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From: Rosalie Tyler Paul <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Urgent! Sign-on request from our Russian
Date: 01 Mar 2001 10:22:41 -0500 (EST)

Peace Action Maine signs on. Rosalie Tyler Paul, Chair

>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: [abolition-caucus] Australian Democrats condemn NMD
Date: 01 Mar 2001 12:20:26 -0500

>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 22:27:18 -0500
>Subject: [abolition-caucus] Australian Democrats condemn NMD
>Priority: non-urgent
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>To: [e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>Senator Vicki Bourne
>Australian Democrats
>Spokesperson on Defence and Foreign Affairs
>1st March 2001       MEDIA RELEASE          01/122
>
>DEMOCRATS SAY NMD MUST NOT GO AHEAD
>
>Senator Vicki Bourne will today launch an open letter calling on the
>Government to unequivocally oppose the development of National Missile
>Defence (NMD).
>
>ôI am happy to be amongst 76 community groups, parliamentarians, church
>groups and union representatives who are calling on the government not to
>support the USAÆs push to give NMD the green light,ö Senator Bourne said.
>
>ôIf NMD does goes ahead it will, without doubt, increase nuclear weapons in
>the world, Star Wars will be well and truly back on.
>
>ôRussia and China have both said they will increase nuclear weapons
>capability in direct response to NMD,ö Senator Bourne said.
>
>ôWe thought we had moved beyond this, but it seems that the threat of
>nuclear arms is still very real thanks to NMD.
>
>ôThe stakes are high, we are at a point in time where we can choose to
>limit
>and hopefully eliminate nuclear weapons or we can shoot the starter gun for
>a new and more fervent arms race,ö Senator Bourne said.
>
>ôAustralia must take a proactive role in speaking out against NMD. We are
>significant players in its development through our joint facilities at Pine
>Gap.
>
>ôThe Government must be clear that Pine Gap can not be used to develop or
>utilise NMD,ö Senator Bourne said.
>
>ôKofi Annan calls the ABM treaty the cornerstone of global security; if
>that
>is so then NMD is the jackhammer of war,ö Senator Bourne concluded.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Nuclear testing device report is ready for public scrutiny
Date: 01 Mar 2001 19:22:17 -0500

>Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2001 18:01:47 -0500
>Subject: Nuclear testing device report is ready for public scrutiny
>Priority: non-urgent
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>To: [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-gov/2001/mar/01/511502886.html
>
>Today: March 01, 2001 at 11:08:20 PST
>
>Nuclear testing device report is ready for public scrutiny
>
>By Mary Manning
><[e-mail]>
>LAS VEGAS SUN
>
>A Department of Energy plan to move a device that will help test the
>safety of the nation's nuclear stockpile to the Nevada Test Site is
>one step closer with
>the release of an environmental impact report.
>
>The details of the impacts on air, water sources, plants and animals
>at the 1-acre site about 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas, are
>included in a 58-page
>environmental assessment released this week and ready for public
>review until March 31.
>
>The DOE plans to remove the device, called the Atlas, from Los Alamos
>National Laboratory in New Mexico and reassemble it in a new building
>at the Test
>Site. The move allows an expansion of the experiment and would cost less.
>
>The facility could conduct up to 100 pulsed-power experiments a year,
>roughly one or two per week, as a way to ensure nuclear weapons
>safety. The
>machinery tests the metals and does not involve nuclear materials. It
>would employ 15 people.
>
>The new building would be designed to withstand both earthquakes and
>any future underground nuclear weapons experiments at the Test Site,
>the
>assessment said.
>
>Less than 110,000 gallons of water will be used.
>
>The worst accident envisioned is electrocution of a worker from a
>high-energy power source or injury from the collapse of an on-site
>overhead crane, with
>an occurrence of once in 100 years.
>
>A possible fire at the facility could occur once in 10,000 years.
>
>Minute quantities of metals used during experiments would vaporize
>and be deposited on the inside of the target chamber. No air filters
>or scrubbers are
>needed, because outside air would not be exposed until workers
>entered the chamber for cleanup.
>
>Some of the metal targets and solvents are considered hazardous under
>federal and state environmental laws. Small amounts of lead,
>beryllium and
>depleted uranium could be released as metal dust from the chamber
>after an experiment.
>
>Workers will wear respiratory protection, the DOE's assessment said,
>because the depleted uranium poses a slight radiation risk if
>inhaled. Solvents such
>as ethanol are expected to evaporate. Adequate ventilation and
>breathing protection will be used.
>
>Electrical hazards, magnetic fields and X-rays are other possible
>risks to workers, especially those wearing pacemakers. Sensitive
>individuals would be
>removed from the experiment area. X-rays would not escape the facility.
>
>The impact document is available for review and comment on file at
>the DOE's public reading facility, 2621 Losee Road, North Las Vegas.
>Hours are from
>7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
>
>The document may also be downloaded at nv.doe.gov.
>--
>Kalynda Tilges
>Nuclear Issues Coordinator
>Citizen Alert - Las Vegas
>P.O.Box 17173
>Las Vegas, NV  89114
>702-796-5662
>702-796-4886 fax
>[e-mail]
>http://citizenalert.org
>
>Citizen Alert - "Voice for the Land and People of Nevada"
>

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Action Alert! Energy bill
Date: 01 Mar 2001 18:54:21 -0500


>Subject: (CMEP-List) Tell Your Senator That You Want REAL Energy Security!
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>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>Apologies for cross postings!
>
>Tell Your Senator That You Want REAL Energy Security!
>
>Murkowski "Energy Security" Bill Is Wasteful Non-Solution To Our Actual
>Energy Problems, and Needlessly Endangers Pristine Wilderness
>
>The National Energy Security Act of 2001 (S.388 and S.389), introduced by
>Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska), would be a colossal waste of American tax
>dollars.  While paying only lip service to conservation and sustainable
>energy, this act would pour over $23 billion into the pockets of the oil,
>gas, coal, and nuclear corporations - industries that have brought us a
>plethora of health, safety, pollution, and environmental crises.  This
>bill would translate into a costly "bill" for American taxpayers and the
>environment, and would not safeguard against higher energy costs.
>
>Some highlights of Murkowski's "Bill of Sale":
>
>* $25 Million:  Government subsidies for the design and development of new
>nuclear power plants.
>
>* $750 Million:  "Production incentives" for the nuclear industry.  An
>additional $20 million would be put towards achieving a minuscule 1%
>increase in efficiency.
>
>* $$$  (Unknown):  Increased reliance on nuclear power would add to the
>nation's stockpiles of high-level radioactive waste - a problem not
>adequately addressed in the bill.  The legislation instead offers tax
>credits to utilities that store nuclear waste and would squander further
>public monies on discredited and dangerous plans for "recycling" nuclear
>waste.
>
>* $0.00:  Complete lack of any provisions for improving fuel efficiency
>standards and developing intelligent, comprehensive conservation
>strategies (even though two-thirds of America's oil consumption is used in
>transportation).
>
>* $300 Million:  Handout for companies drilling for hard-to-reach oil in
>Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge  (Please see our website for more
>information on what is at stake in the Refuge).
>
>Tell your Senators to oppose Murkowski's National Energy Security Act !!
>(S.388 and S.389)
>
>
>CALL:  (202)-224-3121
>(Switchboard at the US Capitol)
>
>WRITE: Office of Senator (Name)
>              United States Senate
>              Washington, DC  20510
>
>E-MAIL:
>E-mail addresses and other information for your Senator can be found at:
>www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm
>
>(Keep in mind that written letters typically make a bigger impression than
>e-mail)
>
>LEARN:  more about this bill and other energy-related issues by visiting
>the Critical Mass website at www.citizen.org/cmep.
>
>Or contact us at:
>
>Public Citizen
>Critical Mass Energy & Environment Program
>215 Pennsylvania Ave., SE
>Washington, DC  20003
>E-mail: [e-mail]        Phone:  [phone]

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From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) South Korea backtracks on strong oppostion to Bush missile
Date: 02 Mar 2001 07:20:51 -0800

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Dear abolitionists -- In a very dissappointing development, it appears that
South Korea has retracted its surprisingly strong statement of earlier this
week, in which it joined Russia in opposing US missile defense plans.=20
Following are two New York Times stories.  The earlier story article follows
today's story.   It seesm to me that both of these developments are=
 significant
and bear watching. -- Jackie Cabasso

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NEW YORK TIMES

South Korea Now Pulls Back From Russia on Missile Shield

March 2, 2001

By DON KIRK

SEOUL, South Korea, March 1 =97 The government made a swift retreat
today from what had appeared to be a decision by President Kim Dae
Jung to support President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in opposing
the missile defense program backed by President George W. Bush.

 Pressed by United States officials for an explanation of Mr. Kim
and Mr. Putin's joint statement on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry
drew a careful distinction between endorsement of the Antiballistic
Missile Treaty of 1972 and opposition to national missile defense.

 It was one thing to join with Mr. Putin, as Mr. Kim did after
their meeting here, in defending the ABM treaty as a "cornerstone
of strategic stability," a ministry official said, but quite
another to conclude that Mr. Kim viewed national missile defense as
inevitably violating the treaty.

 The government appeared eager to reassure Washington that Mr. Kim
had said nothing to Mr. Putin that would compromise South Korea's
alliance with the United States, which supports the South with
37,000 troops here in case of an attack by North Korea.

 The need to respond convincingly to a United States request for
"clarification" of the statement on the missile treaty took on
urgency, as members of Mr. Kim's staff, as well as Foreign Ministry
officials, prepared for his meeting on Wednesday with Mr. Bush in
Washington. Officials met today, a holiday that commemorates the
82nd anniversary of a revolt against Japanese colonial rule.

 The public saw a three-paragraph Foreign Ministry statement that
the ministry was "still carefully reviewing its position" on
missile defense and had not "voiced any opposition to it."

 The joint statement on Tuesday said nothing "indirectly
criticizing or opposing" national missile defense, the Foreign
Ministry said today, adding that news reports to that effect were
misleading and did not "reflect the position" of the government.
The care with which officials worked out the "clarification"
delineated the problem as South Korea tries to carve out a foreign
policy that satisfies all the major powers with immediate influence
on the Korean Peninsula, China, Russia and Japan, as well as the
United States.

 Mr. Kim had hoped in his talks with Mr. Putin to enlist support in
efforts at rapprochement with North Korea, while Mr. Putin sought
to win Mr. Kim to his side in opposing the missile program.

 South Korean officials, in briefings for local reporters, said the
government had rejected a Russian suggestion for a clear expression
of opposition to national missile defense. The statement, in which
Mr. Putin and Mr. Kim said the 1972 treaty should be strengthened,
could be seen as fulfilling that purpose, because the pact requires
signers not to build national missile defense systems.

 United States officials appeared to be satisfied with the South
Korean explanation. "We asked them to clarify their position, and
they clarified it," an American diplomat said. "We said, `Hey, this
sounds as though you're opposed to national missile defense,' and
they said they didn't mean it that way."

 "We're all friends again," the American added.=20

 One theory for
why Mr. Kim joined in such a seemingly strong endorsement of
Moscow's position was that he and his advisers were not aware of
the possible repercussions. "They were trying to be nice to Putin,"
said a Western diplomat.

 Mr. Kim, however, may have also wanted to signal his government's
uneasiness with a plan that would compromise his "sunshine policy"
of engagement with North Korea. China, North Korea's main ally, has
opposed national missile defense, if anything more strongly than
Russia, and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, would undoubtedly
take umbrage at any sign that Kim Dae Jung had adopted the American
position.

 Foreign Minister Lee Joung Binn of South Korea suggested last
month that the United States should persuade the North to stop
producing and testing missiles rather than focus on missile
defense.=20
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South Korean President Sides With Russia on Missile Defense

February 27, 2001

By PATRICK E. TYLER

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 27 =97 Less than a week before he meets
President Bush in Washington, the president of South Korea today
publicly took Russia's side in the debate over Washington's plan
for a national missile defense.

 A joint communiqu=E9 issued by President Kim Dae Jung with the
visiting president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, declared that the
1972 ABM treaty limiting anti-missile defenses =97 which would be
threatened by Washington's project =97 is a "cornerstone of strategic
stability" and that it should not only be preserved, but also
"strengthened."

 The statement by Mr. Kim =97 whose country is protected with the
help of 37,000 American troops =97 was one of the strongest
declarations to date by one of America's Asian allies, and it
linked South Korea to European powers who have expressed concern
that the United States was pressing forward with missile defenses
in a manner that could inspire a new round of nuclear competition
by Russia, China and South Asia.

 President Bush has asserted that he would withdraw from the 1972
ABM Treaty if necessary in order to build national missile defenses
capable of protecting the United States against the threat of a
limited ballistic missile attack from countries like North Korea,
Iran and Iraq.

 It was not immediately clear why Mr. Kim decided to identify with
Moscow's view of the issue.

 But as the Bush administration shows signs of doubting North
Korea's sincerity in dismantling its weapons of mass destruction,
Mr. Putin has played an energetic role to push rapprochement
forward on the Korean peninsula, flying to Pyongyang last July to
meet the reclusive North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, and now
preparing to bring him to Moscow for more talks on how to reduce
tensions.

 It is also possible that the South Korean president's criticism
reflects the general concern in Asia that the Bush administration's
missile defense plans will isolate China by rendering its nuclear
arsenal ineffective.

 For South Korea, China has also played a constructive role in
working for Korean rapprochement, treating Kim Jong-il to a tour of
booming Shanghai this winter and doing similar missionary work with
North Korea's hard-line military leaders. Li Peng, the second
ranking member of the ruling Politburo in Beijing, is due in Seoul
next month for a state visit.

 Today's statement cataloged the arms control treaties or
agreements that remain unfulfilled as a result of objections to
their ratification in the United States. The principle outstanding
accords are Start II, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty that
would cut cold war nuclear arsenals in half, and another that would
to ban nuclear testing. Russia has ratified both, and Mr. Kim, in a
summit meeting that was largely devoted to business and trade
issues, welcomed Russia's act.

 Though neither president mentioned the United States by name and,
during a brief news conference on Mr. Putin's first day of meetings
here, steered questions to economic matters, the object of the
communiqu=E9's criticism was unmistakable.

 "The Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea agreed that the
1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty is the cornerstone of strategic
stability and an important foundation of international efforts on
nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation," the joint statement
said. "Both sides expressed their hope that the Start II Treaty
will enter into force as soon as possible and that as soon as
possible after that, the Start III treaty will be signed and that
the ABM Treaty will be preserved and strengthened."

 In a reference to the test ban treaty, the statement by the
Russian and South Korean leaders said they "appealed to other
countries to ratify the treaty without any delays and they also
appealed to those countries whose ratification is needed for it to
come into effect."=20

 Since he won election a year ago, Mr. Putin has undertaken a
diplomatic campaign to persuade the United States to forgo its
large-scale missile defense plans and instead develop regional and
mobile missile defenses that could be brought to bear against
missile threats from rogue states. Russia presented its concept for
such a plan to NATO's secretary general, Lord Robertson, in Moscow
last week.

 Russia has also sought to show that more intensive diplomacy, such
as Mr. Kim's opening to North Korea, might go a long way in
reducing the threat from rogue states. To that end, Mr. Putin also
has been courting North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, in an effort,
thus far unsuccessful, to persuade him to abandon his ballistic
missile program.=20

 After a day in which Mr. Putin and the South Korean leader
discussed the progress between north and south, along with trade,
investment and new plans to link both Koreas with Russian and
Europe via the trans-Siberian railway, Mr. Putin tonight said
Russia was looking for a constructive role for Moscow in linking
the economies of North and South Korea through rail and energy
projects.=20

 "There is nobody who can lose in this process," he said.

 In a
toast tonight at a banquet in the ornate presidential palace with
sweeping blue-tiled rooflines, Mr. Putin predicted that the
north-south dialogue that Mr. Kim engineered last year would "lead
to reunification of the Korean nation."=20

 In between the banquets and toasts, however, Mr. Putin's visit
here has been a hard slog of negotiations over how to resolve
Russia's $1.8 billion debt to Seoul, how to overcome formidable
obstacles to building new railway links that still exist on both
sides of the Demilitarized Zone, where more than 1.7 million North
and South Korean troops still face each other in a high state of
readiness for war.

