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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) article on Star Wars corporations on the web
Date: 01 Feb 2001 12:43:08 -0500

Dear Friends,

In case you missed it in print last September, our article in Z
Magazine, "The Real Rogues Behind the Star Wars National Misile Defense
System", is on the web on an interesting site we stumbled upon, Third
World Traveller.  The url is
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Corporations/Real_Rogues.html

We will soon have updated information on the Big Four Star Wars
corporations, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and TRW, including their

campaign contributions and lobbying expenses in the last year and a list

of their facilities around the country. I'll send out another notice
when that's ready.

Please excuse any mutliple postings.

In Peace,

Kevin Martin
Director, Project Abolition


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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Last ChanceTo Write to Foreign Minister Fischer before Munich
Date: 02 Feb 2001 20:11:08 +1000

Dear NMD Folk,

I am suggesting the following letter or something a little like it might be
worth sending to German foreign minister Fischer, in the light of the
upcoming conference in Munich.

The conference will be meeting today European time, which is in a few
hours, so there is not much time.

The two fax numbers I have here are the only ones that worked last time I
tried to fax him.

I hope this is helpful.

John Hallam


FOREIGN MINISTER JOSCHKA FISCHER
49-228-168-6662,  49-228-173-402

RE: MUNICH CONFERENCE ON DEFENCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Dear Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer,

I am writing to you in the light of the upcoming foreign affairs and
defence conference in Munich, to convey my dismay that the Bush
administration may proceed with an enlarged version of  the ill-concieved
'National Missile Defence' ('Star Wars') scheme.

I understand that  US defence secretary Rumsfeld and US defence officials
will attend this conference.  I urge you to use all the diplomatic
influence at your disposal at this conference,  to persuade the Bush
administration not to proceed with this scheme.  I thank you for having so
far stood firm against it, and urge you to continue to do so.

The deployment of NMD will make it much harder, if not impossible, to
achieve vital arms control objectives. Russia and China have made it clear
that they will increase their own nuclear offensive capabilities in order
to counter NMD. This will set back attempts to reduce nuclear weapons
severely and may lead to another nuclear arms race.

National Missile Defence in its current form,  has failed two out of its
three operational tests and has been critiqued by the US scientific
establishment as fundamentally flawed.

More importantly, Russia and China as well as the US's own allies including
this country,  have made it clear that they regard the preservation of the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty as paramount.   The ABM treaty cannot be
modified in a way that would allow the deployment of NMD, and the US should
not be permitted to  walk away from it.

NMD has been opposed by groups ranging from 354 major NGOs representing
millions of people worldwide, to 50 of the US's Nobel prizewinners in
physics, to generals and church people. It has also been opposed by every
major international grouping represented in the UN General Assembly.

NMD is a scheme  that is unlikely ever to work, against a threat that may
never materialize and that is in any case better dealt with in other ways.
It will cost billions better spent elsewhere, and will make further
progress toward the total and unequivocal elimination of nuclear weapons -
an objective to which the US as well as all other governments are committed
- much more difficult if not impossible.

I therefore urge your government at the coming Munich conference and
elsewhere, to urge the US government not to proceed with NMD but rather to
push ahead with deep cuts to nuclear warhead numbers and reductions in
alert status of nuclear forces.
(Signed)



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From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) U.S. Side-steps Pacific Worry over Missile Defense Fall-Out
Date: 02 Feb 2001 03:53:01 -0800



Hello, FYI:

The Pacific Islands Heads of States and other leaders are currently meeting
in Honolulu, Hawaii to look at more closely, and develop strategy regarding,
Globalization. Admiral Dennis C. Blair, Commander in Chief of the U.S.
Pacific Command:   http://www.pacom.mil/
addressed them last night. When asked about the National Missile Defense,
and then why the USA will not sign the Protocols of the South Pacific
Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty (Rarotonga Treaty), he simply and flatly refused to
talk about them!!!  I would think that talking to the Pacific Leaders and
explaining what the purposes of the NMD from a US military point of view
would at least ease their fears about the NMD and would lead to NMD support
among the Pacific leaders. Lack of NMD's legitimacy or justification may
have something to explain Blair's cavalier attitudes.

Richard Salvador
Honolulu, Hawaii


---

Friday, February 2, 2001

http://pidp.ewc.hawaii.edu/pireport/2001/February/02-02-01.htm

PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT

Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center
With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai'i


U.S. SIDE-STEPS PACIFIC WORRY OVER MISSILE DEFENSE FALL-OUT

By Michael Field

HONOLULU, Hawai'i (January 31, 2001 - Agence France-Presse)---America's top
Pacific admiral Wednesday side-stepped concern over whether one of the
unintended consequences of Washington's planned missile defense systems
would be radioactive fall-out on Pacific nations.

The U.S. Navy's Pacific Commander, Admiral Dennis Blair, was addressing the
Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders meeting here on the strategic
situation in the region.

He unashamedly made it plain that Washington regarded the South Pacific as
"not an area of strategic focus" and later in his speech also appeared to
condemn the use of economic sanctions against errant states.

Asked by one delegate from Papua New Guinea about the situation and
responses to coups in the Solomons and Fiji, Blair spoke against the use of
economic sanctions. He made no reference to the U.S. enforcement of United
Nations sanctions against Iraq.

"The economic measures that are used by different countries are very
controversial, I think, both in the countries to which they are applied and
in the countries that apply them.

"They often seem that they don't hit the right target within a country, they
are pretty widespread in their affect, they often have unintended
consequences which harm others and I don't think anybody has worked out the
right way to use economic tools to deal with situations which we all deplore
in other countries."

Nauru's ambassador to the United Nations, Vince Clodumar, told Blair that
his country was concerned that Washington was moving ahead with its
so-called National Missile Defense System which will allow it to shoot down
incoming ballistic missiles as far from the U.S. as possible.

Clodumar said it was known that the system, if it became operational, would
be directed at North Korea.

"If (the system) is deployed say against North Korea you do not have to be a
rocket scientist to know that the interception point, the fall out from the
nuclear warhead, would be somewhere over the north Pacific and it is
certainly not in the best interests of the region." said Clodumar.

He questioned too whether this problem was among the reasons why the United
States had not signed the protocols of the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone
treaty, despite indicating several years ago, that it would.

Blair declined to debate the issue with Clodumar.

"I think the full debate in my country about the National Missile Defense is
just beginning so the considerations you raise are certainly ones which
should be factored in with all the many technical and diplomatic and policy
factors involved."

Blair's area, which includes Korea, China, India and the South Pacific, is,
he said, an area of peace.

The "points of friction" such as the India/Pakistan border and the Korean
border, were historic.

"If you look at them closely all of these are the remnants of past conflicts
which have been managed for many years without any conflict in some cases
and containment in other casesà. They are the issues of the past, rather
than of the future."

He said the near future in the Pacific was one of relative peace, although
he warned of transnational crime such as piracy, drug running and illegal
migration.

"These sorts of concerns are growing from scenes from lawlessness which are
being slowly closed by nations which are cooperating."

He called for further cooperation from nations in the region against
transnational crime.

"The organisations which run these are well financed, they will go to the
weakest spots they can find, they will attack all of us, they don't play by
the rules."

He said the other security concern in the region was internal: "the
instances of ethnic violence within countries in this region, in places like
Fiji, the Solomons land Bougainville."

The United States, while not actively involved in trying to resolve the
issues, believed governments should express the will of the people,
individual and minority rights should be protected and changes of government
should be peaceful.

"And that the rule of law is upheld by competent police forces, upheld by
courts with interiority should be a hallmark of the way we all operate in
the region."

He added that the primary responsibility for resolving situations such as
those in Fiji, the Solomons and Bougainville "resides with the countries
themselves."


Admiral Blair's complete speech is available at
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/events-en-detail.asp?news_ID=18

Michael Field
New Zealand/South Pacific Correspondent
Agence France-Presse
E-mail: [e-mail]
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Website: http://www.afp.com/english/











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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) FWD: You're needed! - February 16th, 9:30 am
Date: 02 Feb 2001 19:16:34 -0500

Dear Friends in the Capitol Soup -- This is an open invitation!!!!  Please
spread it around!

The nuke boys are moving FULL STEAM ahead on building new nuclear reactors in
the US. We need to get people into -- even flood-- the ground floor meetings.

I want to invite you to some Beltway Activism and ask that you invite others
who might also be willing to show up to one public meeting (informal) at the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- attendees will have no opportunity to speak
until the end when you can lob questions to NRC as they are breaking up the
meeting..... or say nothing is fine. It is the spotlight effect that is sought
here.

It will matter that people simply show up as a "The World Is Watching" action.
It would be GREAT if you would put this to your networks / local orgs.

New reactors may even seem to "spring" out the ground in communities that have
no clue, since the industry is planning a tactic of "site banking" where they
will select a whole bunch of prospective sites, that may or may not be for a
new nuclear reactor...and sit on them. They have up to 40 years to decide what
they will do with the site...and at that point it is too late for public
intervention under current NRC rules ("one-step licensing"). The industry
(Nuclear Energy Institute) is having a meeting with the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission to discuss this:

NRC & NEI talk nuke real estate racket.... February 16th at 9:30 am at NRC
headquarters -- across from White Flint Metro stop in Rockville. We don't have
room information -- call Jerry Wilson at NRC 301-415-3145

Everyone going should call Jerry -- and added wake-up that people are watching.
As a matter of fact, even if people can't go, it would be great if they would
call Jerry to find out the room number....give him a real jolt!

If you have other questions, by all means get back with me, or get with Paul
Gunter at the "home office"  <[e-mail]> or 202-328-0002.

One's approach to donating a couple of hours of time and metro fare is
completely up to you -- go looking like a business exec and pissed, or wear a
protest T shirt and grin...or whatever. This is a form of theater. We are not
asking anyone to get arrested here ... but there is no reason to hold back at
the end of the meeting on expressing real concerns.

Thanks, and pass this on!

Mary Olson
NIRS Southeast
[e-mail]
828-251-2060



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From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Rumsfeld: NMD and nuclear weapons reviews could be done by April
Date: 05 Feb 2001 15:53:34 -0500


It appears the NMD and nuclear weapons reviews could be done by the =
Bush
administration as soon as April or May.

David Culp

----------------------

U.S. BEGINS SWEEPING DEFENSE REVIEW, RUMSFELD SAYS
Saturday, February 3, 9:24 AM ET

By Charles Aldinger

MUNICH (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Saturday the =
new
administration of President George W. Bush had begun a sweeping review =
of
America's defense strategy, from nuclear missiles to GIs' living =
conditions.

Rumsfeld told reporters traveling with him from Washington to a meeting =
in
Germany that the study would be separate from the quadrennial defense =
review
or QDR, mandated by Congress every four years.

The latest QDR was underway, but would not be completed for about eight
months.

Rumsfeld said the administration's own study would include missile =
defense,
offensive and defensive weapons, the quality of life among the troops =
--
"how you transform this force into a force that is appropriate for the =
21st
century."

He noted that the QDR, designed to match U.S. strategy with the =
nation's
military forces, was not scheduled to be completed until September, and
suggested that the separate study would be completed much faster -- in
perhaps 60 to 90 days on some issues.

"The QDR process is mandated by law. It is in place and it is =
proceeding.
But it has a long trail. It ends in September," he told reporters.

"A new president has come in. He has indicated that he wanted a review =
of
defense strategy. And he has asked us to do that and that is just
beginning," Rumsfeld added.

"I think as our thinking clears and we get our brains wrapped around =
some of
these things, very likely we would find a way during the QDR process to
implant them down into that process," he said.

"I expect that the things I'm talking about, while they may not reach =
full
flowering in 30 or 60 days, we want to get -- in a month or two or =
three
depending on which one of these things they are -- pretty well down the =
road
so that they have some good idea of what we think," he said.

"And then we would probably plug them into the QDR."

The White House indicated earlier this week that there would not be any
major increase in the nation's $310 billion defense budget despite =
promises
by both Bush during the recent campaign to sharply upgrade the =
military.

Instead, Bush's spokesman said that the president wanted to base any
important changes on the results of the new study.

Rumsfeld said that among the issues to be studied were the quality of =
life
of troops and charges by some members of Congress that billions of =
dollars
were wasted each year by the Pentagon's vast bureaucracy.

Rumsfeld, who is busy studying the appointment of deputies at the =
defense
department, stressed that the administration study and the QDR would =
employ
different people.

...


Copyright =A9 2001 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.


David Culp, Legislative Representative
Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers)
245 Second Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.  20002-5795
Phone:     [phone], ext. 146
Fax:       [phone]
E-mail:    [e-mail]
Website:   http://www.fcnl.org

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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 01/02/06 - Announcements - 2/6 and 2/16
Date: 05 Feb 2001 19:15:52 -0500

Hi, folks, NucNews archives are posted through January 31, 2001 at
http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm.=20

Below are some important announcements:=20

* De-Alert Nuclear Weapons / No Star Wars Call In Day Today!=20
* New nuclear power plants proposed - February 16th Meeting!

(1) De-Alert Nuclear Weapons / No Star Wars Call In Day Today!=20

Dear Friends,
Today and tomorrow are the National Call-in Days to the White House to tell
President Buch to de-alert our nuclear weapons. The effort is sponsored by=
 43
national organizations as part of the Back From the Brink Campaign. More=
 info
on the problem can be found at http://www.backfromthebrink.org. The White=
 House
comment line is 202-465-1414. Be sure to give them your name and where you=
 are
from if they don't ask. Judging from the call I made this morning, they are
getting a lot of calls and are keeping a tally. Folks who work on nuclear
disarmament issues think they have a real chance to get Bush to follow-up on
his campaign promise to reduce the risks of=20
accidental nuclear war.
Thanks,
Adam Eidinger=20
Mintwood Media Collective
P.S. - Actors Martin Sheen, Michael Douglas, and Paul=20
Newman are calling in (see photo).

--


URGENT Action alert - FINAL REMINDER for Call-in Days

Call President Bush on February 6 at 202-456-1414 and urge him to:
(1) Reduce the danger of nuclear war by working with Russia during his first
100 days to take all nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert.
(2) Stop wasting money on Star Wars national missile defense, a system that
will waste hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars, does not work and will
lead to a new nuclear arms race.

RATIONALE
The Peace Action National Office is urging affiliates and chapters to
incorporate a =93Stop Star Wars=94 message into the upcoming De-Alert=
 Call-in Days
Feb. 5-6. Stopping Star Wars is Peace Action=92s top priority and pushing=
 NMD is
President-elect Bush=92s top military priority. The recent New York Times=
 article
(http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/09/politics/09BUSH.html)=20
confirms that George W. is fast-tracking Star Wars with an eye toward a=
 March
decision to begin construction this summer of the Star Wars radar system in
Alaska. Taken by itself, de-alerting could signal important progress on
disarmament. However, any gains in trust from Russia, China and other=
 nations
by the United States de-alerting nuclear weapons would be wiped away by=
 plans
to pursue a Star Wars national missile system.

BACKGROUND
Candidate George W. Bush gave a major foreign policy speech titled, =93New
Leadership on National Security,=94 on May 23, 200 where he voiced his=
 support
for de-alerting nuclear weapons, even while emphasizing his support for a
greatly expanded Star Wars national missile system. Following are the key
quotes from that speech.
Bush Support for Star Wars: =93America must build effective missile=
 defenses,
based on the best available options, at the earliest possible date. Our=
 missile
defense must be designed to protect all 50 states =AD and our friends and=
 allies
and deployed forces overseas =AD from missile attacks by rogue nations, or
accidental launches.=94

Bush Support for De-alerting Nuclear Weapons: =93In addition, the United=
 States
should remove as many weapons as possible from high-alert, hair-trigger=
 status
=AD another unnecessary vestige of Cold War confrontation. Preparation for=
 quick
launch =AD within minutes after warning of an attack =AD was the rule during=
 the
era of superpower rivalry. But today, for two nations at peace, keeping so=
 many
weapons on high alert may create unacceptable risks of accidental or
unauthorized launch. So, as president, I will ask for an assessment of what=
 we
can safely do to lower the alert status of our forces.=94

More information on de-alerting nuclear weapons can be found at
http://backfromthebrink.policy.net/. More information on Star Wars national
missile defense can be found at http://www.clw.org/coalition/.

--------

(2) New nuclear power plants proposed - February 16th Meeting!

Dear Friends in the Capitol Soup -- This is an open invitation!!!!  Please
spread it around!

The nuke boys are moving FULL STEAM ahead on building new nuclear reactors=
 in
the US. We need to get people into -- even flood-- the ground floor=
 meetings.

I want to invite you to some Beltway Activism and ask that you invite others
who might also be willing to show up to one public meeting (informal) at the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- attendees will have no opportunity to speak
until the end when you can lob questions to NRC as they are breaking up the
meeting..... or say nothing is fine. It is the spotlight effect that is=
 sought
here.

It will matter that people simply show up as a "The World Is Watching"=
 action.
It would be GREAT if you would put this to your networks / local orgs.

New reactors may even seem to "spring" out the ground in communities that=
 have
no clue, since the industry is planning a tactic of "site banking" where=
 they
will select a whole bunch of prospective sites, that may or may not be for a
new nuclear reactor...and sit on them. They have up to 40 years to decide=
 what
they will do with the site...and at that point it is too late for public
intervention under current NRC rules ("one-step licensing"). The industry
(Nuclear Energy Institute) is having a meeting with the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission to discuss this:

NRC & NEI talk nuke real estate racket.... February 16th at 9:30 am at NRC
headquarters -- across from White Flint Metro stop in Rockville. We don't=
 have
room information -- call Jerry Wilson at NRC 301-415-3145

Everyone going should call Jerry -- and added wake-up that people are=
 watching.
As a matter of fact, even if people can't go, it would be great if they=
 would
call Jerry to find out the room number....give him a real jolt!

If you have other questions, by all means get back with me, or get with Paul
Gunter at the "home office"  <[e-mail]> or 202-328-0002.

One's approach to donating a couple of hours of time and metro fare is
completely up to you -- go looking like a business exec and pissed, or wear=
 a
protest T shirt and grin...or whatever. This is a form of theater. We are=
 not
asking anyone to get arrested here ... but there is no reason to hold back=
 at
the end of the meeting on expressing real concerns.

Thanks, and pass this on!

Mary Olson
NIRS Southeast
[e-mail]
828-251-2060

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) NIF Lawsuit/Preliminary Injunction sought
Date: 05 Feb 2001 21:32:17 -0800

Dear peace and environmental colleagues: Here is an article regarding the
National Ignition Facility and the Motion for Preliminary Injunction on the
project's rebaseline, filed by NRDC and Tri-Valley CAREs. Read on for more
information...

Groups Seek Court Injunction to Bar Use of Biased NIF Review

by Christopher Paine and Marylia Kelley
from Tri-Valley CAREs' February 2001 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

Tri-Valley CAREs and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) will file
a motion in early February in the Federal Court for the District of
Columbia to bar the Department of Energy from using a biased August 2000
"Rebaseline Validation Review" of the controversial National Ignition
Facility (NIF) mega-laser.

Our motion for preliminary injunction, if granted, will prevent DOE from
employing what we believe is an illegally-prepared Review to garner more
public and Congressional support for the controversial laser fusion
project.

The DOE has relied on the tainted "Rebaseline" to assert to Congress that
it has gained control over the NIF's technical and budget problems when, in
truth, it has not. Thus, this motion is particularly important. If we
prevail, DOE could be forced to go back to "square one" and prepare a more
complete and accurate assessment of the NIF program. It has long been our
view that Congress would likely cancel NIF if it understood the program's
true budget costs, technical snafus and nuke proliferation risks.

Additionally, the motion by NRDC and Tri-Valley CAREs seeks to prevent DOE
from forming any other advisory committees concerning the NIF that do not
fully comply with the public notice, openness and balance requirements of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).

The two groups are represented by Meyer & Glitzenstein, a Washington, D.C.
law firm with a record of successfully litigating  FACA violations
committed by DOE and other federal agencies. "The violations involved in
this case are blatant, and all citizens concerned about the manipulation of
federal agencies for private ends should welcome the action my clients are
taking," said the plaintiffs' attorney, Howard Crystal.

The motion for preliminary injunction is part of our groups' ongoing
lawsuit against DOE alleging a pattern of FACA violations in connection
with the NIF project dating back to at least 1996. (See also the Nov. 2000
Citizen's Watch.) In fact, last year's Review, chaired by DOE officials
Kathleen Carlson and Daniel Lehman, failed to meet any of FACA's
requirements. (See box, below.)

Without any public notice or participation, some 38 committee members -
including numerous paid consultants to DOE's Livermore Laboratory - met in
secret at the Lab from August 7-11, 2000 and reviewed the NIF construction
project in support of the DOE Secretary's "certification" of the new
"baseline" cost and schedule for the NIF, which DOE delivered to Congress
on September 15, 2000.

 DOE's press release of that date asserted that "an independent technical
review of the project, known as the Carlson-Lehman Review, had concluded
that the NIF project can be completed successfully using current technology
within the total cost and schedule defined in the revised baseline."

Tri-Valley CAREs and NRDC filed the lawsuit after DOE  refused to withdraw
its public characterization of the NIF Rebaseline Review as "independent,"
and to inform the Congress that the Review had not been conducted in
compliance with FACA.

Among the numerous FACA violations cited in the current motion, perhaps the
most damaging to the integrity of the public policy process was the
stacking of the Review with paid consultants and advisers to Livermore Lab
and the NIF Project - creating the very kind of biased panel that FACA was
expressly enacted to prevent.

The two groups have identified eleven members of the Rebaseline Committee
with serious financial or career conflicts of interest, "and seven of them
had individual consulting contracts with Livermore in areas directly
related to the NIF project," according to an affidavit filed by NRDC senior
researcher, Chris Paine.  For example, in one critical area of the review -
the evaluation of the NIF's large optical components - all four members of
the "Large Optics" subcommittee had "clear biases in favor of NIF," Paine
explained.

Specifically, the subcommittee chairman, Michel Andre, a senior scientist
in the French Megajoule laser project has extensive contractual relations
and engages in many joint efforts with the NIF program. Were he to be
critical of NIF, and its optics component, his own program and career would
have been adversely affected. Two other subcommittee members, John Emmett
and E. Perry Wallerstein, are former senior laser program officials at
Livermore Lab - and long-standing paid consultants to the Lab as well. The
fourth member of the subcommittee, Dr. Michelle Shinn, works at DOE's
Thomas Jefferson Laboratory in Virginia, whose Director, Dr. Hermann
Grunder, until recently chaired Livermore's NIF Programs Review Committee,
one of the bodies found most responsible for failing to exert adequate
oversight of the project.

