m., White House. 'Peacing Together'
Networking and Reflecting 6:30-8:30 p.m., Nat'l Memorial Church of God,
4100 16th Street N.W. 765-643-0049. Church of God Peace Fellowship.<br>
<br>
July 9 Worship Service 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., 3rd Street Church. Potluck
with Speakers' Panel 1 p.m., Nat'l Memorial Church of God, 4100 16th
Street N.W. 765-643-0049. Church of God Peace Fellowship.<br>
<br>
Ban Landmines Conference 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Keynote Speaker Address with UN
Secretary General Kofi Annan and Steve Goose 9 - 10 a.m., Washington
Court Hotel. Interfaith Prayer Service in honor of landmine victims and
survivors 5 - 6:15 p.m. Please RSVP. 617-695-0041. US Campaign to Ban
Landmines & Physicians for Human Rights.<br>
<br>
July 10 Protest Military Spending 'Penny Poll' and March 9 a.m.-12 p.m.,
Washington Monument (near Constitution & 15th Street). 212-228-0450.
War Resisters League.<br>
<br>
Ban Landmines Conference Legislative Breakfast with House and Senate
members 8:30-10 a.m. Lobby & Press Briefing Meetings 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Students Against Landmines Training 12:30-5 p.m. Reception honoring Ken
Ruthorford 6-8 p.m. All at Washington Court Hotel. Please RSVP.
617-695-0041. US Campaign to Ban Landmines & Physicians for Human
Rights.<br>
<br>
July 11 Ban Landmines Lobbying at The Capitol. Please RSVP. 617-695-0041.
US Campaign to Ban Landmines & Physicians for Human Rights.<br>
<br>
July 12 Rally & Speakers 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Meet at Capitol East Front
Senate grassy area 10 a.m. Walk to the Methodist Bldg., 110 MD Avenue
N.E. 703-360-3657. Presbyterian Peace Fellowship.<br>
<br>
July 13 Vigil "Every Church A Peace Church" & Church
Visitations 11 a.m.-3 p.m., White House (Lafayette Pk.). 717-859-1958.
New Call to Peacemaking.<br>
<br>
July 14 Justice for Janitors Teach-in 5-6:30 p.m., Oblates Peace &
Justice Office, 391 Michigan Avenue NE (near Catholic University).
202-898-3422. Service Employees International Union.<br>
<br>
'Stop the Hate' Organizer's Gathering & Facilitated Dialogue 6 p.m.,
Grace Lutheran Church, 4300 16th Street NW Call Claire Cocco to register.
845-358-4601. FOR.<br>
<br>
July 15 'Stop the Hate' Organizer's Gathering 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Grace
Lutheran Church. Interfaith Candlelight Vigil 7-9:30 p.m., Dupont Circle.
845-358-4601. FOR. <br>
<br>
July 16 Nuclear Abolition Day. 805-985-5073. Abolition 2000.<br>
<br>
July 17 Conscientious Objection to War Day. Evening Program 6-9 p.m., St.
Aloysius, 19 'I' Street N.W. 202-483-2220. Center for Conscience and War
& National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors
& Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors.<br>
<br>
July 18 Street Theater & Protest Against 'Star Wars', National Mall.
202-892-9740. Peace Action.<br>
<br>
July 19 Colombia Solidarity Day. Lobbying & Protest 5 p.m., White
House. Teach-in 7:30 p.m., Church of the Redeemer, 1423 Girard Street
N.E. 608-257-8753/202-745-0847. Colombia Support Network & Colombia
Human Rights Committee.<br>
<br>
July 20 Nat'l Jewish Fast for Peace & Justice Rally & Vigil, 12
p.m. Capitol (west side). 'Break the Fast' Dinner & Celebration 6
p.m., George Washington U. Hillel, 2300 H Street N.W.
<a href=3D"http://www.jewishpeacefellowship.org/SocialJustice" eudora=3D"aut=
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202-686-9479 or 703-560-3623. Jewish Peace Fellowship, Jews United for
Justice & Am Kolel.<br>
<br>
July 21 "Journey to Salaam: A Culture of Peace for the Muslim
Community", Georgetown University Salaam Center. Sunset Concert 8
p.m., White House (Lafayette Park). Contact Rabia 845-358-4601, ext. 43.
Muslim Peace Fellowship. <br>
<br>
July 21-23 'Journeying from Violence to Wholeness' Nonviolence Workshop 6
p.m. Friday-3 p.m. Sunday, First Trinity Lutheran Church, 309 'E' Street
N.W. Call to register. 206-720-0313. Lutheran Peace Fellowship & Pace
e Bene. <br>
<br>
July 23-31 Peacemaker Training Institute, Grace Lutheran Church, 4300
16th Street N.W. Call Neera Singh to register. 845-358-4601. FOR.<br>
<br>
July 24 Cancel the Debt Day, 12 p.m. Meet at NE side of the Capitol.
Evening Program on Debt Cancellation 7 p.m., St. Aloysius, 19 'I' Street
N.W. 202-832-1780. Jubilee 2000.<br>
<br>
July 25 An Event to Highlight the Cost of Nuclear Weapons & Create
Change. Music, drama, speakers & more, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., US Capitol (NE
lawn). 404-524-5999. Women's Action for New Directions.<br>
<br>
July 26 Rally for Clemency for Raul Garza & Federal Moratorium on
Executions 12 p.m., White House.
<a href=3D"http://www.abolition.org/" eudora=3D"autourl">www.abolition.org</=
a>.
919-933-7567. People of Faith Against the Death Penalty, Nat'l Coalition
to Abolish the Death Penalty & Citizens United for Alternatives to
the Death Penalty. <br>
<br>
July 27 Vigil to Call for Re-direction of Military Spending 12-3 p.m.
White House. Speaker Bishop Gumbleton 7 p.m., St. Aloysius, 19 'I' Street
N.W. 814-453-4955, ext. 234. Pax Christi USA.<br>
<br>
July 28 Facilitated Dialogue "The Family Covenant of
Nonviolence". 704-521-6051. Baptist Peace Fellowship.<br>
<br>
July 29 Training on Listening "Capital Punishment" 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m., St. Margaret's, 1830 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Dinner Discussion with
speaker Colman McCarthy "Being An Effective Peacemaker" 6-8
p.m. Candlelight Walk (from church to White House) & Interfaith Vigil
8 p.m., White House. 914-358-4601. Episcopal Peace Fellowship<br>
<br>
July 30 Peacemaking Forum, Church Service & Lunch 10:15 a.m.-2:30
p.m., St. Margaret's, 1830 Connecticut Avenue N.W. Vigil for Mordechai
Vanunu 3 p.m., Israeli Embassy, Van Ness & Internat'l Dr. N.W. Dinner
& Speakers Jim & Kathy McGinnis 4:30-8:30 p.m., Methodist Bldg.
100 MD Avenue N.E. 845-358-4601. Episcopal Peace Fellowship.<br>
<br>
"Families Building Peace in the New Millennium" Family Peace
Camp 2-4 p.m. Capitol (east side). Violent Toys & Media Workshop 3:30
p.m.. Dinner & Speakers Jim and Kathy McGinnis 6:45 p.m., Methodist
Bldg, 100 MD Avenue N.W. 301-946-4575. Families Against Violence Advocacy
Network.<br>
<br>
July 31 Close the School of the Americas with Speaker Reverend Roy
Bourgeois 7 p.m., St. Aloysius, 19 'I' Street N.W. 202-234-3440. School
of the Americas Watch.<br>
<br>
Aug 1 Women in Black Wailing Vigil 7-8 a.m., Pentagon; 9:30-10:30 a.m.,
Capitol; 12-1 p.m., White House. "ImPEACE the Congress 2000'
Training 4-6 p.m. Dinner 6 p.m., NY Avenue Presbyterian Church, 1313 NY
Avenue N.W. 202-546-6727. Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom.<br>
<br>
Aug 2 Listening Project. 202-546-6727. WILPF.<br>
<br>
Chiapas Solidarity Day 10 a.m. -2 p.m., White House (Lafayette Pk.).
202-588-1471. Witness for Peace<br>
<br>
Aug 3 Vigil for Nuclear Disarmament 9 a.m.-12 p.m., White House.
Ecumenical Service & Speaker Colman McCarthy 7 p.m. St. Aloysius, 19
'I' Street N.W. 920-722-7657. Wisconsin Peace Groups.<br>
<br>
Aug 4 Vigil for Nuclear Disarmament 7-8 a.m., Pentagon, south entrance.
Protest for Mordechai Vanunu, 11:45 a.m. meet at UDC metro stop at
Connecticut Avenue, then walk to Israeli Embassy, Van Ness Street. Dinner
5 p.m. & Program with Sam Day speaking on Mordechai Vanunu and Walter
Wink on Resistance, 7-9 p.m. , St. Aloysius, N. Capitol & 'I' Street
N.W. Kathy Boylan. 202-882-9649. Dorothy Day Catholic Worker &
Campaign to Free Mordechai Vanunu.<br>
<br>
Aug 4-9 Faith & Resistance Retreat. 410-233-6238. Atlantic Life
Community. <br>
<br>
Aug 5 Teach-in on Iraq 11 a.m.-6 p.m., St. Aloysius Church, 19 'I' Street
N.W. (www.saveageneration.org/a6),  202-543-1062.<br>
Annual Hiroshima Commemoration 6:30 p.m., Lincoln Memorial.
202-462-0757  <br>
<br>
Aug 6 National March to End Sanctions on Iraq (Lincoln Memorial to White
House, meet at Lincoln Memorial at 12 p.m.). Prayer Service & Rally
with Martin Sheen 2 p.m., White House. Nonviolence Workshops & Action
Prep for August 7th Action 5 p.m. www.saveageneration.org/a6.
202-543-1062. <br>
<br>
Aug 7 Nonviolent Direct Action to End Sanctions on Iraq. Call
202-543-1062 for details. <br>
<br>
Aug 8 Students Against Sanctions 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Capitol Steps.
518-589-5103. The Bruderhof.  Nagasaki Commemoration and Dedication
of Peace Statue by Japanese and American Hibakusha, 7:30-10:30 p.m.,
Josephine Butler Center, 2437 15th St NW.<br>
<br>
Aug 9 Vigil for Peace 9 a.m., Pentagon. 510-655-6169. Buddhist Peace
Fellowship.<br>
<br>
People's Campaign for Nonviolence Closing Interfaith Prayer Service 12
p.m., Pentagon. 718-243-9276. FOR.<br>
<br>
Aug 12 Unity in Diversity Day "Atonement & Reparation to Heal
America" 11 a.m.-8 p.m., National Mall, Third Street N.W. Exhibits,
cultural performances, speakers, etc. 202-310-1430.
<a href=3D"http://www.racialhealing.org/" eudora=3D"autourl">www.racialheali=
ng.org</a>.
The People's Movement for Racial Healing, Diversity, and Justice. <br>
<br>
Printed June 25, 2000. Schedule subject to change. Call in advance to
confirm event times and locations. Telephone Martin or Christa at
202-244-0951 for additional information.<br>
<br>
The Fellowship of Reconciliation<br>
P.O. Box 271, Nyack, NY 10960<br>
[phone]; Fax:[phone]<br>
E-mail: [e-mail] <br>
<br>
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 DALLAS  ACTION  FOR


ENVIRONMENTAL   JUSTICE





      HELP STOP THE IMPACTS of URANIUM MINING ON INDIAN LANDS AND


             NUCLEAR  WASTE DUMPING             IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO COMMUNITIES





FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2000


8-9 AM              CITIZENS' ACTION FOR


                                    ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE


                                    RALLY STREET THEATER


                                    PRESS CONFERENCE & SPEAKERS


                                    Uranium Resources, Inc./ Hydro Resources Inc.


                                    Corporate Headquarters


                                    12750 Merit Drive, North Dallas





10- 2 PM                       ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE


                                    LEADERSHIP SUMMIT


                                    Sheraton Park Central Hotel


                                    7750 LBJ Freeway, North Dallas


                                    ( 1 block from URI )








Events will feature South Texas Opposes Pollution(STOP),


Eastern Navajo Dine' Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM),


and Friends of Ward County. Coordinated by the Water Information Network (WIN) of New Mexico in collaboration with numerous organizations, individuals, and the faith based community.








GET IN TOUCH AND GET INVOLVED





E-Mail: [e-mail] or CALL: 505-255-4072


or


REGISTER YOUR SUPPORT BY CLICKING HERE ON:


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Agua es Vida, To' ell bellna' at ', Water is Life




New Mexico/ Texas Alliance Forged to


Stop Uranium Mining and Nuclear Waste Dumping


        Members of South Texas Opposes Pollution (STOP) are calling for a complete halt to in situ leach (ISL) uranium mining in Kleberg County, Texas. Uranium Resources, Inc.'s (URI's) ISL. mines are polluting groundwater at the Kingsville Dome mining site. "We want the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission to intercede with immediate cleanup and remediation and we want URI's permits and leases terminated." said Teo Saenz of Kingsville.





            To the Dine', water is sacred. members ENDAUM are fighting to protect their drinking water supplies from ISL uranium mining proposed by Hydro Resources, Inc. (HRI), a subsidiary of U  RI. In 1998, the Nuclear regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a license to HRI to mine uranium in the Navajo communities of Church  Rock and Crownpoint, New Mexico. ENDAUM appealed the decision and on May  25, 2000, the NRC agreed with one of ENDAUM's contentions. The NRC found that HRI had failed to submit a financial assurance plan for the mining project and barred the company from using its' license, until such a plan is submitted and approved. "The decision of the Commission means ENDAUM was right, and that HRI cannot use its' license to start this unneeded and unsafe uranium project across the road from my house," said ENDUE member Larry King of Churchrock.





            On may 16, URI announced that " the company has exhausted all of its readily available sources of cash to support continuing operations and expects to be unable to continue in business beyond the next 45-60 days unless it can secure a cash infusion."





            On the  radioactive front, in November1999 Envirocare applied to the Texas Department of Health to operate a nuclear  waste facility in Ward  County, Texas.


Friends of Ward County are organizing community members, counties, municipalities, water districts and churches to oppose this latest nuclear waste  siting threat.





***JOIN US JULY 7 IN DALLAS***


RALLY TO STOP URANIUM MINING AND


NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPING IN NM AND TX


          FOR INFORMATION ,call: 505-255-4072 or-email win52@earth link.net


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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">                        </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>PRESS CONFERENCE & SPEAKERS<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">                        </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>Corporate Headquarters<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">                        </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>12750 Merit Drive, North Dallas<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">10- 2 PM<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">           </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">                        </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>LEADERSHIP SUMMIT</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">                        </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>Sheraton Park Central Hotel<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">                        </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>7750 LBJ Freeway, North Dallas<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">                        </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>( 1 block from URI )<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Events will feature South Texas Opposes Pollution(STOP),<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Eastern Navajo Dine' Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM),<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">and Friends of Ward County. Coordinated by the Water Information Network (WIN) of New Mexico in collaboration with numerous organizations, individuals, and the faith based community.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">GET IN TOUCH AND GET INVOLVED<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">E-Mail: <A href="http://us.f33.mail.yahoo.com/js/[e-mail]">[e-mail]</A> or CALL: 505-255-4072<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">REGISTER YOUR SUPPORT BY CLICKING HERE ON:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><A href="http://www.geocities.com/brian_mcdermott_1999/support_endaum.html"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">http://www.geocities.com/brian_mcdermott_1999/support_endaum.html</SPAN></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Agua es Vida, To' ell bellna' at ', Water is Life<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">                      </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
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<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">New Mexico/ Texas Alliance Forged to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Stop Uranium Mining and Nuclear Waste Dumping<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">        </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Members of South Texas Opposes Pollution (STOP) are calling for a complete halt to in situ leach (ISL) uranium mining in Kleberg County, Texas. Uranium Resources, Inc.'s (URI's) ISL. mines are polluting groundwater at the Kingsville Dome mining site. "We want the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission to intercede with immediate cleanup and remediation and we want URI's permits and leases <U>terminated.</U>" said Teo Saenz of Kingsville.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>To the Dine', water is sacred. members ENDAUM are fighting to protect their drinking water supplies from ISL uranium mining proposed by Hydro Resources, Inc. (HRI), a subsidiary of U<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>RI. In 1998, the Nuclear regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a license to HRI to mine uranium in the Navajo communities of Church<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Rock and Crownpoint, New Mexico. ENDAUM appealed the decision and on May<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>25, 2000, the NRC agreed with one of ENDAUM's contentions. The NRC found that HRI had failed to submit a financial assurance plan for the mining project and barred the company from using its' license, until such a plan is submitted and approved. "The decision of the Commission means ENDAUM was right, and that HRI cannot use its' license to start this unneeded and unsafe uranium project across the road from my house," said ENDUE member Larry King of Churchrock.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>On may 16, URI announced that " the company has exhausted all of its readily available sources of cash to support continuing operations and expects to be unable to continue in business beyond the next 45-60 days unless it can secure a cash infusion."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>On the<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>radioactive front, in November1999 Envirocare applied to the Texas Department of Health to operate a nuclear<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>waste facility in Ward<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>County, Texas.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Friends of Ward County are organizing community members, counties, municipalities, water districts and churches to oppose this latest nuclear waste<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>siting threat.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
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<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">***JOIN US JULY 7 IN DALLAS***<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">RALLY TO STOP URANIUM MINING AND</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPING IN NM AND TX<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">          </SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">FOR INFORMATION ,call: 505-255-4072 or-email <A href="http://us.f33.mail.yahoo.com/js/win52@earth%20link.net">win52@earth link.net</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR>
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From: Brian McDermott <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) DALLAS ACTION
Date: 04 Jul 2000 20:30:05 -0700 (PDT)

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 DALLAS  ACTION  FOR



ENVIRONMENTAL   JUSTICE







      HELP STOP THE IMPACTS of URANIUM MINING ON INDIAN LANDS AND



             NUCLEAR  WASTE DUMPING             IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO COMMUNITIES







FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2000



8-9 AM              CITIZENS' ACTION FOR



                                    ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE



                                    RALLY STREET THEATER



                                    PRESS CONFERENCE & SPEAKERS



                                    Uranium Resources, Inc./ Hydro Resources Inc.



                                    Corporate Headquarters



                                    12750 Merit Drive, North Dallas







10- 2 PM                       ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE



                                    LEADERSHIP SUMMIT



                                    Sheraton Park Central Hotel



                                    7750 LBJ Freeway, North Dallas



                                    ( 1 block from URI )











Events will feature South Texas Opposes Pollution(STOP),



Eastern Navajo Dine' Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM),



and Friends of Ward County. Coordinated by the Water Information Network (WIN) of New Mexico in collaboration with numerous organizations, individuals, and the faith based community.











GET IN TOUCH AND GET INVOLVED







E-Mail: [e-mail] or CALL: 505-255-4072



or



REGISTER YOUR SUPPORT BY CLICKING HERE ON:



http://www.geocities.com/brian_mcdermott_1999/support_endaum.html







Agua es Vida, To' ell bellna' at ', Water is Life






New Mexico/ Texas Alliance Forged to



Stop Uranium Mining and Nuclear Waste Dumping



        Members of South Texas Opposes Pollution (STOP) are calling for a complete halt to in situ leach (ISL) uranium mining in Kleberg County, Texas. Uranium Resources, Inc.'s (URI's) ISL. mines are polluting groundwater at the Kingsville Dome mining site. "We want the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission to intercede with immediate cleanup and remediation and we want URI's permits and leases terminated." said Teo Saenz of Kingsville.







            To the Dine', water is sacred. members ENDAUM are fighting to protect their drinking water supplies from ISL uranium mining proposed by Hydro Resources, Inc. (HRI), a subsidiary of U  RI. In 1998, the Nuclear regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a license to HRI to mine uranium in the Navajo communities of Church  Rock and Crownpoint, New Mexico. ENDAUM appealed the decision and on May  25, 2000, the NRC agreed with one of ENDAUM's contentions. The NRC found that HRI had failed to submit a financial assurance plan for the mining project and barred the company from using its' license, until such a plan is submitted and approved. "The decision of the Commission means ENDAUM was right, and that HRI cannot use its' license to start this unneeded and unsafe uranium project across the road from my house," said ENDUE member Larry King of Churchrock.







            On may 16, URI announced that " the company has exhausted all of its readily available sources of cash to support continuing operations and expects to be unable to continue in business beyond the next 45-60 days unless it can secure a cash infusion."







            On the  radioactive front, in November1999 Envirocare applied to the Texas Department of Health to operate a nuclear  waste facility in Ward  County, Texas.



Friends of Ward County are organizing community members, counties, municipalities, water districts and churches to oppose this latest nuclear waste  siting threat.







***JOIN US JULY 7 IN DALLAS***



RALLY TO STOP URANIUM MINING AND



NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPING IN NM AND TX



          FOR INFORMATION ,call: 505-255-4072 or-email win52@earth link.net



or



REGISTER YOUR SUPPORT BY CLICKING HERE ON:



http://www.geocities.com/brian_mcdermott_1999/support_endaum.html







Do You Yahoo!?
Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites.
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<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">ENVIRONMENTAL<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">   </SPAN>JUSTICE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR><BR>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">     </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">HELP STOP THE IMPACTS </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">of</SPAN><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> URANIUM MINING ON INDIAN LANDS AND<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">          </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">             </SPAN>NUCLEAR<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>WASTE DUMPING <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>IN TEXAS AND NEW MEXICO COMMUNITIES <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2000<o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></P><BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">                        </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>LEADERSHIP SUMMIT</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 2">                        </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>( 1 block from URI )<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Events will feature South Texas Opposes Pollution(STOP),<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Eastern Navajo Dine' Against Uranium Mining (ENDAUM),<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">and Friends of Ward County. Coordinated by the Water Information Network (WIN) of New Mexico in collaboration with numerous organizations, individuals, and the faith based community.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">E-Mail: <A href="http://us.f33.mail.yahoo.com/js/[e-mail]">[e-mail]</A> or CALL: 505-255-4072<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
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<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">New Mexico/ Texas Alliance Forged to<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR><BR>
<P align=center class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt">Stop Uranium Mining and Nuclear Waste Dumping<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 16pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">        </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Members of South Texas Opposes Pollution (STOP) are calling for a complete halt to in situ leach (ISL) uranium mining in Kleberg County, Texas. Uranium Resources, Inc.'s (URI's) ISL. mines are polluting groundwater at the Kingsville Dome mining site. "We want the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission to intercede with immediate cleanup and remediation and we want URI's permits and leases <U>terminated.</U>" said Teo Saenz of Kingsville.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>To the Dine', water is sacred. members ENDAUM are fighting to protect their drinking water supplies from ISL uranium mining proposed by Hydro Resources, Inc. (HRI), a subsidiary of U<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>RI. In 1998, the Nuclear regulatory Commission (NRC) issued a license to HRI to mine uranium in the Navajo communities of Church<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>Rock and Crownpoint, New Mexico. ENDAUM appealed the decision and on May<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>25, 2000, the NRC agreed with one of ENDAUM's contentions. The NRC found that HRI had failed to submit a financial assurance plan for the mining project and barred the company from using its' license, until such a plan is submitted and approved. "The decision of the Commission means ENDAUM was right, and that HRI cannot use its' license to start this unneeded and unsafe uranium project across the road from my house," said ENDUE member Larry King of Churchrock.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>On may 16, URI announced that " the company has exhausted all of its readily available sources of cash to support continuing operations and expects to be unable to continue in business beyond the next 45-60 days unless it can secure a cash infusion."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
<P class=MsoNormal style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1">            </SPAN>On the<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>radioactive front, in November1999 Envirocare applied to the Texas Department of Health to operate a nuclear<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>waste facility in Ward<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>County, Texas.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) SUPPORT BMD PROTEST, FAX CLINTON, BUSH, GORE, COHEN
Date: 05 Jul 2000 18:05:20 +1000

Dear People on Abolition 2000, Nuc News, Abolition USA, and Nukenet,

Sorry to be so insistent,

But its just four days now till the July 7 sceduled test of the NMD system
at Vandenburg and Kwajelien.

A number of US groups have held a vigil at the gates of the Vandenburg AFB,
and further protests are to be held on the day of the test.

At this stage, it is vital not only to demonstrate solidarity with the
protesters, which can best be done on

"Carah" <[e-mail]>,  "Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space" <[e-mail]>, (or better still, send a hard
copy on 1-805-568-0466, at NAPF),

BUT IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT

-To let President Clinton and Secretary of defence Cohen as well as the
presidential candidates and your local congressperson know that you don't
want BMD.

Clintons fax number is 1-202-456-2461. Secy of Defence Cohen's is
1-703-695-1149.
Vice- President Gore 1-202-456-2461, Candidate George W Bush: 1-512-637-8800.

I have put up sample letters repeatedly on these lists, including just now.

You should also visit the 'Dont Blow it' website at
 http://DontBlowit.org.
from which you can send the president a free e-postcard.


(ORIGINAL APPEAL AND LETTER BELOW)

Please forward this message to anyone you know that might act on it.

JULY 7 TEST OF 'SON OF STAR WARS'
FAX CLINTON, COHEN, NOW - SAY NO TO NMD.
Clinton [phone], Cohen on [phone]. Gore 1-202-456-2461,
George W Bush: 1-512-637-8800.

CONTAINS:
Sample letter and Appeal to fax Cohen, Clinton
Press Releases from WSLF, Vandenburg Action Coalition.

Dear All,

Today in front of the Vandenberg Airforce base in the US, activists have
commenced a peaceful vigil against the planned 7 July test of the National
Missile Defence system.(NMD)

Non-violent civil disobediance is planned for the day of the test itself,
and it is hoped that as a result the test will be disrupted or delayed.

Ballistic Missile Defence, (BMD) or the specific proposal now under
consideration by Clinton known as National Missile Defence (NMD), is
essentially the continuation of 'Star Wars'.

The current NMD proposal will in all probability not work, is designed to
meet a nonexistent threat, and potentially may re-ignite the arms race,
setting at nought the obligations of both the US and Russia to the 'total
and unequivocal' elimination of their nuclear arsenals, embodied in the
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference.

The US secretary General, the European Union, Portugal, Sweden, Germany,
France, and a  coalition of nations known as the New Agenda Coalition (who
effectively have the support of of the overwhelming majority of countries
in the world), have all expressed grave concern over the NMD proposal.

Russia and China have expressed extreme opposition and say it will create a
new arms race. Russia has threatened to tear up nuclear arms control
agreements if the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty is broken to allow NMD to
proceed.

The Australian Senate voted a motion against NMD on Thursday Morning at
9.30 am (Canberra Time)

President Clinton and Defence Secy Cohen will be making a decision on NMD
within a few weeks.

If you think,  as most of the world does, that NMD is a dangerous delusion,
please fax President Clinton and US Defence Secretary William Cohen now,
and let them know that you don't want NMD or BMD.

If you are in the US, please also contact your congressperson and let them
know that you don't want NMD.

If, like me, you're not in the US, you can still fax president Clinton on
[phone], and ask that the US not deploy BMD.  You could also fax
Defence Secretary Cohen on [phone].

IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE US YOU SHOULD ALSO LET YOUR MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS KNOW THAT YOU WANT YOUR GOVERNMENT TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST NMD.

IF YOU LIVE IN A G8 COUNTRY (Which includes not only US but Russia, UK,
France, Germany, Japan) ASK YOUR MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OR HEAD OF
STATE TO LET THE US KNOW YOUR COUNTRY IS CONCERNED AT US NMD PLANS AT THE
COMING G 8 SUMMIT IN OKINAWA.

In the meantime, whether you live in the US or elsewhere, you are urged to
fax Clinton and Cohen before July 7 to say you don't want NMD.  You should
also try to fax candidates Bush and Gore.

You should also visit the 'Dont Blow it' website at
 http://DontBlowit.org.
from which you can send the president a free e-postcard.


I am enclosing:

1)A sample letter to Clinton/Cohen.

2) Press Releases from the Vandenburg Action Coalition and WSLF.

Happy faxing!


1) Sample letter to Clinton and Cohen

1)SAMPLE LETTER FOR ESP US FOLKS,  TO SEND TO BILL CLINTON, WILLIAM S.
COHEN, MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, BUSH, GORE, AND RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL
SUBCOMMITTEES.

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, 1-202-456-2461,

SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT 1-202-647-6047

SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN 1-703-695-1149
cc
George Bush
Al Gore

Dear President Clinton, William Cohen, Madeleine Albright, and Presidential
candidates,

I am writing to urge you not to proceed with proposals for a national
ballistic missile defence system.  Missile defence schemes respond to a
nonexistent or exaggerated threat,  are not the solution to real threats,
make the rest of the US's security environment less safe, sabotage nuclear
disarmament efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the
rest of the world, and show contempt for the opinions of US allies and the
rest of the world.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed.

At the very same conference, the UN Secretary General, and representatives
of Russia, China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European community, the New
Agenda Coalition and the Non- aligned movement have all expressed strongly
that they believe the ABM treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic
stability. They do not think it should be modified to allow a missile
defence system,  still less abrogated unilaterally.  On your recent
European trip, leaders of Europe and Russia have made the same point.
America simply cannot ignore the strongly repeated opinion of the whole
world, that the ABM treaty should not be modified to permit BMD.

Furthermore:

1)The threat that the national missile defence system is supposed to
address, namely that of missile - equipped  so- called  'rogue states' is
in all likelihood, nonexistent.

2) A  state that really wished to inflict serious damage on the US would
probaby rather smuggle a nuclear explosive device into a US city by means
that are more reliable and more difficult to trace than missiles.

3)There are serious doubts as to whether this system can work at all, or as
to whether any missile defence system can ever work.  The problems posed
even by relatively simple decoys are probably technically insoluble.

4)National (and theatre) missile defence schemes are unsustainably costly,
and cost estimates are likely to rise without limit.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on real
solutions to global  strategic security.  The highest priorities have to be
the elimination of as many warheads as possible under any START-III
agreement with Russia, and  the removal of  strategic missile forces from
high alert status as advocated by the Canberra Commission, subsequent UN
resolutions and the final NPT declaration.

In this respect, the commitment of Candidate Bush to deep cuts in warhead
numbers and to reductions in alert status are worthy of support.
Commitments to costly and dangerous missile defence schemes are worthy only
of opposition.

Yours Sincerely,
Signed
....





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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) A home for the NPT Peace Crane!!
Date: 05 Jul 2000 14:37:30 -0400

Dear Friends,
Thanks for all the great responses about a home for our NPT sculpture of a
Peace Crane for which nearly a thousand of you supplied names of
downwinders, Hibakusha, indigenous people, and other victims of the nuclear
age.  Thanks to Ellen Thomas in Washington, DC the bird is now safely
ensconced and on display at the Josephine Butler Arts Center in Washington
DC.  Below is a message from Ellen about the Center.  Regards, Alice Slater
>>
>>The Josephine Butler Arts Center is at 2437 15th Street NW, Washington,
DC -- a recently-renovated-by-activists mansion which was formerly an
embassy, vacant for a long time and run down, but now nearly back to its
original elegance (the first floor completed, other floors still in the
works).  It was obtained and named in memory of a wonderful woman, close
friend of Paul Robeson, human rights activist, co-founder of D.C. Home
Rule, and all-embracing networker who brought all sorts of people together
who never would have met otherwise.  She was a staunch advocate of
Proposition One (HR-2545), collecting signatures and making speeches during
the initiative campaign,
>>putting it on the platform of the D.C. Statehood Party.  Shortly before she
>>became terminally ill, she was pressing me to help arrange a BIG peace
>>convention in D.C. (you can see the outline at
>>http://prop1.org/gpond/gpond.htm.)
>>
>>Ellen
>>
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
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Australian Senate Passes Motion on BMD
Date: 05 Jul 2000 15:38:41 -0400

John--I was away and just read this.  Wonderful work!!  Go Australia!!
Love,
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
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http://www.gracelinks.org

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Arms Trade Resource Center, Part 3
Date: 05 Jul 2000 17:07:21 -0400

>Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 14:39:37 -0400
>Subject: Arms Trade Resource Center, Part 3
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>  June 26, 2000
>
>To: Friends and Colleagues of the Arms Trade Resource Center
>
>From: Frida Berrigan, Michelle Ciarrocca, and Bill Hartung
>
>Re: ATRC UPDATE, PART III
>
>
>IN THIS ISSUE . . .
>
>        This issue is devoted in its entirety to a profile of the
>Lockheed Martin Corporation.  This is the first in a series of profiles
>of major weapons makers that ATRC will be producing over the next six to
>eight months.  We decided to do this series of profiles after
>discussions with Steve Staples of the International Network on
>Globalization and Disarmament and Alice Slater of the Global Research
>and Action Center on the Environment (GRACE) about the best ways to
>inject the issues of disarmament and military spending into the growing
>movement against corporate-dominated trade arrangements like the World
>Trade Organization.  Other companies in the series will include
>Raytheon, Boeing, BAE Systems, Bechtel, and Alliant Tech Systems.  We
>also found there is a growing demand among grassroots activists,
>citizen's organizations, and journalists for detailed information on the
>operations of major weapons producing companies.  We hope this series
>will help fill part of that need, both by providing information and by
>sparking discussion on the best ways to deal with military
>mega-companies, in the realms of both research AND action.  Your
>suggestions are welcome, on what companies to profile, on the most
>useful formats in which to disseminate this information, and on any
>specifics with respect to the subject of our first profile, Lockheed
>Martin.
>
>LOCKHEED MARTIN: ALL-PURPOSE MERCHANT OF DEATH
>
>     LOCKHEED MARTIN IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST WEAPONS MAKER
>
>          Lockheed Martin is the nation's (and the world's) largest
>weapons manufacturer.  The company received over $18 billion in U.S.
>government contracts in F.Y. 1999, including $12.6 billion from the
>Pentagon and more than $2 billion from the Department of Energy for
>nuclear weapons-related activities.  To put this in some perspective, it
>should be noted that ONE COMPANY -- Lockheed Martin-- receives more
>federal funding each year than the ENTIRE BUDGET for the nation's
>largest welfare program, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, which
>is meant to help tens of millions of Americans living in poverty.
>
>     LOCKHEED MARTIN HAS A BIG "POLITICAL FOOTPRINT"
>
>          Lockheed Martin is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, but
>the firm's promotional literature brags of its "facilities in all 50
>states." This is a bit of a stretch, since many of these "facilities"
>are nothing more than small administrative offices.  But the company
>does have impressive geographic reach, giving it what John Pike of the
>Federation of American Scientists describes as a big "political
>footprint."  Lockheed Martin has major military research and production
>operations in Moorestown, New Jersey; Marietta, Georgia; Oak Ridge,
>Tennessee; Orlando, Florida; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Fort Worth,
>Texas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Vandenberg Air Force Base, California;
>Sunnyvale, California and the Nevada Test Site.  Also, for its major
>production systems, like the F-22 "stealth" fighter plane, Lockheed
>Martin makes sure to spread its subcontracts around to as many
>Congressional Districts as possible, as a way to curry favor with key
>legislators.
>
>      LOCKHEED MARTIN WAS CREATED THROUGH A SERIES OF
>      GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZED MERGERS
>
>          In the late 1980s and early 1990s, there were 10 to 15 major
>weapons producing firms in the United States.  In the 1990s, that number
>has shrunk to just three major producers --Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and
>Raytheon-- plus a few smaller niche players like Northrop Grumman,
>United Defense, TRW, and Northrop Grumman.  The consolidation of the
>weapons industry was strongly pushed by Norman Augustine, then CEO of
>Martin Marietta, and was shepherded through the bureaucracy by William
>Perry and John Deutch, major policy makers in the Pentagon during the
>early years of the Clinton Administration who also happened to be paid
>consultants to Martin Marietta before joining the administration.
>
>          In the summer of 1993, Augustine appealed to Perry and Deutch
>to change the Pentagon's contracting rules so that weapons companies
>engaging in mergers could charge the costs of moving factories, paying
>executive bonuses, legal fees, and other costs generated as a result of
>there mergers to the U.S. government.  Since Perry and Deutch had recent
>business dealings with Augustine, they had to get waivers of the
>conflict of interest regulations to rule on Augustine's request.  They
>got the waivers and changed the rules, paving the way for Lockheed to
>merge with Martin Marietta and reap a windfall of over $1.2 billion in
>taxpayer funds for merger-related costs, including $2.9 million of the
>$8.2 million in special compensation that Norman Augustine received as a
>result of the merger, and roughly $250,000 in payments to former
>Tennessee Governor and two-time presidential contender Lamar Alexander
>for the "hardship" he endured when he was asked to step down from the
>board of directors of the newly merged company.  In addition to Lockheed
>and Martin Marietta, Lockheed Martin includes the former defense unit of
>the Loral Corporation, the aerospace unit of General Electric, and the
>space division of General Dynamics.  Each of these companies in turn had
>been built up by various mergers before they were absorbed by Lockheed
>Martin.
>
>
>       LOCKHEED MARTIN SPENDS MORE ON CAMPAIGN
>       CONTRIBUTIONS THAN ANY OTHER WEAPONS MAKER
>
>           Lockheed Martin has made over $1.6 million in Political
>Action Committee (PAC) contributions since 1997, plus another $500,000
>in soft money contributions to Democratic and Republican party
>committees.  Not surprisingly, the company's political spending has
>favored Republican candidates by almost a two-to-one margin, 66% to 34%.
> The company also spent $10.2 million on lobbying during 1997 and 1998,
>second only to Boeing among military/aerospace firms (Boeing spent $18.4
>million on lobbying in 1997/98).
>
>          Lockheed Martin has the additional advantage of having key
>company associates involved at the top levels of the Republican and
>Democratic presidential campaigns.  Company Vice President Bruce
>Jackson, whose most recent claim to fame was his role as the director of
>the U.S. Committee to Expand NATO during the battle over ratifying the
>inclusion of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic into the alliance
>during 1997 and 1998, served as a vice chair for fund-raising in the
>Dole for President Campaign in 1996, and is doing the same for the
>George W. Bush campaign in the run up to the November 2000 elections.
>At a conference in Europe last year, Jackson was overheard bragging to
>his colleagues from European weapons companies that if George W. Bush
>wins the election, the arms industry will be in great shape because he,
>Bruce Jackson, will essentially write the Republican platform on
>defense.  Meanwhile, Bernard Schwartz, a former Lockheed Martin board
>member who sold the defense unit of his company, Loral, to Lockheed
>Martin in 1996, was to top soft money donor to the Democratic Party
>during the 1996 election cycle, with $601,000 in donations, and he has
>already nearly doubled that amount in the year 2000 cycle, with more
>than $1.1 million in contributions to Democratic Party committees.
>That's one of the reasons that when Lockheed Martin talks, the President
>and the Congress listen.
>
>
>        LOCKHEED MARTIN IS THE WORLD LARGEST ARMS MERCHANT
>
>            Lockheed Martin exports $2 to $3 billion in arms per year,
>to customers that have included Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Greece,
>Indonesia, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore.  The firm also has
>investments in place or under way in the arms/aerospace industries of
>Poland, Argentina, and the United Kingdom.  The company's most lucrative
>export is the F-16 combat aircraft, which has been used by the Turkish
>government to bomb and burn Kurdish villages in southeastern Turkey and
>to bomb alleged members of the Turkish-based Kurdish Worker's Party
>(PKK) in Northern Iraq.  The F-16 has also been a staple of Israel's
>decades-long air war against Lebanon, which may finally be coming to an
>end as part of ongoing peace talks between Israel and Syria.
>
>            Lockheed Martin has pushed aggressively for changes in U.S.
>arms export policies that make it easier to sell U.S. weaponry in all
>corners of the globe, including the Defense Export Loan Guarantee fund
>(DELG), a $15 billion taxpayer-backed fund designed to help foreign
>purchasers finance arms deals with U.S. companies; the lifting of the
>ban on sales of U.S. fighter aircraft to Latin America; and the
>expansion of NATO, which in theory will make Poland, Hungary, and the
>Czech Republic increases their weapons purchases from Western arms
>manufacturers as part of their drive to meet NATO standards for
>"interoperability."  Lockheed Martin has also been actively involved in
>efforts to defeat and/or water down the Code of Conduct on arms
>transfers, legislation that would make it much more difficult to supply
>U.S.-origin weapons to dictatorships and human rights abusers.  Former
>Lockheed Martin CEO and current Chairman of the Board Norman Augustine
>has been instrumental in pushing through a number of these changes
>through his position as chairman of the Defense Policy Advisory
>Committee on Trade (DPACT), a confidential panel which gives advice on
>U.S. arms export policy to the Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Trade
>Representative.
>
>
>      LOCKHEED MARTIN'S DOUBLE DIP:
>      DEVELOPING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND PROMOTING A NATIONAL MISSILE
>DEFENSE
>
>           Lockheed Martin is in the unique position of deriving a
>double benefit from the current push to deploy a National Missile
>Defense system.  For 1998/1999, Lockheed Martin ranks second to Boeing
>in total missile defense contracts with a total of $617 million in
>contracts.
>
>            Lockheed Martin's major missile defense contracts include
>the Payload Launch Vehicle for the National Missile Defense interceptor
>system; the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) "High" component, which
>is supposed to improve the tracking of incoming ballistic missiles; the
>Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, a medium range
>ballistic missile defense system which recently yielded Lockheed Martin
>a $4 billion long-term contract from the Pentagon; the Airborne Laser
>(ABL) --in a partnership with Raytheon and Boeing--   an aircraft-based
>laser system that is designed to achieve the capability for destroying
>medium-range missiles as they leave their silos; the Navy Theater Wide
>system, which is based in part on Lockheed Martin's Aegis anti-tactical
>missile system, which is produced at the company's Moorestown, New
>Jersey facility; and the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), the
>major U.S.-European missile defense system which is being produced by
>Lockheed Martin in partnership with Alenia of Italy and Daimler Chrysler
>Aerospace of Germany.
>
>            On the nuclear weapons front, Lockheed Martin's Sunnyvale,
>California missiles and space unit is responsible for the production of
>the Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missile, the last major
>nuclear weapons delivery vehicle still being purchased by the Pentagon.
>Lockheed Martin receives roughly $2 billion per year to run the
>Department of Energy's Sandia Nuclear Weapons Laboratory in New Mexico,
>which is involved in the costly "Stockpile Stewardship program," an
>effort to gauge the "reliability" of U.S. nuclear stockpiles AND design
>new nuclear weapons.  Lockheed Martin also has a subcontract to Becthel
>to help develop the capability to conduct simulated nuclear tests at the
>Nevada Test Site.
>
>     REVOLVING DOOR, ONGOING SCANDALS, AND MORE . . .
>
>           As you can see, Lockheed Martin is involved in so many
>different aspects of the military industrial complex that it is
>difficult to provide a short summary of their activities.
>
>           Other aspects of the company's behavior to bear in mind are
>its hiring of former members of Congress (like former Democratic Senator
>Mack Mattingly of Georgia, former Rep. Sonny Montgomery of Mississippi,
>and former Georgia Rep. Buddy Darden) and former Pentagon officials to
>lobby on its behalf on issues like fate of the F-22 fighter aircraft;
>it's involvement in ongoing scandals like its supply of information that
>could have been used to improve the accuracy of China's ballistic
>missiles, for which it received the largest fine in the history of the
>Arms Export Control Act; its faulty launch vehicles which have
>contributed to the loss of billions of dollars worth of intelligence
>satellites; its involvement in bribery and bid-rigging in overseas arms
>sales; and its role in rigging missile defense tests in the 1980s and
>(possibly) the 1990s and beyond.
>
>     ACTION, NOT DEPRESSION:
>     WHAT'S THE USE OF ALL THIS HEAVY INFORMATION?
>
>           Taken in one dose, all of this information on Lockheed
>Martin's far ranging and nefarious activities is liable to make a person
>feel like giving up.  They're big, they're powerful, they're connected,
>and they usually get what they want, or so it appears. BUT DON'T GIVE UP
>YET.  Despite its $18 billion per year in government contracts and its
>impressive lobbying operation, Lockheed Martin can be beaten.
>
>            Its shares have plummeted to half their prior value within
>the past few years, and even its former close allies on Capitol Hill,
>like Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA) and Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) have taken on
>the firm on key issues like the ballooning costs of its F-22 fighter
>plane, which at $160 million per copy is the most expensive fighter
>plane ever built.  The company depends on U.S. government contracts and
>foreign military sales for the vast majority of its revenues, and its
>presence in a number of controversial issues simultaneously --from
>nuclear weapons and Star Wars to weapons trafficking-- make it an
>inviting target for an international anti-corporate campaign on the
>issues of de-militarization and disarmament.
>
>            The Brandywine Peace Community in the Philadelphia area has
>long undertaken a campaign of public education and civil disobedience
>against the company's nuclear weapons work, dating back to when the
>relevant facilities were controlled by General Electric, and then Martin
>Marietta, and then Lockheed Martin.  A number of religious shareholder
>organizations have also taken up the issue of nuclear weapons and arms
>sales with Lockheed Martin in recent years.  In effect, these groups
>inherited Lockheed Martin as a result of the merger craze in the weapons
>industry.  The question now is whether other groups in the international
>peace and social justice movements want to make Lockheed Martin a part
>of their work, either as a concrete example of militarism at work or as
>the focus of some kind of coordinated campaign involving organizations
>around the United States and around the world.  We'd be interested in
>your thoughts on this point, both with respect to Lockheed Martin and
>with regard to the other companies we will be profiling in the months
>ahead.
>
>QUICK SOURCE NOTE ON LOCKHEED MARTIN: In addition to looking at the
>various reports and articles on our web site,  you can get good,
>up-to-date information on contributions by Lockheed Martin and other
>weapons makers to your representative on the web site of the Center for
>Responsive Politics, at www.opensecrets.org. Lockheed Martin itself
>gives an enormous amount of detail on its military work on its web page,
>at www.lmco.com.  And for the best single guide to how to research a
>military company, see Lora Lumpe and Jeff Donarski, THE ARMS TRADE
>REVEALED, available on the web site of the Arms Sales Monitoring Project
>of the Federation of American Scientists, at www.fas.org/asmp.
>
>William D. Hartung
>World Policy Institute
>65 Fifth Ave.  Suite 413
>New York, NY  10003
>(212)-229-5808, ext. 106
>(212)-229-5579 (fax)
>[e-mail]
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) SUPPORT BMD PROTEST, FAX CLINTON, BUSH, GORE, COHEN
Date: 06 Jul 2000 18:29:06 +1000

PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ON TO ANYONE THAT MIGHT ACT ON IT

BMD TEST JULY 7

Dear Everyone,

If you have not yet sent a fax in to President Clinton, Bush, Gore, and
Defence Secy Cohen opposing BMD/NMD, the time is now.

Clintons fax number is 1-202-456-2461. Secy of Defence Cohen's is
1-703-695-1149.
Vice- President Gore 1-202-456-2461, Candidate George W Bush: 1-512-637-8800.

I have put up sample letters repeatedly on these lists, including just now.

You should also visit the 'Dont Blow it' website at
 http://DontBlowit.org.
from which you can send the president a free e-postcard.

It's also important to demonstate solidarity with the protesters at the
Vandenburg Airforce Base.
This can best be done on:

"Carah" <[e-mail]>,  "Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space" <[e-mail]>, (or better still, send a hard
copy on 1-805-568-0466, at NAPF),

BUT IT IS EVEN MORE IMPORTANT

-To let President Clinton and Secretary of defence Cohen as well as the
presidential candidates and your local congressperson know that you don't
want BMD.


(ORIGINAL APPEAL AND LETTER BELOW)

Please forward this message to anyone you know that might act on it.

JULY 7 TEST OF 'SON OF STAR WARS'
FAX CLINTON, COHEN, NOW - SAY NO TO NMD.
Clinton [phone], Cohen on [phone]. Gore 1-202-456-2461,
George W Bush: 1-512-637-8800.

CONTAINS:
Sample letter and Appeal to fax Cohen, Clinton
Press Releases from WSLF, Vandenburg Action Coalition.

Dear All,

Today in front of the Vandenberg Airforce base in the US, activists have
commenced a peaceful vigil against the planned 7 July test of the National
Missile Defence system.(NMD)

Non-violent civil disobediance is planned for the day of the test itself,
and it is hoped that as a result the test will be disrupted or delayed.

Ballistic Missile Defence, (BMD) or the specific proposal now under
consideration by Clinton known as National Missile Defence (NMD), is
essentially the continuation of 'Star Wars'.

The current NMD proposal will in all probability not work, is designed to
meet a nonexistent threat, and potentially may re-ignite the arms race,
setting at nought the obligations of both the US and Russia to the 'total
and unequivocal' elimination of their nuclear arsenals, embodied in the
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference.

The US secretary General, the European Union, Portugal, Sweden, Germany,
France, and a  coalition of nations known as the New Agenda Coalition (who
effectively have the support of of the overwhelming majority of countries
in the world), have all expressed grave concern over the NMD proposal.

Russia and China have expressed extreme opposition and say it will create a
new arms race. Russia has threatened to tear up nuclear arms control
agreements if the Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty is broken to allow NMD to
proceed.

The Australian Senate voted a motion against NMD on Thursday Morning at
9.30 am (Canberra Time)

President Clinton and Defence Secy Cohen will be making a decision on NMD
within a few weeks.

If you think,  as most of the world does, that NMD is a dangerous delusion,
please fax President Clinton and US Defence Secretary William Cohen now,
and let them know that you don't want NMD or BMD.

If you are in the US, please also contact your congressperson and let them
know that you don't want NMD.

If, like me, you're not in the US, you can still fax president Clinton on
[phone], and ask that the US not deploy BMD.  You could also fax
Defence Secretary Cohen on [phone].

IF YOU ARE NOT IN THE US YOU SHOULD ALSO LET YOUR MINISTER OF FOREIGN
AFFAIRS KNOW THAT YOU WANT YOUR GOVERNMENT TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST NMD.

IF YOU LIVE IN A G8 COUNTRY (Which includes not only US but Russia, UK,
France, Germany, Japan) ASK YOUR MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OR HEAD OF
STATE TO LET THE US KNOW YOUR COUNTRY IS CONCERNED AT US NMD PLANS AT THE
COMING G 8 SUMMIT IN OKINAWA.

In the meantime, whether you live in the US or elsewhere, you are urged to
fax Clinton and Cohen before July 7 to say you don't want NMD.  You should
also try to fax candidates Bush and Gore.

You should also visit the 'Dont Blow it' website at
 http://DontBlowit.org.
from which you can send the president a free e-postcard.


I am enclosing:

1)A sample letter to Clinton/Cohen.

2) Press Releases from the Vandenburg Action Coalition and WSLF.

Happy faxing!


1) Sample letter to Clinton and Cohen

1)SAMPLE LETTER FOR ESP US FOLKS,  TO SEND TO BILL CLINTON, WILLIAM S.
COHEN, MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, BUSH, GORE, AND RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL
SUBCOMMITTEES.

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, 1-202-456-2461,

SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT 1-202-647-6047

SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN 1-703-695-1149
cc
George Bush
Al Gore

Dear President Clinton, William Cohen, Madeleine Albright, and Presidential
candidates,

I am writing to urge you not to proceed with proposals for a national
ballistic missile defence system.  Missile defence schemes respond to a
nonexistent or exaggerated threat,  are not the solution to real threats,
make the rest of the US's security environment less safe, sabotage nuclear
disarmament efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the
rest of the world, and show contempt for the opinions of US allies and the
rest of the world.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed.

At the very same conference, the UN Secretary General, and representatives
of Russia, China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European community, the New
Agenda Coalition and the Non- aligned movement have all expressed strongly
that they believe the ABM treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic
stability. They do not think it should be modified to allow a missile
defence system,  still less abrogated unilaterally.  On your recent
European trip, leaders of Europe and Russia have made the same point.
America simply cannot ignore the strongly repeated opinion of the whole
world, that the ABM treaty should not be modified to permit BMD.

Furthermore:

1)The threat that the national missile defence system is supposed to
address, namely that of missile - equipped  so- called  'rogue states' is
in all likelihood, nonexistent.

2) A  state that really wished to inflict serious damage on the US would
probaby rather smuggle a nuclear explosive device into a US city by means
that are more reliable and more difficult to trace than missiles.

3)There are serious doubts as to whether this system can work at all, or as
to whether any missile defence system can ever work.  The problems posed
even by relatively simple decoys are probably technically insoluble.

4)National (and theatre) missile defence schemes are unsustainably costly,
and cost estimates are likely to rise without limit.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on real
solutions to global  strategic security.  The highest priorities have to be
the elimination of as many warheads as possible under any START-III
agreement with Russia, and  the removal of  strategic missile forces from
high alert status as advocated by the Canberra Commission, subsequent UN
resolutions and the final NPT declaration.

In this respect, the commitment of Candidate Bush to deep cuts in warhead
numbers and to reductions in alert status are worthy of support.
Commitments to costly and dangerous missile defence schemes are worthy only
of opposition.

Yours Sincerely,
Signed
....





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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/06 - Daybook
Date: 06 Jul 2000 08:07:51 -0400

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Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200076212812.htm

Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers briefing =97 9:30 a.m. =97 The Coalition=
 to
Reduce Nuclear Dangers holds a news briefing on the third of 19 planned=
 tests
on the administration's proposed national missile defense. Location: Murrow
Room, National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 202/546-0795,=
 ext.
136.