 Work on one rail line connecting Seoul, Pyongyang and Sinuiji on
North Korea's border with China already has begun, but Mr. Putin is
lobbying for the $1 billion rehabilitation of a second line
northeast to Vladivostok that would connect South Korea's ports and
industrial centers with Russia's impoverished Far East.

 Mr. Putin said linking both Koreas with the trans-Siberian railway
would cut freight deliveries from the Pacific to Europe from 25 to
12 days, while also providing assistance to North Korea, which
would reap more than $100 million a year in revenues.

 At a lunch with businessmen today, Mr. Putin made it clear that
Russia also has high technology products to offer. "Russia can
offer state-of-the-art technology," he said. "For example, we can
help other countries launch space devices such as satellites."

 Mr. Putin was not as successful in selling Russian arms to South
Korea, though some military equipment, including tanker aircraft,
helicopters and hovercraft, are part of a proposal to sell weapons
and raw materials in exchange for reducing Russia's debt.

 As the Soviet Union was collapsing, Seoul offered $1.45 billion in
credits to Moscow to establish diplomatic relations, thus
undercutting one of North Korea's chief patrons. As Russia has
failed to repay the credits, interest charges have increased it to
$1.8 billion.=20
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Jacqueline Cabasso
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
1440 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, California 94612 USA
Tel: + 1 [phone]
Fax: + 1 [phone]
Western States Legal Foundation is a founding member of the=20
ABOLITION 2000 GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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<html><div>Dear abolitionists -- In a very dissappointing development, it
appears that South Korea has retracted its surprisingly strong statement
of earlier this week, in which it joined Russia in opposing US missile
defense plans.  Following are two New York Times stories.  The
earlier story article follows today's story.   It seesm to me
that both of these developments are significant and bear watching. --
Jackie Cabasso</div>
<br>
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<br>
<div>South Korea Now Pulls Back From Russia on Missile Shield</div>
<br>
<div>March 2, 2001</div>
<br>
<div>By DON KIRK</div>
<br>
<div>SEOUL, South Korea, March 1 =97 The government made a swift
retreat</div>
<div>today from what had appeared to be a decision by President Kim
Dae</div>
<div>Jung to support President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in
opposing</div>
<div>the missile defense program backed by President George W.
Bush.</div>
<br>
<div> Pressed by United States officials for an explanation of Mr.
Kim</div>
<div>and Mr. Putin's joint statement on Tuesday, the Foreign
Ministry</div>
<div>drew a careful distinction between endorsement of the
Antiballistic</div>
<div>Missile Treaty of 1972 and opposition to national missile
defense.</div>
<br>
<div> It was one thing to join with Mr. Putin, as Mr. Kim did
after</div>
<div>their meeting here, in defending the ABM treaty as a
"cornerstone</div>
<div>of strategic stability," a ministry official said, but
quite</div>
<div>another to conclude that Mr. Kim viewed national missile defense
as</div>
<div>inevitably violating the treaty.</div>
<br>
<div> The government appeared eager to reassure Washington that Mr.
Kim</div>
<div>had said nothing to Mr. Putin that would compromise South
Korea's</div>
<div>alliance with the United States, which supports the South
with</div>
<div>37,000 troops here in case of an attack by North Korea.</div>
<br>
<div> The need to respond convincingly to a United States request
for</div>
<div>"clarification" of the statement on the missile treaty
took on</div>
<div>urgency, as members of Mr. Kim's staff, as well as Foreign
Ministry</div>
<div>officials, prepared for his meeting on Wednesday with Mr. Bush
in</div>
<div>Washington. Officials met today, a holiday that commemorates
the</div>
<div>82nd anniversary of a revolt against Japanese colonial rule.</div>
<br>
<div> The public saw a three-paragraph Foreign Ministry statement
that</div>
<div>the ministry was "still carefully reviewing its position"
on</div>
<div>missile defense and had not "voiced any opposition to
it."</div>
<br>
<div> The joint statement on Tuesday said nothing
"indirectly</div>
<div>criticizing or opposing" national missile defense, the
Foreign</div>
<div>Ministry said today, adding that news reports to that effect
were</div>
<div>misleading and did not "reflect the position" of the
government.</div>
<div>The care with which officials worked out the
"clarification"</div>
<div>delineated the problem as South Korea tries to carve out a
foreign</div>
<div>policy that satisfies all the major powers with immediate
influence</div>
<div>on the Korean Peninsula, China, Russia and Japan, as well as
the</div>
<div>United States.</div>
<br>
<div> Mr. Kim had hoped in his talks with Mr. Putin to enlist
support in</div>
<div>efforts at rapprochement with North Korea, while Mr. Putin
sought</div>
<div>to win Mr. Kim to his side in opposing the missile program.</div>
<br>
<div> South Korean officials, in briefings for local reporters, said
the</div>
<div>government had rejected a Russian suggestion for a clear
expression</div>
<div>of opposition to national missile defense. The statement, in
which</div>
<div>Mr. Putin and Mr. Kim said the 1972 treaty should be
strengthened,</div>
<div>could be seen as fulfilling that purpose, because the pact
requires</div>
<div>signers not to build national missile defense systems.</div>
<br>
<div> United States officials appeared to be satisfied with the
South</div>
<div>Korean explanation. "We asked them to clarify their position,
and</div>
<div>they clarified it," an American diplomat said. "We said,
`Hey, this</div>
<div>sounds as though you're opposed to national missile defense,'
and</div>
<div>they said they didn't mean it that way."</div>
<br>
<div> "We're all friends again," the American added.
</div>
<br>
<div> One theory for</div>
<div>why Mr. Kim joined in such a seemingly strong endorsement of</div>
<div>Moscow's position was that he and his advisers were not aware
of</div>
<div>the possible repercussions. "They were trying to be nice to
Putin,"</div>
<div>said a Western diplomat.</div>
<br>
<div> Mr. Kim, however, may have also wanted to signal his
government's</div>
<div>uneasiness with a plan that would compromise his "sunshine
policy"</div>
<div>of engagement with North Korea. China, North Korea's main ally,
has</div>
<div>opposed national missile defense, if anything more strongly
than</div>
<div>Russia, and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, would
undoubtedly</div>
<div>take umbrage at any sign that Kim Dae Jung had adopted the
American</div>
<div>position.</div>
<br>
<div> Foreign Minister Lee Joung Binn of South Korea suggested
last</div>
<div>month that the United States should persuade the North to
stop</div>
<div>producing and testing missiles rather than focus on missile</div>
<div>defense. </div>
<div>        </div>
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<div>South Korean President Sides With Russia on Missile Defense</div>
<br>
<div>February 27, 2001</div>
<br>
<div>By PATRICK E. TYLER</div>
<br>
<div>SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 27 =97 Less than a week before he
meets</div>
<div>President Bush in Washington, the president of South Korea
today</div>
<div>publicly took Russia's side in the debate over Washington's
plan</div>
<div>for a national missile defense.</div>
<br>
<div> A joint communiqué issued by President Kim Dae Jung
with the</div>
<div>visiting president of Russia, Vladimir V. Putin, declared that
the</div>
<div>1972 ABM treaty limiting anti-missile defenses =97 which would
be</div>
<div>threatened by Washington's project =97 is a "cornerstone of
strategic</div>
<div>stability" and that it should not only be preserved, but
also</div>
<div>"strengthened."</div>
<br>
<div> The statement by Mr. Kim =97 whose country is protected with
the</div>
<div>help of 37,000 American troops =97 was one of the strongest</div>
<div>declarations to date by one of America's Asian allies, and=20
it</div>
<div>linked South Korea to European powers who have expressed
concern</div>
<div>that the United States was pressing forward with missile
defenses</div>
<div>in a manner that could inspire a new round of nuclear
competition</div>
<div>by Russia, China and South Asia.</div>
<br>
<div> President Bush has asserted that he would withdraw from the
1972</div>
<div>ABM Treaty if necessary in order to build national missile
defenses</div>
<div>capable of protecting the United States against the threat of
a</div>
<div>limited ballistic missile attack from countries like North
Korea,</div>
<div>Iran and Iraq.</div>
<br>
<div> It was not immediately clear why Mr. Kim decided to identify
with</div>
<div>Moscow's view of the issue.</div>
<br>
<div> But as the Bush administration shows signs of doubting
North</div>
<div>Korea's sincerity in dismantling its weapons of mass
destruction,</div>
<div>Mr. Putin has played an energetic role to push rapprochement</div>
<div>forward on the Korean peninsula, flying to Pyongyang last July
to</div>
<div>meet the reclusive North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, and now</div>
<div>preparing to bring him to Moscow for more talks on how to
reduce</div>
<div>tensions.</div>
<br>
<div> It is also possible that the South Korean president's
criticism</div>
<div>reflects the general concern in Asia that the Bush
administration's</div>
<div>missile defense plans will isolate China by rendering its
nuclear</div>
<div>arsenal ineffective.</div>
<br>
<div> For South Korea, China has also played a constructive role
in</div>
<div>working for Korean rapprochement, treating Kim Jong-il to a tour
of</div>
<div>booming Shanghai this winter and doing similar missionary work
with</div>
<div>North Korea's hard-line military leaders. Li Peng, the=20
second</div>
<div>ranking member of the ruling Politburo in Beijing, is due in
Seoul</div>
<div>next month for a state visit.</div>
<br>
<div> Today's statement cataloged the arms control treaties
or</div>
<div>agreements that remain unfulfilled as a result of objections
to</div>
<div>their ratification in the United States. The principle
outstanding</div>
<div>accords are Start II, the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
that</div>
<div>would cut cold war nuclear arsenals in half, and another that
would</div>
<div>to ban nuclear testing. Russia has ratified both, and Mr. Kim, in
a</div>
<div>summit meeting that was largely devoted to business and=20
trade</div>
<div>issues, welcomed Russia's act.</div>
<br>
<div> Though neither president mentioned the United States by name
and,</div>
<div>during a brief news conference on Mr. Putin's first day of
meetings</div>
<div>here, steered questions to economic matters, the object of
the</div>
<div>communiqué's criticism was unmistakable.</div>
<br>
<div> "The Russian Federation and the Republic of Korea agreed
that the</div>
<div>1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty is the cornerstone of
strategic</div>
<div>stability and an important foundation of international efforts
on</div>
<div>nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation," the joint
statement</div>
<div>said. "Both sides expressed their hope that the Start II
Treaty</div>
<div>will enter into force as soon as possible and that as soon=20
as</div>
<div>possible after that, the Start III treaty will be signed and
that</div>
<div>the ABM Treaty will be preserved and strengthened."</div>
<br>
<div> In a reference to the test ban treaty, the statement by
the</div>
<div>Russian and South Korean leaders said they "appealed to
other</div>
<div>countries to ratify the treaty without any delays and they
also</div>
<div>appealed to those countries whose ratification is needed for it
to</div>
<div>come into effect." </div>
<br>
<div> Since he won election a year ago, Mr. Putin has undertaken
a</div>
<div>diplomatic campaign to persuade the United States to forgo
its</div>
<div>large-scale missile defense plans and instead develop regional
and</div>
<div>mobile missile defenses that could be brought to bear=20
against</div>
<div>missile threats from rogue states. Russia presented its concept
for</div>
<div>such a plan to NATO's secretary general, Lord Robertson, in
Moscow</div>
<div>last week.</div>
<br>
<div> Russia has also sought to show that more intensive diplomacy,
such</div>
<div>as Mr. Kim's opening to North Korea, might go a long way in</div>
<div>reducing the threat from rogue states. To that end, Mr. Putin
also</div>
<div>has been courting North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il, in an
effort,</div>
<div>thus far unsuccessful, to persuade him to abandon his
ballistic</div>
<div>missile program. </div>
<br>
<div> After a day in which Mr. Putin and the South Korean
leader</div>
<div>discussed the progress between north and south, along with
trade,</div>
<div>investment and new plans to link both Koreas with Russian=20
and</div>
<div>Europe via the trans-Siberian railway, Mr. Putin tonight=20
said</div>
<div>Russia was looking for a constructive role for Moscow in
linking</div>
<div>the economies of North and South Korea through rail and
energy</div>
<div>projects. </div>
<br>
<div> "There is nobody who can lose in this process," he
said.</div>
<br>
<div> In a</div>
<div>toast tonight at a banquet in the ornate presidential palace
with</div>
<div>sweeping blue-tiled rooflines, Mr. Putin predicted that the</div>
<div>north-south dialogue that Mr. Kim engineered last year would
"lead</div>
<div>to reunification of the Korean nation." </div>
<br>
<div> In between the banquets and toasts, however, Mr. Putin's
visit</div>
<div>here has been a hard slog of negotiations over how to=20
resolve</div>
<div>Russia's $1.8 billion debt to Seoul, how to overcome
formidable</div>
<div>obstacles to building new railway links that still exist on
both</div>
<div>sides of the Demilitarized Zone, where more than 1.7 million
North</div>
<div>and South Korean troops still face each other in a high state
of</div>
<div>readiness for war.</div>
<br>
<div> Work on one rail line connecting Seoul, Pyongyang and Sinuiji
on</div>
<div>North Korea's border with China already has begun, but Mr. Putin
is</div>
<div>lobbying for the $1 billion rehabilitation of a second line</div>
<div>northeast to Vladivostok that would connect South Korea's ports
and</div>
<div>industrial centers with Russia's impoverished Far East.</div>
<br>
<div> Mr. Putin said linking both Koreas with the trans-Siberian
railway</div>
<div>would cut freight deliveries from the Pacific to Europe from 25
to</div>
<div>12 days, while also providing assistance to North Korea,
which</div>
<div>would reap more than $100 million a year in revenues.</div>
<br>
<div> At a lunch with businessmen today, Mr. Putin made it clear
that</div>
<div>Russia also has high technology products to offer. "Russia
can</div>
<div>offer state-of-the-art technology," he said. "For example,
we can</div>
<div>help other countries launch space devices such as
satellites."</div>
<br>
<div> Mr. Putin was not as successful in selling Russian arms to
South</div>
<div>Korea, though some military equipment, including tanker
aircraft,</div>
<div>helicopters and hovercraft, are part of a proposal to sell
weapons</div>
<div>and raw materials in exchange for reducing Russia's debt.</div>
<br>
<div> As the Soviet Union was collapsing, Seoul offered $1.45
billion in</div>
<div>credits to Moscow to establish diplomatic relations, thus</div>
<div>undercutting one of North Korea's chief patrons. As Russia
has</div>
<div>failed to repay the credits, interest charges have increased it
to</div>
<div>$1.8 billion. </div>
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Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: BUSH PROPOSES SPACE BUDGET HIKE
Date: 02 Mar 2001 11:33:22 -0500

>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 21:21:31 -0500
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>Bush plan would hike NASA budget 2 percent
>02/28/01
>By KARIN MEADOWS
>Huntsville Times
>
>WASHINGTON - Marshall Space Flight Center (Huntsville, Alabama) will
>continue operating at full throttle if President Bush's proposed 2 percent
>budget increase for NASA passes muster in Congress.
>
>Redstone Arsenal also stands to benefit from a $20 billion increase in
>spending for research and development of defense technology over four years
>to build effective ballistic missile systems.
>
>The president's proposal, released this morning, would raise NASA's budget
>to $14.5 billion in fiscal 2002, which begins Oct. 1, from $14.3 billion in
>fiscal 2001.
>
>One of the centerpieces of the NASA budget proposal is the Marshall-based
>Space Launch Initiative, a program created to reduce the cost of building
>and operating spaceships and to improve safety in space transportation.
>Bush
>wants to boost the program's spending in 2002 by 64 percent to $475.6
>million. That amount already had been anticipated by NASA.
>
>Last year, Congress set aside $4.5 billion to be spent over five years for
>the Space Launch Initiative. The program received $290 million for 2001.
>"We had hoped the new administration would stay on course for the $4.5
>billion over five years for SLI, but we had no guarantees, so this . . . is
>great news," U.S. Rep. Bud Cramer, D-Huntsville, said today.
>
>"Marshall Space Flight Center is taking the lead on developing the next
>generation of space transportation. This kind of funding level will give
>them the resources they need to succeed."
>
>Marshall spokesman Jerry Berg said he could not comment on the proposed 64
>percent increase and said he did not know if the $475.6 million was more,
>less or the same amount of money expected for the Space Launch Initiative
>in
>2002.
>
>Berg said NASA officials had not yet received a copy of Bush's budget
>proposal. NASA planned to brief reporters this afternoon at its Washington
>headquarters.
>
>But a spokesman for Cramer said Bush's proposed 64 percent increase in new
>booster technology research next year is in line with what Congress
>envisioned when it approved money for the five-year program last year.
>
>In his first proposed budget, unveiled this morning following Tuesday
>night's State of the Union speech, Bush challenged the defense technology
>community to use "the present window of relative peace" to develop military
>forces the nation will need for the 21st century.
>
>The budget proposal provided little detail about defense spending, other
>than to ask for a $20 billion increase in defense research and development
>between 2002 and 2006 and to request that 20 percent of the research and
>development budget be allocated to investigate and create new missile
>technologies.
>
>Cramer called the money for improved technology and weapons a plus for the
>state.
>
>"Developing new defense technology and new weapons is a critical need for
>this country and great news for the economy of North Alabama," he said.
>
>In related NASA matters, Bush proposed transferring space station workers
>from Johnson Space Center in Texas to Washington headquarters and
>eliminating funding for the Pluto-Kuiper Express and Solar Probe missions,
>while beefing up dollars for the Mars Exploration Program.
>
>
>
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Subject: (abolition-usa) russian subcritical controversy again
Date: 03 Mar 2001 19:51:10 -0800


The New York Times

          March 4, 2001

          Dispute on Russian Tests Divides Nuclear
          Experts

          By WILLIAM J. BROAD with PATRICK E. TYLER

              or half a decade, Russia has conducted
              what it says are nonnuclear tests under
          the ground of an Arctic island, as the United
          States says it does beneath the Nevada
          desert.