Two other subcommittees of the Rebaseline Committee - the "Line Replaceable
Units" and "Assembly, Installation, and Commissioning" panels - were also
chaired by employees of Dr. Grunder at the time of their participation in
the NIF Rebaseline Review.  Each of these subpanels also included a member
- Drs. Robert McCrory and Steve Loucks, respectively - from the University
of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics, a major Livermore
subcontractor and scientific collaborator on the NIF Project.

Documents obtained by Tri-Valley CAREs under the California Public Records
Act reveal that McCrory and Loucks are also signatories on Livermore Lab
NIF subcontracts with the University of Rochester worth millions of
dollars. According to an affidavit filed in support of the motion by the
organization's executive director, Marylia Kelley,  the group has in its
possession 47 records, including NIF subcontracts, contract modifications,
schedules and sole-source awards, that were signed by McCrory and Loucks or
show them as managers or executors for the contracts.

McCrory has also been a paid individual consultant to the Lab Director's
Office and the Lab's NIF Program Directorate since 1996, and, according to
copies of contracts NRDC recently acquired under the California Public
Records Act, entered into a new contract to consult on the NIF only weeks
after his service on the Rebaseline Committee.

The  panel on NIF assembly also included another longtime paid private
consultant to Livermore, Dr. Damon Giovanielli, who had served only a few
months earlier as the chair of the NIF Project's own "Target Physics
Program Review Committee," which had concluded that "NIF should be
completed to its full 192-beam configuration."

According to the declarations put before the court by Paine and Kelley,
other members of the Rebaseline Committee had similar conflicts. Dr. John
Peoples and James Renfro, were under contract with the Livermore lab to
provide consulting services at the time of the Review, and Eugene
Desaulniers had been a paid consultant to the NIF project as recently as
Oct. 1998. William Barletta, of DOE's Lawrence Berkeley Lab, had previously
been tapped by NIF management to promote the project in Congressional
meetings.

In short, the DOE Rebaseline Committee's Review of NIF is the epitome of
everything that the Federal Advisory Committee Act was designed to prevent
- a hasty, biased and cooked-to-order review, conducted in secret by agency
officials and insiders who stood to benefit from the very recommendations
they were being called upon to make.

                                                FACA Facts

Congress enacted the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) in 1972 to
control wasteful expenditures and open to public scrutiny the ways in which
government agencies obtain advice from private individuals. Prior to FACA ,
advisory committees had become convenient nesting places for special
interests seeking to influence federal agency actions for their own ends.

FACA applies to agencies when they establish or utilize a group that
includes at least one non-federal employee to provide collective advice or
recommendations to the agency. To legally obtain such advice, an agency
must, among other requirements: prepare a charter detailing the committee's
objectives, duties, costs, etc.; publish a notice in the Federal Register
that describes the need and purpose for the advisory committee and includes
"the agency's plan to attain fairly balanced membership"; and ensure that
the resulting committee is "balanced in terms of the points of view
represented" and is not "inappropriately influenced by the appointing
authority or any special interest."

Once the committee is formed, FACA provides public notice and participation
requirements, and specifies that the advisory committee must hold open
meetings and make documents that it reviewed or produced available to the
public.

The Department of Energy's NIF "Rebaseline Validation Review" Committee
failed to comply on all counts.

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: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Correction Re: NucNews 01/02/06 - How to call/fax the White
Date: 06 Feb 2001 12:07:50 -0500

Sorry, I failed to catch the typo in one of the messages I forwarded this
morning.

The White House hotline phone number is 202-456-1414, NOT 465. People can also
call at: 202-456-1111. People can fax the White House at: 202-456-2461.  And
you can email: mailto:[e-mail] and
mailto:[e-mail]

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From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Can you all please help me?!
Date: 06 Feb 2001 14:26:07 -0800



Hi Nuclear Abolitionists,

I apologize this question is not immediately related to nuclear disarmament.
But sometime back, I think someone posted a message either to the Abolition
Global caucus or US abolition lists containing an analysis of the larger
failure of the Left movement in the US. I think this may have been during
the onset of the US military attack on Yugoslavia and someone was making the
point about the Left being increasingly unable to influence major policies,
like the use of military force and disarmament. I am interested as well if
you know of any comparative analyses of European, US, and other countries'
Left movements declining influence, not that I wish to hasten such a dire
development. I wanted to look at the ways in which different movements were
going about to improve the Left's ability to effect significant policy
changes where there were uncoordinated, unorganized and therefore
ineffective, movements. It is part of my dissertation research.  Thank you
all very kindly and in advance for your kind help.

Please respond privately to this address.

Richard Salvador
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, Hawaii




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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Signature Sheet (text)
Date: 08 Feb 2001 10:49:06 -0500

>Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 04:30:01 -0500
>Subject: Signature Sheet (text)
>To: [e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>                                Signature Campaign
>                             Save Dugong and Peace !
>                      No to a new U.S. Base in Okinawa !
>
>A new U.S. Marine Base is planned to be constructed on the northern
>offshore area (Nago city) of Okinawa (Japan) which is habitats of
>precious species including Dugong (internationally protected "Threatened
>and Endangered" sea animal). It would also infringe international
>norm of preserving natural environment, and would be a threat to
>the life of residents as well as to peace and security of Asia & Pacific
>and of the world.
>
>Therefore, in solidarity with Okinawan people, we demand:
>- to abandon a plan to construct a new U.S. marine base at an offshore
>   of Nago / Okinawa.
>
>- to reduce and finally remove U.S. Marine Corps from Okinawa.
>
>
>        signature                      country
>occupation / organization
>
>
>------------------      -----------------
>----------------------------------
>
>------------------      -----------------
>----------------------------------
>
>------------------      -----------------
>----------------------------------
>
>------------------      -----------------
>----------------------------------
>
>------------------      -----------------
>----------------------------------
>
>                 * The signatures collected will be submitted to
>                    the Prime Minister of Japan on April 28, 2000.
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) WRITE/FAX  TONY BLAIR, BUSH NOW  Say No to NMD/Star Wars
Date: 09 Feb 2001 17:05:43 +1100

SAY NO TO NMD/STAR WARS - WRITE/FAX  TONY BLAIR, BUSH NOW

(Apologies for multiple postings - delete the excess copies, but DO pass
this on to all who might be interested)

Dear All who are concerned over NMD/Star Wars:

British prime minister Tony Blair will be visiting President Bush on 23-24
Feb, at Camp David.

High on the list of topics they talk about will be NMD/Star Wars.

The position of the UK is absolutely vital for NMD/Star Wars to proceed, as
it requires use of the Fylingdales facility.

There is a possibility that Blair may cave in  to Bush's demands to make
use of UK radar facilities for NMD.

You are therefore urged to write/fax prime minister Tony Blair (especially
if you are in the UK), asking him to strongly oppose national missile
defence during his visit. (Fax number  [phone])

A sample letter is below. Please rewrite/shorten this creatively.

If you are in the US, you are urged to write to President Bush,(Letter
below), asking him not to proceed with NMD/Star Wars.  (Sample Letter
below, also on
http://www.abolition2000.org/action/saynotostarwars.html)


The letter to Tony Blair is based on one on the BASIC website, to all non -
US governments.  You can adapt that letter if you live outside either the
US OR the UK.

That letter can be found on:
<http://www.basicint.org/NMDpage.htm#Debate in European Governments>


1) SUGGESTED LETTER TO TONY BLAIR
Send this if you are outside the US, especially if you are in the UK -
Please customise it creatively


Re: Please Convey Opposition to Missile Defence Scheme

Dear Tony Blair,

I am writing to you in view of your forthcoming visit to President Bush on
Feb 23-24.

I urge you to express as strongly as possible the opposition of the UK to
any NMD system.

The deployment of NMD will have serious implications for the proliferation
of nuclear weapons. Russia and China have made it clear that they will
increase their own nuclear offensive capabilities in order to counter NMD.
This will set back attempts to reduce nuclear weapons severely and may lead
to another nuclear arms race.  Serious developments in this direction are
already taking place.

In addition, the deployment of NMD will either completely destroy or
fundamentally weaken the Anti- Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, seen
internationally as the cornerstone of international arms control. This will
have serious consequences for maintaining and strengthening other
international agreements such as Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

NMD has been opposed by a wide range of organisations and groups, ranging
from 354 major NGOs representing millions of people worldwide, to 50 of the
US Nobel prize-winners in physics, to generals and church congregations. It
has also been opposed by every major international grouping represented in
the UN General Assembly.

For all of these reasons, I urge you to use all the diplomatic influence at
your disposal, particularly in your forthcoming visit,  to impress upon the
incoming Bush administration the UK's opposition to the NMD system.

I also urge you to make clear to the Bush administration that your
government will refuse to
cooperate in any way with the NMD scheme, and that the use of Fylingdales
and other UK facilities will not be permitted for it.

NMD is a scheme that is unlikely ever to work, against a threat that may
never materialize and that, in any case, is better dealt with in other
ways. It will cost billions better spent elsewhere, and will make
further progress toward the total and unequivocal elimination of nuclear
weapons - an objective to which the United States as well as all other
governments are committed - much more difficult, if not impossible.

I therefore urge you to impress on the US government the importance of not
proceeding with NMD, but rather of proceeding with the Bush administrations
other major committments in nuclear arms control , namely deep cuts in
warhead numbers,   and of reductions in alert status of strategic weapons
systems.

(Signed)

(Your name)


(2) SUGGESTED LETTER TO BUSH, POWELL, RICE, RUMSFELD
Send this if you are in the United States - Please customise creatively

Customise and adapt/rewrite this creatively please.

TO:
GEORGE BUSH, PRESIDENT,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201,

COLIN POWELL, SECRETARY OF STATE, [phone],
CONDOLEEZA RICE,
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER,  1-202-456-2883,
DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE,
[phone],

RE: PLEASE CANCEL MISSILE DEFENCE SCHEME

Dear President George Bush, Secretary for Defence Rumsfeld, Security
Adviser Condoleeza Rice, and Secretary of State Colin Powell,

I am writing to you to convey my dismay that your administration may
proceed with an enlarged version of  the ill-concieved 'National Missile
Defence' ('Star Wars') scheme.

The deployment of NMD will make it much harder, if not impossible, to
achieve vital arms control objectives. Russia and China have made it clear
that they will increase their own nuclear offensive capabilities in order
to counter NMD. This will set back attempts to reduce nuclear weapons
severely and may lead to another nuclear arms race.

National Missile Defence in its current form,  has failed two out of its
three operational tests and has been critiqued by the US scientific
establishment as fundamentally flawed.

More importantly, Russia and China as well as the US's own allies have made
it clear that they regard the preservation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty as paramount.   The ABM treaty cannot be modified in a way that
would allow the deployment of NMD, and the US should not walk away from it.

NMD has been opposed by groups ranging from 354 major NGOs representing
millions of people worldwide, to 50 of the US's Nobel prizewinners in
physics, to generals and church people.

Non-US governments  worldwide,  including close US allies, have strongly
opposed NMD.

NMD is a scheme  that is unlikely ever to work, against a threat that may
never materialize and that is in any case better dealt with in other ways.
It will cost billions better spent elsewhere, and will make further
progress toward the total and unequivocal elimination of nuclear weapons -
an objective to which the US as well as all other governments are committed
- much more difficult if not impossible.

I therefore urge you to drop the NMD proposal and to focus your efforts on
the vital objectives of deep reductions in warhead numbers, and reductions
in the alert status of weapons, to which you committed yourself during your
campaign.
(Signed)  (Your name)



3)LETTER SENT ON 8 FEB 2001 TO TONY BLAIR WITH THE LAST YEARS LETTER FROM
363 GROUPS WORLDWIDE
You can also get ideas from this one to help  write to Tony Blair or Bush

cc
Robin Cook, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
[phone]

Re: Please Convey Strong Opposition to Missile Defence Scheme During Visit
to Bush 23-24 Feb.
8/2/2001

Dear Tony Blair,

I am writing to you in view of your forthcoming visit to President Bush on
Feb. 23-24.  I write as as the coordinator of a letter signed by 363 NGOs
and parliamentarians worldwide that was faxed to yourself and President
Clinton last year.  Signatories to that letter included the Worldwide
Consultative Association of Retired Generals and Admirals, Friends of the
Earth International (with branches in 60 countries) Greenpeace
International, World Court Project,  CND, BASIC,  IPPNW, and WILPF.

It was signed by 32 parliamentarians including 3 from the UK, 9 from
Canada, 6 MEPs and 14 Australian MPs.

The NGO and Parliamentary representatives who signed represent (at least)
millions of people.  It is being faxed to you again with this letter.

I urge you to express as strongly as possible the strong opposition of the
UK to any NMD system, and to make it clear that changes to the Flyingdales
facility to permit NMD will not be permitted.

The deployment of NMD will have serious implications for the proliferation
of nuclear weapons. Russia and China have made it clear that they will
increase their own nuclear offensive capabilities in order to counter NMD.
This will set back attempts to reduce nuclear weapons severely and may lead
to another nuclear arms race.  Serious developments in this direction are
already taking place.

In addition, the deployment of NMD will either completely destroy or
fundamentally weaken the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, seen
internationally as the cornerstone of international arms control. This will
have serious consequences for maintaining and strengthening other
international agreements such as Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

NMD has been opposed by a wide range of organizations and groups, ranging
from 363 major NGOs representing millions of people worldwide, to 50 of the
US Nobel prize-winners in physics, to generals and church congregations. It
has also been opposed by every major international grouping represented in
the UN General Assembly.

NMD is a scheme that is unlikely ever to work, against a threat that may
never materialize and that, in any case, is better dealt with in other
ways. It will cost billions better spent elsewhere, and will make further
progress toward the total and unequivocal elimination of nuclear weapons -
an objective to which the United States as well as all other governments
are committed - much more difficult, if not impossible.

For all of these reasons, I urge you to use all the diplomatic influence at
your disposal,  in your forthcoming visit,  to impress upon the incoming
Bush administration the UK's opposition to the NMD system.

I therefore urge you to impress on the US government the importance of not
proceeding with NMD, but rather of proceeding with the Bush administrations
other major commitments in nuclear arms control , namely deep cuts in
warhead numbers,   and of reductions in alert status of strategic weapons
systems.

I also urge you to make clear to the Bush administration that your
government will refuse to cooperate in any way with the NMD scheme, and
that the use of Fylingdales and other UK facilities will not be permitted
for it.


John Hallam,
Nuclear Weapons Spokesperson, Friends of the Earth Australia
Coordinator of International Sign-on Letter on NMD


4) Websites where you can get more information on letters to send to world
leaders:

The abolition 2000 website is:

http://www.abolition2000.org/action/saynotostarwars.html

The letter on the BASIC website is:

<http://www.basicint.org/NMDpage.htm#Debate in European Governments>

An online petition to stop star- wars is to be found at:

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Jules/


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: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Plutonium: The Last Five years
Date: 09 Feb 2001 15:37:12 -0500

>Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 13:18:22 -0500
>Subject: Plutonium: The Last Five years
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>To: [e-mail], [e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>This also available at:
>
>
>http://www.bredl.org/press/2001/Pu_Report.htm
>
>
>
>
>The Executive Summary and Part I have been posted, but Parts 2
>and 3 will not be posted until late tonite due to formatting difficulties
>on my end.
>
>
>
>
>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                       CONTACT:
>
>
>February 6, 2001                                     Don Moniak (803)
644-6953
>
>
>                                                              Janet Zellar
[phone] (after 2/6)
>
>
>
>
>GROUP RELEASES REPORT: PLUTONIUM, THE LAST FIVE
>YEARS
>
>
>
>
>        The Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League (BREDL) today
>released a three part report, Plutonium, The Last Five Years
>documenting plutonium hazards and inventories and revealing the
>Department of EnergyÆs mismanagement of its plutonium storage
>responsibilities. BREDL called on the  Department of Energy to disclose
>it current plutonium and highly enriched uranium inventories and make
>safe, secure plutonium storage its number one priority; and for the new
>administration to reverse the trend towards increased secrecy in DOEÆs
>nuclear weapons complex .
>
>
>        The release of this report marks the 5th Anniversary of Secretary of
>Energy Hazel OÆLearyÆs last openness media conference, at which
>declassified estimates of plutonium and highly enriched uranium
>inventories were announced. Plutonium, the Last Five Years documents
>
>
>DOEÆs inconsistent management of 26 metric tonnes of separated,
>unstable plutonium contained in more than 100,000 individual items and
>scheduled to be sent to the Savannah River Site in South Carolina or
>buried as waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. DOEÆs
>mismanagement has included:
>
>
>a  failure to meet its own long-term storage criteria for six metric
>tonnes of highly dispersible plutonium oxide powder and more than
>eight metric tonnes of plutonium metals.
>
>
>spending two years ôstudyingö how to store ten metric tonnes of
>plutonium it plans to begin trucking this year from the Rocky Flats
>plant in Colorado to the Savannah River Site.
>
>
><more>
>
>
>The report also details how DOE mismanagement of 12,000 plutonium
>pits stored at the Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant in Texas is increasing
>the uncertainty of the reliability of its nuclear weapons arsenal and
>fueling demands for new plutonium pit production. At the present time,
>DOE is storing thousands of plutonium pits it calls ôNational Security
>Assetsö in decades-old facilities and in containers unsuitable for long-
>term storage. The Department has not funded the procurement of new
>containers for its ôenduring stockpileö plutonium pits.
>
>
>A review of the hazards of plutonium reveals similar disturbing trends
>with the 21 metric tonnes of plutonium contained in about 7,000
>plutonium pits that DOE intends to truck to SRS this decade to be
>disassembled and converted for use in a plutonium fuel factory:
>
>
>The Department is planning to treat plutonium oxide powders at
>temperatures that will operations at its plutonium fuel factory more
>vulnerable to explosions, leaks, and increased radioactive waste
>generation;
>
>
>DOE and SRS have no apparent plan for preventing Chronic
>Beryllium Disease at SRS even though plutonium pit disassembly
>and conversion will convert SRS into one of the governmentÆs
>largest processor of high purity beryllium.
>
>
>Finally, the report details how plutonium ôdispositionö facilities have
>been sold as ônonproliferationö missions at the same time DOE has
>secretly been planning and upgrading its capabilities to fabricate 100-500
>new plutonium pits per year at SRS.
>
>
>ôDOEÆs own scientific reports point to plutonium as having the most
>complex chemistry of any element known to the human race, yet they are
>pursuing agendas that will put people and our environment at far greater
>risk from plutonium,ö said Don Moniak of Aiken, South Carolina,
>Community Organizer for BREDL.
>
>
>ôThe Department of Energy is playing with something far more
>dangerous than fire. It is time to recognize plutonium as a liability and
>drop this crazy scheme to use it as fuel,ö said BREDLÆs Executive
>Director Janet Zellar.
>
>
><end>
>
>
>
>
>Don Moniak
>Organizer, Aiken Office
>Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
>P.O Box 3487
>Aiken, SC 29802-3487
>[phone]
>Fax: [phone]
>[e-mail]
>

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From: Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Contact the U.N. nuclear powers
Date: 09 Feb 2001 20:33:22 -0500


E-Mail, fax, or phone the Nuclear Powers at the United Nations:
- China: E-mail: [e-mail]
- France: E-mail: [e-mail], Phone:[phone],
Fax:[phone]
- India: E-mail: [e-mail], Phone:[phone],
Fax:[phone]
- Israel: E-mail: [e-mail], Phone:[phone],
Fax:[phone]
- Pakistan: E-mail: [e-mail], Telex:5742
- Russia:E-mail: [e-mail], Phone:[phone], Fax:
011-70-95-205-4219
- UK: E-mail:[e-mail], Phone:[phone], Fax: [phone]
(Tony Blair)
- USA: E-mail: [e-mail], [e-mail],
Phone:[phone] and 202-456-1414, Fax:[phone]

__________________________________________________

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From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]> (by way of ASlater <[e-mail]>)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Appeal From Okinawans for Messages of Support -  'No' to new
Date: 10 Feb 2001 15:57:31 -0500

February 10, 2000
Friends,
         Today's news of the sinking of a Japanese fishing boat by a U.S.
sumarine, with possibly as many as 25 Japanese students being killed in the
accident, is truly horrifying. One more manifestation of how, even in
"peacetime", militarism and preparations for war are deadly.
         While our mailings will not continue focus as heavily on Okinawa as
they have in the last few days, if you, or the organizations you are
associated with could respond to the appeal below for messages and
statements opposing the construction of a new U.S. Marine air base in Nago
(Northern Okinawa), it would make a big difference. Sending a copy to your
Congressional representatives and/or local newspaper would also make a
differnce.
         With appreciation,
         Joseph Gerson
         American Friends Service Committee

'No' to new military base in Okinawa

Dear friends,

The following is an information and appeal on Japanese
campaign against a new US base construction in Okinawa.
This is an initiative suggested by Japan Peace
Conference in Okinawa (Nov. 30 - Dec. 3, Okinawa). We
would be grateful if you send us your support & message.

Thank you.

In solidarity.

Tadaaki Kawata (Japan Peace Committee)

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

Solidarity & Signature Campaign "Save Dugong and Peace !
No to a new U.S. Base in Okinawa !" 10 March - 28 April,
2000

Peace movements and trade unions of Japan together with
Okinawan people will organize a nation-wide campaign,
from 10 March to 28 April, 2000, against the
construction of a new U.S. marine base at an offshore
area of Nago City, Okinawa (southern islands of Japan).

One of the main actions of the campaign is a "Peace
Caravan" (a peace march) starting from Nago City on
March 10, traveling many cities covering all prefectures
of Japan, reaching Tokyo on April 28. Various actions
will be held in the cities where "Peace Caravan" will
visit.

We would like to promote this campaign with broad
international support and solidarity. In the starting
rally of the campaign in Nago, March 10, we are going to
receive delegates from Republic of Korea (Maehyang-ri,
U.S. bombing range) and Puerto Rico (Vieques). At the
same time, we are going to carry out signature campaign
both domestically and internationally.

We are opposed to this plan, because:

- An offshore area of Nago City of Okinawa is habitats
of precious species and treasures of living things
including Dugong, internationally protected sea mammal.
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and
Natural Resources (IUCN) advised in its world assembly
in Jordan last October that careful environment
assessment should be carried on the planned construction
area and all necessary measures be taken to protect
Dugong.

- It would be another burden of Okinawan people, who
have for long time since the end of WOW been suffering
serious problems and damages caused by U.S. bases and
military, such as crimes (rapes, murder, etc),
accidents, noise, pollution and so on. Okinawan people
is eager to eradicate them and to remove all these
bases.