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From: [e-mail] (Felice and Jack Cohen-Joppa)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re:  Washington, D.C. Gathering to Free Vanunu
Date: 06 Jul 2000 11:25:28 -0700



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Sam Day, ph. [phone]

GATHERING WILL SPOTLIGHT
ISRAELI NUCLEAR WHISTLEBLOWER

WASHINGTON - Activists from across the United States will gather here
September 26-28 for a conference, vigil and protest rally marking the 14th
anniversary of the kidnapping and imprisonment of Mordechai Vanunu, a
former technician who blew the whistle on Israel's clandestine nuclear
weapons program.
        Daniel Ellsberg, who himself narrowly escaped prison 29 years ago
for leaking the secret Pentagon papers about the Vietnam War, will give the
September 26 banquet address.  Other speakers will include:
        Rabbi Philip J. Bentley of Temple Sholom, Floral Park, NY,
president of the Jewish Peace Fellowship; Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton of
Detroit, a Catholic activist;  Elizabeth McAlister of the Jonah House peace
and justice community in Baltimore; and Mary and Nicholas Eoloff, St. Paul,
Minnesota, Vanunu's American adoptive parents.
        The conference will be followed by a dawn-to-dusk vigil at the
Israeli Embassy and Capitol Hill lobbying on September 27 and a noon-hour
protest rally at the embassy on September 28, all demanding Vanunu's
freedom and nuclear disarmament.
        It was on September 30, 1986, that Israeli agents kidnapped Vanunu
in Rome and returned him to Israel in chains after he had told a British
newspaper, the London Sunday Times, about the production of a massive
nuclear arsenal at the Dimona nuclear weapons reactor, where he had worked
as a mid-level technician.
        Protest rallies at Israeli embassies and consulates around the
world are customarily held on the anniversary of that date, but this year's
Washington observance is being held two days early out of respect for Rosh
Hashanah, a Jewish high holiday, which falls this year on September 30.
        Vanunu was convicted of espionage and treason at a closed-door
trial in Israel and sentenced to 18 years in prison.  He was held in
solitary confinement for more than 11 years until March of 1998, when he
was allowed onto the grounds of Ashkelon Prison.  But he is still kept
under tight security restrictions limiting access to the outside world.
        Vanunu's release on humanitarian grounds is sought by Amnesty
International, the European Parliament, the Federation of American
Scientists, the Jewish and Episcopal peace fellowships, and many religious,
cultural, and political leaders, including 36 members of Congress, who last
year called on President Clinton to urge Israel to release the
prisoner-of-conscience.
        The Barak and previous Israeli governments claim that Vanunu cannot
be released because he might reveal secrets that would threaten Israeli
security.  But American and British nuclear weapons experts dispute this.
Last year a retired Livermore National Laboratory nuclear weapons designer,
Dr. Ray E. Kidder, conducted a four-month study of the Vanunu case and
concluded in a letter to the Israeli judiciary that Vanunu has no nuclear
information not already available to the public.
        Prodded by some of its Palestinian members, the Israeli Knesset
last February held its first open debate on Israel's unacknowledged nuclear
weapons program.  This in turn has fueled growing public concern about the
secrecy surrounding the aging desert reactor and the continuing punishment
of the man who first brought the weapons program to public attention.
        The "Washington Gathering to Free Vanunu" conference will be held
at the Methodist Building, 110 Maryland Ave. NE, with evening banquet at
the Church of the Brethren, 4th St. and North Carolina Ave. SE.
Participants in the September 28 protest rally will gather at the Van Ness
St. entrance to the UDC-Van Ness St. Metro stop at 11:45 for the three
block walk to the embassy at the corner of International Drive and Van Ness
St.  For more information contact the U.S. Campaign to Free Mordechai
Vanunu, 2206 Fox Ave., Madison, WI 53711, Phone/fax [phone], website:
www. nonviolence.org/vanunu,  email: [e-mail]

xxx

PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING IN ANNOUNCEMENT AND/OR CALENDAR SECTIONS OF
PUBLICATIONS:

WASHINGTON GATHERING TO FREE VANUNU: Three Days of Support for Israel's
Nuclear Whistleblower - Activists from across the U.S. will gather
September 26-28 for a conference, vigil and protest rally marking the 14th
anniversary of the kidnapping and imprisonment of Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli
nuclear whistleblower.

Events calling for Vanunu's immediate and unconditional release are:  A
September 26 conference, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., followed by a dinner and
evening program; a dawn to dusk vigil at the Israeli Embassy and Capitol
Hill lobbying on September 27; and a noon-hour mass rally at the Israeli
Embassy on September 28.

Conference speakers include Daniel Ellsberg, Rabbi Phillip Bentley,
Elizabeth McAlister, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Nicholas and Mary Eoloff,
Mordechai's adoptive parents.

For more information, contact The U.S. Campaign to Free Mordechai Vanunu,
2206 Fox Avenue, Madison, WI 53711,  phone/fax [phone], email
[e-mail]

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd:
Date: 06 Jul 2000 15:43:44 -0400

>Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 10:59:43 -0400
>Subject:
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>A friend in England, the journalist Felicity Arabuthnot, asks for reliable
>contacts to give solid information on the fire near Hanaford and what
>dangers it may pose.  Can you help?
>
>thanks, Patricia Watson, Peacework
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From: Hisham Zerriffi <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Fwd:
Date: 06 Jul 2000 16:07:46 -0400

The best people to contact are:

Bob Alvarez, former advisor to Sec. of Energy Richardson for Environment,
Safety and Health.  He can be reached at [e-mail]

Gerry Pollett, Heart of America Northwest, [e-mail]

Tom Carpenter, The Government Accountability Project, [e-mail]

At 03:43 PM 7/6/2000 -0400, ASlater wrote:
>>Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 10:59:43 -0400
>>Subject:
>>To: [e-mail]
>>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>>
>>A friend in England, the journalist Felicity Arabuthnot, asks for reliable
>>contacts to give solid information on the fire near Hanaford and what
>>dangers it may pose.  Can you help?
>>
>>thanks, Patricia Watson, Peacework
>>
>
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) PRESS RELEASE AND SOLIDARITY LETTER
Date: 07 Jul 2000 17:28:14 +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


EMBARGOED TO SAT.8/JULY
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT W.A.
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA

US TO CONDUCT 'STAR WARS' MISSILE TEST: NOBEL PRIZEWINNERS, AUSTRALIAN
SENATE,  SAY NO.

While protesters assemble at Vandenberg Airforce Base in the US to protest
the 'star wars' test of the proposed national missile defence system,
(NMD), 50 Nobel prizewinners including physicist Hans Bethe, once involved
in the US weapons program, and prominent quantum physicists Murray
Gell-Mann and Steven Chu, have written a letter to President Clinton asking
him to reject the scheme,  Greenpeace is sailing a vessel into the hazard
zone, and the Australian Senate last Thursday passed a motion calling on
the US not to proceed with the scheme.  Australian antinuclear
organizations and parliamentarians Carmen Lawrence, Lyn Allison, Natasha
Stott- Despoja, Ian Cohen MLC and Lee Rhiannon MLC have signed a letter of
solidarity with US and international organizations including Abolition
2000, a global network of over 2000 anti nuclear weapons groups, who are
protesting the test.

The missile test, scheduled for 7pm Friday California time, (noon Saturday
Sydney time), is a critical input into President Clinton's decision as to
whether to authorize the deployment of this weapons system.

Critics of NMD say it will create another arms race which will wipe out
painfully gained agreements made at the recent nuclear nonproliferation
treaty review conference in New York, where 187 countries including the
official nuclear weapons states, signed on to an agreement to accomplish
the 'total and unequivocal' elimination of their nuclear weapons arsenals.
The same conference affirmed that the ABM treaty, which this system will
violate, is the 'cornerstone' of strategic stability.

The Non-Aligned Movement, the New Agenda Coalition, the European Union,
Sweden, France, and Germany, have urged the US not to walk away from the
ABM treaty, as Candidates Bush and Gore have threatened. The Australian
Senate echoed those sentiments a week ago with a motion calling on the US
not to proceed with NMD.

Russia and China have warned that deployment of this system will lead to
further arms racing, and Russia has threatened to tear up all arms
agreements if the US walks away from the ABM treaty.

Contact:
John Hallam, FOE Australia, 61-2-9517-3903 h9810-2598
Irene Gale AM,Australian Peace Committee, 08-8364-2291
Jo Vallentine, PND-WA, 08-9272-4252
Carah Ong, Abolition 2000, Calif, USA, 1-805-965-3443








FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT-WESTERN AUSTRALIA
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT - NSW
INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS FOR PEACE NSW
ANTI BASES COALITION
PAX CHRISTI NSW
BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY (ECNT)
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A.,
SENATOR LYN ALLISON
SENATOR NATASHA STOTT-DESPOJA
CARMEN LAWRENCE MP,
IAN COHEN MLC (NSW)
LEE RHIANNON MLC (NSW)

SOLIDARITY WITH VANDENBERG AFB NMD
PROTEST

Dear Participants  in the planned July 7 Protest, at Vandenburg Airforce
Base against the NMD Test,

The groups listed here wish to declare their solidarity with your vigil and
protest against the July 7 test of the National Missile Defence (NMD)
system.

The Australian Senate has passed a resolution in which it urges the US
government not to proceed with a national missile defence system.

The current National Missile Defence (NMD) proposal and indeed, any
proposal for ballistic missile defence, would be strategically
destabilizing, costly, and would fail to deliver the security it promises
to the American people, while putting the rest of the world, as well as the
US, at an increased risk of nuclear exchange.

The UN Secretary General, the European Union, Germany, France, Sweden, the
New Agenda Coalition, and the Non-Aligned movement have all spoken out
strongly against this proposal.

It is urgent that all governments, as many have already done, speak out
against a weapons proposal that may re-ignite the nuclear arms race with no
real security advantage  to those who deploy it.

We wish you every success in your  protest on July 7.


Senator Lyn Allison, Democrats, Vic.,
Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Democrats, S.A.,
Carmen Lawrence MP for Fremantle, House of Representatives,
Ian Cohen MLC, NSW.,
Lee Rhiannon MLC, NSW.,
Jo Vallentine, People for Nuclear Disarmament, W.A.,
Morrie Mifsud, People for Nuclear Disarmament NSW.,
Rita, Coordinator, International Volunters for Peace NSW.,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee,
Dennis Doherty, Pax Christi NSW,
Hannah Middleton, Anti-Bases Coalition, NSW,
Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore, NSW.,
Kirsten Blair, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
Environment Centre of Western Australia,
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia.




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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) op-ed from today's New York Times on Star Wars
Date: 07 Jul 2000 11:29:18 -0500

A beautiful op-ed from today's NY Times.  Use it to write your own
letters
to the editor!  Now is the time to spur a real flurry of citizen concern

over this massive fraud upon taxpayers at the behest of the corporate
weapons lobby.
Van Gosse
Peace Action

Kevin Martin
Project Abolition


http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/oped/07post.html

New York Times
July 7, 2000


We Can't Tell the Missiles From the Mylar
By THEODORE A. POSTOL and GEORGE N. LEWIS
AMBRIDGE , Mass. -- A success in today's
well-publicized test of a missile defense weapon
system, the Clinton administration claims, will
establish that national missile defense technology is
ready for deployment. But unfortunately, bagging the
sort of precooked and strapped-down chicken of a
target that is being used today will do nothing of the
sort. If Americans want a real test of the Pentagon's
missile defense system, they should insist that it be
designed by someone other than the Pentagon.
The Defense Department discovered a program-stopping
flaw in its system in tests three years ago: The
system can easily be fooled by decoys nearly as simple
as the traffic cones we encounter on the street or the
Mylar balloons that are so popular at the zoo.

The first response to this discovery was to try to
conceal it. Then the Defense Department dumbed down
all the development tests planned for the missile
defense program so the somewhat different version of
the so-called "kill vehicle" that is now being used
would never have to be tested against competently
designed, simple decoys.

In the near-vacuum of space where the missile defense
would operate, there is no air drag to cause light
decoys to move differently from heavy warheads, so it
is relatively easy to create cheap impostors. The
Pentagon has stated that for the 100-interceptor
defense system that President Clinton is likely to
recommend, the kill vehicle -- the interceptor that
"shoots down" the incoming missile -- will have the
primary responsibility for picking out the warhead.
Since all the objects the kill vehicle will see are
far away, they will appear as points of light -- like
stars in the night sky -- all moving in about the same
way.

Instead of the 10 objects that confounded the kill
vehicle in the first test, in 1997, today's test, like
the two before it, will use only a single mock warhead
and a large balloon. The balloon has been carefully
designed to be nearly 10 times brighter than the
warhead, and the kill vehicle will be programmed to
home on the dimmer of the two targets.

The Pentagon claims that the warhead and the
ineffective large balloon decoy it is testing against
are representative of the missile threat from an
idealized imagined adversary -- an adversary presumed
to be capable of building intercontinental range
ballistic missiles, and nuclear warheads that are
sufficiently light and compact to be mounted on such
missiles, but at the same time so bungling as to be
unable to hide the warhead inside a Mylar balloon
decoy released along with empty balloons or to build
warhead-shaped cone decoys.

A recent technical study by the Union of Concerned
Scientists and the M.I.T. Security Studies Program
showed that the same simple countermeasures that can
defeat the kill vehicle could also defeat all of the
other sensors envisioned in the Clinton administration
plan.

If every one of the currently planned national missile
defense tests proved to be an unqualified success, we
would be still stuck with a defense system that had
not been realistically tested and would have no hope
of performing successfully in a real-world attack.

What the country needs, and what the president should
give us, is an independent commission of accomplished
scientists who are not connected to the Pentagon to
look into the claims being made about this
ill-conceived national missile defense system. Before
forking over $60 billion to pay for such a system,
Americans deserve an answer to the obvious question as
to whether it will work.

Theodore A. Postol is professor of science,
technology, and national security policy at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. George N. Lewis
is associate director of the institute's Security
Studies Program.

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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Star Wars test tonight
Date: 07 Jul 2000 11:47:08 -0500

Dear Friends of Peace,

Below is a message from DontBlowIt.org, a new website sponsored by
several peace and disarmament organizations.  The site is set up for
"e-activism", and is well worth a visit.  Other suggested activities
around this Star Wars test -- write a letter to the editor of your local
newspaper and call in to radio talk shows this weekend and early next
week denouncing Star Wars as the exorbitant, reckless, provocative,
illegal sham that it is.

Kevin Martin
Director, Project Abolition
*****

Tonight, the Pentagon plans to test launch the proposed National
Missile Defense system - a $60 billion "Star Wars" program that many
scientists and defense officials believe to be expensive, unproven and
threatening to Russia and China.

You can help stop this dangerous program! Please forward this message
around to your friends and family and ask them to send a free e-postcard
to
President Clinton at:

http://DontBlowIt.org

There are still over 36,000 nuclear weapons around the world - enough to

destroy the planet several times over. Tell President Clinton "Don't
Blow
It!" We should be reducing nuclear weapons world wide, not testing a
"Star
Wars" anti-missile system that may spark a new arms race. This National
Missile Defense is really a National Missile Offense - one that would
threaten our, and our kids' future.

Please tell your family and friends to visit http://DontBlowIt.org and
help
make nuclear weapons a thing of the past.

Many Thanks,
Laura Kriv
DontBlowIt.org

P.S. Please don't forward this message indiscriminately - spam only
hurts
our cause.

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Date: 07 Jul 2000 13:54:35 -0400

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>>>  THE NEW YORK TIMES VERSUS NADER--AND DEMOCRACY
>>>  By Edward S. Herman
>>>
>>>  In its editorial, "Mr. Nader's Misguided Crusade" (June 30),
>>>  the New York Times assails Nader's candidacy and campaign on
>>>  grounds that are partly fraudulent and misleading (as I
>>>  describe below). But it is also clear that this attack is
>>>  based ultimately on the owners-editors satisfaction with the
>>>  political and economic status quo, which Nader is calling
>>>  into question. The editors claim that the two parties offer
>>>  voters a "clear-cut choice," so that there is "no driving
>>>  logic for a third-party candidacy this year." It follows for
>>>  them that Nader is just an ego driven "spoiler," even though
>>>  it is conceded that he has a "right to run."
>>>
>>>  According to the Times, while Nader is close to Gore on the
>>>  issues, he rejects him because Gore is "too much of an
>>>  incrementalist." This misrepresents the serious differences
>>>  on the issues, but it also ignores Nader's fundamental
>>>  argument--that Gore and Bush are both hostages to big money,
>>>  so that just as Clinton served the monied interests with
>>>  only token gestures to the majority, Gore is sure to do the
>>>  same. It is not Gore's incrementalism, but rather what Gore
>>>  is likely to do given his and his party's financial
>>>  obligations, that differentiates Nader from Gore.
>>>
>>>  In his excellent acceptance speech at the Green Party
>>>  Convention on June 25, Nader made numerous suggestions for
>>>  needed policy changes--resting on "peoples" rather than
>>>  "corporate yardsticks"--that neither Gore nor Bush have
>>>  addressed. Among other matters, Nader mentioned: (1) An
>>>  ending to the support of foreign dictators and the
>>>  introduction of "foreign policies that support the peasants
>>>  and the workers for a change." (2) A sharp reduction of a
>>>  bloated military budget that is badly out of control, a
>>>  situation resting on the fact that weapons manufacturers
>>>  "foist weapons systems on the Pentagon, working with a
>>>  PAC-greased supine Congress." Nader would finally declare
>>>  that long elusive "peace dividend" that will surely continue
>>>  to escape Gore-Bush. (3) Labor laws that "facilitate the
>>>  organization of trade unions" and that provide the kind of
>>>  statutory "social wage" that most European countries have
>>>  had in place for many years. (4) Major public investments in
>>>  schools, health clinics, mass transit, drinking water
>>>  systems and other services that directly benefit the
>>>  majority. (5) An attack on inequality via a revised tax
>>>  system that no longer serves the corporate elite. (6) An
>>>  ending of the "epidemic of silent environmental violence,"
>>>  that rests on corporate domination, as in the continued
>>>  subsidized logging of the national forests.
>>>
>>>  Across the board, Nader laid out a philosophy and program
>>>  that was sensitive to majority and not corporate needs. He
>>>  also stresses the importance of relieving America's children
>>>  from "the most intense marketing onslaught in history" and
>>>  the dangers of "giving too much power to the merchant
>>>  mind...because its singular focus and its self-driven
>>>  impulses run roughshod over the more non- commercial values
>>>  that define a worthy society." This attack on advertising,
>>>  consumerism, and the "let-the-fur-fly" individualism and
>>>  business culture that business domination has spawned must
>>>  have sent cold chills down the spines of the editorial
>>>  board.
>>>
>>>  The New York Times never reproduced Nader's acceptance
>>>  speech, although it has found endless space for trivial
>>>  charges and counter-charges between Bush and Gore, fine
>>>  details of their personal histories, and the status of the
>>>  horse race between the approved duopolists. The blackout of
>>>  Nader's speech made it easier for them to make the false
>>>  editorial claim of little difference between Gore and Nader.
>>>  But it also allowed the paper to keep the issues under
>>>  cover.
>>>  One of Nader's campaign aims was to force a discussion of
>>>  major issues that the duopolists and their backers don't
>>>  want addressed. In their treatment of Nader the Times has
>>>  gone to some pains to evade those issues and to make like
>>>  all the real ones are being debated between Gore and Bush.
>>>  Thus, in addition to failing to give its readers Nader's
>>>  acceptance speech, it has covered his campaign with great
>>>  superficiality, not discussing his criticisms and programs,
>>>  but reporting on his financial wealth ("Nader Reports Big
>>>  Portfolio in Technology," June 19), his attack on the
>>>  corporate financing of the presidential debates (June 20),
>>>  and the possible effects of his candidacy on Gore's
>>>  electoral prospects (June 22). So the Times not only refuses
>>>  to evaluate Nader as a candidate in terms of his relative
>>>  integrity and intelligence, it is unwilling to allow him to
>>>  discuss basic issues in a public forum. It says his "only
>>>  realistic role" this year might be to throw the election to
>>>  Bush--but that may be because the Times (and its confreres)
>>>  will not permit Nader to serve an educational function.
>>>
>>>  But the Times's dismissal of Nader does rest in large
>>>  measure on his policy positions and democratic philosophy.
>>>  The editors are explicitly satisfied with the range of
>>>  policy options Gore and Bush allow. When they claim that
>>>  Gore and Nader are not far apart on environmental issues,
>>>  they do not discuss whether or not Gore would follow up any
>>>  promises with action--they do not review the Clinton record
>>>  in this regard, or analyse the effects of financial
>>>  dependency on the gaps between promises and realization. But
>>>  that is because they don't care that much about the
>>>  realization of any populist promises.
>>>
>>>  The Times does allow that Nader is different on "trade"
>>>  policy, with Nader the "protectionist" and Gore and Bush
>>>  both allegedly better serving the interests of the working
>>>  class. "Protectionism runs counter to much of what Mr. Nader
>>>  has fought for over the years." (The editors note that
>>>  foreign competition has had beneficial effects on the auto
>>>  industry.) The Times bias here is long-standing, and so is
>>>  their misrepresentation of the contesting positions and
>>>  facts. The paper has long buried polls that show the working
>>>  class opposed to the trade agreements that it and the
>>>  corporate community favor. The editors can never put it this
>>>  way, but essentially they claim that the working class
>>>  doesn't recognize its own true interests, only big business
>>>  and the Times do, and that by a coincidence once again
>>>  what's good for GM is good for us all. They also distort
>>>  Nader's position, which is not anti-trade, but is against
>>>  rules that take the right to control foreign investment and
>>>  trade out of the hands of democratic communities, in some
>>>  cases giving them over to distant bureaucracies without
>>>  democratic accountability.
>>>
>>>  The Times speaks for the plutocratic establishment; Nader
>>>  opposes that establishment; and the paper's news and
>>>  editorial position hostile to Nader follows accordingly. But
>>>  it also notable, and a bit more sinister, that the paper
>>>  will not even allow Nader's positions to be honestly
>>>  presented and the issues he wants to address to be debated.
>>>  The plutocracy reaches deeply into constraining the public's
>>>  right to know.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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>THE NEW YORK TIMES VERSUS NADER--AND DEMOCRACY
>By Edward S. Herman
>
>In its editorial, "Mr. Nader's Misguided Crusade" (June 30),
>the New York Times assails Nader's candidacy and campaign on
>grounds that are partly fraudulent and misleading (as I
>describe below). But it is also clear that this attack is
>based ultimately on the owners-editors satisfaction with the
>political and economic status quo, which Nader is calling
>into question. The editors claim that the two parties offer
>voters a "clear-cut choice," so that there is "no driving
>logic for a third-party candidacy this year." It follows for
>them that Nader is just an ego driven "spoiler," even though
>it is conceded that he has a "right to run."
>
>According to the Times, while Nader is close to Gore on the
>issues, he rejects him because Gore is "too much of an
>incrementalist." This misrepresents the serious differences
>on the issues, but it also ignores Nader's fundamental
>argument--that Gore and Bush are both hostages to big money,
>so that just as Clinton served the monied interests with
>only token gestures to the majority, Gore is sure to do the
>same. It is not Gore's incrementalism, but rather what Gore
>is likely to do given his and his party's financial
>obligations, that differentiates Nader from Gore.
>
>In his excellent acceptance speech at the Green Party
>Convention on June 25, Nader made numerous suggestions for
>needed policy changes--resting on "peoples" rather than
>"corporate yardsticks"--that neither Gore nor Bush have
>addressed. Among other matters, Nader mentioned: (1) An
>ending to the support of foreign dictators and the
>introduction of "foreign policies that support the peasants
>and the workers for a change." (2) A sharp reduction of a
>bloated military budget that is badly out of control, a
>situation resting on the fact that weapons manufacturers
>"foist weapons systems on the Pentagon, working with a
>PAC-greased supine Congress." Nader would finally declare
>that long elusive "peace dividend" that will surely continue
>to escape Gore-Bush. (3) Labor laws that "facilitate the
>organization of trade unions" and that provide the kind of
>statutory "social wage" that most European countries have
>had in place for many years. (4) Major public investments in
>schools, health clinics, mass transit, drinking water
>systems and other services that directly benefit the
>majority. (5) An attack on inequality via a revised tax
>system that no longer serves the corporate elite. (6) An
>ending of the "epidemic of silent environmental violence,"
>that rests on corporate domination, as in the continued
>subsidized logging of the national forests.
>
>Across the board, Nader laid out a philosophy and program
>that was sensitive to majority and not corporate needs. He
>also stresses the importance of relieving America's children
>from "the most intense marketing onslaught in history" and
>the dangers of "giving too much power to the merchant
>mind...because its singular focus and its self-driven
>impulses run roughshod over the more non- commercial values
>that define a worthy society." This attack on advertising,
>consumerism, and the "let-the-fur-fly" individualism and
>business culture that business domination has spawned must
>have sent cold chills down the spines of the editorial
>board.
>
>The New York Times never reproduced Nader's acceptance
>speech, although it has found endless space for trivial
>charges and counter-charges between Bush and Gore, fine
>details of their personal histories, and the status of the
>horse race between the approved duopolists. The blackout of
>Nader's speech made it easier for them to make the false
>editorial claim of little difference between Gore and Nader.
>But it also allowed the paper to keep the issues under
>cover.
>One of Nader's campaign aims was to force a discussion of
>major issues that the duopolists and their backers don't
>want addressed. In their treatment of Nader the Times has
>gone to some pains to evade those issues and to make like
>all the real ones are being debated between Gore and Bush.
>Thus, in addition to failing to give its readers Nader's
>acceptance speech, it has covered his campaign with great
>superficiality, not discussing his criticisms and programs,
>but reporting on his financial wealth ("Nader Reports Big
>Portfolio in Technology," June 19), his attack on the
>corporate financing of the presidential debates (June 20),
>and the possible effects of his candidacy on Gore's
>electoral prospects (June 22). So the Times not only refuses
>to evaluate Nader as a candidate in terms of his relative
>integrity and intelligence, it is unwilling to allow him to
>discuss basic issues in a public forum. It says his "only
>realistic role" this year might be to throw the election to
>Bush--but that may be because the Times (and its confreres)
>will not permit Nader to serve an educational function.
>
>But the Times's dismissal of Nader does rest in large
>measure on his policy positions and democratic philosophy.
>The editors are explicitly satisfied with the range of
>policy options Gore and Bush allow. When they claim that
>Gore and Nader are not far apart on environmental issues,
>they do not discuss whether or not Gore would follow up any
>promises with action--they do not review the Clinton record
>in this regard, or analyse the effects of financial
>dependency on the gaps between promises and realization. But
>that is because they don't care that much about the
>realization of any populist promises.
>
>The Times does allow that Nader is different on "trade"
>policy, with Nader the "protectionist" and Gore and Bush
>both allegedly better serving the interests of the working
>class. "Protectionism runs counter to much of what Mr. Nader
>has fought for over the years." (The editors note that
>foreign competition has had beneficial effects on the auto
>industry.) The Times bias here is long-standing, and so is
>their misrepresentation of the contesting positions and
>facts. The paper has long buried polls that show the working
>class opposed to the trade agreements that it and the
>corporate community favor. The editors can never put it this
>way, but essentially they claim that the working class
>doesn't recognize its own true interests, only big business
>and the Times do, and that by a coincidence once again
>what's good for GM is good for us all. They also distort
>Nader's position, which is not anti-trade, but is against
>rules that take the right to control foreign investment and
>trade out of the hands of democratic communities, in some
>cases giving them over to distant bureaucracies without
>democratic accountability.
>
>The Times speaks for the plutocratic establishment; Nader
>opposes that establishment; and the paper's news and
>editorial position hostile to Nader follows accordingly. But
>it also notable, and a bit more sinister, that the paper
>will not even allow Nader's positions to be honestly
>presented and the issues he wants to address to be debated.
>The plutocracy reaches deeply into constraining the public's
>right to know.
>

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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) sample letters on tonight's rigged Star Wars test
Date: 07 Jul 2000 16:50:49 -0500

Dear Friends,

Below are two sample letters to the editor on tonight's Star Wars test.
Please feel free to sign and send as is to your local paper, or make
whatever changes you deem necessary.

Kevin Martin
Director, Project Abolition
*****

Letter #1

(May need modification depending on the outcome of Friday=92s test.)

To the editor:

Friday night the military launched another test of Star Wars, the
proposed missile defense system that weapons contractors have been
toying with for the past several years.  =93Toying=94 is the only way to
describe efforts to deploy a modified version of Ronald Reagan=92s 1980=92=
s
vision of a national missile defense.  The Pentagon=92s Star Wars testing
scheme cannot be taken seriously -- it is clearly rigged.

 A recent Time magazine article outlined the toy-like quality of the
test, which was unrealistic in the extreme compared to an actual nuclear
attack.  Technicians launching the interceptor rocket for the test knew
the proportions and dimensions of the missile =96 they knew how fast it
would travel, how large it was, how powerful it was, that there was only
one, and even the time that it was launched.  Yes, our Star Wars experts
actually listened to the countdown of the missile launch.

We can only hope our future enemies might be so gracious as to allow us
the same knowledge about their nuclear missiles before they launch them
at us.  It=92s as if our Pentagon officials know that the system won=92t
work and are therefore carefully rigging their own tests.

 Our political system is equally rigged.  The four top Star Wars
contractors, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, TRW, and Boeing, have been
toying with our politicians for decades. Over the last 3 =BD years, those
four contractors spent $40 million on campaign contributions and
congressional lobbying to ensure increased Pentagon spending and
contracting.  No wonder our senators and representatives are in favor of
a missile defense system that will not work, will waste billions of
dollars, and will start a new global arms race.

 President Clinton is also toying with the idea of leaving a
presidential legacy, and it looks like he might see Star Wars, whether
or not it works, as his big chance to lay down something impressive in
the next generation of history books.  No matter what Clinton or
Pentagon officials they say about the test, don=92t be fooled. Star Wars
is rigged for disaster.

Sincerely,

Jane B. Activist
Local Peace Group

Letter #2

On Friday night, the U.S. conducted the third test of the Star Wars
missile defense system.  Many critics of Star Wars cite the system=92s
exorbitant cost (at least $60 billion, according to the Congressional
Budget Office) and threat to nuclear arms control in voicing opposition
to the plan.

Let=92s say we=92re willing to pay the economic and international politic=
al
costs of moving ahead with Star Wars.  The question then becomes will
the system work?  To know that, one must first ask does the Pentagon
have in place a rigorous testing program to determine whether it will
work?

Judging from Friday=92s test and those planned over the next four years,
the answer is no.

The $100 million test =96 that=92s right, one hundred million dollars -- =
was
conducted under ridiculously easy conditions akin to lobbing a baseball
underhand to Mark McGwire, watching him hit the ball out of the park,
and calling it a success.  The test tells us more about the political
power of the major weapons contractors -- Boeing, Lockheed Martin,
Raytheon and TRW, all of which stand to make a killing off Star Wars --
than it does about whether the system will work or not.

President Clinton, who is to decide whether to move ahead with Star Wars
this fall,  should listen to the 50 Nobel laureates, independent
physicists, the international community, and the American people and
decide against deploying Star Wars.  If he instead listens to Boeing,
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and TRW, his legacy will be re-starting the
nuclear arms race.

Sincerely,

Joan Q. Public
Your Peace Group

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) U.S. Sets Stage for New Mini-Nuke Design
Date: 07 Jul 2000 17:30:07 -0700 (PDT)

Greetings Peace and environmental advocates: This extremely important item
has broad implications for all of our efforts. Read on...  --Marylia

U.S. Sets Stage to Design New, Deep-Burrowing "Mini-Nuke"

by Sally Light and Marylia Kelley

from Tri-Valley CAREs' July 2000 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

The Senate Armed Services Committee Report includes a provision for Fiscal
Year 2001 that would "require the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to
assess requirements and options for defeating hardened and deeply buried
targets. The provision would expressly authorize the Department of Energy
(DOE) to conduct any limited research and development that may be necessary
to complete such assessments." (Sec. 1018)

If approved by the full Congress and the President, this new law would lift
certain key restrictions imposed by a 1994 law barring the DOE nuclear
weapons labs from conducting research and development that could lead to
the production of  a precision, low-yield nuclear weapon with an explosive
force of less than 5 kilotons.

Thus, the change would enable the Livermore and Los Alamos labs to design
an entirely new nuclear weapon for the U.S. arsenal, a "mini-nuke" capable
of burrowing up to 1,000 feet underground before detonating.

In the 1990s, the weapons labs "modified" an existing B61 to create the
B61-11, with a variable yield beginning at 50 kilotons and an
earth-penetrating capability of about 300 feet.

If developed, the new "mini-nuke,"  would be tailor-made for use in
conventional conflicts, and against non-nuclear adversaries. This continues
an already insanely dangerous trend in U.S. nuclear policy, one in which
various existing nuclear bomb designs are being "modified"  or
"refurbished"  to make them more "usable."

As soon as it was deployed, the U.S. considered using the B61-11
earth-penetrator against Khadafy, and, according to one former Pentagon
official, the current idea would lead to a lower-yield, "deep penetrator
that could hold at risk a rogue state's deeply buried weapons or Saddam
Hussein's bunker without torching Baghdad."

Design studies for a new "mini-nuke," savage the spirit, not to mention the
preambular language, of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and
abrogate the disarmament imperative in Article VI of the Non-Proliferation
Treaty.

According to a June 12, 2000, article by Walter Pincus in the Washington
Post, support for this new, low-yield nuclear weapon comes from a small
group of senior Republican Senators and nuclear weapons lab officials (no
surprise).

This cadre of Strangeloves also thinks the U.S. should scuttle the CTBT
altogether and resume full-scale underground nuclear blasts. As Sandia Lab
President C. Paul Robinson explains it, "The U.S. will eventually need a
new, low yield nuclear weapon."

In a wider context, the Senate authorization for "mini-nuke" research must
be seen as part of an overall U.S. plan to keep nuclear weapons forever.
Witness, as two more examples, the current push to revive Star Wars and the
U.S. Space Command's plan to militarily control       the earth from the
sky by 2020, using space-based nuclear weapons and exotic laser technology.


Public outcry is crucial. What we all do, or fail to do, right now will
impact our Mother Earth's future.

Call us for copies of the NPT,  CTBT  or the U.S. Space Command's "Vision
2020" report. See also articles & fliers in the edition of Citizen's Watch.

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
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
campaign to get nuclear weapons taken off hair-trigger alert.



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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) NIF and the Congress
Date: 07 Jul 2000 17:40:02 -0700 (PDT)

Dear colleagues: Here is an update (and next steps) on the budget process
and the National Ignition Facility. Thanks to the Green Scissors Coalition
groups and others for their work on this. Read on... Marylia

Congress and the NIF: Budget Honeymoon May Be Ending

by Marylia Kelley

from Tri-Valley CAREs' July newsletter, Citizen's Watch

On June 1, 2000, the Dept. of Energy (DOE) missed its
Congressionally-mandated deadline to deliver a certified "rebaseline" of
the full cost to taxpayers for the problem-plagued National Ignition
Facility (NIF), currently under construction at Livermore Lab.

Instead, DOE requested a three-month extension, until mid-September. This
conveniently puts off delivery of the NIF  rebaseline until after Congress
finishes with the Fiscal Year 2001 budget. So, we taxpayers and lawmakers
alike are asked to take it on faith that DOE will control NIF's ballooning
costs and successfully resolve the mega-laser's various mission, managerial
and technical uncertainties.

On June 27, the NIF faced its first serious budget challenge when two
conscientious Congressmen, Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Dennis Kucinich (D-OH),
offered an amendment to cut $74.1 million from NIF's construction funding.

There would be only 36 hours between the time the Rules Committee allowed
their amendment and the vote on the floor of the House.

The two Representatives were gathering substantial support from both
parties, momentum was building to cut NIF and, as the public got wind of
it, there was an encouraging grassroots response.

Still, it seemed an impossibly short turn around time, and  the vote
wouldn't actually come to the floor until after 10 PM Tuesday. These
factors would hamper the valiant efforts of Ryan and Kucinich to achieve
the amendment's passage.

Kudos are in order for the fine speeches made by both Representatives,
covering all of the following: the multi-billion dollar cost overruns;
schedule slippages of a half-decade or more; scientific uncertainties; the
pending GAO report; the missing rebaseline; the myth of NIF's necessity to
maintenance of the arsenal; its proliferation risks; its role in promoting
a return to full-scale U.S. nuclear testing and more.

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) submitted testimony citing NIF's radioactive
wastes and stating eloquently that NIF "symbolizes the American failure to
lead the way on global arms control."

On the other side, Livermore Lab and DOE pulled out all the stops in order
to defeat the amendment. Interestingly, but not unexpectedly, several Reps.
who rose to oppose cutting NIF offered arguments taken directly from
Livermore Lab's lobbying materials, in some cases reading them word for
word off the page.

Leading the charge to oppose the amendment was Rep. Ellen Tauscher
(D-Livermore), who relied on the same old fallacies that Livermore Lab has
been selling since 1995, namely that NIF is a "cornerstone" of Stockpile
Stewardship, and "the best way to ensure the safety and reliability of our
nuclear weapons." (See box with quotes from prominent scientists, below.)

The one novel argument Tauscher offered was that the U.S. had already spent
nearly a billion on NIF and that in and of itself justified spending more.

The House Appropriations Committee Chair, Ron Packard (R-Oceanside), spoke
against the amendment but expressed misgivings about the NIF program. The
jury is still out, he said.

All in all, the Ryan-Kucinich NIF  amendment made a strong showing, but
failed on a voice vote.

Now the budget debate will move to the Senate. Upon its return from the
July 4th holiday, the Senate is expected to vote on its Appropriations
bill. That vote will specify how big a check the Senate is willing to write
for  NIF.

If the Senate cuts (or increases) NIF's budget, then any differences
between the House and Senate funding levels would be negotiated in
committee.

Stay tuned.

__________________ Scientists on NIF __________________________

Experts decry the myth that NIF is needed for maintaining nuclear weapons
"safety" & "reliability"

Edward Teller, known as the father of the hydrogen bomb, when asked about
the NIF's utility for this task, replied: "None whatsoever." Los Alamos
physicist Rod Schultz wrote in a lab publication that NIF's touted
importance to the weapons stockpile does "not reflect the technical
judgment of the nuclear weapons design community." Sandia Lab's former
vice-president Bob Peurifoy called NIF "worthless" for maintenance of the
arsenal. In a separate interview with another newspaper, Livermore weapons
scientist Seymour Sack called NIF "worse than worthless" for that task. Ray
Kidder, another Livermore Lab physicist, said: "As far as maintaining the
stockpile is concerned, [NIF] is not necessary." (Sources: Tri-Valley
Herald, Contra Costa Times, Albuquerque Tribune & Science Magazine.)


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
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
campaign to get nuclear weapons taken off hair-trigger alert.



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Subject: (abolition-usa) NMD Test Glitch
Date: 08 Jul 2000 03:00:03 +0100

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Tri-Valley CAREs is Hiring
Date: 09 Jul 2000 13:12:22 -0700 (PDT)

Dear colleagues: Tri-Valley CAREs -- located in Livermore, CA in the San
Francisco Bay Area -- has 2 positions opening up. Please consider us if
your skills and interests are a match -- or pass this notice on to others
who may be interested. Thank you.

Tri-Valley CAREs is Hiring

The Organization:
The group was founded in 1983 by area residents concerned about the nuclear
weapons programs and environmental pollution at the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory, a U.S. Dept. of Energy facility whose mission since
1952 has been to design and test nuclear weapons. Tri-Valley CAREs is the
primary community group monitoring Livermore Lab activities. Tri-Valley
CAREs also participates in several coalitions of groups that share similar
goals of peace, justice and a healthy environment. Tri-Valley CAREs has
been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear Accountability since
1989, and is a co-founding member of the Abolition 2000 global movement for
the elimination of nuclear weapons, the U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear
Weapons and the Back From the Brink Campaign to get nuclear weapons taken
off hair-trigger alert. (More information can be found on Tri-Valley CAREs'
website at http://www.igc/org/tvc.)

Program Associate:
Will perform research, analysis, writing and public education duties on
select nuclear weapons and waste topics in support of the organization's
program goals. Our programs include: (1) redefining the Dept. of Energy's
so-called "Stockpile Stewardship" program in order to prevent the
development of new nuclear weapons; (2) stopping the National Ignition
Facility, a nuclear weapons research facility being built at Livermore Lab;
(3) investigating the potential impacts of nuclear activities on community
health; (4) promoting cleanup of radioactive and toxic pollutants; and, (5)
safeguarding the community from future contamination.

Resources Developer:
Working as an independent contractor, will conduct grassroots, foundation
and major donor fundraising and related duties critical to the success and
growth of the organization and achievement of its program goals, listed
above.

To apply:
Please send cover letter, resume and a completely original writing sample
to Marylia Kelley, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CAREs, 2582 Old First
Street, Livermore, CA 94550.

For full descriptions of the two positions available, or for more
information about Tri-Valley CAREs and its programs, check our website at
http://www.igc.org/tvc or call our office at [phone].


Marylia Kelley
Executive Director,
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA 94550
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web site: http://www.igc.org/tvc



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From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) US CAMPAIGN: NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION TO COMMEMORATE TRINITY
Date: 10 Jul 2000 01:06:01 -0700

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US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION TO COMMEMORATE TRINITY

Sunday, July 16, will mark the 55th anniversary of the world's first nuclear
test, "Trinity," on Mescalero Apache land near Alamagordo, New Mexico. As part
of the Fellowship of Reconciliation's 40-day People's Campaign for Nonviolence,
the US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS will commemorate this solemn
anniversary by conducting a vigil on the Mall in Washington, DC from 2 - 4 pm,
to remind the American public that nuclear weapons research, development and
testing is continuing today. The vigil will debut a spectacular, huge new
banner, made by Bay Area graphic artist, Susan Dembowski, which lists in
alphabetical order all 1000+ US nuclear tests, from Trinity to the most recent
subcritical. (The next subcritical test at the Nevada Test Site on Western
Shoshone land is expected in August.). While holding the banner, participants
will read aloud the names of the tests as part of a litany of "remembrance for
the nuclear age." The vigil will conclude with the sounding of a World Word
II-era air raid siren.

Groups around the country are encouraged to organize their own Trinity
commemorations. The complete list of tests and the litany of "remembrance for
the nuclear age" are available upon request, by e-mail or fax, from Western
States Legal Foundation ([e-mail]) or the Atomic Mirror
([e-mail]). Later in the week, a press release will also be
available. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOUR GROUP IS PLANNING AN EVENT so we can
include it in the release.

IMPORTANT: If you know people who will be in Washington, DC on July 16 and who
would be available to join the vigil please let us know, and help us to get in
touch with them. The banner, in seven sections, requires at least 14 people to
hold it! The Fellowship of Reconciliation's 40-day People's Campaign for
Nonviolence in Washington D.C. from July 1 through August 9 is calling for an
end to our culture of violence and injustice, for disarmament, and for the
creation of a culture of nonviolence and justice. The US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH
NUCLEAR WEAPONS is the US section of the Abolition 2000 Global Network. Western
States Legal Foundation is serving as its interim clearinghouse. If your group
received a US AMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS Resource Booklet (yellow
cover) in the mail a few months ago and hasn't yet sent back the enclosed
questionnaire, please do so now! Or, let
us know if you need another copy and we'll send one along.

WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON!! -- Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal
Foundation and Pamela Meidell, The Atomic Mirror, on behalf of the Coordinating
Committee of the US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS



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Jacqueline Cabasso
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
1440 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, California 94612 USA
Tel: + 1 [phone]
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Western States Legal Foundation is a founding member of the
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Sunday, July 16, will mark the 55th anniversary of the world's first
nuclear test, "Trinity," on Mescalero Apache land near
Alamagordo, New Mexico. As part of the Fellowship of Reconciliation's
40-day People's Campaign for Nonviolence, the US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH
NUCLEAR WEAPONS will commemorate this solemn anniversary by conducting a
vigil on the Mall in Washington, DC from 2 - 4 pm, to remind the American
public that nuclear weapons research, development and testing is
continuing today. The vigil will debut a spectacular, huge new banner,
made by Bay Area graphic artist, Susan Dembowski, which lists in
alphabetical order all 1000+ US nuclear tests, from Trinity to the most
recent subcritical. (The next subcritical test at the Nevada Test Site on
Western Shoshone land is expected in August.). While holding the banner,
participants will read aloud the names of the tests as part of a litany
of "remembrance for the nuclear age." The vigil will conclude
with the sounding of a World Word II-era air raid siren.<br>
<br>
Groups around the country are encouraged to organize their own Trinity
commemorations. The complete list of tests and the litany of
"remembrance for the nuclear age" are available upon request,
by e-mail or fax, from Western States Legal Foundation
([e-mail]) or the Atomic Mirror ([e-mail]).
Later in the week, a press release will also be <br>
available. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOUR GROUP IS PLANNING AN EVENT so we
can include it in the release.<br>
<br>
IMPORTANT: If you know people who will be in Washington, DC on July 16
and who would be available to join the vigil please let us know, and help
us to get in touch with them. The banner, in seven sections, requires at
least 14 people to hold it! The Fellowship of Reconciliation's 40-day
People's Campaign for Nonviolence in Washington D.C. from July 1 through
August 9 is calling for an end to our culture of violence and injustice,
for disarmament, and for the creation of a culture of nonviolence and
justice. The US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS is the US section of
the Abolition 2000 Global Network. Western States Legal Foundation is
serving as its interim clearinghouse. If your group received a US AMPAIGN
TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS Resource Booklet (yellow cover) in the mail a
few months ago and hasn't yet sent back the enclosed questionnaire,
please do so now! Or, let <br>
us know if you need another copy and we'll send one along.<br>
<br>
WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON!! -- Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal
Foundation and Pamela Meidell, The Atomic Mirror, on behalf of the
Coordinating Committee of the US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR=20
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Tel: + 1 [phone]<br>
Fax: + 1 [phone]<br>
Western States Legal Foundation is a founding member of the <br>
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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/10 - Daybook
Date: 10 Jul 2000 07:36:01 -0400

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Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000710214658.htm

        Land mines conference =97 all day =97 Physicians for Human Rights=
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U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines hold a Conference on Landmines.
    Highlights =97 6 p.m. =97 Rep. Jim McGovern, Massachusetts Democrat,
participates.
    Location: Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave. NW. Contact:
202/543-1094.

    War Resisters rally =97 9 a.m. =97 War Resisters League holds a "Penny=
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Military spending protest rally. Location: Washington Monument grounds (near
15th Street and Constitution Avenue NW). Contact: 212/228-0450.

    Chemical weapons discussion =97 12:15 p.m. =97 Monterey Institute of
International Studies' Center for Nonproliferation Studies presents a
discussion on "The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons=
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Office, 11 Dupont Circle NW, ninth floor. Contact: 202/478-3409.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

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Statement by Governor George W. Bush regarding missile defense:
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the right leadership, America can develop an effective missile defense=
 system.
In view of the potential threat we face from an accidental launch or an=
 attack
from a rogue nation, the United States must press forward to develop and=
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"While last night's test is a disappointment, I remain confident that,=
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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) DC2K & Global Peace Walk in Missouri
Date: 10 Jul 2000 16:00:51 -0700

The Global Peace Walk 2000 left Kansas City MO today en route to arrival in
Columbia for events July 16th (55th anniversary of first atomic bomb test)
and St. Louis arrival July 23rd, carrying many survival issue messages under
the banner of "Global Peace Now!" as a universal human resolve.   We need
help with Columbia and St. Louis hospitality and networking so please pass
the word and let me know who you know that is interested.

If you know folks doing July 16th events please coordinate with us for wider
outreach.

Please alert your networks that we need help asap with arrangements and
publicity for events in Missouri this month and also towards rallying large
participation in (DC2K) events while the walk is in Washington DC October
6-12 on its way to the United Nations in NYC.

The walkers expect their numbers to increase dramatically for the final leg
of the walk from St. Louis on with some folks coming from Japan and places
around the country.

They have received good local media coverage in cities along the way and
collected many messages, and letters and proclamations of support to deliver
in DC and to the UN.  Please send me your message/letter for the walk to
help publicize.

After July 23rd arrival at the St. Louis Zoo on the outskirts, a team of
coordinators will remain in St. Lois to help organize while some of the
walkers will go to Rosebud South Dakota to take part in the Sundance there
with Leonard Crow Dog to complete their four years Sundance commitment.  The
walk will then start again from the Zoo to the East-West Gateway Arch on the
Mississippi River in St. Louis on the August 15th 55th anniversary of the
end of World War II and we are promoting nationally for that date
coordinated local events for formulating a 21st Century Global Peace Treaty
outlining problems and endorseable solutions to today's global problems.

They have asked me to spread the word that they need donations of Airline
frequent flyer coupons to enable indigenous elders to come and join the DC
to UN leg and events.  If you can help on this please email me directly.

More info on the walk http://www.globalpeacenow.org


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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) US DEFENCE SECY COHEN IN SYDNEY, 15/16 JULY PLS SIGN/SEND
Date: 11 Jul 2000 13:21:48 +1000

PLEASE SIGN AND/OR SEND THE  LETTERS BELOW

Dear Australian NGOs,

US defence Secretary William Cohen will be in Sydney talking to foreign
minister Downer and defence minister John Moore on the 15th and 16th.

A vigil will be held outside where he is staying (probably the
intercontinental Hotel in Sydney) from 12 noon to 2pm Sunday. (organised by
Dennis Doherty and myself)

Talks will be held on Monday in HMAS Kuttubul in Potts Point.

In the meantime, I am urging people who are in any way concerned over what
NMD might do to the global disarmament agenda to:

Fax our foreign minister Alexander Downer on 02-6273-4112 (or on
08-8370-8166 if you are in SA)
Fax Cohen himself on 1-703-695-1149.

If you are an organisation, please sign the letters below as well as
sending one yourself along similar lines.

There is a short letter to Cohen, a short letter to Downer re Cohen, and
the same sample letter that I have been circulating round the whole planet
for people to send to Clinton, Cohen, Bush, and Gore.

Happy faxing!

After faxing Downer and Cohen, You may want to use the two websites below
to fax Clinton as well.(this is for free)

Greenpeace now has a website from which you can send a fax about BMD to
Clinton. it is:

http://www.stopstarwars.org/

You should also visit the 'Dont Blow it' website at
 http://DontBlowit.org.
from which you can send the president a free e-postcard.


1) SHORT SAMPLE LETTER FOR AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE AND NGOS TO SEND TO COHEN
(PLEASE ALSO SIGN IT IUF YOU ARE AN NGO)

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE SA,
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE SYDNEY
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE S. COAST
PAX CHRISTI NSW
SYDNEY ANTI-BASES COALITION
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT W.A.,

RE: NMD

WILLIAM S. COHEN, DEFENCE SECRETARY, UNITED STATES, [phone]
cc
Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer
02-6273-4112, 08-8370-8166, 6261-2151.
US EMBASSY CANBERRA, 02-6214-5970,6214-5930
US CONSULATE SYDNEY 9373-9125

Dear Defence Secretary Cohen,
I am writing in view of your  trip to Australia.

No doubt the subject of NMD formed part of your discussions in Beijing.

The organizations named above, and signed below, wish to point out that the
Australian Senate on 29th June, passed a motion in which it called on your
country:

1)Not to deploy a national missile defence system.

2)Called on the US and Russia to proceed with the early implementation  and
entry into force of START-II and negotiation of START-III as soon as
possible,

3)Called on you to outline how you will implement the final document of the
NPT Review Conference requirement that nuclear weapons play a diminishing
role in security policies,

4)Urged the US and Russia to maintain the integrity of the ABM treaty.

The failure last Saturday of the NMD test, indicates that an NMD system
cannot make a positive contribution to the security of the US or its allies
including Australia.

Concern over the possible deployment of NMD has been expressed by the UN
Secretary General, Russia, China, the European Union, France, Germany,
Sweden, and Non-Aligned Movement and the New Agenda Coalition. 50 US Nobel
prizewinners including some of the most respected names in Physics, have
urged you not to proceed with NMD.

Accordingly we too, urge you to take note of the Australian Senate
resolution and not to proceed with NMD.