          But the tests have caused bitter divisions
          among intelligence officials and nuclear
          analysts in Washington. Some have concluded
          that Russia is lying and is instead detonating
          small nuclear blasts; other experts say that
          charge is reckless and probably wrong.

          "This question," one intelligence analyst said,
          "is tearing the community into pieces."

          Beyond the dispute is the question of what, if anything, to do if Russia is
          lying. Led by Republicans, the Senate rejected the global ban on nuclear
          explosions and it is unclear whether the United States would now accuse
          Russia of violating it.

          Paradoxically, the rejected test- ban treaty had provisions for inspections
          by which the United States could have sought to examine the Russian test
          site.

          Still, Russia's truthfulness is relevant since underground tests serve to
          perfect new kinds of nuclear warheads.

          President Clinton was briefed on the dispute shortly before he left office
          and the Bush administration is reviewing it, federal scientists and officials
          said. The White House offered no view. "We're not going to comment on
          intelligence matters," said Mary Ellen Countryman, a spokeswoman for
          the National Security Council.

          Russia strongly denies any deception and says the tests comply with
          permitted practice. And some federal experts called the charge most
          likely false, saying the evidence is weak and the analyses flawed.

          The intelligence analysts behind the charge have a history of suspecting
          the worst of Russia, and in one case of embarrassing the United States
          by accusing Moscow of conducting a nuclear blast that turned out to be
          an earth tremor. Such analysts have criticized the test ban treaty as hard
          to monitor. Moreover, the nuclear scientists who are taking part in the
          analyses often oppose bans on testing weapons they have designed, and
          some have argued for renewed American testing.

          But both sides are said to agree that Moscow is doing more at the Arctic
          island, Novaya Zemlya, than it has acknowledged. "It's certain," a federal
          official said, "that the announced activity doesn't tell the whole story."

          A positive outcome of the current dispute, said a senior federal science
          adviser, could be more intrusive means of verification at the nuclear test
          sites of both sides, which might cut through the fog of suspicion. "These
          are examples," he said, "of why we need more transparency."

          The silence at most of the world's nuclear test sites comes after a half
          century of explosions in which new and old designs were checked to see
          how well they worked. The ban on such tests seeks to curb arms
          developments and races.

          To diplomatic acclaim, President Clinton signed the test ban in 1996 after
          championing its adoption. It allows small tests in which nuclear materials
          are thrown together as long as the experiments have an energy output
          equal to zero. In other words, "zero yield" experiments are to produce
          absolutely no burst of nuclear energy, however tiny, and are widely
          agreed to have no use in designing new warheads.

          The dispute centers on an inherently tricky area of test-ban verification in
          which nuclear blasts have yields too small to produce the kind of
          powerful shock waves that distant nations can track easily as faint
          rumbles in bedrock. Because of that, the debate tends to turn on sketchy
          evidence, worst-case scenarios and skeptical retorts.

          Russian officials, in denying any violations of the ban, said military
          scientists on Novaya Zemlya are doing nothing more than simple
          experiments far too weak to represent an atomic blast.

          In an interview, the head of the development and testing of nuclear
          weapons at Moscow's Atomic Energy Ministry, Nikolai P. Voloshin,
          said "We are not violating the treaty, absolutely."

          Russia says it is doing so-called subcritical tests that are allowed under
          the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which 160 nations have signed.
          While so far unratified, the ban is mostly observed in practice; Moscow
          has pledged to abide by its rules.

          Subcritical explosions use nuclear fuel like plutonium in small discharges
          that stop short of producing a self-sustaining chain reaction that releases
          any nuclear energy.

          But some federal intelligence analysts charge that Russia is engaging in a
          type of outlawed test known as hydronuclear. In those tests, metallic
          bomb parts are thrown together explosively, liquefying (thus the hydro)
          while releasing small amounts of nuclear energy. The tests stop short of a
          large blast, releasing perhaps a millionth of the energy of the Hiroshima
          bomb.

          Experts agree that hydronuclear tests can have some use in the design of
          new nuclear arms, although the extent is debated.

          The intelligence team that says Russia is lying includes Lawrence
          Turnbull, a Central Intelligence Agency analyst, and Charles Craft, a
          Sandia National Laboratory analyst, officials said.

          Mr. Craft leads a panel of the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence
          Committee, a group that represents the nuclear views of many federal
          agencies.

          The two, officials added, form the core of a group within the intelligence
          community that believes that it has evidence that Moscow is going over
          the hydronuclear line in an effort to develop new kinds of nuclear arms.

          Part of the team's evidence, a federal official said, centers on highly
          sensitive intelligence sources that are seen as giving Washington a clearer
          view into Moscow's activities on Novaya Zemlya. Neither Mr. Turnbull
          nor Mr. Craft responded to requests for comment.

          Officials said the State Department is skeptical of the accusation and has
          written formal rebuttals.

          The differing sides in the dispute are trying to influence the formal process
          by which the federal government periodically makes judgments about
          secret foreign activities. This National Intelligence Estimate seeks to
          describe the likely state of development in the Russian nuclear program.

          Fueling mistrust, officials said, is the sheer bustle on the hilly island, a
          seemingly barren place about 500 miles long and 500 miles east of
          Murmansk, inside the Artic Circle. They said American surveillance has
          observed a flurry of experimental work as well as Russian planes and
          ships ferrying supplies and nuclear crews back and forth.

          "There's lots of interest, activity and money involved," said a top federal
          science adviser. "So you can understand why people are suspicious."

          Mr. Turnbull and his allies have a history of faulty analyses. In August
          1997 they told the White House that the Russians might have conducted
          an underground test at Novaya Zemlya. But after seismic experts
          challenged that assessment, the C.I.A. retracted that finding and said the
          tremor was actually a nearby undersea earthquake.

          "They've got an ax to grind and are still trying to save face from that,"
          said one federal science adviser.

          Defenders of Mr. Turnbull note that Russia has often cheated on
          arms-control treaties, and that top Russian experts are arguing for new
          nuclear arms. In Moscow, Viktor N. Mikhailov, a former minister of
          atomic energy who still wields much power, has been quoted as
          advocating "a new generation of super precise nuclear weapons."

          But Frank von Hippel, a physicist at Princeton University who advised
          the Clinton administration on the nuclear test ban, said he had heard
          rumors of the intelligence dispute and considered the violation charge
          irresponsible. "As far as I can tell," he said, Washington has no evidence
          "that would prove that the Russian activities are any different than those
          that the U.S. conducts at the Nevada test site."

          If the intelligence team's finding becomes the American view, it might stir
          a political storm. Even though the Senate in 1999 rejected the test ban by
          a vote of 51 to 48, the United States is currently conducting no nuclear
          tests, and weapons experts said the perception of a Russian violation
          could erode or end support for testing restraint.

          Many arms-control experts see small nuclear tests such as those allegedly
          being done by Russia as too small to be militarily significant, and argue
          that branding Russia as a test- ban violator on the basis of slim evidence
          poses more risks than benefits.

          But some intelligence analysts argue that Moscow over the decades has
          learned to tease so much information from small tests that the secretive
          work could produce new classes of nuclear arms.

          Federal experts said the dispute does not appear to be politically
          motivated or timed to the change of administrations.

          Novaya Zemlya is covered with snow and ice most of the year. Starting
          in 1955, Russia conducted more than 100 nuclear blasts there, the last in
          October 1990. Since 1995, Russia has used the remote wilderness for
          what it says are permissible underground experiments to maintain the
          reliability of its nuclear arms.

          From last August through October, Russia announced a series of small
          tests there.






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Subject: (abolition-usa) Alliance for Nuclear Acoountability's DC Days 2001
Date: 05 Mar 2001 13:31:51 -0500


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THE ALLIANCE FOR NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY'S ..... DC DAYS 2001!!

NUCLEAR ACCOUNTABILITY TO PROTECT OUR FUTURE

April 29 - May 2 2001

Join activists from around the nation for four days in Washington DC
focused on the Nuclear Weapons Complex.  This is a unique opportunity to

meet with members of Congress and government officials, and to learn how

to effectively voice your concerns about nuclear weapons, cleanup,
health and nuclear waste policies.

ANA's DC Days begins with a day-long, in-depth training on issues and
skills that will help you be a more effective advocate. The next three
days are devoted to meetings with Members of Congress, key
Administration officials, and their staffs.

In addition, join us for a pizza party Monday night and an award
reception on Capitol Hill Tuesday night to honor members of Congress,
activists and others for their work on nuclear weapons and waste issues.

Dates: DC Days runs from Sunday, April 29 through Wednesday, May 2,
2001.

Check ANA's Web Site for more details and to register!
http://www.ananuclear.org

ANA's DC Days Coordinator: Kathy Crandall (202-833-4668)
Fax: [phone]) E-mail: [e-mail]

Registration: Registration forms are due on April 6.  There is a
registration fee of $60 to help us defray the costs of expenses.  Your
registration includes the Sunday Training and lunch, briefing packets,
attendance at lobby visits, Tuesday evening's reception, snacks at the
DC DAYS headquarters and use of the office equipment there.   There are
separate tickets for a Monday night pizza party, sold for $10 each.  To
obtain registration information, please contact Kathy Crandall at
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opportunity to</tt>
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issues.</tt>
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Subject: (abolition-usa) update on Abolition 2000 treaty
Date: 05 Mar 2001 17:44:20 -0800

Dear  Alice

I have just resigned as leader of the Green Party of Canada. I have just
run in two consecutive federal elections in Canada and have not kept up on
what is happening with Abolition 2000's proposal for a treaty to be signed
by the members States of the UN.

All the best

JOan

At 09:04 PM 02/28/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>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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Dear All,

In response to Joan's recent message about the progress of Abolition
2000, below is an Abolition 2000 update, which will be mailed to
member organizations very shortly.

Best,
Carah Ong

ABOLITION 2000 UPDATE

Abolition 2000 Review and Strategy Meeting

 From 17-20 November, a Global Citizens' Assembly for the Elimination
of Nuclear Weapons was held in Nagasaki, Japan. The Assembly had
several unique features in that it was the last antinuclear NGO
conference of the 20th century and was held in the last city bombed
by an atomic weapon. Antinuclear non-governmental organization
leaders from around the world joined world citizens to generate a new
vision for the 21st century based on activities and experiences of
the past. At the conclusion of the Assembly, the enclosed Nagasaki
Appeal was adopted. As part of the Nagasaki Meeting Abolition 2000
also held a Review and Strategy Meeting prior to the conference and
Abolition 2000 activities were also introduced and discussed during
the formal plenary and workshop sessions.

Adoption of Amendment to Abolition 2000 Statement and Petition

In October 2000, the Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee (ACC) put
forward a proposal to Network Members participating on the various
abolition listserves to amend the Abolition 2000 statement and asking
for input prior to the Review and Strategy Meeting in Nagasaki. After
consulting with the Global Council, the ACC proposed the deletion of
the phrase "by the year 2000" from the Abolition 2000 Statement with
a footnote explaining that this was removed in the year 2000. Many
email messages from member organizations were received prior to the
conference in Nagasaki agreeing to the proposed changes. Those in
attendance at the Review and Strategy Meeting adopted by consensus
the proposed amendment to both the Abolition 2000 Statement and
Petition. The meeting agreed to amend the A2000 statement and the
A2000 petition to remove the words "by the year 2000" in the
paragraph calling for negotiations on a nuclear weapons convention.
The full text of the amended statement and a new petition is enclosed
with this Mailing.

The Atomic Mirror presented the Abolition 2000 Report Card "Must Try
Harder" to the meeting as an overview of what the Network had
achieved since it was created. This, and the annual Report Cards for
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000, are available on the Abolition 2000
Website at:  http://www.abolition2000.org/reports/reportcard2000.html
For a hard copy contact the Atomic Mirror at:
P.O. Box 220
Port Hueneme, CA 93044
tel: [phone]
fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail]


Developing the Network:

* There is a need for better methods of rapid information sharing and
dissemination as well as more translation into different languages of
Network materials and issue updates.

* The Network and its members should issue expressions of global
solidarity to organizations and movements working on similar or
connected issues. (See enclosed Abolition 2000 Message of Support to
the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace in India.)

* The Network needs better coordination of actions and activities.

* The Network needs more Regional Contacts who are active in order to
stimulate Network actions and information sharing, particularly in
regional languages.

* The Network needs to maintain both a simple message in order to
create a critical mass as well as an expertise in nuclear issues.

* The Network needs to maintain a balance between head and heart.

Ideas for Action:

* The Network should use and support mechanisms, like the NPT,
already in place to apply pressure on both the NWS and the NNWS.

* The Network should promote the Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC) and
use it as a tool to outreach to the media and general public.

* Ballistic Missile Defense is currently a hot topic and the Global
Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space also acts and
should be supported as the Abolition 2000 Working Group on this
subject.

* The Network should continue to explore the idea of an International
Control Regime. There is currently an Abolition 2000 Working Group in
development on this subject.

* There was interest from the participants at the Nagasaki meeting to
support Secretary General Koffi Annan's proposal for an International
Conference on Nuclear Dangers.

* The Network should explore and support regional conferences (among
national governments) in order to create preconditions for a broader
international conference on nuclear abolition.

* The Network should approach nuclear weapons abolition in terms of a
step towards general and complete disarmament.

* The Network should initiate and support speaking tours on the NWC
in various countries.

Staff Changes:

Carah Ong, who has served as the Abolition 2000 Coordinator since
1998, has accepted a position with Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
(NAPF). NAPF will pledge the equivalent of one day per week of
Carah's time to answer queries, edit the Grassroots Newsletter and
continue to maintain the A2000 database and website.

The Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) has
agreed to fund the position of an Outreach and Development
Coordinator for the Network for one year who will work out of the New
York office of the Women's International League for Peace and
Freedom. (see attached job description). The Outreach and Development
Coordinator will be managed by the ACC.

The ACC will also develop a forward looking proposal for funding for a fulltime
coordinator matching the location of the successful candidate with
the location of an organization willing to host the office.

What your group can do:

* Use the amended petition to raise the profile of Abolition 2000

* Plan activities for the Abolition 2000 Week of Action from March 1
to 8 this year

* Generate lots of letters to your government with a copy to Koffi
Annan in support of the UN Secretary General's Millennial Summit call
for an International Conference on the issue of nuclear abolition.
Enclosed is a copy of the draft letter, which was sent to him by the
Abolition Coordinating Committee.  Please copy Carah Ong with
anything you, your organization or your individual members send.

* Let your members know about our Working Groups and see if any are
interested in representing your organization on the various Working
Groups in the Network.

  September 1, 2000

  Honorable Kofi Annan
  Secretary General
  United Nations
  38th Floor
  New York, NY  10017


  Dear Secretary General Kofi Annan,

  We are writing to you on behalf of Abolition 2000, a global network
to eliminate nuclear weapons.  Abolition 2000, which was formed at
the time of the 1995 NonProliferation Treaty Review and Extension
Conference, has grown to a network of over 2,000 organizations and
municipalities in 95 countries.  Enclosed is a copy of the Abolition
2000 Statement, the founding document of the Network, with its
eleven-point program for the complete and verifiable elimination of
nuclear weapons.