- It would be a real threat to peace and security of
Asia as well as of the world. This plan is consistent
with a policy of the U.S. to secure Okinawa as a stable
foothold for military interference and intervention into
the Asia-Pacific region well into the 21st century and
after. It would also integrate more deeply Japan into
U.S. military operation.

We call upon you to support this campaign and to send us
signatures and message of yours as well as of your
colleagues and friends.

Looking forward to your active response.

With best regards.

Secretariat of the Campaign c/o Japan Peace Committee
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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 01/02/12 - Today's Announcements
Date: 12 Feb 2001 06:36:27 -0500

<html>
<font size=3>NucNews archives are posted through February 8, 2001 at
</font><a href="http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm" eudora="autourl"><font size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm</a></font></u><font size=3>.
Here are some items of immediate interest....<br>
<br>
(1) C-SPAN "Washington Journal" to cover NMD 8 am Mon and Tues.
Feb 12 and 13.<br>
(2) </font><font size=2>Protest Defense Industry Corporate Welfare
Wednesday 14 February<br>
</font><font size=3>(3) Memorial service to honor Sam Day-Feb. 17, 2001
<br>
(4) Bush team speaks re de-alerting nukes<br>
(5) White House Addresses<br>
<br>
----<br>
<br>
(1) C-SPAN "Washington Journal" to cover NMD 8 am Mon and Tues.
Feb 12 and 13.<br>
<br>
At 8am Washington time on Monday 2/12 C-SPAN (the US cable tv news
channel) will have two guests discussing national missile defense -- Dan
Goure of the Lexington Institute and yours truly -- with live call-in
questions and email questions. <br>
<br>
If you are awake then or see this now and want to submit a question,
click: <br>
</font><font size=3 color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://www.c-span.org/community/submitwj.asp" eudora="autourl">http://www.c-span.org/community/submitwj.asp</a><br>
<br>
</font></u><font size=3>The following morning the same show at the same
time will address the issue of nuclear weapons reductions with guests to
be announced.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Daryl Kimball, [e-mail]<br>
Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers<br>
website
<</font><a href="http://www.crnd.org/" eudora="autourl"><font size=3 color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.crnd.org</a></font></u><font size=3>><br>
<br>
----<br>
<br>
</font><font size=2>(2) Protest Defense Industry Corporate Welfare<br>
<br>
Time: 12 noon - 1 p.m.<br>
Place: In front of Reagan Building on 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Freedom Plaza<br>
<br>
The biggest defense contractors will gather for a convention and
exhibition. Peace Action will be protesting the event and the failed Star
Wars (NMD) missile system. Speakers TBA. Come protest corporate greed and
Star Wars.  For more information, call Peace Action at (202)
862-9740.<br>
<br>
</font><font size=1>---<br>
<br>
</font><font size=3>(3) Memorial service to honor Sam Day-Feb. 17, 2001
<br>
<br>
As Matthew Rothschild wrote in his remembrance, "Sam Day, Peace
Activist, Journalist, Lovable Leftist, Dead at 74," "The world
is a lesser place this weekend. Sam Day has died.... A massive stroke on
January 26 did to him what no prison could, what no bully could, what no
police officer or repressive government could." A memorial service
was held in Madison, Wisconsin on February 3. <br>
<br>
You are now invited to join us in remembering Sam Day at St. Aloysius
Catholic Church, 19 I St., NW, in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, February
17. We will begin at 12 noon with a potluck lunch, and the memorial
service will start at 1 PM and close at 3 PM. Finally, there will be a 4
PM vigil at the Israeli embassy, 3415 International Drive, NW., to call
for the release of Mordechai Vanunu. <br>
<br>
Please let me know if you can attend any or all of the day's events. If
you are able to bring a dish, tell me what you can bring. Please note
that the lunch is vegetarian. If you cannot attend, but would like to
comment on your friendship with Sam, please send me your testimonial. It
will be read during the memorial service. If you care to recite a poem or
sing a song, you are welcome. If anyone is interested in producing a
program for the event, please let me know. It can be as simple as an 8
1/2" by 11" paper folded in half.  You may consider
bringing candles and signs for what will be a silent vigil at the
embassy. Sam's last arrest, in an illustrious career as a resister, took
place at the Israeli embassy on September 28, 2000.<br>
<br>
Please share this notice. I can also be reached at 410-323-7200 or
410-377-7987.<br>
<br>
Kagiso, Max<br>
<br>
"I remain an Old Codger for Peace, ready to continue my resistance
to recruit others to the cause." Sam Day wrote this in his
autobiography, "Crossing the Line: From Editor to Activist to Inmate
-- a Writer's Journey," published by Fortkamp in 1990.<br>
<br>
------<br>
<br>
(4) Bush team speaks re de-alerting nukes<br>
<br>
Bush to Seek $1.4 Billion Military Pay Boost <br>
<br>
By Edward Walsh and Walter Pincus<br>
Washington Post Staff Writers<br>
Saturday, February 10, 2001; Page A08 <br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51135-2001Feb9?language=printer" eudora="autourl">http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51135-2001Feb9?language=printer</a><br>
<br>
... Before revising the defense budget, the administration plans to
complete three separate but overlapping reviews: of overall defense
strategy, of U.S. nuclear forces and of military quality-of-life issues.
All three are being overseen by Defense Secretary Donald H.
Rumsfeld.<br>
<br>
The president left for Camp David yesterday without signing directives to
undertake the studies, but the Pentagon has begun them and results are
due by mid-summer.<br>
<br>
Rumsfeld has asked Andrew W. Marshall, an iconoclastic thinker who heads
the Pentagon's internal think tank, to conduct the review of overall
strategy, which will weigh who America's likely adversaries are, how many
wars U.S. forces should be prepared to fight at once and what weapons the
armed forces should buy.<br>
<br>
Marshall, a longtime Pentagon official who worked for Rumsfeld when he
was defense secretary during the Ford administration, has antagonized
many senior officers by arguing that the Pentagon is mired in the Cold
War, is buying the wrong weapons and is insufficiently prepared to face
the threat of a rising China....<br>
<br>
The leader of the nuclear review has not been named. A White House
official said Rumsfeld himself may head that study, which will consider
major cuts in the U.S. nuclear arsenal.<br>
<br>
The Bush administration would like to change or, if necessary, scrap the
1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to allow a national missile defense
system.<br>
<br>
Partly to entice Russia to accept changes in the ABM Treaty, the Bush
administration may offer to cut the U.S. strategic arsenal even below the
level of 2,000 to 2,500 warheads contemplated in 1997 by Russia and the
United States as a target for the third round of the strategic arms
reduction talks, or START III.<br>
<br>
The United States spends $35 billion annually to maintain about 7,500
strategic nuclear weapons on land-based missiles, submarines and bombers.
They are aimed at an estimated 2,200 Russian targets, as well as at
China, North Korea, Iraq, Iran and so-called non-state actors.<br>
<br>
During the presidential campaign, Bush talked of revising U.S. nuclear
strategy, possibly including a unilateral reduction similar to the one
ordered by his father in 1991. That statement was "arguably his
biggest foreign policy idea of his campaign and certainly the most
radical," according to one of Bush's advisers.<br>
<br>
In November, before Condoleezza Rice was appointed as Bush's national
security adviser, she described the U.S. nuclear relationship with Russia
as "antiquated." Along with building missile defenses, she
said, the United States could consider "de-alerting" its
strategic forces and rethinking "what size the arsenal needs to be
for deterrence."<br>
<br>
De-alerting refers to taking missiles off the hair-trigger status that
allows them to be launched almost instantly in the event of an
attack.<br>
<br>
"One important factor is that conventional weapons are now so
precise that they can achieve the same results as nuclear ones required a
few years ago," said Richard Perle, an adviser to the Bush
campaign.<br>
<br>
But Perle warned that bureaucratic and congressional hurdles rise up
every time significant changes are contemplated in the U.S. nuclear
force. Unless the Bush administration's review is completed quickly, he
predicted, "it won't result in anything getting done."<br>
<br>
------<br>
<br>
(5) White House Addresses<br>
Mailing :<br>
The White House<br>
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW<br>
Washington, DC 20500<br>
<br>
The White House Phone Numbers<br>
VOICE: 202-456-1414<br>
TTY/TDD: 202-456-6213<br>
Comment Line 202-395-1160<br>
FAX: [phone]<br>
<br>
White House E-Mail Addresses <br>
President George W. Bush: [e-mail]<br>
Vice President Dick Cheney: [e-mail]<br>
First Lady Laura Bush: [e-mail]<br>
Mrs. Lynne Cheney: [e-mail]<br>
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Subject: (abolition-usa) Mother's Day 2001
Date: 12 Feb 2001 17:24:51 -0800


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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Law Review on Nukes...
Date: 12 Feb 2001 23:12:22 EST

t is with great pleasure that I share with you the recent publication of a
> law review article titled  Nuclear Weapons, Morals, Ethics and Law. It is
in the Bringham Young Law Review located at
>
> http://www.law2.byu.edu/lawreview/archives/2000/4.htm
>
> It is my hope that it will help clarify thinking on the issue and inspire
> politically and morally effective actions and policies. Please enjoy the
piece and share it far and wide.

Sincerely, Jonathan Granoff

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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Senate List Updated
Date: 13 Feb 2001 09:44:53 -0500

I've been getting lots of inquiries about Congressional faxes and emails, and
have updated the Senate list.  I'm including this list below (you can also find
it at http://prop1.org/prop1/senate.htm).

U.S. Senate 2001

AK
R Murkowski, Frank
[e-mail]
202-224-5301 fax | 202-224-6665 ph
Legislative Aides: Colleen Deegan (Nuclear), John Broehm (Defense), Rob
Corbisier (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~murkowski/

AK
R Stevens, Ted
[e-mail]
202-224-2354 | fx |202-224-3004 ph
Legislative Aides: (send direct) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~stevens/

AL
R Sessions, Jeff
[e-mail]
202-224-3149 fx | 202-224-4124 ph
Legislative Aides: Gerri Gilligan (Nuclear), Arch Galloway (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~sessions/

AL
R Shelby, Richard
[e-mail]
202-224-3416 fx | 202-224-5744 ph
Legislative Aides: Jim Hensler (Defense), Mark Oesterle (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~shelby/

AR
R Hutchinson, Tim
[e-mail]
202-228-3973 fx | 202-224-2353 ph
Legislative Aide: Rhett Butler (Enviro), Michael Ralsky (Defense) 2/3/2000

AR
D Lincoln, Blanche
[e-mail]
202-228-1371 fx | 202-224-4843 ph
Legislative Aide: Chuck Barnett (Enviro), Mac Campbell (Defense) 2/3/2000
[e-mail]
http://www.senate.gov/~lincoln/

AZ
R Kyl, Jon
[e-mail]
202-224-2207 fx | 202-224-4521 ph
Legislative Aides: Kevin Moran (Enviro), John Rood (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~kyl/

AZ
R McCain, John
[e-mail]
202-228-2862 fx | 202-224-2235 ph
877-905-7700 (Campaign) fax [phone] (Policy Dept.)
Legislative Aides: Chris Paul (Defense), Jill Peters (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~mccain/

CA
D Boxer, Barbara
[e-mail]
202-224-3553 ph 202-228-1338 fx
Legislative Aide: Sean Moore (Defense), Lisa Moore (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~boxer/

CA
D Feinstein, Dianne
[e-mail]
202-228-3954 fx | 202-224-3841 ph
Legislative Aides: Matt Miller (Defense), Warren Weinstein (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/

CO
R Allard, Wayne
[e-mail]
202-224-6471 fx | 202-224-5941 ph
Legislative Aides: Doug Flanders (Defense), Andy Collisimo (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~allard/

CO
R Campbell, Ben Nighthorse
[e-mail]
202-224-1933 fx | 202-224-5852 ph
Legislative Aides: Kevin Studer (Enviro), Larry Vigil (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~campbell/

CT
D Dodd, Christopher
[e-mail]
202-224-1083 fx | 202-224-2823 ph
Legislative Aides: Sheila Duffy (Enviro), Dominic Del Pozzo (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~dodd/

CT
D Lieberman, Joseph
[e-mail]
202-224-9750 fx | 202-224-4041 ph
Legislative Aides: Alys Campaigne ("Alees" - Enviro), Fred Downey (Defense)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~lieberman/

DE
D Biden, Joe
[e-mail]
202-224-0139 fx | 202-224-5042 ph
Legislative Aide: Tony Russo (Enviro, Nuclear Energy) 2/3/2000 Foreign
Relations Committee - Ed Levine - 228-3612 fx | 224-3953 ph (Will fax all
Senators' aides/fax numbers for FRC)  2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~biden/

DE
R Carper, Thomas (NEW)
email access through website
Dirksen B40-3
202-228-2190 fx | 202-224-2441 ph
http://carper.senate.gov

FL
D Graham, Bob
[e-mail]
202-224-2237 fx | 202-224-3041 ph
Legislative Aides: Tandy Barrett (Defense), Duane Wright (Enviro) 2/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~graham/

FL
R Nelson, Bill (NEW)
Hart 818 temp
202-228-2183 fx | 202-224-5274 ph
http://billnelson.senate.gov/

GA
D Cleland, Max
[e-mail]
202-224-0072 fx | 202-224-3521 ph
Legislative Aides: Simon Sargent (Nuclear), Scott Brady (Enviro), and Ike Puzon
(Defense) 2/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~cleland/

GA
R Miller, Zell (NEW)
email through website
Dirksen 257
202-228-2090 fx | 202-224-3643 ph
http://miller.senate.gov/

HI
D Akaka, Daniel
[e-mail]
202-224-2126 fx | 202-224-6361 ph
Legislative Aides: Melissa Hampe (Enviro), Noe Kalipi (Defense) 2/2001
http://www.senate.gov/~akaka/

HI
D Inouye, Daniel - fx 202-224-6747 - 202-224-3934 ph
[e-mail]
Legislative Aides: Frank Kelly (Defense), Kristina Kekuewa (Env) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~inouye/

IA
R Grassley, Charles
[e-mail]
202-228-1684 fx | 202-224-3744 ph
Legislative Aides: Julie Manes (Enviro), Richard Chriss, Charlie Murphy
(Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~grassley

IA
D Harkin, Tom
[e-mail]
202-224-9369 fx | 202-224-3254 ph
Legislative Aide: Lowell Ungar (Defense/Enviro/Nuclear) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~harkin/

ID
R Craig, Larry
[e-mail]
202-228-1067 fx | 202-224-2752 ph
Legislative Aide: Kristine Svinicki (Nuclear), Dan Whiting (Enviro), Mitch
Butikofer (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~craig/

ID
R Crapo, Mike
[e-mail]
202-228-1375 fx | 202-224-6142 ph
Legislative Aide: Steve Dunn (nuclear) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~crapo/

IL
D Durbin, Richard
[e-mail]
202-228-0400 fx | 202-224-2152 ph
Legislative Aides: Jim Jepsen (Enviro), Sue Hardesty (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~durbin/

IL
R Fitzgerald, Peter
[e-mail]
202-228-1372 fx | 202-224-2854 ph
Legislative Aides: Joe Watson (Enviro), Greg Gross (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~fitzgerald/

IN
D Bayh, Evan
[e-mail]
202-228-1377 fx | 202-224-5623 ph
Legislative Aides: Gen Cullen (Enviro), Desiree Filippone (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~bayh/

IN
R Lugar, Richard
[e-mail]
202-228-0360 fx | 202-224-4814 ph
Legislative Aide: Ken Myers (Foreign Policy) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~lugar/

KS
R Brownback, Sam - 202-228-1265 fx | 202-224-6521 ph
[e-mail]
Legislative Aides: Sarah Hassenflow (Enviro), Brian Henneberry (Defense)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~brownback/

KS
R Roberts, Pat
[e-mail]
202-224-3514 fx | 202-224-4774 ph
Legislative Aides: Alan McCurry (Defense), Ashleigh De La Torre (Enviro)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~roberts/

KY
R Bunning, Jim
[e-mail]
202-228-1373 fx | 202-224-4343 ph
Legislative Aides: Mike Haywoood (Enviro), David Young (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~bunning/

KY
R McConnell, Mitch
[e-mail]
202-224-2499 (main fx) or 202-228-3416 (press fx) | 224-2541 ph
Legislative Aides: Billy Piper (Defense), Scott O'Malia (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~mcconnell/

LA
D Breaux, John
[e-mail]
202-228-2577 fx | 202-224-4623 ph
Legislative Aide: Andy Vermilye (Sr. Policy Advisor) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~breaux/

LA
D Landrieu, Mary
[e-mail]
202-224-9735 fx | 202-224-5824 ph
Legislative Aide: Jason Matthews (Defense), Jerald White (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~landrieu/

MA
D Kennedy, Ted
[e-mail]
202-224-2417 fx | 202-224-4543 ph
Legislative Aides: David Oliveira (Enviro), Menda Fise (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~kennedy/

MA
D Kerry, John
[e-mail]
202-224-8525 fx | 202-224-2742 fx
Legislative Aides: Celes Hughes (Defense), George Abar (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~kerry/

MD
D Mikulski, Barbara
[e-mail]
202-224-8858 fx | 202-224-4654 ph
Legislative Aides: Rebecca Bennett (Defense), Sean Smith (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~mikulski/

MD
D Sarbanes, Paul
[e-mail]
202-224-1651 - 202-224-4524 ph
Legislative Aides: Vince Sanfuentes, Jonathan Davidson 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~sarbanes/

ME
R Collins, Susan
[e-mail]
202-224-2693 fx | 202-224-2523 ph
Legislative Aides: Krissi Fauser (Defense), John Nass (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~collins/

ME
R Snowe, Olympia
[e-mail]
202-224-1946 fx | 202-224-5344 ph
Legislative Aides: Tom Zecchiolla (Defense), Ginny Worrest (Env) 2/3/2000
http://snowe.senate.gov/

MI
D Levin, Carl
[e-mail]
202-224-1388 fx | 202-224-6221 ph
Legislative Aides: Kane Burns (Defense/Nuclear), Brennan Van Dyke (Enviro)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~levin/

MI
Debbie Stabenow (NEW)
[e-mail]
476 Russell SOB; In March 2001 moving to 702 Hart
202-228-0325 fx | 202-224-4822 ph
Legislative Aides: 2/2001
http://stabenow.senate.gov/

MN
Dayton, Mark (NEW)
No email yet
202-228-2186 fx | 202-224-3244 ph
http://dayton.senate.gov/

MN D Wellstone, Paul
[e-mail]
202-224-8438 fx | 202-224-5641 ph
Legislative Aides: Brian Baenig (Enviro), Charlotte Oldham-Moore (Defense)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~wellstone/

MO
R Bond, Christopher
[e-mail]
202-224-8149 fx | 202-224.5721 ph
Legislative Aides: Tracy Henke (enviro, Sr. Policy Advisor), Jim Pitchford
(Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~bond/

MO
Carnahan, Jean  (NEW)
[e-mail]
480 Russell (temp)
202-228-0043 fx | 202-224-6154 ph
http://carnahan.senate.gov/

MS
R Cochran, Thad
[e-mail]
202-224-9450 fx | 202-224-5054 ph
Legislative Aides: Hunt Shipman (Enviro), James Lofton (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~cochran/

MS
R Lott, Trent
[e-mail]
202-224-2262 fx | 202-224-6253 ph
Legislative Aides: Eric Womble (Defense), Beth Spivey (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~lott/

MT
D Baucus, Max
[e-mail]
202-228-3687 fx | 202-224-2651 ph
Legislative Aides: Pat Bousliman (Defense), Brian Kuehl ("Keel" -
Enviro)2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~baucus/

MT
R Burns, Conrad
[e-mail]
202-224-8594 fx | 202-224-2644 ph
Legislative Aides: Stan Ullman (Defense), Ryan Thomas (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~burns/

NC
D Edwards, John
[e-mail]
202-228-1374 fx | 202-224-3154 ph
Legislative Aides: Tina Bennett (Defense), Kathryn Marks (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~edwards/

NC
R Helms, Jesse
[e-mail]
202-228-1339 fx | 202-224-6342 ph
Legislative Aides: David Whitney (Defense), Wayne Boyles (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~helms/

ND
D Conrad, Kent
[e-mail]
202-224-7776 fx | 202-224-2043 ph
Legislative Aides: (Mr.) Dakota Rudesill (Defense), Kirk Johnson (Enviro)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~conrad/

ND
D Dorgan, Byron
[e-mail]
202-224-1193 fx | 202-224-2551 ph
Legislative Aides: Brian Moran (Defense), Curtis Jabs (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~dorgan

NE
R Hagel, Chuck
[e-mail]
202-224-5213 fx | 202-224-4224 ph
http://www.senate.gov/~hagel/email.html
Legislative Aides: Mike Brairton (Enviro/Nuclear), Mike Coulter (Defense)
2/3/2000

NE
Nelson, Ben  (NEW)
202-228-0012 fx | 202-224-6551 ph
Legislative Aide:  2/2001
no email or website yet 2/2001

NH
R Gregg, Judd
[e-mail]
202-224-4952 fx | 202-224-3324 ph
Legislative Aides: Frank Barca (Defense), Luke Nachbar (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~gregg/

NH
R Smith, Bob
[e-mail]
202-224-1353 fx | 202-224-2841 ph
Legislative Aides: Margaret Hemenway (Defense), Dave Conover (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~smith/

NJ
Corzine, Jon (NEW)
U.S. Senate (Dirksen SOB), Washington DC 20510
202-228-2197 fx | 202-224-4744 ph
no email or website yet 2/2001

NJ
D Torricelli, Robert
[e-mail]
202-224-8567 fx | 202-224-3224 ph
Legislative Aides: Kyle Mulroy (Defense), Alfonso Lopez (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~torricelli/

NM
D Bingaman, Jeff
[e-mail]
202-224-2852 fx | 202-224-5521 ph
Legislative Aides: Wayne Glass (Defense), Mark Edwards (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~bingaman/

NM
R Domenici, Pete (unpublished fax)
[e-mail]
202-224-7371 fx | 202-224-6621 ph
Legislative Aides: Dr. Elizabeth Turpen (Defense), Anne Kathryn Viehe ("Vee" -
Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~domenici/

NV
Ensign, John (NEW)
[e-mail]
Dirksen B34-1 20510
202-228-2193 fx | 202-224-6244 ph
http://ensign.senate.gov

NV
D Reid, Harry
[e-mail]
202-224-7327 fx | 202-224-3542 ph
Legislative Aides: Kay Anderson (Enviro/Nuclear), Jerry Tao (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~reid/