Signed:
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee SA., Adelaide
Babs Fuller- Quinn, Coordinator, Australian Peace Committee Sydney,
Doreen Borrow, Australian Peace Committee South Coast,
Jack Forward,  Central Coast Peace Forum,
Dennis Doherty, Pax Christi New South Wales,
Hannah Middleton, Sydney Anti-Bases Coalition,
Jo Vallentine, People for Nuclear Disarmament Western Australia,
Pauline Mitchell, Secy., Campaign for International Cooperation and
Disarmament,(CICD) Melbourne,


2)LETTER FOR AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE AND NGOS TO SEND TO FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNER
(PLEASE ALSO SIGN IT IF YOU ARE AN NGO)

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE S.A.,
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE SYDNEY
SOUTH COAST PEACE COMMITTEE
CENTRAL COAST PEACE FORUM
PAX CHRISTI NSW
SYDNEY ANTI-BASES COALITION
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT W.A.,


ATTN ALEXANDER DOWNER
02-6273-4112,  08-8370-8166
CC
DFAT, 02-6261-2151
SENATOR LYN ALLISON, 02-6277-3087
SENATOR MEG LEES, 02-8295-8911
LAURIE BRERETON 9349-8089

RE: VISIT OF US DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN

Dear Alexander Downer,

The organizations named above and signed below are writing with respect to
the imminent visit of US Secretary for Defence, William S. Cohen, to urge
you to make the strongest possible expressions of concern with respect to
US proposals to deploy a National Missile Defence (NMD) system, which when
tested over last weekend, failed completely.

National Missile Defence has been criticized as being at the same time,
both ineffective, probably physically impossible, and at the same time
destabilizing.

Expressions of strong concern over it have been made at the Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York, by UN secretary
General Kofi Annan, by the European Union, France, Germany, Sweden,
Portugal, by the Non-Aligned Movement, by the New Agenda Coalition, and
others.

Russia has threatened that if the US violates the ABM treaty, as deployment
of NMD would, it will 'tear up' arms control agreements to date. China will
almost certainly greatly increase the size of its currently minimal nuclear
deterrent force if NMD is deployed. Both these developments will lead the
world back to nuclear arms- racing.

Within the US, 50 US Nobel prizewinners (Half the Nobel prizewinners in the
US) have written to President Clinton to ask that NMD not proceed. The
American Physical Society, the top physics body in the US, has expressed
the almost unanimous opinion that NMD as proposed is physically impossible.

The Australian Senate on 29th June, passed a motion calling on the US not
to proceed with NMD.

It called for:

1)The US Not to deploy a National Missile Defence (NMD) system.

2)Called on the US and Russia to proceed with the early implementation  and
entry into force of START-II and negotiation of START-III as soon as
possible,

3)Called on nuclear weapons states to outline how they will implement the
final document of the NPT Review Conference requirement that nuclear
weapons play a diminishing role in security policies,

4)Urged the US and Russia to maintain the integrity of the ABM treaty.

In view of both the clearly destabilizing effects of the deployment of NMD
and of its highly problematic technical aspects which mean that it will
make no contribution (or a negative one) to the security of either the US
or US allies including Australia, we urge you to make the very strongest
representations to defence Secretary Cohen when he visits this coming
weekend.

Signed
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee SA,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Coordinator, Australian Peace Committee Sydney,
Doreen Borrow, Coordinator, South Coast Peace Committee,
George Gotsis, Coordinator, Greek Peace Committee, Sydney,
Jack Forward, Central Coast Peace Forum,
Dennis Doherty, Pax Christi New South Wales,
Hannah Middleton, Sydney Anti-Bases Coalition,
Jo Vallentine, People for Nuclear Disarmament Western Australia,
Pauline Mitchell, Secy., Campaign for International Cooperation and
Disarmament, Melbourne,



3)SAMPLE LETTER FOR WHOLE PLANET TO SEND TO BILL CLINTON, WILLIAM S. COHEN,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, BUSH, GORE, AND RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEES.

(Do not sign this. It is to give you more ideas as to what to write to
Cohen and to Clkinton if you would like to write to Clinton)

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, 1-202-456-2461,

SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT 1-202-647-6047

SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN 1-703-695-1149
cc
George Bush
Al Gore

Dear President Clinton, William Cohen, Madeleine Albright, and Presidential
candidates,

I am writing to urge you not to proceed with proposals for a national
ballistic missile defence system.  Missile defence schemes respond to a
nonexistent or exaggerated threat,  are not the solution to real threats,
make the rest of the US's security environment less safe, sabotage nuclear
disarmament efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the
rest of the world, and show contempt for the opinions of US allies and the
rest of the world.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed.

At the very same conference, the UN Secretary General, and representatives
of Russia, China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European community, the New
Agenda Coalition and the Non- aligned movement have all expressed strongly
that they believe the ABM treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic
stability. They do not think it should be modified to allow a missile
defence system,  still less abrogated unilaterally.  On your recent
European trip, leaders of Europe and Russia have made the same point.
America simply cannot ignore the strongly repeated opinion of the whole
world, that the ABM treaty should not be modified to permit BMD.

Furthermore:

1)The threat that the national missile defence system is supposed to
address, namely that of missile - equipped  so- called  'rogue states' is
in all likelihood, nonexistent.

2) A  state that really wished to inflict serious damage on the US would
probaby rather smuggle a nuclear explosive device into a US city by means
that are more reliable and more difficult to trace than missiles.

3)There are serious doubts as to whether this system can work at all, or as
to whether any missile defence system can ever work.  The problems posed
even by relatively simple decoys are probably technically insoluble.

4)National (and theatre) missile defence schemes are unsustainably costly,
and cost estimates are likely to rise without limit.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on real
solutions to global  strategic security.  The highest priorities have to be
the elimination of as many warheads as possible under any START-III
agreement with Russia, and  the removal of  strategic missile forces from
high alert status as advocated by the Canberra Commission, subsequent UN
resolutions and the final NPT declaration.

In this respect, the commitment of Candidate Bush to deep cuts in warhead
numbers and to reductions in alert status are worthy of support.
Commitments to costly and dangerous missile defence schemes are worthy only
of opposition.

Yours Sincerely,
Signed
....

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
Fax [phone]  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/11 - Daybook; Prez Candidates; 7/16 and 7/18
Date: 11 Jul 2000 08:17:12 -0400

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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/default-2000711215727.htm

    9:30 a.m. =97 House Commerce oversight and investigations subcommittee=
 holds
a hearing, "Weaknesses in Classified Information Security Controls at DOE's
Nuclear Weapons Laboratories." Location: 2322 Rayburn House Office Building.
Contact: 202/225-2927.

    10 a.m. =97 Armed Services special oversight panel on Department of=
 Energy
reorganization holds a hearing on implementation issues related to the
establishment of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Location:=
 2212
Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-4151.

    11 a.m. =97 Resources energy and mineral resources subcommittee holds a
hearing to examine laws, policies and practices of the Interior and Energy
departments relating to payments to their employees from outside sources.
Location: 1324 Longworth House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-2761.

Land mines conference =97 all day =97 Physicians for Human Rights and the=
 U.S.
Campaign to Ban Landmines hold a conference on land mines. Location:=
 Washington
Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave. NW. Contact: 202/543-1094.
 =20
    First Monday 2000 rally =97 1 p.m. =97 The Alliance for Justice and=
 Physicians
for Social Responsibility sponsor a rally to start First Monday 2000, a=
 major
anti-gun violence event and national day of action scheduled for Oct. 2,=
 2000,
to spark discussion and activism to reduce gun violence. Attorney General=
 Janet
Reno participates. Location: National Education Association, 1201 16th St.=
 NW.
Contact: 202/371-1999 or 202/822-6070.

2) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

VICE PRESIDENT GORE - Travels to Little Rock, Ark.

George W. Bush - Royal Oak and Detroit, Michigan
        12:00 p.m. - Judson Center, 4410 West 13 Mile, Royal Oak, MI,
248/549-1719
        6:15 p.m. - : Michigan Republican Party's Max Fisher Dinner,=
 Marriott
Detroit Renaissance Center, Ballroom on 4th floor, 400 Renaissance Center,
Detroit, MI, 313/568-8000

Ralph Nader - Baltimore, MD
        2:45 pm - Address to the delegates   NAACP National Convention=20
Convention Center Baltimore, MD

Pat Buchanan - New York
        2:00 PM - Fundraiser/Reception at The Princeton Club, 15 West 43rd
Street, NYC, NY

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3) JULY 16, 2000 - US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS NATIONAL DAY OF
ACTION TO COMMEMORATE TRINITY

Sunday, July 16, will mark the 55th anniversary of the world's first nuclear
test, Trinity," on Mescalero Apache land near Alamagordo, New Mexico. As=
 part
of the ellowship of Reconciliation's 40-day People's Campaign for=
 Nonviolence,
the US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS will commemorate this solemn
anniversary by conducting a vigil on the Mall in Washington, DC from 2 - 4=
 pm,
to remind the American public that nuclear weapons research, development and
testing is ontinuing today. The vigil will debut a spectacular, huge new
banner, made by Bay area graphic artist, Susan Dembowski, which lists in
alphabetical order all 1000+ US nuclear tests, from Trinity to the most=
 recent
subcritical. (The next subcritical test at the Nevada Test Site on Western
Shoshone land is expected in August.). While holding the banner,=
 participants
will read aloud the names of the tests as part of a litany of "remembrance=
 for
the nuclear age." The vigil will conclude with the sounding of a World Word
II-era air raid siren.

Groups around the country are encouraged to organize their own Trinity
commemorations. The complete list of tests and the litany of "remembrance=
 for
the nuclear age" are available upon request, by e-mail or fax, from Western
States Legal Foundation ([e-mail]) or the Atomic Mirror
([e-mail]). Later in the week, a press release will also be
available. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOUR GROUP IS PLANNING AN EVENT so we can
include it in the release.

IMPORTANT: If you know people who will be in Washington, DC on July 16 and=
 who
would be available to join the vigil please let us know, and help us to get=
 in
touch with them. The banner, in seven sections, requires at least 14 people=
 to
hold it! The Fellowship of Reconciliation's 40-day People's Campaign for
Nonviolence in Washington D.C. from July 1 through August 9 is calling for=
 an
end to our culture of violence and injustice, for disarmament, and for the
creation of a culture of nonviolence and justice. The US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH
NUCLEAR WEAPONS is the US section of the Abolition 2000 Global Network.=
 Western
States Legal Foundation is serving as its interim clearinghouse. If your=
 group
received a US AMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS Resource Booklet (yellow
cover) in the mail a few months ago and hasn't yet sent back the enclosed
questionnaire, please do so now! Or, let us know if you need another copy=
 and
we'll send one along.

WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON!! -- Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal
Foundation and Pamela Meidell, The Atomic Mirror, on behalf of the=
 Coordinating
Committee of the US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS, 1440 Broadway,=
 Suite
500, Oakland, California 94612 USA, Tel: + 1 [phone], Fax: + 1 (510)
839-5397

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4.  JULY 18 - Come Protest the STAR WARS SCANDAL

* US Capitol=20
* East House Lawn=20
* Tuesday, July 18=20
* 11 am - 12 Noon

Join Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Peace Action and our 50-foot mock nuclear
missile as we protest wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on a weapon that
won't work.

Led by Rep. Kucinich, 53 representatives wrote FBI Director Louis Freeh on=
 June
15, 2000 to request a special investigation into the alleged coverup of=
 faulty
Star Wars tests revealed by MIT professor Ted Postol. Dr. Postol's letter to
the White House has been classified and he has since been visited by Defense
Security Officers in an attempt to further silence the truth.

It's Time to Blow the Lid Off . . . . . . the Star Wars Rush to Failure

For more information, contact Peace Action at 202.862.9740x3002. For
information about PAEF's missile stop tour, click here:=20
http://www.peace-action.org/missile_stop.html.

James C. Bridgman=20
Research & Resource Coordinator=20
Peace Action Education Fund=20
mailto:[e-mail]=20
http://www.peace-action.org=20
202.862.9740x3041=20
fax: [phone]=20
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: U.S. Sets Stage for New Mini-Nuke Design
Date: 11 Jul 2000 06:58:59 -0700 (PDT)

Dear Tara and other interested colleagues:
You wrote:
I just received an e-mail on the mini-nukes, and while it is very
informative , it is also frustrating that by the end of the email I
still do not know who I should be protesting to. It would be much
more effective to tell the recipients how to take action.
Thanks, Tara
Reply:
Thanks for your note asking how the provision in the Senate Armed Services
Report mandating research and development activity on a new "mini-nuke" can
be stopped. I have appended that article again below for clarity. The
mini-nuke language is section  1018 of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Report. The "assessment" and attendant R&D for mini-nukes can be stopped in
two ways. First, the Senate Defense Authorization has yet to go before the
whole Senate for a vote. Folks can call their Senators and ask them to
"strike" the language in that section -- meaning take it out. If that
doesn't occur, then the second opportunity to "strike" that mini-nuke
language will come when the Senate and House have a conference committee
(probably in mid to late August) to work out the places where one body's
language is different than the other. Since there was no such mini-nuke
language in the House bill, the Senators and Representatives who are
participating on the conference committee can decide to put it in or strike
it out. Therefore, folks can also call their Representative and ask him or
her to work with the conference committee to make sure the mini-nuke
language is taken out. I hope the above does not sound too esoteric or
complicated. In short, it means that both your Senatrors and your
Representative have an opportunity to get rid of the mini-nuke language
NOW. Calls should be made by constituents in July to give them a chance to
get educated on this topic. You may want to send them a copy of the article
with your comments. Peace, Marylia

The original article:
U.S. Sets Stage to Design New, Deep-Burrowing "Mini-Nuke"

by Sally Light and Marylia Kelley

from Tri-Valley CAREs' July 2000 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

The Senate Armed Services Committee Report includes a provision for Fiscal
Year 2001 that would "require the Secretaries of Defense and Energy to
assess requirements and options for defeating hardened and deeply buried
targets. The provision would expressly authorize the Department of Energy
(DOE) to conduct any limited research and development that may be necessary
to complete such assessments." (Sec. 1018)

If approved by the full Congress and the President, this new law would lift
certain key restrictions imposed by a 1994 law barring the DOE nuclear
weapons labs from conducting research and development that could lead to
the production of  a precision, low-yield nuclear weapon with an explosive
force of less than 5 kilotons.

Thus, the change would enable the Livermore and Los Alamos labs to design
an entirely new nuclear weapon for the U.S. arsenal, a "mini-nuke" capable
of burrowing up to 1,000 feet underground before detonating.

In the 1990s, the weapons labs "modified" an existing B61 to create the
B61-11, with a variable yield beginning at 50 kilotons and an
earth-penetrating capability of about 300 feet.

If developed, the new "mini-nuke,"  would be tailor-made for use in
conventional conflicts, and against non-nuclear adversaries. This continues
an already insanely dangerous trend in U.S. nuclear policy, one in which
various existing nuclear bomb designs are being "modified"  or
"refurbished"  to make them more "usable."

As soon as it was deployed, the U.S. considered using the B61-11
earth-penetrator against Khadafy, and, according to one former Pentagon
official, the current idea would lead to a lower-yield, "deep penetrator
that could hold at risk a rogue state's deeply buried weapons or Saddam
Hussein's bunker without torching Baghdad."

Design studies for a new "mini-nuke," savage the spirit, not to mention the
preambular language, of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) and
abrogate the disarmament imperative in Article VI of the Non-Proliferation
Treaty.

According to a June 12, 2000, article by Walter Pincus in the Washington
Post, support for this new, low-yield nuclear weapon comes from a small
group of senior Republican Senators and nuclear weapons lab officials (no
surprise).

This cadre of Strangeloves also thinks the U.S. should scuttle the CTBT
altogether and resume full-scale underground nuclear blasts. As Sandia Lab
President C. Paul Robinson explains it, "The U.S. will eventually need a
new, low yield nuclear weapon."

In a wider context, the Senate authorization for "mini-nuke" research must
be seen as part of an overall U.S. plan to keep nuclear weapons forever.
Witness, as two more examples, the current push to revive Star Wars and the
U.S. Space Command's plan to militarily control       the earth from the
sky by 2020, using space-based nuclear weapons and exotic laser technology.


Public outcry is crucial. What we all do, or fail to do, right now will
impact our Mother Earth's future.

Call us for copies of the NPT,  CTBT  or the U.S. Space Command's "Vision
2020" report. See also articles & fliers inside.

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
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) mini-nukes
Date: 11 Jul 2000 07:07:22 -0700 (PDT)

Hi colleagues. Just a short note to follow on my comments regarding
stopping the current mini-nukes language in the Senate bill. I hope you all
understand that as important as stopping that provision is (and it is
important!), a lot of mini-nuke research has gone on and will continue in
the weapons design labs (Livermore, Los Alamos and Sandia). Stopping this
latest Senate attempt to facilitate even more mini-nuke R&D must be part of
our overall efforts to (1) change U.S. nuclear weapons policy, (2) stop the
U.S. nuclear weapons program, called Stockpile Stewardship, in all its
aspects, and (3) achieve disarmament! 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

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Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: WTO Seattle -Lawyers Guild Draft Report on loss of
Date: 11 Jul 2000 11:41:03 -0400

>Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 01:58:10 -0400
>Subject: WTO Seattle -Lawyers Guild Draft Report on loss of democratic rt
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>WTO Activist ([e-mail])    Posted: 07/09/2000  By
>[e-mail]
>============================================================
>
>This report "Draft Report on the Level of Paramilitary Response and
>Loss of Democratic Rights During the Seattle Round of the World Trade
>Organization Ministerial"  pays particular attention to the thinning
>lines between law enforcement and the military and the adverse
>effects this loss of delineation is having on civil liberties..... It
>provides concrete examples of the way the WTO has subverted
>democratic institutions, and had detrimental effects on human rights,
>the environment, safety and labor laws....... It notes that the U.S.
>economy, is a wartime economy.  Since the collapse of the Soviet
>Union, much of those resources that were devoted to the military have
>been devoted to law enforcement, with major military contractors
>building prisons and designing "less lethal weapon systems." ......
>This dynamic has created an enlarged and militarized law
>enforcement system. The report.. examines the way military tactics,
>training and weaponry have come to dominate law enforcement. .....The
>report then looks at the aftermath that is taking place now in
>Seattle and issues recommendations !!
> See following news release on the report and find the full text of
>the lengthy 60 page report with 7 chapters  at: http://www.nlg.org .
>
> FYI- janet
>
>==============================================
>
>SEATTLE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD RELEASES DRAFT REPORT ON WTO
>MINISTERIAL
>
>CONTACT: Paul Richmond, [e-mail],
>PO Box 95242, Seattle WA, 98145-2242
>
>TEXT OF REPORT ONLINE AT:
>www.students.washington.edu/uwnlg/
>www.nlg.org
>
>The Seattle Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild has just released its
>report on the World Trade Organization Ministerial.  The report examines
>what took place in Seattle as an example of larger trends brought about by
>destructive economic policies.  The report pays particular attention to
>the thinning lines between law enforcement and the military and the
>adverse effects this loss of delineation is having on civil liberties.
>
> The report begins with an overview of the WTO.  It provides the
>historical framework of the WTO as an institution born of the think tanks
>which were themselves created by the illicit fortunes of the robber
>barons.  It provides concrete examples of the way the WTO has subverted
>democratic institutions, and had detrimental effects on human rights, the
>environment, safety and labor laws.
>
>Following this, the report traces the way the WTO was brought to
>Seattle.  It examines the lack of process that took place - most members
>of the Seattle City Council seem not to have been consulted until after
>the event was a done deal.  Moreover, Seattle and King County are areas
>with a history of resistance to WTO and GATT.  King County was declared an
>MAI free zone months before the WTO's arrival had been announced. Seattle
>was declared an MAI free zone weeks after the WTO's selection of Seattle
>as it's Ministerial site was announced.
>
>Next comes a report of what took place on the streets of Seattle in the
>weeks leading up to the Ministerial and during the Ministerial
>itself.  The report utilizes information from  its 200 legal observers,
>and hundreds of witness declarations.  It also utilizes information
>gained from public disclosure and from email chatlines utilized by
>participating members of law enforcement, including commanders and line
>members of the Seattle Police Department. A picture is painted of
>confused, inexperienced law enforcement officers armed with frighteningly
>powerful, potentially lethal weaponry and little idea of what to do with
>it.  Random forays seem to be launched against random groups of
>demonstrators.  Thousands of people, including bystanders, are exposed to
>potentially lethal chemical agents hours before the first window is
>broken.  Masked unmarked police invade the most densely populated area on
>the West Coast North of San Francisco, attacking residents and
>shoppers.  Those arrested are often subjected to conditions resembling
>torture. Weapons are repeatedly deployed in ways that may be potentially
>lethal.  Police themselves, are often injured by their own weapons.
>
>The official reports that have been released by law enforcement
>consultants all paint pictures of a police force that should have used
>more force and should have utilized it earlier.  The NLG draft report
>looks at the economic and political reasons these law enforcement
>administrators have adopted this perspective.
>
> It notes that the U.S. economy, is a wartime economy.  Since the collapse
>of the Soviet Union, much of those resources that were devoted to the
>military have been devoted to law enforcement, with major military
>contractors building prisons and designing "less lethal weapon
>systems."   It looks at the moves to classify political dissent as a type
>of warfare, and to utilize recent demonstrations such as the WTO
>Ministerial as examples of why more force should be used.
>
> It notes the way the factors that have created a shrinking middle class,
>have further divided the "haves" and the "have-nots."  The picture is one
>of a global village where the majority of the world's population lives in
>slums and prisons and a wealthy few ride around in armored limousines from
>fortified enclave to fortified enclave.  This dynamic has created an
>enlarged and militarized law enforcement system.
>
>The report then examines the thinning lines between the military, who are
>trained to kill, and law enforcement who are trained to preserve
>lives.  It examines the way military tactics, training and weaponry have
>come to dominate law enforcement.  Citing testimony of law enforcement
>professionals, the report then traces the disastrous effect this blending
>of the two has had on the fabric of democracy and members of law
>enforcement themselves.  It examines the disastrous way this dynamic has
>played out in the past and the disastrous way this dynamic played out
>during the WTO Ministerial.  Citing past work in the field, the report
>shows how such trends can endanger both the fabric of democratic society
>and the law enforcement officers themselves.
>
>Particular attention is paid to the use of "less lethal" weaponry.   The
>origins of rubber bullets, flying truncheons, CS and CN are examined.  All
>began as weapons designed to put down rebellions and fight wars.  All were
>gradually exported into the areas of law enforcement.  Looking at the
>training materials provided by the manufacturers themselves, the lethality
>of these substances is examined in detail.
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>other than the buttocks or thighs, it's usually a potentially trauma
>inducing or lethal use of force.
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>these weapons than to simply arrest offenders.
>
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>easily been lethal.  Part of the reason for this is that given the
>specific parameters of these weapons use, it is impossible to use them in
>situations where there a dozen people moving around, let alone hundreds or
>thousands.
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>corporations.
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>The report then looks at the aftermath that is taking place now in Seattle
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>
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>weapons inappropriate for dealing with political protest.
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>waves of inexperienced new hires, and more lethal weaponry is having on
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) FAXING DEFENCE SECY COHEN, DOWNER, IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA RE BMD
Date: 12 Jul 2000 12:00:20 +1000

US DEFENCE SECRETARY COHEN IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA FROM 15TH TO 17TH JULY

FAX COHEN IN AUSTRALIA  ABOUT BMD/NMD ON 'C/O DON Q WASHINGTON
[phone]'
FAX FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNER ABOUT BMD/NMD ON 61-2-6273-4112

Dear Australian NGOs,

US Defence Secretary William Cohen will be in Sydney talking to Foreign
Minister Downer and Defence minister John Moore on the 15th and 16th.  He
will have just come from Beijing, where no doubt he'll be getting an earful
on BMD/NMD from the Chinese.

A vigil will be held outside where he is staying (possibly the
intercontinental Hotel in Sydney - to be confirmed) from 12 noon to 2pm
Sunday. (organised by Dennis Doherty and myself)

Talks will be held on Monday with Australian Foreign Minister Downer and
Defence Minister Moore  in HMAS Kuttubul in Potts Point.

I am urging people who are in any way concerned over what NMD might do to
the global disarmament agenda to:

Fax our foreign minister Alexander Downer on 61-2-6273-4112 (or on
08-8370-8166 if you are in SA)

Fax Cohen himself on 1-703-695-1149, in the US and on [phone] in
Australia (Put C/O Don Q.Washington - Re BMD on it).

The letters below have been sent to Cohen and Downer by Australian NGOs and
parliamentarians.

You are encouraged not only to customise and send these letters yourself,
but, if you are an organisation, to sign on to the ones below being sent by
NGOs.

There is a short letter to Cohen, a short letter to Downer re Cohen, and
the same sample letter that I have been circulating round the whole planet
for people to send to Clinton, Cohen, Bush, and Gore.

Happy faxing!

After faxing Downer and Cohen, You may want to use the two websites below
to fax Clinton as well.(this is for free)

Greenpeace now has a website from which you can send a fax about BMD to
Clinton. it is:

http://www.stopstarwars.org/

You should also visit the 'Dont Blow it' website at
 http://DontBlowit.org.
from which you can send the president a free e-postcard.


1) SHORT SAMPLE LETTER FOR  PEOPLE AND NGOS TO SEND TO COHEN
(PLEASE ALSO SIGN IT IF YOU ARE AN NGO)

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE SA,
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE SYDNEY
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE S. COAST
PAX CHRISTI NSW
SYDNEY ANTI-BASES COALITION
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT W.A.,

RE: NMD

WILLIAM S. COHEN, DEFENCE SECRETARY, UNITED STATES, [phone]
cc
Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer
02-6273-4112, 08-8370-8166, 6261-2151.
US EMBASSY CANBERRA, 02-6214-5970,6214-5930
US CONSULATE SYDNEY 9373-9125

Dear Defence Secretary Cohen,
I am writing in view of your  trip to Australia.

No doubt the subject of NMD formed part of your discussions in Beijing.

The organizations named above, and signed below, wish to point out that the
Australian Senate on 29th June, passed a motion in which it called on your
country:

1)Not to deploy a national missile defence system.

2)Called on the US and Russia to proceed with the early implementation  and
entry into force of START-II and negotiation of START-III as soon as
possible,

3)Called on you to outline how you will implement the final document of the
NPT Review Conference requirement that nuclear weapons play a diminishing
role in security policies,

4)Urged the US and Russia to maintain the integrity of the ABM treaty.

The failure last Saturday of the NMD test, indicates that an NMD system
cannot make a positive contribution to the security of the US or its allies
including Australia.

Concern over the possible deployment of NMD has been expressed by the UN
Secretary General, Russia, China, the European Union, France, Germany,
Sweden, and Non-Aligned Movement and the New Agenda Coalition. 50 US Nobel
prizewinners including some of the most respected names in Physics, have
urged you not to proceed with NMD.

Accordingly we too, urge you to take note of the Australian Senate
resolution and not to proceed with NMD.

Signed:
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee SA., Adelaide
Babs Fuller- Quinn, Coordinator, Australian Peace Committee Sydney,
Doreen Borrow, Australian Peace Committee South Coast,
Jack Forward,  Central Coast Peace Forum,
Dennis Doherty, Pax Christi New South Wales,
Hannah Middleton, Sydney Anti-Bases Coalition,
Jo Vallentine, People for Nuclear Disarmament Western Australia,
Pauline Mitchell, Secy., Campaign for International Cooperation and
Disarmament,(CICD) Melbourne,


2)LETTER FOR AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE AND NGOS TO SEND TO FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNER
(PLEASE ALSO SIGN IT IF YOU ARE AN NGO)

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE S.A.,
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE SYDNEY
SOUTH COAST PEACE COMMITTEE
CENTRAL COAST PEACE FORUM
PAX CHRISTI NSW
SYDNEY ANTI-BASES COALITION
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT W.A.,


ATTN ALEXANDER DOWNER
02-6273-4112,  08-8370-8166
CC
DFAT, 02-6261-2151
SENATOR LYN ALLISON, 02-6277-3087
SENATOR MEG LEES, 02-8295-8911
LAURIE BRERETON 9349-8089

RE: VISIT OF US DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN

Dear Alexander Downer,

The organizations named above and signed below are writing with respect to
the imminent visit of US Secretary for Defence, William S. Cohen, to urge
you to make the strongest possible expressions of concern with respect to
US proposals to deploy a National Missile Defence (NMD) system, which when
tested over last weekend, failed completely.

National Missile Defence has been criticized as being at the same time,
both ineffective, probably physically impossible, and at the same time
destabilizing.

Expressions of strong concern over it have been made at the Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York, by UN secretary
General Kofi Annan, by the European Union, France, Germany, Sweden,
Portugal, by the Non-Aligned Movement, by the New Agenda Coalition, and
others.

Russia has threatened that if the US violates the ABM treaty, as deployment
of NMD would, it will 'tear up' arms control agreements to date. China will
almost certainly greatly increase the size of its currently minimal nuclear
deterrent force if NMD is deployed. Both these developments will lead the
world back to nuclear arms- racing.

Within the US, 50 US Nobel prizewinners (Half the Nobel prizewinners in the
US) have written to President Clinton to ask that NMD not proceed. The
American Physical Society, the top physics body in the US, has expressed
the almost unanimous opinion that NMD as proposed is physically impossible.

The Australian Senate on 29th June, passed a motion calling on the US not
to proceed with NMD.

It called for:

1)The US Not to deploy a National Missile Defence (NMD) system.

2)Called on the US and Russia to proceed with the early implementation  and
entry into force of START-II and negotiation of START-III as soon as
possible,

3)Called on nuclear weapons states to outline how they will implement the
final document of the NPT Review Conference requirement that nuclear
weapons play a diminishing role in security policies,

4)Urged the US and Russia to maintain the integrity of the ABM treaty.

In view of both the clearly destabilizing effects of the deployment of NMD
and of its highly problematic technical aspects which mean that it will
make no contribution (or a negative one) to the security of either the US
or US allies including Australia, we urge you to make the very strongest
representations to defence Secretary Cohen when he visits this coming
weekend.

Signed
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee SA,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Coordinator, Australian Peace Committee Sydney,
Doreen Borrow, Coordinator, South Coast Peace Committee,
George Gotsis, Coordinator, Greek Peace Committee, Sydney,
Jack Forward, Central Coast Peace Forum,
Dennis Doherty, Pax Christi New South Wales,
Hannah Middleton, Sydney Anti-Bases Coalition,
Jo Vallentine, People for Nuclear Disarmament Western Australia,
Pauline Mitchell, Secy., Campaign for International Cooperation and
Disarmament, Melbourne,



3)SAMPLE LETTER FOR WHOLE PLANET TO SEND TO BILL CLINTON, WILLIAM S. COHEN,
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, BUSH, GORE, AND RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEES.

(Do not sign this. It is to give you more ideas as to what to write to
Cohen and to Clkinton if you would like to write to Clinton)

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, 1-202-456-2461,

SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT 1-202-647-6047

SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN 1-703-695-1149
cc
George Bush
Al Gore

Dear President Clinton, William Cohen, Madeleine Albright, and Presidential
candidates,

I am writing to urge you not to proceed with proposals for a national
ballistic missile defence system.  Missile defence schemes respond to a
nonexistent or exaggerated threat,  are not the solution to real threats,
make the rest of the US's security environment less safe, sabotage nuclear
disarmament efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the
rest of the world, and show contempt for the opinions of US allies and the
rest of the world.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed.

At the very same conference, the UN Secretary General, and representatives
of Russia, China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European community, the New
Agenda Coalition and the Non- aligned movement have all expressed strongly
that they believe the ABM treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic
stability. They do not think it should be modified to allow a missile
defence system,  still less abrogated unilaterally.  On your recent
European trip, leaders of Europe and Russia have made the same point.
America simply cannot ignore the strongly repeated opinion of the whole
world, that the ABM treaty should not be modified to permit BMD.

Furthermore:

1)The threat that the national missile defence system is supposed to
address, namely that of missile - equipped  so- called  'rogue states' is
in all likelihood, nonexistent.

2) A  state that really wished to inflict serious damage on the US would
probaby rather smuggle a nuclear explosive device into a US city by means
that are more reliable and more difficult to trace than missiles.

3)There are serious doubts as to whether this system can work at all, or as
to whether any missile defence system can ever work.  The problems posed
even by relatively simple decoys are probably technically insoluble.

4)National (and theatre) missile defence schemes are unsustainably costly,
and cost estimates are likely to rise without limit.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on real
solutions to global  strategic security.  The highest priorities have to be
the elimination of as many warheads as possible under any START-III
agreement with Russia, and  the removal of  strategic missile forces from
high alert status as advocated by the Canberra Commission, subsequent UN
resolutions and the final NPT declaration.

In this respect, the commitment of Candidate Bush to deep cuts in warhead
numbers and to reductions in alert status are worthy of support.
Commitments to costly and dangerous missile defence schemes are worthy only
of opposition.

Yours Sincerely,
Signed
....

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
Fax [phone]  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
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From: Sally light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) HIROSHIMA DAY 2000 AT LIVERMORE LAB, CALIFORNIA
Date: 11 Jul 2000 22:00:11 +0100

HIROSHIMA DAY 2000 AT LIVERMORE LAB.  ALL ARE WELCOME!

Sponsored by the Livermore Conversion Project, and hosted by Tri-Valley
CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment), there will be a
major rally and demonstration at the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory to commemorate the WWII atomic bombing of Hiroshima.  We
invite everyone to join us for the following event:

WHEN =96 Sunday, August 6, 2000, at 8 am.
WHAT =96 MILLENNIUM OF PEACE: Program and Demonstration at the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory.
WHERE - Corner of East Avenue and Vasco Road, Livermore, California.
WHY =96 Anniversary of the WWII atomic bombing of Hiroshima;
             10th Anniversary of US sanctions against Iraq.

GUEST SPEAKERS CONFIRMED SO FAR:

Master of Ceremonies =96 Wilson Riles, Executive Director, American
Friends Service Committee

Keynote speaker: Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator of the Global Network Against
Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, who will speak on the US plans to
weaponize and nuclearize space by the year 2020.

Other speakers:
Fusako DeAngelis of Plutonium Free Future
Marylia Kelley, Executive Director of Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities
Against a Radioactive Environment)
Barbara Lubin, Executive Director of the Middle East Children=92s Allianc=
e

Peter Ferenbach, Executive Director of California Peace Action
Father Bill O=92Donnell, St. Joseph the Worker Church, Berkeley

WITH A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF =93DIRECT ACTION WORLD ROCK REBEL MUSIC=94B=
Y
CLAN DYKEN!

CALIFORNIA PEACE ACTION WILL PROVIDE A 50-FOOT MOCK TRIDENT MISSILE!

After the program, we will march to the gates of Livermore Lab for a
voluntary, nonviolent, risk arrest action.

At noon, there will be an open quarterly meeting of Northern California
Abolition 2000, part of the Abolition 2000 Global Network for Nuclear
Abolition, hosted by Tri-Valley CAREs at its office in Livermore.

Directions:  Going east from Oakland, take 580 to the Vasco Road exit in
Livermore.  Go south (right) on Vasco about 2 miles to East Avenue.

Come join us!  Bring banners, costumes, posters and other colorful
paraphernalia!

For further information about both the event and the meeting following
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From: Sally light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) AUGUST 8, 2000 EVENT WITH BRUCE GAGNON.  ALL ARE WELCOME.
Date: 11 Jul 2000 22:05:37 +0100

AUGUST 8, 2000 SPEAKING EVENT WITH BRUCE GAGNON, COORDINATOR OF THE
GLOBAL NETWORK AGAINST WEAPONS AND NUCLEAR POWER IN SPACE

There will be a cordial, potluck-style evening with Bruce on Tuesday,
August 8, 2000, at 7 pm at the Friends Church in Berkeley, California.
The Church is located at the corner of Sacramento and Cedar streets near
the North Berkeley BART station.

A well-respected, longtime organizer and activist, Bruce will speak on
=93The Return of Star Wars: the Weaponization and Nuclearization of
Space.=94  This is your opportunity to learn in detail about the plans of
the US military-industrial complex to dominate the planet from space by
the year 2020, using nuclear weapons and laser technology.  There will
plenty of time for questions and answers, as well as for a strategy
session.

COME JOIN US WITH, OR WITHOUT, FOOD.

If possible, please RSVP by calling Tri-Valley CAREs at [phone].
Co-sponsoring organizations (partial listing):  Livermore Conversion
Project, Tri-Valley CAREs, Western States Legal Foundation, Friends
Church Peace &Social Concerns Committee, Mt. Diablo Peace Center, Nevada
Desert Experience, Middle East Children=92s Alliance, Physicians for
Social Responsibility, Peace Links, West County Toxics Coalition,
Citizens Opposing a Polluted Environment.

For further information, please contact Tri-Valley CAREs at (925)
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 2 Things - G8 Meeting in 10 Days, US Defence Secy Cohen in
Date: 12 Jul 2000 16:25:40 +1000

Dear All,

Two things to act on:

1)US defence Secy William S. Cohen will be in Sydney Australia from
Saturday 15th to Monday 17th, when he will conuct discussions with foreign
minister Alexander Downer and defence minister John Moore. He will be
coming from Beijung, where he has already recieved both barrels from the
Chinese over US NMD plans.

Letters from Australia NGOs and Parliamentarians and a vigil are planned.

Cohen will be faxable on 'C/O DON Q WASHINGTON [phone]', (ie, Care
of Don Q. Washington, who I assume is the consular official responsible for
him in Sydney)

Do let him know that your concerns re BMD will follow him right around the
world.


2)The G 8 are meeting in Okinawa on 21-23 July.

The G 8 leaders need to hear from you that you want them to ask the US not
to proceed with NMD.


Many of them have already expressed concern in various ways, some (Germany,
france) have expressed it strongly.

If you live in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Canada, Japan, or Russia, do
ask your government to express concern over NMD to the US at the G 8
meeting in the strongest terms.

I have just posted sample letters to the governments of Frence, Germany,
the UK, Japan, and the US.

I strongly encourage you to customise them and send them.

(These letters are also on Http://www.abolition2000.org and a global list
of fax numbers of foreign ministers can be found there also)

Greenpeace now has a website from which you can send a fax about BMD to
Clinton. it is:

http://www.stopstarwars.org/

You should also visit the 'Dont Blow it' website at
 http://DontBlowit.org.
from which you can send the president a free e-postcard.

Happy faxing, letterwriting and e- postcard - sending.

John Hallam


John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
Fax [phone]  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Ten Days to G8 Meeting - Help Stop BMD and a new arms race.
Date: 12 Jul 2000 16:09:58 +1000

G8 MEETING IN OKINAWA 21-23 JULY - HELP PREVENT A NEW ARMS RACE.
(Please pass this message on to everyone you know who might be interested,
and might act on it)

Dear Friends and all concerned people,

(Both within and outside the US)
Now That The NMD Test has actually failed, this is more relevant than ever!

Last Saturday, the US Spent $100m on a test of the National Missile defence
System.
The test was of course an embarrasing failure.

In ten days, the G8 countries will be meeting in Okinawa. NMD is likely to
be a topic for discussion there.

For some time I have been trying to persuade as many people as possible
around the world to send letters (fax or snail mail) to their governments,
asking that they make representations to the US government not to proceed
with NMD. (Relevant fax numbers are below)

This is particularly important if you are in one of the G8 countries
(Russia, US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Canada), whose heads of
state will be meeting in Okinawa from 21-23 July.

THE US GOVERNMENT AND US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU THAT
YOU WANT FEWER NUCLEAR WARHEADS UNDER START-III AND NO NMD.

THE US GOVERNMENT  NEEDS TO HEAR AGAIN FROM ITS EUROPEAN AND OTHER ALLIES,
THAT THEY WANT THE US TO STOP ITS NMD PLANS AND TO ACCEPT LOWER START-III
WARHEAD NUMBERS.

THE NON-US MEMBERS OF THE G8 (RUSSIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, CANADA, ITALY,
JAPAN, UK,) NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU THAT THEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO PUT PRESSURE
ON THE US NO TO PROCEED WITH NMD.

A good time for this to happen is at the coming G8 Summit in Okinawa,
Japan, on July 21-23.

If you are in the US, you could send the letter below to Clinton, Bush,
Gore, Albright, and Cohen below.

You should also visit the 'Dont Blow it' website at
 http://DontBlowit.org.
from which you can send the president a free e-postcard.

These sample letters are on: Http://www.abolition2000.org


If you are in France, please use the letter below to the President, Prime
Minister, and Foreign Minister of France (which are are getting translated
into French)

If you are in the UK, please write to Prime Minister Tony Blair something
like the letter below to Blair.

If you are in Germany, please write  a letter something like the one below
to German Foreign Minister Fischer, and Chancellor Schroeder, asking them
to make strong represenatatoins to the US at the coming G8 summit. (We will
have German translation for this soon also)

If you are in Japan, please write something like the sample letter to Japan
which is below.

If you are in any other country, please base your letter on those below.
You may also prefer to fax direct to President Clinton.  (But if you live
in a G8 country its important to let your own government know that you want
them to tell the US no to go with BMD)

Please customise these letters and change or improve them as you see fit.

Please spread them through your own networks, altered and improved as you
see fit.

Please translate them into your own language, and circulate them via your
national networks.

The fax numbers of Clinton, Blair, and Schroder are on the letters
themselves. These numbers have been tried and they work. Other fax numbers
are at the very end.  If you prefer to use ordinary post, remember that it
takes longer so your letter must be sent sooner.

Happy writing and faxing!


SAMPLE LETTERS AND FAX NUMBERS BELOW

(These letters are also on Http://www.abolition2000.org and a global list
of fax numbers of foreign ministers can be found there also)

1)Letter to Clinton, Cohen, Albright, Gore, Bush
2)Letter to French Government
3)Letter to German Government
4)Letter to British Government
5)Letter to Japanese Government

(Fax Nos right at the end or use the numbers on the letters)


1)SAMPLE LETTER FOR ESP US FOLKS,  TO SEND TO BILL CLINTON, WILLIAM S.
COHEN, MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, BUSH, GORE, AND RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL
SUBCOMMITTEES.

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, 1-202-456-2461,

SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT 1-202-647-6047

SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN 1-703-695-1149
cc
George Bush
Al Gore

Dear President Clinton, William Cohen, Madeleine Albright, and Presidential
candidates,

I am writing to urge you not to proceed with proposals for a national
ballistic missile defence system.  Missile defence schemes respond to a
nonexistent or exaggerated threat,  are not the solution to real threats,
make the rest of the US's security environment less safe, sabotage nuclear
disarmament efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the
rest of the world, and show contempt for the opinions of US allies and the
rest of the world.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed.

At the very same conference, the UN Secretary General, and representatives
of Russia, China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European community, the New
Agenda Coalition and the Non- aligned movement have all expressed strongly
that they believe the ABM treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic
stability. They do not think it should be modified to allow a missile
defence system,  still less abrogated unilaterally.  On your recent
European trip, leaders of Europe and Russia have made the same point.
America simply cannot ignore the strongly repeated opinion of the whole
world, that the ABM treaty should not be modified to permit BMD.

Furthermore:

1)The threat that the national missile defence system is supposed to
address, namely that of missile - equipped  so- called  'rogue states' is
in all likelihood, nonexistent.

2) A  state that really wished to inflict serious damage on the US would
probaby rather smuggle a nuclear explosive device into a US city by means
that are more reliable and more difficult to trace than missiles.

3)There are serious doubts as to whether this system can work at all, or as
to whether any missile defence system can ever work.  The problems posed
even by relatively simple decoys are probably technically insoluble.

4)National (and theatre) missile defence schemes are unsustainably costly,
and cost estimates are likely to rise without limit.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on real
solutions to global  strategic security.  The highest priorities have to be
the elimination of as many warheads as possible under any START-III
agreement with Russia, and  the removal of  strategic missile forces from
high alert status as advocated by the Canberra Commission, subsequent UN
resolutions and the final NPT declaration.

In this respect, the commitment of Candidate Bush to deep cuts in warhead
numbers and to reductions in alert status are worthy of support.
Commitments to costly and dangerous missile defence schemes are worthy only
of opposition.

Yours Sincerely,
Signed
....


2)LETTER TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC [phone]
PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [phone]-45-51-60-12

Dear President Chirac, Prime Minister Jospin, and Minister for Foreign
Affairs Hubert Vedrine,

I am writing to you to urge you at the coming G8 meeting in Okinawa, to
express strongly your support for the 1972 ABM treaty, and your opposition
to the US proposal to deploy a ballistic missile defence scheme.

I am happy to see that at the recent nuclear nonproliferation treaty review
conference, France expressed strongly its support for the ABM treaty and
opposition to ballistic missile defence, and that France has continued to
forcefully express its opposition to this ill-considered scheme since that
time.

I urge you to continue doing this.

A ballistic missile defence scheme would:

(a)Attempt to defend the US (but not Europe) against a threat that either
does not exist or that if it did exist, would strike in ways that missile
defence cannot prevent.
(ie using means of delivery other than missiles)

(b) Is likely not to work at all because of the problem posed by relatively
simple decoys that can easily be deployed even by a relatively
unsophisticated attacker.

(c) Will be seen as potentially threatening by Russia and China, and will
therefore prompt those countries to expand their nuclear arsenals,
threatening to re-commence the nuclear arms race, just after the US has
together with France, the UK, Russia and China, signed a final declaration
at the recent NPT Review, committing them to the total and unequivocal
elimination of their nuclear arsenals.

(d) Missile defence as proposed by the US administration, in no way helps
the position of US allies or Europe.

I urge you at the coming G8 summit to make the most vigorous
representations to the US not to decrease global security by proceeding
with plans for missile defence, or weakening the ABM treaty. I ask you to
instead urge the US to increase global security by accepting the lowest of
the warhead totals on offer by Russia in START-III negotiations, and by
standing down nuclear missiles from 'launch on warning' status.

(Signed)


3)SAMPLE LETTER TO GERHARDT SCHROEDER, JOSCHKA FISCHER,

ATTN
GERMAN CHANCELLOR GERHARDT SCHROEDER
[phone], [phone].

GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER JOSCHKA FISCHER,
[phone], [phone], [phone], [phone],

RE: BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE AND THE ABM TREATY

Dear Chancellor Schroeder and Foreign Minister Fischer,

I am writing to express  my support of the position you have taken with
respect to US plans to deploy a ballistic missile defence system and to
modify, or possibly to abrogate,  the ABM treaty in order to allow the
deployment of this system.

I note that you have already made clear to US President Clinton your strong
disapproval of any such moves.  I urge you to continue in your opposition
to this highly destabilizing scheme.

I am urging you to put this position strongly to the US at the coming G8
summit in Okinawa.

Ballistic missile defence in the form in which the US now seeks to deploy
it, (either national missile defence or theater missile defence),

a) Seeks to defend against a threat that either does not exist or which if
it exists, will strike in ways that missile defence systems cannot affect.

b)Is likely   to be wholly ineffective because of the problem posed by
relatively simple decoys,  and at the same time will be seen as threatening
by those with whom the US is legally obliged to negotiate for the
elimination of nuclear arsenals. Missile defence therefore acts to sabotage
vital arms control efforts.

c) National missile defence as currently proposed by the US administration,
in no way helps the security position of US allies, who are thus likely to
be exposed to whatever threat NMD seeks to counter - if that threat is
real.

(d) These proposals make more difficult, and may reverse, nuclear
disarmament efforts, decreasing the security of the whole world while
violating US obligations under the NPT.

I urge you to make the most vigorous representations to the US government,
particularly at the G8 summit,  not to decrease global security by
proceeding with plans for NMD/BMD or TMD,or weakening  the ABM treaty, but
rather to increase global security by  accepting the lowest of the warhead
totals on offer by Russia in START-III negotiations, and by standing down
nuclear missiles from 'launch on warning' status.

(Signed)

etc


4)DRAFT SAMPLE LETTER TO TONY BLAIR, ROBIN COOK

TO:
PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR  [phone]
FOREIGN MINISTER ROBIN COOK [phone]  [phone]

Dear Prime Minister Tony Blair and Foreign Minister Robin Cook,

I am writing to you to urge your government to take a strong stand against
US plans to build a ballistic missile defence system, and to urge it to
maintain and strengthen the ABM treaty.

I urge you to put this very strongly to the US at the coming G8 summit in
Okinawa.

At the recent Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference in New
York, the UN secretary general, the governments of Russia, China, France,
and the UK, the Non-Aligned movement, the New Agenda Coalition, and the
European Union all expressed strong support for the maintenance and
strengthening of the ABM treaty.
This cannot be interpreted to mean modifying it to allow a ballistic
missile defence system.

The missile defence systems currently under discussion in the US seek to
protect the US (but not Europe) against  a threat that either does not
exist at all, or for which missile defence is a completely inappropriate
response.   In addition the options proposed in the US may in fact not work
at all, while causing those countries with whom the US is legally obliged
under the final declaration of the NPT Review Conference to seek to
negotiate the elimination of its nuclear arsenal, to abandon arms control
measures altogether.

The very discussion by the US of missile defence options is itself
destabilizing and puts progress toward the global goals of elimination of
nuclear arsenals in doubt.

We/I urge you to put to the US government in the very strongest terms that
it should no longer contemplate missile defence options, and to make it
clear that the UK will not in any way cooperate with such options.

Your government has said it wants to maintain and strengthen the ABM
treaty. It must follow on from this good beginning by making it clear that
it is absolutely opposed to BMD.

The US government should instead be strongly urged to accept the very
lowest warhead numbers on offer from Russia and to stand down its nuclear
weapons systems from 'launch on warning' status.

Signed.....etc.


5)LETTER TO JAPANESE GOVERNMENT

THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF JAPAN, 81-3-3581-9675, 81-3-3591-3613

Dear Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Japan,

I am writing to you to urge you at the coming G8 summit in Okinawa on July
21-23, to make strong representations to the United States concerning the
Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty and its plans for a ballistic missile defence
system.

At the recent Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference, the UN
Secretary General, the New Agenda Coalition, the Non-Aligned Movement,
France, Russia, China, and the European Community all expressed opposition
to the deployment of a missile defence system and support for the ABM
treaty as the cornerstone of strategic stability.

A number of European nations have subsequently expressed strong opposition
to  Ballistic missile defence.

Ballistic missile defence
(a) Seeks to guard against a problem that does not exist, or which if it
does exist, is not best answered by costly and high tech systems such as
BMD.

(b)Is likely to be ineffective against missile attack because of the
problem posed by relatively simple decoys.

(c) is likely to be seen as threatening by those with whom the US is
legally obliged to negotiate toward the unequivocal and total elimination
of its nuclear arsenals, thereby sabotaging a process to which the US has
only recently reaffirmed its commitment.

(d) In no way helps, and may harm, the security position of US allies such
as Japan and Europe who are likely to be exposed to whatever threat is
sought to be countered by missile defence - if that threat is real.

(e) By encouraging arms- racing again, is likely to degrade the security
position of the world as a whole.

Accordingly I urge your government to make the most vigorous
representations to the US at the coming G8 summit, and to urge the US
instead, to consider the lowest START-III warhead numbers offered by Russia
and to take strategic warheads off launch-on-warning status.

Yours Sincerely,
(signed) etc.


FAX NUMBERS BELOW (OR USE THE ONES ON THE TOPS OF THE LETTERS)

FAX NUMBERS OF SOME FOREIGN MINISTERS

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.

(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,
Secy of State Madeleine Allbrights fax number is: [phone]
President Clintons fax number is [phone]

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]
The United Nations mission is on Fax. [phone]

If you are in Germany, the Chancellors fax number is: [phone],  or
[phone]
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischers number is any of these: [phone],
[phone],
[phone], [phone]


Here are the fax numbers of some foreign ministers and UN missions:
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 [phone] or
[phone]
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 [phone] (or 0095)
If you are in Thailand, try [phone], or [phone]

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
Fax [phone]  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/11 - Daybook; Presidential Candidates
Date: 12 Jul 2000 08:14:19 -0400

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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000712213133.htm

      9:30 a.m. =97 Senate Armed Services Committee hears testimony on the
Defense Department's Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program. Location: 216=
 Hart
Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-3871.

    10 a.m. =97 House Commerce's finance and hazardous materials=
 subcommittee
holds a hearing on legislation to reauthorize and reform the Commodity=
 Exchange
Act. Location: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-2927.

    10 a.m. =97 House International Relations Committee holds a hearing on
"Global Terrorism: South Asia =97The New Locus." Location: 2172 Rayburn=
 House
Office Building. Contact: 202/225-5021.

    10:30 a.m. =97 Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on the=
 U.N.
policy in Africa. Richard Holbrooke, U.N. ambassador, testifies. Location:=
 419
Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4651.

     2 p.m. =97 House Budget Committee's natural resources and the=
 environment
task force holds a hearing on "Department of Energy Management Practices."
Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building. Contact: 202/226-7270.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

Vice President Al Gore today - Baltimore MD
      9:15 a.m. =97 Addresses the NAACP's 91st National Convention,=
 Baltimore
Convention Center.

Governor George W. Bush today - Austin TX=20
        12:15 p.m. - Victory 2000 National Political Meeting, Hyatt at=
 Barton
Springs, Texas Ballroom IV - VII, 208 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX,
512/477-1234.
        Then will meet with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the
Governor's Mansion.