  We strongly support your proposal for a global conference on nuclear
disarmament.  We see this as a pragmatic and necessary step to break
the current deadlock in nuclear disarmament efforts and to forward
the commitment made at the recent NonProliferation Treaty Review
Conference for "an unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear weapons
states to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear
arsenals..."

  The Abolition 2000 Global Network will actively lobby governments
before, during and after the Millennium Summit for a global
conference on nuclear disarmament.  Please let us know if there are
any specific ways in which we can help you furthering this goal.

  With very best wishes.

  Sincerely,

  The Abolition 2000
  Coordinating Committee


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<div>Dear All,</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>In response to Joan's recent message about the progress of
Abolition 2000, below is an Abolition 2000 update, which will be
mailed to member organizations very shortly.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Best,</div>
<div>Carah Ong</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><font face="Times" color="#000000"><b>ABOLITION 2000 UPDATE<br>
<br>
Abolition 2000 Review and Strategy Meeting<br>
<br>
</b>From 17-20 November, a Global Citizens' Assembly for the
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons was held in Nagasaki, Japan. The
Assembly had several unique features in that it was the last
antinuclear NGO conference of the 20th century and was held in the
last city bombed by an atomic weapon. Antinuclear non-governmental
organization leaders from around the world joined world citizens to
generate a new vision for the 21st century based on activities and
experiences of the past. At the conclusion of the Assembly, the
enclosed Nagasaki Appeal was adopted. As part of the Nagasaki Meeting
Abolition 2000 also held a Review and Strategy Meeting prior to the
conference and Abolition 2000 activities were also introduced and
discussed during the formal plenary and workshop sessions.<br>
 <br>
<b>Adoption of Amendment to Abolition 2000 Statement and Petition<br>
<br>
</b>In October 2000, the Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee (ACC)
put forward a proposal to Network Members participating on the various
abolition listserves to amend the Abolition 2000 statement and asking
for input prior to the Review and Strategy Meeting in Nagasaki. After
consulting with the Global Council, the ACC proposed the deletion of
the phrase "by the year 2000" from the Abolition 2000
Statement with a footnote explaining that this was removed in the year
2000. Many email messages from member organizations were received
prior to the conference in Nagasaki agreeing to the proposed changes.
Those in attendance at the Review and Strategy Meeting adopted by
consensus the proposed amendment to both the Abolition 2000 Statement
and Petition. The meeting agreed to amend the A2000 statement and the
A2000 petition to remove the words "by the year 2000" in the
paragraph calling for negotiations on a nuclear weapons convention.
The full text of the amended statement and a new petition is enclosed
with this Mailing.<br>
<br>
The Atomic Mirror presented the Abolition 2000 Report Card "Must
Try Harder" to the meeting as an overview of what the Network had
achieved since it was created. This, and the annual Report Cards for
1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000, are available on the Abolition 2000
Website at:
http://www.abolition2000.org/reports/reportcard2000.html<br>
For a hard copy contact the Atomic Mirror at:<br>
P.O. Box 220<br>
Port Hueneme, CA 93044<br>
tel: [phone]<br>
fax: [phone]<br>
email: [e-mail]<br>
 <br>
 <br>
<b>Developing the Network:<br>
</b> <br>
* There is a need for better methods of rapid information sharing and
dissemination as well as more translation into different languages of
Network materials and issue updates.<br>
<br>
* The Network and its members should issue expressions of global
solidarity to organizations and movements working on similar or
connected issues. (See enclosed Abolition 2000 Message of Support to
the Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace in India.)<br>
<br>
* The Network needs better coordination of actions and activities.<br>
<br>
* The Network needs more Regional Contacts who are active in order to
stimulate Network actions and information sharing, particularly in
regional languages.<br>
<br>
* The Network needs to maintain both a simple message in order to
create a critical mass as well as an expertise in nuclear issues.<br>
<br>
* The Network needs to maintain a balance between head and heart.<br>
<br>
<b>Ideas for Action:<br>
</b> <br>
* The Network should use and support mechanisms, like the NPT, already
in place to apply pressure on both the NWS and the NNWS.<br>
<br>
* The Network should promote the Nuclear Weapons Convention (NWC) and
use it as a tool to outreach to the media and general public.<br>
<br>
* Ballistic Missile Defense is currently a hot topic and the Global
Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space also acts and
should be supported as the Abolition 2000 Working Group on this
subject.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times" color="#000000"><br>
* The Network should continue to explore the idea of an International
Control Regime. There is currently an Abolition 2000 Working Group in
development on this subject.<br>
<br>
* There was interest from the participants at the Nagasaki meeting to
support Secretary General Koffi Annan's proposal for an International
Conference on Nuclear Dangers.<br>
<br>
* The Network should explore and support regional conferences (among
national governments) in order to create preconditions for a broader
international conference on nuclear abolition.<br>
<br>
* The Network should approach nuclear weapons abolition in terms of a
step towards general and complete disarmament.<br>
<br>
* The Network should initiate and support speaking tours on the NWC in
various countries.<br>
 <br>
<b>Staff Changes:<br>
</b> <br>
Carah Ong, who has served as the Abolition 2000 Coordinator since
1998, has accepted a position with Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
(NAPF). NAPF will pledge the equivalent of one day per week of Carah's
time to answer queries, edit the Grassroots Newsletter and continue to
maintain the A2000 database and website.<br>
 <br>
The Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) has
agreed to fund the position of an Outreach and Development Coordinator
for the Network for one year who will work out of the New York office
of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. (see
attached job description). The Outreach and Development Coordinator
will be managed by the ACC.<br>
<br>
The ACC will also develop a forward looking proposal for funding for a
fulltime<br>
coordinator matching the location of the successful candidate with the
location of an organization willing to host the office.<br>
 <br>
<b>What your group can do:<br>
</b> <br>
* Use the amended petition to raise the profile of Abolition
2000  <br>
<br>
* Plan activities for the Abolition 2000 Week of Action from March 1
to 8 this year<br>
<br>
* Generate lots of letters to your government with a copy to Koffi
Annan in support of the UN Secretary General's Millennial Summit call
for an International Conference on the issue of nuclear abolition.
Enclosed is a copy of the draft letter, which was sent to him by the
Abolition Coordinating Committee.  Please copy Carah Ong with
anything you, your organization or your individual members send.<br>
<br>
* Let your members know about our Working Groups and see if any are
interested in representing your organization on the various Working
Groups in the Network.<br>
 <br>
 September 1, 2000<br>
 <br>
 Honorable Kofi Annan<br>
 Secretary General<br>
 United Nations<br>
 38th Floor<br>
 New York, NY  10017<br>
 <br>
 <br>
 Dear Secretary General Kofi Annan,<br>
 <br>
 We are writing to you on behalf of Abolition 2000, a global
network to eliminate nuclear weapons.  Abolition 2000, which was
formed at the time of the 1995 NonProliferation Treaty Review and
Extension Conference, has grown to a network of over 2,000
organizations and municipalities in 95 countries.  Enclosed is a
copy of the Abolition 2000 Statement, the founding document of the
Network, with its eleven-point program for the complete and verifiable
elimination of nuclear weapons.<br>
 <br>
 We strongly support your proposal for a global conference on
nuclear disarmament.  We see this as a pragmatic and necessary
step to break the current deadlock in nuclear disarmament efforts and
to forward the commitment made at the recent NonProliferation Treaty
Review Conference for "an unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear
weapons states to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear
arsenals..."<br>
 <br>
 The Abolition 2000 Global Network will actively lobby
governments before, during and after the Millennium Summit for a
global conference on nuclear disarmament.  Please let us know if
there are any specific ways in which we can help you furthering this
goal.<br>
 <br>
 With very best wishes.<br>
 <br>
 Sincerely,<br>
 <br>
 The Abolition 2000<br>
 Coordinating Committee<br>
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Urgent! Sign-on request from our Russian  enviro colleagues
Date: 06 Mar 2001 09:08:47 -0800

Thanks! Peace, Marylia

>--- Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> Please sign us on, Marylia.
>>
>> Ellen Thomas
>> Executive Director
>>
>> PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE
>> P.O. Box 27217, Washington, DC 20038 USA
>> 202-462-0757 (phone) | 202-265-5389 (fax)
>> http://prop1.org | [e-mail]
>>
>>                  ***

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: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 49 arrested at NDE Lenten action at the Nevada Test Site
Date: 06 Mar 2001 18:24:34 +0000

Dear Abolitionists,

Last Sunday, March 4, 2001, the final day of  Nevada Desert Experience's
20th annual Lenten Desert Experience, about 60 people of different
faiths came together at the Nevada Test Site's Mercury entrance (about
65 miles north of Las Vegas) to protest the "subcritical" nuclear tests
and the many other nuclear-related activities that occur there.

After a sunrise ceremony led by Corbin Harney, the traditional spiritual
leader of the Western Shoshone people, followed by an interfaith Lenten
service, the group processed silently to the gates.  Most filed in twos,
while about 15 formed a blockade across the road holding a banner.   49
decided to cross the line after Corbin Harney made an inspiring speech
for the immediate closure of the Test Site and the return of the land to
the Western Shoshone.  After a brief time in the holding pen at that
entrance, all 49 were cited for trespass and then released.

The land where the Test Site sits is the traditional homeland of the
Western Shoshone.  In the 1950s, the US took that land, in violation of
the Treaty of Ruby Valley between the US and the Western Shoshone, for
nuclear weapons testing.  Over 900 nuclear weapons tests have been
conducted there, creating what some refer to as the "most devastated
place on Earth."

Although full-blown nuclear testing was ended at the end of the cold
war, the US continues to conduct underground "subcritical" nuclear tests
at the Test Site (these are detonations of high explosives along with
fissile materials).  Critics say these tests continue to radioactively
contaminate the environment, endanger public health and safety,
undermine the ongoing international ratification process of the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and violate Article VI of the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Since 1981, Nevada Desert Experience has held peaceful resistance
actions at the Test Site, protesting the nuclear threat and supporting
the claims of the Western Shoshone to the land.  For two decades, Nevada
Desert Experience has organized literally 1000s of people from all over
the world for these spiritually-based protests.

On the day before the protest, Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator of the Global
Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space was the keynote speaker
featured by Nevada Desert Experience as part of its 3-day Lenten Desert
Experience.  Bruce spoke about the "Star Wars" program now being
developed by the US.  His address also included information about the
Test Site's possible role as the future site of a commerically-licensed
space launch facility run by a private corporation - the Kistler
Aerospace Corporation.

For further information, please contact Nevada Desert Experience at
[phone], or [phone].

Sally Light, Executive Director
Nevada Desert Experience
Las Vegas Office:  P.O. Box 46645, Las Vegas, NV 89114, [phone].
California Office:  P.O. Box 7849, Oakland, CA 94601, [phone].
Web Site:  www.NevadaDesertExperience.org
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Urgent! Sign-on request from our Russian enviro colleagues
Date: 06 Mar 2001 19:44:31 -0800

Hi Harry -- Thanks. Peace, Marylia

>Marylia,Please sign me on
>Harry Rogers
>Carolina Peace Resource Center
>Columbia SC
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "marylia" <[e-mail]>
>To: <[e-mail]>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 1:20 PM
>Subject: (abolition-usa) Urgent! Sign-on request from our Russian enviro
>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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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
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U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Urgent! Sign-on request from our Russian enviro colleagues
Date: 06 Mar 2001 20:00:20 -0800

Hi -- and thanks! Peace, Marylia

>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
>[e-mail]
>
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(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: Carah Lynn Ong <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Open Global Council Meeting in England
Date: 07 Mar 2001 15:20:14 -0700

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Open Global Council Meeting in England

Following the meeting of the Global Network Against Weapons and
Nuclear Power in Space in Leeds in May Abolition 2000 will host an
open meeting of its Global Council in Saffron Walden, England on May
7th and 8th. The meeting will take advantage of the fact that a many
members of the Global Council and others active in A2000 will be in
the UK at this time. Saffron Walden is a beautiful market town about
an hour north of London and close to Cambridge. The meeting will take
place at the town's Quaker Meeting House and homestays will be
available for those who need them. As well as the meeting itself
there will be social activities organized on both evenings. Space
will be limited so if you want to attend please contact Janet
Bloomfield ([e-mail]) as soon as possible. Transport
will be organized from Leeds to Saffron Walden for those attending
both meetings.
--
Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator

Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
PMB 121, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1
Santa Barbara, California  93108-2794  USA

Tel:  [phone]
Fax:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]
Http://www.abolition2000.org

Join the Abolition Global Caucus, send a message to
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<div><font color="#0F0000">Following the meeting of the Global Network
Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space in Leeds in May Abolition
2000 will host an open meeting of its Global Council in Saffron
Walden, England on May 7th and 8th. The meeting will take advantage of
the fact that a many members of the Global Council and others active
in A2000 will be in the UK at this time. Saffron Walden is a beautiful
market town about an hour north of London and close to Cambridge. The
meeting will take place at the town's Quaker Meeting House and
homestays will be available for those who need them. As well as the
meeting itself there will be social activities organized on both
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Carah Lynn Ong<br>
Coordinator<br>
<br>
Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons<br>
PMB 121, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1<br>
Santa Barbara, California  93108-2794  USA<br>
<br>
Tel:  [phone]<br>
Fax:  [phone]<br>
Email:  [e-mail]<br>
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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Has Your Organisation Signed Monster Star Wars Letter Yet?
Date: 08 Mar 2001 16:29:27 +1100

IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SIGNED THIS LETTER YOU ARE URGED TO DO SO.

PLEASE PASS IT ON TO ANY OTHER ORGANISATION THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SIGNING

(MY APOLOGIES IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THIS, or if you get it many times
- It is now being sent out to my largest lists, so many that have already
signed will get it again. You may like to check that I have entered you
correctly)

If you have not yet by some oversight, signed this important letter you are
urged to join the over 60 organisations that have done so thus far.

If you signed a similar letter from me last year, I urge you to sign this one.

You sign by replying to this email, specifying the name of your
organisation, your title, and your adress.

Please do not forget to say which country you are from - There are
signatures from Reykjavik to London to Washington to Patagonia.




PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
[phone], [phone], [phone],

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
[phone],   [phone],

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,
ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,  [phone],
[phone],

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],
PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]
HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE, [phone],

GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
[phone],

CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
[phone], [phone],

JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY
[phone], [phone],
[phone],  [phone],

PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]

JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
[phone],
JOHN MANLEY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,  [phone],
[phone], [phone].

POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK
[phone]

JENS STOLTENBERG, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY [phone]

THORBJORN JAGLAND, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, NORWAY [phone]

BJORN TORE GODAL, MINISTER OF DEFENCE, NORWAY [phone]

CC
US SECRETARY OF STATE GENERAL COLIN POWELL,  [phone],

US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE,  DONALD C. RUMSFELD,  [phone],

THE HON. ALEXANDER DOWNER, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUSTRALIA
[phone],  08-8370-8166

THE HON. PETER REITH, MINISTER FOR DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA [phone],
03-5979-3034


Dear Presidents, Prime Ministers, Secretaries and Ministers of Foreign
Affairs and Defence:

We, the undersigned organisations, representing millions of people
world-wide, write to express our opposition to current US plans to deploy a
national ballistic missile defence network.

We urge instead that the United States proceed with deep cuts to the US
arsenal and de-alerting of nuclear weapons -- promised by President George
W. Bush during his campaign --  in order to move toward the total and
unequivocal elimination of nuclear arsenals, to which the United States,
Russia, and other nuclear weapons states are obligated under binding and
repeated international commitments.

The deployment of missile defence will undercut these measures, making the
fulfillment of those commitments more difficult.

In our view, the deployment of a National Missile Defence (NMD) network
is deeply-flawed and reckless, decreasing rather than increasing overall
international security.

President Bush says that the United States will propose modifications to
the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to allow for US national missile
defences.  If Russia does not agree to the US proposals, the Bush
Administration has said the United States is prepared to withdraw from the
ABM treaty.  President Bush may decide as soon as this year whether to
begin construction of a key NMD radar site in Alaska, which could violate
the treaty.