NY
D Clinton, Hillary (NEW)
[e-mail]
B40 Dirksen Suite 6
202-228-0282 fx | 202-224-4451 ph
http://clinton.senate.gov/

NY
D Schumer, Charles
[e-mail]
202-228-4562 fx or 202-228-0525 fx |
202-224-6542 ph
Legislative Aides: Roger Hollingsworth (Enviro/Nuclear), Polly Trottenberg
(Enviro/Nuclear), Brook Jamison (Enviro/Defense), Stuart Gottlieb (Defense)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~schumer/

OH
R Dewine, Michael
[e-mail]
202-224-6519 fx | 202-224-2315 ph
Legislative Aides: Joy Mulinex (Enviro), Robert Hoffman (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~dewine/

OH
R Voinovich, George
[e-mail]
202-228-1382 fx | 202-224-3353 ph
Legislative Aides: Catherine Walters (Nuclear), Aric Newhouse (Defense),
Kathleen Braun (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~voinovich/

OK
R Inhofe, James
[e-mail]
202-228-0380 fx | 202-224-4721 ph
Legislative Aides: Greg McCarthy (Defense), Chad Bradley (Nuclear/Enviro)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~inhofe/

OK
R Nickles, Don
[e-mail]
202-224-6008 fx | 202-224-5754 ph
Legislative Aides: Steve Moffitt (Defense), McLane Layton (Enviro/Nuclear)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~nickles/

OR
R Smith, Gordon
[e-mail]
202-228-3997 fx | 202-224-3753 ph
Legislative Aides: Martha Cagle (Defense), Valerie West (Enviro/Energy)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~gsmith/

OR
D Wyden, Ron
[e-mail]
202-228-2717 fx | 202-224-5244 ph
Legislative Aides: Jeff Michels (Defense), Joshua Sheinkman (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~wyden/

PA
R Santorum, Rick
[e-mail]
202-228-0604 fx | 202-224-6324 ph
Legislative Aides: George Bernier (Defense/Nuclear), Jill Hershey (Enviro)
2/3/2000
http://santorum.senate.gov

PA
R Specter, Arlen
[e-mail]
202-228-1229 fx | 202-224-4254 ph
Legislative Aides: Vicki Siegel (Defense/Nuclear), Anthony Pitagno (Enviro)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~specter/

RI
R Chafee, Lincoln D.
[e-mail]
202-228-2853 fx | 202-224-2921 ph
Legislative Aides: John Seggerman (Defense), Dean Kawamoto (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://chafee.senate.gov/

RI
D Reed, Jack
[e-mail]
202-224-4680 fx | 202-224-4642 ph
Legislative Aides: Elizabeth King (Defense), Steve Eichenauer (Enviro/Nuclear)
2/3/2000
http://reed.senate.gov/

SC
D Hollings, Ernest Fritz
[e-mail]
202-224-4293 fx | 202-224-6121 ph
Legislative Aides: Steve Hartell (Defense) Toby Short (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~hollings/

SC
R Thurmond, Strom
[e-mail]
202-224-1300 fx | 202-224-5972 ph
Legislative Aides: Richard Lackey (Enviro/Energy), John Miller (Defense)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~thurmond/

SD
D Daschle, Thomas
[e-mail]
202-224-7895 fx | 202-224-2321 ph
Legislative Aides: Brad Van Dam (Defense), Peter Hanson (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~daschle/

SD
D Johnson, Tim
[e-mail]
202-228-5765 fx | 202-224-5842 ph
Legislative Aides: Ian Marquardt (Defense), Sarah Dahlin (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~johnson/

TN
R Frist, M.D., Bill
[e-mail]
202-228-1264 fx | 202-224-3344 ph
Legislative Aides: Walker Barnett (Enviro), David Broome (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~frist/

TN
R Thompson, Fred - 202-228-3679 fx | 202-224-4944 ph
[e-mail]
Legislative Aides: Mark Esper (Military), J.D. Liddell (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~thompson/

TX
R Gramm, Phil
[e-mail]
202-228-2856 fx | 202-224-2934 ph
Legislative Aides: Pete Olson (Defense), Steve McMillin (Energy and Urban
Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~gramm/

TX
R Hutchison, Kay
[e-mail]
202-224-0776 fx | 202-224-5922 ph
Legislative Aides: Dave Davis (Defense), Craig Felner (Enviro/Nuclear) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~hutchison/

UT
R Bennett, Robert
[e-mail]
202-228-1168 fx | 202-224-5444 ph
Legislative Aides: Bill Triplett (Defense), Shaun Parkin (Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~bennett/

UT
R Hatch, Orrin
[e-mail]
202-224-6331 fx | 202-224-5251 ph
Legislative Aides: J.J. Brown (Enviro), Bob Lockwood (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~hatch/

VA
Allen, George (NEW)
[e-mail]
202-224-5432 fx | 202-224-4024 ph
708 Hart SOB 20510
no website yet 2/2001

VA
R Warner, John
Armed Services Chairman
[e-mail]
202-224-6295 fx | 202-224-2023 ph
Legislative Aides: Lincoln Gaffney (Defense/Nuc Weapons), Meredith Moseley
(Enviro/Nuc Waste) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~warner/

VT
R Jeffords, Jim
[e-mail]
202-228-0776 fx | 202-224-5141 ph
Legislative Aides: Laurie Schultz Heim (Defense), Andrew Meyer (Enviro)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~jeffords/

VT
D Leahy, Patrick
[e-mail]
202-224-3479 fx | 202-224-4242 ph
Legislative Aides: Susanne Fleek (Enviro), Daniel Ginsberg (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~leahy/

WA
Cantwell, Maria (NEW)
[e-mail]
464 Russell SB 20510
202-228-0514 fx | 202-224-3441 ph
Legislative Aide:  (Defense/Enviro) 2/2001
http://cantwell.senate.gov/

WA
D Murray, Patty
[e-mail]
202-224-0238 fx | 202-224-2621 ph
Legislative Aides: Doug Clapp (Enviro/Nuclear), Ben McMakin (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~murray/

WI
D Feingold, Russell
[e-mail]
202-224-2725 fx | 202-224-5323 ph
Legislative Aides: Michelle Gavin (Foreign Policy L.A.), Mary Frances Repko
(Enviro) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~feingold/

WI
D Kohl, Herbert
[e-mail]
202-224-9787 fx | 202-224-5653 ph
Legislative Aide: Chad Metzler (Defense/Enviro/Nuclear) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~kohl/

WV
D Byrd, Robert
[e-mail]
202-228-0002 fx | 202-224-3954 ph
Legislative Aides: Franz Wuerfmansdobler (Enviro), Terri Glaze (Enviro)
2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~byrd/

WV
D Rockefeller IV, John D. (Jay)
[e-mail]
202-224-7665 fx | 202-224-6472 ph
Legislative Aides: John Richards (Energy/Enviro), Rob Six (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~rockefeller/

WY
R Enzi, Michael
[e-mail]
202-228-0359 fx | 202-224-3424 ph
Legislative Aides: Dallas Scholes (Enviro), Randi Reid (Defense) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~enzi/

WY
R Thomas, Craig
[e-mail]
202-224-1724 fx | 202-224-6441 ph
Legislative Aides: Stephanie Sword (Defense), Celia Wallace
(Enviro/Energy/Nuclear) 2/3/2000
http://www.senate.gov/~thomas/

Senators' Websites - http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm
Pending Legislation - Search - http://thomas.loc.gov/

Vice President Dick Cheney
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
224-2424 ph - scheduling office fax - 456-2971 - will call to confirm
Mail to Office of Vice President, EEOB, Washington DC 20501

President Bush
[e-mail]
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

[e-mail]
fax [phone], phone [phone]



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From: Susan Shaer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Mother's Day 2001
Date: 13 Feb 2001 12:22:12 -0500

WAND has always celebrated Mother's Day and would be glad to announce your
efforts.  I went to the website, but we could use some details about how to
get there, times etc.

Thanks!

Susan Shaer

whom they At 05:24 PM 2/12/01 -0800, you wrote:

> ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><><
>SHUNDAHAI NETWORK
>"Peace and Harmony with all Creation"
>Po Box 6360, Pahrump, NV 89041
>Phone:[phone]
>Email: [e-mail]
>http://www.shundahai.org
>
>
>Shundahai Network is proud to be part of:
>US Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
>Abolition 2000: A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
>People of Color/ Disenfranchised Communities Environmental Health Network
>and the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
>
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>
>
>
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From: Shundahai Network <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Mother's Day 2001 (apologies for computer trouble)
Date: 13 Feb 2001 15:00:26 -0800


             An Invitation to Support Western Shoshone Sovereignty and Stewardship: =
=20
      I'm inviting you all to come down to the Nevada Test Site for
Mother's Day and have your voices heard, we all have concerns for the
younger generation; so they can continue their life.  The people are the
backbone of the government. We should be dictating to the leaders instead
of the government dictating to us how they are going to shorten our life.
      So let's unite ourselves together and save something for the future.
Come for sure for Mother's Day and stay as long as you can and we will all
be together. That way, we'll have a cleaner life and enjoy our life for the
younger generations. Let's talk together. So come and bring your stuff;
your bedroll, your food and the water you survive on.  As a person, I
really appreciate you people.

Corbin Harney,=20
Western Shoshone Spiritual Leader, Executive Director, Shundahai Network =20
    =20
 We are contacting you to ask for your support for the 2001 Mother's Day
Gathering that will take place May 11th -14th
 at the Nevada Test Site.  If you want to lend your name this year, please
contact us immediately.  We are especially looking for active co-sponsors
and supporters to co-host this year's gathering alongside the Western
Shoshone National Council, Shundahai Network, Seeds of Peace, Nevada Desert
Experience, and PooHaBah.=20
=B1    Co-sponsor ($500 or equivalent in donations)
=B1    Supporter (donations of any kind)
=B1    Endorser (lend name only)
These are some other things you can do now:
=C5    Publicize this event in your literature or local calendars.
=C5    Organize a carload, van load, or busload to come and participate.
=C5    If you can't come, organize a solidarity event.
=C5    Make banners to bring or send.
=C5    Link your website to www.shundahai.org

      This year's Mother's Day Gathering will "Celebrate Life &
Sovereignty" as we unite and organize to stop nuclear contamination.   The
Nuclear Industry continues to poison all life on this planet, and continues
to site its waste and processing facilities near people of color and
impoverished communities.  By uniting ourselves together we aim to stop
this blatant environmental injustice.
All over the world there are people dying from radiation contamination that
is a direct result from business' and government's' disregard for our
safety and lives.  People need to come together to discuss and take action
against these atrocities.=20
The purpose of this gathering is to:=20
=A8    Support Environmental Justice on Western Shoshone Lands
 =A8    Support, Host, & Welcome WSNC Spirit Run/Walk that will circle the test
site=20
=A8    Protect Sacred Yucca Mountain from becoming a nuclear waste dump
 =A8    Occupy & Pray for the land
=A8    Learn from Speakers & Trainers; Participate in Organizing Workshops
 =A8    Take Action to STOP Nuclear Testing, Weapons, Waste, & Power
      We are glad to announce that the  Western Shoshone National Council
will be conducting it's 2nd Annual Spirit Run/Walk to the Mother's Day
Gathering. The walk will begin in Warm Springs, NV on May 7th and will
circle the Test Site.  Johnnie L. Bobb is the main organizer of this walk. =
=20
If you would like to lend your support to this important event, you can
contact Johnnie Bobb directly:=20
  HC 61 BOX 6250,
  AUSTIN, NV 89310  PHONE [phone]

<<<<Gathering Schedule>>>>
May 11 (Friday)
 Gathering Begins, Nonviolence trainings.
May 12 (Saturday)
 Western Shoshone Spirit Walk arrives.  Celebration of Life - Speakers from
our communities, Workshops May 13 (Sunday)
 Sunrise Ceremony & Occupation, Mother's Day Brunch, Women's & Men's
Councils May 14(Monday)
 Day of Action at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site

 Be prepared for desert camping, hot days and cool nights.  Bring plenty of
drinking water, snacks and friends.  Meals and local potable water will be
provided, donations gladly accepted to help cover costs.

We thank you for taking the time to read this message.  We hope that you
will be able to support the Western Shoshone Nation in their work for
environmental justice, and will attend the gathering.  We look forward to
hearing frm you soon!


SHUNDAHAI


><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><><
SHUNDAHAI NETWORK
"Peace and Harmony with all Creation"
Po Box 6360, Pahrump, NV 89041
Phone:[phone]
Email: [e-mail]
http://www.shundahai.org=20


Shundahai Network is proud to be part of:
US Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons=20
Abolition 2000: A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
People of Color/ Disenfranchised Communities Environmental Health Network
and the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability

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From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) More stories from Hawaii!! (another accident?)
Date: 13 Feb 2001 18:27:39 -0800



Hello, Greetings Nuclear Abolitionists,

Once again, those smart military men and their military machines experience
"unforeseen" troubles. The helicopter accidents took place near a place
where I went to school at (Brigham Young University - Hawaii campus) where
only the US military controls access to which makes it suspicious to begin
with. Stay tuned...!

More stories in our two daily newspapers, where you can see pictures of the
downed Black Hawk helicopters:

Honolulu Advertiser
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/

Honolulu Star-Bulletin
http://www.starbulletin.com/


Thank you.

Richard Salvador
Honolulu, Hawaii


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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: War crimes against Koreans
Date: 14 Feb 2001 13:11:19 -0500

>Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 11:39:57 -0500
>Subject: War crimes against Koreans
>To: [e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>Dear friends:
>
>Below is an appeal from the Korea Truth Commission on U.S. Military
>Massacres of Civilians.  We are sending this to you because of your
>endorsement of the ICPJ  DECLARATION AND CALL TO ACTION FOR SOLIDARITY WITH
>THE KOREAN PEOPLE,FOR REUNIFICATION OF KOREA, FOR REMOVAL OF U.S. TROOPS
>AND
>BASES FROM KOREA or because of concern you have otherwise expressed about
>this issue.
>
>We urge you to endorse support the important initiative described in the
>following Appeals. (Please respond and return to [e-mail]) Among many
>groups that have endorsed initially, are: International Center for Peace
>and
>Justice; World Peace Council, International Peace Bureau; Pax Romana,
>Geneva; Austrian Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR). There are numerous
>national organizations in the U.S. and from around the world including
>several national peace committees including the U.S. Peace Council,  EEDYE,
>Australian Peace Committee (south Australia), Peace Council of Aotearoa,
>New
>Zealand, German Peace Committee, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms (Canada),
>etc.
>
>The International Jurists so far include among others: Edith Ballantyne,
>Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Swiss);Ismael
>Guadalupe,
>Committee for Rescue and Development of Vieques (Puerto Rico); Thomas
>Gumbleton, Bishop, Detroit Diocese of the Catholic Church of USA; George
>Hage MP, French National Parliament (France); Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel Peace
>Laureate (Guatemala); Peter Shaw, Korean War Vet, Veterans for Peace (USA);
>Elmar Schmaehling, former German Navy Admiral, PDS (Germany);Dr. Dave
>Dellinger, Co-chair, Toward Freedom (USA); Ambassador Benjamin Dupuy, Haiti
>Progres (Haiti); Chen Jifeng, Secretary General, Chinese People's
>Association for Peace and Disarmament (China); Anselmo Lee, Secretary
>General, Pax Romana (Korea); Angeles Maestro, Spanish National Parliament
>(Spain); Michiel Maertens, Federal Parliament of Belgium Senate (Belgium);
>Rae Street, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (England); Dr. Rosalie
>Bertell,
>Founder, Int'l Institute of Concern for Public Health (Canada); Eun Young
>Chung, chairperson, Nogun Ri Massacre Task Force (South Korea);=20
>Henry Alleg, former co-editor of French Daily, Lumanite (Algerie); Karen
>Talbot, International Center for Peace and Justice (USA); Lucius Walker,
>Pastors for Peace (USA); Brian Willson, Veterans for Peace (USA); Suh Sung,
>a South Korean long-term (20years) political prisoner, Professor of Law,
>Ritsumeikan University in Japan (Korean-Japanese.=20
>
>Sincerely,
>Karen Talbot
>International Center for Peace and Justice (ICPJ)
>-------------
>
>Help the People's Investigation of U.S. War Crimes
>Against Korea=20
>
>Join International Grass Roots Groups Organizing for
>War Crimes Tribunal,=20
>June 23rd, NEW YORK CITY
>
>           LIST YOUR GROUP AS AN ENDORSER!
>
>        Since September of 1999, evidences of more than 160
>instances of US-led military attacks on more than 2.5
>million Korean non-combatants (Washington Post, June
>13, 2000 ) during the Korean War have surfaced.=20
>Hundreds of thousands of children, women, and elderly
>people are believed to have been massacred as a result
>of orders from the top U.S. military leadership. =20
>Because of the anti-communist/right wing atmosphere
>whipped up during the McCarthy era, an anti-war
>opposition in the United States never developed, and
>the U.S mass media never revealed these horrific
>crimes.  Consequently, Washington and its long series
>of south Korean client regimes have been able to
>suppress the Korean people's cry for justice.
>
>        On June 23rd, 2001 Koreans (including some who are
>survivors of such attacks) from both north and south
>Korea, and from Canada, Europe, Japan, the United
>States and other Korean communities around the world,
>will meet in New York City to take part in a war
>crimes tribunal.  The tribunal will be the culmination
>of a people's investigation of the role of the US-led
>military in massacres of civilians during the war. =20
> =20
>       The investigation has included a series of
>trips to south Korea during which activists visited
>massacre sites, interviewed survivors, and saw
>evidences that refuted the U.S. contention that the
>numbers of  Korean civilians killed by US-led troops
>during the war have been exaggerated, and that any
>killings were not due to commanders=92 orders but to
>panic and  inexperience of the troops. =20
>       =20
>        The investigation teams to south Korea also attended
>demonstrations protesting the continued division of
>Korea and the continued presence of 37,000 U.S. troops
>who have committed more than 100,000 crimes against
>civilians since 1953.  Due to the notorious U.S.=92
>arbitrary agreement with its client south Korean
>regimes on the status of U.S. troops, only less than 1
>% of those despicable crimes have been brought to
>Korean legal systems.
>
>        The participants from both Koreas and overseas Korean
>communities will be joined by former US Attorney
>General Ramsey Clark and other progressive and anti
>war activists throughout the country.  Representatives
>from the 15 other countries that participated in the
>war will also be present.  They will put the U.S.
>government, particularly the Washington DC war-makers,
>on trial for their crimes against the Korean people.
>
>        TO ENDORSE THE CALL for the June 23rd War Crimes
>Tribunal=20
>        e-mail [e-mail]
>        [e-mail] (and type Korea War Crimes
>Tribunal in the subject line.)
>
>
>CALL TO ACTION
>
>       =20
>        In September of 1999, the Associated Press began
>publishing a series of articles resulting from a long
>investigation of a massacre that took place at the
>south Korean village of NoGun-ri in July of 1950. =20
>Hundreds of villagers were pinned beneath a bridge for
>3 days as US military forces strafed them from
>aircraft, mowed them down with machine gun fire, and
>fired mortars at them.  It is believed that some 400
>villagers were massacred.  This My Lai-like episode
>was only the most prominent among many that were
>brought out by the AP in the ensuing months.  There is
>evidence that the mass executions of perhaps 100,000
>prisoners by the south Korean regime were carried out
>with the complicity of their commanders/sponsors in
>Washington DC.   What emerged in the AP series and
>from other sources was not "mistakes by panic stricken
>troops" as the current US investigation of NoGun-ri
>implies - but rather a systematic campaign of
>extermination that targeted the broad and progressive
>Korean resistance movement.  What happened in Korea is
>scarcely different than  the carnage at the Highway of
>Death during the U.S. war against Iraq in 1991, the
>U.S. bombing of a pharmaceutical factory in August of
>1998 in Sudan, or the bombing of civilians in Panama
>or Yugoslavia.
>=20
>
>        The Korea Truth Commission, and International Action
>Center to investigate U.S. War Crimes, have jointly
>called for this important war crimes tribunal in order
>to expose the true nature of the U.S. war against
>Korea.  However this call for action is not for the
>sake of accusation regarding the past, but for a TRUE
>RECONCILIATION which will be possible only after the
>truth is fully told.
>=20
>        Only a people's campaign in solidarity with the
>Korean fight for truth, self-determination and justice
>can succeed in revealing the whole truth about the war
>the U.S. illegally waged 50 years ago, and  end the
>division of Korea and the continued presence 37,000
>U.S. troop in south Korea.  We invite your
>organization to endorse this historic event and join
>us  in New York City, on June 23rd.
>
>
>        TO ENDORSE THE CALL for the June 23rd War Crimes
>Tribunal=20
>        e-mail : [e-mail]
>                     [e-mail]=20
>                           (and type Korea War Crimes
>Tribunal in the subject line.)
>
>      Or fill out the following form:
>      ___ Yes, add my name/my organization's name to
>the endorsers' list for June 23rd.
>      Name:
>_____________________________________________________
>      Name of organization:
>_____________________________________
>      (* if for identification purposes only)
>       =20
>      ____ Yes, I can contribute to help this
>mobilization (suggested donation for endorsing
>organizations: $100, $50, or $25 depending on ability;
>donations can be sent to the KTC)
>           Korea Truth Commission
>              #255071981-27434129
>           Chevy Chase Bank, 2351
>           Randolp Road, Silver Spring
>           MD 20906, U.S.A
>
>      ____ Yes, I can organize transportation to NYC
>and be an organizing center for the mobilization.
>      ____ Please send me literature by mail to help
>promote the June 23rd Tribunal.
>
>     =20
>     Yours in solidarity,
>=20
>   =20
>   Rev. Kiyul Chung, Secretary General          =20
>   Korea Truth Commission
>   733, 15th St. NW, Suite 515, Washington DC, 20005
>   email: [e-mail]         =20
>   web: http:// www.koreatruthcommission.org      =20
>          (will be available by the end of Jan.)   =20
>   phone: [phone]=20
>   fax : [phone]                       =20
>
>  Mr. Ramsey Clark (former US Attorney General)=20
>  International Action Center
>  39 West 14th Street, Room 206=20
>  New York, NY 10011 =20
>  email: [e-mail]
>  web: http://www.iacenter.org
>  phone: [phone]     =20
>  fax: [phone]
>
>CALL TO ACTION
>BY
>KOREA TRUTH COMMISSION / INTERNATIONAL ACTION CENTER
>   =20
>
>Help the People's Investigation of U.S. War Crimes
>Against Korea=20
>
>Join International Grass Roots Groups Organizing for
>War Crimes Tribunal,=20
>June 23rd, NEW YORK CITY
>
>WE INVITE YOU/YOUR ORGANIZATION=92S DELEGATION TO JOIN
>US IN THIS HISTORIC PEOPLE=92S TRIBUNAL
>
>        Since September of 1999, evidences of more than 160
>instances of US-led military attacks on more than 2.5
>million Korean non-combatants (Washington Post, June
>13, 2000 ) during the Korean War have surfaced.=20
>Hundreds of thousands of children, women, and elderly
>people are believed to have been massacred as a result
>of orders from the top U.S. military leadership. =20
>Because of the anti-communist/right wing atmosphere
>whipped up during the McCarthy era, an anti-war
>opposition in the United States never developed, and
>the U.S mass media never revealed these horrific
>crimes.  Consequently, Washington and its long series
>of south Korean client regimes have been able to
>suppress the Korean people's cry for justice.
>
>        On June 23rd, 2001 Koreans (including some who are
>survivors of such attacks) from both north and south
>Korea, and from Canada, Europe, Japan, the United
>States and other Korean communities around the world,
>will meet in New York City to take part in a war
>crimes tribunal.  The tribunal will be the culmination
>of a people's investigation of the role of the US-led
>military in massacres of civilians during the war.=20
>
>         The investigation has included a series of
>trips to south Korea during which activists visited
>massacre sites, interviewed survivors, and saw
>evidences that refuted the U.S. contention that the
>numbers of  Korean civilians killed by US-led troops
>during the war have been exaggerated, and that any
>killings were not due to commanders=92 orders but to
>panic and inexperience of the troops. =20
>       =20
>        The investigation teams to south Korea also attended
>demonstrations protesting the continued division of
>Korea and the continued presence of 37,000 U.S. troops
>who have committed more than 100,000 crimes against
>civilians since 1953.  Due to the notorious U.S.
>arbitrary agreement with its client south Korean
>regimes on the status of U.S. troops, only less than 1
>% of those despicable crimes have been brought to
>Korean legal systems.
>
>        The participants from both Koreas and overseas Korean
>communities will be joined by former US Attorney
>General Ramsey Clark and other progressive and anti
>war activists throughout the country.  Representatives
>from the 15 other countries that participated in the
>war will also be present.  They will put the U.S.
>government, particularly the Washington DC war-makers,
>on trial for their crimes against the Korean people.
>
>JOIN US IN THE HISTORIC EFFORT TO BRING TRUTH TO LIGHT!
>                =20
>        In September of 1999, the Associated Press began
>publishing a series of articles resulting from a long
>investigation of a massacre that took place at the
>south Korean village of NoGun-ri in July of 1950. =20
>Hundreds of villagers were pinned beneath a bridge for
>3 days as US military forces strafed them from
>aircraft, mowed them down with machine gun fire, and
>fired mortars at them.  It is believed that some 400
>villagers were massacred.  This My Lai-like episode
>was only the most prominent among many that were
>brought out by the AP in the ensuing months.  There is
>evidence that the mass executions of perhaps 100,000
>prisoners by the south Korean regime were carried out
>with the complicity of their commanders/sponsors in
>Washington DC.   What emerged in the AP series and
>from other sources was not "mistakes by panic stricken
>troops" as the current US investigation of NoGun-ri
>implies - but rather a systematic campaign of
>extermination that targeted the broad and progressive
>Korean resistance movement.  What happened in Korea is
>scarcely different than  the carnage at the Highway of
>Death during the U.S. war against Iraq in 1991, the
>U.S. bombing of a pharmaceutical factory in August of
>1998 in Sudan, or the bombing of civilians in Panama
>or Yugoslavia.
>=20
>
>        The Korea Truth Commission, and International Action
>Center to investigate U.S. War Crimes, have jointly
>called for this important war crimes tribunal in order
>to expose the true nature of the U.S. war against
>Korea.  However this call for action is not for the
>sake of accusation regarding the past, but for a TRUE
>RECONCILIATION which will be possible only after the
>truth is fully told.
>=20
>        Only a people's campaign in solidarity with the
>Korean fight for truth, self-determination and justice
>can succeed in revealing the whole truth about the war
>the U.S. illegally waged 50 years ago, and  end the
>division of Korea and the continued presence 37,000
>U.S. troop in south Korea.  We invite your
>organization to endorse this historic event and join
>us  in New York City, on June 23rd.
>
>
> TO JOIN THE TRIBUNAL in the June 23rd War Crimes
>Tribunal,  Please let us know by email that you want
>to join US:=20
>       =20
>                   [e-mail]
>                             Or
>                   [e-mail]=20
>                    (and type Korea War Crimes
>Tribunal in the subject line.)
>
>      Or fill out the following form:
>      ___ Yes, add my name/my organization's name to
>the participant' list for June 23rd and Peace March
>June 24th =AD 25th.
>      Name:
>_____________________________________________________
>      Name of organization:
>_____________________________________
>      (* if for identification purposes only)
>       =20
>      ____ Yes, I can contribute to help this
>mobilization (suggested donation for endorsing
>organizations:$100, $50, or $25 depending on ability;
>donations can be sent to the KTC)
>             Korea Truth Commission
>             #255071981-27434129
>             Chevy Chase Bank, 2351
>             Randolp Road, Silver Spring
>             MD 20906, U.S.A
>      ____ Yes, I can organize transportation to NYC
>and be an organizing center for the mobilization.
>      ____ Please send me literature by mail to help
>promote the June 23rd Tribunal.
>
>     =20
>     Yours in solidarity,
>=20
>   =20
>   Rev. Kiyul Chung, Secretary General          =20
>   Korea Truth Commission
>   733, 15th St. NW, Suite 515, Washington DC, 20005
>   email: [e-mail]         =20
>   web: http:// www.koreatruthcommission.org      =20
>          (will be available by the end of Jan.)   =20
>   phone: [phone]=20
>   fax : [phone]                       =20
>
>  Mr. Ramsey Clark (former US Attorney General)=20
>  International Action Center
>  39 West 14th Street, Room 206=20
>  New York, NY 10011 =20
>  email: [e-mail]
>  web: http://www.iacenter.org
>  phone: [phone]     =20
>  fax: [phone]
>
>
>As the No gun-ri massacre incident was unraveled via the Associated Press
>in
>September 1999, cries of victims, relatives and witnesses of U.S. soldier's
>atrocities against Korean civilians exploded after fifty years of silence
>and fear. =20
> =20