Ralph Nader - this week
     Friday, July 14th - Minneapolis, MN
        1:30 pm - 2:15 pm, Press Conference, Minnesota State House, 181=
 State
Office Building=20
        5-7 pm Fundraiser - call Cam Gordon at 612-296-0579 for reservations=
 -
http://www.votenader.org/events/0007014MN-Fund.html
        7:30 pm - 9:30 pm, Speech, Willey Hall, University of Minnesota at
Minneapolis=20
    Saturday, July 15th - Omaha, NE
        8:30 pm - 9:30 pm Speech, Rigge Science Hall, Creighton University=
=20
    Sunday, July 16th
        9:30 am - Interview with Face the Nation - CBS website -
http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/section/0,1636,3460-412,00.shtml



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<a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000712213133.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000712213133.=
htm</a><br>
<br>
      9:30 a.m. =97 Senate Armed Services
Committee hears testimony on the Defense Department's Anthrax Vaccine
Immunization Program. Location: 216 Hart Senate Office Building. Contact:
202/224-3871.<br>
<br>
    10 a.m. =97 House Commerce's finance and hazardous
materials subcommittee holds a hearing on legislation to reauthorize and
reform the Commodity Exchange Act. Location: 2123 Rayburn House Office
Building. Contact: 202/225-2927.<br>
<br>
    10 a.m. =97 House International Relations Committee
holds a hearing on "Global Terrorism: South Asia =97The New
Locus." Location: 2172 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact:
202/225-5021.<br>
<br>
    10:30 a.m. =97 Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds
a hearing on the U.N. policy in Africa. Richard Holbrooke, U.N.
ambassador, testifies. Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Contact: 202/224-4651.<br>
<br>
     2 p.m. =97 House Budget Committee's natural
resources and the environment task force holds a hearing on
"Department of Energy Management Practices." Location: 210
Cannon House Office Building. Contact: 202/226-7270.<br>
<br>
<b>PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES<br>
<br>
Vice President Al Gore today - Baltimore MD<br>
</b>      9:15 a.m. =97 Addresses the NAACP's 91st
National Convention, Baltimore Convention Center.<br>
<br>
<b>Governor George W. Bush today - Austin TX <br>
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p.m. - Victory 2000 National Political Meeting, Hyatt at Barton Springs,
Texas Ballroom IV - VII, 208 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX,
512/477-1234.<br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab>Then will
meet with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the Governor's
Mansion.<br>
<br>
<b>Ralph Nader - this week<br>
</b>     <b>Friday, July 14th - Minneapolis, MN<br>
</b><x-tab>        </x-tab>1:30
pm - 2:15 pm, Press Conference, Minnesota State House, 181 State Office
Building <br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab>5-7 pm
Fundraiser - call Cam Gordon at 612-296-0579 for reservations -
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 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.votenader.org/events/0007014MN-Fund.html</a><=
br>
    <x-tab>    </x-tab>7:30 pm - 9:30
pm, Speech, Willey Hall, University of Minnesota at Minneapolis <br>
    <b>Saturday, July 15th - Omaha, NE<br>
</b>    <x-tab>    </x-tab>8:30 pm -
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    <b>Sunday, July 16th<br>
</b>    <x-tab>    </x-tab>9:30 am -
Interview with Face the Nation - CBS website -
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 eudora=3D"autourl">http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/section/0,1636,3460-412,00.sh=
tml</a><br>
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Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) HIROSHIMA DAY 2000 AT LIVERMORE LAB,
Date: 12 Jul 2000 08:56:49 -0700

Hello Sally. In general I think you want to send your emails to Andrew's
new address which is [e-mail]. see you soon.
-Peter
_____________________________________________________________________________
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Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/13 - Daybook; Presidential Candidates
Date: 13 Jul 2000 07:53:10 -0400

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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times.
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000713211423.htm

    10 a.m. =97 House Armed Services' military personnel subcommittee holds=
 a
hearing on Defense Department management of the anthrax vaccine immunization
program. Deputy Defense Secretary Rudy de Leon testifies. Location: 2118
Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-4151.

    2 p.m. =97 Senate Appropriations' energy and water development=
 subcommittee
marks up the fiscal 2001 energy and water appropriations bill. Location: 124
Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-3471.

     2 p.m. =97 Senate Governmental Affairs' international security,
proliferation and federal services subcommittee holds its annual postal
oversight hearing. William Henderson, postmaster general, testifies.=
 Location:
342 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4751.

      Rogue states briefing =97 10 a.m. =97 The Brookings Institution hosts=
 a
briefing on a recent State Department report on rogue states and a book=
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Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact: 202/797-6105.

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Bill Richardson participates. Location: 2105 Rayburn House Office Building.
Contact: 202/785-0507.

    First Amendment discussion =97 8:30 a.m. =97 The Freedom Forum's Newseum
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Amendment. Location: Rooftop Conference Center, Freedom Forum World Center,
1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. Contact: 703/284-2887.

    Freedom lecture =97 5:30 p.m. =97 The Cato Institute sponsors a lecture=
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Murray, Bradley Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. Location:=
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Vice President Al Gore - Green Bay, WI
      Travels to Green Bay, Wis., for a campaign rally with Bill Bradley,
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George W. Bush - Pittsburgh, PA
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412/922-8400
          6:30 p.m. - New Jersey Republican Party Reception, East Brunswick
Hilton Hotel Ballrooms A, B & C , 3 Tower Center Boulevard, East Brunswick,=
 NJ,
732/828-2000

Pat Buchanan - San Francisco, CA
        1:00PM - Interview, The Ronn Owens Show, KGO/AM 810 San Francisco,
Host:
Bill Press=20
        2:00PM - Interview, Radio America, The BQ View, Host: Blanquita=
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Call Your Senators! Urgent!
Date: 13 Jul 2000 19:29:32 -0700 (PDT)

Dear peace and enviro colleagues:
I make the following request: Please call both of your Seantors and ask
them to sponsor an amendment to the Senate appropriations bill to cut the
construction funding for the National Ignition Facility, a Department of
Energy nuclear weapons project at Livermore Lab. The amount for
construction in the fiscal year 2001 budget request is 74.1 million. That
is the amount that should be cut. We do not have much time. The Senate
appropriations bill will probably come to the floor before the end of July.
We must be ready with an amendment before then. Tell your Senator that if
he or she will sponsor the amendment to cut NIF constructions funds, you
and other public interest groups will work to get co-ponsors. Tell your
Senator that the 74.1 million should go toward worthwhile projects to clean
up the environmental legacy of nuclear work at Livermore Lab and throughout
the nuclear weapons complex. If you happen to live near a DOE site, tell
your Senator specifically which projects there SHOULD be funded with the
NIF money. Below, I am posting a draft of a letter that we sent to Senators
last week. It has lots of information outlining WHY the NIF should be cut.
Feel free to use any information in it for your phone calls. Moreover, take
anything you want out of the letter and reword to create your own follow-up
letter to your Senators. THANKS.
Peace, Marylia Kelley

XXXX Date, 2000

Help Shine the Light of Reason on DOE's Giant Laser Project:
Cut Construction Funds for the National Ignition Facility

Dear Senator:

        In 1990, the National Academy of Sciences calculated its price at
$400 million for a laser system, target chamber and cryogenic target. In
1993, the Livermore Lab Institutional Plan published a $677 million
estimate for it. In 1997, the Department of Energy (DOE) asked for $1.2
billion for its construction and promised Congress there would be no more
increases, not one penny. Earlier this year, DOE admitted its construction
alone would top $2 billion. This month, the General Accounting Office
pegged its total pre-completion price at around $4 billion. Several
independent analysts have predicted its "life-cycle" costs at $10 billion
over the next 25 years. Experts inside and outside of the DOE agree it is
plagued by lack of a clear mission, unresolved technical difficulties,
ongoing management problems, underlying scientific uncertainties and
massive schedule slippages of a half-decade or more.

        The prognosis is that its price tag will likely continue to spiral
upward. Yet, DOE wants to forge ahead with its construction. What is this
project?

        The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is a football stadium-sized,
192-beam mega-laser, currently under construction at the DOE's Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. NIF's scientific
goal, as the name indicates, is the fusion ignition of a BB-sized
radioactive fuel pellet held inside a reactor vessel, also called the
target chamber. NIF is the latest, and potentially the biggest, of DOE's
boondoggles.

        We strongly request that you and your colleagues in the Senate
bring some fiscal accountability to this DOE project. Due to the many
serious, unanswered questions about NIF, fiscal year 2001 should mark the
moment in time when the Senate constrains further NIF construction. We ask
you to support a cut or delay in its construction.

        Recent, shocking revelations have disclosed technical flaws that
had been well-known to NIF project personnel, but hidden from Congress. For
example, the expensive final optics package for each of NIF's 192 beams is
subject to damage and blowout if NIF is operated at or near its design
capacity of 8 joules per square centimeter. NIF will only be able to
operate at 50% energy, and maybe less. In fact, Livermore Laboratory has
been advised that entirely new optical materials may need to be developed
in order to attempt resolution of this problem. This effort could take many
years and many millions of dollars to resolve, and its success is not
guaranteed at any price. (Sources: Livermore Lab NIF project manager Ed
Moses' testimony to the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board NIF Task Force;
report by former Livermore Lab Associate Director for Lasers John Emmett,
Chair of the Technology Resource Group of the NIF Council, et al.)

        A few weeks ago, on May 24, 2000, Sandia Laboratory released a
position paper on NIF, calling for the mega-laser to be scaled back in both
size and budget. Sandia cited NIF's "apparent delay and significant
increase in cost." The statement continued: "This causes us to question
what is a reasonable investment in NIF." Energy Secretary Bill Richardson
responded by chastising Sandia. The lab then apologized for making its
position paper public, but pointedly did not back away from the substance
of the statement.

        On June 1, 2000, the DOE missed its Congressionally-mandated
deadline to deliver a certified "rebaseline" of NIF's costs, asking instead
for an extension until mid-September. Congress is thus asked to take it on
faith that the DOE will control NIF's ballooning costs and successfully
resolve NIF's mission, managerial and technical uncertainties.

        Experts rate NIF's chances of achieving ignition at 10% -- or less.
Chuck Cranfill, a top nuclear weapons scientist at the DOE's Los Alamos Lab
in New Mexico, put the odds of achieving ignition at the NIF at 5% to 10%.
Sandia Lab fusion physicist Rick Spielman and other colleagues concur. The
50% to 60% chance of ignition on NIF previously stated to Congress by NIF
proponents, Cranfill called "hopelessly optimistic." Said Livermore Lab's
Eric Lindman, odds on NIF success are "all over the place." (Sources:
Albuquerque Tribune, others.)

        Experts also decry the myth that NIF is needed for maintaining  the
"safety" and "reliability" of nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal. Edward
Teller, known as the father of the hydrogen bomb, when asked about the
NIF's utility for this task, replied: "None whatsoever." Los Alamos
physicist Rod Schultz wrote in a lab publication that NIF's touted
importance to the weapons stockpile does "not reflect the technical
judgment of the nuclear weapons design community." Sandia Lab's former
vice-president Bob Peurifoy called NIF "worthless" for maintenance of the
arsenal. In a separate interview with another newspaper, Livermore weapons
scientist Seymour Sack called NIF "worse than worthless" for that task. Ray
Kidder, another Livermore Lab physicist and the founder of its laser
division, put it more mildly. "As far as maintaining the stockpile is
concerned, [NIF] is not necessary," he told Science Magazine. (Sources:
Tri-Valley Herald, Contra Costa Times, Albuquerque Tribune, Science
Magazine, others.)

        Instead, NIF will contribute to nuclear proliferation. DOE's own
non-proliferation analysis attempted to put the best possible face on the
situation. NIF's proliferation impacts would be "manageable and therefore
could be made acceptable," said the report. It did not say acceptable to
whom. NIF will contribute to proliferation directly, as information from
its experiments will leak to interested countries. In an Arms Control
Impact Statement to Congress, the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
called laser fusion a proliferation risk, citing its particular utility to
countries that already possess an industrial infrastructure. Future laser
fusion research conducted by the U.S. could lead other nations more quickly
to the development of sophisticated nuclear weapons, those with boosted
fission or thermonuclear capability, stated the report.

        A further concern is that NIF will create hazardous and radioactive
wastes. Livermore Lab's main site, where NIF is being built, and its nearby
high explosives testing range, called site 300, are already both on the
EPA's Superfund cleanup list. The Livermore site, along with all of the
other major DOE facilities, needs remediation -- not NIF.

        Frankly, Senator, as a Livermore-based organization, we have heard
from lab scientists at Livermore, Los Alamos and Sandia who express deep
concerns that NIF will have a negative impact on their research programs --
endeavors that in many cases we find more worthy than building and
operating a mega-laser. Too, we have despaired of the possibility that the
DOE or Livermore Lab management will act responsibly in this matter.

        It is of paramount importance that the Senate take action this year
to prevent more good money being thrown after bad.

Sincerely,


Marylia Kelley
Executive Director,
Tri-Valley CAREs


Marylia Kelley
Executive Director,
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA 94550
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web site: http://www.igc.org/tvc



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Defence Secy Cohen in Sydney Tomorrow - Let Him Know How You Feel
Date: 14 Jul 2000 18:28:43 +1000

US Defence Secretary William Cohen will be arriving in the fair city of
Sydney tomorrow.

On monday he'll be discussing a number of defence issues with foreign
minister Downer and defence minister John Moore.

A number of Australian NGOs and two federal parliamentarians have put their
names to a letter which asks that the US not proceed with NMD, and which
draws Cohen's attention to the resolution passed recently (29 June) by the
Senate in Canberra.

A similar letter has been sent to foreign minister Downer, asking him to
make representations to Cohen on BMD.

Unfortunately the Australian government seems to want to be 'understanding'
on BMD.

Secy Cohen has a fax number while he's in Australia.

It is 61-2-9221-0551.  Write 'Defence Secy William S. Cohen, C/O Don Q.
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: FW: Commission on National Security Space Management and
Date: 14 Jul 2000 11:24:17 -0400

>Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2000 01:17:49 -0400
>
>= N  E  W  S      R  E  L  E  A  S  E
>=
>= OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
>= (PUBLIC AFFAIRS)
>= WASHINGTON, D.C. 20301
>=
>= PLEASE NOTE DATE
>====================================================
>
>No. 405-00
>[phone](media)
>IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>July 13, 2000
>[phone](public/industry)
>COMMISSION ON NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION HOLDS
>FIRST MEETING
>The legislatively-mandated Commission to Assess United States National
>Security Space Management and Organization held its initial organizational
>meeting at the Pentagon on July 11.  Chaired by former Secretary of Defense
>Donald Rumsfeld, the commission has been tasked by the National Defense
>Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000 to investigate major changes in the
>management and organization of national security space assets.
>The commission consists of 13 distinguished private citizens.  In addition
>to Rumsfeld, members are:
>Duane P. Andrews, former assistant secretary of Defense for Command,
>Control, Communications and Intelligence;
>Robert V. Davis, former deputy undersecretary of Defense for Space;
>Howell M. Estes III, retired Air Force general and former commander of U.S.
>Space Command;
>Ronald R. Fogleman, retired Air Force general and former Air Force Chief of
>Staff;
>Jay M. Garner; retired U.S. Army general;
>William R. Graham, former deputy administrator of the National Aeronautics
>and Space Administration;
>Charles A. Horner, retired Air Force general and former commander of U.S.
>Space Command;
>David E. Jeremiah, retired Navy admiral and former vice chairman of the
>Joint Chiefs of Staff;
>Thomas A. Moorman, retired general and former vice chief of staff of the
>U.S. Air Force;
>Douglas H. Necessary, former U.S. House of Representatives Committee on
>Armed Services professional staff member;
>Glenn K. Otis, retired U.S. Army general; and
>Malcolm S. Wallop, former U.S. senator from Wyoming.
>The commission's final report is due to the Congress and the secretary of
>Defense in January 2000.
>-END-
>
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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Project Abolition's new coordinates
Date: 14 Jul 2000 11:33:45 -0500

Dear Friends,

Project Abolition has moved.  Our new coordinates are:

109 E. Clinton St., Goshen, IN 46528
phone: [phone]
fax: [phone]

Email remains the same.

In Peace,

Kevin Martin
Director, Project Abolition

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Call Your Senators! Urgent!
Date: 14 Jul 2000 16:06:46 -0400

Dear Friends,
The National Ignition Facility is a major part of the Dr. Strangeloves
stockpile stewardship program which enables them to design new nuclear
weapons.  It's in trouble and we may have an opportunity to cut funding for
it.  The action alert below asked that you call your Senators as soon as
possible to co-sponsor the legislation to cut the funds.  WE NEED SPECIAL HELP
WITH SENATORS FROM COLORADO, KENTUCKY OR WASHINGTON who sit on key
committees.
Please make your calls.  Many thanks.  Alice Slater

 Please call both of your Seantors and ask them to sponsor an
amendment to the Senate Appropriations bill to cut the construction funding
for the National Ignition Facility. The amount for construction in the
fiscal year 2001 budget request is 74.1 million. That is the amount that
should be cut. We do not have much time. The Senate appropriations bill
will probably come to the floor before the end of July. We must be ready
with an amendment before then.

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From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS: JULY 16 DAY OF ACTION
Date: 14 Jul 2000 13:59:04 -0700

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PLEASE JOIN US IN WASHINGTON, D.C. this Sunday. We'll be setting up at 1:30=
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Ave. on the north side of the Holocaust Museum.  We need at least 18 people=
 to
hold the giant banner!!!  SPREAD THE WORD. . . . . . . . . . . . .

US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Part of the Abolition 2000 Global Network

JULY 16, 2000: 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1st NUCLEAR WEAPON TEST
A Day of Remembrance for the Nuclear Age

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14, 2000  =20
CONTACT:        Pamela Meidell, The Atomic Mirror [phone]=20
                Jacqueline Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation (510)
839-5877
               =20
US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS says
=93Nuclear Weapons Testing Never Went Away =97=20
It=92s Just Been Hidden from Public View=94=20

Vigil on the Mall to Feature 70-foot Banner; Protest Against Continuing=
 Nuclear
Weapons Testing; Call for Nuclear Weapons Abolition

 PHOTO OPPORTUNITY: 70-foot long banner on the DC Mall at corner of Raul
Wallenberg Pl. and Independence Ave.  on north side of Holocaust Museum.
Striking black and white banner with graphic and photographic images
alphabetically lists 1039 U.S. nuclear weapons tests, from =93Trinity=94in=
 1945
to=93Oboe 3" in 2000.

Washington, DC =97 Sunday, July 16, from 2 - 4 pm,  the US CAMPAIGN TO=
 ABOLISH
NUCLEAR WEAPONS will hold a solemn vigil on the Mall, on the north side of=
 the
Holocaust Museum, in commemoration of the world=92s first nuclear weapon=
 test
explosion, code-named =93Trinity,=94 55 years ago on Mescalero Apache land. =
 The
vigil will debut a spectacular 70-foot long banner, by San Francisco Bay=
 Area
graphic designer Susan Dembowski.  The banner lists in alphabetical order=
 1039
U.S. nuclear tests, from =93Trinity=94 in 1945, to =93Oboe 3,=94 a=
 =93subcritical=94 test
detonated February 3, 2000, underground at the Nevada Test Site on Western
Shoshone land.  Images of mushroom clouds and other symbols of the nuclear=
 age,
as well  as portraits of  =93atomic veterans=94 by noted photographer James
Lerager, illustrate 1000+ US NUCLEAR TESTS ONGOING SINCE 1945.  While=
 holding
the banner, participants will read aloud the names of the tests as part of a
=93Litany of Remembrance for the Nuclear Age.=94 The vigil will conclude=
 with the
wailing of a World Word II-era air raid siren.  =20

        Vigil co-organizer Pamela Meidell, Executive Director of the Atomic
Mirror in Port Hueneme, California, quoted from her =93Litany of Remembrance=
 for
the Nuclear Age=94: =93In the year 2000, the people of the earth remember=
 the
beginning of the Nuclear Age on July 16, 1945.... We remember the cost to=
 all
life of our commitment to death. We remember the Indigenous peoples of the
Earth, on whose lands we mine for uranium, test our nuclear weapons, and=
 fill
with our nuclear waste. We remember the Hibakusha, the Downwinders, the=
 Atomic
Veterans, the children of Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, knowing that in a
global community, we are all Hibakusha, we are all Downwinders.=94          =
    =20
                              =20

        According to vigil co-organizer Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive=
 Director
of the Western States Legal Foundation in Oakland, California: =93Most=
 Americans
think nuclear testing has ended. But since signing the Comprehensive Test=
 Ban
Treaty in 1996, the United States has conducted eleven so-called=
 =91subcritical=92
tests, deep underground at the Nevada Test Site.=94  Subcritical tests=
 involve
hundreds of pounds of high explosive charge and special nuclear material=
 such
as weapongrade plutonium.  They are designed to occur without creating
selfsustaining nuclear reactions or nuclear explosions.  The subcriticals=
 are
part of  the $4.5 billion/year =93Stockpile Stewardship=94 nuclear weapons
research, development, testing and production program.  Through this=
 program,
new nuclear weapons facilities are being built, a new generation of nuclear
scientists is being trained, and nuclear weapons design and production is=
 going
forward.  Modifications or upgrades, in some instances including enhanced
military capabilities, are planned for every nuclear weapon type in the U.S.
arsenal.=20

        =93Government officials seem to think=91subcritical=92 means beneath
criticism,=94 charged Cabasso. =93We know better.  We=92re here to alert the=
 American
public that this new round of high-tech research and development is lending
renewed credibility to the threatened use of nuclear weapon.  In fact, it is
leading towards the development and production of weapon-types that are=
 more,
rather than less likely to be used in the post Cold War world.  We=92re here=
 to
demand an end to nuclear testing in all of its forms =97 from subcritical=
 tests
to missile defense tests.  And we=92re here to insist on nuclear=
 disarmament.=20
The best =97  perhaps the only way to prevent nuclear war =97 is to rid the=
 world
of nuclear weapons.=94

        The US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS was launched in October
1999.  It aims to =93educate public opinion and mobilize persistant popular
pressure to move the United States government to take prompt and unequivocal
actions to eliminate nuclear weapons.=94  Participating national and=
 regional
organizations include: Alliance of Atomic Veterans (Arizona); American=
 Friends
Service Committee; Atomic Mirror (California); Lawyers=92 Committee on=
 Nuclear
Policy (New York); Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (New
York); Peace and Environmental Coalition for the Abolition of Nuclear=
 Weapons
(Michigan); Womens=92 International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S.=
 Section;
Fellowship of  Reconciliation; Pax Christi USA,  Womens Action for New
Directions; Western States Legal Foundation (California); Greenpeace USA;=20


Tribal Environmental Watch Network (New Mexico); Tri-Valley Communities=
 Against
a Radioactive Environment (California); Proposition One (Washington, DC);
Shundahai Network (Nevada); Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (California);=
 Global
Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space.

        The US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS is part of the Abolition
2000
Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, which includes more than 2,000
non-governmental organizations in 95 countries working for a treaty to=
 abolish
nuclear weapons.    =20
       =20
        The US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS=92 July 16 vigil is part
of the
Fellowship of Reconciliation=92s 40-day =93People=92s Campaign for=
 Nonviolence=94 in
Washington D.C. from July 1 through August 9.   The People=92s Campaign for
Nonviolence is calling for an end to our culture of violence and injustice,=
 for
disarmament, and for the creation of a culture of nonviolence and justice.

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<font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica"><b>PLEASE JOIN US IN WASHINGTON, D.C. this
Sunday. We'll be setting up at 1:30 pm on on the Mall in DC at the corner
of Raul Wallenberg Place and Independence Ave. on the north side of the
Holocaust Museum.  We need at least 18 people to hold the giant
banner!!!  SPREAD THE WORD. . . . . . . . . . . . .<br>
<br>
<div align=3D"center">
US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS<br>
Part of the Abolition 2000 Global Network<br>
<br>
<i>JULY 16, 2000: 55<sup>TH</sup> ANNIVERSARY OF 1st NUCLEAR WEAPON
TEST<br>
</i>A Day of Remembrance for the Nuclear Age<br>
<br>
<u></div>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</u>: July 14, 2000
<dl>
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<dd>CONTACT</b>:
<x-tab>       </x-tab>Pamela Meidell,
The Atomic Mirror [phone]
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</dl><x-tab>        </x-tab><x-tab>&=
nbsp;       </x-tab>Jacqueline
Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation [phone]<br>
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<b><div align=3D"center">
US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS says<br>
<i>=93Nuclear Weapons Testing Never Went Away =97 <br>
It=92s Just Been Hidden from Public View=94 <br>
<br>
</i>Vigil on the Mall to Feature 70-foot Banner; Protest Against
Continuing Nuclear Weapons Testing; Call for Nuclear Weapons
Abolition<br>
<br>
</div>
 <u>PHOTO OPPORTUNITY</u>: 70-foot long banner on the DC Mall at
corner of Raul Wallenberg Pl. and Independence Ave.  on north side
of Holocaust Museum. </b><i>Striking black and white banner with graphic
and photographic images alphabetically lists 1039 U.S. nuclear weapons
tests, from =93Trinity=94in 1945 to=93Oboe 3" in 2000.<br>
<br>
</i><b>Washington, DC</b> =97 <u>Sunday, July 16, from 2 - 4 pm</u>,
the <b>US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS</b> will hold a solemn
vigil on <u>the Mall, on the north side of the Holocaust Museum</u>, in
commemoration of the world=92s first nuclear weapon test explosion,
code-named =93Trinity,=94 55 years ago on Mescalero Apache land.
</font>The vigil will debut a spectacular 70-foot long banner, by San
Francisco Bay Area graphic designer Susan Dembowski.  The banner
lists in alphabetical order 1039 U.S. nuclear tests, from =93Trinity=94 in
1945, to =93Oboe 3,=94 a =93subcritical=94 test detonated February 3, 2000,
underground at the Nevada Test Site on Western Shoshone land.
Images of mushroom clouds and other symbols of the nuclear age, as
well  as portraits of  =93atomic veterans=94 by noted photographer
James Lerager, illustrate <u>1000+ US NUCLEAR TESTS ONGOING SINCE
1945</u>.  While holding the banner, participants will read aloud
the names of the tests as part of a =93Litany of Remembrance for the
Nuclear Age.=94 The vigil will conclude with the wailing of a World Word
II-era air raid siren.<font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica">   <br>
<br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab></font>Vigil
co-organizer <b>Pamela Meidell</b>, Executive Director of the Atomic
Mirror<i> </i>in Port Hueneme, California, quoted from her =93Litany of
Remembrance for the Nuclear Age=94: <i>=93In the year 2000,
<font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica">the people of the earth remember the
beginning of the Nuclear Age on July 16, 1945.... </font>We remember the
cost to all life of our commitment to death. We remember the Indigenous
peoples of the Earth, on whose lands we mine for uranium, test our
nuclear weapons, and fill with our nuclear waste. We remember the
Hibakusha, the Downwinders, the Atomic Veterans, the children of
Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, knowing that in a global community, we
are all Hibakusha, we are all
Downwinders.=94<x-tab>        </x-ta=
b><x-tab>        </x-tab><x-tab>&nbs=
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<font face=3D"Arial, Helvetica"><x-tab>      &=
nbsp; </x-tab></i>According
to vigil co-organizer <b>Jacqueline Cabasso</b>, Executive Director of
the Western States Legal Foundation in Oakland, California:<i> =93Most
Americans think nuclear testing has ended. But since signing the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in 1996, the United States has conducted
eleven so-called =91subcritical=92 tests, deep underground at the Nevada Tes=
t
Site.=94 </i> Subcritical tests involve hundreds of pounds of high
explosive charge and special nuclear material such as weapongrade
plutonium.  They are designed to occur without creating
selfsustaining nuclear reactions or nuclear explosions.  The
subcriticals are</font><i> </i>part of  the $4.5 billion/year
=93Stockpile Stewardship=94 nuclear weapons research, development, testing
and production program.  Through this program, new nuclear weapons
facilities are being built, a new generation of nuclear scientists is
being trained, and nuclear weapons design and production is going
forward.  Modifications or upgrades, in some instances including
enhanced military capabilities, are planned for every nuclear weapon type
in the U.S. arsenal. <br>
<br>
<i><x-tab>        </x-tab>=93Governm=
ent
officials seem to think=91subcritical=92 means beneath criticism,=94</i>
charged Cabasso. <i>=93We know better.  We=92re here to alert the
American public that this new round of high-tech research and development
is lending renewed credibility to the threatened use of nuclear
weapon.  In fact, it is leading towards the development and
production of weapon-types that are more, rather than less likely to be
used in the post Cold War world.  We=92re here to demand an end to
nuclear testing in all of its forms =97 from subcritical tests to missile
defense tests.  And we=92re here to insist on nuclear
disarmament.  The best =97  perhaps the only way to prevent
nuclear war =97 is to rid the world of nuclear weapons.=94<br>
<br>
</i><x-tab>        </x-tab>The US
CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS was launched in October 1999.
It aims to <i>=93educate public opinion and mobilize persistant popular
pressure to move the United States government to take prompt and
unequivocal actions to eliminate nuclear weapons.=94</i>
Participating national and regional organizations include: Alliance of
Atomic Veterans (Arizona); American Friends Service Committee; Atomic
Mirror (California); Lawyers=92 Committee on Nuclear Policy (New York);
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (New York); Peace and
Environmental Coalition for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons (Michigan);
Womens=92 International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S. Section;
Fellowship of  Reconciliation; Pax Christi USA,  Womens Action
for New Directions; Western States Legal Foundation (California);
Greenpeace USA; <br>
<br>
<br>
Tribal Environmental Watch Network (New Mexico); Tri-Valley Communities
Against a Radioactive Environment (California); Proposition One
(Washington, DC); Shundahai Network (Nevada); Nuclear Age Peace
Foundation (California); Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power
in Space.<br>
<br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab>The US
CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS is part of the Abolition 2000 Global
Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, which includes more than 2,000
non-governmental organizations in 95 countries working for a treaty to
abolish nuclear weapons. <x-tab>   </x-tab> <br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab><br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab>The US
CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS=92 July 16 vigil is part of the
Fellowship of Reconciliation=92s 40-day =93People=92s Campaign for Nonviolen=
ce=94
in Washington D.C. from July 1 through August 9.   The People=92s
Campaign for Nonviolence is calling for an end to our culture of violence
and injustice, for disarmament, and for the creation of a culture of
nonviolence and justice.<br>
<br>
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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/16 - 2-4 p.m. today, Trinity in D.C.
Date: 16 Jul 2000 07:42:23 -0400

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We hope you will join us [today] on the Mall in Washington DC (on the north
side of the Holocaust Museum) from 2-4 p.m. for a vigil in remembrance of all
nuclear tests and all who have suffered (and continue to suffer) because of
them. As you know, it is the anniversary of the Trinity Test and the beginning
of the Nuclear Age. If you are not able to be with us in person, we invite you
to pause for a moment tomorrow while you read
this Litany of Remembrance and recommit yourself, with all of us, to the
abolition of nuclear weapons!! Please post to these lists any
actions/observances that you organize/participate in around the country (and
world).

What follows is the Litany and Suggested Action (for the US) that we will be
handing out (also attached). Please use it freely.

In peace and solidarity,

Pamela Meidell
Jackie Cabasso
Co-organizers of the Trinity Vigil

Thank you for joining The US Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons on the Mall
near the Holocaust Museum today. This remembrance of the anniversary of the
first nuclear test explosion in human history, and the dawn of the Nuclear Age,
is part of the Fellowship of Reconciliation's 40-day People's Campaign for
Nonviolence this summer.

PLEASE TAKE THIS LITANY WITH YOU TO REMIND YOU OF THE STATE OF OUR NUCLEAR
WORLD, AND PLEASE TAKE ACTION, AS SUGGESTED ON THE BACK.

Litany of Remembrance for the Nuclear Age July 16, 2000

In the year 2000, the people of the earth remember the beginning of the Nuclear
Age on July 16, 1945.

We remember each child born since the dawn of the Nuclear Age, the miracle and
sacredness of each living being.

We remember the image of the first mushroom cloud of the Trinity atomic test,
rising above the earth near Alamogordo, New Mexico.

We remember the words of Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Manhattan Project,
"I am become Death, the Shatterer of Worlds."

We remember "Little Boy," and "Fat Man," the atomic bombs that destroyed the
Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945.

Today, we remember the terrible destructive power and violence latent within
us, and made manifest in the bomb. We look into our hearts and draw from the
deep wells of beauty, creativity, and humanity's spiritual traditions, to
nurture a culture of peace and health.

We remember the visionaries who have come before us, calling us to our best
selves. We give thanks for their witness and their commitment to life.

We remember the cost to all life of our commitment to death.

We remember the Indigenous peoples of the Earth, on whose lands we mine for
uranium, test our nuclear weapons, and fill with our nuclear waste.

We remember the Hibakusha, the Downwinders, the Atomic Veterans, the children
of Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, knowing that in a global community, we are
all Hibakusha, we are all Downwinders.

We remember the deserts of New Mexico, Nevada, Lop Nor, Maralinga,
Algeria,Rajasthan, and Kazakhstan, where the atomic violence creates deserts in
our hearts and souls.

We remember the islands of Bikini, Christmas, Eniwetok, Fangataufa, Johnston,
Monte Bello, Moruroa, and Novaya Zemlya, where the atomic destruction makes us
islands unto ourselves.

We remember the plants and animals of the earth, whose waters, soil, and air,
we contaminate in the name of "national security."

We remember our children and grandchildren and all beings of the future, and
ask their forgiveness for the radioactive legacy we leave to them.

Today, we remember our nuclear history so that we will not repeat it.

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<b>We hope you will join us [today] on the Mall in Washington DC (on the
north side of the Holocaust Museum) from 2-4 p.m. for a vigil in
remembrance of all nuclear tests and all who have suffered (and continue
to suffer) because of them. As you know, it is the anniversary of the
Trinity Test and the beginning of the Nuclear Age.</b> If you are not
able to be with us in person, we invite you to pause for a moment
tomorrow while you read<br>
this Litany of Remembrance and recommit yourself, with all of us, to the
abolition of nuclear weapons!! Please post to these lists any
actions/observances that you organize/participate in around the country
(and world).<br>
<br>
What follows is the Litany and Suggested Action (for the US) that we will
be handing out (also attached). Please use it freely.<br>
<br>
In peace and solidarity,<br>
<br>
Pamela Meidell<br>
Jackie Cabasso<br>
Co-organizers of the Trinity Vigil<br>
<br>
Thank you for joining The US Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons on the
Mall near the Holocaust Museum today. This remembrance of the anniversary
of the first nuclear test explosion in human history, and the dawn of the
Nuclear Age, is part of the Fellowship of Reconciliation's 40-day
People's Campaign for Nonviolence this summer. <br>
<br>
PLEASE TAKE THIS LITANY WITH YOU TO REMIND YOU OF THE STATE OF OUR
NUCLEAR WORLD, AND PLEASE TAKE ACTION, AS SUGGESTED ON THE BACK.<br>
<br>
Litany of Remembrance for the Nuclear Age July 16, 2000<br>
<br>
In the year 2000, the people of the earth remember the beginning of the
Nuclear Age on July 16, 1945.<br>
<br>
We remember each child born since the dawn of the Nuclear Age, the
miracle and sacredness of each living being.<br>
<br>
We remember the image of the first mushroom cloud of the Trinity atomic
test, rising above the earth near Alamogordo, New Mexico.<br>
<br>
We remember the words of Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Manhattan
Project, "I am become Death, the Shatterer of Worlds."<br>
<br>
We remember "Little Boy," and "Fat Man," the atomic
bombs that destroyed the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on
August 6 and 9, 1945.<br>
<br>
Today, we remember the terrible destructive power and violence latent
within us, and made manifest in the bomb. We look into our hearts and
draw from the deep wells of beauty, creativity, and humanity's spiritual
traditions, to nurture a culture of peace and health.<br>
<br>
We remember the visionaries who have come before us, calling us to our
best selves. We give thanks for their witness and their commitment to
life.<br>
<br>
We remember the cost to all life of our commitment to death. <br>
<br>
We remember the Indigenous peoples of the Earth, on whose lands we mine
for uranium, test our nuclear weapons, and fill with our nuclear
waste.<br>
<br>
We remember the Hibakusha, the Downwinders, the Atomic Veterans, the
children of Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, knowing that in a global
community, we are all Hibakusha, we are all Downwinders.<br>
<br>
We remember the deserts of New Mexico, Nevada, Lop Nor, Maralinga,
Algeria,Rajasthan, and Kazakhstan, where the atomic violence creates
deserts in our hearts and souls.<br>
<br>
We remember the islands of Bikini, Christmas, Eniwetok, Fangataufa,
Johnston, Monte Bello, Moruroa, and Novaya Zemlya, where the atomic
destruction makes us islands unto ourselves.<br>
<br>
We remember the plants and animals of the earth, whose waters, soil, and
air, we contaminate in the name of "national security."<br>
<br>
We remember our children and grandchildren and all beings of the future,
and ask their forgiveness for the radioactive legacy we leave to
them.<br>
<br>
Today, we remember our nuclear history so that we will not repeat
it.<br>
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Subject: (abolition-usa) Missile Control Regime: Letter to New York Times
Date: 16 Jul 2000 14:11:45 EDT

New York Times, Letters, July 15, 2000

Missile Shield: A National Priority?

To the Editor:

Re "A Better Way to Build a Missile Defense," by Richard Perle (Op-Ed, July
13):

Mr. Perle asserts that an effective missile shield can be built. Others
assert that the threat of retaliation by the United States is sufficient to
deter attacks. Both approaches are morally abhorrent because they plan for
the possibility of fighting a war with nuclear missiles. There is a third
option: Eliminate the capability to launch missile attacks through
development of a global missile control system.

Russia has made proposals for missile nonproliferation and monitoring that
point toward such a system. North Korea is observing a moratorium on
long-range missile tests. A global missile flight test ban would be an
excellent first step toward real security based on eliminating the threat of
missile attack rather than deterring or defending against it.

JOHN BURROUGHS
Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
New York, July 13, 2000


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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Press release and Letters to Defence Secy Cohen and Downer re NMD
Date: 17 Jul 2000 12:47:06 +1000

Dear All,

Defence Sectetary William S. Cohen is currently in the fair city of Sydney.

Australian peace and environment groups, as well as the Wayside Chapel and
parliamentarians Carmen Lawrence and Senator Lyn Allison have written to
him to express their opposition to NMD.

If you would like to let defence secretary Cohen know what you think about
NMD, otherwise known as 'Star Wars', we urge you to do so.

His fax number in Sydney is 61-2-9221-0551.
His fax number at the Penatagon is [phone].

You may be able to fax him in Sydney if you do so immediately.

Otherwise, you may be able to fax him at the pentagon - if you are using
your own fax a single A4 page fax is still about a dollar.

W'e like also to suggest that you fax our foreign minister Downer
immediately and ask him to convey the concern of ordinary Australians over
NMD/Star Wars.

In the last weeks, 50 US Nobel Prizewinners have asked Clinton not to
proceed with NMD, the Australian Senate voted against NMD on 29th June, and
last thursday, the foreign ministers of the G8 expressed concern over NMD,
and expressed support for the ABM treaty, which NMD violates.



IMMEDIATE USE
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE
ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
AUSTRALIAN GROUPS SAY NO TO MISSILE DEFENCE

Australian  organizations and parliamentarians have sent letters to the US
Secretary of Defence William S. Cohen and to Foreign Minister Downer,
urging the US not to proceed with the controversial  National Missile
Defence scheme.(NMD) Defence Secretary Cohen is today engaged in talks with
Downer and defence minister John Moore at HMAS Kuttubul in Sydney.

A  well-attended demonstration took place yesterday against Defence
Secretary Cohen outside the US consulate, attended by members of peace
groups, and  the Serbian and Iraqi communities.

On 29th June, the Australian Senate passed a motion which urged the US not
to proceed with NMD. At a meeting last Thursday in Japan, G8 foreign
ministers signaled that they were  extremely unhappy with US plans to
proceed with NMD, and immediately before the NMD test last weekend, 50 US
Nobel prizewinners wrote to President Clinton to ask him not to proceed
with NMD.

The letters from Australian organizations to Cohen and Downer on NMD have
been signed by Senator Lyn Allison of the Australian Democrats, Dr. Carmen
Lawrence of the ALP and MLC Lee Rhiannon of the Greens as well as the
Wayside Chapel, The Australian Peace Committee, the Anti-Bases Campaign,
People for Nuclear Disarmament, (NSW and W.A.,) Pax Christi, the Australian
Conservation Foundation and Friends of the Earth Australia.

The letters draw the attention of Defence Secretary Cohen and Foreign
Minister Downer to the 29June Senate motion, call on Cohen not to proceed
with NMD but instead to move to the early implementation of the START-II
agreement and the negotiation of a START-III agreement with the lowest
possible warhead numbers, and urge the US and Russia to maintain the
integrity of the ABM treaty.  They urge foreign minister Downer to make the
strongest possible representations to secretary Cohen on the issue.

Contact: John Hallam, [phone] h(02) 9810-2598
Irene Gale AM, 08-8364-2291
Hannah Middleton, Anti-Bases 0411-409-954
Dennis Doherty, Anti-Bases, 0418-290-663



FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE SA,
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE SYDNEY
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE S. COAST
PAX CHRISTI NSW
SYDNEY ANTI-BASES COALITION
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT W.A.,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT NSW,
WAYSIDE CHAPEL KINGS CROSS,
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
SENATOR LYN ALLISON
DR CARMEN LAWRENCE, MHR,
LEE RHIANNON MLC (NSW),

RE: NMD

WILLIAM S. COHEN, DEFENCE SECRETARY, UNITED STATES, [phone]
(C/O DON Q WASHINGTON 9221-0551)
cc
Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer
02-6273-4112, 08-8370-8166, 6261-2151.
US EMBASSY CANBERRA, 02-6214-5970,6214-5930
US CONSULATE SYDNEY 9373-9125

Dear Defence Secretary Cohen,
We are writing in view of your  trip to Australia.

We understand the subject of NMD formed part of your discussions in Beijing.

The organizations named above, and signed below, wish to point out that the
Australian Senate on 29th June, passed a motion in which it called on your
country:

1)Not to deploy a National Missile Defence (NMD) system.

2)Called on the US and Russia to proceed with the early implementation  and
entry into force of START-II and negotiation of START-III as soon as
possible,

3)Called on you to outline how you will implement the final document of the
NPT Review Conference requirement that nuclear weapons play a diminishing
role in security policies,

4)Urged the US and Russia to maintain the integrity of the ABM treaty.

The failure last Saturday of the NMD test, indicates that an NMD system
cannot make a positive contribution to the security of the US or its allies
including Australia.

Concern over the possible deployment of NMD has been expressed by the UN
Secretary General, Russia, China, the European Union, France, Germany,
Sweden, and Non-Aligned Movement and the New Agenda Coalition. 50 US Nobel
prizewinners including some of the most respected names in Physics, have
urged you not to proceed with NMD.

Accordingly we too, urge you to take note of the Australian Senate
resolution and not to proceed with NMD.

Signed:
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee SA., Adelaide
Babs Fuller- Quinn, Coordinator, Australian Peace Committee Sydney,
Doreen Borrow, Australian Peace Committee South Coast,
Jack Forward,  Central Coast Peace Forum,
Dennis Doherty, Pax Christi New South Wales,
Hannah Middleton, Sydney Anti-Bases Coalition,
Jo Vallentine, People for Nuclear Disarmament Western Australia,
Morrie Mifsud, People for Nuclear Disarmament NSW.,
Pauline Mitchell, Secy., Campaign for International Cooperation and
Disarmament,(CICD) Melbourne,
Reverend Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross,
Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Dr Carmen Lawrence, MHR, Federal Member for Fremantle, W.A.,
Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria,
Lee Rhiannon MLC, Greens NSW,


FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE S.A.,
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE SYDNEY
SOUTH COAST PEACE COMMITTEE
CENTRAL COAST PEACE FORUM
PAX CHRISTI NSW
SYDNEY ANTI-BASES COALITION
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT W.A.,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT NSW
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION
WAYSIDE CHAPEL(KINGS CROSS)
SENATOR LYN ALLISON
DR CARMEN LAWRENCE, MHR
LEE RHIANNON MLC (NSW),


ATTN ALEXANDER DOWNER
02-6273-4112,  08-8370-8166
CC
DFAT, 02-6261-2151
SENATOR LYN ALLISON, 02-6277-3087
SENATOR MEG LEES, 02-8295-8911
LAURIE BRERETON 9349-8089

RE: VISIT OF US DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN

Dear Alexander Downer,

The organizations named above and signed below are writing with respect to
the imminent visit of US Secretary for Defence, William S. Cohen, to urge
you to make the strongest possible expressions of concern with respect to
US proposals to deploy a National Missile Defence (NMD) system, which when
tested over last weekend, failed completely.

National Missile Defence has been criticized as being at the same time,
both ineffective, probably physically impossible, and at the same time
destabilizing.

Expressions of strong concern over it have been made at the Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York, by UN secretary
General Kofi Annan, by the European Union, France, Germany, Sweden,
Portugal, by the Non-Aligned Movement, by the New Agenda Coalition, and
others.

Russia has threatened that if the US violates the ABM treaty, as deployment
of NMD would, it will 'tear up' arms control agreements to date. China will
almost certainly greatly increase the size of its currently minimal nuclear
deterrent force if NMD is deployed. Both these developments will lead the
world back to nuclear arms- racing.

Within the US, 50 US Nobel prizewinners (Half the Nobel prizewinners in the
US) have written to President Clinton to ask that NMD not proceed. The
American Physical Society, the top physics body in the US, has expressed
the almost unanimous opinion that NMD as proposed is physically impossible.

The Australian Senate on 29th June, passed a motion calling on the US not
to proceed with NMD.

It called for:

1)The US Not to deploy a National Missile Defence (NMD) system.

2)Called on the US and Russia to proceed with the early implementation  and
entry into force of START-II and negotiation of START-III as soon as
possible,

3)Called on nuclear weapons states to outline how they will implement the
final document of the NPT Review Conference requirement that nuclear
weapons play a diminishing role in security policies,

4)Urged the US and Russia to maintain the integrity of the ABM treaty.

In view of both the clearly destabilizing effects of the deployment of NMD
and of its highly problematic technical aspects which mean that it will
make no contribution (or a negative one) to the security of either the US
or US allies including Australia, we urge you to make the very strongest
representations to defence Secretary Cohen when he visits this coming
weekend.

Signed
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee SA,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Coordinator, Australian Peace Committee Sydney,
Doreen Borrow, Coordinator, South Coast Peace Committee,
George Gotsis, Coordinator, Greek Peace Committee, Sydney,
Jack Forward, Central Coast Peace Forum,
Reverend Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross, Sydney.,
Dennis Doherty, Pax Christi New South Wales,
Hannah Middleton, Sydney Anti-Bases Coalition,
Jo Vallentine, People for Nuclear Disarmament Western Australia,
Pauline Mitchell, Secy., Campaign for International Cooperation and
Disarmament, Melbourne,
Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria,
Dr Carmen Lawrence, MHR, Federal Member for Fremantle,(W.A.),
Lee Rhiannon MLC, Greens, NSW.,



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) William Cohen interview in Sydney
Date: 17 Jul 2000 16:59:52 +1000

The following interview was given by US defence secy Cohen to Laurie Oakes,
a respected but very conservative reporter, in the Intercontinental Hotel
in Sydney.

John Hallam


William Cohen, US Secretary of Defence
July 16, 192000
Reporter - Laurie Oakes


American Defense Secretary William Cohen is in Australia this weekend for
talks with our Defence and Foreign Ministers.

Secretary Cohen has just flown in from China, where there's major disquiet
about America's pursuit of Ronald Reagan's dream - a Star Wars missile
defence system. There are concerns the move could lead to a new arms race in
our own region, prompting not just China but India and Pakistan to build up
their missile stocks. Also on the agenda, the new instability in the South
Pacific.

Secretary Cohen joined us this morning from his Sydney hotel to talk with
Sunday's Political Editor, Laurie Oakes.

TRANSCRIPT:

LAURIE OAKES - REPORTER: Mr Cohen, welcome to Australia and to the program.

WILLIAM COHEN - US DEFENSE SECRETARY: A pleasure to be here.

REPORTER: So, one of the things the Australian government is hoping you'll
brief them on is Star Wars Two, the proposed national missile defence
shield. How likely is that to go ahead now?

COHEN: Well, President Clinton has not yet made a decision as to whether we
should actually deploy such a system, but I think the characterisation in
the lead-in to this discussion is in error. This is not Ronald Reagan's Star
Wars, this is something far more limited in nature, and it's designed to
provide a limited amount of protection against a limited type of attack
coming from nations such as North Korea, Iran, potentially Iraq, and others.


And so, it is not the Star Wars that's been described or that Ronald Reagan
had in mind back in the 1980s, it's something far more limited in nature and
something that I think is quite necessary, given today's spread of
technology.

REPORTER: Well, you mention Iran. They've just tested successfully the
second time their Shahab-3 missile, capable of hitting countries in the
Middle East. Israel says that will give them nuclear capability by 2005.
Will that spur you on with this project?

COHEN: Well, this is exactly one of the things that is most troublesome. We
have tried to point out that it's not ... this system is not aimed at
Russia, is not aimed at China, it is aimed to protect the American people
against a capability by nations such as Iran, Iraq, and North Korea and
others.

Again, we have to go through the four criteria that President Clinton has
set forth. What is the nature of the threat? What is the level of maturation
of our technology? What are the costs? And what are the implications for
overall arms control? And that's something that I'm examining, Secretary of
State Albright will examine, and we will make a recommendation to the
President taking into account all four factors.

REPORTER: Now, did the Chinese leaders that you've been speaking to accept
that explanation, accept it as not a threat to China?

COHEN: No, they are in disagreement on this issue. We have taken the
opportunity of my visit to try to point out the nature of the system and why
it's important that they also share in the effort to cut down on the
proliferation of technology. They too will find themselves in a situation
where nations that might have hostile intents toward China could have this
capability. So, there's an interest on their part in curbing the
proliferation of missile technology, weapons of mass destruction,
biological, chemical and indeed even nuclear.

REPORTER: No, it's not just China and Russia that are against this and
regard it as potentially destabilising, starting an arms race. The
Canadians, the Germans have also been critical. I guess you're relieved then
that the Australian government is supporting you in this.

COHEN: We are very pleased that the Australian government has been
supportive of the research development. They have made no decision on the
deployment, but they understand the nature of the threat that US citizens
will face in the future when countries such as Iran have a long range
missile capability, capable of threatening the United States and impeding
our effort to provide for stability and peace throughout many parts of the
world.

REPORTER: It's true, isn't it, that if this goes ahead the joint facilities
in Australia, particularly Pine Gap, would be involved in detecting missile
launches?

COHEN: They could very much be involved in terms of providing the kind of
radar capability that will be necessary for any effective NMD program. No
decision, of course, has been made on that but it could play a role.

REPORTER: Now there is talk about an extended version of this system called
TMD - Theatre Missile Defense - which, I understand, could put a protective
shield not only around continental US but also around particular regions.
Would that be used to protect allies like Australia?

COHEN: Well, the Theatre Missile Defense system is more limited in nature
and is designed to protect our forces that are forward deployed. We have
talked on a level with various countries in terms of having their
cooperation. Japan, for example, has provided some research and development
contributions to a Theatre Missile Defense system.

But this is going to be certainly available to our allies and our friends
who wish to share in this type of program, but that is somewhere down the
line. It is not as immediate, in terms of the technology, as the National
Missile Defense system is, but is something that we are exploring with a
variety of countries and certainly Australia would be a country that we'd be
very interested in cooperating with.

REPORTER: So ultimately, this could be used to protect Australian forces
too?

COHEN: Absolutely.

REPORTER: The leaders you met in China, are you now quite confident that
they accept there should be no attempt to use armed force to regain Taiwan?

COHEN: Well, what the Chinese leadership has said that they reserve the
right to use force, although they indicated they have no intent to use force
against Taiwan. And my message was that it's very important that they pursue
every diplomatic opportunity. New leadership in Taiwan, I believe there has
been some flexibility demonstrated by the new President of Taiwan. They
should seek ways to be creative in their own thinking to bring about a
reconciliation on a peaceful basis because the use of military force would
certainly have some pretty grave consequences.

REPORTER: I raise that because of comments made last year by Richard
Armitage, I guess, as the one Republican in the Democrat administration
you'd know him. He advises George W Bush, the Republican candidate, and used
to advise his father, I think. Did you read his comments where he said that
Australia has a role in preventing Beijing from using military force against
Taiwan, and Australia must stand ready to give military support to
Washington if the US goes to war with China?

COHEN: Well, I didn't read his comments on that. I might point out that Mr
Armitage is only one of George W Bush's advisers. There are quite a few
others. But the fact is that Australia has always been supportive of the
United States, certainly during the twentieth century. In every conflict
that we've been involved, Australia's been side-by-side with the United
States.

This does not, of course, commit Australia to anything in the future but we
have a very strong bilateral relationship with Australia. We treasure it. I
have now visited Australia three times as Secretary of Defense. I've visited
China only twice, France once, Great Britain once, and so it shows you that
we value very much the role that Australia plays in helping to maintain
peace and stability throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

REPORTER: I am interested, though, in finding out how generally held these
views are. Mr Armitage said that Australia can't pick and choose, if tension
in the Taiwan Strait led to war between the US and China, Washington would
expect Australia to contribute to and I quote "the dirty, hard and dangerous
work".