Russia has stated clearly in the recent session of the Conference on
Disarmament that its offer of deep reductions in warhead numbers is
conditional on the  integrity of the ABM treaty.  Russia's ratification of
START-II was also conditional on the maintenance of the integrity of the
ABM treaty, and therefore the non-deployment of US missile defences.

It is our strong view that the deployment of even so-called limited
missile defences will undercut the possibility of deep reductions in US and
Russian nuclear weaponry, and could foreclose the possibility of removing
US and Russian missiles from their current, dangerous hair-trigger alert
status.

Military planners react to capabilities rather than intentions. The
deployment of even limited  missile defences could lead to Russian
re-deployment of tactical nuclear weapons and multiple warhead missiles.
It also may accelerate a Chinese build-up of strategic nuclear weapons,
which could include deployment of multiple nuclear warheads on long-range
missiles, and a dramatic increase in the now limited number of those
missiles.

A Chinese build-up could easily result in a dangerous acceleration of
Indian, and in turn, Pakistani nuclear weapons deployments.  This
escalation of offensive capabilities is likely to lead to nuclear arsenals
poised at even higher levels of alert.

Furthermore, missile defence systems, particularly the NMD network now
being contemplated by the United States, are extraordinarily expensive and
have not been proven to work in an operational environment.

No NMD system, even a limited one, can be deployed for at least six  to 10
years.  Two out of three US NMD flight tests so far have failed, yet in
order to be effective, NMD (or TMD) must intercept incoming nuclear
warheads with close to 100% reliability.

Even if an NMD system could be designed to defeat countermeasures, could be
engineered to be operationally effective, and would not prompt a
state to build additional offensive missiles to over-saturate missile
defences, neither NMD nor TMD can guard against less sophisticated and more
reliable means of delivering weapons of mass destruction.

Likewise, various systems of proposed Theatre Missile Defence, possibly to
be deployed in Taiwan, Japan, Europe or the Middle East, suffer from many
of the same technical problems, and may have the same effect as NMD in
creating a dangerous action-reaction cycle leading to offensive missile
build-ups.

The deployment of missile defence/TMD in Taiwan is particularly likely
to result in a Chinese build-up.

The problems associated with missile defences require that the
international community work together to make effective use of diplomacy,
trade and assistance, and new mechanisms to control and reduce existing and
potential ballistic missile proliferation.  Near-term efforts should be
focused on securing a lasting and enforceable framework agreement freezing
the North Korean missile program.

Further efforts to enforce and strengthen the Missile Technology Control
Regime, and control and reduce missile stockpiles on a global and regional
basis, should be pursued on an urgent basis.

In light of the above:

--We respectfully urge the United States not to seek to deploy such missile
defences, and to support more effective methods to prevent missile
proliferation.

--We urge governments of NATO and other US allies not to enable US
deployment of such missile defence systems by allowing the upgrading of
joint facilities at  Menwith Hill, Fylingdales, Pine Gap, Thule, or
elsewhere, for NMD- or TMD-related purposes, and to use their diplomatic
influence to continue to dissuade the US government from the pursuit of
missile defence.

To address the most immediate and dire missile threat:

--We urge that the United States and Russia remove all nuclear weapons
from hair-trigger alert as part of a policy of eliminating
launch-on-warning from their strategic war plans.  This will serve as the
most immediate step to increase global security and stability, and reduce
the risk of unintended nuclear attack.

--We  urge the United States and Russia, with the support of other states,
to proceed toward  immediate, verifiable and irreversible reductions of
strategic and tactical nuclear stockpiles to less than 1,500 warheads each
through implementation of START-II, START-III, and/or by other means.

The above measures would help fulfill their solemn commitments as expressed
in the final declaration of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2000
Review Conference to "an unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear weapon
states to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals
leading to nuclear disarmament to which all states parties are committed
under Article VI."

The undersigned organisations believe that these measures, and not the
deployment of missile defence, constitute the way forward to the
elimination of nuclear arsenals to which the nuclear weapons powers are
committed, and which the overwhelming majority of the world's peoples and
governments expect.

(Signed)


INTERNATIONAL GROUPS
Carah Lyn Ong, Coordinator, Abolition-2000
Mary-Wynne Asford, Co-President, John Loretz, Program Director, Michael
Christ, Exec. Director, International Physicians for the Prevention of
Nuclear War (IPPNW), Cambridge, Mass,
Bruna Nota, President, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom
(WILPF) Geneva/NY,
Dan Plesch, Director, British American Security Information Council
(BASIC), London, UK, and Washington, USA
Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space, Florida, USA,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Colin Archer, International Peace Bureau (IPB), Geneva, Switz,
Alfred A. Marder, Vice Pres, International Association of Peace Messenger
Cities,


MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Jill Evans MEP, Plaid Cymru, Cardiff, Wales,
Joost Lagendijk MEP, Vice Pres., Green Group (Neth).
Dr Caroline Lucas, MEP  Greens, SE England,
Nuala Ahern, MEP Greens, Ireland,
Hiltrud Breyer, MEP Greens, Germany,
Heidi Hautala, MEP, Co-President, Greens/EFA Group, European Parliament,
Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Ireland,

Bruno Barrilot, Director, Centre de Documentation et de Rechereche sur la
Paix et les Conflits, Lyons, France,
Jean-Marie Matagne, Action Des Citoyens Pour le Desarmement
Nucleaire,(ACDN) France,
Dominique Lalanne, Stop-Essais, Linear Accellerator, Orsay, France,
Daniel Durand, Mouvement de la Paix, St-Ouen, France,

Prof. Bent Natvig, Chairman, Norwegian Pugwash Committee, Oslo, Norway,
Kirsten Osen, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons (IPPNW-Norway)

Thor Magnusson, Peace-2000 Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland,

Jorma Kahanpaa, Swedish Anti-Nuclear Movement,
Agneta Norberg, Women for Peace, Sweden,

Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt/Germany
Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council, Germany,

Andreas Pecha, Secy, Austrian Peace Council, Vienna,

Martin Broek, Campagne Tegen Wapenhandel, Amsterdam, Neth,
Forum Voor Vredesaktie, Belgium,

OSPAAAL-Solidaridad, Madrid, Spain,

Aurel Duta, Mama Terra/For Mother Earth Romania, Bucharest, Romania,
Ilya Trombitsky, BIOTICA Ecological Society, Moldova,

David Drew MP, UK.,
Lynne Jones MP, UK,
Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), UK.,
Commander Robert Green, George Farebrother, World Court Project,
Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow, Co-Coordinators, Campaign for the
Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)
David Webb, Yorkshire CND, UK.,
Greater Manchester and District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
Manchester, UK.,
Jenny Maxwell, Treasurer, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
Birmingham, UK.,
Gillian Reeve, Assistant Director, MECACT (IPPNW-UK)

Satomi Oba, Plutonium Action Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan,
Hiromichi Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
Disarmament and Security (PCDS),
Sachiyo Oki, Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (JPPNW),
Hiroshima, Japan,
Sadao Kamata, Nagasaki Peace Institute, Nagasaki, Japan,

Cyprus Peace Council,
Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Corazon Valdes-Fabros, Nuclear-Free Phillipines Coalition,

UNITED STATES GROUPS
Martin Butcher, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Washington, USA,
Marylia Kelly, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, CA, USA,
Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment (GRACE),
NY, USA,
David Krieger, Nuclear-Age Peace Foundation,(NAPF), Santa Barbara, USA,
Alfred A. Marder, United States Peace Council, USA,
Mark Haim, Director, Mid-Missouri Peace Works, USA,

CANADIAN GROUPS
Pat Martin, MP (NDP) Winnipeg Centre, Manitoba, Cn,
Alexa Mc Donough, MP  for Halifax, Leader, NDP, Cn,
Svend-Robinson MP (NDP) Barnaby-Douglas, BC, Can,
Niel Arya,, President, Physicians for Global Survival (PGS),
Ottowa, Canada,
Helmut (Ken) Burkhardt President, Science for Peace, Toronto, Canada,
David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, (VANA), Vancouver, BC.,
Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, BC,
Joan Russow, Global Compliance Project, Canada,

AOTEAROA/NZ GROUPS
Keith Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa/NZ,
Kate Dewes, President, Disarmament and Security Centre(DSC), Christchurch, NZ,
Megan Hutching, WILPF-Aotearoa, NZ,
Dame Laurie Salas, Abolition2000-Aotearoa/NZ, Wellington, NZ,
John Urlich, President, Peace Council of Aotearoa/NZ,

John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia
Bo Normander, Friends of the Earth Denmark,
Friends of the Earth Cyprus,

Irene Gale AM and Ron Gray, Australian Peace Committee
Julius Rowe, President, Amalagamated Metal Workers Union, Aust,



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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Apr. 13/Good Friday Action at Livermore Lab
Date: 07 Mar 2001 23:48:57 -0800

Info about an April 13, 2001 action at Livermore Lab. All are welcome.
Peace, Marylia

"Not by Might"

by Carolyn Scarr and Marylia Kelley
from Tri-Valley CAREs' March 2001 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

For nearly 20 years, people of faith and other peace advocates have
gathered on Good Friday to demonstrate and witness outside Livermore Lab.
The theme for this year's event is "Not by Might."

Sister Stella Goodpasture, a longtime  Good Friday participant, will be the
keynote speaker. Sister Stella is a member of the Dominican Order, in the
congregation of Mission San Jose. She is the justice promoter for this
region and also works at St. John the Baptist  Church in El Cerrito where
her responsibilities include education and community action in social
justice issues.

Tri-Valley CAREs' Ann Seitz will welcome the participants to Livermore and
provide a short update on the nuclear weapons work being conducted at the
Lab. There will also be music and a procession to the gates of the
Livermore Lab.

As we gather this Good Friday, there is strong Lab management and Bush
administration support for "Star Wars" missile defense concepts and for new
weaponry, including a deep earth-penetrating "mini-nuke."

Further, Tri-Valley CAREs and Western States Legal Foundation, in separate
Freedom of Information Act requests, have recently discovered additional
evidence of widespread Lab involvement in a broad array of new, advanced
weapons concepts--from plans to use the National Ignition Facility for
"fireball" weapons development tests to research into two new
"modifications" of the W80 warhead.

These weapons concepts, already begun during the Clinton era, are now
accompanied by the Bush administration's posture of increased hostility and
saber-rattling in a number of areas of tension.

This is a very important year to join your friends, fellow peace activists
and neighbors at the Livermore Lab on Good Friday, April 13. Come to the
corner of East and Vasco for the service. The procession, an opportunity at
the gate for those who choose to nonviolently risk arrest and a community
meeting nearby will follow. (See page 3 for more information.)


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

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CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) 6:45 AM start time for Good Friday at LLNL
Date: 07 Mar 2001 23:55:45 -0800

Hi, again -- Because the logistics for the Good Friday action were in the
newsletter calendar section, the article I just sent doesn't say the start
time at Livermore Lab. It's 6:45 AM for music, 7 AM start time for
speakers, procession to the Lab gate to follow. Peace, Marylia

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

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

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

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Nat'l "Green Scissors 2001" study says cut NIF
Date: 08 Mar 2001 01:04:48 -0800

Environmental and Taxpayer Groups Join Forces to Cut NIF and Other Harmful
Projects

by Marylia Kelley and Melanie Lombard
from Tri-Valley CAREs' March 2001 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

The federal government spends billions every year on programs that harm the
environment and public health, according to a new national study.

The report, "Green Scissors 2001," recommends cutting or reforming 74
programs worth $55 billion over the next 5 years.

"Green Scissors 2001" takes particular aim at the problem-plagued National
Ignition Facility (NIF) mega-laser, under construction at Livermore Lab.
NIF was chosen by the national coalition that produced the study as a
"choice cut" for this year.

"NIF should be canceled and construction terminated." This would save $10
billion over the 30 year lifetime of the project, according to the report.

Members of Tri-Valley CAREs and the California Public Interest Research
Group gathered at the Livermore Laboratory on Feb. 22 to release the
study's findings and meet with reporters.

Tri-Valley CAREs' Marylia Kelley explained the still-escalating costs,
environmental hazards and nuclear proliferation risks of building and
operating the NIF.

According to the federal General Accounting Office last year, estimates for
completion of the NIF rose from $1.2 billion to $4 billion. However, the $4
billion doesn't include actually throwing the switch and operating the
laser, among other things, explained Kelley.

"Green Scissors 2001" used a life-cycle estimate of $10 billion. As
shocking as that figure is, the total may climb even higher, Kelley told
reporters.
In the next day's edition of the Tri-Valley Herald, Livermore Lab
spokesperson Susan Houghton refused to provide any estimate for the cost of
the NIF over its 30-year lifetime. She merely attacked the $10 billion
figure as a "distortion."

Tri-Valley CAREs and CALPIRG also brought a NIF cake to the Lab, complete
with a colored-frosting target chamber, to celebrate the release of the
"Green Scissors 2001" study. The groups then cut the cake to symbolize
NIF's inclusion as one of only ten "choice cuts" in the report. (We are
less certain what eating the cake symbolized, but it was delicious.)

"Green Scissors 2001" resulted from research conducted by dozens of
taxpayer and environmental organizations across the nation. Programs that
most egregiously fleece the taxpayer and contaminate the environment were
then compiled into the final report. "'Green Scissors 2001' shows that the
practice of handing out polluter pork is still thriving in Washington, DC",
Melanie Lombard of  CALPIRG told reporters.

On the other hand, the unique "Green Scissors" coalition of conservative
taxpayer groups and progressive environmental organizations has proven to
be a potent lobbying force, particularly in the halls of Congress. We at
Tri-Valley CAREs stand always ready to assist them - for example with
up-to-the-minute, accurate information on NIF - as they seek to cut NIF's
budget in 2001. Working together, we believe we can succeed!

"Green Scissors 2001" can be downloaded from the web at
www.greenscissors.org. The recommendation to cut the NIF is printed on the
back of this insert. Please feel free to use this information in
discussions with your neighbors, co-workers and elected officials.

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
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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) U.S. Energy Secretary's record
Date: 08 Mar 2001 01:05:42 -0800

Meet the New U.S. Secretary of Energy

by Inga Olson and the Idaho "snakes"
from Tri-Valley CAREs' March 2001 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

Before assuming his new post, Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham was head of
the Michigan Republican Party, a top aide to Vice President Dan Quayle, and
a one-term Senator from Michigan (defeated in 2000). Looking at a slice of
his voting record on issues that are of particular interest to us shows:

* In 1995, he voted for substantial cuts in the Environmental Protection
Agency's budget to enforce air, water, and wetland regulations.

* He voted to weaken a community's right to know about toxics by voting to
eliminate up to 90 percent of the chemicals that industry currently must
report.

* He helped successful efforts to block high fuel-economy standards for
sport-utility vehicles and supported unsuccessful efforts to suspend the
federal gasoline tax.

* He joined last year's unsuccessful effort to open the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration.

* While in the Senate, he consistently voted to move irradiated reactor
fuel to Yucca Mountain under the "Mobile Chernobyl" bill.

* He supports a "Star Wars" missile defense system.

* He twice co-sponsored legislation to abolish the Department of Energy.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Secretary Abraham accepted
$90,171 from 35 oil and gas political action committees in 1999 & 2000.

We were successful in helping to educate the former Energy Secretary, Bill
Richardson, on some critical issues including cost overruns and schedule
delays involving the NIF.

So, while it does not appear that Tri-Valley CAREs and Secretary Abraham
share similar views on many key issues, we will be ready to meet with him
none-the-less. We would hope to explore, for example, whether his "budget
hawk"  philosophy will include NIF.

With the new administration in place, we also want to make certain that our
well-researched and community-supported approach to nuclear weapons  issues
receives a full hearing.

Thus, we will continue to be a voice for disarmament -- and for
improvements in  the health, safety, and quality of life in communities
around the nuclear weapons complex.

(Thanks to the Snake River Alliance for the info on Abraham's record.)