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From: Rosalie Tyler Paul <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) article on Star Wars corporations on the web
Date: 14 Feb 2001 13:56:53 -0500 (EST)

Kevin - Is the updated information on the Big Four ready yet? We hope to
include it in Peace Talk - deadline 2/20..any chance?
thanks, Rosalie (Peace Action Maine)


>Dear Friends,
>
>In case you missed it in print last September, our article in Z
>Magazine, "The Real Rogues Behind the Star Wars National Misile Defense
>System", is on the web on an interesting site we stumbled upon, Third
>World Traveller.  The url is
>http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Corporations/Real_Rogues.html
>
>We will soon have updated information on the Big Four Star Wars
>corporations, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and TRW, including their
>
>campaign contributions and lobbying expenses in the last year and a list
>
>of their facilities around the country. I'll send out another notice
>when that's ready.
>
>Please excuse any mutliple postings.
>
>In Peace,
>
>Kevin Martin
>Director, Project Abolition
>
>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Star Wars, Nader, and imperialism
Date: 14 Feb 2001 12:24:48 -0500

Dear Friends,
Here's some food for thought below.  As we battle to slow down and reverse
the outrageous juggernaut for missile defense, let us try to point out that
it's not about defense--its about "dominating and controlling the military
use of space to protect US interests and investments"--in the words of the
US Space Command's Vision 2020 document.  You can print it out at
http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace/index.htm (click on Vision 2020). I urge
that you forward copies of it to your elected leaders and ask them if this
is what they think America should be about in the 21st Century.  Also, does
anyone seriously believe that we won't have competition in space from
Russia and China?  Do you think they will give us free reign to rule the
world?  That's the same kind of thinking that thought we could monopolize
the secret of the bomb--we all know how long that lasted!!  Let's prevent
an arms race in space.  Keep that last frontier for peace--and don't let
them get away with calling it "missile defense".  Alice Slater


Complete article at http://www.monthlyreview.org/201editr.htm

The unlikely postelection contest between Al Gore and George W. Bush,
     which ultimately led to the anointing of Bush as president by the
     Republican majority on the US Supreme Court (despite the fact that
   Bush received fewer popular votes than Gore both in the United States
     as a whole and most likely in Florida as well--the state that gave
       Bush his electoral college win), has tended to erase all other
   developments associated with the election. But all of this should not
    cause us to forget that the Ralph Nader Green Party campaign for the
    presidency was arguably the most extraordinary phenomenon in US left
    politics in many years. On election day he drew nearly three million
        votes, representing about 3 percent of the vote. Even former
    Vice-President Henry Wallace did not fare so well in his third-party
      run for the presidency in 1948, the last progressive third-party
     presidential campaign of this nature and magnitude. Although exit
     polls show that Nader received few racial minority votes (a major
    weakness of his campaign), he nonetheless drew his strongest support
    from those without a college education, those with incomes less than
        thirty thousand dollars a year, and those without full-time
employment. Until the intense scare campaign instigated by the
      Democrats in the final two weeks before the election, Nader was
            getting as much as 7 percent in some tracking polls.

     Nader ran quite far to the left on issue after issue; this was no
     warmed-over version of mainstream liberal Democratic politics. The
     Green platform was an antineoliberal progressive platform that any
      socialist could support openly. At the same time, Nader enjoyed
      tremendous and enthusiastic crowds on the campaign trail, often
       appearing before paying crowds that ranged from ten to fifteen
    thousand with hardly any advance work. Were there no public opinion
    polls, one who merely watched the size and nature of crowd responses
    to the candidates on the campaign trail might have thought Nader the
    likely winner or at least a strong contender for victory. Moreover,
     these crowds were dominated by young people. Such a response would
               have been unthinkable one or two decades ago.

   Nader was the best-suited and arguably the only feasible candidate to
     make a progressive third-party run in 2000. He came of age in the
   1960s when progressive political figures had some opportunity to gain
   exposure in the media culture; he has long been a household name. (As
    Nader notes, with the rightward shift of our political landscape and
the hypercommercialism of our media culture, serious progressive
      critics of the status quo have had far less opportunity to gain
    national exposure in the past two decades, unless they are political
     humorists like Michael Moore or people who become celebrities for
    other reasons and then discuss politics, like Susan Sarandon.) He is
      also highly regarded for a list of accomplishments in the public
   interest that is nothing short of stunning. Nader turned to electoral
      politics only when it became clear that the degree of corporate
   domination over both parties made the sort of public interest work he
   did nearly impossible to pursue with any hope of success. Nader is not
    a socialist, but he is a principled democrat who has the courage to
   call for sweeping reforms in the political economy when it is apparent
       that corporate domination and class inequality are undermining
      democracy. Nader spoke brilliantly in plain language to everyday
     Americans from a range of backgrounds about the need for sweeping
           structural reform, a lost art among many on the left.

      The issue that was the foundation of the Nader campaign was his
   opposition to the World Trade Organization (WTO), North American Free
   Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the entirety of the global procapitalist
   trade, investment, and regulatory system. Unlike nationalist opponents
     of the WTO like Pat Buchanan, Nader's opposition was on democratic
grounds: these agencies were not subject to popular control in the
   United States or elsewhere and were therefore illegitimate. Moreover,
    Nader was and is arguably the world's foremost expert on exactly how
     these institutions of global capitalism are generating disastrous
   results across the planet for workers, consumers, and the environment.
   Nader and the Greens also favored deep cuts in the US military budget
   and apparatus and opposed US material support for reactionary regimes
   and policies around the world. Nader, who drew 19 percent of the total
    Muslim vote (72 percent of which went to Bush), declared that there
        will be no peace in the Middle East "without justice for the
   Palestinians." In sum, Nader and the Greens offered a progressive and
        nonimperialist foreign policy that was decidedly outside the
       "bipartisan consensus" that is almost never debated in the US
                              electoral arena.

    This is a point that merits consideration because the discussion of
    the Nader campaign, even on the left, has focused almost entirely on
    his critique of the domestic imbalance of power, giving very slight
   attention the international aspects. The United States is the dominant
   imperial power in the world and this is the central unspoken truth of
    our times. In the global capitalist order, the US state has a number
    of responsibilities: to keep the system functioning; to control the
underlying populations; to safeguard the United States as the center
    of the international financial system; to maintain the United States
    (and, specifically, US capitalists/corporations) in the top perch in
   the imperialist pecking order; and to prevent countries from breaking
       away from the system of global controls. For these reasons, in
    addition to domestic pressure from the military-industrial complex,
      the United States maintains, by a very wide margin, the world's
   largest military, though it has no rival whatsoever in any traditional
      sense. Although the wider foreign policy implications of Nader's
       campaign were almost never reported in the media, they clearly
               represented a threat to the global status quo.

    Indeed, Nader the candidate never got the opportunity to communicate
    these or any other positions to the great mass of Americans because
      his campaign was absolutely butchered in the news media. Nader's
      coverage in the New York Times resembled, in some respects, the
     coverage Andrei Sakharov got from Pravda and Izvestia back in the
     1970s. This should be no surprise but it was sobering nonetheless.
   Without gobs of money to purchase TV advertising--the lingua franca of
    US politics--or, better yet, without the sort of massive grassroots
   operation that could overcome the media blackout, many citizens never
    had any idea that Nader was running vigorously or what his positions
were on the issues he was addressing. (If the winner of the election
   were determined by who spent the least for each of their votes or who
   received the least amount of news coverage per vote, Nader would have
   won in a landslide.) Most of the media attention Nader did receive was
   obsessed with how his candidacy would affect the fortunes of Democrat
      Al Gore. This was true even on the left and among progressives.
      Numerous leftists who supported Nader on the issues opposed his
     candidacy, often with startling bitterness, because it would take
   votes away from Gore, the "lesser of two evils"--which became a mantra
        to a greater extent than any time since 1968. The 2000 race
   highlighted again how the US electoral laws have a deeply conservative
      and undemocratic bias that increases dramatically the degree of
            difficulty for both third parties and progressives.

     In our view, the Nader campaign was the electoral side of the mass
    organizing that produced the extraordinary demonstrations in Seattle
      in 1999 and in Washington, DC, and at the two national political
       conventions in 2000. As with those demonstrations, there is no
      guarantee that this upsurge in activism will produce a sustained
   movement capable of fundamentally changing the existing order. But we
   believe the evidence suggests that there are new openings for popular
   left organizing in the United States, and that the chance to organize
for progressive electoral candidates is better than at any time in
    memory. It is possible that a left electoral movement can, within a
    generation, become a dominant political force in the nation. It may
   not be an explicitly socialist movement that will invoke the icons of
        the left that MR readers cut their teeth on but it will be a
       progressive anticorporate movement by any measure. There is an
   important and necessary role for the socialist left in this movement.
      The implications of these developments go well beyond the United
      States, in view of the US role as the dominant global capitalist
   power. If a viable prodemocracy, anti-imperialist movement can emerge
    here, it will improve the possibilities dramatically for socialists
                        and progressives worldwide.

Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
http://www.gracelinks.org
GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network for the elimination
nuclear weapons.

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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NINE DAYS TILL BLAIR SEES BUSH - WRITE  NO STAR WARS NOW
Date: 15 Feb 2001 14:52:17 +1100

NINE DAYS TILL BLAIR SEES BUSH - WRITE NO  STAR WARS NOW

(Apologies for multiple postings - delete the excess copies, but DO pass
this on to all who might be interested)

Dear All who are concerned over NMD/Star Wars:

British prime minister Tony Blair will be visiting President Bush on 23-24
Feb, at Camp David.

That's in nine days.

There is not much time to influence him before he goes.

High on the list of topics they talk about will be NMD/Star Wars.

The position of the UK is absolutely vital for NMD/Star Wars to proceed, as
it requires use of the Fylingdales facility, and the new SBIRS (Space-based
infrared Satellite) facility at Menwith Hill.

There is a possibility that Blair may cave in  to Bush's demands to make
use of these facilities for NMD.

You are therefore urged to write/fax prime minister Tony Blair (especially
if you are in the UK), asking him to strongly oppose national missile
defence during his visit. (Fax number  [phone])

A sample letter is below. Please rewrite/shorten this creatively.

If you are in the US, you are urged to write to President Bush,(Letter
below), asking him not to proceed with NMD/Star Wars.  (Sample Letter
below, also on
http://www.abolition2000.org/action/saynotostarwars.html)


The letter to Tony Blair is based on one on the BASIC website, to all non -
US governments.  You can adapt that letter if you live outside either the
US OR the UK.

That letter can be found on:
<http://www.basicint.org/NMDpage.htm#Debate in European Governments>


1) SUGGESTED LETTER TO TONY BLAIR
Send this if you are outside the US, especially if you are in the UK -
Please customise it creatively


Re: Please Convey Opposition to Missile Defence Scheme

Dear Tony Blair,

I am writing to you in view of your forthcoming visit to President Bush on
Feb 23-24.

I urge you to express as strongly as possible the opposition of the UK to
any NMD system, and to refuse use of the Menwith Hill and Fylingdales
facilities and any other UK facilities for this purpose.

The deployment of NMD and TMD (Theater Missile defence) will have serious
implications for the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Russia and China
have made it clear that they will increase their own nuclear offensive
capabilities in order to counter NMD. This will set back attempts to reduce
nuclear weapons severely and may lead to another nuclear arms race.
Serious developments in this direction are already taking place.  China has
additional concerns over the possible use of theatre missile defence  in
Taiwan.

In addition, the deployment of NMD will either completely destroy or
fundamentally weaken the Anti- Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, seen
internationally as the cornerstone of international arms control. This will
have serious consequences for maintaining and strengthening other
international agreements such as Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

NMD has been opposed by a wide range of organisations and groups, ranging
from 354 major NGOs representing millions of people worldwide, to 50 of the
US Nobel prize-winners in physics, to generals and church congregations. It
has also been opposed by every major international grouping represented in
the UN General Assembly.

For all of these reasons, I urge you to use all the diplomatic influence at
your disposal, particularly in your forthcoming visit,  to impress upon the
incoming Bush administration the UK's opposition to the NMD system.

I also urge you to make clear to the Bush administration that your
government will refuse to
cooperate in any way with the NMD scheme, and that the use of The SBIRS
facility at Menwith Hill,Fylingdales, and other UK facilities will not be
permitted for it.

NMD is a scheme that is unlikely ever to work, against a threat that may
never materialize and that, in any case, is better dealt with in other
ways. It will cost billions better spent elsewhere, and will make
further progress toward the total and unequivocal elimination of nuclear
weapons - an objective to which the United States as well as all other
governments are committed - much more difficult, if not impossible.

I therefore urge you to impress on the US government the importance of not
proceeding with NMD, but rather of proceeding with the Bush administrations
other major committments in nuclear arms control , namely deep cuts in
warhead numbers,   and of reductions in alert status of strategic weapons
systems.

(Signed)

(Your name)


(2) SUGGESTED LETTER TO BUSH, POWELL, RICE, RUMSFELD
Send this if you are in the United States - Please customise creatively

Customise and adapt/rewrite this creatively please.

TO:
GEORGE BUSH, PRESIDENT,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201,

COLIN POWELL, SECRETARY OF STATE, [phone],
CONDOLEEZA RICE,
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER,  1-202-456-2883,
DONALD RUMSFELD, SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE,
[phone],

RE: PLEASE CANCEL MISSILE DEFENCE SCHEME

Dear President George Bush, Secretary for Defence Rumsfeld, Security
Adviser Condoleeza Rice, and Secretary of State Colin Powell,

I am writing to you to convey my dismay that your administration may
proceed with an enlarged version of  the ill-concieved 'National Missile
Defence' ('Star Wars') scheme.

The deployment of NMD will make it much harder, if not impossible, to
achieve vital arms control objectives. Russia and China have made it clear
that they will increase their own nuclear offensive capabilities in order
to counter NMD. This will set back attempts to reduce nuclear weapons
severely and may lead to another nuclear arms race.

National Missile Defence in its current form,  has failed two out of its
three operational tests and has been critiqued by the US scientific
establishment as fundamentally flawed.

More importantly, Russia and China as well as the US's own allies have made
it clear that they regard the preservation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty as paramount.   The ABM treaty cannot be modified in a way that
would allow the deployment of NMD, and the US should not walk away from it.

NMD has been opposed by groups ranging from 354 major NGOs representing
millions of people worldwide, to 50 of the US's Nobel prizewinners in
physics, to generals and church people.

Non-US governments  worldwide,  including close US allies, have strongly
opposed NMD.

NMD is a scheme  that is unlikely ever to work, against a threat that may
never materialize and that is in any case better dealt with in other ways.
It will cost billions better spent elsewhere, and will make further
progress toward the total and unequivocal elimination of nuclear weapons -
an objective to which the US as well as all other governments are committed
- much more difficult if not impossible.

I therefore urge you to drop the NMD proposal and to focus your efforts on
the vital objectives of deep reductions in warhead numbers, and reductions
in the alert status of weapons, to which you committed yourself during your
campaign.
(Signed)  (Your name)


3) March 1999 Press release re Menwith Hill SBIRS facility

PRESS RELEASE

HMG [Her Majesty's Government] and the United Sates Government are pleased
to announce that the European Relay Ground Station (RGS-E) for the new Space
Based Infra-Red System (SBIRS) will be established at RAF Menwith Hill.  The
RGS-E will provide additional relay capility of SBIRS, and its establishment
at RAF Menwith Hill will capitalise on the existing infrastructure.  HMG
welcomes the opportunity to strengthen US/UK co-operation in this field.

SBIRS is the world-wide satellite-based system providing early warning of
ballistic missile launches.  It has been developed to upgrade the ageing US
Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite system.