Now, is that how you see it, and do you think it's how George W Bush sees
it?

COHEN: Well, I again ... I don't know that Mr Armitage speaks for George W
Bush. These are his own views.

REPORTER: Yes.

COHEN: We would look to Australia in any type of conflict that we have been
involved for their partnership and share in the responsibility of providing
peace and stability throughout the Asia-Pacific region. I would point out
that they have been, again, engaged in every conflict that we have had.

They are now helping to really provide intercept operations in the Persian
Gulf. They have been most supportive in the Fiji and Solomon Islands
disputes and unrest in these two areas. But more specifically, I want to
praise Australia for the leadership role it has taken in dealing with East
Timor. This was something very important to maintaining stability in the
region and Australia deserves a great deal of credit for that.

REPORTER: Well, how concerned is the US about the instability, the
apparently growing instability, in this region? Is it of strategic
importance to the United States?

COHEN: Well, certainly, the southern part of the Pacific is of great
strategic importance and that's why we look to Australia as the key anchor
of our policy and our goals. But the instability, I think, has to be
measured against what took place a year or two ago. We see more stability.
We look at what has taken place in Korea as far as the summit that occurred.
We look at East Timor, which is certainly in far better shape this year than
it was last year.

And so there still pockets of instability but that's precisely the reason
why, I think, your Prime Minister and Defence Minister are now looking at
ways in which they can strengthen their own military capability to be able
to respond to crises and to operate well with the United States to have
interoperable equipment to share tactics and doctrine and strategies. This
is something that's very important for maintaining stability in the entire
region.

REPORTER: You just said, I think, that Australia is seen by the US as, sort
of, anchor for its policy in the region. What do you think of the
description of Australia perhaps being a kind of deputy to the US when it
comes to peacekeeping in the region?

COHEN: I don't think that's the case at all. I think that Australia has its
own foreign policy. It tends to coincide with our own objectives of
promoting stability so there can be prosperity. But Australia is by no means
subordinate to the United States. We talk, we cooperate, we discuss, but
Australia has its own sovereign policies. Hopefully, they will continue to
be consistent with our objective of promoting peace and stability and
prosperity throughout the Asia Pacific region.

REPORTER: And do you think the role Australia played in East Timor provides
any sort of a precedent for the way we should behave in the region? Should
we fulfill this sort of role in other places?

COHEN: Well, I think that Australia must decide that for itself but it will
have to pick and choose and be selective where it is engaged, and to put its
priority in those areas that pose the greatest threat to instability. It by
no means should be a precedent but it does show what kind of capability
Australia should have and maintain, and to be able to deal with such crises
as that presented by East Timor in the past year.

REPORTER: Could I ask you specifically about Fiji, where a nation has
capitulated to tourist and hostage-takers. Is the US going to react to that
to try to help restore democracy?

COHEN: Well, we certainly are concerned about what has taken place in Fiji.
We can look to Australia for leadership, in terms of what kind of action and
reaction should be taken, and we will cooperate very much in coordinating
the kind of response that will be important to restoring democracy to Fiji.

REPORTER: Are you thinking in terms of sanctions and will you be discussing
that with Mr Moore tomorrow?

COHEN: Well, we will discuss what Australia think to be the best policy to
pursue. I think that Australia, being closer ... much closer to the
situation, that we can perhaps work together. But we will look to Australia
to give us some advice in terms of how this should be handled as well.

REPORTER: And what about Indonesia? The tension between Australia and
Indonesia doesn't seem to be abating, following our intervention in East
Timor. Is that of concern to the US?

COHEN: It may take some time but I think that this relationship can be
repaired and should be repaired. The United States, of course, discontinued
our military relationship with Indonesia, we are now starting to re-engage
Indonesia on a step by step basis, looking for ways in which we can have a
sharing of information, having the military attend conferences, trying to
rebuild the relationship in the future. But this is something that's
important to Indonesia - it's very important - and I believe over a period
of time the relationship between Indonesia and Australia will improve.

REPORTER: Now, one of the things that Mr Moore wants to discuss with you, I
gather, and I think you mentioned it, is the degree of access Australia has
given to the latest US defence technology. Will we be given favoured
treatment so that we can maintain our technological edge over other military
forces in the region?

COHEN: One of the concerns the United States has had with many of our allies
that there is a growing technological gap. We want to close that gap and we
have proposed changing our export laws as they pertain to the sharing of
technology. We had Australia very much in mind in proposing this change in
modification of our own laws.

Australia and Japan are NATO allies, but Australia is very high on the list
and we believe that the signing of a declaration of principles while I am
here, during this visit, will be important in helping to close that gap.

REPORTER: Now, for us to close that gap, to invest in more modern equipment,
will obviously involve more spending. I gather that both parties in
Washington are concerned that Australia has allowed its military spending to
decline.

COHEN: Well, the Prime Minister of course and the Defense Minister have
recently issued a paper which indicates that Australia itself believes that
defence spending should increase.

Yes, there will have to be additional investment if Australia hopes to
maintain a modern interoperable force with the United States and other
allies. And so this is a requirement on all of our allies. We have become
concerned about many of our NATO allies, who continue to talk about
modernisation of their forces and yet we see declining defence budgets.

It's going to be very hard to reconcile that and that's the reason why I've
urged all of them to look at their forces, but to also look to increase
their defence spending so that there will not be a growing gap between the
United States' capability and that of our allies. So that if joint action is
required, we will not have a mismatch in capability and with negative
consequences.

REPORTER: A couple of quick issues. Could I have your assessment of the
terrorist threat to the Sydney Olympic Games?

COHEN: Well, it's hard for me to make such an assessment. I think any time
you have a gathering, a world class gathering of sports types of activities,
that there's always an attraction there for groups, or individuals, who
would seek to destroy the purpose of the Olympics themselves. I think you
have to be on guard, I'm satisfied there will be extraordinary security
precautions taken, much as there have been in other parts of the world where
these are held.

REPORTER: And are you confident that Australia's forces are up to the task?

COHEN: Oh, I think Australian forces will be more than up to the task.

REPORTER: Now, have you had any word on progress in the Middle East talks in
Washington?

COHEN: Oh, it continues to be a very vigorous discussion and dialogue at
Camp David. I can't report any progress that has not already been reported
on the national news.

REPORTER: A final issue, you mentioned North Korea. Has the threat from
North Korea subsided? Do you still class it as a rogue state?

COHEN: Go ahead, I'm sorry.

REPORTER: And ... I was going to add, there've been talks between the US and
North Korea about the missile program. What progress there?

COHEN: Well, they have so far suspended the actual testing of ... flight
testing of the missiles, but their testing at sub-levels still continues. We
have to be concerned about that, but we are very encouraged by the summit
that occurred. But we cannot afford to drop our guard, or have the South
Koreans drop their guard, until such times as we see how this is going to
unfold in the future. A very good sign, we have to see what the follow
through is going to be and in the meantime we have to maintain vigilance.

REPORTER: But do you see a light at the end of the tunnel? Do you see the
day when American forces will be pulled out of Korea?

COHEN: Well, that, as President Kim of South Korea has indicated, even if
there should be some kind of a unification, a federation, confederation,
whatever the ultimate solution is going to be, that they would ... that
President Kim would anticipate that American forces would remain there, at
whatever level will be determined in the future. But he foresees a time when
we will have a presence there for the indefinite future, so that we can help
maintain stability throughout the Asia Pacific region.

REPORTER: Mr Cohen, we thank you.

COHEN: Thank you very much.

ENDS.

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) New Report/Alternatives to Stockpile Stewardship/Events
Date: 17 Jul 2000 10:27:30 -0700 (PDT)

Dear peace and environmental colleagues:

Tri-Valley CAREs is extremely pleased to announce the release of an
important, new report -- "Managing the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile: A
Comparison of Five Strategies," by Dr. Robert Civiak. This study is the
first comprehensive analysis of the DOE's Stockpile Stewardship program and
its alternatives. It is now available on our website at
http://www.igc.org/tvc, or by mail.

Below, please find the media advisory for our press conference Thursday
afternoon, July 20, at the national press club in Washington, DC. You will
also find information about a Friday morning, July 21, roundtable for
non-governmental organizations on the report and its recommendations. If
you are in DC, please attend. Additionally, Dr. Civiak and I will be
meeting with various agencies regarding the report and its recommendations.


Peace, Marylia         Read on ...

* media advisory *
for further information, contact
Marylia Kelley, [phone]

                        MORE U.S. SECURITY FOR LESS COST

WHAT:           News Conference to release a major new study, "Managing the
U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile: A Comparison of Five Strategies," providing
the first comprehensive review of alternatives to the Dept. of Energy's
(DOE) controversial Stockpile Stewardship program. The study compares five
different options for maintaining the U.S. arsenal and concludes that three
provide substantially more security for billions less. The three are: the
Remanufacturing Option at $3.9 billion/yr., the Curatorship Option at $2.7
billion/yr. and the Passive Arms Reduction Option at $1.7 billion/yr. These
three stand in stark contrast to the current Stockpile Stewardship
program's annual costs, with $4.7 billion requested for the coming year and
$4.9 billion/yr. estimated thereafter.

WHEN:           Thursday, July 20, 2000 at 1 PM

WHERE:          National Press Club, Zenger Room, 13th Floor, 529 - 14th
Street, NW, Washington, D.C.

WHO:            * Dr. Frank von Hippel is a Professor of Public and
International Affairs at Princeton University. Dr. von Hippel, a physicist,
served as Assistant Director for National Security in the White House
Office of Science and Technology Policy. Currently, among other activities,
he chairs the research arm of the Federation of American Scientists.

                        * Dr. Robert Civiak, a physicist and the author of
the new report, served from 1988 to 1999 as Program Examiner for the DOE's
national security programs in the White House Office of Management and
Budget. Previously, he served as a visiting scientist at Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory and as a technology policy analyst for the
Congressional Research Service.

                        * Marylia Kelley is Executive Director of
Tri-Valley CAREs,  the Livermore, CA-based DOE "watchdog" organization that
sponsored the report as part of its "Redefining Stockpile Stewardship"
program.

WHY:            Since the last full-scale U.S. nuclear test in 1992, the
debate over management of the arsenal has become very narrow -- as if the
range of choices is limited to either the DOE's expensive and potentially
unworkable Stockpile Stewardship program or a return to the days of
underground nuclear testing. From both a technical and policy standpoint,
this is a false choice. As this new study demonstrates, three better
alternatives exist for (1) maintaining nuclear weapons safety and security,
(2) supporting arms control and nonproliferation, (3) controlling costs,
and (4) minimizing environmental impacts.

TO ATTEND A NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON THE REPORT
AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGE --

When: Friday, July 21, 2000, from 9:30 AM to 11 AM

Where: Natural Resources Defense Council's conference room, 1200 New York
Ave., NW #400, Washington, DC

Presenters: Dr. Robert Civiak (author), Dr. Matthew McKinzie (NRDC) and
Marylia Kelley (Tri-Valley CAREs). To be followed by Round Table
discussion.

Sponsored by Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers, Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability (ANA), Natural Resources Defense Council and Tri-Valley
CAREs. Please RSVP to the ANA office at [phone].

Marylia Kelley
Executive Director,
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA 94550
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web site: http://www.igc.org/tvc



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From: Karina Wood <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Missile Control Regime: Letter to New York Times
Date: 17 Jul 2000 14:32:06 -0400

Excellent letter, John!

What concrete actions do you suggest that NGOs can take to campaign for
a global missile flight test ban? Are there any governments currently
pushing the idea? NAC/MPI involvement?

Karina (Wood)
Project Abolition

 wrote:
>
> New York Times, Letters, July 15, 2000
>
> Missile Shield: A National Priority?
>
> To the Editor:
>
> Re "A Better Way to Build a Missile Defense," by Richard Perle (Op-Ed, July
> 13):
>
> Mr. Perle asserts that an effective missile shield can be built. Others
> assert that the threat of retaliation by the United States is sufficient to
> deter attacks. Both approaches are morally abhorrent because they plan for
> the possibility of fighting a war with nuclear missiles. There is a third
> option: Eliminate the capability to launch missile attacks through
> development of a global missile control system.
>
> Russia has made proposals for missile nonproliferation and monitoring that
> point toward such a system. North Korea is observing a moratorium on
> long-range missile tests. A global missile flight test ban would be an
> excellent first step toward real security based on eliminating the threat of
> missile attack rather than deterring or defending against it.
>
> JOHN BURROUGHS
> Executive Director, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
> New York, July 13, 2000
>
>             John Burroughs, Executive Director
>             Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
>             211 E. 43d St., Suite 1204
>             New York, New York 10017 USA
>             tel: [phone] fax: [phone]
>             e-mail: [e-mail]
>             website: www.lcnp.org
>             Part of the Abolition 2000 Global
>             Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
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Subject: (abolition-usa) duplicate message
Date: 17 Jul 2000 16:36:56 -0400

Why do I receive every posting to abolition-usa twice?  With the volume of
e-mail I receive it is quite a nuisance.  If you can eliminate duplicate
messages, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,
Howard Hallman


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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) G 8 HEADS OF STATE MEETING  FRI 21-23, FAX THEM NOW RE STAR
Date: 18 Jul 2000 15:47:17 +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


PLEASE PASS THIS EMAIL ON TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT TAKE ACTION ON IT.
SPREAD AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE BUT DON'T SPAM.
(Apologies for multiple postings - Just delete the excess copies)

G 8 HEADS OF STATE MEETING IN OKINAWA FRIDAY - ASK THEM TO SAY 'NO' TO
NMD/STAR WARS

Dear All who get these emails,

The heads of state of the US, Russia,  Canada, The UK, France, Germany,
Italy and Japan will be meeting in Okinawa from 21-23 July.

Amongst other things, they will be discussing the US scheme to deploy a
'National Missile Defence' scheme, which would violate the ABM treaty.

Last Thursday, the G 8 foreign ministers met, and expressed strong concern
over US plans to deploy a National Missile Defence (NMD) system.

They need to have your support for having done this, and the non- US  G8
Heads of State need to hear from their people that you support their
expressions of concern over NMD and want them to do more.


IF YOU LIVE IN A G 8 COUNTRY OTHER THAN THE US
(UK, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan),
--Let your government know that you share their concern over NMD
--Let them know you support the stand they took last thursday (esp if you
are in Canada, France or Germany)
--Let your government know that you want them to do more.
(Esp if you are in Japan, which hasn't done much).


IF YOU LIVE IN THE US:
Let President Clinton and Defence secretary Cohen, as well as presidential
candidates Bush and Gore know that you think NMD is indefensible, that it
will not make the US safer and that it will derail efforts to eliminate
nuclear weapons to which the nuclear weapons powers and every other nation
are legally bound, and may lead to another arms- race.
Clintons fax number is 1-202-456-2461. Secy of Defence Cohen's is
1-703-695-1149.
Vice- President Gore 1-202-456-2461, Candidate George W Bush: 1-512-637-8800.

Sample letters are below, also at:  Http://www.abolition2000.org
A global list of foreign ministers fax numbers is also there.

You should also visit the 'Dont Blow it' website at
 http://DontBlowit.org.
from which you can send the president a free e-postcard.


IF YOU ARE IN A COUNTRY OTHER THAN A G 8 COUNTRY
(ie, anywhere in the rest of the world,  where the majority of people
actually live), let your government know that you would like them to ask
the US not to proceed with NMD, and that you do not want joint facilities
(such as those that exist at Pine Gap in Australia) to be used for NMD.


WHEREVER YOU LIVE:
Greenpeace has established a website  http://www.stopstarwars.org
that will allow people from around the world to record their concern about
the US proceeding with  this program, which could re-open the nuclear arms
race.


HERE ARE SOME USEFUL FAX NUMBERS AND URLS

 (OR USE THE ONES ON THE TOPS OF THE LETTERS)

FAX NUMBERS OF SOME FOREIGN MINISTERS

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.

(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,
Secy of State Madeleine Allbrights fax number is: [phone]
President Clintons fax number is [phone]

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]
The United Nations mission is on Fax. [phone]

If you are in Germany, the Chancellors fax number is: [phone],  or
[phone]
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischers number is any of these: [phone],
[phone],
[phone], [phone]


Here are the fax numbers of some foreign ministers and UN missions:
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 [phone] or
[phone]
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 [phone] (or 0095)
If you are in Thailand, try [phone], or [phone]

SAMPLE LETTERS BELOW - PLEASE CUSTOMISE AND BE CREATIVE

(These letters are also on Http://www.abolition2000.org and a global list
of fax numbers of foreign ministers can be found there also)

1)Letter to Clinton, Cohen, Albright, Gore, Bush
2)Letter to French Government
3)Letter to German Government
4)Letter to British Government
5)Letter to Japanese Government

(Fax Nos above or use the numbers on the letters)


1)SAMPLE LETTER FOR  US FOLKS ESPECIALLY,  TO SEND TO BILL CLINTON, WILLIAM
S. COHEN, MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, BUSH, GORE, AND RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL
SUBCOMMITTEES.

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, 1-202-456-2461,

SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT 1-202-647-6047

SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN 1-703-695-1149
cc
George Bush
Al Gore

Dear President Clinton, William Cohen, Madeleine Albright, and Presidential
candidates,

I am writing to urge you not to proceed with proposals for a national
ballistic missile defence system.  Missile defence schemes respond to a
nonexistent or exaggerated threat,  are not the solution to real threats,
make the rest of the US's security environment less safe, sabotage nuclear
disarmament efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the
rest of the world, and show contempt for the opinions of US allies and the
rest of the world.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed.

At the very same conference, the UN Secretary General, and representatives
of Russia, China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European community, the New
Agenda Coalition and the Non- aligned movement have all expressed strongly
that they believe the ABM treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic
stability. They do not think it should be modified to allow a missile
defence system,  still less abrogated unilaterally.  On your recent
European trip, leaders of Europe and Russia have made the same point.
America simply cannot ignore the strongly repeated opinion of the whole
world, that the ABM treaty should not be modified to permit BMD.

Furthermore:

1)The threat that the national missile defence system is supposed to
address, namely that of missile - equipped  so- called  'rogue states' is
in all likelihood, nonexistent.

2) A  state that really wished to inflict serious damage on the US would
probaby rather smuggle a nuclear explosive device into a US city by means
that are more reliable and more difficult to trace than missiles.

3)There are serious doubts as to whether this system can work at all, or as
to whether any missile defence system can ever work.  The problems posed
even by relatively simple decoys are probably technically insoluble.

4)National (and theatre) missile defence schemes are unsustainably costly,
and cost estimates are likely to rise without limit.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on real
solutions to global  strategic security.  The highest priorities have to be
the elimination of as many warheads as possible under any START-III
agreement with Russia, and  the removal of  strategic missile forces from
high alert status as advocated by the Canberra Commission, subsequent UN
resolutions and the final NPT declaration.

In this respect, the commitment of Candidate Bush to deep cuts in warhead
numbers and to reductions in alert status are worthy of support.
Commitments to costly and dangerous missile defence schemes are worthy only
of opposition.

Yours Sincerely,
Signed
....


2)LETTER TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC [phone]
PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [phone]-45-51-60-12

Dear President Chirac, Prime Minister Jospin, and Minister for Foreign
Affairs Hubert Vedrine,

I am writing to you to urge you at the coming G8 meeting in Okinawa, to
express strongly your support for the 1972 ABM treaty, and your opposition
to the US proposal to deploy a ballistic missile defence scheme.

I am happy to see that at the recent nuclear nonproliferation treaty review
conference, France expressed strongly its support for the ABM treaty and
opposition to ballistic missile defence, and that France has continued to
forcefully express its opposition to this ill-considered scheme since that
time.

I urge you to continue doing this.

A ballistic missile defence scheme would:

(a)Attempt to defend the US (but not Europe) against a threat that either
does not exist or that if it did exist, would strike in ways that missile
defence cannot prevent.
(ie using means of delivery other than missiles)

(b) Is likely not to work at all because of the problem posed by relatively
simple decoys that can easily be deployed even by a relatively
unsophisticated attacker.

(c) Will be seen as potentially threatening by Russia and China, and will
therefore prompt those countries to expand their nuclear arsenals,
threatening to re-commence the nuclear arms race, just after the US has
together with France, the UK, Russia and China, signed a final declaration
at the recent NPT Review, committing them to the total and unequivocal
elimination of their nuclear arsenals.

(d) Missile defence as proposed by the US administration, in no way helps
the position of US allies or Europe.

I urge you at the coming G8 summit to make the most vigorous
representations to the US not to decrease global security by proceeding
with plans for missile defence, or weakening the ABM treaty. I ask you to
instead urge the US to increase global security by accepting the lowest of
the warhead totals on offer by Russia in START-III negotiations, and by
standing down nuclear missiles from 'launch on warning' status.

(Signed)


3)SAMPLE LETTER TO GERHARD SCHROEDER, JOSCHKA FISCHER,

ATTN
GERMAN CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER
[phone], [phone].

GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER JOSCHKA FISCHER,
[phone], [phone], [phone], [phone],

RE: BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENCE AND THE ABM TREATY

Dear Chancellor Schroeder and Foreign Minister Fischer,

I am writing to express  my support of the position you have taken with
respect to US plans to deploy a ballistic missile defence system and to
modify, or possibly to abrogate,  the ABM treaty in order to allow the
deployment of this system.

I note that you have already made clear to US President Clinton your strong
disapproval of any such moves.  I urge you to continue in your opposition
to this highly destabilizing scheme.

I am urging you to put this position strongly to the US at the coming G8
summit in Okinawa.

Ballistic missile defence in the form in which the US now seeks to deploy
it, (either national missile defence or theater missile defence),

a) Seeks to defend against a threat that either does not exist or which if
it exists, will strike in ways that missile defence systems cannot affect.

b)Is likely   to be wholly ineffective because of the problem posed by
relatively simple decoys,  and at the same time will be seen as threatening
by those with whom the US is legally obliged to negotiate for the
elimination of nuclear arsenals. Missile defence therefore acts to sabotage
vital arms control efforts.

c) National missile defence as currently proposed by the US administration,
in no way helps the security position of US allies, who are thus likely to
be exposed to whatever threat NMD seeks to counter - if that threat is
real.

(d) These proposals make more difficult, and may reverse, nuclear
disarmament efforts, decreasing the security of the whole world while
violating US obligations under the NPT.

I urge you to make the most vigorous representations to the US government,
particularly at the G8 summit,  not to decrease global security by
proceeding with plans for NMD/BMD or TMD,or weakening  the ABM treaty, but
rather to increase global security by  accepting the lowest of the warhead
totals on offer by Russia in START-III negotiations, and by standing down
nuclear missiles from 'launch on warning' status.

(Signed)

etc


4)DRAFT SAMPLE LETTER TO TONY BLAIR, ROBIN COOK

TO:
PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR  [phone]
FOREIGN MINISTER ROBIN COOK [phone]  [phone]

Dear Prime Minister Tony Blair and Foreign Minister Robin Cook,

I am writing to you to urge your government to take a strong stand against
US plans to build a ballistic missile defence system, and to urge it to
maintain and strengthen the ABM treaty.

I urge you to put this very strongly to the US at the coming G8 summit in
Okinawa.

At the recent Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference in New
York, the UN secretary general, the governments of Russia, China, France,
and the UK, the Non-Aligned movement, the New Agenda Coalition, and the
European Union all expressed strong support for the maintenance and
strengthening of the ABM treaty.
This cannot be interpreted to mean modifying it to allow a ballistic
missile defence system.

The missile defence systems currently under discussion in the US seek to
protect the US (but not Europe) against  a threat that either does not
exist at all, or for which missile defence is a completely inappropriate
response.   In addition the options proposed in the US may in fact not work
at all, while causing those countries with whom the US is legally obliged
under the final declaration of the NPT Review Conference to seek to
negotiate the elimination of its nuclear arsenal, to abandon arms control
measures altogether.

The very discussion by the US of missile defence options is itself
destabilizing and puts progress toward the global goals of elimination of
nuclear arsenals in doubt.

We/I urge you to put to the US government in the very strongest terms that
it should no longer contemplate missile defence options, and to make it
clear that the UK will not in any way cooperate with such options.

Your government has said it wants to maintain and strengthen the ABM
treaty. It must follow on from this good beginning by making it clear that
it is absolutely opposed to BMD.

The US government should instead be strongly urged to accept the very
lowest warhead numbers on offer from Russia and to stand down its nuclear
weapons systems from 'launch on warning' status.

Signed.....etc.


5)LETTER TO JAPANESE GOVERNMENT

THE PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN
THE FOREIGN MINISTER OF JAPAN, 81-3-3581-9675, 81-3-3591-3613

Dear Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Japan,

I am writing to you to urge you at the coming G8 summit in Okinawa on July
21-23, to make strong representations to the United States concerning the
Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty and its plans for a ballistic missile defence
system.

At the recent Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference, the UN
Secretary General, the New Agenda Coalition, the Non-Aligned Movement,
France, Russia, China, and the European Community all expressed opposition
to the deployment of a missile defence system and support for the ABM
treaty as the cornerstone of strategic stability.

A number of European nations have subsequently expressed strong opposition
to  Ballistic missile defence.

Ballistic missile defence
(a) Seeks to guard against a problem that does not exist, or which if it
does exist, is not best answered by costly and high tech systems such as
BMD.

(b)Is likely to be ineffective against missile attack because of the
problem posed by relatively simple decoys.

(c) is likely to be seen as threatening by those with whom the US is
legally obliged to negotiate toward the unequivocal and total elimination
of its nuclear arsenals, thereby sabotaging a process to which the US has
only recently reaffirmed its commitment.

(d) In no way helps, and may harm, the security position of US allies such
as Japan and Europe who are likely to be exposed to whatever threat is
sought to be countered by missile defence - if that threat is real.

(e) By encouraging arms- racing again, is likely to degrade the security
position of the world as a whole.

Accordingly I urge your government to make the most vigorous
representations to the US at the coming G8 summit, and to urge the US
instead, to consider the lowest START-III warhead numbers offered by Russia
and to take strategic warheads off launch-on-warning status.

Yours Sincerely,
(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]
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Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/18 - Daybook; Presidential Candidates'
Date: 18 Jul 2000 07:31:58 -0400

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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 18, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000718213557.htm

    10:30 a.m. =97 Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on the
national security implications of granting permanent normal trade relations
status to China. Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact:
202/224-4651.

     2 p.m. =97 House Science's space and aeronautics subcommittee holds a
hearing on "Financing Commercial Space Ventures." Location: 2318 Rayburn=
 House
Office Building. Contact: 202/225-6371.

2) Presidential Candidates

    Nader speech today - Washington DC, 12:30 p.m.=20
Ralph Nader, Green Party candidate for president, addresses a National Press
Club Newsmaker luncheon program, discussing third-party presidential=
 candidacy
and the importance of third-party access to the presidential debates.=
 Location:
National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 202/662-7468

   Bush Schedule today - Milwaukee WI and Chicago IL
         8:35 a.m. - Leadership Forum on Fatherhood, FaithWorks Milwaukee,
Hadley Terrace Bldg., The Hadley Commons Room, 3515 West Hadley St,=
 Milwaukee,
WI, 414/449-0459
        12:50 p.m. - National Council of State Legislatures, Navy Pier
Convention Center, Grand Ballroom, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL,
312/595-5355

OnPolitics Live: Vice President Gore
Monday, July 10, 2000 Washington Post Online
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/00/politics/freemedia071000_
gore.htm
       =20
Free Media:=20
Good afternoon, Vice President Gore, and welcome.  Given the failed test=
 this
weekend of the missile defense system, many of our readers have written in=
 to
ask you about it.  This first question is from--

Bloomington, Ind.: What effect have the results of the recent test of the
proposed National Missile Defense system had on your opinion of the=
 short-term
necessity of its deployment? Your opponent, Gov. Bush, seems to favor a very
robust system, despite technological and diplomatic odds, which leads me to
hope your position will remain more open, and based on the true need and
viability, not domestic political sentiment.

Vice President Gore: OK. Here we go. I favor an effort to develop a limited
missile defense system -- and not a massive "star wars" system (for reasons
I'll briefly describe) -- because our country will probably face a new=
 threat
later in this decade  from a small arsenal of relatively unsophisticated=
 ICBMs
in the hands of a so-called rogue state.  The failure of the test last=
 Friday
night doesn't mean that such a system is impossible to build, although the
specific lessons from the failure will have to await a more thorough=
 analysis.=20
The much larger, space-based star wars approach that Gov. Bush is committed=
 to
is far more difficult to design and build, far more expensive to purchase,=
 less
likely to work, and is calculated to destroy existing arms control=
 arrangements
with the Russians which have calmed down the old arms race for the last 28
years, ever since the ABM Treaty was signed....

Fort Bragg, N.C.:=20
I am a soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division and I am  curious as to how you
would react to the situation in the Middle East if the peace talks fail. It
seems that they are already faltering and I am worried that I might be=
 deployed
to participate in a war that does not directly concern this country in any=
 way.

Vice President Gore: My hope and prayer is that these talks will succeed.=
 Bear
in mind that Israel has never asked for help from American soldiers. Israel=
 is
our closest ally in the region and the only true democracy, and we will=
 always
support her.....

New  York, N.Y.:=20
If Fidel Castro were to live another 25 years, which is possible, can you
conceive of  the possibility of your =20
opening up to Cuba since he no longer  has  the  threat  of the cold  war
Soviet Union backing him up?

Vice President Gore: I favor only openings to the Cuban people -- not to the
Castro government.  Incidentally, you can find more detail on virtually all=
 of
these exchanges on my campaign Web site algore2000.com webster.  Also, you=
 can
register to vote online at=20
http://www.algore2000.com/briefingroom/releases/pr_0710_nat_1.html....

Manhattan, Kan.:=20
With current scientific knowledge of the Yucca Mountain Permananent Waste
Repository, will you recommend that the site be built if elected as=
 president?

Vice President Gore: We don't have the results of the full scientific=
 analysis
yet.  The decision should be based strictly on the science and not on=
 politics.


Portland, Ore.:=20
Why do you support capital punishment?

Vice President Gore: I support it for particularly heinous crimes because I
believe there are some offenses for which it is just. I know that many feel=
 it
does not really have a deterrent effect, but I think it probably does.  I=
 want
to add, though, that I strongly support the use of the new DNA techniques=
 that
can make our criminal justice system fairer and more accurate.... I deeply
respect those who are opposed to the death penalty on moral grounds, but I=
 do
support it.

Free Media:=20
How did Vice President Gore do? What questions do you wish he had answered?=
=20
What's your opinion?  http://www.delphi.com/wppolitics/messages?msg=3D802.1
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July 18, 2000<br>
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htm</a><br>
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    10:30 a.m. =97 Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds
a hearing on the national security implications of granting permanent
normal trade relations status to China. Location: 419 Dirksen Senate
Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4651.<br>
<br>
     2 p.m. =97 House Science's space and aeronautics
subcommittee holds a hearing on "Financing Commercial Space
Ventures." Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact:
202/225-6371.<br>
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<b>2) Presidential Candidates<br>
<br>
</b>    <b>Nader speech today - Washington DC, 12:30
p.m.</b> <br>
Ralph Nader, Green Party candidate for president, addresses a National
Press Club Newsmaker luncheon program, discussing third-party
presidential candidacy and the importance of third-party access to the
presidential debates. Location: National Press Club, 14th and F streets
NW. Contact: 202/662-7468<br>
<br>
   <b>Bush Schedule today - Milwaukee WI and Chicago IL<br>
</b><x-tab>        </x-tab> 8:35
a.m. - Leadership Forum on Fatherhood, FaithWorks Milwaukee, Hadley
Terrace Bldg., The Hadley Commons Room, 3515 West Hadley St, Milwaukee,
WI, 414/449-0459<br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab>12:50 p.m.
- National Council of State Legislatures, Navy Pier Convention Center,
Grand Ballroom, 600 East Grand Avenue, Chicago, IL, 312/595-5355<br>
<br>
<b>OnPolitics Live: Vice President Gore<br>
</b>Monday, July 10, 2000 Washington Post Online<br>
<a=
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<x-tab>        </x-tab><br>
Free Media: <br>
Good afternoon, Vice President Gore, and welcome.  Given the failed
test this weekend of the missile defense system, many of our readers have
written in to ask you about it.  This first question is from--<br>
<br>
Bloomington, Ind.: What effect have the results of the recent test of the
proposed National Missile Defense system had on your opinion of the
short-term necessity of its deployment? Your opponent, Gov. Bush, seems
to favor a very robust system, despite technological and diplomatic odds,
which leads me to hope your position will remain more open, and based on
the true need and viability, not domestic political sentiment.<br>
<br>
Vice President Gore: OK. Here we go. I favor an effort to develop a
limited missile defense system -- and not a massive "star wars"
system (for reasons I'll briefly describe) -- because our country will
probably face a new threat later in this decade  from a small
arsenal of relatively unsophisticated ICBMs in the hands of a so-called
rogue state.  The failure of the test last Friday night doesn't mean
that such a system is impossible to build, although the specific lessons
from the failure will have to await a more thorough analysis.  The
much larger, space-based star wars approach that Gov. Bush is committed
to is far more difficult to design and build, far more expensive to
purchase, less likely to work, and is calculated to destroy existing arms
control arrangements with the Russians which have calmed down the old
arms race for the last 28 years, ever since the ABM Treaty was
signed....<br>
<br>
Fort Bragg, N.C.: <br>
I am a soldier in the 82nd Airborne Division and I am  curious as to
how you would react to the situation in the Middle East if the peace
talks fail. It seems that they are already faltering and I am worried
that I might be deployed to participate in a war that does not directly
concern this country in any way.<br>
<br>
Vice President Gore: My hope and prayer is that these talks will succeed.
Bear in mind that Israel has never asked for help from American soldiers.
Israel is our closest ally in the region and the only true democracy, and
we will always support her.....<br>
<br>
New  York, N.Y.: <br>
If Fidel Castro were to live another 25 years, which is possible, can you
conceive of  the possibility of your  <br>
opening up to Cuba since he no longer  has  the
threat  of the cold  war Soviet Union backing him up?<br>
<br>
Vice President Gore: I favor only openings to the Cuban people -- not to
the Castro government.  Incidentally, you can find more detail on
virtually all of these exchanges on my campaign Web site algore2000.com
webster.  Also, you can register to vote online at
<a href=3D"http://www.algore2000.com/briefingroom/releases/pr_0710_nat_1.htm=
l"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.algore2000.com/briefingroom/releases/pr_0710_=
nat_1.html</a>....<br>
<br>
Manhattan, Kan.: <br>
With current scientific knowledge of the Yucca Mountain Permananent Waste
Repository, will you recommend that the site be built if elected as
president?<br>
<br>
Vice President Gore: We don't have the results of the full scientific
analysis yet.  The decision should be based strictly on the science
and not on politics. <br>
<br>
Portland, Ore.: <br>
Why do you support capital punishment?<br>
<br>
Vice President Gore: I support it for particularly heinous crimes because
I believe there are some offenses for which it is just. I know that many
feel it does not really have a deterrent effect, but I think it probably
does.  I want to add, though, that I strongly support the use of the
new DNA techniques that can make our criminal justice system fairer and
more accurate.... I deeply respect those who are opposed to the death
penalty on moral grounds, but I do support it.<br>
<br>
Free Media: <br>
How did Vice President Gore do? What questions do you wish he had
answered?  What's your opinion?
<a href=3D"http://www.delphi.com/wppolitics/messages?msg=3D802.1"=
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><br>
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Subject: (abolition-usa) Actions on missile control regime
Date: 18 Jul 2000 14:01:07 EDT

Hi Karina - A paper on the need for a missile control regime, with a flight
test ban as the first step, is being prepared by an Abolition 2000 informal
working group. A simple program that could be promoted should be possible to
formulate based on that paper.

Canada in general terms has supported working towards missile control, also
Russia as mentioned in my letter. (Statements of governments at NPT Rev Conf
re BMD are collected at www.basicint.org) China in seeking a committee on
prevention of an arms race in outer space at the Conference on Disarmament in
Geneva probably would be supportive. Of course, governments like Russia,
China, and US would be very wary in any missile control talks of control
being exercised over their missiles. In fact, Russia's proposal is for
missile non-proliferation, with no Article VI equivalent!

Once we have a paper/program, I think it would be worthwhile to push it with
governments. It's not something that New Agenda Coalition or Middle Powers
Initiative has taken up at the moment, but they certainly are good candidate.

This of course is something that has been proposed before, for example by
Federation of American Scientists in early 1990s and International Network of
Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation in the mid 1990s. But given
the salience of missile "defense" now, it's a good time to revive the idea. -
John

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: GAP on Hanford fire emissions
Date: 18 Jul 2000 14:09:28 -0400

>
>Government Accountability Project
>http://www.whistleblower.org/www/hanfire.htm
>
>
>
>GAP QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES ON HANFORD FIRE
>
>Seattle, WA: A non-profit watchdog organization today
>criticized continued government assurances claiming that
>radioactive releases, including plutonium, from the range
>fire at the Hanford Nuclear Site did not pose a health
>threat.
>
>Started by a fatal car collision in highway 240 on June 28,
>the Hanford wildfire scorched 190,000 acres of land,
>including portions of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The
>fire necessitated the closing of Highway 240, evacuation of
>Benton City and West Richland, skeleton work crews at
>Hanford and the declaration of a state of emergency by
>Governor Gary Locke. Fire fighters from around the state
>came to assist in putting out the Hanford wildfire. The fire
>came within a half mile of 350 barrels of waste containing
>uranium chips and powder along with toxic and hazardous
>waste constituents well above legal limits.
>
>Officials have admitted that radioactive waste sites were
>among the areas that were burned by the fire, including the
>highly-contaminated B/C Cribs in the 200 West Area, that
>contain large quantities of high and low-level waste
>disposed of in years past directly to the soil in liquid
>form. Recent results show that plutonium was detected in air
>monitors around the facility, although Washington Department
>of Health's spokeswoman Debrah McBaugh was quoted as saying,
>"I'm confident there's not going to be a health risk
>problem."
>
>The government has performed studies in the past calculating
>the amount of radiation that might be released from a range
>fire at the Hanford Site. A 1975 environmental report
>estimated that 32 curies of strontium-90 and 8 curies of
>cesium-137 are held in the vegetation, organic debris,
>sagebrush and soil in the B-C Crib Controlled Area. The
>report estimated that as much as 3.2 curies of strontium-90
>and .8 curies of cesium-137 would be released by a fire, but
>significantly, also postulated that wind dispersal following
>a fire would release as much as 12 curies of strontium and
>3.2 curies of cesium. Significant biological doses of these
>substances occur at levels measured at billionths of a
>curie.
>
>Uncontrolled fires on nuclear sites raise the specter of
>safety systems disrupted, loss of power, the destruction of
>critical instrumentation and a risk of an uncontrolled
>release with the potential for human health consequences.
>
>For instance, in the 300 Area, (300-FF-1 - Operable Unit
>618-4 Burial Ground Drummed Waste) some 350 drums of
>uranium-bearing materials, mixed with hazardous materials
>such as trichloroethylene, benzene and PCB's, as well as
>heavy metal constituents, sit unprotected in the open air.
>An eight-foot wall of flame came within a half mile from
>these drums, which have been characterized as potentially
>hazardous. One internal memo described that a single drum,
>once it ignites, would send flames as high as 20 to 30 feet
>into the air, obviously volatilizing the chemical and
>radioactive constituents inside the drums. The drums are not
>RCRA-compliant, according to an internal analysis by Bechtel
>Hanford.
>
>On Tuesday, July 11, 2000, the Department of Energy granted
>the request of the Government Accountability Project to
>access the Hanford Site and observe the fire damage, as well
>as to take samples from several areas impacted by the fire.
>GAP attorney Tom Carpenter and scientist Norm Buske,
>accompanied by representatives of the Department and the
>some news media reporters, went to various sites, including
>the B-C Cribs, and acquired several samples. Those samples
>were slightly elevated in radioactivity, according to field
>instruments, and will be analyzed in laboratories in the
>next few weeks.
>
>The admission by the DOE that plutonium was detected in
>ambient air samplers worried some scientists and doctors.
>Plutonium "is extremely toxic," Dr. Tim Takaro a professor
>in the University of Washington's occupational and
>environmental medicine program told the Seattle Post
>Intelligencer. "If you get plutonium in the wrong place in
>the lung, that can cause cancer."
>
>Tom Carpenter, the Director of the West Coast Office of GAP,
>stated, "We appreciate the open attitude of the Department
>in allowing us to access the Hanford Site and to take
>samples - - the first sampling of its kind by a public
>interest group at Hanford, and perhaps within the entire DOE
>nuclear complex. The access was a significant step for the
>public interest, and Keith Klein (Manager of the DOE's
>Hanford office) deserves credit for his actions."
>
>The fires at the Los Alamos and Hanford sites raise some
>important systemic questions and spotlight certain issues
>requiring attention for the future. These include - -
>
>The necessity for DOE to develop a wildfire protection
>policy at Hanford and throughout the nationwide complex;
>The necessity for DOE to assure adequate emergency response
>capability to meet wildfire scenarios;
>The necessity of treating firefighters as radiation workers,
>with the attendant protections and monitoring for potential
>radiation exposure;
>The necessity of having aircraft available to sample smoke
>clouds for all types of radioactivity;
>
>GAP has requested that DOE-RL identify dangerous areas
>vulnerable to fire, and take immediate steps to mitigate the
>consequences of such a fire in the future. Further, we have
>requested that DOE undertake a site-wide vulnerability
>assessment and develop a corrective action plan that would
>presumably include built-in firebreaks, the reduction of
>fire loads, the mitigation of encroachment capability, and
>development of a reliable fire-worthy ambient monitoring
>system. Finally, we have asked DOE and EPA to work out a
>plan to immediately remove the drums containing radioactive
>and toxic materials in the 300 Area to a safe storage
>location, and not exposed to the elements.
>
>This page will be updated as the story develops.
>
>**************************************
>Susan Gordon, Director
>Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
>www.ananuclear.org
>1914 N 34th, Suite #407, Seattle, WA 98103
>ph 206-547-3175  fax [phone]
>ANA is a national alliance of organizations working to address
>issues of nuclear weapons production and waste clean-up.
>

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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/19 - Daybook; Bush tour; Nikitin event tomorrow;
Date: 19 Jul 2000 07:44:58 -0400

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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 19, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000719213641.htm

    10 a.m. =97 House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on military
capabilities of the People's Republic of China. Location: 2218 Rayburn House
Office Building. Contact: 202/225-4151.

      10 a.m. =97 House Budget natural resources and environment task force=
 holds
a hearing on fire-safety failures of the Park Service. Location: 210 Cannon
House Office Building. Contact: 202/226-7270.

    10 a.m. =97 House Government Reform national security, Veterans Affairs=
 and
international relations subcommittee holds a hearing to assess the status of
the State Department's strategic and performance-planning process. Location:
2247 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-5074.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES:

Buchanan, Gore and Nader unknown

Bush - Austin TX today
     11:15 a.m. - Bush for President Web Site Launch, Austin Children's=
 Museum,
201 Colorado Street, Austin, TX, 512/472-2499

The schedule for Governor Bush's pre-convention tour is as follows.=20
Additional stops may be added:

Friday, July 28:=20
Springdale, Arkansas=20
Joplin, Missouri

Saturday, July 29:=20
Owensboro, Kentucky=20
Louisville, Kentucky=20
Kenton County, Kentucky

Sunday, July 30:=20
Cincinnati, Ohio

Monday, July 31:=20
Dayton, Ohio=20
Columbus, Ohio

On Tuesday, August 1:=20
Charleston, West Virginia=20
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

On Wednesday, August 2:=20
Philadelphia and to the Convention

------

Tomorrow: An Award Reception for Environmental Heroes:=20
Aleksandr Nikitin and the Bellona Foundation=20
Thursday, July 20 @ 5:30 pm in Room 2172 Rayburn=20

On Thursday July 20, 2000 at 5:30 pm in Room 2172 Rayburn, the  Sierra Club
will host an event to honor Mr. Aleksandr Nikitin, an  environmental=
 activist
from Russia and the Bellona Foundation, a Norwegian  environmental
organization. You should have already received an  invitation to this event
from the Sierra Club, which will present Nikitin  and Bellona with their
highest international honor, the Earthcare Award.=20
=20
Mr. Nikitin is a former Russian Navy officer who was imprisoned in 1996 by
authorities on treason charges for blowing the whistle on the  Russian=
 navy's
practice of routinely dumping nuclear waste in the Arctic Ocean. He spent 10
months in a St. Petersburg jail. Only recently, Russia's Supreme Court ruled
that Mr. Nikitin did not commit espionage or treason and acquitted Mr.=
 Nikitin
of all charges. Nikitin worked with Bellona to publish a bleak,=
 groundbreaking
report revealing the ecological dangers of Russia's crumbling nuclear=
 submarine
fleet.=20
=20
American, Russian, and international environmental organizations have called=
 on
Russian President Putin to re-establish the State Committee for=
 Environmental
Protection, which was abolished as an independent agency and placed under=
 the
Ministry of Natural Resources. Legislation which passed the House under
suspension in June, HR 4249, mandates a study on the threat that decaying
Russian submarines and unsafe nuclear waste storage pose to the region and=
 to
U.S. National Security.=20
=20
 Both Members and Staff are welcome to attend this event to learn more about
the brave work of these environmental heroes and the environmental and
proliferation threats surrounding this situation. For more information,=
 please
feel free to contact Jason Gross of the International Relations Committee=
 Staff
at 225-6735 and David Goldston with Rep. Boehlert's staff at 5-3665.=20

Sincerely,=20
SAM GEJDENSON, SHERWOOD BOEHLERT=20

To learn more about Aleksandr Nikitin and the Bellona Foundation please=20
click on http://www.bellona.no/imaker?id=3D15049&sub=3D1

-------

NOTE:  Apologies to Peace Action for overlooking their announcement about=
 the
action on Capitol Hill yesterday.  Mike Flugennock has posted a videotape of
the "Protest Star Wars Scam" Capitol Hill press conference video online:
http://flow.mediavac.com/ramgen/sinkers/2000/CapitolHillJul1800.rm
RealVideo format, 14 mins 19 secs.

Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank and others join
Peace Action, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Physicians for Social
Responsibility, World Policy Institute and Womens' Action for New Directions=
 in
calling for an end to "defense" industry graft and corruption, rampant
militarism and the "Star Wars" scam in a press conference on Capitol Hill.

Photographed and edited by Mike Flugennock, [e-mail] .

To inform, to inspire, to amuse, to offend:
"Mike Flugennock's Mikey'zine"
http://www.sinkers.org



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<b>1) Washington Daybook</b>, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. -
July 19, 2000<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000719213641.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000719213641.=
htm</a><br>
<br>
    10 a.m. =97 House Armed Services Committee holds a
hearing on military capabilities of the People's Republic of China.
Location: 2218 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact:=20
202/225-4151.<br>
<br>
      10 a.m. =97 House Budget natural resources
and environment task force holds a hearing on fire-safety failures of the
Park Service. Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building. Contact:
202/226-7270.<br>
<br>
    10 a.m. =97 House Government Reform national security,
Veterans Affairs and international relations subcommittee holds a hearing
to assess the status of the State Department's strategic and
performance-planning process. Location: 2247 Rayburn House Office
Building. Contact: 202/225-5074.<br>
<br>
<b>PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES:<br>
<br>
Buchanan, Gore and Nader unknown<br>
<br>
Bush - Austin TX today<br>
</b>     11:15 a.m. - Bush for President Web Site
Launch, Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado Street, Austin, TX,
512/472-2499<br>
<br>
The schedule for Governor Bush's pre-convention tour is as follows.=20
<br>
Additional stops may be added:<br>
<br>
Friday, July 28: <br>
Springdale, Arkansas <br>
Joplin, Missouri<br>
<br>
Saturday, July 29: <br>
Owensboro, Kentucky <br>
Louisville, Kentucky <br>
Kenton County, Kentucky<br>
<br>
Sunday, July 30: <br>
Cincinnati, Ohio<br>
<br>
Monday, July 31: <br>
Dayton, Ohio <br>
Columbus, Ohio<br>
<br>
On Tuesday, August 1: <br>
Charleston, West Virginia <br>
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania<br>
<br>
On Wednesday, August 2: <br>
Philadelphia and to the Convention<br>
<br>
------<br>
<br>
<b>Tomorrow: An Award Reception for Environmental Heroes: <br>
Aleksandr Nikitin and the Bellona Foundation <br>
Thursday, July 20 @ 5:30 pm in Room 2172 Rayburn <br>
<br>
</b>On Thursday July 20, 2000 at 5:30 pm in Room 2172 Rayburn, the
Sierra Club will host an event to honor Mr. Aleksandr Nikitin, an
environmental activist from Russia and the Bellona Foundation, a
Norwegian  environmental organization. You should have already
received an  invitation to this event from the Sierra Club, which
will present Nikitin  and Bellona with their highest international
honor, the Earthcare Award. <br>
 <br>
Mr. Nikitin is a former Russian Navy officer who was imprisoned in 1996
by authorities on treason charges for blowing the whistle on the
Russian navy's practice of routinely dumping nuclear waste in the Arctic
Ocean. He spent 10 months in a St. Petersburg jail. Only recently,
Russia's Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Nikitin did not commit espionage or
treason and acquitted Mr. Nikitin of all charges. Nikitin worked with
Bellona to publish a bleak, groundbreaking report revealing the
ecological dangers of Russia's crumbling nuclear submarine fleet. <br>
 <br>
American, Russian, and international environmental organizations have
called on Russian President Putin to re-establish the State Committee for
Environmental Protection, which was abolished as an independent agency
and placed under the Ministry of Natural Resources. Legislation which
passed the House under suspension in June, HR 4249, mandates a study on
the threat that decaying Russian submarines and unsafe nuclear waste
storage pose to the region and to U.S. National Security. <br>
 <br>
 Both Members and Staff are welcome to attend this event to learn
more about the brave work of these environmental heroes and the
environmental and proliferation threats surrounding this situation. For
more information, please feel free to contact Jason Gross of the
International Relations Committee Staff at 225-6735 and David Goldston
with Rep. Boehlert's staff at 5-3665. <br>
<br>
Sincerely, <br>
SAM GEJDENSON, SHERWOOD BOEHLERT <br>
<br>
To learn more about Aleksandr Nikitin and the Bellona Foundation please
<br>
click on
<a href=3D"http://www.bellona.no/imaker?id=3D15049&sub=3D1"=
 eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.bellona.no/imaker?id=3D15049&sub=3D1<br=
>
<br>
</a></font></u>-------<br>
<br>
<b>NOTE:  Apologies to Peace Action</b> for overlooking their
announcement about the action on Capitol Hill yesterday.  Mike
Flugennock has posted a videotape of the "Protest Star Wars
Scam" Capitol Hill press conference video online:<br>
<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a=
 href=3D"http://flow.mediavac.com/ramgen/sinkers/2000/CapitolHillJul1800.rm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://flow.mediavac.com/ramgen/sinkers/2000/CapitolHill=
Jul1800.rm<br>
</a></font></u>RealVideo format, 14 mins 19 secs.<br>
<br>
Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank and others
join Peace Action, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Physicians for Social
Responsibility, World Policy Institute and Womens' Action for New
Directions in calling for an end to "defense" industry graft
and corruption, rampant militarism and the "Star Wars" scam in
a press conference on Capitol Hill.<br>
<br>
Photographed and edited by Mike Flugennock, [e-mail]=20
.<br>
<br>
To inform, to inspire, to amuse, to offend:<br>
"Mike Flugennock's Mikey'zine"<br>
<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a href=3D"http://www.sinkers.org/"=
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Monster international Sign-On letter on NMD/BMD/Star Wars Seeks
Date: 20 Jul 2000 17:13:32 +1000

Dear All,

This letter to President Clinton, Defence Secy Cohen, presidential
candidates Bush and Gore and to all US allies plus Russia and China is to
be faxed around mid August.

It is seeking the signatures of NGOs, prominent people, parliamentarians,
and religious bodies.

I hope you or your organisation can sign it.

John Hallam,

Letter Coordinator


PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,  1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201,

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
[phone], [phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],

PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]

GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
[phone],

CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
[phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
[FAX NO?]

JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
[phone],

KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, [phone]

POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]

PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND, [phone],

PRIME MINISTER MASSIMO D'ALEMA, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY,  [phone]

PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY, [phone]

PRIME MINISTER WILLHEM KOK, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS,
[phone],

CC
US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT  [phone],

US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN [phone],

=46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
[phone],   [phone],

ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, [phone],
[phone],

HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE,  [phone],

JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY [phone],
[phone],
[phone], [phone],

YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]

LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,  [phone],
[phone]

LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM,  [phone],

THEODOROS PANGALOS, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE, [phone]

George Bush Presidential Candidate, [phone].
Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, [phone]

Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers=
,

The undersigned NGO groups and Parliamentarians, representing  millions of
people,  are writing:

1) To urge the US not to proceed with proposals for a National Missile
Defence System (NMD),

2) To urge  US allies to make the strongest representations in appropriate
forums or bilaterally, to press the US government not to proceed with the
deployment of NMD, and to maintain the integrity of the ABM Treaty.