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: Rosalie Tyler Paul <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Has Your Organisation Signed Monster Star
Date: 08 Mar 2001 07:55:22 -0500 (EST)

Sign on Peace Action Maine - Rosalie Tyler Paul, Chair

>IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SIGNED THIS LETTER YOU ARE URGED TO DO SO.
>
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>SIGNING
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>ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,  [phone],
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>[phone], [phone].
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>[phone],  08-8370-8166
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>Dear Presidents, Prime Ministers, Secretaries and Ministers of Foreign
>Affairs and Defence:
>
>We, the undersigned organisations, representing millions of people
>world-wide, write to express our opposition to current US plans to deploy a
>national ballistic missile defence network.
>
>We urge instead that the United States proceed with deep cuts to the US
>arsenal and de-alerting of nuclear weapons -- promised by President George
>W. Bush during his campaign --  in order to move toward the total and
>unequivocal elimination of nuclear arsenals, to which the United States,
>Russia, and other nuclear weapons states are obligated under binding and
>repeated international commitments.
>
>The deployment of missile defence will undercut these measures, making the
>fulfillment of those commitments more difficult.
>
>In our view, the deployment of a National Missile Defence (NMD) network
>is deeply-flawed and reckless, decreasing rather than increasing overall
>international security.
>
>President Bush says that the United States will propose modifications to
>the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to allow for US national missile
>defences.  If Russia does not agree to the US proposals, the Bush
>Administration has said the United States is prepared to withdraw from the
>ABM treaty.  President Bush may decide as soon as this year whether to
>begin construction of a key NMD radar site in Alaska, which could violate
>the treaty.
>
>Russia has stated clearly in the recent session of the Conference on
>Disarmament that its offer of deep reductions in warhead numbers is
>conditional on the  integrity of the ABM treaty.  Russia's ratification of
>START-II was also conditional on the maintenance of the integrity of the
>ABM treaty, and therefore the non-deployment of US missile defences.
>
>It is our strong view that the deployment of even so-called limited
>missile defences will undercut the possibility of deep reductions in US and
>Russian nuclear weaponry, and could foreclose the possibility of removing
>US and Russian missiles from their current, dangerous hair-trigger alert
>status.
>
>Military planners react to capabilities rather than intentions. The
>deployment of even limited  missile defences could lead to Russian
>re-deployment of tactical nuclear weapons and multiple warhead missiles.
>It also may accelerate a Chinese build-up of strategic nuclear weapons,
>which could include deployment of multiple nuclear warheads on long-range
>missiles, and a dramatic increase in the now limited number of those
>missiles.
>
>A Chinese build-up could easily result in a dangerous acceleration of
>Indian, and in turn, Pakistani nuclear weapons deployments.  This
>escalation of offensive capabilities is likely to lead to nuclear arsenals
>poised at even higher levels of alert.
>
>Furthermore, missile defence systems, particularly the NMD network now
>being contemplated by the United States, are extraordinarily expensive and
>have not been proven to work in an operational environment.
>
>No NMD system, even a limited one, can be deployed for at least six  to 10
>years.  Two out of three US NMD flight tests so far have failed, yet in
>order to be effective, NMD (or TMD) must intercept incoming nuclear
>warheads with close to 100% reliability.
>
>Even if an NMD system could be designed to defeat countermeasures, could be
>engineered to be operationally effective, and would not prompt a
>state to build additional offensive missiles to over-saturate missile
>defences, neither NMD nor TMD can guard against less sophisticated and more
>reliable means of delivering weapons of mass destruction.
>
>Likewise, various systems of proposed Theatre Missile Defence, possibly to
>be deployed in Taiwan, Japan, Europe or the Middle East, suffer from many
>of the same technical problems, and may have the same effect as NMD in
>creating a dangerous action-reaction cycle leading to offensive missile
>build-ups.
>
>The deployment of missile defence/TMD in Taiwan is particularly likely
>to result in a Chinese build-up.
>
>The problems associated with missile defences require that the
>international community work together to make effective use of diplomacy,
>trade and assistance, and new mechanisms to control and reduce existing and
>potential ballistic missile proliferation.  Near-term efforts should be
>focused on securing a lasting and enforceable framework agreement freezing
>the North Korean missile program.
>
>Further efforts to enforce and strengthen the Missile Technology Control
>Regime, and control and reduce missile stockpiles on a global and regional
>basis, should be pursued on an urgent basis.
>
>In light of the above:
>
>--We respectfully urge the United States not to seek to deploy such missile
>defences, and to support more effective methods to prevent missile
>proliferation.
>
>--We urge governments of NATO and other US allies not to enable US
>deployment of such missile defence systems by allowing the upgrading of
>joint facilities at  Menwith Hill, Fylingdales, Pine Gap, Thule, or
>elsewhere, for NMD- or TMD-related purposes, and to use their diplomatic
>influence to continue to dissuade the US government from the pursuit of
>missile defence.
>
>To address the most immediate and dire missile threat:
>
>--We urge that the United States and Russia remove all nuclear weapons
>from hair-trigger alert as part of a policy of eliminating
>launch-on-warning from their strategic war plans.  This will serve as the
>most immediate step to increase global security and stability, and reduce
>the risk of unintended nuclear attack.
>
>--We  urge the United States and Russia, with the support of other states,
>to proceed toward  immediate, verifiable and irreversible reductions of
>strategic and tactical nuclear stockpiles to less than 1,500 warheads each
>through implementation of START-II, START-III, and/or by other means.
>
>The above measures would help fulfill their solemn commitments as expressed
>in the final declaration of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2000
>Review Conference to "an unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear weapon
>states to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals
>leading to nuclear disarmament to which all states parties are committed
>under Article VI."
>
>The undersigned organisations believe that these measures, and not the
>deployment of missile defence, constitute the way forward to the
>elimination of nuclear arsenals to which the nuclear weapons powers are
>committed, and which the overwhelming majority of the world's peoples and
>governments expect.
>
>(Signed)
>
>
>INTERNATIONAL GROUPS
>Carah Lyn Ong, Coordinator, Abolition-2000
>Mary-Wynne Asford, Co-President, John Loretz, Program Director, Michael
>Christ, Exec. Director, International Physicians for the Prevention of
>Nuclear War (IPPNW), Cambridge, Mass,
>Bruna Nota, President, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom
>(WILPF) Geneva/NY,
>Dan Plesch, Director, British American Security Information Council
>(BASIC), London, UK, and Washington, USA
>Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
>Power in Space, Florida, USA,
>Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
>Colin Archer, International Peace Bureau (IPB), Geneva, Switz,
>Alfred A. Marder, Vice Pres, International Association of Peace Messenger
>Cities,
>
>
>MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
>Jill Evans MEP, Plaid Cymru, Cardiff, Wales,
>Joost Lagendijk MEP, Vice Pres., Green Group (Neth).
>Dr Caroline Lucas, MEP  Greens, SE England,
>Nuala Ahern, MEP Greens, Ireland,
>Hiltrud Breyer, MEP Greens, Germany,
>Heidi Hautala, MEP, Co-President, Greens/EFA Group, European Parliament,
>Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Ireland,
>
>Bruno Barrilot, Director, Centre de Documentation et de Rechereche sur la
>Paix et les Conflits, Lyons, France,
>Jean-Marie Matagne, Action Des Citoyens Pour le Desarmement
>Nucleaire,(ACDN) France,
>Dominique Lalanne, Stop-Essais, Linear Accellerator, Orsay, France,
>Daniel Durand, Mouvement de la Paix, St-Ouen, France,
>
>Prof. Bent Natvig, Chairman, Norwegian Pugwash Committee, Oslo, Norway,
>Kirsten Osen, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons (IPPNW-Norway)
>
>Thor Magnusson, Peace-2000 Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland,
>
>Jorma Kahanpaa, Swedish Anti-Nuclear Movement,
>Agneta Norberg, Women for Peace, Sweden,
>
>Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt/Germany
>Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council, Germany,
>
>Andreas Pecha, Secy, Austrian Peace Council, Vienna,
>
>Martin Broek, Campagne Tegen Wapenhandel, Amsterdam, Neth,
>Forum Voor Vredesaktie, Belgium,
>
>OSPAAAL-Solidaridad, Madrid, Spain,
>
>Aurel Duta, Mama Terra/For Mother Earth Romania, Bucharest, Romania,
>Ilya Trombitsky, BIOTICA Ecological Society, Moldova,
>
>David Drew MP, UK.,
>Lynne Jones MP, UK,
>Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), UK.,
>Commander Robert Green, George Farebrother, World Court Project,
>Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow, Co-Coordinators, Campaign for the
>Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)
>David Webb, Yorkshire CND, UK.,
>Greater Manchester and District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
>Manchester, UK.,
>Jenny Maxwell, Treasurer, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
>Birmingham, UK.,
>Gillian Reeve, Assistant Director, MECACT (IPPNW-UK)
>
>Satomi Oba, Plutonium Action Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan,
>Hiromichi Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
>Disarmament and Security (PCDS),
>Sachiyo Oki, Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (JPPNW),
>Hiroshima, Japan,
>Sadao Kamata, Nagasaki Peace Institute, Nagasaki, Japan,
>
>Cyprus Peace Council,
>Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
>Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
>Corazon Valdes-Fabros, Nuclear-Free Phillipines Coalition,
>
>UNITED STATES GROUPS
>Martin Butcher, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Washington, USA,
>Marylia Kelly, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, CA, USA,
>Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment (GRACE),
>NY, USA,
>David Krieger, Nuclear-Age Peace Foundation,(NAPF), Santa Barbara, USA,
>Alfred A. Marder, United States Peace Council, USA,
>Mark Haim, Director, Mid-Missouri Peace Works, USA,
>
>CANADIAN GROUPS
>Pat Martin, MP (NDP) Winnipeg Centre, Manitoba, Cn,
>Alexa Mc Donough, MP  for Halifax, Leader, NDP, Cn,
>Svend-Robinson MP (NDP) Barnaby-Douglas, BC, Can,
>Niel Arya,, President, Physicians for Global Survival (PGS),
>Ottowa, Canada,
>Helmut (Ken) Burkhardt President, Science for Peace, Toronto, Canada,
>David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, (VANA), Vancouver,
>BC.,
>Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, BC,
>Joan Russow, Global Compliance Project, Canada,
>
>AOTEAROA/NZ GROUPS
>Keith Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa/NZ,
>Kate Dewes, President, Disarmament and Security Centre(DSC), Christchurch, NZ,
>Megan Hutching, WILPF-Aotearoa, NZ,
>Dame Laurie Salas, Abolition2000-Aotearoa/NZ, Wellington, NZ,
>John Urlich, President, Peace Council of Aotearoa/NZ,
>
>John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia
>Bo Normander, Friends of the Earth Denmark,
>Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
>
>Irene Gale AM and Ron Gray, Australian Peace Committee
>Julius Rowe, President, Amalagamated Metal Workers Union, Aust,
>
>
>
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From: "Harry Rogers" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Has Your Organisation Signed Monster Star Wars Letter Yet?
Date: 08 Mar 2001 09:23:25 -0800

Please sign me on
Harry Rogers
Carolina Peace Resource Center
Columbia SC
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 4:55 AM
Letter Yet?