Construction will include a one-storey 10,000 square feet concrete and steel
building adjacent to and architecturally blending with the existing
building.  Up to four new radomes approximately 60 feet in height and
similar to the existing radomes [there are now 29] will also be required.
Local planning consent will be sought in the usual way.  ENDS


4) Websites where you can get more information on letters to send to world
leaders:

The abolition 2000 website is:

http://www.abolition2000.org/action/saynotostarwars.html

The letter on the BASIC website is:

<http://www.basicint.org/NMDpage.htm#Debate in European Governments>

An online petition to stop star- wars is to be found at:

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Jules/


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: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Scientists' + Engineers' Pledge! Press release! Great News!
Date: 15 Feb 2001 22:54:34 -0800

Los Alamos Study Group * Natural Resources Defense Council
* Tri-Valley CAREs * Western States Legal Foundation

for further information:
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs, [phone]
Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group, [phone]
Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, [phone]

PLEDGE DRIVE ASKS SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO RENOUNCE WORK ON NUCLEAR,
OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED
THIS WEEK AT THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO

************
Press Conference With Nuclear "Watchdog" Organizations and Scientists
to be Held Saturday, February 17, 10 AM at the San Francisco Press Club,
312 Sutter Street, S.F., (note new location)

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

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Leaders of organizations that monitor the U.S. nuclear
weapons complex are asking academics, students and technical professionals
attending this week's meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science (AAAS) to sign a Scientists' and Engineers' Pledge
vowing "never to participate in the design, development, testing,
production targeting or use of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons..."

"The time has come for scientists to pledge themselves to renounce work on
weapons of mass destruction," declared Dr. Joseph Rotblat, the Nobel
Laureate and physicist who left the Manhattan Project for reasons of
conscience. Rotblat is one of the initial signers of the Scientists' and
Engineers' Pledge.

"I fully endorse your campaign... At a time when science plays such a
powerful role in the life of society, when the whole destiny of mankind may
hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all
scientists to be fully conscious of that role and conduct themselves
accordingly. I appeal to my fellow scientists to remember their
responsibility to humanity," Rotblat wrote to the four organizations
launching the pledge campaign, echoing his 1995 acceptance speech for the
Nobel Peace Prize.

The Pledge sponsors will be staffing a booth at the AAAS meeting in San
Francisco.

The organizations originating the Pledge campaign are: Natural Resources
Defense Council (Washington, DC), Los Alamos Study Group (Santa Fe, NM),
Tri-Valley CAREs (Livermore, CA) and Western States Legal Foundation
(Oakland, CA). "This is part of a multi-faceted, international campaign to
discourage people from working on nuclear weapons," explained Greg Mello,
director of the Los Alamos Study Group, which monitors the Department of
Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons design labs in New Mexico. "The so-called
'Stockpile Stewardship' program at the labs is nuclear weapons work, no
matter how it's disguised," Mello added.


"Scientist and engineers today need to know that the U.S. nuclear weapons
laboratories are busy developing new, destabilizing nuclear weapons,
including earth penetrating 'mini-nukes' and re-designed, more accurate
long-range warheads," said Marylia Kelley, executive director of Tri-Valley
CAREs, a Livermore, CA-based "watchdog" group that monitors activities at
the DOE's nearby Lawrence Livermore National Lab.

"The effort of these labs to recast their work on nuclear weapons as
'nuclear weapons science' does not change the essential fact that these
institutions are continuing to develop nuclear weapons," declared
Christopher Paine, senior researcher for NRDC's nuclear program.

The groups originating this Pledge campaign will combine educational
activities to raise awareness of the guises under which nuclear weapons
work hides, including in the U.S. through its "Stockpile Stewardship"
program, with a clarion call to spark the consciences of scientists and
engineers. In addition to the Pledge, the campaign will utilize giant
billboards and direct outreach to University and laboratory researchers.

Dr. Julian Borrill, an astrophysicist at DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National
Lab and board member of the Western States Legal Foundation in Oakland, CA,
summed up the moral responsibility of today's technical professionals: "As
scientists and engineers, we are in a unique position to bring about the
demise of weapons of mass destruction. These weapons cannot exist without
us -- we design them, we manufacture them, we test them, we maintain them
and we deploy them. We make them possible, and, if we choose to, we can
make them impossible." Dr. Borrill will be speaking at the press conference
Saturday.

Other scientists joining the public interest groups in person at the press
conference Saturday morning include Dr. Charles Schwartz, Professor of
Physics Emeritus at U.C. Berkeley and Dr. Andreas Toupadakis, a nuclear
chemist who left the DOE labs last year upon the discovery that his
research was being used for weapons. Dr. Zia Mian, a prominent research
scientist at Princeton University, will join by phone.

Initial signers of the Pledge include, Dr. Joseph Rotblat, Nobel Laureate;
Dr. Michio Kaku, Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics, City
University of New York; Dr. Charles Schwartz, Professor of Physics
Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley;  Dr. Andreas Toupadakis,
former Staff Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory and
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Dr. Pervez Hodbhoy, Visiting
Professor, Theory Group for Quarks, Hadrons and Nuclei, University of
Maryland;  and, Dr. Zia Mian, Research Scientist, Princeton University.

                                                                -- 30 --

A copy of the Scientist' and Engineers' Pledge to Renounce Weapons of Mass
Destruction will be posted on the sponsoring groups' web sites. I believe
it is already up on www.lasg.org and www.wslfweb.org. It will be on our web
site very soon! --Marylia




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

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

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

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
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: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Senate email only, 2001
Date: 15 Feb 2001 16:00:39 -0500

Senate email addresses, February 15, 2001,
by order of state:

(For fax, phone, website also, see http://prop1.org/prop1/senate.htm)

[e-mail],
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------

Missing emails as yet:

Carper, Thomas (NEW-Delaware)
email access through website
Dirksen B40-3
202-228-2190 fx | 202-224-2441 ph
http://carper.senate.gov

Nelson, Bill (NEW-Florida)
Hart 818 temp
202-228-2183 fx | 202-224-5274 ph
http://billnelson.senate.gov/

Miller, Zell (NEW-Georgia)
email through website
Dirksen 257
202-228-2090 fx | 202-224-3643 ph
http://miller.senate.gov/

Dayton, Mark (NEW-Minnesota)
No email yet
202-228-2186 fx | 202-224-3244 ph
http://dayton.senate.gov/

Nelson, Ben (NEW-Nebraska)
202-228-0012 fx | 202-224-6551 ph
Legislative Aide: 2/2001
no email or website yet 2/2001

Corzine, Jon (NEW-New Jersey)
U.S. Senate (Dirksen SOB), Washington DC 20510
202-228-2197 fx | 202-224-4744 ph
no email or website yet 2/2001


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From: Joseph Gerson <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Senate email only, 2001
Date: 16 Feb 2001 09:19:20 -0500

2/16
Ellen,
    Thank you so much for sending this out. I'll send it on.
    jg

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 4:01 PM


Senate email addresses, February 15, 2001,
by order of state:

(For fax, phone, website also, see http://prop1.org/prop1/senate.htm)

[e-mail],
[e-mail],
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[e-mail],
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------

Missing emails as yet:

Carper, Thomas (NEW-Delaware)
email access through website
Dirksen B40-3
202-228-2190 fx | 202-224-2441 ph
http://carper.senate.gov

Nelson, Bill (NEW-Florida)
Hart 818 temp
202-228-2183 fx | 202-224-5274 ph
http://billnelson.senate.gov/

Miller, Zell (NEW-Georgia)
email through website
Dirksen 257
202-228-2090 fx | 202-224-3643 ph
http://miller.senate.gov/

Dayton, Mark (NEW-Minnesota)
No email yet
202-228-2186 fx | 202-224-3244 ph
http://dayton.senate.gov/

Nelson, Ben (NEW-Nebraska)
202-228-0012 fx | 202-224-6551 ph
Legislative Aide: 2/2001
no email or website yet 2/2001

Corzine, Jon (NEW-New Jersey)
U.S. Senate (Dirksen SOB), Washington DC 20510
202-228-2197 fx | 202-224-4744 ph
no email or website yet 2/2001


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http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm (Senators' Websites)
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html (Representatives' Websites)
http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search)

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Sign Petition for CSD against nuke power
Date: 16 Feb 2001 11:56:00 -0500

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Please sign on by responding to [e-mail].

[e-mail]

Following is the completed text of the Petition to the CSD.

Apologies to those of you who did not receive the text in that mailing.

___________________________________________

>> 12 February 2000
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> We now have agreed on a common text for the Petition Against the
>> Support of Nuclear Technologies at the CSD.  Thanks very much for all
>> your suggestions and support and feedback.
>>
>> Please feel free to circulate it to your networks.  The current text
>> will be distribute to government representatives at the Energy Experts
>> meeting this month in New York [26 Feb. - 2 March].  It will remain open
>> for signatures and then be formally presented to the CSD Bureau and
>> governments at the CSD high-level session [16 - 27 April].
>>
>> The original Petition was presented to the CSD Bureau prior to its
>> October meeting in the Czech Republic.  It was an important component of
>> our successful effort to convince the U.N. to push the organizers of the
>> CSD Energy Exhibition to remove 'nuclear technologies' from the list of
>> potential exhibit categories.
>>
>> It was also presented to the Climate Secretariat, during COP 6, at the
>> Hague.
>>
>> The Petition version that now appears in the included Word file, and in
>> the identical text below, includes the final suggestions from
>> organization such as WISE, NIRS, and the Earth Day Network.  These have
>> been edited into the original document that had been drafted and
>> circulated by Helene Connor of Helio International with input from a
>> number NGOs, particularly Gunnar Olesen [INFORSE], Alice Slater [GRACE],
>> Pincas Jawetz [FFPAI], and Gail Karlsson [CitNet].
>>
>> The (only) substantive additions to the version sent out on 6 February,
>> is a line in paragraph seven, regarding the opposition to nuclear in the
>> CDM by twelve Latin American nations.  That is a matter of record.  In
>> addition, we have removed the reference to the Energy Exhibition that
>> was in the first paragraph, and left it instead in the closing para.
>> It's been replaced it with a warning on the dangers of actions by the
>> CSD.
>>
>> Networks should be informed that positive signers should be sent back to
>> Myrthe Verweij, at WISE-Amsterdam [[e-mail]].  She will
>> record this round of signatures and send the list to us for the final
>> formatting and then the presentations.  Networks should also be reminded
>> that signatures should be BY ORGANIZATIONS NOT BY INDIVIDUALS.
>>
>> Thanks again for everybody's work on this.  I think we have solid
>> document that could make an important contribution in the debate that
>> starts in a few weeks that starts at the CSD.  Best of luck with your
>> efforts.
>>
>> Michael Strauss
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>         Michael Strauss, Media Coordinator
>>             NGO CSD Steering Committee
>>
>> Two U.N. Plaza, room 1782     tel: [phone]
>> New York, N.Y. 10017          tel: [phone]
>> www.csdngo.org/csdngo          [e-mail]
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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        Michael Strauss, Media Coordinator
            NGO CSD Steering Committee

Two U.N. Plaza, room 1782     tel: [phone]
New York, N.Y. 10017          tel: [phone]
www.csdngo.org/csdngo          [e-mail]

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

Petition Against the Support of Nuclear Technologies

TO THE CHAIR AND MEMBER STATES OF
THE U.N. COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT


Dear Sirs and Madams,

We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations, active in environment,
development, disarmament and human rights issues, express our deepest regret
and extreme concern that nuclear energy has been included in the draft agenda
of the ninth session of the U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development, and
that this dangerous and unsustainable technology might, in effect, be given a
fresh start by the actions of the CSD.

We consider any focus which seems to validate nuclear energy to be against
both
the spirit of Agenda 21 and the mandate of the CSD.  Moreover, it is contrary
to the interests of developing countries which require sustainable, mostly
decentralized, low-cost energy systems, adapted both to their needs and the
availability of their capital, labor, and natural resources.  Nuclear power
will not fulfill those requirements.

Nuclear power is not a clean, safe or sustainable energy source.  Worldwide,
nuclear power has been plagued by high cost, erratic performance, endemic
technical problems, the risk of catastrophic accidents, and environmental
problems such as routine radiation releases, radioactive waste management and
the high cost of decommissioning.

However, financially-pressed nuclear vendors are eyeing the developing
world as
a ælast gaspÆ market for their products, and are stepping up their lobbying
efforts at U.N. conferences, including the Climate Change negotiations and the
CSD.

Over the past decade in most countries the overwhelming momentum of energy
policy has moved towards phasing out, or not developing nuclear energy in the
first place.  Virtually all countries agreed in November at The Hague, during
the discussions on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change [FCCC], not
to include nuclear energy in projects of the Clean Development Mechanism [CDM]
that will be established under the Kyoto Protocol.

At their last meeting, the governments of the G8 stated their commitment to
ôencourage and facilitate investment in the development and use of sustainable
energy, underpinned by enabling domestic environments, (which) will assist in
mitigating the problems of climate change and air pollution.  To this end, the
increased use of renewable energy sources in particular will improve the
quality of life, especially in developing countries.ö

Non-G8 countries are taking similar positions.  Last year, Turkey cancelled
plans for a nuclear plant at Akkuyu, with its Prime Minister stating that,
ôthe
world is abandoning nuclear power.ö  The countries of AOSIS [the Alliance of
Small Island States] have ôreaffirmed (their) position that nuclear energy
should not be included in the CDMö. [Apia; Aug. 2000].  And, a group of twelve
Latin American nations made clear, in discussions on the Convention, that they
ôdo not accept the use of nuclear power as an energy source alternative in
project-based activities.ö [FCCC/SB/2000/4; 1 Aug. 2000].

Therefore, we urge you to preserve the integrity of the CSD process by
ensuring
that any indications of support for non-sustainable energy technologies,
particularly nuclear energy, are excluded from CSD 9 debates, exhibitions and
other activities.  The CSD should focus on promoting clean, secure and
sustainable forms of energy for the welfare of present and future generations,
as per the aim of     Agenda 21.

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From: Karina Holyoak Wood <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Scientists' + Engineers' Pledge! Press release! Great News!
Date: 16 Feb 2001 00:55:19 -0600

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Hi Marylia, this is excellent! Good luck tomorrow. I hope to read about
in in the newspaper...
best regards,
Karina.

marylia wrote:
>=20
> Los Alamos Study Group * Natural Resources Defense Council
> * Tri-Valley CAREs * Western States Legal Foundation
>=20
> for further information:
> Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs, [phone]
> Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group, [phone]
> Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, [phone]
>=20
> PLEDGE DRIVE ASKS SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO RENOUNCE WORK ON NUCLEAR,
> OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHE=
D
> THIS WEEK AT THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
> MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO
>=20
> ************
> Press Conference With Nuclear "Watchdog" Organizations and Scientists
> to be Held Saturday, February 17, 10 AM at the San Francisco Press Club=
,
> 312 Sutter Street, S.F., (note new location)
>=20
> ************
>=20
> SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Leaders of organizations that monitor the U.S. nuc=
lear
> weapons complex are asking academics, students and technical profession=
als
> attending this week's meeting of the American Association for the
> Advancement of Science (AAAS) to sign a Scientists' and Engineers' Pled=
ge
> vowing "never to participate in the design, development, testing,
> production targeting or use of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons.=
.."
>=20
> "The time has come for scientists to pledge themselves to renounce work=
 on
> weapons of mass destruction," declared Dr. Joseph Rotblat, the Nobel
> Laureate and physicist who left the Manhattan Project for reasons of
> conscience. Rotblat is one of the initial signers of the Scientists' an=
d
> Engineers' Pledge.
>=20
> "I fully endorse your campaign... At a time when science plays such a
> powerful role in the life of society, when the whole destiny of mankind=
 may
> hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all
> scientists to be fully conscious of that role and conduct themselves
> accordingly. I appeal to my fellow scientists to remember their
> responsibility to humanity," Rotblat wrote to the four organizations
> launching the pledge campaign, echoing his 1995 acceptance speech for t=
he
> Nobel Peace Prize.
>=20
> The Pledge sponsors will be staffing a booth at the AAAS meeting in San
> Francisco.
>=20
> The organizations originating the Pledge campaign are: Natural Resource=
s
> Defense Council (Washington, DC), Los Alamos Study Group (Santa Fe, NM)=
,
> Tri-Valley CAREs (Livermore, CA) and Western States Legal Foundation
> (Oakland, CA). "This is part of a multi-faceted, international campaign=
 to
> discourage people from working on nuclear weapons," explained Greg Mell=
o,
> director of the Los Alamos Study Group, which monitors the Department o=
f
> Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons design labs in New Mexico. "The so-called
> 'Stockpile Stewardship' program at the labs is nuclear weapons work, no
> matter how it's disguised," Mello added.
>=20
> "Scientist and engineers today need to know that the U.S. nuclear weapo=
ns
> laboratories are busy developing new, destabilizing nuclear weapons,
> including earth penetrating 'mini-nukes' and re-designed, more accurate
> long-range warheads," said Marylia Kelley, executive director of Tri-Va=
lley
> CAREs, a Livermore, CA-based "watchdog" group that monitors activities =
at
> the DOE's nearby Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
>=20
> "The effort of these labs to recast their work on nuclear weapons as
> 'nuclear weapons science' does not change the essential fact that these
> institutions are continuing to develop nuclear weapons," declared
> Christopher Paine, senior researcher for NRDC's nuclear program.
>=20
> The groups originating this Pledge campaign will combine educational
> activities to raise awareness of the guises under which nuclear weapons
> work hides, including in the U.S. through its "Stockpile Stewardship"
> program, with a clarion call to spark the consciences of scientists and
> engineers. In addition to the Pledge, the campaign will utilize giant
> billboards and direct outreach to University and laboratory researchers.
>=20
> Dr. Julian Borrill, an astrophysicist at DOE's Lawrence Berkeley Nation=
al
> Lab and board member of the Western States Legal Foundation in Oakland,=
 CA,
> summed up the moral responsibility of today's technical professionals: =
"As
> scientists and engineers, we are in a unique position to bring about th=
e
> demise of weapons of mass destruction. These weapons cannot exist witho=
ut
> us -- we design them, we manufacture them, we test them, we maintain th=
em
> and we deploy them. We make them possible, and, if we choose to, we can
> make them impossible." Dr. Borrill will be speaking at the press confer=
ence
> Saturday.
>=20
> Other scientists joining the public interest groups in person at the pr=
ess
> conference Saturday morning include Dr. Charles Schwartz, Professor of
> Physics Emeritus at U.C. Berkeley and Dr. Andreas Toupadakis, a nuclear
> chemist who left the DOE labs last year upon the discovery that his
> research was being used for weapons. Dr. Zia Mian, a prominent research
> scientist at Princeton University, will join by phone.
>=20
> Initial signers of the Pledge include, Dr. Joseph Rotblat, Nobel Laurea=
te;
> Dr. Michio Kaku, Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics, City
> University of New York; Dr. Charles Schwartz, Professor of Physics
> Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley;  Dr. Andreas Toupadakis,
> former Staff Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory and
> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Dr. Pervez Hodbhoy, Visiting
> Professor, Theory Group for Quarks, Hadrons and Nuclei, University of
> Maryland;  and, Dr. Zia Mian, Research Scientist, Princeton University.
>=20
>                                                                 -- 30 -=
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>=20
> A copy of the Scientist' and Engineers' Pledge to Renounce Weapons of M=
ass
> Destruction will be posted on the sponsoring groups' web sites. I belie=
ve
> it is already up on www.lasg.org and www.wslfweb.org. It will be on our=
 web
> site very soon! --Marylia
>=20
> Marylia Kelley
> Tri-Valley CAREs
> (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
> 2582 Old First Street
> Livermore, CA USA 94550
>=20
> <http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!
>=20
> [phone] - is our phone
> [phone] - is our fax
>=20
> Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Va=
lley
> 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 t=
he
> Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, t=
he
> 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: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: ENDORSEMENTS NEEDED FOR OCT 13
Date: 16 Feb 2001 15:03:58 -0500

>Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 08:21:32 -0500
>Subject: ENDORSEMENTS NEEDED FOR OCT 13
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>
>
>
>INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST TO STOP THE MILITARIZATION OF SPACE
>
>The Global Network is once again calling for an "International Day of
>Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space".
>
>We are calling for decentralized actions all over the world on October 13,
>2001.
>
>We believe that it is more important than ever to hold local protests at
>key
>Space Command bases, aerospace corporation facilities, DoE laboratories,
>NASA installations, U.S. military bases, and U.S. embassies around the
>world.  The Bush administration, and its corporate allies are pushing hard
>to deploy Star Wars (NMD, TMD, and the space-based laser.)   The October 13
>events will give the global peace movement a good opportunity to speak with
>one
>clear voice.
>
>Last year we had Keep Space for Peace events at 65 locations in 16
>countries
>and it is our hope to at least double that in 2001.
>
>We are now inviting organizations to sign on as co-sponsors and organizers
>of the October 13 day of protest.  Please let us know if you'd like your
>organization to be listed as a sponsor and the location of your planned
>event.
>
>October 13 is a good time for us to remember that the U.N.'s Outer Space
>Treaty (which bans weapons of mass destruction in the heavens) became
>operative on October 10, 1967.  The U.N. General Assembly has declared
>October 4-10 as "World Space Week" so our events should help focus
>international attention on the need to stop plans for Star Wars.
>
>We look forward to hearing from you soon.  Please help us by forwarding
>this
>message to your lists.  Thank you.
>
>
>Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
>PO Box 90083
>Gainesville, FL. 32607
>[phone]
>http://www.space4peace.org
>[e-mail]
>

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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) BLAIR POISED TO SAY YES TO MISSILE DEFENCE FEB 23? - WRITE NO TO
Date: 17 Feb 2001 13:19:13 +1100

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE - Urgent action required.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair Poised to say 'YES'  to National Missile
defence: Only 4/5 days left to tell him 'NO'.


Dear All,
The article below speaks for itself.  Your urgent action would be helpful.

If you want to make a point to Blair concerning Missile Defence you have
4/5 days to do it in.

A sample letter is enclosed below, (after the short newsitem) with Blair's
fax number at the top. ([phone])

A letter prepared by yhe British-American Security Information Council
(BASIC) to all European MPs, MEP, and governments is also included. You may
want to use that too.

You may wish to copy your letter by email to the whole of the British
Parliament. If you want to do that the list of emails is below, right at
the end. (Some of them do bounce, so be prepared for that)

Do please take action on this it is urgent.


AMERICAN MISSILES HEADING BACK TO BRITAIN
Daily Mail Friday, February 16th
EXCLUSIVE
By David Hughes
Political Editor
Blair backs Son of Star Wars
IN a move bound to provoke massive controversy, Tony Blair is set to allow
American missiles back on to British soil.
The decision will ignite the most savage row within the Labour Party and
cause deep anger in Europe.
It is expected to be agreed in principle when the Prime Minister meets the
new President, George W Bush, in Washington next week.


Mr Blair is ready to defy critics and tell Mr Bush the U.S. can count on
British support for the controversial 'Son of Star Wars' anti-missile
strategy.



1) SUGGESTED LETTER TO TONY BLAIR
Send this if you are outside the US, especially if you are in the UK -
Please customise it creatively


Re: Please Convey Opposition to Missile Defence Scheme

Dear Tony Blair,

I am writing to you in view of your forthcoming visit to President Bush on
=46eb 23-24.