Proceeding with National Missile Defence threatens to undermine the basis
of existing and future offensive nuclear arms reduction measures.

We note the strong statements made on NMD by the Governments of France,
Germany and Sweden, and the expressions of concern by other US allies
including the UK, Canada, and the European Union.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories. The
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference expressly calls for:
"the early implementation and entry into force of START-II and conclusion
of START-III as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the
Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability
and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in
accordance with its provisions."

We do not believe it is possible for this to be interpreted in a way that
will allow the deployment of an NMD system, nor should it be so
interpreted. We therefore  urge the US and Russia instead to proceed to the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels and to the
immediate implementation of START-II.

We note that the UN Secretary-General, and representatives of Russia,
China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European Community, the New Agenda
Coalition and the Non-Aligned movement have expressed the view that the ABM
treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic stability.

The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong
concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow
NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over
missile proliferation as a result of NMD.

The Australian Senate on June 29th, passed a motion in which it called on
the US not to proceed with the deployment of an NMD system and in which it
called for the implementation of START-II as soon as possible, and the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels.

We note also recent expressions of concern within the US, by
Congresspeople, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished and influential
people and organizations.


America should not simply ignore the strongly repeated opinion of
governments and NGOs of the whole world, that NMD should not proceed,  and
that the integrity of  the ABM treaty should be maintained.

Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile
threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern')  are
not the solution to missile proliferation,  sabotage nuclear disarmament
efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the
world, and decrease overall US and international security.

There are serious doubts  whether this system, or  whether any missile
defence system,  can ever work.  The problems posed even by relatively
simple decoys are probably technically insoluble. The Welch Panel, an
independent team of scientists,  released a report outlining the
probability of NMD systems failure due to time and schedule constraints.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on
practical solutions to global  strategic security.  We therefore urge the
US and Russia,  as the highest priority, to proceed to the elimination of
as many warheads as possible under any START-III agreement, the removal of
obstacles to the implementation of START-II,  and  the removal of
strategic missile forces from high alert status as advocated by the
Canberra Commission, subsequent UN resolutions and the final NPT
declaration.


Yours Sincerely,
(Signed)

Bruna Nota, International President, Womens International League for Peace
and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva/NY.,

Commander Robert D. Green, RN (Retd.) Chair, World Court Project UK., NZ/UK.=
,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK.,

Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia,
Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow,
Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia,

Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada.,

Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre
for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA.,
Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA.,
Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social
Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA.,
Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore,
Calif, USA.,
Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the
Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA
Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington
DC., USA.,
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
Gainesville, Florida.,

John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney,
Australia,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide Australia,



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Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/20 - Daybook
Date: 20 Jul 2000 08:04:50 -0400

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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 20, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000720211950.htm

    Nuclear stockpile study release =97 1 p.m. =97 Tri-Valley CAREs holds a=
 news
conference to release a new study, "Managing the U.S. Nuclear Weapons
Stockpile: A Comparison of Five Strategies." Location: Zenger Room, National
Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 925/443-7148.

    9a.m. =97 Senate Agriculture's Nutrition and Forestry Committee holds=
 hearing
to examine the implications of high energy prices on U.S. agriculture.=
 Energy
Secretary Bill Richardson testifies. Location: 106 Dirksen Senate Office
Building. Contact: 202/224-2035.

    9:30 a.m. =97 Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing on=
 the
General Accounting Office investigation of the Cerro Grande fire in New=
 Mexico,
and on federal agencies' fire policies in general. Location: 366 Dirksen=
 Senate
Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4971.

    9:30 a.m. =97 Quadrennial Defense Review conference =97 The Lexington=
 Institute
holds a conference on the Quadrennial Defense Review. Location: 192 Dirksen
Senate Office Building. Contact: 703/522-5828.

    9 a.m. =97 Agriculture's Nutrition and Forestry Committee holds hearing=
 to
examine the implications of high energy prices on U.S. agriculture. Energy
Secretary Bill Richardson testifies. Location: 106 Dirksen Senate Office
Building. Contact: 202/224-2035.

    10 a.m. =97 Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a hearing on the=
 Native
American Languages Act of 2000. Location: 485 Russell Senate Office=
 Building.
Contact: 202/224-2251.

    Livable communities symposium =97 6:30 p.m. =97 The National Building=
 Museum
holds a symposium on "Setting the Standard for Creating Livable=
 Communities."
Location: 401 F St. NW. Contact: 202/272-2448.


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    Nuclear stockpile study release =97 1 p.m. =97 Tri-Valley
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Location: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW.
Contact: 925/443-7148.<br>
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    9a.m. =97 Senate Agriculture's Nutrition and Forestry
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    9:30 a.m. =97 Energy and Natural Resources Committee
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Cerro Grande fire in New Mexico, and on federal agencies' fire policies
in general. Location: 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact:
202/224-4971.<br>
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    9:30 a.m. =97 Quadrennial Defense Review conference =97
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Review. Location: 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact:
703/522-5828.<br>
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    9 a.m. =97 Agriculture's Nutrition and Forestry
Committee holds hearing to examine the implications of high energy prices
on U.S. agriculture. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson testifies.
Location: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact:=20
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Russell Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-2251.<br>
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 'STAR-WARS'/MISSILE DEFENCE CAMPAIGN TARGETS G 8
Date: 21 Jul 2000 16:46:18 +1000

AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
21/7/2000
'STAR-WARS'/MISSILE DEFENCE CAMPAIGN TARGETS G 8

A global campaign against the United States proposed 'Star Wars' National
Missile Defence (NMD) system has been targeting the G 8 leaders for over a
month in the leadup to the G8 summit now happening in Okinawa.

The cyberspace-based campaign, coordinated from Sydney, amongst
organizations from Washington to Moscow to Patagonia to Adelaide and Perth,
has asked  people  to ask their leaders to press the US not to proceed with
NMD at the G 8 summit. People and organizations worldwide have been
requested to ask President Clinton and  US Defence Secretary Cohen who was
in Sydney last weekend, not to deploy NMD.  A protest took place in Sydney
at the US consulate over the presence of defence secretary Cohen and US
plans for NMD.

Last weeks meeting of G 8 foreign ministers has already produced a
declaration that supports the integrity of the ABM treaty, and G 8 foreign
ministers have expressed strong concern over US plans to deploy the missile
defence system.

According to FOE and APC:
"The Australian Government last week should have just said 'NO' to US plans
to use joint facilities in NMD. Everyone from the UN secretary-general to
Russia and China to the European Union to Sweden, France, and Germany have
expressed dismay at the US proposal to violate the ABM treaty and risk
another nuclear arms race by deploying NMD.  The Australian government is
almost the only government that has said it 'understands' the position of
the US government.  Statements by our government that they 'understand' the
US position are reckless and irresponsible.  The US needs to hear, above
all from close allies such as Australia, that there is no way we will
cooperate in wrecking the ABM treaty and re-starting the nuclear arms race."

"It is to be hoped that the G 8 leaders will send a very strong message to
Clinton, as their foreign ministers did last week that NMD/BMD must not
proceed."

Contact:
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth 02-9517-3903 h02-9810-2598
Ron Gray, Australian Peace Committee 08-8364-2291



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Monster international Sign-On letter on NMD/BMD/Star Wars Seeks
Date: 21 Jul 2000 17:09:10 +1000

Dear All,

This letter to President Clinton, Defence Secy Cohen, presidential
candidates Bush and Gore and to all US allies plus Russia and China is to
be faxed around mid August.

It is seeking the signatures of NGOs, prominent people, parliamentarians,
and religious bodies.

I hope you or your organisation can sign it.

John Hallam,

Letter Coordinator


PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,  1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201,

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
[phone], [phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],

PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]

GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
[phone],

CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
[phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
[FAX NO?]

JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
[phone],

KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, [phone]

POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]

PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND, [phone],

PRIME MINISTER MASSIMO D'ALEMA, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY,  [phone]

PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY, [phone]

PRIME MINISTER WILLHEM KOK, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS,
[phone],

CC
US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT  [phone],

US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN [phone],

=46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
[phone],   [phone],

ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, [phone],
[phone],

HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE,  [phone],

JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY [phone],
[phone],
[phone], [phone],

YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]

LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,  [phone],
[phone]

LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM,  [phone],

THEODOROS PANGALOS, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE, [phone]

George Bush Presidential Candidate, [phone].
Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, [phone]

Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers=
,

The undersigned NGO groups and Parliamentarians, representing  millions of
people,  are writing:

1) To urge the US not to proceed with proposals for a National Missile
Defence System (NMD),

2) To urge  US allies to make the strongest representations in appropriate
forums or bilaterally, to press the US government not to proceed with the
deployment of NMD, and to maintain the integrity of the ABM Treaty.

Proceeding with National Missile Defence threatens to undermine the basis
of existing and future offensive nuclear arms reduction measures.

We note the strong statements made on NMD by the Governments of France,
Germany and Sweden, and the expressions of concern by other US allies
including the UK, Canada, and the European Union.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories. The
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference expressly calls for:
"the early implementation and entry into force of START-II and conclusion
of START-III as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the
Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability
and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in
accordance with its provisions."

We do not believe it is possible for this to be interpreted in a way that
will allow the deployment of an NMD system, nor should it be so
interpreted. We therefore  urge the US and Russia instead to proceed to the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels and to the
immediate implementation of START-II.

We note that the UN Secretary-General, and representatives of Russia,
China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European Community, the New Agenda
Coalition and the Non-Aligned movement have expressed the view that the ABM
treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic stability.

The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong
concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow
NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over
missile proliferation as a result of NMD.

The Australian Senate on June 29th, passed a motion in which it called on
the US not to proceed with the deployment of an NMD system and in which it
called for the implementation of START-II as soon as possible, and the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels.

We note also recent expressions of concern within the US, by
Congresspeople, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished and influential
people and organizations.


America should not simply ignore the strongly repeated opinion of
governments and NGOs of the whole world, that NMD should not proceed,  and
that the integrity of  the ABM treaty should be maintained.

Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile
threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern')  are
not the solution to missile proliferation,  sabotage nuclear disarmament
efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the
world, and decrease overall US and international security.

There are serious doubts  whether this system, or  whether any missile
defence system,  can ever work.  The problems posed even by relatively
simple decoys are probably technically insoluble. The Welch Panel, an
independent team of scientists,  released a report outlining the
probability of NMD systems failure due to time and schedule constraints.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on
practical solutions to global  strategic security.  We therefore urge the
US and Russia,  as the highest priority, to proceed to the elimination of
as many warheads as possible under any START-III agreement, the removal of
obstacles to the implementation of START-II,  and  the removal of
strategic missile forces from high alert status as advocated by the
Canberra Commission, subsequent UN resolutions and the final NPT
declaration.


Yours Sincerely,
(Signed)

Bruna Nota, International President, Womens International League for Peace
and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva/NY.,

Commander Robert D. Green, RN (Retd.) Chair, World Court Project UK., NZ/UK.=
,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK.,

Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia,
Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow,
Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia,

Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada.,

Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre
for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA.,
Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA.,
Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social
Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA.,
Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore,
Calif, USA.,
Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the
Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA
Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington
DC., USA.,
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
Gainesville, Florida.,

John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney,
Australia,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide Australia,



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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Message From Mayak, Russia
Date: 21 Jul 2000 16:51:06 +1000

please, distribute widely

PRESS-RELEASE
Chelyabinsk-Moscow
July 21, 2000

For more information:
[phone], 7766281 - Vladimir Slivyak
[phone] - Eduard Meilah
e-mail: [e-mail] http://www.ecoline.ru/antinuclear


LARGEST ALL-RUSSIAN ANTI-NUCLEAR ACTION 2000: CAMP NEAR "MAYAK"
About 100 of representatives of environmental, scientific, human rights
groups get together
for 11th annual public opposition to dangerous industrial projects; July 23
- August 5, 2000


THE All-Russian anti-nuclear camp near the "Mayak" nuclear reprocessing
plant and one of
the proposed dump sites for foreign nuclear waste (Chelyabinsk region,
close to the Ural
Mountains of Russia) begins on July 23, 2000. THE camp is co-organized by
ECODEFENSE!
and Anti-nuclear campaign of the Socio-Ecological Union, also Chelyabinsk'
environmental
groups Techa, Pravosoznanie, Ecofront.

Groups which assisted in organizing all-Russian action to protest the
nuclear threat:
Planet of Hope (Ozyorsk), Environmental Students' Inspection (Tomsk),
Siberian Scientists
for Global Responsibility (Novosibirsk).

During two weeks activists will stage anti-nuclear protests in several
cities of Chelyabinsk
region to protest the nuclear policy of the authorities that may cause
great nuclear accidents,
additional radioactive contamination and more nuclear waste.

Goals of the anti-nuclear campaigners organizing this camp are:
1. To prevent the import of nuclear waste, including spent nuclear fuel to
Russia (to the region of
Chelyabinsk with the "Mayak" facility).
2. To introduce the legal status of the 30 km zone around the "Mayak"
facility , which would improve
the social benefits of the population affected by radioactive contamination.
3. To stop the construction of the South-Ural nuclear plant.

75% of THE local citizens voted against the construction of the South-Ural
nuclear plant in a
referendum on March 17, 1991. This public decision can not be changed
unless the authorities
organize another referendum. But the Ministry of atomic power (Minatom)
included the South-Ural
nuclear plant into its new "strategy of atomic development of Russia for
2000-2050" and will get
the money for this illegal project. Implementation of this project could
result in widespread
plutonium contamination of the Chelyabinsk region. The South-Ural nuclear
plant would be loaded
with extremely dangerous uranium-plutonium oxide fuel (MOX-fuel) once it's
completed.

According to Minatom' statements, more than 10,000 ton of high-level
nuclear waste can be imported
to Russia as soon as national legislation will be changed to allow it.
Minatom confirmed that it lobby
for such changes in legislation. At the same time, several polls across
Russia show that 80-90% of
population speak strongly against this idea.

Many thousands of local residents living close to "Mayak" facility are
suffering from widespread
radioactive contamination as a result of several nuclear accidents at
"Mayak". Presently, both
Russian government and nuclear industry refuses to provide those residents
with social benefits
and compensations needed for re-settling people from polluted areas.

For more information, please contact the camp' organizing team preferably
through e-mail
<[e-mail]> environmental-friendly and least expensive way of
communication.
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Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/21 - Daybook; Announcements
Date: 21 Jul 2000 08:12:00 -0400

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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 21, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000721211153.htm

      9 a.m. =97 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee marks up the
Conservation and Reinvestment Act. Location: 366 Dirksen Senate Office
Building. Contact: 202/224-4971.

      10 a.m. =97 Vice President Al Gore, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades
Department convention, Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th and K streets NW. Contact:
301/983-8274.

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2) People's Campaign for Nonviolence this week

July 21=20

          8 p.m., White House (Lafayette Park) - "Journey to Salaam: A=
 Culture
of Peace for the Muslim Community", Georgetown University Salaam Center.=
 Sunset
Concert . Contact Rabia 845-358-4601 ext.43. Muslim Peace Fellowship.=20

 July 21-23

 'Journeying from Violence to Wholeness' Nonviolence Workshop 6 p.m. Fri-3=
 p.m.
Sun, First Trinity Lutheran Church, 309 'E' St. NW. Call to register.
206-720-0313. Lutheran Peace Fellowship & Pace e Bene.=20

July 23-31=20

 Peacemaker Training Institute, Grace Lutheran Church, 4300 16th St. NW.=
 Call
Neera Singh to register. 845-358-4601. Fellowship of Reconciliation.

July 24=20

 Cancel the Debt Day. Meet at NE side of the Capitol at 12 p.m. Evening=
 Program
on Debt Cancellation 7 p.m., St. Aloysius, 19 'I' St. NW. 202-832-1780.=
 Jubilee
2000.

 July 25=20

 An Event to Highlight the Cost of Nuclear Weapons & Create Change. Music,
drama, speakers & more, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., US Capitol (NE lawn). 404-524-5999.
Women's Action for New Directions.

Check http://www.forusa.org/109.htm for schedule through August 9.

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3) NO STAR WARS HOUSE SIGNS

The Peace Action National Office has nifty, professionally-produced,=
 two-sided
(Donnelly-Colt) laminated yards signs opposing Star Wars.  The "tif" file=
 below
is a photo of one outside someone's house in Northeast. You are welcome to=
 drop
by our office to pick one up, complete with metal holder;  they assemble=
 with a
simple stapler, in a few seconds.  This is a great opportunity to create=
 public
visibility for a strong peace message on one of the hottest issues around.=
=20
Please let me know if you're interested--we might even be able to deliver=
 them
to you.  Our main goal at this time is just to get them out on the streets.

Van Gosse <mailto:[e-mail]>
Organizing Director
Peace Action
1819 H Street NW
Suite 420
Washington DC  20006
[one block from Farragut West Metro station]

--------

4) ACTION CAMPS!


Make plans now to attend one (or both!) of this year's Nuclear Free Action
Camps! Come to the Nuclear Free Northeast camp near Brattleboro, VT August
18-22. The Nuclear Free Great Lakes camp is near Kalamazoo and runs August
20-27. Both camps will feature great workshops, trainings, speakers,=
 actions,
and fun. People and groups interested in setting up action camps elsewhere=
 in
the country (esp the Southeast!) next year are especially encouraged to=
 attend
the Great Lakes camp.

--

Back by populist demand!....=20
Nuclear Free Great Lakes ACTION  CAMP
August 20-27, 2000
Van Buren Youth Camp, Bloomingdale, MI to register, call: 1-877-9NF-GLAC

The Nuclear Free Great Lakes Campaign -- consisting of seven of the region's
most active and involved safe-energy environmental organizations -- is=
 actively
working to rid the Great Lakes Bio-Region of all hazardous nuclear reactors=
 and
contamination sites.  We've created this special annual summer training camp
to  educate activists and the general public about nuclear power hazards,=
 and
promote safe-energy alternatives to its continued use  train the next
generation of safe-energy and environmental activists, both on the
energy-related issues affecting the bio-region, and in the skills needed to
become effective and successful activists and organizers, and  put your=
 skills
to work immediately by targeting a local nuclear facility and working for=
 its
closure=20

--

ACTION CAMP CENTERS ONTHE GLOBALIZATION OF NORTHEAST NUKES
HUNDREDS TO GATHER FOR WORKSHOPS AND DIRECT ACTION

The third Northeast anti-nuclear "action camp" begins near Brattleboro,
Vermont, August 18, 2000 and runs through August 22. During that period,
activists will participate in workshops and training sessions in a forested,
camp setting; and will arrest Vermont Yankee Nuclear Corporation in
Brattleboro, VT on August 21st. =20

The media is welcome at the New England Action Camp and related activities.=
 For
maps, logistical information, to set up interviews with speakers, workshop
leaders, etc., please contact CAN at 413-339-. 5781 or NIRS at 202-328-0002

-----

5) The Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space has a new web
site address:  http://www.space4peace.org

Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
[e-mail]

     ___________________________________________________

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Quick Route to U.S. Congress:
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http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html (Representatives' Websites)
http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search)

Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z):
George W. Bush - http://www.GeorgeWBush.com -=
 http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp
Pat Buchanan - http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm
Al Gore - http://www.algore2000.com/
Ralph Nader - http://www.votenader.org/press.html
(Please send other sites of qualified candidates.)

Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons -
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<font size=3D2><b>1) Washington Daybook</b>, by FIND/AFP and The Washington
Times. - July 21, 2000<br>
</font><a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000721211153.ht=
m"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000721211153.=
htm</a><br>
<br>
      9 a.m. =97 Senate Energy and Natural
Resources Committee marks up the Conservation and Reinvestment Act.
Location: 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact:=20
202/224-4971.<br>
<br>
      10 a.m. =97 Vice President Al Gore, AFL-CIO
Transportation Trades Department convention, Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th
and K streets NW. Contact: 301/983-8274.<br>
<br>
----<br>
<br>
<b>2) People's Campaign for Nonviolence this week<br>
<br>
</b>July 21 <br>
<br>
 <x-tab>       </x-tab>  8
p.m., White House (Lafayette Park) - "Journey to Salaam: A Culture
of Peace for the Muslim Community", Georgetown University Salaam
Center. Sunset Concert . Contact Rabia 845-358-4601 ext.43. Muslim Peace
Fellowship. <br>
<br>
 July 21-23<br>
<br>
 'Journeying from Violence to Wholeness' Nonviolence Workshop 6 p.m.
Fri-3 p.m. Sun, First Trinity Lutheran Church, 309 'E' St. NW. Call to
register. 206-720-0313. Lutheran Peace Fellowship & Pace e Bene.
<br>
<br>
July 23-31 <br>
<br>
 Peacemaker Training Institute, Grace Lutheran Church, 4300 16th St.
NW. Call Neera Singh to register. 845-358-4601. Fellowship of
Reconciliation.<br>
<br>
July 24 <br>
<br>
 Cancel the Debt Day. Meet at NE side of the Capitol at 12 p.m.
Evening Program on Debt Cancellation 7 p.m., St. Aloysius, 19 'I' St. NW.
202-832-1780. Jubilee 2000.<br>
<br>
 July 25 <br>
<br>
 An Event to Highlight the Cost of Nuclear Weapons & Create
Change. Music, drama, speakers & more, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., US Capitol (NE
lawn). 404-524-5999. Women's Action for New Directions.<br>
<br>
Check
<a href=3D"http://www.forusa.org/109.htm" eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.foru=
sa.org/109.htm</a>
for schedule through August 9.<br>
<br>
---<br>
<br>
<b>3) NO STAR WARS HOUSE SIGNS<br>
<br>
</b>The Peace Action National Office has nifty, professionally-produced,=
 two-sided (Donnelly-Colt) laminated yards signs opposing Star Wars. =
 The "tif" file below is a photo of one outside someone's house in=
 Northeast. You are welcome to drop by our office to pick one up, complete=
 with metal holder;  they assemble with a simple stapler, in a few=
 seconds.  This is a great opportunity to create public visibility for=
 a strong peace message on one of the hottest issues around.  Please=
 let me know if you're interested--we might even be able to deliver them to=
 you.  Our main goal at this time is just to get them out on the=
 streets.<br>
<br>
Van Gosse <<a href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:[e-mail]</a>><br>
Organizing Director<br>
Peace Action<br>
1819 H Street NW<br>
Suite 420<br>
Washington DC  20006<br>
[one block from Farragut West Metro station]<br>
<br>
--------<br>
<br>
<b>4) ACTION CAMPS!<br>
<br>
</b>Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 15:22:46 -0400 <br>
<br>
Make plans now to attend one (or both!) of this year's Nuclear Free Action=
 Camps! Come to the Nuclear Free Northeast camp near Brattleboro, VT August=
 18-22. The Nuclear Free Great Lakes camp is near Kalamazoo and runs August=
 20-27. Both camps will feature great workshops, trainings, speakers,=
 actions, and fun. People and groups interested in setting up action camps=
 elsewhere in the country (esp the Southeast!) next year are especially=
 encouraged to attend the Great Lakes camp.<br>
<br>
--<br>
<br>
Back by populist demand!.... <br>
Nuclear Free Great Lakes ACTION  CAMP<br>
August 20-27, 2000<br>
Van Buren Youth Camp, Bloomingdale, MI to register, call: 1-877-9NF-GLAC<br>
<br>
The Nuclear Free Great Lakes Campaign -- consisting of seven of the region's=
 most active and involved safe-energy environmental organizations -- is=
 actively working to rid the Great Lakes Bio-Region of all hazardous nuclear=
 reactors and contamination sites.  We've created this special annual=
 summer training camp to  educate activists and the general public=
 about nuclear power hazards, and promote safe-energy alternatives to its=
 continued use  train the next generation of safe-energy and=
 environmental activists, both on the energy-related issues affecting the=
 bio-region, and in the skills needed to become effective and successful=
 activists and organizers, and  put your skills to work immediately by=
 targeting a local nuclear facility and working for its closure <br>
<br>
--<br>
<br>
ACTION CAMP CENTERS ONTHE GLOBALIZATION OF NORTHEAST NUKES<br>
HUNDREDS TO GATHER FOR WORKSHOPS AND DIRECT ACTION<br>
<br>
The third Northeast anti-nuclear "action camp" begins near=
 Brattleboro, Vermont, August 18, 2000 and runs through August 22. During=
 that period, activists will participate in workshops and training sessions=
 in a forested, camp setting; and will arrest Vermont Yankee Nuclear=
 Corporation in Brattleboro, VT on August 21st.  <br>
<br>
The media is welcome at the New England Action Camp and related activities.=
 For maps, logistical information, to set up interviews with speakers,=
 workshop leaders, etc., please contact CAN at 413-339-. 5781 or NIRS at=
 202-328-0002<br>
<br>
-----<br>
<br>
<b>5) The Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space has a=
 new web site address:  <a href=3D"http://www.space4peace.org/"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.space4peace.org<br>
<br>
</a></b>Bruce K. Gagnon<br>
Coordinator<br>
[e-mail]<br>
<br>

    =
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 eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:[e-mail]</a><br>
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<font size=3D2><a href=3D"http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm</a> (Senators'=
 Websites)<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html</a>=
 (Representatives' Websites)<br>
<a href=3D"http://thomas.loc.gov/"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://thomas.loc.gov/</a> (Pending Legislation -=
 Search)<br>
<br>
</font>Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z):<br>
<font size=3D2>George W. Bush - <a href=3D"http://www.georgewbush.com/"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.GeorgeWBush.com</a> - <a=
 href=3D"http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp</a><br>
Pat Buchanan - <a href=3D"http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm</a><br>
Al Gore - <a href=3D"http://www.algore2000.com/"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.algore2000.com/</a><br>
Ralph Nader - <a href=3D"http://www.votenader.org/press.html"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.votenader.org/press.html</a><br>
<i>(Please send other sites of qualified candidates.)<br>
<br>
</font></i>Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - <a=
 href=3D"http://www.petitiononline.com/prop1/petition.html"=
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From: John Burroughs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Alert re Int'l Crim Ct: Helms legislation
Date: 21 Jul 2000 15:27:02 -0400

Dear nuclear abolitionists - I send the below alert re Helms' effort to
sabotage the Int'l Criminal Court (ICC) because establishment of an=
 effective
ICC would help greatly in creating a world in which the use of nuclear=
 weapons
is unthinkable. - John Burroughs

The World Federalist Association
Vision for Global Change

http://www.wfa.org/icc.htm

Update on the International Criminal Court
July 2000


URGENT: Take Action NOW! Call your Senators and Representatives by to urge
them
to oppose the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2000! Vote possible
before August!

Helms ICC legislation

A hearing on the American Servicemembers' Protection Act of 2000, a bill=
 that
attacks the ICC, is scheduled for July 25 in the House International=
 Relations
Committee. It is possible that the bill could be voted upon by the entire
House
by the end of July. The bill, H.R. 4654 in the House and S. 2726 in the
Senate,
was introduced on June 14, 2000 by Senators Jesse Helms (R-NC) and John=
 Warner
(R-VA) and by Rep. Tom DeLay, and is co-sponsored by nearly the entire
Republican leadership. The bill is described as "A bill to protect United
States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the
United States Government against criminal prosecution by an international
criminal court to which the United States is not a party."=20

The bill prohibits US cooperation with the ICC while the US is not a party=
 to
the treaty, restricts US participation in UN peacekeeping without special
immunity for troops, and penalizes countries that do ratify the treaty. Key
provisions include the following:=20
=B7       No governmental entity in the United States, including any court,=
 may
cooperate with the International Criminal Court in matters such as arrest=
 and
extradition of suspects, execution of searches and seizures, taking of
evidence, seizure of assets, and similar matters.=20
=B7       The U.S. must secure permanent immunity for American personnel fro=
m
ICC
jurisdiction before the U.S. can participate in any assessed United Nations
peacekeeping operation (or other arrangements must be in effect protecting
such
U.S. personnel from extradition to the Court).=20
=B7       No classified national security information can be transferred
directly
or indirectly to the ICC.=20
=B7       No country that has ratified the treaty establishing the Court can
receive U.S. military assistance. (Exemption for NATO member countries and
"major non-NATO allies," cited in the bill as Australia, Egypt, Israel,=
 Japan,
the Republic of Korea and New Zealand). The President may waive this
restriction for countries that ratify the treaty but then enter into an
agreement with the United States protecting U.S. personnel from extradition=
 to
the Court=20
=B7       The President is authorized to use all means necessary and=
 appropriate
to bring about the release from captivity of U.S. or Allied personnel=
 detained
or imprisoned against their will by or on behalf of the Court.=20
=B7       The President is directed to analyze U.S. status-of-forces=
 agreements
and alliance command arrangements, and develop plans to achieve enlarged
protection for U.S. military personnel from the ICC.

These provisions are in addition to existing U.S. law (the 2000-2001 Foreign
Relations Authorization Act) which prohibits any U.S. funds going to the ICC
once it has been established unless the Senate has given its advice and
consent
to the Rome Treaty.=20

This bill is damaging to US foreign policy on a number of fronts. First, the
bill would hurt US relations with its allies. Most of the US's NATO allies,
all
of the European Union members, and other close allies like Canada,=
 Australia,
and Switzerland, strongly support the court and have stated their strong
opposition to US proposals to exempt its soldiers and officials from
prosecution. Other countries, particularly our allies, are likely to view=
 this
as an inappropriate attempt to strong-arm other countries into taking the US
side. Second, the provisions prohibiting military assistance to states who
ratify and authorizing the US to take all necessary measures to free
accused US
nationals are attempts to intimidate other countries that ignore the full
range
of interests military assistance serves. This bill would hamstring the
flexibility necessary to conduct a sound foreign policy. Finally, the bill
ignores the inevitable future need of the US for the ICC. Once the ICC is
created, other countries will not be willing to authorize or support the
creation of new ad-hoc tribunals. The US has been a key supporter of the
Rwandan and former Yugoslav tribunals, and will likely want to continue
bringing international criminals to justice. If this bill passes, the US=
 will
not be able to assist the ICC in any way in this endeavor.

Furthermore, this bill, and US efforts to secure exemptions for its troops=
 and
officials, are unnecessary. According to the principle of complementarity,
which was included in the statute as a concession to the US delegation in=
 Rome
in 1998, the ICC can intervene only when national courts are unable or
unwilling to grant a fair trial to the accused. US Secretary of Defense
Richard
Cohen, while opposing the ICC, admitted that this would provide protection=
 to
US troops and officials during a press conference on June 12: "We have
demonstrated over the years wherever there is an allegation of abuse on the
part of a soldier we have a judicial system that will deal with it very
effectively," Cohen said. "As long as we have a respected judicial system=
 then
there should be some insulation factor (for the United States.)"

This bill is unlikely to pass as a whole during the current Congressional
session, but it is very likely that the bill will be amended in whole or in
part to another legislative vehicle, such as an appropriations or
authorization
bill. Supporters of the ICC must remain vigilant during the coming months to
protect the US from the folly of this ill-advised, damaging legislation.=20

            John Burroughs, Executive Director=20
            Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy=20
            211 E. 43d St., Suite 1204=20
            New York, New York 10017 USA=20
            tel: [phone] fax: [phone]=20
            e-mail: [e-mail]
            website: www.lcnp.org=20
            Part of the Abolition 2000 Global=20
            Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons=20


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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/23 - Announcements
Date: 23 Jul 2000 06:52:12 -0400

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[NucNews Archives have been posted through July 15, 2000 at
http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm.  Below are some announcements.  et=
]

1) Global Peace Walk
Sunday, July 23rd, Global Peace Walk 2000 will be arriving in St. Louis
Missouri and we need helpers there to connect with the walkers for hospit=
ality,
networking, etc. A team will stay in St. Louis organizing for main walk e=
vent
August 15th while some go to sundance in South Dakota and come back for A=
ug15
to continue walking east with indigenous spiritual people. Please send co=
ntact
info you have for people in St. Louis.  Call walk voicemail 415-267-1877 =
or
walk cellphone 888-285-8865 x 61389. Thanks,David Crockett Williams=20
<[e-mail]>, Co-coordinator Global Peace Walk 2000=20
http://www.globalpeacenow.org=20

2) Indian Point Update -- THEY DID IT!!!!!!=20

Thursday, July 20, at 1:00 pm Michele, Janine, Margaret, and Tom locked d=
own a
door at Con Ed headquarters in NYC for almost an hour.... A crowd gathere=
d and
someone shouted out, "Free the heroes, arrest Con Ed."   The video will a=
ir
over Media One public access channel on Saturday, July 22, at 6:30 pm, Tu=
esday,
8:30 pm, and Wednesday at 11:00 pm. It will be listed either as Con Ed Lo=
ckdown
or Solutions for Survival. If you can help get it on the air in your cabl=
e area
let me know and I will get you a copy. Please pass this on to anyone who =
is
interested. Phone interviews, photos and a copy of the video are availabl=
e to
press.

3) ANTI-NUCLEAR CAMP NEAR "MAYAK"=20
11th annual public opposition to dangerous industrial projects=20
July 23 - August 5, 2000
For more information on previous anti-nuclear camps in Russia and public=20
opposition to nuclear power in regions of Russia visit the website of=20
The SEU Anti-nuclear campaign http://www.ecoline.ru/antinuclear

4) Peace Action Announcements:
- Video footage of the successful July 18 Stop Star Wars protest at the U=
S
Capitol is now available online linked from
http://www.peace-action.org/July18press.html.=20
- One of the most important stops on the Missile Stop Tour is coming up o=
n July
30 at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. We plan to be t=
here
with our mock missiles and hope you can join us. We're already hearing so=
me
reports of Peace Action buses filling up to come to Philadelphia.=20

5) The Nuclear Control Institute (Washington, D.C., USA) has posted a G-8
briefing on the U.S.-Russia plutonium disposition issue on its web site. =
The
briefing will be distributed at the NGO center in Okinawa to interested m=
edia
and others. http://www.nci.org/g8brief.htm.  More information about weapo=
ns
plutonium disposition and the dangers of MOX are available at
http://www.nci.org/nci-wpu.htm.

6) A poem for Hiroshima week (written after hearing testimonies of Hibaku=
sha)
Monday=92s Plantings
by Philip Havey
ta ichimai
Idling on the steps
of the Yokohama Species Bank
I was turned to steam,
leaving only my shadow behind
to be tended and cultivate
like a bed of flowers.
kagero ya
Those who flinched=20
so they only had their eyelids burned away
were entertained by fat, black walnuts of oil
rendered from vermin, pets, third plantings=20
and other organic matter near the epicenter
who'd fallen back upon the earth as rain.
kono shita ni
After the roof tiles boiled off,
the houses themselves swayed before departing,
as consistent with the optics of August heat.=20
When a lesser light finally cut the smudged wind,=20
he wondered by what means he=92d aquired
such a fine candelabra in his moment of need,
until, he looked up to find the five fingers=20
of his right hand spanned wide apart and burning.
yume no mizu ni
She had not been surprised to find herself naked
among lichen pied rocks in Asano Park=20
while the circle of city skyline burned around her;
fire and desolation were lately native to her dreams.
Encountering their district baker, Mr. Myshito,
she asked him to go home and inform her husband=20
how their two children had been torn from he arms
by great dragons of ash.
(Such ideas occur full-blown in a dreamer=92s mind.)
A portly man, still swaddled in oven whites,=20
he angled his bowed to her station and pledged
to provide what assistance he could before shambling off
between two flapping walls of fire as if to tend his loaves.
"Surely", she told herself at that point
(as she would many times over before the day ended),
" I have reach the point at which awakening must happen."
umi wa michishio
The Almanac relates how the elements turned against them.
When the five costal rivers needed to run sweet=20
and shallow to the sea, the salt tide didn=92t neap=20
before noon.
Its steady morning=92s rise forced early refugees up=20
into an impasse with those clambering down
to escape the heat.
Shortly after eleven, everything fell away too sharply=20
for anything to matter either way.
monoi ni omoishi
The pika appeared pink, blue, red or orange
depending where the observer stood.
No one remembers the plane, heard its drone
or saw anything separate from it.
Light simply blazoned every where at once.
Had one person said-"Yes, I saw it fall!"-
it would not have been so bad.
Later all agreed, aircrew and our people alike,
the cloud which followed did not form
the great portobello, journals would report,
but made a question mark as clearly written=20
in a cursive Western hand,
mizu aosagi no
As people who value comic books, we naturally bled
the color of India Ink and blotched, pointilated, like strawberries.
Citizens in a land where communal bathing served a norm,
the first burned cooked contoured to the city's safety cisterns=20
as the rage of firestorms brought the non-flowing waters=20
within the delta to a boil.
Among those who prized graphic body adornment as a subtle art,
the keloid patterns of roses raised almost at once were not instructive.
nasugusa ya
Within five days, the world about us blossomed while our hair fell out.
As we sickened, bluets, goosefoot, knotweed and rape grew in profusion;
While our blood paled, colors profused to lemon, cerise, madder and cerul=
ean;=20
As the call went out a crossed the islands to send us canes and crutches,=
=20
lavender heaved asphalt up, peonies broke out among fallen roof-beams=20
and prodigious coils of kudzu tugged down anything that leaned.
Gladiola rooted among the bodies of the dead where no bulbs were sown.
Hairy beans, lilacs, sesame, and clover knitted vomit to the high panic g=
rass.
The sicle-senna at Yokogawa Station alone ran so thick that rumor had it=20
where we huddled within our borax soaks that the tools of what happened h=
ad,
in some cruel manner, been fashioned from the seed of wildflowers.
hirou mon
A gardener=92s ability to use felt images leads to more preferential plan=
tings,=20
which explains why the glassy blue melt of seventy thousand milk-bottles=20
curves so easily around the squares of tarmac cut from those once busy
intersections where policemen directing morning traffic were reduced=20
to a scatter of glove-snaps and buckles barely noticed among the random=20
constellations of their brass-buttons.=20
Nor was it accidental, therefore, that mason jars brimming over=20
from the excess of scorched eyelets from schoolchildren=92s shoes=20
from playgrounds be integrated artfully with crates of briefcase handles=20
later swept up along the commercial routs,=20
each stippled like thin bass fry when light passed through the softer fle=
sh=20
of the hand. Take care, for with so much to see on this pathway of lunchb=
oxes=20
puckered to shiny muffins and tin stepping-stones,=20
one easily might miss the border welds of fused sewing scissors upended=20
in the earth to approximate the look of sawgrass=20
and never know how Hiroshima had once been a city=20
full of maidens and mothers.
momochidori
At some point the weeds crept in-
The first spontaneous wreathes of paper-cranes and painted stones proved
acceptable,
as did the fountains, temples and bells which followed in kind=20
until desk-weights, chopsticks, cocktail coasters and T-shirts inscribed =
with
prays=20
for tranquillity in florissant dyes followed their natural course.
In the end, we fielded plastic zinnias to setoff signs in 127 languages
instructing pilgrims how to rinse their mouths and wash their hands shoul=
d they
inadvertent make contact with the doves of peace wheeling about the sky i=
n
flocks of thousands above Ground Zero.
ta icima "planting a patch" (Kobu)
kagero ya "summer shimmer"(Basho) =20
kono shita ni "under this"(Shiki)=20
yume no mizu ni "not seeing a dream"(Kyoshi)=20
uni wa michishio "sea at hightide"(Seisensi)=20
mono ni omoshi "a rather distant thing"(Takuboku)=20
mizu aosagi "water laps their legs"(Buson)=20
natsugusa ya "summer grass"(Basho)=20
hirou mon "things picked up"(Chiyo-ni)=20
momochiori "ten myriad birds"(Yoshino)=20
Phil Havey




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Below are some announcements.  et]<br>
<br>
<b>1) Global Peace Walk<br>
</b>Sunday, July 23rd, Global Peace Walk 2000 will be arriving in St.
Louis Missouri and we need helpers there to connect with the walkers for
hospitality, networking, etc. A team will stay in St. Louis organizing
for main walk event August 15th while some go to sundance in South Dakota
and come back for Aug15 to continue walking east with indigenous
spiritual people. Please send contact info you have for people in St.
Louis.  Call walk voicemail 415-267-1877 or walk cellphone
888-285-8865 x 61389. Thanks,David Crockett Williams <br>
<[e-mail]>, Co-coordinator Global Peace Walk 2000
<br>
<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a href=3D"http://www.globalpeacenow.org/" eud=
ora=3D"autourl">http://www.globalpeacenow.org</a></font></u>
<br>
<br>
<b>2) Indian Point Update -- THEY DID IT!!!!!! <br>
</b>From: "Elie" <[e-mail]> Sat, 22 Jul 2000 13=
:11:31 -0500 <br>
<br>
Thursday, July 20, at 1:00 pm Michele, Janine, Margaret, and Tom locked d=
own a door at Con Ed headquarters in NYC for almost an hour.... A crowd g=
athered and someone shouted out, "Free the heroes, arrest Con Ed.&qu=
ot;   The video will air over Media One public access channel o=
n Saturday, July 22, at 6:30 pm, Tuesday, 8:30 pm, and Wednesday at 11:00=
 pm. It will be listed either as Con Ed Lockdown or Solutions for Surviva=
l. If you can help get it on the air in your cable area let me know and I=
 will get you a copy. Please pass this on to anyone who is interested. Ph=
one interviews, photos and a copy of the video are available to press.<br=
>
<br>
<b>3) ANTI-NUCLEAR CAMP NEAR "MAYAK" <br>
</b>11th annual public opposition to dangerous industrial projects <br>
July 23 - August 5, 2000<br>
For more information on previous anti-nuclear camps in Russia and public =
<br>
opposition to nuclear power in regions of Russia visit the website of <br=
>
The SEU Anti-nuclear campaign <a href=3D"http://www.ecoline.ru/antinuclea=
r" eudora=3D"autourl"><font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.ecoline.ru/an=
tinuclear</a><br>
<br>
</font></u><b>4) Peace Action Announcements:<br>
</b>- Video footage of the successful July 18 Stop Star Wars protest at t=
he US Capitol is now available online linked from <a href=3D"http://www.p=
eace-action.org/July18press.html" eudora=3D"autourl"><font color=3D"#0000=
FF"><u>http://www.peace-action.org/July18press.html</a></font></u>. <br>
- One of the most important stops on the Missile Stop Tour is coming up o=
n July 30 at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. We plan =
to be there with our mock missiles and hope you can join us. We're alread=
y hearing some reports of Peace Action buses filling up to come to Philad=
elphia. <br>
<br>
<b>5) The Nuclear Control Institute (Washington, D.C., USA) has posted a =
G-8 briefing on the U.S.-Russia plutonium disposition issue</b> on its we=
b site. The briefing will be distributed at the NGO center in Okinawa to =
interested media and others. <a href=3D"http://www.nci.org/g8brief.htm" e=
udora=3D"autourl"><font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.nci.org/g8brief.h=
tm</a></u>.  </font>More information about weapons plutonium disposi=
tion and the dangers of MOX are available at <a href=3D"http://www.nci.or=
g/nci-wpu.htm" eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.nci.org/nci-wpu.htm</a>.<br>
<br>
<b>6) A poem for Hiroshima week</b> (written after hearing testimonies of=
 Hibakusha)<br>
<font size=3D5><b>Monday=92s Plantings<br>
</font></b>by Philip Havey<br>
<b><u>ta ichimai<br>
</b></u>Idling on the steps<br>
of the Yokohama Species Bank<br>
I was turned to steam,<br>
leaving only my shadow behind<br>
to be tended and cultivate<br>
like a bed of flowers.<br>
<b><u>kagero ya<br>
</b></u>Those who flinched <br>
so they only had their eyelids burned away<br>
were entertained by fat, black walnuts of oil<br>
rendered from vermin, pets, third plantings <br>
and other organic matter near the epicenter<br>
who'd fallen back upon the earth as rain.<br>
<b><u>kono shita ni<br>
</b></u>After the roof tiles boiled off,<br>
the houses themselves swayed before departing,<br>
as consistent with the optics of August heat. <br>
When a lesser light finally cut the smudged wind, <br>
he wondered by what means he=92d aquired<br>
such a fine candelabra in his moment of need,<br>
until, he looked up to find the five fingers <br>
of his right hand spanned wide apart and burning.<br>
<b><u>yume no mizu ni<br>
</b></u>She had not been surprised to find herself naked<br>
among lichen pied rocks in Asano Park <br>
while the circle of city skyline burned around her;<br>
fire and desolation were lately native to her dreams.<br>
Encountering their district baker, Mr. Myshito,<br>
she asked him to go home and inform her husband <br>
how their two children had been torn from he arms<br>
by great dragons of ash.<br>
(Such ideas occur full-blown in a dreamer=92s mind.)<br>
A portly man, still swaddled in oven whites, <br>
he angled his bowed to her station and pledged<br>
to provide what assistance he could before shambling off<br>
between two flapping walls of fire as if to tend his loaves.<br>
"Surely", she told herself at that point<br>
(as she would many times over before the day ended),<br>
" I have reach the point at which awakening must happen."<br>
<b><u>umi wa michishio<br>
</b></u>The Almanac relates how the elements turned against them.<br>
When the five costal rivers needed to run sweet <br>
and shallow to the sea, the salt tide didn=92t neap <br>
before noon.<br>
Its steady morning=92s rise forced early refugees up <br>
into an impasse with those clambering down<br>
to escape the heat.<br>
Shortly after eleven, everything fell away too sharply <br>
for anything to matter either way.<br>
<b><u>monoi ni omoishi<br>
</b></u>The pika appeared pink, blue, red or orange<br>
depending where the observer stood.<br>
No one remembers the plane, heard its drone<br>
or saw anything separate from it.<br>
Light simply blazoned every where at once.<br>
Had one person said-"Yes, I saw it fall!"-<br>
it would not have been so bad.<br>
Later all agreed, aircrew and our people alike,<br>
the cloud which followed did not form<br>
the great portobello, journals would report,<br>
but made a question mark as clearly written <br>
in a cursive Western hand,<br>
<b><u>mizu aosagi no<br>
</b></u>As people who value comic books, we naturally bled<br>
the color of India Ink and blotched, pointilated, like strawberries.<br>
Citizens in a land where communal bathing served a norm,<br>
the first burned cooked contoured to the city's safety cisterns <br>
as the rage of firestorms brought the non-flowing waters <br>
within the delta to a boil.<br>
Among those who prized graphic body adornment as a subtle art,<br>
the keloid patterns of roses raised almost at once were not instructive.<=
br>
<b><u>nasugusa ya<br>
</b></u>Within five days, the world about us blossomed while our hair fel=
l out.<br>
As we sickened, bluets, goosefoot, knotweed and rape grew in profusion;<b=
r>
While our blood paled, colors profused to lemon, cerise, madder and cerul=
ean; <br>
As the call went out a crossed the islands to send us canes and crutches,=
 <br>
lavender heaved asphalt up, peonies broke out among fallen roof-beams <br=
>
and prodigious coils of kudzu tugged down anything that leaned.<br>
Gladiola rooted among the bodies of the dead where no bulbs were sown.<br=
>
Hairy beans, lilacs, sesame, and clover knitted vomit to the high panic g=
rass.<br>
The sicle-senna at Yokogawa Station alone ran so thick that rumor had it =
<br>
where we huddled within our borax soaks that the tools of what happened h=
ad,<br>
in some cruel manner, been fashioned from the seed of wildflowers.<br>
<b><u>hirou mon<br>
</b></u>A gardener=92s ability to use felt images leads to more preferent=
ial plantings, <br>
which explains why the glassy blue melt of seventy thousand milk-bottles =
<br>
curves so easily around the squares of tarmac cut from those once busy in=
tersections where policemen directing morning traffic were reduced <br>
to a scatter of glove-snaps and buckles barely noticed among the random <=
br>
constellations of their brass-buttons. <br>
Nor was it accidental, therefore, that mason jars brimming over <br>
from the excess of scorched eyelets from schoolchildren=92s shoes <br>
from playgrounds be integrated artfully with crates of briefcase handles =
<br>
later swept up along the commercial routs, <br>
each stippled like thin bass fry when light passed through the softer fle=
sh <br>
of the hand. Take care, for with so much to see on this pathway of lunchb=
oxes <br>
puckered to shiny muffins and tin stepping-stones, <br>
one easily might miss the border welds of fused sewing scissors upended <=
br>
in the earth to approximate the look of sawgrass <br>
and never know how Hiroshima had once been a city <br>
full of maidens and mothers.<br>
<b><u>momochidori<br>
</b></u>At some point the weeds crept in-<br>
The first spontaneous wreathes of paper-cranes and painted stones proved =
acceptable,<br>
as did the fountains, temples and bells which followed in kind <br>
until desk-weights, chopsticks, cocktail coasters and T-shirts inscribed =
with prays <br>
for tranquillity in florissant dyes followed their natural course.<br>
In the end, we fielded plastic zinnias to setoff signs in 127 languages i=
nstructing pilgrims how to rinse their mouths and wash their hands should=
 they inadvertent make contact with the doves of peace wheeling about the=
 sky in flocks of thousands above Ground Zero.<br>
<b>ta icima </b>"planting a patch" (Kobu)<br>
<b>kagero ya </b>"summer shimmer"(Basho)<b>
<dl>
<dd>kono shita ni </b>"under this"(Shiki)<b>
<dd>yume no mizu ni </b>"not seeing a dream"(Kyoshi)<b>
<dd>uni wa michishio </b>"sea at hightide"(Seisensi)<b>
<dd>mono ni omoshi</b> "a rather distant thing"(Takuboku)<b>
<dd>mizu aosagi </b>"water laps their legs"(Buson)<b>
<dd>natsugusa ya </b>"summer grass"(Basho)<b>
<dd>hirou mon</b> "things picked up"(Chiyo-ni)<b>
<dd>momochiori</b> "ten myriad birds"(Yoshino)
</dl>Phil Havey<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>

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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 25, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000725213719.htm

    Missile defense testimony =97 9:30 a.m. =97 Senate Armed Services=
 Committee
holds a hearing to receive testimony on the national missile defense=
 program.
Defense Secretary William S. Cohen testifies. Location: 216 Hart Senate=
 Office
Building. Contact: 202/224-3871.
    =20
    9:30 a.m. =97 Senate Environment and Public Works Committee holds a=
 hearing
on the disposal of low-activity radioactive waste. Location: 406 Dirksen=
 Senate
Office Building. Contact: 202/224-6176.

     2 p.m. =97 House Science Committee's energy and environment=
 subcommittee
holds a hearing on "Nuclear's Energy Role: Improving U.S. Energy Security=
 and
Reducing Emissions." Location: 2318 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact:
202/225-6371.

     Nunn-Wolfowitz Task Force Report discussion =97 10 a.m. =97The Center=
 for
Strategic and International Studies presents the release of the=
 Nunn-Wolfowitz
Task Force Report, which provides a "best practices" export-compliance=
 program
and roundtable discussion. Location: Room B1-C, 1800 K St. NW. Contact:
202/775-3186.

     Turner speech =97 6 p.m. =97 American University's Nuclear History=
 Institute
hosts a discussion by retired Adm. Stansfield Turner, former CIA director,=
 on
how to reduce the nuclear threat. Location: Bentley Lounge, Gray Hall, 4400
Massachusetts Ave. NW. (Nebraska Avenue entrance). Contact: 202/885-5950.

VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE=20

      6:30 p.m. =97 Hosts reception with Tipper Gore honoring the 10th
anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, vice president's=
 residence,
34th Street and Massachusetts Avenue NW.

2) July 25, 2000 - An Indefinite Fast for Peace and Justice in Vieques=
 begins=20
 - in Vieques - in front of the main gate of Camp Garcia=20
 - and in Washington, DC, in Lafayette Park in front of the White House. =20
Some participants in this witness in DC will carry on an open-ended,
liquid-only fast (with calories) until the meeting with Clinton is granted.=
=20
This fast will become a liquid-only no-calory fast if the USS Harry S Truman
Carrier Group begins bombing Vieques, which the Navy has announced will take
place between August and October. This fast will continue open-ended until
Clinton grants the meeting to the leaders of Vieques, even after the bombing
stops temporarily. All who share the commitment to stop the bombing in=
 Vieques
are invited to support this fast as called.  Please contact Andres Thomas
Conteris at 202-232-1999 for more information.

3)  Fellowship of Reconciliation's People's Campaign for Nonviolence today:
An Event to Highlight the Cost of Nuclear Weapons  & Create Change. Music,
drama, speakers & more, 10   a.m.-3 p.m., US Capitol (NE lawn).=
 404-524-5999.=20
Women's Action for New Directions.