> Sign on Peace Action Maine - Rosalie Tyler Paul, Chair
>
> >IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SIGNED THIS LETTER YOU ARE URGED TO DO SO.
> >
> >PLEASE PASS IT ON TO ANY OTHER ORGANISATION THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN
> >SIGNING
> >
> >(MY APOLOGIES IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THIS, or if you get it many
times
> >- It is now being sent out to my largest lists, so many that have already
> >signed will get it again. You may like to check that I have entered you
> >correctly)
> >
> >If you have not yet by some oversight, signed this important letter you
are
> >urged to join the over 60 organisations that have done so thus far.
> >
> >If you signed a similar letter from me last year, I urge you to sign this
one.
> >
> >You sign by replying to this email, specifying the name of your
> >organisation, your title, and your adress.
> >
> >Please do not forget to say which country you are from - There are
> >signatures from Reykjavik to London to Washington to Patagonia.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH,
> >1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,
> >
> >PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
> >[phone], [phone], [phone],
> >
> >FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
> >[phone],   [phone],
> >
> >PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,
> >ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,  [phone],
> >[phone],
> >
> >PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],
> >PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]
> >HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE, [phone],
> >
> >GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
> >[phone],
> >
> >CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
> >[phone], [phone],
> >
> >JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY
> >[phone], [phone],
> >[phone],  [phone],
> >
> >PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
> >YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]
> >
> >JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
> >[phone],
> >JOHN MANLEY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,  [phone],
> >[phone], [phone].
> >
> >POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]
> >MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK
> >[phone]
> >
> >JENS STOLTENBERG, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY [phone]
> >
> >THORBJORN JAGLAND, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, NORWAY [phone]
> >
> >BJORN TORE GODAL, MINISTER OF DEFENCE, NORWAY [phone]
> >
> >CC
> >US SECRETARY OF STATE GENERAL COLIN POWELL,  [phone],
> >
> >US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE,  DONALD C. RUMSFELD,  [phone],
> >
> >THE HON. ALEXANDER DOWNER, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUSTRALIA
> >[phone],  08-8370-8166
> >
> >THE HON. PETER REITH, MINISTER FOR DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA [phone],
> >03-5979-3034
> >
> >
> >Dear Presidents, Prime Ministers, Secretaries and Ministers of Foreign
> >Affairs and Defence:
> >
> >We, the undersigned organisations, representing millions of people
> >world-wide, write to express our opposition to current US plans to deploy
a
> >national ballistic missile defence network.
> >
> >We urge instead that the United States proceed with deep cuts to the US
> >arsenal and de-alerting of nuclear weapons -- promised by President
George
> >W. Bush during his campaign --  in order to move toward the total and
> >unequivocal elimination of nuclear arsenals, to which the United States,
> >Russia, and other nuclear weapons states are obligated under binding and
> >repeated international commitments.
> >
> >The deployment of missile defence will undercut these measures, making
the
> >fulfillment of those commitments more difficult.
> >
> >In our view, the deployment of a National Missile Defence (NMD) network
> >is deeply-flawed and reckless, decreasing rather than increasing overall
> >international security.
> >
> >President Bush says that the United States will propose modifications to
> >the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to allow for US national missile
> >defences.  If Russia does not agree to the US proposals, the Bush
> >Administration has said the United States is prepared to withdraw from
the
> >ABM treaty.  President Bush may decide as soon as this year whether to
> >begin construction of a key NMD radar site in Alaska, which could violate
> >the treaty.
> >
> >Russia has stated clearly in the recent session of the Conference on
> >Disarmament that its offer of deep reductions in warhead numbers is
> >conditional on the  integrity of the ABM treaty.  Russia's ratification
of
> >START-II was also conditional on the maintenance of the integrity of the
> >ABM treaty, and therefore the non-deployment of US missile defences.
> >
> >It is our strong view that the deployment of even so-called limited
> >missile defences will undercut the possibility of deep reductions in US
and
> >Russian nuclear weaponry, and could foreclose the possibility of removing
> >US and Russian missiles from their current, dangerous hair-trigger alert
> >status.
> >
> >Military planners react to capabilities rather than intentions. The
> >deployment of even limited  missile defences could lead to Russian
> >re-deployment of tactical nuclear weapons and multiple warhead missiles.
> >It also may accelerate a Chinese build-up of strategic nuclear weapons,
> >which could include deployment of multiple nuclear warheads on long-range
> >missiles, and a dramatic increase in the now limited number of those
> >missiles.
> >
> >A Chinese build-up could easily result in a dangerous acceleration of
> >Indian, and in turn, Pakistani nuclear weapons deployments.  This
> >escalation of offensive capabilities is likely to lead to nuclear
arsenals
> >poised at even higher levels of alert.
> >
> >Furthermore, missile defence systems, particularly the NMD network now
> >being contemplated by the United States, are extraordinarily expensive
and
> >have not been proven to work in an operational environment.
> >
> >No NMD system, even a limited one, can be deployed for at least six  to
10
> >years.  Two out of three US NMD flight tests so far have failed, yet in
> >order to be effective, NMD (or TMD) must intercept incoming nuclear
> >warheads with close to 100% reliability.
> >
> >Even if an NMD system could be designed to defeat countermeasures, could
be
> >engineered to be operationally effective, and would not prompt a
> >state to build additional offensive missiles to over-saturate missile
> >defences, neither NMD nor TMD can guard against less sophisticated and
more
> >reliable means of delivering weapons of mass destruction.
> >
> >Likewise, various systems of proposed Theatre Missile Defence, possibly
to
> >be deployed in Taiwan, Japan, Europe or the Middle East, suffer from many
> >of the same technical problems, and may have the same effect as NMD in
> >creating a dangerous action-reaction cycle leading to offensive missile
> >build-ups.
> >
> >The deployment of missile defence/TMD in Taiwan is particularly likely
> >to result in a Chinese build-up.
> >
> >The problems associated with missile defences require that the
> >international community work together to make effective use of diplomacy,
> >trade and assistance, and new mechanisms to control and reduce existing
and
> >potential ballistic missile proliferation.  Near-term efforts should be
> >focused on securing a lasting and enforceable framework agreement
freezing
> >the North Korean missile program.
> >
> >Further efforts to enforce and strengthen the Missile Technology Control
> >Regime, and control and reduce missile stockpiles on a global and
regional
> >basis, should be pursued on an urgent basis.
> >
> >In light of the above:
> >
> >--We respectfully urge the United States not to seek to deploy such
missile
> >defences, and to support more effective methods to prevent missile
> >proliferation.
> >
> >--We urge governments of NATO and other US allies not to enable US
> >deployment of such missile defence systems by allowing the upgrading of
> >joint facilities at  Menwith Hill, Fylingdales, Pine Gap, Thule, or
> >elsewhere, for NMD- or TMD-related purposes, and to use their diplomatic
> >influence to continue to dissuade the US government from the pursuit of
> >missile defence.
> >
> >To address the most immediate and dire missile threat:
> >
> >--We urge that the United States and Russia remove all nuclear weapons
> >from hair-trigger alert as part of a policy of eliminating
> >launch-on-warning from their strategic war plans.  This will serve as the
> >most immediate step to increase global security and stability, and reduce
> >the risk of unintended nuclear attack.
> >
> >--We  urge the United States and Russia, with the support of other
states,
> >to proceed toward  immediate, verifiable and irreversible reductions of
> >strategic and tactical nuclear stockpiles to less than 1,500 warheads
each
> >through implementation of START-II, START-III, and/or by other means.
> >
> >The above measures would help fulfill their solemn commitments as
expressed
> >in the final declaration of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2000
> >Review Conference to "an unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear weapon
> >states to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals
> >leading to nuclear disarmament to which all states parties are committed
> >under Article VI."
> >
> >The undersigned organisations believe that these measures, and not the
> >deployment of missile defence, constitute the way forward to the
> >elimination of nuclear arsenals to which the nuclear weapons powers are
> >committed, and which the overwhelming majority of the world's peoples and
> >governments expect.
> >
> >(Signed)
> >
> >
> >INTERNATIONAL GROUPS
> >Carah Lyn Ong, Coordinator, Abolition-2000
> >Mary-Wynne Asford, Co-President, John Loretz, Program Director, Michael
> >Christ, Exec. Director, International Physicians for the Prevention of
> >Nuclear War (IPPNW), Cambridge, Mass,
> >Bruna Nota, President, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom
> >(WILPF) Geneva/NY,
> >Dan Plesch, Director, British American Security Information Council
> >(BASIC), London, UK, and Washington, USA
> >Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
> >Power in Space, Florida, USA,
> >Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
> >Colin Archer, International Peace Bureau (IPB), Geneva, Switz,
> >Alfred A. Marder, Vice Pres, International Association of Peace Messenger
> >Cities,
> >
> >
> >MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
> >Jill Evans MEP, Plaid Cymru, Cardiff, Wales,
> >Joost Lagendijk MEP, Vice Pres., Green Group (Neth).
> >Dr Caroline Lucas, MEP  Greens, SE England,
> >Nuala Ahern, MEP Greens, Ireland,
> >Hiltrud Breyer, MEP Greens, Germany,
> >Heidi Hautala, MEP, Co-President, Greens/EFA Group, European Parliament,
> >Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Ireland,
> >
> >Bruno Barrilot, Director, Centre de Documentation et de Rechereche sur la
> >Paix et les Conflits, Lyons, France,
> >Jean-Marie Matagne, Action Des Citoyens Pour le Desarmement
> >Nucleaire,(ACDN) France,
> >Dominique Lalanne, Stop-Essais, Linear Accellerator, Orsay, France,
> >Daniel Durand, Mouvement de la Paix, St-Ouen, France,
> >
> >Prof. Bent Natvig, Chairman, Norwegian Pugwash Committee, Oslo, Norway,
> >Kirsten Osen, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons (IPPNW-Norway)
> >
> >Thor Magnusson, Peace-2000 Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland,
> >
> >Jorma Kahanpaa, Swedish Anti-Nuclear Movement,
> >Agneta Norberg, Women for Peace, Sweden,
> >
> >Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt/Germany
> >Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council, Germany,
> >
> >Andreas Pecha, Secy, Austrian Peace Council, Vienna,
> >
> >Martin Broek, Campagne Tegen Wapenhandel, Amsterdam, Neth,
> >Forum Voor Vredesaktie, Belgium,
> >
> >OSPAAAL-Solidaridad, Madrid, Spain,
> >
> >Aurel Duta, Mama Terra/For Mother Earth Romania, Bucharest, Romania,
> >Ilya Trombitsky, BIOTICA Ecological Society, Moldova,
> >
> >David Drew MP, UK.,
> >Lynne Jones MP, UK,
> >Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), UK.,
> >Commander Robert Green, George Farebrother, World Court Project,
> >Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow, Co-Coordinators, Campaign for the
> >Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)
> >David Webb, Yorkshire CND, UK.,
> >Greater Manchester and District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
> >Manchester, UK.,
> >Jenny Maxwell, Treasurer, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
> >Birmingham, UK.,
> >Gillian Reeve, Assistant Director, MECACT (IPPNW-UK)
> >
> >Satomi Oba, Plutonium Action Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan,
> >Hiromichi Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
> >Disarmament and Security (PCDS),
> >Sachiyo Oki, Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
(JPPNW),
> >Hiroshima, Japan,
> >Sadao Kamata, Nagasaki Peace Institute, Nagasaki, Japan,
> >
> >Cyprus Peace Council,
> >Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
> >Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
> >Corazon Valdes-Fabros, Nuclear-Free Phillipines Coalition,
> >
> >UNITED STATES GROUPS
> >Martin Butcher, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Washington, USA,
> >Marylia Kelly, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, CA, USA,
> >Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment (GRACE),
> >NY, USA,
> >David Krieger, Nuclear-Age Peace Foundation,(NAPF), Santa Barbara, USA,
> >Alfred A. Marder, United States Peace Council, USA,
> >Mark Haim, Director, Mid-Missouri Peace Works, USA,
> >
> >CANADIAN GROUPS
> >Pat Martin, MP (NDP) Winnipeg Centre, Manitoba, Cn,
> >Alexa Mc Donough, MP  for Halifax, Leader, NDP, Cn,
> >Svend-Robinson MP (NDP) Barnaby-Douglas, BC, Can,
> >Niel Arya,, President, Physicians for Global Survival (PGS),
> >Ottowa, Canada,
> >Helmut (Ken) Burkhardt President, Science for Peace, Toronto, Canada,
> >David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, (VANA),
Vancouver,
> >BC.,
> >Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, BC,
> >Joan Russow, Global Compliance Project, Canada,
> >
> >AOTEAROA/NZ GROUPS
> >Keith Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa/NZ,
> >Kate Dewes, President, Disarmament and Security Centre(DSC),
Christchurch, NZ,
> >Megan Hutching, WILPF-Aotearoa, NZ,
> >Dame Laurie Salas, Abolition2000-Aotearoa/NZ, Wellington, NZ,
> >John Urlich, President, Peace Council of Aotearoa/NZ,
> >
> >John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia
> >Bo Normander, Friends of the Earth Denmark,
> >Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
> >
> >Irene Gale AM and Ron Gray, Australian Peace Committee
> >Julius Rowe, President, Amalagamated Metal Workers Union, Aust,
> >
> >
> >
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From: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: [globenet] Has Your Organisation Signed Monster Star Wars Letter Yet?
Date: 08 Mar 2001 07:21:47 +0000

Please sign us on.

Sally Light
Executive Director
Nevada Desert Experience
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign wrote:

> IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SIGNED THIS LETTER YOU ARE URGED TO DO SO.
>
> PLEASE PASS IT ON TO ANY OTHER ORGANISATION THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SIGNING
>
> (MY APOLOGIES IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THIS, or if you get it many times
> - It is now being sent out to my largest lists, so many that have already
> signed will get it again. You may like to check that I have entered you
> correctly)
>
> If you have not yet by some oversight, signed this important letter you are
> urged to join the over 60 organisations that have done so thus far.
>
> If you signed a similar letter from me last year, I urge you to sign this one.
>
> You sign by replying to this email, specifying the name of your
> organisation, your title, and your adress.
>
> Please do not forget to say which country you are from - There are
> signatures from Reykjavik to London to Washington to Patagonia.
>
> PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH,
> 1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,
>
> PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
> [phone], [phone], [phone],
>
> FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
> [phone],   [phone],
>
> PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,
> ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,  [phone],
> [phone],
>
> PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],
> PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]
> HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE, [phone],
>
> GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
> [phone],
>
> CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
> [phone], [phone],
>
> JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY
> [phone], [phone],
> [phone],  [phone],
>
> PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
> YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]
>
> JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
> [phone],
> JOHN MANLEY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,  [phone],
> [phone], [phone].
>
> POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]
> MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK
> [phone]
>
> JENS STOLTENBERG, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY [phone]
>
> THORBJORN JAGLAND, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, NORWAY [phone]
>
> BJORN TORE GODAL, MINISTER OF DEFENCE, NORWAY [phone]
>
> CC
> US SECRETARY OF STATE GENERAL COLIN POWELL,  [phone],
>
> US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE,  DONALD C. RUMSFELD,  [phone],
>
> THE HON. ALEXANDER DOWNER, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUSTRALIA
> [phone],  08-8370-8166
>
> THE HON. PETER REITH, MINISTER FOR DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA [phone],
> 03-5979-3034
>
> Dear Presidents, Prime Ministers, Secretaries and Ministers of Foreign
> Affairs and Defence:
>
> We, the undersigned organisations, representing millions of people
> world-wide, write to express our opposition to current US plans to deploy a
> national ballistic missile defence network.
>
> We urge instead that the United States proceed with deep cuts to the US
> arsenal and de-alerting of nuclear weapons -- promised by President George
> W. Bush during his campaign --  in order to move toward the total and
> unequivocal elimination of nuclear arsenals, to which the United States,
> Russia, and other nuclear weapons states are obligated under binding and
> repeated international commitments.
>
> The deployment of missile defence will undercut these measures, making the
> fulfillment of those commitments more difficult.
>
> In our view, the deployment of a National Missile Defence (NMD) network
> is deeply-flawed and reckless, decreasing rather than increasing overall
> international security.
>
> President Bush says that the United States will propose modifications to
> the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to allow for US national missile
> defences.  If Russia does not agree to the US proposals, the Bush
> Administration has said the United States is prepared to withdraw from the
> ABM treaty.  President Bush may decide as soon as this year whether to
> begin construction of a key NMD radar site in Alaska, which could violate
> the treaty.
>
> Russia has stated clearly in the recent session of the Conference on
> Disarmament that its offer of deep reductions in warhead numbers is
> conditional on the  integrity of the ABM treaty.  Russia's ratification of
> START-II was also conditional on the maintenance of the integrity of the
> ABM treaty, and therefore the non-deployment of US missile defences.
>
> It is our strong view that the deployment of even so-called limited
> missile defences will undercut the possibility of deep reductions in US and
> Russian nuclear weaponry, and could foreclose the possibility of removing
> US and Russian missiles from their current, dangerous hair-trigger alert
> status.
>
> Military planners react to capabilities rather than intentions. The
> deployment of even limited  missile defences could lead to Russian
> re-deployment of tactical nuclear weapons and multiple warhead missiles.
> It also may accelerate a Chinese build-up of strategic nuclear weapons,
> which could include deployment of multiple nuclear warheads on long-range
> missiles, and a dramatic increase in the now limited number of those
> missiles.
>
> A Chinese build-up could easily result in a dangerous acceleration of
> Indian, and in turn, Pakistani nuclear weapons deployments.  This
> escalation of offensive capabilities is likely to lead to nuclear arsenals
> poised at even higher levels of alert.
>
> Furthermore, missile defence systems, particularly the NMD network now
> being contemplated by the United States, are extraordinarily expensive and
> have not been proven to work in an operational environment.
>
> No NMD system, even a limited one, can be deployed for at least six  to 10
> years.  Two out of three US NMD flight tests so far have failed, yet in
> order to be effective, NMD (or TMD) must intercept incoming nuclear
> warheads with close to 100% reliability.
>
> Even if an NMD system could be designed to defeat countermeasures, could be
> engineered to be operationally effective, and would not prompt a
> state to build additional offensive missiles to over-saturate missile
> defences, neither NMD nor TMD can guard against less sophisticated and more
> reliable means of delivering weapons of mass destruction.
>
> Likewise, various systems of proposed Theatre Missile Defence, possibly to
> be deployed in Taiwan, Japan, Europe or the Middle East, suffer from many
> of the same technical problems, and may have the same effect as NMD in
> creating a dangerous action-reaction cycle leading to offensive missile
> build-ups.
>
> The deployment of missile defence/TMD in Taiwan is particularly likely
> to result in a Chinese build-up.
>
> The problems associated with missile defences require that the
> international community work together to make effective use of diplomacy,
> trade and assistance, and new mechanisms to control and reduce existing and
> potential ballistic missile proliferation.  Near-term efforts should be
> focused on securing a lasting and enforceable framework agreement freezing
> the North Korean missile program.
>
> Further efforts to enforce and strengthen the Missile Technology Control
> Regime, and control and reduce missile stockpiles on a global and regional
> basis, should be pursued on an urgent basis.
>
> In light of the above:
>
> --We respectfully urge the United States not to seek to deploy such missile
> defences, and to support more effective methods to prevent missile
> proliferation.
>
> --We urge governments of NATO and other US allies not to enable US
> deployment of such missile defence systems by allowing the upgrading of
> joint facilities at  Menwith Hill, Fylingdales, Pine Gap, Thule, or
> elsewhere, for NMD- or TMD-related purposes, and to use their diplomatic
> influence to continue to dissuade the US government from the pursuit of
> missile defence.
>
> To address the most immediate and dire missile threat:
>
> --We urge that the United States and Russia remove all nuclear weapons
> from hair-trigger alert as part of a policy of eliminating
> launch-on-warning from their strategic war plans.  This will serve as the
> most immediate step to increase global security and stability, and reduce
> the risk of unintended nuclear attack.
>
> --We  urge the United States and Russia, with the support of other states,
> to proceed toward  immediate, verifiable and irreversible reductions of
> strategic and tactical nuclear stockpiles to less than 1,500 warheads each
> through implementation of START-II, START-III, and/or by other means.
>
> The above measures would help fulfill their solemn commitments as expressed
> in the final declaration of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2000
> Review Conference to "an unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear weapon
> states to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals
> leading to nuclear disarmament to which all states parties are committed
> under Article VI."
>
> The undersigned organisations believe that these measures, and not the
> deployment of missile defence, constitute the way forward to the
> elimination of nuclear arsenals to which the nuclear weapons powers are
> committed, and which the overwhelming majority of the world's peoples and
> governments expect.
>
> (Signed)
>
> INTERNATIONAL GROUPS
> Carah Lyn Ong, Coordinator, Abolition-2000
> Mary-Wynne Asford, Co-President, John Loretz, Program Director, Michael
> Christ, Exec. Director, International Physicians for the Prevention of
> Nuclear War (IPPNW), Cambridge, Mass,
> Bruna Nota, President, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom
> (WILPF) Geneva/NY,
> Dan Plesch, Director, British American Security Information Council
> (BASIC), London, UK, and Washington, USA
> Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
> Power in Space, Florida, USA,
> Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
> Colin Archer, International Peace Bureau (IPB), Geneva, Switz,
> Alfred A. Marder, Vice Pres, International Association of Peace Messenger
> Cities,
>
> MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
> Jill Evans MEP, Plaid Cymru, Cardiff, Wales,
> Joost Lagendijk MEP, Vice Pres., Green Group (Neth).
> Dr Caroline Lucas, MEP  Greens, SE England,
> Nuala Ahern, MEP Greens, Ireland,
> Hiltrud Breyer, MEP Greens, Germany,
> Heidi Hautala, MEP, Co-President, Greens/EFA Group, European Parliament,
> Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Ireland,
>
> Bruno Barrilot, Director, Centre de Documentation et de Rechereche sur la
> Paix et les Conflits, Lyons, France,
> Jean-Marie Matagne, Action Des Citoyens Pour le Desarmement
> Nucleaire,(ACDN) France,
> Dominique Lalanne, Stop-Essais, Linear Accellerator, Orsay, France,
> Daniel Durand, Mouvement de la Paix, St-Ouen, France,
>
> Prof. Bent Natvig, Chairman, Norwegian Pugwash Committee, Oslo, Norway,
> Kirsten Osen, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons (IPPNW-Norway)
>
> Thor Magnusson, Peace-2000 Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland,
>
> Jorma Kahanpaa, Swedish Anti-Nuclear Movement,
> Agneta Norberg, Women for Peace, Sweden,
>
> Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt/Germany
> Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council, Germany,
>
> Andreas Pecha, Secy, Austrian Peace Council, Vienna,
>
> Martin Broek, Campagne Tegen Wapenhandel, Amsterdam, Neth,
> Forum Voor Vredesaktie, Belgium,
>
> OSPAAAL-Solidaridad, Madrid, Spain,
>
> Aurel Duta, Mama Terra/For Mother Earth Romania, Bucharest, Romania,
> Ilya Trombitsky, BIOTICA Ecological Society, Moldova,
>
> David Drew MP, UK.,
> Lynne Jones MP, UK,
> Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), UK.,
> Commander Robert Green, George Farebrother, World Court Project,
> Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow, Co-Coordinators, Campaign for the
> Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)
> David Webb, Yorkshire CND, UK.,
> Greater Manchester and District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
> Manchester, UK.,
> Jenny Maxwell, Treasurer, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
> Birmingham, UK.,
> Gillian Reeve, Assistant Director, MECACT (IPPNW-UK)
>
> Satomi Oba, Plutonium Action Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan,
> Hiromichi Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
> Disarmament and Security (PCDS),
> Sachiyo Oki, Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (JPPNW),
> Hiroshima, Japan,
> Sadao Kamata, Nagasaki Peace Institute, Nagasaki, Japan,
>
> Cyprus Peace Council,
> Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
> Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
> Corazon Valdes-Fabros, Nuclear-Free Phillipines Coalition,
>
> UNITED STATES GROUPS
> Martin Butcher, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Washington, USA,
> Marylia Kelly, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, CA, USA,
> Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment (GRACE),
> NY, USA,
> David Krieger, Nuclear-Age Peace Foundation,(NAPF), Santa Barbara, USA,
> Alfred A. Marder, United States Peace Council, USA,
> Mark Haim, Director, Mid-Missouri Peace Works, USA,
>
> CANADIAN GROUPS
> Pat Martin, MP (NDP) Winnipeg Centre, Manitoba, Cn,
> Alexa Mc Donough, MP  for Halifax, Leader, NDP, Cn,
> Svend-Robinson MP (NDP) Barnaby-Douglas, BC, Can,
> Niel Arya,, President, Physicians for Global Survival (PGS),
> Ottowa, Canada,
> Helmut (Ken) Burkhardt President, Science for Peace, Toronto, Canada,
> David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, (VANA), Vancouver, BC.,
> Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, BC,
> Joan Russow, Global Compliance Project, Canada,
>
> AOTEAROA/NZ GROUPS
> Keith Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa/NZ,
> Kate Dewes, President, Disarmament and Security Centre(DSC), Christchurch, NZ,
> Megan Hutching, WILPF-Aotearoa, NZ,
> Dame Laurie Salas, Abolition2000-Aotearoa/NZ, Wellington, NZ,
> John Urlich, President, Peace Council of Aotearoa/NZ,
>
> John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia
> Bo Normander, Friends of the Earth Denmark,
> Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
>
> Irene Gale AM and Ron Gray, Australian Peace Committee
> Julius Rowe, President, Amalagamated Metal Workers Union, Aust,
>
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From: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: [globenet] Has Your Organisation Signed Monster Star Wars Letter Yet?
Date: 08 Mar 2001 07:21:47 +0000