I am appalled to hear that you may actually be considering agreeing to the
use of UK facilities  for the NMD/'Star Wars' program.

Your government should not be considering any such thing.

I urge you to express as strongly as possible the opposition of the UK to
any NMD system, and to refuse use of the Menwith Hill and Fylingdales
facilities and any other UK facilities for this purpose.

The deployment of NMD and TMD (Theater Missile defence) will have serious
implications for the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Russia and China
have made it clear that they will increase their own nuclear offensive
capabilities in order to counter NMD. This will set back attempts to reduce
nuclear weapons severely and may lead to another nuclear arms race.
Serious developments in this direction are already taking place.  China has
additional concerns over the possible use of theatre missile defence  in
Taiwan.

In addition, the deployment of NMD will either completely destroy or
fundamentally weaken the Anti- Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, seen
internationally as the cornerstone of international arms control. This will
have serious consequences for maintaining and strengthening other
international agreements such as Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

NMD has been opposed by a wide range of organisations and groups, ranging
from 354 major NGOs representing millions of people worldwide, to 50 of the
US Nobel prize-winners in physics, to generals and church congregations. It
has also been opposed by every major international grouping represented in
the UN General Assembly.

=46or all of these reasons, I urge you to use all the diplomatic influence a=
t
your disposal, particularly in your forthcoming visit,  to impress upon the
incoming Bush administration the UK's opposition to the NMD system.

I also urge you to make clear to the Bush administration that your
government will refuse to
cooperate in any way with the NMD scheme, and that the use of The SBIRS
facility at Menwith Hill,Fylingdales, and other UK facilities will not be
permitted for it.

NMD is a scheme that is unlikely ever to work, against a threat that may
never materialize and that, in any case, is better dealt with in other
ways. It will cost billions better spent elsewhere, and will make
further progress toward the total and unequivocal elimination of nuclear
weapons - an objective to which the United States as well as all other
governments are committed - much more difficult, if not impossible.

I therefore urge you to impress on the US government the importance of not
proceeding with NMD, but rather of proceeding with the Bush administrations
other major committments in nuclear arms control , namely deep cuts in
warhead numbers,   and of reductions in alert status of strategic weapons
systems.

(Signed)

(Your name)


2)Letter Local MPs, Councillors and Representatives

(From Mark Bromley of BASIC)

This letter is designed to be sent to your local MP, Councillor or
Senator, asking them to demand that your national government expresses
its opposition to NMD to the Bush administration.  It is only designed
as a template so please alter it as much as you want (I apologize for
only providing an English version).


Re: Pressure Government to Convey Opposition to Missile Defence Scheme

Dear MP, Councillor, Senator:

I am writing to express my dismay at US President George W. Bush=92s
desire to proceed with the development of an enlarged version of the
Pentagon=92s proposed National Missile Defence (NMD) network.  NMD is an
ill-conceived and highly destabilising response to the dangers posed by
nuclear weapons.  Its development will undermine not only the security
of the United States, but that of Europe and the world as a whole.

I therefore urge you to insist that the UK Government make clear to the
Bush administration that it is opposed to NMD, and will not participate
in the scheme.

Washington claims the proposed NMD system is designed to protect the
United States against a possible nuclear attack by a =91state of concern=92
or an accidental launch by either China or Russia.  The threat of
accidental missile launch, and the proliferation of nuclear technology,
are real dangers which the United States, along with the rest of the
world, is right to be concerned about.  However, the only way these
threats can be effectively countered is through the pursuit of
multilateral disarmament and internationally applied arms control
agreements.  The development of an NMD system will seriously destabilise

these efforts.

Russia and China have made it clear that they will increase their own
nuclear offensive capabilities, and maintain or raise their alert status

in order to counter NMD and ensure strategic parity with the United
States.  This will increase the risk of accidental launch, undermine
attempts to reduce nuclear weapons, and possibly lead to a new global
nuclear arms race.  As the United States has acknowledged, if China
increases its arsenal, it could well lead to nuclear build-ups in India
and then Pakistan.

The deployment of NMD will either completely destroy or fundamentally
weaken the Anti- Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, seen internationally as

the cornerstone of international arms control.  This would have serious
consequences for maintaining and strengthening other international
agreements such as Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).  Without these agreements in place, the number
of nuclear capable countries could increase dramatically.

Even the most ambitious NMD advocate acknowledges that there will be no
deployable system for at least six years, yet the detrimental effects of

the US desire to build a system are being felt already.  The Conference
on Disarmament is paralysed over the issue of NMD, while plans to export

missile technology, as part of the various Theatre Missile Defence (TMD)

programmes under proposal, could well signal the death knell of the
Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR).

The United States is attempting to project an air of inevitability over
the question of NMD deployment, and to further coerce allied governments

with the promise of a European Missile Defence system.  But the
immaturity of the necessary technology means that deployment of any kind

of system is many years away.  In addition, the cost of European
participation in a missile defence system would be astronomical, a
burden which the United States is unlikely to want to share.

With deployment so far away, and active participation a politically
unlikely prospect, the truth is that European governments have an
excellent opportunity to sway the US decision-making process.

=46or the United Kingdom:
The United States has made it clear that participation by the United
Kingdom is crucial for plans for NMD system currently under
consideration.  Two sites on UK territory, the US bases at Fylingdales
and Menwith Hill, would be required for NMD to work.  If the United
Kingdom were to make clear that it would oppose the use of these sites
in an NMD system, it would have a sizeable diplomatic fallout.  However,

it might well lead the United States to seriously reconsider its plans.

=46or Denmark and Greenland:
The support Denmark and Greenland is essential the current US NMD
proposals.  The US Air Force Base in Thule, Greenland, is currently part

of the network of early warning radars the Pentagon wishes to upgrade
for use in the NMD system.  Thule is also named as a location for one of

the future NMD X-Band radars, designed to track incoming missiles and
guide interceptors to their targets.  Without the use of Thule, the
currently planned NMD architecture would not work, as the United States
would be unable to intercept missile attacks from Iraq and the Middle
East.

The support of the people and governments of Europe is vitally important

to US plans to develop a NMD system.  Aside from the diplomatic need to
maintain good relations with its European allies, the United States also

needs to maintain unity within NATO.  If sustained opposition to NMD is
voiced across Europe, the United States will be forced to listen.

NMD is a scheme that is unlikely ever to work against a threat which is
better dealt with in other ways.  It will cost billions better spent
elsewhere, and will make further progress toward the total and
unequivocal elimination of nuclear weapons =96 an objective to which the
United States as well as all other governments are committed =96 much more

difficult, if not impossible.

It is vital that the new administration in Washington is made to
understand that Europe is opposed to NMD and will not allow its
territory to be a part of the system.  I therefore urge you to demand
that the Government oppose NMD, and helps to persuade the Bush
administration to focus its efforts on the vital objectives of deep
reductions in warhead numbers, and reductions in the alert status of
weapons, to which it is committed.

            (Signed)

(Your name)

You may wish to send your letter by email to the entire British parliament.

If you do, here is the list of UK parliamentary emails.

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 Websites where you can get more information on letters to send to world
leaders:

The abolition 2000 website is:
http://www.abolition2000.org/action/saynotostarwars.html

The letter on the BASIC website is:
<http://www.basicint.org/NMDpage.htm#Debate in European Governments>

An online petition to stop star- wars is to be found at:
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Jules/


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








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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Scientists' + Engineers' Pledge! Press release! Great News!
Date: 16 Feb 2001 20:53:44 -0800

hi karina!!! great to hear your "voice" through cyberspace. thanks for your
kind words. peace, marylia

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>Hi Marylia, this is excellent! Good luck tomorrow. I hope to read about
>in in the newspaper...
>best regards,
>Karina.
>
>marylia wrote:
>>
>> Los Alamos Study Group * Natural Resources Defense Council
>> * Tri-Valley CAREs * Western States Legal Foundation
>>
>> for further information:
>> Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs, [phone]
>> Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group, [phone]
>> Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, [phone]
>>
>> PLEDGE DRIVE ASKS SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO RENOUNCE WORK ON NUCLEAR,
>> OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED
>> THIS WEEK AT THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
>> MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO
>>
>> ************
>> Press Conference With Nuclear "Watchdog" Organizations and Scientists
>> to be Held Saturday, February 17, 10 AM at the San Francisco Press Club,
>> 312 Sutter Street, S.F., (note new location)
>>
>> ************
>>
>> SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Leaders of organizations that monitor the U.S. nucle=
ar
>> weapons complex are asking academics, students and technical professional=
s
>> attending this week's meeting of the American Association for the
>> Advancement of Science (AAAS) to sign a Scientists' and Engineers' Pledge
>> vowing "never to participate in the design, development, testing,
>> production targeting or use of nuclear, biological or chemical weapons...=
"
>>
>> "The time has come for scientists to pledge themselves to renounce work o=
n
>> weapons of mass destruction," declared Dr. Joseph Rotblat, the Nobel
>> Laureate and physicist who left the Manhattan Project for reasons of
>> conscience. Rotblat is one of the initial signers of the Scientists' and
>> Engineers' Pledge.
>>
>> "I fully endorse your campaign... At a time when science plays such a
>> powerful role in the life of society, when the whole destiny of mankind m=
ay
>> hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all
>> scientists to be fully conscious of that role and conduct themselves
>> accordingly. I appeal to my fellow scientists to remember their
>> responsibility to humanity," Rotblat wrote to the four organizations
>> launching the pledge campaign, echoing his 1995 acceptance speech for the
>> Nobel Peace Prize.
>>
>> The Pledge sponsors will be staffing a booth at the AAAS meeting in San
>> Francisco.
>>
>> The organizations originating the Pledge campaign are: Natural Resources
>> Defense Council (Washington, DC), Los Alamos Study Group (Santa Fe, NM),
>> Tri-Valley CAREs (Livermore, CA) and Western States Legal Foundation
>> (Oakland, CA). "This is part of a multi-faceted, international campaign t=
o
>> discourage people from working on nuclear weapons," explained Greg Mello,
>> director of the Los Alamos Study Group, which monitors the Department of
>> Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons design labs in New Mexico. "The so-called
>> 'Stockpile Stewardship' program at the labs is nuclear weapons work, no
>> matter how it's disguised," Mello added.
>>
>> "Scientist and engineers today need to know that the U.S. nuclear weapons
>> laboratories are busy developing new, destabilizing nuclear weapons,
>> including earth penetrating 'mini-nukes' and re-designed, more accurate
>> long-range warheads," said Marylia Kelley, executive director of Tri-Vall=
ey
>> CAREs, a Livermore, CA-based "watchdog" group that monitors activities at
>> the DOE's nearby Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
>>
>> "The effort of these labs to recast their work on nuclear weapons as
>> 'nuclear weapons science' does not change the essential fact that these
>> institutions are continuing to develop nuclear weapons," declared
>> Christopher Paine, senior researcher for NRDC's nuclear program.
>>
>> The groups originating this Pledge campaign will combine educational
>> activities to raise awareness of the guises under which nuclear weapons
>> work hides, including in the U.S. through its "Stockpile Stewardship"
>> program, with a clarion call to spark the consciences of scientists and
>> engineers. In addition to the Pledge, the campaign will utilize giant
>> billboards and direct outreach to University and laboratory researchers.
>>
>> Dr. Julian Borrill, an astrophysicist at DOE's Lawrence Berkeley National
>> Lab and board member of the Western States Legal Foundation in Oakland, C=
A,
>> summed up the moral responsibility of today's technical professionals: "A=
s
>> scientists and engineers, we are in a unique position to bring about the
>> demise of weapons of mass destruction. These weapons cannot exist without
>> us -- we design them, we manufacture them, we test them, we maintain them
>> and we deploy them. We make them possible, and, if we choose to, we can
>> make them impossible." Dr. Borrill will be speaking at the press conferen=
ce
>> Saturday.
>>
>> Other scientists joining the public interest groups in person at the pres=
s
>> conference Saturday morning include Dr. Charles Schwartz, Professor of
>> Physics Emeritus at U.C. Berkeley and Dr. Andreas Toupadakis, a nuclear
>> chemist who left the DOE labs last year upon the discovery that his
>> research was being used for weapons. Dr. Zia Mian, a prominent research
>> scientist at Princeton University, will join by phone.
>>
>> Initial signers of the Pledge include, Dr. Joseph Rotblat, Nobel Laureate=
;
>> Dr. Michio Kaku, Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics, City
>> University of New York; Dr. Charles Schwartz, Professor of Physics
>> Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley;  Dr. Andreas Toupadakis,
>> former Staff Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory and
>> Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Dr. Pervez Hodbhoy, Visiting
>> Professor, Theory Group for Quarks, Hadrons and Nuclei, University of
>> Maryland;  and, Dr. Zia Mian, Research Scientist, Princeton University.
>>
>>                                                                 -- 30 --
>>
>> A copy of the Scientist' and Engineers' Pledge to Renounce Weapons of Mas=
s
>> Destruction will be posted on the sponsoring groups' web sites. I believe
>> it is already up on www.lasg.org and www.wslfweb.org. It will be on our w=
eb
>> site very soon! --Marylia
>>
>> Marylia Kelley
>> Tri-Valley CAREs
>> (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
>> 2582 Old First Street
>> Livermore, CA USA 94550
>>
>> <http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!
>>
>> [phone] - is our phone
>> [phone] - is our fax
>>
>> Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Vall=
ey
>> 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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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: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) resources for anti-Star Wars activists on Project Abolition's website
Date: 20 Feb 2001 14:10:13 -0500

Dear Friends,

Project Abolition has compiled information you may find helpful in your
work to stop Star Wars.  Using information from the Center for
Repsonsive Politics, we put together a profile of the campaign
contributions and lobbying expenses of the Big Four Star Wars
contractors, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and TRW.  We also
compiled a list of these contractors' plants and offices around the
country.  Find them both at http://projectabolition.org/cprojects.html.

In Peace,

Kevin Martin
Director, Project Abolition

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From: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Media Advisory from Nevada Desert Experience
Date: 23 Feb 2001 23:22:59 +0000

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=3D=3D
21 FEBRUARY, 2001
from  Nevada Desert Experience

MEDIA ADVISORY =96 TO BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY
Contacts:  Marc Page, Las Vegas Office Manager - Nevada Desert
Experience, at [phone]
     Sally Light, Executive Director, Nevada Desert Experience, at (510)
527-2057

20  YEARS  IN  THE  DESERT:
INTERFAITH  ACTIVISTS  OPPOSE  NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND STAR WARS

WHO:    Nevada Desert Experience (NDE), the 20-year-old faith-based
group that opposes nuclear weapons, plus other nuclear abolitionists and
peace activists

WHAT:  The 20th anniversary of NDE=92s Lenten Desert Experience, includin=
g
a weekend retreat, celebration, & teach-in in Las Vegas, followed by
prayer and nonviolent civil resistance at the Nevada Test Site.  These
activities are preceded by an Ash Wednesday prayer service at the Test
Site, and a Department of Energy tour of the Test Site on Friday.

WHEN: February 28th (Ash Wednesday) & March 2nd to 4th, 2001

WHERE:  Nevada Test Site (Mercury entrance) & Christ Church Episcopal,
2000 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV

WHY:  Peace activists began coming to the desert on an annual basis 20
years ago.  Each spring they return to pray and protest the nuclear
violence of the Test Site. The U.S. has even more sinister plans for the
next 20 years, including the use of the Test Site. This year, Bruce
Gagnon, Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space, will be in Las Vegas for NDE's weekend retreat. As the
keynote speaker, Bruce will explain the "Star Wars" activities of the
U.S. Space Command, and how the Nevada Test Site may become part of the
Space Command's scheme to ensure global dominance via a space-based
system within the next 20 years.  People around the world are deeply
concerned about this "Vision for 2020." NDE is hoping to rally more
support for nuclear abolition in the U.S., as well as continuing to
offer "faith-based resistance" to the works of war, as practiced by the
Department of Energy and the U.S. Space Command.  Organizers with NDE
see the need to continue the nonviolent witness for peace and healing,
by praying in the desert and organizing opposition to the plans of
war-mongers in the foreseeable future.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT NEVADA DESERT EXPERIENCE AT
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Science Pledge Campaign Launched/article
Date: 25 Feb 2001 12:18:42 -0800

Dear Peace and Enviro colleagues:

Here is an article I believe will be of great interest. The article, below,
describes the lauch of an international "Pledge Campaign" -- which touches
the confluence where true science, disarmament and democracy meet.

=46or a copy of the Scientists' and Engineers'  Pledge form and other
background materials discussed in the article, check out the web sites of
the four sponsoring organizations -- www.igc.org/tvc for Tri-Valley CAREs
(includes a downloadable pdf pledge form), www.lasg.org for the Los Alamos
Study Group (includes an electronic pledge form), www.wslfweb.org for
Western States Legal Foundation (pdf pledge form) and www.nrdc.org for
Natural Resources Defense Council.

Here is the article. Happy reading...

Scientists urged to renounce arms work

=46ebruary 20, 2001
By Glenn Roberts Jr.
STAFF WRITER,
Tri-Valley Herald/Alameda Newspapers Group

Three anti-nuclear groups and a national environmental organization have
begun an international campaign asking scientists and engineers to pledge
not to perform work relevant to weapons of mass destruction.


Launched in San Francisco during this weekend's annual meeting of the
American Association for the Advancement of Science, the campaign asks
researchers to pledge never to participate in "the design, development,
testing, production, maintenance, targeting, or use" of weapons of mass
destruction.

Those who take the pledge are asked to renounce "research or engineering
that... (will likely) be used by others" to study weapons of mass
destruction.

Joseph Rotblat, a physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in 1995 for his
nuclear nonproliferation work, has endorsed the pledge campaign.

In a written statement, Rotblat said, "At a time when science plays such a
powerful role in the life of society, when the whole destiny of mankind may
hinge on the results of scientific research, it is incumbent on all
scientists to be fully conscious of that role and conduct themselves
accordingly."

                                        Responsibility

He added, "I appeal to my fellow scientists to remember their
responsibility to humanity."

The campaign was organized by Livermore-based Tri-Valley Communities
Against a Radioactive Environment, Oakland-based Western States Legal
=46oundation, New Mexico's Los Alamos Study Group, and the national Natural
Resources Defense Council.

Andreas Toupadakis, 46, a former Lawrence Livermore Laboratory chemist who
quit his job Jan. 31, 2000, because he said he could no longer justify his
weapons-related work, supports the pledge.

Toupadakis, who spoke at the Saturday event launching the pledge, said he
hopes that graduate students will consider committing to the pledge before
they embark on their career paths.

"This pledge is trying to bring awareness to graduate students, to make
sure that they don't join places where they will regret it afterward," he
said Monday.

By studying what agencies are paying for research, scientists and engineers
can try to determine whether the work will likely benefit weapons of mass
destruction, Toupadakis said. Scientists must realize that there is an
important link between weapons work and the foreign policy of the United
States.

Toupadakis said that since he left the lab, "I do what I like now -- I
don't do what I don't believe in."

Marylia Kelley, executive director for Tri-Valley Communities Against a
Radioactive Environment said the campaign collected about 18 signatures on
Saturday, and scientists attending the conference were encouraged to take
time to mail in their pledges after the event.

Michio Kaku, a theoretical physics professor at City University in New
York; Charles Schwartz, emeritus physics professor at University of
California, Berkeley; Pervez Hodbhoy, a visiting physics professor from
Pakistan; and Zia Mian, a research scientist at Princeton University, are
also among the pledge's supporters.

"This is an international drive," Kelley said. "Our goal is an education
campaign -- (to make researchers) aware of the different guises under which
nuclear weapons research and development hides."

She added, "If scientists and engineers refuse to do (weapons) work, then
no matter how much money governments are willing to put into it, it won't
happen."

                                                 ------------------------
                                                 =A91999-2001 by MediaNews
                                                   Group, Inc. and ANG
                                                       Newspapers



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: Norman & Karen Cohen <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Greenpeace action against Star Wars
Date: 25 Feb 2001 19:25:00 -0500

Hi all,

Greenpeace is opposing Star Wars! Please click on the link below to send letters to Rumsfeld and Blair.
Apologies for double postings.