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http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search)

Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z):
George W. Bush - http://www.GeorgeWBush.com -=
 http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp
Pat Buchanan - http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm
Al Gore - http://www.algore2000.com/
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<font size=3D2><b>1) Washington Daybook</b>, by FIND/AFP and The Washington
Times. - July 25, 2000<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000725213719.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000725213719.=
htm</a><br>
<br>
    Missile defense testimony =97 9:30 a.m. =97 Senate Armed
Services Committee holds a hearing to receive testimony on the national
missile defense program. Defense Secretary William S. Cohen testifies.
Location: 216 Hart Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-3871.<br>
     <br>
    9:30 a.m. =97 Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee holds a hearing on the disposal of low-activity radioactive
waste. Location: 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact:
202/224-6176.<br>
<br>
     2 p.m. =97 House Science Committee's energy and
environment subcommittee holds a hearing on "Nuclear's Energy Role:
Improving U.S. Energy Security and Reducing Emissions." Location:
2318 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-6371.<br>
<br>
     Nunn-Wolfowitz Task Force Report discussion =97 10
a.m. =97The Center for Strategic and International Studies presents the
release of the Nunn-Wolfowitz Task Force Report, which provides a
"best practices" export-compliance program and roundtable
discussion. Location: Room B1-C, 1800 K St. NW. Contact:
202/775-3186.<br>
<br>
     Turner speech =97 6 p.m. =97 American University's
Nuclear History Institute hosts a discussion by retired Adm. Stansfield
Turner, former CIA director, on how to reduce the nuclear threat.
Location: Bentley Lounge, Gray Hall, 4400 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
(Nebraska Avenue entrance). Contact: 202/885-5950.<br>
<br>
VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE <br>
<br>
      6:30 p.m. =97 Hosts reception with Tipper
Gore honoring the 10th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities
Act, vice president's residence, 34th Street and Massachusetts Avenue
NW.<br>
<br>
<b>2) July 25, 2000 - An Indefinite Fast for Peace and Justice in Vieques
begins <br>
</b> - in Vieques - in front of the main gate of Camp Garcia <br>
 - and in Washington, DC, in Lafayette Park in front of the White
House.  <br>
Some participants in this witness in DC will carry on an open-ended,
liquid-only fast (with calories) until the meeting with Clinton is
granted.  This fast will become a liquid-only no-calory fast if the
USS Harry S Truman Carrier Group begins bombing Vieques, which the Navy
has announced will take place between August and October. This fast will
continue open-ended until Clinton grants the meeting to the leaders of
Vieques, even after the bombing stops temporarily. All who share the
commitment to stop the bombing in Vieques are invited to support this
fast as called.  Please contact Andres Thomas Conteris at
202-232-1999 for more information.<br>
<br>
<b>3)  Fellowship of Reconciliation's People's Campaign for
Nonviolence today:<br>
</b>An Event to Highlight the Cost of Nuclear Weapons  & Create
Change. Music, drama, speakers & more, 10   a.m.-3 p.m., US
Capitol (NE lawn). 404-524-5999.  Women's Action for New
Directions.<br>
</font><br>


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From: John Burroughs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Article on Missile Freeze
Date: 25 Jul 2000 12:17:23 -0400

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Following up on recent e-mails re global missile control, I forward this
message from Jurgen Scheffran, INESAP. - John Burroughs

Dear friends,

with this email I send you the article "Time for a Missile Freeze" which

will be published in the next Newsletter of ECAAR (Economists Allied for

Arms Reduction). It focuses on options for international missile control

and disarmament, an issue which is almost forgotten in the whole NMD
debate. Strange enough, because it seems more reasonable to resolve the
missile problem by political instead of military means. To say it in the

words of Jayantha Dhanapala:  "why is public debate mired today in a
duel between deterrence and defence, with scant attention to missile
disarmament?" After the failure of the July 7 test I hope that
international missile control will become an alternative to NMD. I
suggest that this should be also a major topic for Abolition 2000, and a

few people (Ramana, Andrew Lichterman, Zia Mian, John Burroughs, Alice
Slater and others) are already working on raising attention to it. Let
us know your opinion and who is interested to join.

Best wishes,

Jurgen Scheffran, INESAP, Germany

PS: Since I will be travelling the whole next week, I cannot respond
then but will collect your responses, either personel or sent to the
list.

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Time for a Missile Freeze
Options for international control of ballistic missiles

J=FCrgen Scheffran

Prepared for the ECAAR Newsletter, July 2000

While there is an intense debate on the technical feasibility and the
security implications of the US National Missile Defense (NMD) program,
the non-proliferation and disarmament of ballistic missiles has been
largely neglected. This article discusses options for preventing an arms

race by improving the international control and disarmament of ballistic

missiles.


Dangers of a missile arms race

Since ballistic missiles were first used by Germany in World War II,
missile proliferation has been of great concern to many nations.
Ballistic missiles allow aggressors to strike distant targets quickly,
with little warning, and with a high probability of penetration.  They
played a destabilizing role and wasted enormous resources during the
Cold War.  Grave concerns have been raised about the spread of ballistic

missile systems and technologies, in particular, to the Middle East,
South Asia and the Korean Peninsula.  The use of ballistic missiles in
the two Gulf Wars demonstrated their political significance in regional
conflicts, though their military utility is rather questionable.
Altogether there are good arguments why a world with less or no
ballistic missiles would be a better place.

While the enormous Cold-War missile arsenals have declined, the
government of the United States perceives new threats from emerging
missile capabilities in the so-called ``rogue states'' (Iraq, Iran,
North Korea) which now transformed into "states of concern".  While the
substance of this threat is still doubted by many experts, influential
political circles in the USA promote the early deployment of NMD.
Opponents argue that such a system could be easily countered by
countermeasures, would undermine international stability and may even
increase the missile threat.

The current missile control regime is insufficient

There is still time to prevent a destabilizing and costly arms race
between offensive and defensive missiles, assuming that the development
of intercontinental-range ballistic missiles (ICBMs) is a complex and
time-consuming task and NMD deployment would be delayed by technical
difficulties (especially after the failure of the July 7 test).  In the
past, ballistic missiles have been largely ignored in international arms

control and disarmament negotiations, although the preamble of the
nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) demands "the elimination from
national arsenals of nuclear weapons and the means of their delivery'".
In his speech to the House of Commons in London on July 3 Jayantha
Dhanapala, the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs of the
United Nations, raised the question, "why is public debate mired today
in a duel between deterrence and defence, with scant attention to
missile disarmament?"

Previous efforts have focused on export control by the major suppliers
of missile technology and bilateral arms control and disarmament of the
former superpowers (INF Treaty, START Treaties).  The current
restrictions on the transfer of missile-related technology are embodied
in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR), created by the G-7
States in 1987.  Although membership has grown from 7 to 28 countries
and some missile programs could be delayed, the effectiveness of the
regime is limited by fundamental problems and shortcomings.  The MTCR is

a voluntary, non-binding agreement with restricted membership.  It does
not address the already existing ballistic missile arsenals, and ignores

the asymmetry between "haves" and "have nots". Various shorter-range
missiles are already deployed in developing countries, and the MTCR has
no specific verification and enforcement mechanisms. Furthermore, rigid
export control of dual-use goods impedes civil technology cooperation.

To improve the present control regime, a few countries had made
preliminary proposals within the limits of the MTCR.  At an MTCR meeting

in Paris April 23-24, 2000 the United States, Britain, and France
offered steps to reinforce MTCR export controls by an increased dialogue

with non-MTCR parties, pre-launch notification for missile and space
launches, and international standards in the missile field.  The
proposals will be discussed at a meeting in September to prepare for the

MTCR October 2000 plenary session.

New political initiatives

Some governmental levels are now considering options for a stronger
missile non-proliferation regime as an alternative to missile defense.
The former Russian President Boris Yeltsin at the June 1999 G-8 summit
in Germany proposed a Global Control System for the Non-Proliferation of

Missiles and Missile Technology (GCS).  In his statement at the NPT 2000

Conference on April 25, the Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov urged
consideration of a Russian proposal for a global missile
confidence-building and non-proliferation regime.[1] The GCS proposal
was discussed March 16 at an expert-level meeting in Moscow, attended by

representatives from 46 countries and the United Nations, including Iran

and large delegations from China, India, and Egypt.  The United States
sent an observer but did not participate.

A goal of the GCS is to increase transparency and reduce the risk of
miscalculation or misunderstanding. Nations would be required to provide

notification of missile or space-launch vehicle (SLV) test-launches. To
discourage proliferation, the GCS would offer incentives to members of
the regime that forswore the use of missiles to deliver weapons of mass
destruction, including security assurances against the use of missile
systems, assistance from the UN Security Council if such weapons were
used, and assistance in the peaceful uses of space for members that gave

up missiles as weapons.  Despite strong criticism, US officials
expressed interest in discussion of the GCS.  The Russian government has

stated its intention to open the proposal for debate at the "millennium
session" of the UN General Assembly.

The GCS proposal is valuable in opening the international debate on
missile control, but still is confined to a rather narrow
non-proliferation regime, comparable in some respects with the NPT but
without the disarmament obligation of Article VI.  In this form it would

be unprobable that major developing countries would accept another
"discriminatory" regime with the five declared nuclear weapon states as
the only missile powers.  If, however, all of the current missile owners

would be allowed to keep their missile arsenals, then the effectiveness
of the regime would be severely limited.

The only way to deal with asymmetries between countries would be the
creation of an international norm against ballistic missiles that would
leave the same rights to any country.  As the Canadian Foreign Minister
Lloyd Axworthy explained in his speech at the 2000 NPT Review Conference

on April 25, "there exists no treaty, no code of conduct, no set of
guidelines defining responsible behavior in these areas.  This is a
matter that must be addressed."

On March 30-31, 2000, ballistic missiles experts from Canada, United
Kingdom, Germany, Norway, Russia, and the United States met with
Axworthy for a roundtable in Ottawa to examine options of a multilateral

approach to more effective ballistic missile control, international
monitoring, and early warning.[2] First priority would be the public
defense of the value and need for the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty,
which should be expanded and strengthened. To prevent instabilities and
accidents, risk-reduction and confidence-building measures could be
taken, such as de-alerting, improved ballistic missile early warning and

launch notification.  The concept of no-first use could be extended to
ballistic missiles.  The monitoring and surveillance of missile and
space-related activities and the exchange of technical data would be a
the key to building a verification system of missile control.

The link between space and missile control was seen as crucial.  The
experts suggested to negotiate and clarify multilateral space
regulations and reserve the use of space for commercial rather than
military uses.  Steps into this direction would be the establishment of
a Canberra-style commission on "Cooperative Security in Space", expert
metings on space surveillance and regulations, and the involvement of
the commercial space business.

It was suggested that Canada should play a lead role in elaborating a
multilateral action plan on ballistic missiles, e.g.  by including key
NATO countries.  Russia and China should be involved in multilateral
cooperation, addressing their broader security concerns.  For the
long-term success of a missile control regime it would important to
"de-rogue" relations with countries such as North-Korea and Iran and
better understand their reasons for pursuing their missile programs.
Recent political developments in these two countries have been rather
positive in this respect (to mention the North-South-Korean summit).
This clearly shows that the chances for a new missile control regime
would be best served by creating regional security environments that
reduce the demand for ballistic missiles.

International organizations would play an important role in facilitating

such a process.  Potential fora to discuss and negotiate multilateral
missile control would be a conference of the MTCR member states and the
UN Committee on Disarmament.  Alternatively, an international conference

of the crucial countries with ballistic missile capabilities could be
considered.


Missile ban and missile freeze - two sides of one coin

According to the Ottawa expert group, the long-term goals include
"demilitarization, the elimination of non-civilian ballistic missiles,
and the elimination of nuclear weapons".  While the report did not go
into details about how these goals might be achieved, some experts
refered to the Reykjavik talks of Gorbachev and Reagan in 1986 and
proposals made by independent researchers.  A model for the elimination
of ballistic missiles is the ZBM (Zero Ballistic Missile) regime which
has been developed and discussed by the Federation of American
Scientists (FAS) in 1992, with Paul Nitze and Alton Frye as strong
supporters.[3]

Such a regime would aim at the complete elimination of offensive
ballistic missiles and combine unilateral declarations with regional and

global multilateral agreements.  The ZBM proposal suggested a
step-by-step approach, including bilateral cuts between the USA and
Russia, ballistic missile-free zones, an international Missile
Conference, the creation of an International Agency for Ballistic
Missile Disarmament, and finally agreement on the varying schedules to
zero ballistic missile capability.  To implement ballistic missile
elimination, the FAS proposal presented a complete draft treaty.  Such a

Ballistic Missile Convention would aim for the global non-proliferation
and elimination of offensive ballistic missiles, in conjunction with
conventions on the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction.

While global missile disarmament would be a longer-term perspective, the

need for action is now.  The best way to prevent an arms race and buy
more time for political initiatives would be a moratorium on the further

development, testing and deployment of ballistic missiles.  Such a
"missile freeze" would be like a break in the arms race, during which
countries could consider and negotiate the next steps without time
pressure.  A key element would be a ballistic missile flight test ban
which would preclude the testing of new missiles and reduce the chance
of accidental or intentional war.  To address concerns about asymmetries

and discrimination, a test ban moratorium would have a contemporary
character and would need to be accompanied by negotiations on missile
reductions.  To minimize incentives for missile development, the missile

freeze should be extended to missile defense systems.  Regional security

initiatives, including the whole range of delivery systems, could help
to overcome asymmetries.


Verification of missile disarmament

A crucial aspect of missile control would be verification.[4] Most
important would be measures to prevent the transformation of space
launch technology into ballistic missiles.  Despite their inherent
similarity, differences in the basing mode, the testing procedures, the
payload, flight trajectory, guidance systems and reentry could be used
as indicators to distinguish between space launchers and ballistic
missiles.  During testing, production and deployment, national technical

means of verification (sensors, intelligence) would focus on observable
rocket characteristics (number, size, range, payload, deployment mode,
launch preparations, flight trajectory).  Most visible is the
infrastructure, which includes production facilities, development
programs and test ranges, tracking and communication facilities, missile

containers and missile-carrying vehicles.  A ballistic missile flight
test ban would be not very difficult to verify since missile launches
are visible from early warning satellites and ground- or air-based
radars.

To limit the risk of using space launchers for ballistic missile
development, technical means of verification need to be combined with
measures of cooperative verification and confidence building.  Most
important would be inspections, using non-intrusive devices and
techniques, to detect reliably evidence of non-compliance and help
provide assurance that no military ballistic missiles are being
developed under a civilian space program.  A safeguards system for space

launchers could place some of the "most critical" items under
supervision by an international organization. International cooperation
in civilian space programs would be also important in containing the use

of space technology for missile development.

The role of citizens and the public

Similar to nuclear disarmament, citizens and non-governmental
organizations would play an important role in promoting and implementing

international missile control.  To increase public awareness a greater
public discourse on the missile problem and its resolution is needed.
By building a network of information exchange and debate, experts, civil

society and officials would be jointly engaged in this process.
Activities could include meetings and conferences, together with
scientists and technicians, as well a protesting and citizen inspections

of critical facilities.  Only by such a joint endeavor there is a chance

that ballistic missiles do not stimulate a new arms race and undermine
the prospects for nuclear disarmament.

References

[1] M.  Rice, Russia Proposes Global Regime On Missile Proliferation,
Arms Control Today, May 2000.
[2] Ballistic Missiles Foreign Experts Roundtable Report, March 30-31,
2000, Canadian Centre for Foreign Policy Development, April 7, 2000.
[3] Revisiting Zero Ballistic Missiles - Reagan's Forgotten Dream,
F.A.S.  Public Interest Report, May/June 1992; L.  Lumpe, Zero Ballistic

Missiles and the Third World, Arms Control, Vol.  14 (1), April 1993,
pp.  218-223; A.  Frye, Zero Ballistic Missiles, Foreign Policy, No.
88, Fall 1992, pp.  12-17.
[4] See further: J. Scheffran, Verification of Ballistic Missile Bans
and Monitoring of Space Launches, in:  W.  Liebert, J.  Scheffran
(eds.), Against Proliferation - Towards General Disarmament, M=FCnster:
Agenda 1995, pp.  156-164; J. Scheffran, Elimination of Ballistic
Missiles:  An Important Step Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World, in:
J.  Rotblat, M.  Konuma (eds.), Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World,
World Scientific, 1997, pp.  310-326.

Dr.  J=FCrgen Scheffran is physicist and senior researcher at the
interdisciplinary research group IANUS of the Technical Unversity
Darmstadt, Germany. He is co-founder of the International Network of
Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation (INESAP) and Editor of
the INESAP Information Bulletin.  He worked as co-author of the Model
Nuclear Weapons Convention and joined the Ottawa expert group mentioned
in this article. Email: [e-mail].



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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) new resource on Star Wars and weapons contractor corruption
Date: 25 Jul 2000 15:46:28 -0500

Dear Friends of Peace and Foes of Star Wars,

Bill Hartung and Michelle Ciarrocca have written another important and
useful report on Star Wars, this one on fraud and corruption by the
missile defense contrators.  It's titled "Nuclear Missile Deception:
Corruption and Conflicts of Interest in the National Missile Defense
Program" and is on the web at
http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/updates/nmdtitle.htm

Kevin Martin
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Date: 25 Jul 2000 22:03:06 -0400

Hi John,
Could you please correct the name of our organization?  It's Global Resource
Action Center for the Environment(GRACE).  Many thanks for all your work.
Alice

At 03:13 AM 07/20/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>This letter to President Clinton, Defence Secy Cohen, presidential
>candidates Bush and Gore and to all US allies plus Russia and China is to
>be faxed around mid August.
>
>It is seeking the signatures of NGOs, prominent people, parliamentarians,
>and religious bodies.
>
>I hope you or your organisation can sign it.
>
>John Hallam,
>
>Letter Coordinator
>
>
>PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
>1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,  1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201,
>
>PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
>[phone], [phone], [phone],
>
>PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,
>
>PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],
>
>PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]
>
>GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
>[phone],
>
>CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
>[phone], [phone],
>
>PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
>[FAX NO?]
>
>JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
>[phone],
>
>KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, [phone]
>
>POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]
>
>PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND, [phone],
>
>PRIME MINISTER MASSIMO D'ALEMA, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY,  [phone]
>
>PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY,
>[phone]
>
>PRIME MINISTER WILLHEM KOK, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS,
>[phone],
>
>CC
>US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT  [phone],
>
>US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN [phone],
>
>FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
>[phone],   [phone],
>
>ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, [phone],
>[phone],
>
>HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE,  [phone],
>
>JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY [phone],
>[phone],
>[phone], [phone],
>
>YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]
>
>LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,  [phone],
>[phone]
>
>LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM,  [phone],
>
>THEODOROS PANGALOS, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE, [phone]
>
>George Bush Presidential Candidate, [phone].
>Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, [phone]
>
>Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence
>Ministers,
>
>The undersigned NGO groups and Parliamentarians, representing  millions of
>people,  are writing:
>
>1) To urge the US not to proceed with proposals for a National Missile
>Defence System (NMD),
>
>2) To urge  US allies to make the strongest representations in appropriate
>forums or bilaterally, to press the US government not to proceed with the
>deployment of NMD, and to maintain the integrity of the ABM Treaty.
>
>Proceeding with National Missile Defence threatens to undermine the basis
>of existing and future offensive nuclear arms reduction measures.
>
>We note the strong statements made on NMD by the Governments of France,
>Germany and Sweden, and the expressions of concern by other US allies
>including the UK, Canada, and the European Union.
>
>At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
>countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
>undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
>Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
>the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories. The
>final declaration of the NPT Review Conference expressly calls for:
>"the early implementation and entry into force of START-II and conclusion
>of START-III as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the
>Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability
>and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in
>accordance with its provisions."
>
>We do not believe it is possible for this to be interpreted in a way that
>will allow the deployment of an NMD system, nor should it be so
>interpreted. We therefore  urge the US and Russia instead to proceed to the
>negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels and to the
>immediate implementation of START-II.
>
>We note that the UN Secretary-General, and representatives of Russia,
>China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European Community, the New Agenda
>Coalition and the Non-Aligned movement have expressed the view that the ABM
>treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic stability.
>
>The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong
>concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow
>NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over
>missile proliferation as a result of NMD.
>
>The Australian Senate on June 29th, passed a motion in which it called on
>the US not to proceed with the deployment of an NMD system and in which it
>called for the implementation of START-II as soon as possible, and the
>negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels.
>
>We note also recent expressions of concern within the US, by
>Congresspeople, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished and influential
>people and organizations.
>
>
>America should not simply ignore the strongly repeated opinion of
>governments and NGOs of the whole world, that NMD should not proceed,  and
>that the integrity of  the ABM treaty should be maintained.
>
>Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile
>threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern')  are
>not the solution to missile proliferation,  sabotage nuclear disarmament
>efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the
>world, and decrease overall US and international security.
>
>There are serious doubts  whether this system, or  whether any missile
>defence system,  can ever work.  The problems posed even by relatively
>simple decoys are probably technically insoluble. The Welch Panel, an
>independent team of scientists,  released a report outlining the
>probability of NMD systems failure due to time and schedule constraints.
>
>Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on
>practical solutions to global  strategic security.  We therefore urge the
>US and Russia,  as the highest priority, to proceed to the elimination of
>as many warheads as possible under any START-III agreement, the removal of
>obstacles to the implementation of START-II,  and  the removal of
>strategic missile forces from high alert status as advocated by the
>Canberra Commission, subsequent UN resolutions and the final NPT
>declaration.
>
>
>Yours Sincerely,
>(Signed)
>
>Bruna Nota, International President, Womens International League for Peace
>and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva/NY.,
>
>Commander Robert D. Green, RN (Retd.) Chair, World Court Project UK.,
>NZ/UK.,
>Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK.,
>
>Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia,
>Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow,
>Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia,
>
>Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada.,
>
>Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre
>for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA.,
>Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA.,
>Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social
>Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA.,
>Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore,
>Calif, USA.,
>Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the
>Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA
>Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington
>DC., USA.,
>Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
>Gainesville, Florida.,
>
>John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney,
>Australia,
>Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide Australia,
>
>
>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Michael Moore - "Bush and Gore Make Me Wanna Ralph"
Date: 25 Jul 2000 22:16:31 -0400

>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:10:10 -0500
>>>From: Mike's Message <[e-mail]>
>>>To: [e-mail]
>>>Subject: [Mike's Message] Bush and Gore Make Me Wanna Ralph
>>>
>>>Bush and Gore Make Me Wanna Ralph
>>>A Letter from Michael Moore to the
>>>Non-Voters of America
>>>
>>>Dear friends,
>>>
>>>DISCLAIMER: If you are planning to
>>>vote for Al Gore in November, good for
>>>you. Don't let what I'm about to say
>>>change your mind because I've been
>>>told by all the experts that if you do
>>>change your mind based on what I'm
>>>about to say, George W. Bush might win
>>>the election and I certainly couldn't live
>>>with myself if that connoisseur of
>>>pharmaceuticals (the kind you snort up
>>>your nose or the kind you inject on
>>>death row) won, in part, because of a
>>>letter I spit out over the Internet.
>>>
>>>So let's review -- you like Gore, you vote
>>>for Gore. He's a decent guy. I met him
>>>last year at some benefit, he came up to
>>>me, big hug -- whoa, this veep is no stiff,
>>>I thought -- and thanked me for this and
>>>that. He even quoted lines from "The
>>>Awful Truth" - whoa, scary, I thought,
>>>what's he doing watching cable
>>>channels above 40 on the box...not
>>>much to do on this veep gig, eh?
>>>
>>>I told him I admired what he did when
>>>he came home to America as a Vietnam
>>>Vet and spoke out against the war. That
>>>took a lot of courage, I said (his dad lost
>>>his Senate seat for being an early
>>>opponent of the war).
>>>
>>>So, if Al Gore is your man, go for it. In
>>>fact, I insist on it, even if you are just
>>>throwing your vote away.
>>>
>>>What I am about to say, though, is not
>>>intended for any Al Gore (or George W.)
>>>voters. If you are one, please click off
>>>now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  To Whom It May Concern:
>>>
>>>I address this letter to the largest
>>>political party in the United States - the
>>>55% of you in the voting public who are
>>>so disillusioned with politics and
>>>politicians, so sick and tired of all the
>>>broken promises, so disgusted with all
>>>the b.s. that you have absolutely no
>>>intention of voting in November.
>>>
>>>You know who you are.
>>>
>>>AND YOU ARE THE MAJORITY!
>>>
>>>You rule. You are the Non-Voters, all
>>>100 million of you!
>>>
>>>Until now, you have been the subject of
>>>scorn and ridicule. You've been called
>>>apathetic, lazy, ignorant. Your actions
>>>have been viewed as unAmerican (I
>>>mean, what kind of citizen in the World's
>>>Greatest Democracy would not exercise
>>>his or her most important and cherished
>>>right - the right to freely choose your
>>>leader!).
>>>
>>>Well, may I be the first to tell you that,
>>>not only are you NOT stupid and
>>>apathetic, I believe you are smarter than
>>>all the rest of us combined. YOU figured
>>>it out. YOU uncovered the scam. And
>>>YOU had the guts to no longer
>>>participate in a lie. Way to go! In 1996,
>>>you helped set the all-time American
>>>record for lowest turnout ever at a
>>>presidential election.
>>>
>>>The reason you, the majority, no longer
>>>vote in America is because you, the
>>>majority, realize there is no real choice
>>>on the ballot. The "two" parties both do
>>>the bidding of the wealthy and agree
>>>with each other on 90% of the issues.
>>>They take 90% of their money from
>>>people who make over a hundred-grand
>>>a year, and then enact over 90% of the
>>>laws those contributors want passed.
>>>
>>>On the ballot this November, you
>>>already know there is no contest. The
>>>independent Cook Political Report in
>>>D.C. last week announced that, out of
>>>435 House seats up for election in
>>>November, there are only 47 seats
>>>where there is a "true race" between
>>>opponents - and, of those, only 14
>>>seats have a race that is even "close"
>>>between the two candidates. 14 out of
>>>435!
>>>
>>>"Ninety-seven to ninety-nine percent of
>>>incumbents running for re-election will
>>>be returned to Congress in November,"
>>>according to the Cook Report.
>>>
>>>The Non-Voters already understand
>>>this. And they are not going to waste
>>>one iota of their day on November 7
>>>driving to some smelly elementary
>>>school gymnasium to participate in a
>>>Soviet-style election with no friggin'
>>>choice on the ballot.
>>>
>>>So, to you brave voter-resisters, I say
>>>congratulations on your act of civic
>>>disobedience! I joined you this primary
>>>season and refused to go along with
>>>this charade of "choice." Nearly 80% of
>>>those of us of voting age - over 160
>>>million Americans - staged a sit-in on our
>>>living room couches during this year's
>>>primaries. THAT is the great untold story
>>>of this election year. How much longer
>>>will the punditocracy be able to get
>>>away with dismissing this massive
>>>no-show as "a sign Americans are
>>>content with the booming economy?"
>>>
>>>Now that we have made our presence
>>>known (you all don't mind me speaking
>>>for us, do you? Good. In fact, I'll just
>>>assume the currently-vacant mantle of
>>>this majority party and serve as your
>>>leader until you say otherwise...), it is
>>>time to find a way that says, loudly and
>>>clearly, just how mad as hell we are and
>>>how we are not going to take it
>>>anymore. We need to find a way where
>>>our vote screams "None of the Above!"
>>>A chance to act, like that Chinese guy in
>>>Tieneman Square, standing in front of a
>>>moving tank and stopping it in its path.
>>>
>>>In November, we should find a way to
>>>follow in the footsteps of those
>>>intelligent Minnesotans who, even
>>>though they could care less about
>>>professional wrestling (and even less,
>>>I'm sure, for Jesse "The Body"), proved
>>>to the world that they not only have a
>>>sense of humor, but they know how to
>>>stick it to the whole bloody system.
>>>Think of just how high their level of
>>>anger must have been against the
>>>One-Party-With-Two-Heads monopoly! I
>>>mean, state government is no joke -
>>>somebody's gotta build the roads, run
>>>the schools, catch the criminals. You
>>>don't want to turn the asylum over to the
>>>chief lunatic but, damn it, that's what the
>>>people of Minnesota did - just to send a
>>>message! Wow. That took some guts.
>>>
>>>So, for those of you who weren't going
>>>to vote anyway, well...what if you
>>>actually did? What if you drove down to
>>>that stinky gym where the little shell
>>>game behind the pretend curtains is
>>>taking place ("Pay no attention to the
>>>voters behind the curtains!"), walk in,
>>>sign in, take the ballot they hand you,
>>>and toss yourselves inside the booth
>>>like a political molotov cocktail.
>>>
>>>Boom!
>>>
>>>"You wanna tell me there's a choice
>>>here between two guys who both
>>>support NAFTA, WTO, the death
>>>penalty, the Cuban embargo, increased
>>>Pentagon spending, sleazy HMOs,
>>>greedy hospital chains, 250 million guns
>>>in our homes, more bombing of Iraq, the
>>>rich getting richer and the rest of us
>>>declaring bankruptcy?"
>>>
>>>Boom!
>>>
>>>Not me.
>>>
>>>Boom!
>>>
>>>I'm voting for Ralph Nader.
>>>
>>>KAAAABOOM!
>>>
>>>Friends, we are losing our democratic
>>>control over our country. We may have
>>>already lost it. I hope not. But in the last
>>>20 years of the Reagan administration,
>>>Corporate America has merged and
>>>morphed itself to such an extent that
>>>just a handful of companies now call all
>>>the shots. They own Congress. They
>>>own us. In order to work for them, we
>>>have to take urine tests and lie
>>>detectors and wear bar codes on chains
>>>around our necks. In order to keep our
>>>jobs we have had to give up decent
>>>health care, the 8-hour day (and time
>>>with our kids), the security that we'll
>>>even have a job next year, and any
>>>unwillingness we may have to compete
>>>with a 14-year old Indonesian girl who
>>>gets a dollar a day.
>>>
>>>And how frightening (and great) is it that
>>>the last place we can freely try to inform
>>>and communicate with each other is on
>>>this very Web? Six companies run by six
>>>men control the majority of the news we
>>>now get from newspapers, television,
>>>radio and the Internet. One out of every
>>>two books is bought at a bookstore
>>>owned by one of only two companies. Is
>>>it safe in a "free society" to have the
>>>sources of our information and mass
>>>communication in the hands of just a
>>>few wealthy men who have a VESTED
>>>interest in keeping us as stupid as
>>>possible - or at least in keeping us
>>>thinking like them so that we vote for
>>>THEIR candidates?
>>>
>>>I fear the cement on this new oligarchy
>>>of power is quickly drying, and when it is
>>>finished hardening, we are finished. The
>>>democracy, the one that's supposed to
>>>be of, by, and for the people, will cease
>>>to exist.
>>>
>>>We must not let this happen, no matter
>>>how cynical and disgusted we've
>>>become at the whole electoral process.
>>>
>>>Ralph Nader, to me, represents a
>>>chance for us to at least temporarily
>>>stop the cement from drying. We need
>>>him in there kicking things up, stirring
>>>the pot and forcing a real debate about
>>>the issues. Whether it's Ralph as
>>>Candidate or Ralph as President, he
>>>may represent our last hope to get our
>>>country back from the clutches of the
>>>powerful few.
>>>
>>>I am not writing these words lightly. I am
>>>hoping to sound a siren and rally the
>>>majority who, for good reason, have
>>>given up - but might just have it in them
>>>to find the will for one last fight against
>>>the bastards.
>>>
>>>Can Ralph win? Well, stranger things
>>>have happened in the past decade.
>>>C'mon, think about it, not a single one
>>>of us ever thought we'd see the Berlin
>>>Wall come down or Nelson Mandela as
>>>President of South Africa. After those
>>>two things happened, I joined a new
>>>school of thought that said ANYTHING
>>>was possible. Jesse Ventura started
>>>with 3% in the polls and won. Ross
>>>Perot in '92 started with 6% and, after
>>>proving to everyone that he was
>>>certifiably insane, still got nearly 20% of
>>>the vote.
>>>
>>>Ralph already has between 7% and
>>>10% in the polls - before he's done any
>>>serious campaigning. He's gone from
>>>3% to 8% in my home state of Michigan.
>>>These are amazing numbers and the
>>>pundits and lobbyists and Republicrats
>>>are running scared. Hey, you like to
>>>watch scared Republicrats running? Tell
>>>a pollster you're voting for Ralph.
>>>
>>>Now, look, before you all send me a lot
>>>of mail about how weird Ralph is 'cause
>>>he doesn't own a car or is a "sell-out"
>>>'cause he's got a few million dollars, let
>>>me say this: I used to work out of his
>>>office, and Ralph is definitely one of a
>>>kind. In a future letter I will write of those
>>>experiences but, for now, let's just agree
>>>that Ralph is at least half as crazy as
>>>Jesse Ventura - and about a hundred
>>>times as smart. I'd say he's also saved
>>>about a million or so lives, thanks to the
>>>consumer and environmental legislation
>>>he has devoted his life to.
>>>
>>>And between Gore, Bush, and himself,
>>>he's the only person running who would
>>>guarantee universal health care for all,
>>>the only candidate who would raise the
>>>minimum wage to a decent level, the
>>>only one who would get up each
>>>morning asking himself the question,
>>>"What can I do today to serve all the
>>>people of this country?"
>>>
>>>The list goes on and on. You can read
>>>more about what Ralph stands for by
>>>going to his website
>>>(http://www.votenader.org). You'll agree,
>>>I'm sure, there's lots of common sense
>>>there, regardless of what political stripe
>>>you are.
>>>
>>>But remember. If you are even
>>>THINKING of voting for Al Gore, vote for
>>>Al Gore. Ralph Nader does not need a
>>>single Gore vote. There are a hundred
>>>million of us out there who are
>>>uncommitted and currently not voting.
>>>Right now, Gore and Bush are each
>>>hoping to win by getting only 40 million
>>>votes.
>>>
>>>If you are in the Non-Voting majority and
>>>want to let 'em all have it, if you want to
>>>get our country back in our hands...well,
>>>if even half of you show up and vote
>>>November 7 then you won't be held
>>>responsible for Bush winning the White
>>>House.
>>>
>>>In fact, you won't be held responsible
>>>for putting Gore in the White House,
>>>either.
>>>
>>>Rather, you will have made history by
>>>putting a true American hero at 1600
>>>Pennsylvania Avenue.
>>>
>>>And you will have given every company,
>>>every boss who's done ya wrong, the
>>>worst nightmare of their lives.
>>>
>>>November 7. Payback Time.
>>>
>>>The revenge of the Non-Voters!
>>>
>>>So sayeth their unappointed leader,
>>>yours truly,
>>>Michael Moore
>>>[e-mail]
>>>http://www.theawfultruth.com
>>>http://www.michaelmoore.com
>>>
>>>PS. Come to think of it, Democrats
>>>should be on their knees thanking
>>>Ralph for running. Rather than taking
>>>votes from Gore, Ralph's going to be
>>>the one responsible for turning the
>>>House back over to the Democrats.
>>>
>>>When millions of these Non-Voters enter
>>>that booth to vote for Ralph, and they
>>>come across their local race for
>>>Congress, they will find no Green Party
>>>candidate in most of the 435
>>>Congressional districts. So who do you
>>>think Ralph's army of Non-Voters will
>>>plunk down for Congress? The
>>>Republican? I don't think so.
>>>
>>>The Democrats are only six seats short
>>>of regaining control of the House. Ralph
>>>Nader will be the reason the Democrats
>>>get the House back for the first time
>>>since Newt's Contract on America in
>>>1994.
>>>
>>>Democrats should send their checks to
>>>Nader 2000, P.O. Box 18002,
>>>Washington, DC 20035.
>>>
>>>(Or, better yet, let's try to elect enough
>>>Greens to Congress -- a dozen or so --
>>>and they'll hold the deciding votes
>>>because neither the Democrats nor the
>>>Republicans will have the majority. It'll
>>>be a friggin' Knesset!)
>>>
>>>PPS. If you're still worried this letter
>>>might convince a weak-kneed Gore
>>>voter to flip over to Nader - and thus
>>>lead to President George W. stacking
>>>the Supreme Court to make abortion
>>>illegal, well, it's all a bunch of hooey.
>>>Please read my latest grassroots.com
>>>column entitled, "I Ain't Fallin for That
>>>One Again" at:
>>>http://www.michaelmoore.com/aint.html
>>>
>>>PPPS. Tonight, Wednesday July 19, on
>>>"The Awful Truth" (Bravo, 10 p.m.
>>>ET/PT), Crackers the Corporate Crime
>>>Fighting Chicken makes a surprise
>>>return visit. Don't miss it!
>>>
>>>
>>>PLEASE PASS THIS LETTER ON TO
>>>YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
>>>PERMISSION IS GRANTED TO
>>>REPRINT ANYWHERE.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>_______________________________________________
>>>local-activists mailing list
>>>[e-mail]
>>>http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/local-activists
>>>
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NMD Report Mid Aug - Pls Sign Monster  Letter
Date: 26 Jul 2000 20:22:44 +1000

Dear NGO or Parliamentarian,

My apologies if you have already seen this many times, especially if you
are amongst those that have already signed this letter.

Defence Secretary Cohen is due to give a report on NMD to President Clinton
in Mid- August, exactly at the same time as we plan to send this letter to
Clinton and all US allies.

Its critical that we get as many people signed on as possible.

If  you or your organisation has not yet signed on to it, do please
consider doing so as quickly as possible even if it is not exactly the
perfect letter you might write.

(And if you or your organisation can write a better letter as well as
signing this one, do please do so).

You are urged strongly to sign this letter as soon as you can and to pass
it to any other organisation that might sign it as well.



PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,  1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201,

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
[phone], [phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],

PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]

GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
[phone],

CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
[phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
[FAX NO?]

JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
[phone],

KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, [phone]

POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]

PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND, [phone],

PRIME MINISTER MASSIMO D'ALEMA, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY,  [phone]

PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY, [phone]

PRIME MINISTER WILLHEM KOK, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS,
[phone],

CC
US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT  [phone],

US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN [phone],

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
[phone],   [phone],

ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, [phone],
[phone],

HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE,  [phone],

JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY [phone],
[phone],
[phone], [phone],

YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]

LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,  [phone],
[phone]

LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM,  [phone],

THEODOROS PANGALOS, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE, [phone]

George Bush Presidential Candidate, [phone].
Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, [phone]

Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers,

The undersigned NGO groups and Parliamentarians, representing  millions of
people,  are writing:

1) To urge the US not to proceed with proposals for a National Missile
Defence System (NMD),

2) To urge  US allies to make the strongest representations in appropriate
forums or bilaterally, to press the US government not to proceed with the
deployment of NMD, and to maintain the integrity of the ABM Treaty.

Proceeding with National Missile Defence threatens to undermine the basis
of existing and future offensive nuclear arms reduction measures.

We note the strong statements made on NMD by the Governments of France,
Germany and Sweden, and the expressions of concern by other US allies
including the UK, Canada, and the European Union.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories. The
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference expressly calls for:
"the early implementation and entry into force of START-II and conclusion
of START-III as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the
Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability
and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in
accordance with its provisions."

We do not believe it is possible for this to be interpreted in a way that
will allow the deployment of an NMD system, nor should it be so
interpreted. We therefore  urge the US and Russia instead to proceed to the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels and to the
immediate implementation of START-II.

We note that the UN Secretary-General, and representatives of Russia,
China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European Community, the New Agenda
Coalition and the Non-Aligned movement have expressed the view that the ABM
treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic stability.

The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong
concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow
NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over
missile proliferation as a result of NMD.

The Australian Senate on June 29th, passed a motion in which it called on
the US not to proceed with the deployment of an NMD system and in which it
called for the implementation of START-II as soon as possible, and the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels.

We note also recent expressions of concern within the US, by
Congresspeople, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished and influential
people and organizations.


America should not simply ignore the strongly repeated opinion of
governments and NGOs of the whole world, that NMD should not proceed,  and
that the integrity of  the ABM treaty should be maintained.

Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile
threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern')  are
not the solution to missile proliferation,  sabotage nuclear disarmament
efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the
world, and decrease overall US and international security.

There are serious doubts  whether this system, or  whether any missile
defence system,  can ever work.  The problems posed even by relatively
simple decoys are probably technically insoluble. The Welch Panel, an
independent team of scientists,  released a report outlining the
probability of NMD systems failure due to time and schedule constraints.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, [it is vital that the US  focus on
practical solutions to global  strategic security.]  we [therefore] urge
the US and Russia,  as the highest priority, to proceed to the elimination
of as many warheads as possible under any START-III agreement, the removal
of obstacles to the implementation of START-II,  and  the removal of
strategic missile forces from high alert status as advocated by the
Canberra Commission, subsequent UN resolutions and the final NPT
declaration.


Yours Sincerely,
(Signed)

Bruna Nota, International President, Womens International League for Peace
and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva/NY.,

Commander Robert D. Green, RN (Retd.) Chair, World Court Project UK., NZ/UK.,
Dave Knight, Chair, CND UK.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases,
(CAAB), Yorkshire, UK.,
Dr Chris Busby, Low-Level Radiation Campaign, UK.,

Xanthe Hall, IPPNW-Germany, Berlin,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear Free Future Award, Munich, Germany,
Eva Quistorp, Women for Peace, Berlin, Germany,

Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia,
Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow,
Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia,
Alexandra Koroleva, Baltic Research and Action Centre, Kaliningrad,

Alla Shevchuck, Chairwoman, Odessa Branch Social-Ecological Union, Odessa,
Ukraine,
Victor Khazan, MP, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Member, Ukrainian Parliament.

Paul Saoke, IPPNW, Kenya,
Roy Cabonegro, Secy- General, YSDA Phillipines,
Jean P. Patterson, Heredia Disarmament Committee, San Jose, Costa-Rica.,
Grace De Haro, Suzanne Schultz, Lihue Association, Patagonia, Argentina,
S. P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India,

Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada.,
Joyce Lydiard, WILPF-British Columbia, Canada.,
Dr Rosalie Bertell, International Institute of Concern for Public
Health,(IICPH) Toronto, Canada.,

Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre
for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA.,
Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, Program Director, Federation of American
Scientists, (FAS), NY,
Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA.,
Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore,
Calif, USA.,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Director, HOME, Tecopa, Calif.,
Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force, Rocky Mountains Conference,
United Church of Christ, Colorado,
Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the
Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, NY, USA.,
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear
Policy,(LCNP) NY.,
Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington
DC., USA.,
Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social
Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA.,
Randall Forsberg, Director, Institute for Defence and Disarmament Studies,
Cambridge, Mass,
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
Gainesville, Florida.,
Ross Mc Cluney PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Florida Solar Energy
Centre, Florida,(pers. capacity)
John Reese, Community Action Network, Seattle, Wash, USA.,
Terry Gipps, President, Alliance for Sustainability, Minneapolis, Mn, USA.,
John M. Laforge, 'Nukewatch', Wisconsin, USA.,
Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, Portland, Ore, USA.,
Michael D. Intriligator, Vice-Chair, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction
(ECAAR), UCLA, USA.,
Barbara Weidener, Grandmothers for Peace International, Calif.,
Alan Moore, Peace and Justice Commission, City of Berkley,
Alan Moore, Patch Adams Peace and Justice Centre,
Alan Moore, Butterfly Gardeners Association,
Anthony Guarisco, Alliance of Atomic Veterans, USA.,
Phyllis S. Yingling, Chair, Kay Camp, Former Chair, Womens International
League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) USA.,

Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation, Aotearoa/NZ., Auckland, NZ,
Dr R. E. White, Deputy Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,

Anthony Albanese MP, (ALP) Federal Member for Grayndler, NSW.,
Dr Carmen Lawrence MP, (ALP) Federal Member for Frementle, W.A.,
Kelly Hoare MP, (ALP) Federal Member for Charlton, NSW,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW,
Senator Brian Grieg, Democrat Senator for W.A.,
Lee Rhiannon MLC (Greens) NSW.,
Richard Jones MLC, (Ind) NSW.,
Kerrie Tucker MLA, Greens Member for Molonglo ACT,
Don Nardella MLA, ALP Member for Melton, Vic.,
Gis Watson MLC, Member for North Metropolitan, W.A.,
Gareth Smith, Nuclear Disarmament Party, Vic.,
Dr Susan Wareham, Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW)
Canberra,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide, SA,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee Sydney,
Jack Forward, Central Coast Peace Forum,
Doreen Burrows, South Coast Peace Committee,
George Gotsis, Greek Peace Committee, (Sydney)
Brian Miller, Hiroshima Day Committee Sydney
Jo Vallentine, People For Nuclear Disarmament (PND) W.A.,
Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping (STAND) W.A.,
Robin Chapple, Anti-Nuclear Alliance of W.A.,
Hannah Middleton, Anti-Bases Campaign,
Denis Doherty, Pax Christi NSW
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
(CICD) Melb, Vic.,
Jacob Grech, Earthworker, Trades Hall, Melb.,
Cherie Hoyle, Urban Ecology Australia,
Kirsten Blair, Coordinator, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory
(ECNT), Darwin, NT,
Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF),
Melb.,
Alec Marr, Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,(TWS), Canberra,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney,
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Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/26 - Daybook; Announcements
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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 26, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200072621494.htm

      Theater missile defense briefing =97 10 a.m. =97 The Heritage=
 Foundation
hosts a Washington Roundtable for the Asia-Pacific Press news briefing on
"Theater Missile Defense: How Will It Re-Cast Security and Diplomacy in East
Asia?" Location: Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Contact:
202/608-6143.

      Camp David summit briefing =97 10 a.m. =97 The Brookings Institution=
 holds a
briefing on "Camp David II: The Summit That Failed." Location: Stein Room,=
 1775
Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact: 202/797-6105.

      D.C. Bar luncheon =97 noon =97 The D.C. Bar Association presents a=
 luncheon
program on "War Crimes, Hate Crimes and Police Crimes: A Career Prosecuting=
 the
Abusers of Power." The speaker is Albert Moskowitz, chief of the criminal
section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. Location: D.C.=
 Bar
Conference Center, 1250 H St. NW, Level B-1. Contact: 202/626-3463.

      Biomedical research briefing =97 noon =97 The Congressional Biomedical
Research Caucus presents a briefing on "NASA's Biomedical Research on the=
 Space
Shuttle Station." Astronauts Dave Williams, Lee Morin and Eugene Trinh and=
 two
NASA scientists participate. Location: B-339 Rayburn House Office Building.
Contact: 301/530-7153 or 202/225-4315.
 =20
2) Presidential Candidates

George W. Bush -
        10:15 a.m. - Casper, Wyoming Rally, Natrona County High School, 930=
 S.
Elm Street, Casper, WY, 307/577-0330


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      Theater missile defense briefing =97 10 a.m.
=97 The Heritage Foundation hosts a Washington Roundtable for the
Asia-Pacific Press news briefing on "Theater Missile Defense: How
Will It Re-Cast Security and Diplomacy in East Asia?" Location:
Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Contact:
202/608-6143.<br>
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      Camp David summit briefing =97 10 a.m. =97 Th=
e
Brookings Institution holds a briefing on "Camp David II: The Summit
That Failed." Location: Stein Room, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Contact: 202/797-6105.<br>
<br>
      D.C. Bar luncheon =97 noon =97 The D.C. Bar
Association presents a luncheon program on "War Crimes, Hate Crimes
and Police Crimes: A Career Prosecuting the Abusers of Power." The
speaker is Albert Moskowitz, chief of the criminal section of the Justice
Department's Civil Rights Division. Location: D.C. Bar Conference Center,
1250 H St. NW, Level B-1. Contact: 202/626-3463.<br>
<br>
      Biomedical research briefing =97 noon =97 The
Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus presents a briefing on
"NASA's Biomedical Research on the Space Shuttle Station."
Astronauts Dave Williams, Lee Morin and Eugene Trinh and two NASA
scientists participate. Location: B-339 Rayburn House Office Building.
Contact: 301/530-7153 or 202/225-4315.<br>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: [abolition-caucus] EMERGENCY! THE  NADER 2000 CAMPAIGN
Date: 26 Jul 2000 12:10:06 -0400

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>Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 22:21:20 -0400
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>
>July 24, 2000
>
>DEAR FRIEND:
>
>The Nader 2000 campaign is gaining momentum all over the
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>polls. This surge in energy is thanks to all of you - all of the
>individuals who have sent checks, all of the individuals who have
>gathered ballot access signatures, everyone who has spoken to their
>neighbor about why Ralph Nader is the best Presidential candidate.
>
>Now more than ever we need your financial support. The Nader 2000
>campaign does not accept PAC money, nor does it use soft money. We need
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>
>IF YOU COULD SEND A DONATION TODAY BY CONTRIBUTING ONLINE YOU
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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) The Legal Revolution and public Legal Resource Center
Date: 26 Jul 2000 11:49:13 -0700

One of my General Agency Services provider firms has just upgraded my legal
services website capabilities with a publicly accessible Legal Resource
Center database and unique new telephone attorney-access plan in addition to
their full service national legal protection programs previously and still
available across the country.

Check out my site link and the new revised explanitory text below that I
have submitted for approval and page updating to reflect these new services
now available.

If you have a website and want to offer the free public Legal Resource
Center service available to your site visitors at no cost to you, feel free
to link to my url below or contact me for details about icon graphic and
html codes for a version which will earn you money when visitors subscribe
to optional legal services membership plans offered through the Legal
Resource Center when they access it via link from your website.

By your passing the word on this valuable new public free Legal Resource
Center database, accessible via my site url below, over time you will be
helping me a great deal in raising funding for my projects such as Global
Peace Walk 2000 http://www.globalpeacenow.org


-------------------begin updated website text submission----------------

http://www.prepaidlegal.com/go/dcwilliams

David Crockett Williams & Associates

Toll-Free Phone: [phone]

Thanks for looking over this website which offers free legal content
to the general public and an opportunity to take full advantage of this
"Legal Revolution" with free legal resources access combined with
low-cost full-service legal protection coverage programs for members
who are often otherwise left out of the legal system, or even feel
victimized by it, because they cannot normally afford or find qualified
attorneys for everyday or urgent legal matters that could be remedied
with adequate legal assistance.

For free indexed legal information to help you with your legal
question, need, or situation, click the entry near bottom of index at left
for "Legal Resource Center" to access our professional database offering:
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ),  free legal forms, audio
guides, and discussion boards, in the various areas of law including
bankruptcy and debts, business and corporations, consumer law, criminal
law, family law, estate planning, immigration, landlord and tenant, real
estate, social security, State and Federal Taxes.

If your situation is urgent and you need immediate access to an attorney,
sign up for a legal plan right now via our Legal Resource Center link.  For
less than a half-dollar a day, on a month by month basis, you can speak to
an experienced, licensed lawyer in your State during regular business
hours. The call is unlimited, and you can call every day if necessary.  For
an extra few dollars a month you can enroll in full service legal coverage
programs that also include Last Will & Testament preparation and annual
updates, your contracts and legal documents reviewed through our
national network of expert provider law firms who will also write letters on
your behalf to help resolve your legal situations, as well as scheduled
benefits for lawsuit and trial protection, motor vehicle and license
services (e.g., your provider attorney goes to court for you to fight
winnable traffic tickets), legal representation at IRS audits, etc.

With the Family Legal Protection Plan you can even add the Legal Shield
benefit, in many States, for a few pennies a day, that gives you and the
members of your family full 24-hour toll-free access to an on-call attorney
to help you immediately deal with the police in the event of detainment or
arrest at any hour of the day or night.

See full details on unlimited and scheduled legal plan benefits by clicking
"Our Product" index entry at left.

With low-cost Pre-Paid Legal coverage that does for legal fees what
medical coverage has done for doctor and hospital fees, the Pre-Paid Legal
Services program combines its large membership's financial "clout" to obtain
some of the top legal firms in the United States and Canada as providers of
a wide range of specialized legal services for the protection and peace of
mind of those members and their families who otherwise are often at the
mercy of today's contractually complex, litigious and sometimes legally
dangerous society.

As a member, having your local Pre-Paid Legal Services Provider Law
Firms "On-Call", toll-free, enables you to easily and quickly know what your
legal rights and remedies are, thus saving money and preventing many
legal situations from becoming serious.

Please take a few minutes to investigate the information available at this
site regarding the Pre-Paid Legal Services program ("Product" from index
at left), and the company behind it ("Corporate Profile"), which has been in
the forefront of this new service industry in America for over 25 years, a
financially strong leading performer on the New York Stock Exchange.

This kind of prepaid legal protection coverage has been quite common for
many years in Europe, almost as common as health and auto insurance,
but it is still something that most North Americans are not even aware now
exists across the United States and Canada, serving through Pre-Paid
Legal Services, Inc., a large and rapidly growing loyal membership.

Once you understand the value of enrolling as a member, which you can do
online at this site in most states or by calling toll-free, I think you will
agree that such nationwide legal protection will be a great benefit for you,
and for your family's peace of mind, by saving you much, much more in
money and trouble than the small membership fee expense. If you have
any questions, give me a call toll-free, email me, or complete the product
information form for more details after reviewing the information on this
website.

In addition, if you or someone you know might be interested in helping us
enroll members in this great Pre-Paid Legal Services program, this can be a
good part-time income with the excellent training and management provided to
those working with us as Independent Associates -- backed by the company's
quarter century experience as the leader of this new industry. For
information on this personal income and/or project fundraising opportunity,
click ("The Opportunity") from index at left. You can even register there
online as one of our Independent Associates with Pre-Paid Legal Services if
you feel inclined to earn extra income by offering membership enrollments
to others, or you can email or phone me toll-free for more information.

A major advantage of setting up a part-time home-based business like this is
the income tax advantages enjoyed by serious self-employed contractors
with DCWilliams Associates whose home-business deductions and
exemptions can significantly reduce the income taxes being withheld from
their regular job wages, thus increasing net income and sometimes quite
dramatically so.

Call me for more details on how this unique home-based business
networking system can help you and your friends, family, and your good
projects that need extra funding.

From my 25 years of experience as a global peace movement activist, and many
years in sales and sales management of insurance and financial services
products, I can say that I am very happy and enthusiastic about the benefits
that Pre-Paid Legal Services, and its "Legal Revolution", offers to its
Members and Independent Associates.

Please take a good look and let me know what you think!

Toll-Free Phone: [phone]

DCWilliams Associates
[e-mail]

David Crockett Williams, C.L.U.
Activist - Chemical Physicist
Co-Coordinator, Global Peace Walk 2000
Home-Based Business Networking Systems Contractor
Independent Associate, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.

-----------------end website text submission------------------


David Crockett Williams, C.L.U.
Tehachapi, CA   661-822-3309
[e-mail]
Chartered Life Underwriter
Activist - Chemical Physicist

General Agency Services
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/genagency.html
With Home-Based Business Networking Systems

More Income, Less Taxes
Tax Relief System minimizes taxes, increases income
http://www.thetaxpeople.net
888-302-9737 Toll-free 5minute recorded intro

Join the Legal Revolution for equal justice under the law
Free Legal Resource Center -- National Legal Protection Plan
http://www.prepaidlegal.com/go/dcwilliams

Global Emergency Alert Response
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000

Global Peace Walk 2000
http://www.globalpeacenow.org
Updates/Voicemail 415-267-1877

Science and Technology in Society and Public Policy
http://www.egroups.com/group/dcwilliams

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

Leonard Peltier Presidential Campaign
http://www.egroups.com/group/williams-peltier














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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) The Legal Revolution and public Legal Resource Center
Date: 26 Jul 2000 11:54:32 -0700

One of my General Agency Services provider firms has just upgraded my legal
services website capabilities with a publicly accessible Legal Resource
Center database and unique new telephone attorney-access plan in addition to
their full service national legal protection programs previously and still
available across the country.

Check out my site link and the new revised explanitory text below that I
have submitted for approval and page updating to reflect these new services
now available.

If you have a website and want to offer the free public Legal Resource
Center service available to your site visitors at no cost to you, feel free
to link to my url below or contact me for details about icon graphic and
html codes for a version which will earn you money when visitors subscribe
to optional legal services membership plans offered through the Legal
Resource Center when they access it via link from your website.

By your passing the word on this valuable new public free Legal Resource
Center database, accessible via my site url below, over time you will be
helping me a great deal in raising funding for my projects such as Global
Peace Walk 2000 http://www.globalpeacenow.org


-------------------begin updated website text submission----------------

http://www.prepaidlegal.com/go/dcwilliams

David Crockett Williams & Associates

Toll-Free Phone: [phone]

Thanks for looking over this website which offers free legal content
to the general public and an opportunity to take full advantage of this
"Legal Revolution" with free legal resources access combined with
low-cost full-service legal protection coverage programs for members
who are often otherwise left out of the legal system, or even feel
victimized by it, because they cannot normally afford or find qualified
attorneys for everyday or urgent legal matters that could be remedied
with adequate legal assistance.

For free indexed legal information to help you with your legal
question, need, or situation, click the entry near bottom of index at left
for "Legal Resource Center" to access our professional database offering:
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ),  free legal forms, audio
guides, and discussion boards, in the various areas of law including
bankruptcy and debts, business and corporations, consumer law, criminal
law, family law, estate planning, immigration, landlord and tenant, real
estate, social security, State and Federal Taxes.

If your situation is urgent and you need immediate access to an attorney,
sign up for a legal plan right now via our Legal Resource Center link.  For
less than a half-dollar a day, on a month by month basis, you can speak to
an experienced, licensed lawyer in your State during regular business
hours. The call is unlimited, and you can call every day if necessary.  For
an extra few dollars a month you can enroll in full service legal coverage
programs that also include Last Will & Testament preparation and annual
updates, your contracts and legal documents reviewed through our
national network of expert provider law firms who will also write letters on
your behalf to help resolve your legal situations, as well as scheduled
benefits for lawsuit and trial protection, motor vehicle and license
services (e.g., your provider attorney goes to court for you to fight
winnable traffic tickets), legal representation at IRS audits, etc.

With the Family Legal Protection Plan you can even add the Legal Shield
benefit, in many States, for a few pennies a day, that gives you and the
members of your family full 24-hour toll-free access to an on-call attorney
to help you immediately deal with the police in the event of detainment or
arrest at any hour of the day or night.

See full details on unlimited and scheduled legal plan benefits by clicking
"Our Product" index entry at left.

With low-cost Pre-Paid Legal coverage that does for legal fees what
medical coverage has done for doctor and hospital fees, the Pre-Paid Legal
Services program combines its large membership's financial "clout" to obtain
some of the top legal firms in the United States and Canada as providers of
a wide range of specialized legal services for the protection and peace of
mind of those members and their families who otherwise are often at the
mercy of today's contractually complex, litigious and sometimes legally
dangerous society.

As a member, having your local Pre-Paid Legal Services Provider Law
Firms "On-Call", toll-free, enables you to easily and quickly know what your
legal rights and remedies are, thus saving money and preventing many
legal situations from becoming serious.

Please take a few minutes to investigate the information available at this
site regarding the Pre-Paid Legal Services program ("Product" from index
at left), and the company behind it ("Corporate Profile"), which has been in
the forefront of this new service industry in America for over 25 years, a
financially strong leading performer on the New York Stock Exchange.

This kind of prepaid legal protection coverage has been quite common for
many years in Europe, almost as common as health and auto insurance,
but it is still something that most North Americans are not even aware now
exists across the United States and Canada, serving through Pre-Paid
Legal Services, Inc., a large and rapidly growing loyal membership.

Once you understand the value of enrolling as a member, which you can do
online at this site in most states or by calling toll-free, I think you will
agree that such nationwide legal protection will be a great benefit for you,
and for your family's peace of mind, by saving you much, much more in
money and trouble than the small membership fee expense. If you have
any questions, give me a call toll-free, email me, or complete the product
information form for more details after reviewing the information on this
website.

In addition, if you or someone you know might be interested in helping us
enroll members in this great Pre-Paid Legal Services program, this can be a
good part-time income with the excellent training and management provided to
those working with us as Independent Associates -- backed by the company's
quarter century experience as the leader of this new industry. For
information on this personal income and/or project fundraising opportunity,
click ("The Opportunity") from index at left. You can even register there
online as one of our Independent Associates with Pre-Paid Legal Services if
you feel inclined to earn extra income by offering membership enrollments
to others, or you can email or phone me toll-free for more information.

A major advantage of setting up a part-time home-based business like this is
the income tax advantages enjoyed by serious self-employed contractors
with DCWilliams Associates whose home-business deductions and
exemptions can significantly reduce the income taxes being withheld from
their regular job wages, thus increasing net income and sometimes quite
dramatically so.

Call me for more details on how this unique home-based business
networking system can help you and your friends, family, and your good
projects that need extra funding.

From my 25 years of experience as a global peace movement activist, and many
years in sales and sales management of insurance and financial services
products, I can say that I am very happy and enthusiastic about the benefits
that Pre-Paid Legal Services, and its "Legal Revolution", offers to its
Members and Independent Associates.

Please take a good look and let me know what you think!

Toll-Free Phone: [phone]

DCWilliams Associates
[e-mail]

David Crockett Williams, C.L.U.
Activist - Chemical Physicist
Co-Coordinator, Global Peace Walk 2000
Home-Based Business Networking Systems Contractor
Independent Associate, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.

-----------------end website text submission------------------


David Crockett Williams, C.L.U.
Tehachapi, CA   661-822-3309
[e-mail]
Chartered Life Underwriter
Activist - Chemical Physicist

General Agency Services
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/genagency.html
With Home-Based Business Networking Systems

More Income, Less Taxes
Tax Relief System minimizes taxes, increases income
http://www.thetaxpeople.net
888-302-9737 Toll-free 5minute recorded intro

Join the Legal Revolution for equal justice under the law
Free Legal Resource Center -- National Legal Protection Plan
http://www.prepaidlegal.com/go/dcwilliams

Global Emergency Alert Response
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000

Global Peace Walk 2000
http://www.globalpeacenow.org
Updates/Voicemail 415-267-1877

Science and Technology in Society and Public Policy
http://www.egroups.com/group/dcwilliams

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

Leonard Peltier Presidential Campaign
http://www.egroups.com/group/williams-peltier















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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) terrific abolition op-ed in today's Christian Science Monitor
Date: 26 Jul 2000 14:57:52 -0500

Dear Friends,

Today's Christian Science Monitor features a superb op-ed on the moral
obligation to abolish nuclear weapons written by Tyler Stevenson of the
Global Security Institute, Sen. Alan Cranston's shop that serves as the
new fiscal sponsor of Project Abolition.  Check it out at
http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/2000/07/26/fp9s2-csm.shtml

Peace,

Kevin Martin
Project Abolition

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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/27 - Daybook; People's Campaign and Presidential
Date: 27 Jul 2000 08:00:38 -0400

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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 27, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000727211435.htm

    9:30 a.m. =97 Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds a=
 hearing
on the Cerro Grande fire in New Mexico. Location: 366 Dirksen Senate Office
Building. Contact: 202/224-4971.

      2:30 p.m. =97 American Civil Liberties Union news conference =97 To=
 announce
the filing of a class action suit on behalf of World Bank-IMF protesters.
Location: U.S. Courthouse, 333 Constitution Ave. NW. Contact: 202/232-8997.

2)  People's Campaign for Nonviolence this week

July 27=20

 Vigil to Call for Re-direction of Military Spending 12-3 p.m. White House
(Lafayette Park). Speaker Bishop Gumbleton 7 p.m., St. Aloysius Church, 19 I
St. NW (N. Capitol & I St.). 814-453-4955 x234. Pax Christi USA.

July 28=20

 Facilitated Dialogue "The Family Covenant of Nonviolence" 12-9:30 p.m.,
Calvary
Baptist Church, 755 8th St., NW. 704-521-6051. Baptist Peace Fellowship.

 Vigil to Free Lori Berenson 4-6 p.m., Peruvian Embassy, 1700 Massachusetts
Ave.
NW (corner of Mass. & 17th St.). 202-548-8480. www.freelori.org. Committee=
 to
Free Lori Berenson.

July 29

 Listening Project "Capital Punishment"
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., St. Margaret's Church, 1830 Connecticut Ave. NW. Dinner
Discussion with speaker Colman McCarthy "Being An Effective Peacemaker"
6-8 p.m., also at St. Margaret's. Candlelight Walk (from church to White
House).
Interfaith Vigil 8 p.m., White House (Lafayette Park). 845-358-4601.=
 Episcopal
Peace Fellowship.

July 30=20

 Peacemaking Forum, Church Service & Lunch 10:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m., St.=
 Margaret's
Church, 1830 Connecticut Ave. NW. Vigil for Mordechai Vanunu 3 p.m., Israeli
Embassy, Van Ness & International Dr. NW. Join with FAVAN (below) for Dinner=
 &
Evening Program. 845-358-4601. Episcopal Peace Fellowship.

 "Families Building Peace in the New Millennium" Family Peace Camp 2-4 p.m.,
Capitol (East side). Violent Toys & Media Workshop 3:30 p.m., also at the
Capitol. Dinner & Speakers Jim and Kathy McGinnis 6:45 p.m., Methodist Bldg,
100 MD Ave. NW. 301-946-4575. Families Against Violence Advocacy Network
(FAVAN).

July 31=20

 Close the School of the Americas with Speaker Reverend Roy Bourgeois 7=
 p.m.,
St. Aloysius Church, 19 I St. NW (N. Capitol & I St.). 202-234-3440. School=
 of
the Americas Watch.

August 1

 Women in Black Wailing Vigil 7-8 a.m., Pentagon; 9:30-10:30 a.m., Capitol;
12-1
p.m., White House. "ImPEACE the Congress 2000' Training 4-6 p.m. Dinner 6=
 p.m.,
NY Ave. Presbyterian Church, 1313 NY Ave. NW. 202-546-6727. Women's
International League for Peace & Freedom.

August 2=20

 Listening Project 'Women's Peace Rap' 9-4 p.m., Columbia Heights=
 202-546-6727.
WILPF.

 Chiapas Solidarity Day 10 a.m. -2 p.m., White House (Lafayette Park).
202-588-1471. Witness for Peace

 =20
3) Presidential Candidates (Nader, Bush, Buchanan; Gore not available)

Ralph Nader (now registering 8% nationwide support in recent poll)

Thursday, July 27th - Annapolis, MD - Press Conference=20
11:00 am =96 11:45 am=20
Maryland State Board of Elections
151 West Street=97Annapolis
(Accompanies the turn-in of the MD petition for ballot access)

Saturday July 29th -=20

Wilmington, DE=20
- Speech 11:00 am =96 12:00 pm=20
- Press Conference   12:00 pm =96 1:00 pm=20
Quaker Meeting House
4th & West Sts.=20
Wilmington, DE

Philadelphia, PA - Speech
Ad Hoc Committee to Defend Health Care
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm=20
between 15th and 16th Street at JFK Avenue, Philadelphia.

Camden NJ =20
4:05 pm - 4:35 pm - Speech
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm  - Press conference - To Stop Poverty &  Corruption in=
 Camden
Rutgers University Camden-Campus Center Building
3rd and Cooper Sts

5:05 pm - 5:25 pm=20
Visit to Leavenhouse - Homeless shelter/intentional community
644 State St=20

George W. Bush & Dick Cheney

Multi-state tour leading into Republican National Convention
CONTACT: Ari Fleischer, Mindy Tucker, Scott McClellan, Ray Sullivan=20
512/637-7777

AUSTIN-On Friday, July 28, Texas Governor George W. Bush and his new Vice
Presidential nominee, Secretary Cheney, will kick off the "Renewing=
 America's
Purpose Tour," a multi-state tour that will lead into the Republican=
 National
Convention in Philadelphia, PA. Governor Bush will continue the tour through
Wednesday, Aug 2, when he arrives at the convention. After Friday, Secretary
Cheney will depart to prepare for his own arrival and speech at the=
 convention.

The tour will stop in Springdale, Arkansas; Joplin, Missouri; Owensboro,
Louisville and Covington, Kentucky; Blue Ash, Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio;
Charleston, West Virginia; and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.=20

Updated Schedule (Mrs. Bush in attendance)

Springdale, AR; Friday, July 28 =20
Location: Harvey & Bernice Jones Center for Families=20
922 E. Emma Avenue=20
501/756-8090 ext.106=20
10:30 a.m. - Pre-set complete=20
11:05 a.m. - Event begins=20

Location: Springdale High School, Pat Walker Theater=20
1103 West Emma Avenue=20
11:15 a.m. - Event begins=20
12:05 p.m. - Governor begins=20

Joplin, MO; Friday, July 28=20
Location: Missouri Southern State University,=20
Leggett and Platt Athletic Center=20
3950 E. Newman Road=20
(Newman Road and Duquesne Road)=20
417/625-9300=20
4:15 p.m. - Event begins=20
5:20 p.m. - Governor begins=20

Owensboro, KY; Saturday, July 29=20
Location: Million Air Owensboro=20
1 Bullfrog Blvd.=20
270/684-9306=20
9:45 a.m. - Event begins=20
10:50 a.m. - Governor begins=20

Louisville, KY; Saturday, July 29=20
Location: Louisville Slugger Museum=20
800 West Main Street=20
502/588/7240=20
1:00 p.m. - Event begins=20
2:05 p.m. - Governor begins=20

Covington, KY; Saturday, July 29=20
Location: Devou Park=20
800 Park Lane=20
606/431-2577=20
5:45 p.m. - Event begins=20
6:50 p.m. - Governor begins=20
Info: outdoor event

Blue Ash (Cincinnati), OH; Sunday, July 30=20
Location: Blue Ash Sports Park/Crosby Field=20
11540 Grooms Road=20
2:00 p.m. - Event begins=20
3:00 p.m. - Governor begins=20

Dayton, OH; Sunday, July 31=20
Location: University of Dayton, Humanities Plaza=20
300 College Park Ave.=20
10:00 a.m. - Event begins=20
11:05 a.m. - Governor begins=20

Columbus, OH; Sunday, July 31=20
Location: Westerville South High School=20
Time: TBD - Press check-in=20
4:15 p.m. - Event begins=20
5:15 p.m. - Governor begins=20

Charleston, West Virginia; Tuesday, August 1=20
Location: State Capitol's War Memorial=20
Intersection of Washington Street and Greenbrier Street=20
10:30 a.m. - Event begins=20
11:30 a.m. - Governor begins=20

Harrisburg, PA; Tuesday, August 1=20
Location: State Capitol, East Wing Plaza=20
Commonwealth Ave.=20
4:15 p.m. - Event begins=20
5:20 p.m. - Governor begins=20

Pat Buchanan

Thursday, July 27, 2000
4:10PM eastern
Buchanan Interview
FOX-TV News Live
Host: Neil Cavuto

4:25PM eastern
Buchanan Interview
FOX-TV News
The Edge w/ Paula  Zahn
                                                                          =
=20
                   =20

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http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html (Representatives' Websites)
http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search)

Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z):
George W. Bush - http://www.GeorgeWBush.com -=
 http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp
Pat Buchanan - http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm
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<a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000727211435.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000727211435.=
htm</a><br>
<br>
    9:30 a.m. =97 Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee holds a hearing on the Cerro Grande fire in New Mexico.
Location: 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact:=20
202/224-4971.<br>
<br>
      2:30 p.m. =97 American Civil Liberties Union
news conference =97 To announce the filing of a class action suit on behalf
of World Bank-IMF protesters. Location: U.S. Courthouse, 333 Constitution
Ave. NW. Contact: 202/232-8997.<br>
<br>
<b>2)  People's Campaign for Nonviolence this week<br>
<br>
July 27 <br>
<br>
</b> <b>Vigil to Call for Re-direction of Military Spending 12-3
p.m.</b> White House (Lafayette Park). Speaker Bishop Gumbleton 7 p.m.,
St. Aloysius Church, 19 I St. NW (N. Capitol & I St.). 814-453-4955
x234. Pax Christi USA.<br>
<br>
<b>July 28 <br>
<br>
</b> <b>Facilitated Dialogue "The Family Covenant of
Nonviolence" 12-9:30 p.m.</b>, Calvary Baptist Church, 755 8th St.,
NW. 704-521-6051. Baptist Peace Fellowship.<br>
<br>
 <b>Vigil to Free Lori Berenson 4-6 p.m.</b>, Peruvian Embassy, 1700
Massachusetts Ave. NW (corner of Mass. & 17th St.). 202-548-8480.
<a href=3D"http://www.freelori.org/" eudora=3D"autourl">www.freelori.org</a>=
.
Committee to Free Lori Berenson.<br>
<br>
<b>July 29<br>
<br>
</b> <b>Listening Project "Capital Punishment"<br>
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m</b>., St. Margaret's Church, 1830 Connecticut Ave. NW.
Dinner Discussion with speaker Colman McCarthy "Being An Effective
Peacemaker"<br>
<b>6-8 p.m.</b>, also at St. Margaret's. Candlelight Walk (from church to
White House). Interfaith Vigil <b>8 p.m.,</b> White House (Lafayette
Park). 845-358-4601. Episcopal Peace Fellowship.<br>
<br>
<b>July 30</b> <br>
<br>
 <b>Peacemaking Forum, Church Service & Lunch 10:15 a.m.-2:30
p.m.,</b> St. Margaret's Church, 1830 Connecticut Ave. NW. Vigil for
Mordechai Vanunu 3 p.m., Israeli Embassy, Van Ness & International
Dr. NW. Join with FAVAN (below) for Dinner & Evening Program.
845-358-4601. Episcopal Peace Fellowship.<br>
<br>
 <b>"Families Building Peace in the New Millennium" Family
Peace Camp 2-4 p.m., Capitol</b> (East side). Violent Toys & Media
Workshop 3:30 p.m., also at the Capitol. Dinner & Speakers Jim and
Kathy McGinnis 6:45 p.m., Methodist Bldg, 100 MD Ave. NW. 301-946-4575.
Families Against Violence Advocacy Network (FAVAN).<br>
<br>
<b>July 31 <br>
<br>
</b> <b>Close the School of the Americas with Speaker Reverend Roy
Bourgeois 7 p.m.</b>, St. Aloysius Church, 19 I St. NW (N. Capitol &
I St.). 202-234-3440. School of the Americas Watch.<br>
<br>
<b>August 1<br>
<br>
</b> <b>Women in Black Wailing Vigil 7-8 a.m., Pentagon; 9:30-10:30
a.m., Capitol; 12-1 p.m., White House.</b> "ImPEACE the Congress
2000' Training 4-6 p.m. Dinner 6 p.m., NY Ave. Presbyterian Church, 1313
NY Ave. NW. 202-546-6727. Women's International League for Peace &
Freedom.<br>
<br>
<b>August 2 <br>
<br>
</b> <b>Listening Project 'Women's Peace Rap' 9-4 p.m.</b>, Columbia
Heights 202-546-6727. WILPF.<br>
<br>
 <b>Chiapas Solidarity Day 10 a.m. -2 p.m.</b>, White House
(Lafayette Park). 202-588-1471. Witness for Peace<br>
<br>
  <br>
<b>3) Presidential Candidates</b> (Nader, Bush, Buchanan; Gore not
available)<br>
<br>
<b>Ralph Nader </b>(now registering </font>8% nationwide support in
recent poll)<br>
<br>
<font size=3D2><b>Thursday, July 27th - Annapolis, MD - Press Conference
<br>
</b>11:00 am =96 11:45 am <br>
Maryland State Board of Elections<br>
151 West Street=97Annapolis<br>
(Accompanies the turn-in of the MD petition for ballot access)<br>
<br>
<b>Saturday July 29th - <br>
<br>
Wilmington, DE <br>
</b>- Speech 11:00 am =96 12:00 pm <br>
- Press Conference   12:00 pm =96 1:00 pm <br>
Quaker Meeting House<br>
4th & West Sts. <br>
Wilmington, DE<br>
<br>
<b>Philadelphia, PA - Speech<br>
</b>Ad Hoc Committee to Defend Health Care<br>
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm <br>
between 15th and 16th Street at JFK Avenue, Philadelphia.<br>
<br>
<b>Camden NJ  <br>
</b>4:05 pm - 4:35 pm - Speech<br>
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm  - Press conference - To Stop Poverty &
Corruption in Camden<br>
Rutgers University Camden-Campus Center Building<br>
3rd and Cooper Sts<br>
<br>
5:05 pm - 5:25 pm <br>
Visit to Leavenhouse - Homeless shelter/intentional community<br>
644 State St <br>
<br>
<b>George W. Bush & Dick Cheney<br>
<br>
</font></b>Multi-state tour leading into Republican National
Convention<br>
CONTACT: Ari Fleischer, Mindy Tucker, Scott McClellan, Ray Sullivan=20
<br>
512/637-7777<br>
<br>
AUSTIN-On Friday, July 28, Texas Governor George W. Bush and his new Vice
Presidential nominee, Secretary Cheney, will kick off the "Renewing
America's Purpose Tour," a multi-state tour that will lead into the
Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, PA. Governor Bush will
continue the tour through Wednesday, Aug 2, when he arrives at the
convention. After Friday, Secretary Cheney will depart to prepare for his
own arrival and speech at the convention.<br>
<br>
The tour will stop in Springdale, Arkansas; Joplin, Missouri; Owensboro,
Louisville and Covington, Kentucky; Blue Ash, Dayton and Cincinnati,
Ohio; Charleston, West Virginia; and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. <br>
<br>
Updated Schedule (Mrs. Bush in attendance)<br>
<br>
<b>Springdale, AR; Friday, July 28  <br>
</b>Location: Harvey & Bernice Jones Center for Families <br>
922 E. Emma Avenue <br>
501/756-8090 ext.106 <br>
10:30 a.m. - Pre-set complete <br>
11:05 a.m. - Event begins <br>
<br>
Location: Springdale High School, Pat Walker Theater <br>
1103 West Emma Avenue <br>
11:15 a.m. - Event begins <br>
12:05 p.m. - Governor begins <br>
<br>
<b>Joplin, MO; Friday, July 28 <br>
</b>Location: Missouri Southern State University, <br>
Leggett and Platt Athletic Center <br>
3950 E. Newman Road <br>
(Newman Road and Duquesne Road) <br>
417/625-9300 <br>
4:15 p.m. - Event begins <br>
5:20 p.m. - Governor begins <br>
<br>
<b>Owensboro, KY; Saturday, July 29 <br>
</b>Location: Million Air Owensboro <br>
1 Bullfrog Blvd. <br>
270/684-9306 <br>
9:45 a.m. - Event begins <br>
10:50 a.m. - Governor begins <br>
<br>
<b>Louisville, KY; Saturday, July 29 <br>
</b>Location: Louisville Slugger Museum <br>
800 West Main Street <br>
502/588/7240 <br>
1:00 p.m. - Event begins <br>
2:05 p.m. - Governor begins <br>
<br>
<b>Covington, KY; Saturday, July 29 <br>
</b>Location: Devou Park <br>
800 Park Lane <br>
606/431-2577 <br>
5:45 p.m. - Event begins <br>
6:50 p.m. - Governor begins <br>
Info: outdoor event<br>
<br>
<b>Blue Ash (Cincinnati), OH; Sunday, July 30 <br>
</b>Location: Blue Ash Sports Park/Crosby Field <br>
11540 Grooms Road <br>
2:00 p.m. - Event begins <br>
3:00 p.m. - Governor begins <br>
<br>
<b>Dayton, OH; Sunday, July 31 <br>
</b>Location: University of Dayton, Humanities Plaza <br>
300 College Park Ave. <br>
10:00 a.m. - Event begins <br>
11:05 a.m. - Governor begins <br>
<br>
<b>Columbus, OH; Sunday, July 31 <br>
</b>Location: Westerville South High School <br>
Time: TBD - Press check-in <br>
4:15 p.m. - Event begins <br>
5:15 p.m. - Governor begins <br>
<br>
<b>Charleston, West Virginia; Tuesday, August 1 <br>
</b>Location: State Capitol's War Memorial <br>
Intersection of Washington Street and Greenbrier Street <br>
10:30 a.m. - Event begins <br>
11:30 a.m. - Governor begins <br>
<br>
<b>Harrisburg, PA; Tuesday, August 1 <br>
</b>Location: State Capitol, East Wing Plaza <br>
Commonwealth Ave. <br>
4:15 p.m. - Event begins <br>
5:20 p.m. - Governor begins <br>
<br>
<font size=3D2><b>Pat Buchanan<br>
<br>
</b>Thursday, July 27, 2000<br>
4:10PM eastern<br>
Buchanan Interview<br>
FOX-TV News Live<br>
Host: Neil Cavuto<br>
<br>
4:25PM eastern<br>
Buchanan Interview<br>
FOX-TV News<br>
The Edge w/ Paula  Zahn<br>
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Subject: (abolition-usa) nuke power poll
Date: 27 Jul 2000 20:04:55 -0400

Hi all,
posted on radsafe, so far the pro-nukers are winning. Take a minute and
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yes, and then vote for Nader
this November.

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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) URGENT!  Pls sign NMD/Star Wars Letter to US and Allies
Date: 28 Jul 2000 15:06:44 +1000

PLEASE SIGN THIS LETTER BY EMAILING FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign
<[e-mail]>

Dear All,

The following letter is to be faxed to president Clinton, Cohen, Bush,
Gore, and US allies plus Putin and Jiang Xemin, in mid- August.

We do urgently require as many signatures as possible on it as soon as
possible.


PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,  1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201,

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
[phone], [phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],

PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]

GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
[phone],

CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
[phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
[FAX NO?]

JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
[phone],

KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, [phone]

POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]

PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND, [phone],

PRIME MINISTER MASSIMO D'ALEMA, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY,  [phone]

PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY, [phone]

PRIME MINISTER WILLHEM KOK, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS,
[phone],

CC
US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT  [phone],

US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN [phone],

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
[phone],   [phone],

ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, [phone],
[phone],

HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE,  [phone],

JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY [phone],
[phone],
[phone], [phone],

YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]

LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,  [phone],
[phone]

LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM,  [phone],

THEODOROS PANGALOS, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE, [phone]

George Bush Presidential Candidate, [phone].
Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, [phone]

Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers,

The undersigned NGO groups and Parliamentarians, representing  millions of
people,  are writing:

1) To urge the US not to proceed with proposals for a National Missile
Defence System (NMD),

2) To urge  US allies to make the strongest representations in appropriate
forums or bilaterally, to press the US government not to proceed with the
deployment of NMD, and to maintain the integrity of the ABM Treaty.

Proceeding with National Missile Defence threatens to undermine the basis
of existing and future offensive nuclear arms reduction measures.

We note the strong statements made on NMD by the Governments of France,
Germany and Sweden, and the expressions of concern by other US allies
including the UK, Canada, and the European Union.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories. The
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference expressly calls for:
"the early implementation and entry into force of START-II and conclusion
of START-III as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the
Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability
and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in
accordance with its provisions."

We do not believe it is possible for this to be interpreted in a way that
will allow the deployment of an NMD system, nor should it be so
interpreted. We therefore  urge the US and Russia instead to proceed to the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels and to the
immediate implementation of START-II.

We note that the UN Secretary-General, and representatives of Russia,
China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European Community, the New Agenda
Coalition and the Non-Aligned movement have expressed the view that the ABM
treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic stability.

The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong
concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow
NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over
missile proliferation as a result of NMD.

The Australian Senate on June 29th, passed a motion in which it called on
the US not to proceed with the deployment of an NMD system and in which it
called for the implementation of START-II as soon as possible, and the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels.

We note also recent expressions of concern within the US, by
Congresspeople, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished and influential
people and organizations.


America should not simply ignore the strongly repeated opinion of
governments and NGOs of the whole world, that NMD should not proceed,  and
that the integrity of  the ABM treaty should be maintained.

Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile
threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern')  are
not the solution to missile proliferation,  sabotage nuclear disarmament
efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the
world, and decrease overall US and international security.

There are serious doubts  whether this system, or  whether any missile
defence system,  can ever work.  The problems posed even by relatively
simple decoys are probably technically insoluble. The Welch Panel, an
independent team of scientists,  released a report outlining the
probability of NMD systems failure due to time and schedule constraints.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on
practical solutions to global  strategic security.  We therefore urge the
US and Russia,  as the highest priority, to proceed to the elimination of
as many warheads as possible under any START-III agreement, the removal of
obstacles to the implementation of START-II,  and  the removal of
strategic missile forces from high alert status as advocated by the
Canberra Commission, subsequent UN resolutions and the final NPT
declaration.


Yours Sincerely,
(Signed)

Bruna Nota, International President, Womens International League for Peace
and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva/NY.,

Commander Robert D. Green, RN (Retd.) Chair, World Court Project UK., NZ/UK.,
Dave Knight, Chair, CND UK.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases,
(CAAB), Yorkshire, UK.,
Dr Chris Busby, Low-Level Radiation Campaign, UK.,

Xanthe Hall, IPPNW-Germany, Berlin,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear Free Future Award, Munich, Germany,
Eva Quistorp, Women for Peace, Berlin, Germany,

Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia,
Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow,
Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia,
Alexandra Koroleva, Baltic Research and Action Centre, Kaliningrad,

Alla Shevchuck, Chairwoman, Odessa Branch Social-Ecological Union, Odessa,
Ukraine,
Victor Khazan, MP, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Member, Ukrainian Parliament.

Paul Saoke, IPPNW, Kenya,
Roy Cabonegro, Secy- General, YSDA Phillipines,
Jean P. Patterson, Heredia Disarmament Committee, San Jose, Costa-Rica.,
Grace De Haro, Suzanne Schultz, Lihue Association, Patagonia, Argentina,
S. P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India,

Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada.,
Joyce Lydiard, WILPF-British Columbia, Canada.,
Dr Rosalie Bertell, International Institute of Concern for Public
Health,(IICPH) Toronto, Canada.,

Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre
for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA.,
Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, Program Director, Federation of American
Scientists, (FAS), NY,
Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA.,
Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore,
Calif, USA.,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Director, HOME, Tecopa, Calif.,
Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force, Rocky Mountains Conference,
United Church of Christ, Colorado,
Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the
Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, NY, USA.,
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear
Policy,(LCNP) NY.,
Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington
DC., USA.,
Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social
Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA.,
Randall Forsberg, Director, Institute for Defence and Disarmament Studies,
Cambridge, Mass,
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
Gainesville, Florida.,
Ross Mc Cluney PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Florida Solar Energy
Centre, Florida,(pers. capacity)
John Reese, Community Action Network, Seattle, Wash, USA.,
Terry Gipps, President, Alliance for Sustainability, Minneapolis, Mn, USA.,
John M. Laforge, 'Nukewatch', Wisconsin, USA.,
Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, Portland, Ore, USA.,
Michael D. Intriligator, Vice-Chair, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction
(ECAAR), UCLA, USA.,
Barbara Weidener, Grandmothers for Peace International, Calif.,
Alan Moore, Peace and Justice Commission, City of Berkley,
Alan Moore, Patch Adams Peace and Justice Centre,
Alan Moore, Butterfly Gardeners Association,
Anthony Guarisco, Alliance of Atomic Veterans, USA.,
Phyllis S. Yingling, Chair, Kay Camp, Former Chair, Womens International
League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) USA.,

Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation, Aotearoa/NZ., Auckland, NZ,
Dr R. E. White, Deputy Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,

Anthony Albanese MP, (ALP) Federal Member for Grayndler, NSW.,
Dr Carmen Lawrence MP, (ALP) Federal Member for Frementle, W.A.,
Kelly Hoare MP, (ALP) Federal Member for Charlton, NSW,
Jan Mc Farlane, (ALP) Federal Member for Stirling, W.A.,
Colin Hollis, (ALP) Federal Member for Throsby, NSW.,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW,
Senator Brian Grieg, Democrat Senator for W.A.,
Cheryl Davenport, MLC.,Member for South Metropolitan, W.A.,
Lee Rhiannon MLC (Greens) NSW.,
Richard Jones MLC, (Ind) NSW.,
Kerrie Tucker MLA, Greens Member for Molonglo ACT,
Don Nardella MLA, ALP Member for Melton, Vic.,
Gis Watson MLC, Member for North Metropolitan, W.A.,
Gareth Smith, Nuclear Disarmament Party, Vic.,
Dr Susan Wareham, Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW)
Canberra,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide, SA,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee Sydney,
Jack Forward, Central Coast Peace Forum,
Doreen Burrows, South Coast Peace Committee,
George Gotsis, Greek Peace Committee, (Sydney)
Brian Miller, Hiroshima Day Committee Sydney
Jo Vallentine, People For Nuclear Disarmament (PND) W.A.,
Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping (STAND) W.A.,
Robin Chapple, Anti-Nuclear Alliance of W.A.,
Hannah Middleton, Anti-Bases Campaign,
Denis Doherty, Pax Christi NSW
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
(CICD) Melb, Vic.,
Jacob Grech, Earthworker, Trades Hall, Melb.,
Cherie Hoyle, Urban Ecology Australia,
Kirsten Blair, Coordinator, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory
(ECNT), Darwin, NT,
Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF),
Melb.,
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John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney,
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From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/28 - Daybook
Date: 28 Jul 2000 06:48:42 -0400

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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 28, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000728213239.htm

    8:30 a.m. =97 Environmental Protection Agency holds a meeting of the=
 national
advisory committee for acute exposure guideline levels for hazardous
substances. Location: Rooms 8236-8240, Nassif Building, Transportation
Department, 400 Seventh St. SW. Contact: 202/554-1404.
 =20
      9 a.m. =97 Veterans Affairs Department holds a meeting of the=
 veterans'
advisory committee on environmental hazards to review information relating=
 to
the health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation. Location: Room 430,=
 810
Vermont Ave. NW. Contact: 202/273-7268.

      Energy pricing conference =97 8:30 a.m. =97 The Electric Power=
 Research
Institute holds its International Energy Pricing Conference. Location:=
 Wyndham
Hotel, 1400 M St. NW. Contact: 608/231-2266.

    Arrival ceremony =97 10 a.m. =97 The Defense Department holds a full=
 honors
arrival ceremony for Adolf Ogi, president and chief, Federal Department of
Defense, Switzerland. Defense Secretary William S. Cohen participates.
Location: River Parade Field, the Pentagon. Contact: 703/695-0169.

    Vigil =97 4 p.m. =97 The Committee to Free Lori Berenson holds a vigil=
 for
free-lance journalist Lori Berenson, imprisoned in Peru for 4* years.=
 Location:
Peruvian Embassy, 1700 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact: 202/548-8480.
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Times. - July 28, 2000<br>
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levels for hazardous substances. Location: Rooms 8236-8240, Nassif
Building, Transportation Department, 400 Seventh St. SW. Contact:
202/554-1404.<br>
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review information relating to the health effects of exposure to ionizing
radiation. Location: Room 430, 810 Vermont Ave. NW. Contact:
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Pricing Conference. Location: Wyndham Hotel, 1400 M St. NW. Contact:
608/231-2266.<br>
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    Arrival ceremony =97 10 a.m. =97 The Defense Department
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Federal Department of Defense, Switzerland. Defense Secretary William S.
Cohen participates. Location: River Parade Field, the Pentagon. Contact:
703/695-0169.<br>
<br>
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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) FWD: Contamination Inquiry
Date: 29 Jul 2000 11:29:37 -0400

Hi, here's an inquiry that came to NucNews which I thought someone on the
Abolition list might be able to reply.  Please reply directly to From:
"Rainmaker Films" <[e-mail]>  with a copy to NucNews
<mailto:[e-mail]>.  Thanks!  Ellen

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At 08:06 AM 7/29/2000 -0700, "Rainmaker Films" <[e-mail]>

Sorry if some of you have already seen the following post.  If not, the read
on.

I just recently subscribed to this list and was hoping someone on the list
could assist me with some research.  I'm currently writing a film that
involves contamination of land and water from nuclear waste.

Specifically, I need to find out what types of waste product were generated
by the production of nuc weapons (1950's era); how was that waste handled;
if (hypothetically) stored in some type of old mine shaft in the mid-1950's,
without current technology, what type of material could potentially leak
from storage containers (type used in 50's?) into ground water and/or lakes
and streams; how long would this material be dangerous; what effects would
it have on a human being exposed to the area/water source for an extended
time period (say on and off for 20-30 years, constant exposure for 2-3 years
(ie: daily use of water and soil), and effects on a person exposed 50 years
later at the source of the contamination (ie: would the skin of the exposed
person redden, hair fall out, etc- figure exposure at less than 10
minutes)..

Here's my story/scenario: A government contractor illegally stores
contaminated nuc weapon production waste materials in an abandoned mine
shaft.  50 years later, some adventurous rock climbers discover the
abandoned shaft and the waste, and see that the containers have leaked into
a small underground river that empties into a larger river and some mountain
lakes.

Any help or resources you could direct me to would be greatly appreciated.
And in a few years when you see it on the big screen you can know that much
if not all of the science is plausible if not completely accurate.

Thanks in advance,

Sincerely,

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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/29 - News Flash; Announcements
Date: 29 Jul 2000 19:39:29 -0400

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1) Idaho Fires are NOT out!  Sheriffs threaten to arrest INEEL guards...

NEWFLASH from DOEWatch <[e-mail] >, July 29, 2000:

The fires in Idaho around INEEL are far from out this morning, as told by
sources in the area.  Newsworthy are issues like the power that feeds
communities around INEEL were cut as power poles burned down and the UP& L,
Utah Power and Light, were interfered with along Hwy 20 by INEEL guards as it
crosses the INEEL reservation. The Butte County Sheriffs office apparently
countered with commands to arrest any INEEL guards that interfered with power
restoration. These stories and more supported by KDIK New3 in Pocotello, Idaho.


The fire is off to areas around ARCO and HOWE Idaho, near LAVA---and now out of
control again. Sounds like the INEEL PR about double fire lines is not working
and naional news media is being mislead by this info, as the fires rekindled
last evening. Fires have burned near reactor test sites. Appearances are the
INEEL guards want to keep all folks well away from the INEEL reservation with
these delay tactics even applied to emergency power restoration folks working
in the area along state road right of ways.

Stay tuned for more on the INEEL fires and lets hope these areas get spared not
only the fire, but the spead of contamination from INEEL sites.


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<b>1) Idaho Fires are NOT out!  Sheriffs threaten to arrest INEEL
guards...<br>
<br>
</b>NEWFLASH from DOEWatch <[e-mail] >, July 29,
2000:<br>
<br>
The fires in Idaho around INEEL are far from out this morning, as told by
<br>
sources in the area.  Newsworthy are issues like the power that
feeds communities around INEEL were cut as power poles burned down and
the UP& L, Utah Power and Light, were interfered with along Hwy 20 by
INEEL guards as it crosses the INEEL reservation. The Butte County
Sheriffs office apparently countered with commands to arrest any INEEL
guards that interfered with power restoration. These stories and more
supported by KDIK New3 in Pocotello, Idaho. <br>
<br>
The fire is off to areas around ARCO and HOWE Idaho, near LAVA---and now
out of control again. Sounds like the INEEL PR about double fire lines is
not working and naional news media is being mislead by this info, as the
fires rekindled last evening. Fires have burned near reactor test sites.
Appearances are the INEEL guards want to keep all folks well away from
the INEEL reservation with these delay tactics even applied to emergency
power restoration folks working in the area along state road right of
ways.<br>
<br>
Stay tuned for more on the INEEL fires and lets hope these areas get
spared not only the fire, but the spead of contamination from INEEL
sites.<br>
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) URGENT!  Pls sign NMD/Star Wars Letter to US and Allies
Date: 31 Jul 2000 16:17:51 +1000

PLEASE SIGN THIS LETTER BY EMAILING FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign
<[e-mail]>

Dear NGO,

The following letter is to be faxed to president Clinton, Cohen, Bush,
Gore, and US allies plus Putin and Jiang Xemin, in mid- August.

We do urgently require as many signatures as possible on it as soon as
possible.


PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,  1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201,

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
[phone], [phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],

PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]

GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
[phone],

CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
[phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
[FAX NO?]

JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
[phone],

KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, [phone]

POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]

PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND, [phone],

PRIME MINISTER MASSIMO D'ALEMA, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY,  [phone]

PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY, [phone]

PRIME MINISTER WILLHEM KOK, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS,
[phone],

CC
US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT  [phone],

US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN [phone],

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
[phone],   [phone],

ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, [phone],
[phone],

HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE,  [phone],

JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY [phone],
[phone],
[phone], [phone],

YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]

LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,  [phone],
[phone]

LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM,  [phone],

THEODOROS PANGALOS, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE, [phone]

George Bush Presidential Candidate, [phone].
Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, [phone]

Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers,

The undersigned NGO groups and Parliamentarians, representing  millions of
people,  are writing:

1) To urge the US not to proceed with proposals for a National Missile
Defence System (NMD),

2) To urge  US allies to make the strongest representations in appropriate
forums or bilaterally, to press the US government not to proceed with the
deployment of NMD, and to maintain the integrity of the ABM Treaty.

Proceeding with National Missile Defence threatens to undermine the basis
of existing and future offensive nuclear arms reduction measures.

We note the strong statements made on NMD by the Governments of France,
Germany and Sweden, and the expressions of concern by other US allies
including the UK, Canada, and the European Union.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories. The
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference expressly calls for:
"the early implementation and entry into force of START-II and conclusion
of START-III as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the
Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability
and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in
accordance with its provisions."

We do not believe it is possible for this to be interpreted in a way that
will allow the deployment of an NMD system, nor should it be so
interpreted. We therefore  urge the US and Russia instead to proceed to the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels and to the
immediate implementation of START-II.

We note that the UN Secretary-General, and representatives of Russia,
China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European Community, the New Agenda
Coalition and the Non-Aligned movement have expressed the view that the ABM
treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic stability.

The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong
concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow
NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over
missile proliferation as a result of NMD.

The Australian Senate on June 29th, passed a motion in which it called on
the US not to proceed with the deployment of an NMD system and in which it
called for the implementation of START-II as soon as possible, and the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels.

We note also recent expressions of concern within the US, by
Congresspeople, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished and influential
people and organizations.


America should not simply ignore the strongly repeated opinion of
governments and NGOs of the whole world, that NMD should not proceed,  and
that the integrity of  the ABM treaty should be maintained.

Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile
threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern')  are
not the solution to missile proliferation,  sabotage nuclear disarmament
efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the
world, and decrease overall US and international security.

There are serious doubts  whether this system, or  whether any missile
defence system,  can ever work.  The problems posed even by relatively
simple decoys are probably technically insoluble. The Welch Panel, an
independent team of scientists,  released a report outlining the
probability of NMD systems failure due to time and schedule constraints.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US  focus on
practical solutions to global  strategic security.  We therefore urge the
US and Russia,  as the highest priority, to proceed to the elimination of
as many warheads as possible under any START-III agreement, the removal of
obstacles to the implementation of START-II,  and  the removal of
strategic missile forces from high alert status as advocated by the
Canberra Commission, subsequent UN resolutions and the final NPT
declaration.


Yours Sincerely,
(Signed)

Bruna Nota, International President, Womens International League for Peace
and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva/NY.,

Commander Robert D. Green, RN (Retd.) Chair, World Court Project UK., NZ/UK.,
Dave Knight, Chair, CND UK.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases,
(CAAB), Yorkshire, UK.,
Dr Chris Busby, Low-Level Radiation Campaign, UK.,

Xanthe Hall, IPPNW-Germany, Berlin,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear Free Future Award, Munich, Germany,
Eva Quistorp, Women for Peace, Berlin, Germany,

Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia,
Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow,
Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia,
Alexandra Koroleva, Baltic Research and Action Centre, Kaliningrad,

Alla Shevchuck, Chairwoman, Odessa Branch Social-Ecological Union, Odessa,
Ukraine,
Victor Khazan, MP, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Member, Ukrainian Parliament.

Paul Saoke, IPPNW, Kenya,
Roy Cabonegro, Secy- General, YSDA Phillipines,
Jean P. Patterson, Heredia Disarmament Committee, San Jose, Costa-Rica.,
Grace De Haro, Suzanne Schultz, Lihue Association, Patagonia, Argentina,
S. P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India,

Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada.,
Joyce Lydiard, WILPF-British Columbia, Canada.,
Dr Rosalie Bertell, International Institute of Concern for Public
Health,(IICPH) Toronto, Canada.,

Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre
for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA.,
Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, Program Director, Federation of American
Scientists, (FAS), NY,
Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA.,
Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore,
Calif, USA.,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Director, HOME, Tecopa, Calif.,
Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force, Rocky Mountains Conference,
United Church of Christ, Colorado,
Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the
Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, NY, USA.,
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear
Policy,(LCNP) NY.,
Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington
DC., USA.,
Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social
Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA.,
Randall Forsberg, Director, Institute for Defence and Disarmament Studies,
Cambridge, Mass,
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
Gainesville, Florida.,
Ross Mc Cluney PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Florida Solar Energy
Centre, Florida,(pers. capacity)
John Reese, Community Action Network, Seattle, Wash, USA.,
Terry Gipps, President, Alliance for Sustainability, Minneapolis, Mn, USA.,
John M. Laforge, 'Nukewatch', Wisconsin, USA.,
Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, Portland, Ore, USA.,
Michael D. Intriligator, Vice-Chair, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction
(ECAAR), UCLA, USA.,
Barbara Weidener, Grandmothers for Peace International, Calif.,
Alan Moore, Peace and Justice Commission, City of Berkley,
Alan Moore, Patch Adams Peace and Justice Centre,
Alan Moore, Butterfly Gardeners Association,
Anthony Guarisco, Alliance of Atomic Veterans, USA.,
Phyllis S. Yingling, Chair, Kay Camp, Former Chair, Womens International
League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) USA.,

Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation, Aotearoa/NZ., Auckland, NZ,
Dr R. E. White, Deputy Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,

Anthony Albanese MP, (ALP) Federal Member for Grayndler, NSW.,
Dr Carmen Lawrence MP, (ALP) Federal Member for Frementle, W.A.,
Kelly Hoare MP, (ALP) Federal Member for Charlton, NSW,
Jan Mc Farlane, (ALP) Federal Member for Stirling, W.A.,
Colin Hollis, (ALP) Federal Member for Throsby, NSW.,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW,
Senator Brian Grieg, Democrat Senator for W.A.,
Cheryl Davenport, MLC.,Member for South Metropolitan, W.A.,
Lee Rhiannon MLC (Greens) NSW.,
Richard Jones MLC, (Ind) NSW.,
Kerrie Tucker MLA, Greens Member for Molonglo ACT,
Don Nardella MLA, ALP Member for Melton, Vic.,
Gis Watson MLC, Member for North Metropolitan, W.A.,
Gareth Smith, Nuclear Disarmament Party, Vic.,
Dr Susan Wareham, Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW)
Canberra,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide, SA,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee Sydney,
Jack Forward, Central Coast Peace Forum,
Doreen Burrows, South Coast Peace Committee,
George Gotsis, Greek Peace Committee, (Sydney)
Brian Miller, Hiroshima Day Committee Sydney
Jo Vallentine, People For Nuclear Disarmament (PND) W.A.,
Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping (STAND) W.A.,
Robin Chapple, Anti-Nuclear Alliance of W.A.,
Hannah Middleton, Anti-Bases Campaign,
Denis Doherty, Pax Christi NSW
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
(CICD) Melb, Vic.,
Jacob Grech, Earthworker, Trades Hall, Melb.,
Cherie Hoyle, Urban Ecology Australia,
Kirsten Blair, Coordinator, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory
(ECNT), Darwin, NT,
Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF),
Melb.,
Alec Marr, Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,(TWS), Canberra,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney,
Australia,

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: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) on-line poll for presidential debates
Date: 31 Jul 2000 12:36:59 -0500

July 31, 2000

Dear Friend of Project Abolition:

The Commission on Presidential Debates is conducting a Harris on-line
poll
to help determine the topics addressed at the debates.  This is an
excellent
opportunity to help put nuclear weapons on the national screen via
cyber-organizing.
The poll is at www.debates.org.

Please note: mid-way through the poll you will be asked to pick 3 (out
of
six) broad topics that are most important to you.  You will only be
allowed
to comment in-depth on those three topics, so be sure to pick Foreign
Policy
and Defense if you want to register your opinion on nuclear weapons
elimination.

There is no option immediately given for nuclear weapons, but if you
select
"Other" within the Foreign Policy and Defense list, you'll be allowed to

write-in.  Missile defense is listed as a topic.

The "What question would you ask if you were moderator?" section is also
a
good spot to bring up nuclear issues.

There does not appear to be any limit as to the number of times you can
take
the survey.

For your convenience and reference, a list of possible nuclear "comment
points" follows for the write-in section.  Feel free to call the Global
Security Institute (415 561 6686) or Project Abolition (219 535 1110)
for
elaboration on any of these points.

Tyler Stevenson
Global Security Institute

Kevin Martin
Project Abolition
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Pax and facts -- samples for you to use and adapt:

1. U.S. obligation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty obligation,
reaffirmed
this May, to the "unequivocal undertaking" of nuclear weapon
elimination.

2. The Cold War level of weapon readiness (hair-trigger), targeting
(thousands in Russia alone), and the danger of accidental launch.

3. Continued existence of nuclear weapons, especially with deteriorating

command-and-control in Russia, makes nuclear terrorism an increasing
likelihood.

4. At any given point in the past ten years, in any given country on
earth,
well over half the population has supported nuclear weapon abolition.

5. Aggregate nuclear weapon spending in the United States alone is $35
billion annually, or $1000 every second.

6. Some of our most powerful and loyal allies--Ireland, Brazil, Sweden,
New
Zealand, Mexico, South Africa, and Egypt--have formed a New Agenda
Coalition
to urge international disarmament.

7. A major overhaul in U.S. leadership is needed to recover from the
disastrous Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty rejection in the U.S. Senate
last
October.

8. The current debate over National Missile Defense misses the point:
the
only true security from nuclear ballistic missiles is the elimination of

nuclear weapons.  In the meantime, our government is pandering to
defense
industry lobbyists and soundbite populism in its willingness to
construct a
missile defense that doesn't work, costs AT LEAST $60 billion, and
antagonizes our allies and enemies alike.

9. The use of nuclear weapons, or threat thereof, is anathema to every
religious, moral, and legal norm on the planet.  They are unworthy of
the
United States or any nation.

ALL OF THIS MEANS FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT: The United States should take a

leadership role in the multilateral, transparent, verifiable, and
irreversible elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide.

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From: "David Rush" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS
Date: 31 Jul 2000 16:08:36 -0400

PLEASE CHANGE MY ADDRESS TO

[e-mail]

This one (@gis) will be gone as of 15 September.



David Rush, MD
Professor of Nutrition, Community Health, and Pediatrics (emeritus), Tufts
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