Thanks
Norm




[e-mail] wrote:

> Greenpeace Activist News Vol. 1, No. 2
>
> 25 February 2001
>
> RAINBOW WARRIOR SAILS TO CONFRONT US STAR WARS PROGRAM
>
> Incoming US President George W. Bush is moving rapidly ahead with a "Star Wars" program to spend billions of dollars building a system to shoot down missiles with yet more missiles. If this program continues, it will violate the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and may start a new nuclear arms race.
>
> On 13 February, the Rainbow Warrior set sail for the remote Pacific atoll of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands where, in March, we will confront the US military and oppose a scheduled Star Wars test.
>
> We need your help. Please visit our Cyberactivist Centre at
>
> http://cybercentre.greenpeace.org/t/s/983102960
>
> and send letters to US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.
>
> ACTION GROUPS STARTING UP
>
> Greenpeace is starting an experiment in setting up international action groups of cyberactivists who want to work together on a common campaign or to share information in a common language or about a common country or region. If you want to get involved or find out more, visit our Cyberactivist Centre at
>
> http://cybercentre.greenpeace.org/t/s/983037999
>

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: FW: Intelligence Chief Details Threats Facing America
Date: 26 Feb 2001 17:04:59 -0500

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>
>
>As to seeing reports or studies on these new threats....
>
>Stephen J. Shapiro
>101 West 57th St., Suite 2D
>New York City, N.Y. 10019-2215
>[phone] (t)
>[phone] (f)
>[e-mail]
>
>
>
>**-----Original Message-----
>**From: DEFENSE PRESS SERVICE LIST
>**[mailto:[e-mail]]On Behalf Of Press Service
>**Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 10:45 AM
>**To: [e-mail]
>**Subject: Intelligence Chief Details Threats Facing America
>**
>**
>**By Jim Garamone
>**American Forces Press Service
>**
>**WASHINGTON, Feb. 22, 2001 -- The world is in transition
>**from the Cold War to something new and the top military
>**intelligence officer expects the next 10 to 15 years to be
>**at least as turbulent, if not more so as the past 10.
>**
>**Navy Vice Adm. Thomas Wilson, the director of the Defense
>**Intelligence Agency, testified before the Senate Select
>**Committee on Intelligence Feb. 7. In his written statement
>**to the committee he said the basic forces bringing stress
>**and disorder to the world will continue.
>**
>**No power, circumstance, or condition is likely to emerge
>**capable of overcoming these [forces] and creating a more
>**stable global environment, Wilson said. Within this
>**environment, the Big C issues especially counter drug,
>**counter intelligence, counter proliferation, counter
>**terrorism & will remain key challenges for the United
>**States.
>**
>**Driving all, according to Wilson, is globalization. On one
>**side globalization means the increasing flow of ideas,
>**money, people, information and technology around the world.
>**The European Union broke down barriers in Europe. The North
>**American Free Trade Pact can do the same here. The Internet
>**and the explosion of information available at the click of
>**a mouse has fueled this drive toward globalization.
>**
>**But it also has a dark side, Wilson said. Globalization is
>**generally a positive force that will leave most of the
>**worlds people better off, he said. But in some ways,
>**globalization will exacerbate local and regional tensions,
>**increase the prospects and capabilities for conflict and
>**empower those who would do us harm.
>**
>**The transfer of information and technology increases the
>**dangers from weapons of mass destruction. Wilson said this
>**trend will increasingly accord smaller states, groups, and
>**individuals destructive capabilities previously limited to
>**major world powers.
>**
>**Wilson analyzed the state of the world today and detailed
>**some of the threats he sees facing the United States.
>**Sometime during the next two years he predicts a major
>**terrorist attack against United States interests, either
>**here or abroad, perhaps with a weapon designed to produce
>**mass casualties.
>**
>**He said this type of terrorist attack remains the most
>**likely threat to the United States.
>**
>**If conditions worsen in the Middle East this could lead to
>**an expansion of Israeli-Palestinian violence. A breakdown
>**in the Middle East peace process could cause an increased
>**risk of anti-American violence, an increased risk of a
>**wider regional conflict and intensified Iraqi efforts to
>**exploit the conflict to gain relief from sanctions, Wilson
>**said.
>**
>**Within the next two years, the United States must closely
>**monitor the Korean peninsula. A breakdown in the growing
>**rapprochement between North and South Korea may mean war.
>**On the other hand, the United States must prepare for an
>**accelerated move toward reunification whose impact catches
>**regional powers unprepared.
>**
>**The United States must guard against an expanded military
>**conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. This is
>**more serious now since both India and Pakistan have nuclear
>**weapons and the means to deliver them. Both sides operate
>**from zero-sum perspectives, retain large forces, in close
>**proximity, across a tense line of control, he said. The
>**potential for mistake and miscalculation remains relatively
>**high.
>**
>**In the next two years there may be intensifying
>**disagreements with Russia over National Missile Defense and
>**its implications on the Anti-ballistic Missile Treaty,
>**European security moves and so on. These disagreements are
>**spurred by President Putins more assertive and
>**potentially confrontational foreign policy, Wilson said.
>**
>**There is a possibility of conflict between China and Taiwan
>**resulting from increased pressure by Beijing for
>**reunification or a more assertive stance from Taiwan on
>**independence.
>**
>**There is a possibility of more violence in the Balkans.
>**Wilson said the violence could be between Serbia and
>**Montenegro and/or Kosovo as these smaller territories
>**continue their demands for increased autonomy or
>**independence.
>**
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From: "Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) THANKS
Date: 26 Feb 2001 17:15:44 -0500

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Alice,

I wanted to thank you for making it possible for Karl & I to speak at =
the IFG event at Hunter College.

I think our space panel went real well.  I spent alot of time tabling =
before/after it and got lots of good comments from folks.  Then our =
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We picked up lots of new contacts and I'm sure the issue will now be =
given more play within globalization efforts.

Thanks for your confidence and support.

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From: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Nevada Desert Experience's "Nuclear Teach-In Week" May 22-24, 2001, at San Francisco State University
Date: 26 Feb 2001 17:06:37 +0000

Dear Nuclear Abolitionists,

Nevada Desert Experience is holding a "Nuclear Teach-In Week," May 22,
23 & 24, 2001, at San Francisco State University, San Francisco,
California.

This 3-day event will cover the full spectrum of nuclear and missile
defense issues.  There will be individual presentations, panels, videos,
discussion groups, tabling, etc.  Speakers will have high expertise in
their respective areas of focus, and will be drawn from a variety of
groups from the Bay Area and further afield.

A student group on campus is sponsoring NDE for this event, and students
from other areas of California will be involved in making presentations,
as well.

The final program for the three days will be announced in April.

Both students and the general public are invited to what promises to be
an exciting event dealing with controverisal, important issues facing
this country as well as the global community.

We hope to see many of you there.  In the meantime, please contact me
for further information, or if you have any questions.

In peace...

Sally Light
Executive Director
Nevada Desert Experience
Email:  [e-mail]


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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Urgent! Sign-on request from our Russian enviro colleagues
Date: 27 Feb 2001 13:20:50 -0800

URGENT!  ACTION ALERT!  YOUR ORGANIZATION'S SIGN ON IS REQUESTED BY OUR
RUSSIAN ENVIRONMENTAL COLLEAGUES.  READ ON ...

The following is an alert from Tri-Valley CAREs' upcoming March 2001
newsletter. It is time- critical. Please read and respond immediately.
Thank you. --Marylia Kelley

On Dec. 21, 2000, the Russian Duma, the lower house of parliament, gave
preliminary approval for an amendment to the Environmental Protection Law
lifting the ban on importing spent nuclear fuel.

"They have dollar signs in their eyes,"  said Natalia Mironova, a leader in
the broad-based environmental movement that gathered two and one-half
million signatures in Russia to oppose the importation of foreign nuclear
waste.

Moreover, Tri-Valley CAREs recently learned from a Livermore Lab report
that the U.S. may propose sending its "U.S. origin" irradiated nuclear fuel
from 8 nuclear  reactors in Taiwan to the Russian site at Krasnoyarsk in
Siberia, if the change in Russian law goes through.

"The U.S. Dept. of Energy and the American nuclear industry are looking to
set up a radioactive waste toilet in Russia," charged Vladimir Sliviak,
co-chair of Ecodefense.

Our good friend Natalia Mironova and her colleagues in the Movement for
Nuclear Safety in Chelyabinsk, Russia have requested that we circulate a
statement they have drafted in opposition to the new law.

An excerpt from that statement says: "It is unethical to take advantage of
a country's socio-economic crisis by offering profits in exchange for
storing materials that present serious dangers to that nation's population.
Each country must take responsibility for its own waste products."

Please help us help the Russian environmentalists! Contact us immediately
if you belong to a group that can sign on to this statement. (If you need a
copy of the complete statement, just call, fax or email us and we will send
it.)

We need your sign-on no later than March 14, so we have time to distribute
the statement to the Russian Duma before the final vote on March 22.

NOTE: We are in the process of re-formatting the statement (the all too
usual cyberspace formatting problems). We will circulate the full statement
via email tomorrow. We wanted to give you this "heads up" so you can begin
whatever the sign on process is for your group. To sign on, email, phone or
fax Tri-Valley CAREs. We need your name, title, if applicable and group
name and address. Our Russian colleagues have told us that sign ons from
groups from France and the U.K. will be looked at with suspicion and
discounted by the Russian Duma (as in "those countries just don't want the
competition for the [reprocessing] dollars.") All groups from ALL other
countries are encouraged to sign on. Thanks. --mk

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: "M.W. Stowell" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Urgent! Sign-on request from our Russian enviro colleagues
Date: 27 Feb 2001 22:56:26 -0800

The Redwood Peace Coalition will sign on.  mws


Reply-To: [e-mail]
colleagues

URGENT!  ACTION ALERT!  YOUR ORGANIZATION'S SIGN ON IS REQUESTED BY OUR
RUSSIAN ENVIRONMENTAL COLLEAGUES.  READ ON ...

The following is an alert from Tri-Valley CAREs' upcoming March 2001
newsletter. It is time- critical. Please read and respond immediately.
Thank you. --Marylia Kelley

On Dec. 21, 2000, the Russian Duma, the lower house of parliament, gave
preliminary approval for an amendment to the Environmental Protection Law
lifting the ban on importing spent nuclear fuel.

"They have dollar signs in their eyes,"  said Natalia Mironova, a leader in
the broad-based environmental movement that gathered two and one-half
million signatures in Russia to oppose the importation of foreign nuclear
waste.

Moreover, Tri-Valley CAREs recently learned from a Livermore Lab report
that the U.S. may propose sending its "U.S. origin" irradiated nuclear fuel
from 8 nuclear  reactors in Taiwan to the Russian site at Krasnoyarsk in
Siberia, if the change in Russian law goes through.

"The U.S. Dept. of Energy and the American nuclear industry are looking to
set up a radioactive waste toilet in Russia," charged Vladimir Sliviak,
co-chair of Ecodefense.

Our good friend Natalia Mironova and her colleagues in the Movement for
Nuclear Safety in Chelyabinsk, Russia have requested that we circulate a
statement they have drafted in opposition to the new law.

An excerpt from that statement says: "It is unethical to take advantage of
a country's socio-economic crisis by offering profits in exchange for
storing materials that present serious dangers to that nation's population.
Each country must take responsibility for its own waste products."

Please help us help the Russian environmentalists! Contact us immediately
if you belong to a group that can sign on to this statement. (If you need a
copy of the complete statement, just call, fax or email us and we will send
it.)

We need your sign-on no later than March 14, so we have time to distribute
the statement to the Russian Duma before the final vote on March 22.

NOTE: We are in the process of re-formatting the statement (the all too
usual cyberspace formatting problems). We will circulate the full statement
via email tomorrow. We wanted to give you this "heads up" so you can begin
whatever the sign on process is for your group. To sign on, email, phone or
fax Tri-Valley CAREs. We need your name, title, if applicable and group
name and address. Our Russian colleagues have told us that sign ons from
groups from France and the U.K. will be looked at with suspicion and
discounted by the Russian Duma (as in "those countries just don't want the
competition for the [reprocessing] dollars.") All groups from ALL other
countries are encouraged to sign on. Thanks. --mk

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: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Urgent! Sign-on request from our Russian
Date: 28 Feb 2001 13:10:03 -0500

Please sign us on, Marylia.

Ellen Thomas
Executive Director

PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE
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From: "Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Urgent! Sign-on request from our Russian enviro colleagues
Date: 28 Feb 2001 14:24:48 -0500

Sign us on too:

Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 90083
Gainesville, FL. 32607
[phone]
http://www.space4peace.org
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From: "Harry Rogers" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Urgent! Sign-on request from our Russian enviro colleagues
Date: 28 Feb 2001 16:52:51 -0800

Marylia,Please sign me on
Harry Rogers
Carolina Peace Resource Center
Columbia SC
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:20 PM
colleagues


> URGENT!  ACTION ALERT!  YOUR ORGANIZATION'S SIGN ON IS REQUESTED BY OUR
> RUSSIAN ENVIRONMENTAL COLLEAGUES.  READ ON ...
>
> The following is an alert from Tri-Valley CAREs' upcoming March 2001
> newsletter. It is time- critical. Please read and respond immediately.
> Thank you. --Marylia Kelley
>
> On Dec. 21, 2000, the Russian Duma, the lower house of parliament, gave
> preliminary approval for an amendment to the Environmental Protection Law
> lifting the ban on importing spent nuclear fuel.
>
> "They have dollar signs in their eyes,"  said Natalia Mironova, a leader
in
> the broad-based environmental movement that gathered two and one-half
> million signatures in Russia to oppose the importation of foreign nuclear
> waste.
>
> Moreover, Tri-Valley CAREs recently learned from a Livermore Lab report
> that the U.S. may propose sending its "U.S. origin" irradiated nuclear
fuel
> from 8 nuclear  reactors in Taiwan to the Russian site at Krasnoyarsk in
> Siberia, if the change in Russian law goes through.
>
> "The U.S. Dept. of Energy and the American nuclear industry are looking to
> set up a radioactive waste toilet in Russia," charged Vladimir Sliviak,
> co-chair of Ecodefense.
>
> Our good friend Natalia Mironova and her colleagues in the Movement for
> Nuclear Safety in Chelyabinsk, Russia have requested that we circulate a
> statement they have drafted in opposition to the new law.
>
> An excerpt from that statement says: "It is unethical to take advantage of
> a country's socio-economic crisis by offering profits in exchange for
> storing materials that present serious dangers to that nation's
population.
> Each country must take responsibility for its own waste products."
>
> Please help us help the Russian environmentalists! Contact us immediately
> if you belong to a group that can sign on to this statement. (If you need
a
> copy of the complete statement, just call, fax or email us and we will
send
> it.)
>
> We need your sign-on no later than March 14, so we have time to distribute
> the statement to the Russian Duma before the final vote on March 22.
>
> NOTE: We are in the process of re-formatting the statement (the all too
> usual cyberspace formatting problems). We will circulate the full
statement
> via email tomorrow. We wanted to give you this "heads up" so you can begin
> whatever the sign on process is for your group. To sign on, email, phone
or
> fax Tri-Valley CAREs. We need your name, title, if applicable and group
> name and address. Our Russian colleagues have told us that sign ons from
> groups from France and the U.K. will be looked at with suspicion and
> discounted by the Russian Duma (as in "those countries just don't want the
> competition for the [reprocessing] dollars.") All groups from ALL other
> countries are encouraged to sign on. Thanks. --mk
>
> 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: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: NMD Discussion live, online discussion on university
Date: 28 Feb 2001 20:13:39 -0500

>Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 13:44:38 -0500
>Subject: NMD Discussion live, online discussion on university researchers and
missile defe
>To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[e-mail]>
>To: <[e-mail]>
>Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 12:14 PM
>Subject: live, online discussion on university researchers and missile
>defense
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The Chronicle of Higher Education is sponsoring a live, online
>>> discussion on Thursday, February 22,  at noon U.S. Eastern time
>>> about how scientists should respond to President Bush's push
>>> to create  a missile-defense system. Theodore A. Postol,
>>> a professor of science, technology, and national-security
>>> policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and
>>> a leading critic of President Bush's plans, will  respond to
>>> comments and questions about the proposed system,
>>> its impact on military research,  and how scientists should
>>> respond to it.
>>>
>>> The Chronicle invites members of this list to read an article
>>> about the debate within academe about  the missile-defense
>>> plan, and to pose questions or comments for the discussion
>>> with Mr. Postol at:
>>>
>>> http://chronicle.com/colloquylive/2001/02/missile/
>>>
>>> Advance questions, which are encouraged, may be posted
>>> there immediately.
>>>
>>> After the discussion, a transcript will be posted at that address.
>>>
>>> Scott Jaschik
>>> Editor
>>> The Chronicle of Higher Education
>>>
>

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) THANKS
Date: 28 Feb 2001 21:04:28 -0500

Hi Bruce--I'm thrilled that you all did such a good job.  We're just going to
keep building the links.  I have a call in to Jerry Mander to ask him what's
next to make sure we're included.  love, Alice

At 04:15 PM 02/26/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Alice,
>
>I wanted to thank you for making it possible for Karl & I to speak at the
>IFG event at Hunter College.
>
>I think our space panel went real well.  I spent alot of time tabling
>before/after it and got lots of good comments from folks.  Then our
>workshop on Sunday also was well received.
>
>We picked up lots of new contacts and I'm sure the issue will now be given
>more play within globalization efforts.
>
>Thanks for your confidence and support.
>
>Bruce
>
>
>
>

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Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Fwd: NMD Discussion live, online discussion on university...
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Alice, Please contact the right wing  groups who say they want to conserve
the environment and do not trust the governement. What would thay say to
GRACE's environmental positions. Try the Alliance for America for example.
Possibly they could get anti nuke, why not they hate the US Federal
Government and do not trust them, jonathan

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Alert! Russian colleagues' letter for sign on/complete text
Date: 28 Feb 2001 21:47:16 -0800

Dear peace and enviro colleagues:

        This follows up on the short action alert I sent you on Tuesday.
Here is the full text of the letter written by our Russian colleagues --
which we are now asking you to sign on. Please sign on by March 14. In sum,
the letter advocates that Russia not change its current law to allow the
importation of nuclear waste from foreign countries.

Let me clarify a few things about the letter.
        (1) I originally sent an email to our friends in the Movement for
Nuclear Safety in Chelyabinsk asking what, if anything, we could do to help
them in their efforts. I received a reply that they would craft a letter
for us to circulate internationally for groups to sign -- with the
exception of U.K. and French groups (as the Russian government would
discount their opposition as concern about competition for the spent
nuclear fuel reprocessing dollars).
        (2) I received two copies of the same basic letter -- one version
from the Movement for Nuclear Safety and another from CAEI.
        (3) To make absolutely sure that the letter we are now signing gets
used in a culturally appropriate way, I plan to send the letter with all
the sign ons to the Movement for Nuclear Safety (since I began by asking
them) and let them decide exactly how to use it. What I mean here is that I
as a U.S. person will not be sending it directly to their Duma -- the
Movement for Nuclear Safety can do that and/or make some additional use of
it.
        (4) I have made only minimal changes to the text I was presented
with by Movement for Nuclear Safety and CAEI. To be specific, I made two
substantive changes. First, in paragraph 3, I deleted the part of a
sentence that said each nation should reprocess its own spent nuclear fuel
-- I did this simply because my organization does not advocate reprocessing
in the U.S., and therefore we cannot say that. I left the rest of the
sentence in that said each nation should store its own waste and not stash
it in someone else's backyard. That concept was the heart of the original
sentence, in any event. The other change I made was to add a short
paragraph near the end of the letter to say that we international groups
signing this letter work on these issues within our respective nations as
well as globally. I added this because it is my (and my organization's)
strong belief that we should not advocate (or lecture) in other countries
anything that we are not willing to work on in our own.

        I could explain further, but do not wish to burden you all with an
overlong email. The important thing is the letter -- and your sign on
before March 14 -- so here it is...  Peace, Marylia Kelley

An Appeal To:

the Speaker of the Russian State Duma
and the Chairmen of the following Duma factions:
Communist Party of the Russian Federation Unity
Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
Fatherland-All Russia
Union of Right Forces
Yabloko
Agrarian Deputy Group
People's Deputy Group
Russia's Regions Deputy Group

Dear Deputies of the Russian State Duma,

Save your beautiful country from becoming a nuclear wasteland!

As representatives of ___# of non-governmental organizations around the
globe , and as world citizens, we urge you to reject the law on "Special
Ecological Problems on the Environmental Rehabilitation of
Radioactively-Polluted Regions of the Russian Federation, Financed from
Revenue from International Trade in Nuclear Fuel," and the related
amendments to the law on "The Use of Nuclear Energy," and to the law on
"The Protection of the Environment." We strongly believe that approving
such laws will not only bring irreparable harm to your country, but will
threaten the safety of other countries.

Why, you may ask, do we express ourselves so forcefully about a matter
seemingly so far away from us? Why are we - citizens of other countries -
against the importation of radioactive nuclear fuel into Russia?

First of all, as a matter of environmental principle and justice, we feel
that spent nuclear fuel generated by a country should be kept isolated from
the environment and stored, as safely as possible, by that nation - and not
stashed in someone else's backyard.

It is especially unethical to take advantage of a country's socio-economic
crisis by offering them chimerical profits in exchange for storing
materials that present serious dangers to their population. Each country
must take financial, technical and social responsibility for its own waste
products.

The history of the nuclear power industry shows that spent nuclear fuel has
been primarily used to extract plutonium. However, today plutonium is no
longer needed for military purposes, and the use of plutonium as fuel for
commercial nuclear reactors is not profitable.

Once created, plutonium cannot be used for fuel for nuclear reactors for
decades. In the meantime, storing one ton of plutonium costs, according to
various sources, costs from $1 million to $5 million a year. According to
these costs, then, storing the amount of plutonium that your Ministry of
Atomic Energy intends to create will require annual expenditures ranging
from $200 million to $1 billion. This calculation is based on figuring that
200 tons of plutonium can be produced from the 20,000 tons of nuclear waste
that would be brought into Russia. This transaction becomes especially
unprofitable if you take into consideration the environmental and public
health consequences of importing nuclear waste.

Moreover, we should remember the lessons of history with respect to the
reprocessing of nuclear spent fuels, i.e. both the large swaths of
territory all over the world already polluted in past years and the costs
of rehabilitating this land. Already these costs are a drain on the state
budgets of our respective governments, costs which will only grow for
Russia if it produces more plutonium. Plutonium ends up being an incredible
burden even for the richest countries.

We understand that in the past decade there have been several incidents
where nuclear fuel stored in Russia has disappeared. Therefore, we feel
justified in raising concerns about control over the radioactive materials
your government is proposing to import. Needless to say, this plutonium
could fall into the hands of the enemies of peace.

We public interest organizations who sign this letter wish you to
understand that we work on these difficult nuclear waste issues in our
respective nations - as well as globally. On a regular basis, we
communicate with our various governments regarding spent nuclear fuel's
potential environmental, health and proliferation risks. We do not write
only to Russia on this topic.

Finally, in our country spent nuclear fuel is called nuclear waste. It is
not a valuable substance, as some of our energy officials still like to
claim, but a danger to the health of our land and people.

Setting aside the various economic and financial questions connected to the
market in radioactive materials, we wish to impress upon you the gravity of
the danger in trading in nuclear waste and remind you of your
responsibility before future generations.

Thus, importing nuclear waste presents serious dangers to your public
health, environment, economy and even national security as well as that of
other countries.

We therefore hope that you will try to receive and will carefully study all
available information on this question - including the opinions of
independent and unbiased experts - when this bill is again under
consideration in March 2001.

Please consider the many people both in Russia and in other countries that
will be affected by your actions.

Respectfully yours,

Marylia Kelley,
executive director,
Tri-Valley CAREs,
Livermore, CA USA

YOUR NAME, TITLE AND YOUR GROUP'S NAME, CITY, STATE, REGION OR PROVINCE AND
COUNTRY GO HERE.

THANK YOU TO THE 2 DOZEN GROUPS WHO ALREADY RESPONDED TO MY SHORT EMAIL
YESTERDAY WITH YOUR SIGN ON PERMISSION. I HOPE MANY DOZENS MORE CAN SIGN ON
AFTER SEEING THE TEXT.

PLEASE LET TRI-VALLEY CAREs KNOW BY MARCH 14 IF YOU CAN SIGN-ON. WE WANT TO
SEND THIS LETTER WITH SIGN ONS TO THE MOVEMENT FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY IN
CHELYABINSK, RUSSIA VERY SOON AFTER MARCH 14. THE MATTER IS SCHEDULED TO
COME UP IN THE DUMA AGAIN MARCH 22, 2001, AND WE WANT TO GIVE OUR RUSSIAN
COLLEAGUES TIME TO USE THIS LETTER IN THE MANNER THEY THINK WILL DO THE
MOST GOOD. THANKS.

ends

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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