Please sign us on.

Sally Light
Executive Director
Nevada Desert Experience
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign wrote:

> IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SIGNED THIS LETTER YOU ARE URGED TO DO SO.
>
> PLEASE PASS IT ON TO ANY OTHER ORGANISATION THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SIGNING
>
> (MY APOLOGIES IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THIS, or if you get it many times
> - It is now being sent out to my largest lists, so many that have already
> signed will get it again. You may like to check that I have entered you
> correctly)
>
> If you have not yet by some oversight, signed this important letter you are
> urged to join the over 60 organisations that have done so thus far.
>
> If you signed a similar letter from me last year, I urge you to sign this one.
>
> You sign by replying to this email, specifying the name of your
> organisation, your title, and your adress.
>
> Please do not forget to say which country you are from - There are
> signatures from Reykjavik to London to Washington to Patagonia.
>
> PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH,
> 1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,
>
> PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
> [phone], [phone], [phone],
>
> FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
> [phone],   [phone],
>
> PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,
> ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,  [phone],
> [phone],
>
> PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],
> PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]
> HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE, [phone],
>
> GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
> [phone],
>
> CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
> [phone], [phone],
>
> JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY
> [phone], [phone],
> [phone],  [phone],
>
> PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
> YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]
>
> JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
> [phone],
> JOHN MANLEY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,  [phone],
> [phone], [phone].
>
> POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]
> MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK
> [phone]
>
> JENS STOLTENBERG, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY [phone]
>
> THORBJORN JAGLAND, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, NORWAY [phone]
>
> BJORN TORE GODAL, MINISTER OF DEFENCE, NORWAY [phone]
>
> CC
> US SECRETARY OF STATE GENERAL COLIN POWELL,  [phone],
>
> US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE,  DONALD C. RUMSFELD,  [phone],
>
> THE HON. ALEXANDER DOWNER, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUSTRALIA
> [phone],  08-8370-8166
>
> THE HON. PETER REITH, MINISTER FOR DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA [phone],
> 03-5979-3034
>
> Dear Presidents, Prime Ministers, Secretaries and Ministers of Foreign
> Affairs and Defence:
>
> We, the undersigned organisations, representing millions of people
> world-wide, write to express our opposition to current US plans to deploy a
> national ballistic missile defence network.
>
> We urge instead that the United States proceed with deep cuts to the US
> arsenal and de-alerting of nuclear weapons -- promised by President George
> W. Bush during his campaign --  in order to move toward the total and
> unequivocal elimination of nuclear arsenals, to which the United States,
> Russia, and other nuclear weapons states are obligated under binding and
> repeated international commitments.
>
> The deployment of missile defence will undercut these measures, making the
> fulfillment of those commitments more difficult.
>
> In our view, the deployment of a National Missile Defence (NMD) network
> is deeply-flawed and reckless, decreasing rather than increasing overall
> international security.
>
> President Bush says that the United States will propose modifications to
> the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to allow for US national missile
> defences.  If Russia does not agree to the US proposals, the Bush
> Administration has said the United States is prepared to withdraw from the
> ABM treaty.  President Bush may decide as soon as this year whether to
> begin construction of a key NMD radar site in Alaska, which could violate
> the treaty.
>
> Russia has stated clearly in the recent session of the Conference on
> Disarmament that its offer of deep reductions in warhead numbers is
> conditional on the  integrity of the ABM treaty.  Russia's ratification of
> START-II was also conditional on the maintenance of the integrity of the
> ABM treaty, and therefore the non-deployment of US missile defences.
>
> It is our strong view that the deployment of even so-called limited
> missile defences will undercut the possibility of deep reductions in US and
> Russian nuclear weaponry, and could foreclose the possibility of removing
> US and Russian missiles from their current, dangerous hair-trigger alert
> status.
>
> Military planners react to capabilities rather than intentions. The
> deployment of even limited  missile defences could lead to Russian
> re-deployment of tactical nuclear weapons and multiple warhead missiles.
> It also may accelerate a Chinese build-up of strategic nuclear weapons,
> which could include deployment of multiple nuclear warheads on long-range
> missiles, and a dramatic increase in the now limited number of those
> missiles.
>
> A Chinese build-up could easily result in a dangerous acceleration of
> Indian, and in turn, Pakistani nuclear weapons deployments.  This
> escalation of offensive capabilities is likely to lead to nuclear arsenals
> poised at even higher levels of alert.
>
> Furthermore, missile defence systems, particularly the NMD network now
> being contemplated by the United States, are extraordinarily expensive and
> have not been proven to work in an operational environment.
>
> No NMD system, even a limited one, can be deployed for at least six  to 10
> years.  Two out of three US NMD flight tests so far have failed, yet in
> order to be effective, NMD (or TMD) must intercept incoming nuclear
> warheads with close to 100% reliability.
>
> Even if an NMD system could be designed to defeat countermeasures, could be
> engineered to be operationally effective, and would not prompt a
> state to build additional offensive missiles to over-saturate missile
> defences, neither NMD nor TMD can guard against less sophisticated and more
> reliable means of delivering weapons of mass destruction.
>
> Likewise, various systems of proposed Theatre Missile Defence, possibly to
> be deployed in Taiwan, Japan, Europe or the Middle East, suffer from many
> of the same technical problems, and may have the same effect as NMD in
> creating a dangerous action-reaction cycle leading to offensive missile
> build-ups.
>
> The deployment of missile defence/TMD in Taiwan is particularly likely
> to result in a Chinese build-up.
>
> The problems associated with missile defences require that the
> international community work together to make effective use of diplomacy,
> trade and assistance, and new mechanisms to control and reduce existing and
> potential ballistic missile proliferation.  Near-term efforts should be
> focused on securing a lasting and enforceable framework agreement freezing
> the North Korean missile program.
>
> Further efforts to enforce and strengthen the Missile Technology Control
> Regime, and control and reduce missile stockpiles on a global and regional
> basis, should be pursued on an urgent basis.
>
> In light of the above:
>
> --We respectfully urge the United States not to seek to deploy such missile
> defences, and to support more effective methods to prevent missile
> proliferation.
>
> --We urge governments of NATO and other US allies not to enable US
> deployment of such missile defence systems by allowing the upgrading of
> joint facilities at  Menwith Hill, Fylingdales, Pine Gap, Thule, or
> elsewhere, for NMD- or TMD-related purposes, and to use their diplomatic
> influence to continue to dissuade the US government from the pursuit of
> missile defence.
>
> To address the most immediate and dire missile threat:
>
> --We urge that the United States and Russia remove all nuclear weapons
> from hair-trigger alert as part of a policy of eliminating
> launch-on-warning from their strategic war plans.  This will serve as the
> most immediate step to increase global security and stability, and reduce
> the risk of unintended nuclear attack.
>
> --We  urge the United States and Russia, with the support of other states,
> to proceed toward  immediate, verifiable and irreversible reductions of
> strategic and tactical nuclear stockpiles to less than 1,500 warheads each
> through implementation of START-II, START-III, and/or by other means.
>
> The above measures would help fulfill their solemn commitments as expressed
> in the final declaration of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2000
> Review Conference to "an unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear weapon
> states to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals
> leading to nuclear disarmament to which all states parties are committed
> under Article VI."
>
> The undersigned organisations believe that these measures, and not the
> deployment of missile defence, constitute the way forward to the
> elimination of nuclear arsenals to which the nuclear weapons powers are
> committed, and which the overwhelming majority of the world's peoples and
> governments expect.
>
> (Signed)
>
> INTERNATIONAL GROUPS
> Carah Lyn Ong, Coordinator, Abolition-2000
> Mary-Wynne Asford, Co-President, John Loretz, Program Director, Michael
> Christ, Exec. Director, International Physicians for the Prevention of
> Nuclear War (IPPNW), Cambridge, Mass,
> Bruna Nota, President, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom
> (WILPF) Geneva/NY,
> Dan Plesch, Director, British American Security Information Council
> (BASIC), London, UK, and Washington, USA
> Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
> Power in Space, Florida, USA,
> Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
> Colin Archer, International Peace Bureau (IPB), Geneva, Switz,
> Alfred A. Marder, Vice Pres, International Association of Peace Messenger
> Cities,
>
> MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
> Jill Evans MEP, Plaid Cymru, Cardiff, Wales,
> Joost Lagendijk MEP, Vice Pres., Green Group (Neth).
> Dr Caroline Lucas, MEP  Greens, SE England,
> Nuala Ahern, MEP Greens, Ireland,
> Hiltrud Breyer, MEP Greens, Germany,
> Heidi Hautala, MEP, Co-President, Greens/EFA Group, European Parliament,
> Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Ireland,
>
> Bruno Barrilot, Director, Centre de Documentation et de Rechereche sur la
> Paix et les Conflits, Lyons, France,
> Jean-Marie Matagne, Action Des Citoyens Pour le Desarmement
> Nucleaire,(ACDN) France,
> Dominique Lalanne, Stop-Essais, Linear Accellerator, Orsay, France,
> Daniel Durand, Mouvement de la Paix, St-Ouen, France,
>
> Prof. Bent Natvig, Chairman, Norwegian Pugwash Committee, Oslo, Norway,
> Kirsten Osen, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons (IPPNW-Norway)
>
> Thor Magnusson, Peace-2000 Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland,
>
> Jorma Kahanpaa, Swedish Anti-Nuclear Movement,
> Agneta Norberg, Women for Peace, Sweden,
>
> Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt/Germany
> Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council, Germany,
>
> Andreas Pecha, Secy, Austrian Peace Council, Vienna,
>
> Martin Broek, Campagne Tegen Wapenhandel, Amsterdam, Neth,
> Forum Voor Vredesaktie, Belgium,
>
> OSPAAAL-Solidaridad, Madrid, Spain,
>
> Aurel Duta, Mama Terra/For Mother Earth Romania, Bucharest, Romania,
> Ilya Trombitsky, BIOTICA Ecological Society, Moldova,
>
> David Drew MP, UK.,
> Lynne Jones MP, UK,
> Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), UK.,
> Commander Robert Green, George Farebrother, World Court Project,
> Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow, Co-Coordinators, Campaign for the
> Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)
> David Webb, Yorkshire CND, UK.,
> Greater Manchester and District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
> Manchester, UK.,
> Jenny Maxwell, Treasurer, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
> Birmingham, UK.,
> Gillian Reeve, Assistant Director, MECACT (IPPNW-UK)
>
> Satomi Oba, Plutonium Action Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan,
> Hiromichi Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
> Disarmament and Security (PCDS),
> Sachiyo Oki, Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (JPPNW),
> Hiroshima, Japan,
> Sadao Kamata, Nagasaki Peace Institute, Nagasaki, Japan,
>
> Cyprus Peace Council,
> Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
> Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
> Corazon Valdes-Fabros, Nuclear-Free Phillipines Coalition,
>
> UNITED STATES GROUPS
> Martin Butcher, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Washington, USA,
> Marylia Kelly, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, CA, USA,
> Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment (GRACE),
> NY, USA,
> David Krieger, Nuclear-Age Peace Foundation,(NAPF), Santa Barbara, USA,
> Alfred A. Marder, United States Peace Council, USA,
> Mark Haim, Director, Mid-Missouri Peace Works, USA,
>
> CANADIAN GROUPS
> Pat Martin, MP (NDP) Winnipeg Centre, Manitoba, Cn,
> Alexa Mc Donough, MP  for Halifax, Leader, NDP, Cn,
> Svend-Robinson MP (NDP) Barnaby-Douglas, BC, Can,
> Niel Arya,, President, Physicians for Global Survival (PGS),
> Ottowa, Canada,
> Helmut (Ken) Burkhardt President, Science for Peace, Toronto, Canada,
> David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, (VANA), Vancouver, BC.,
> Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, BC,
> Joan Russow, Global Compliance Project, Canada,
>
> AOTEAROA/NZ GROUPS
> Keith Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa/NZ,
> Kate Dewes, President, Disarmament and Security Centre(DSC), Christchurch, NZ,
> Megan Hutching, WILPF-Aotearoa, NZ,
> Dame Laurie Salas, Abolition2000-Aotearoa/NZ, Wellington, NZ,
> John Urlich, President, Peace Council of Aotearoa/NZ,
>
> John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia
> Bo Normander, Friends of the Earth Denmark,
> Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
>
> Irene Gale AM and Ron Gray, Australian Peace Committee
> Julius Rowe, President, Amalagamated Metal Workers Union, Aust,
>
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From: John Burroughs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Resolution on complete nuclear disarmament
Date: 09 Mar 2001 11:18:04 -0500

In the new Congress, Representative Lynn Woolsey has introduced the
resolution calling for multilateral negotiation of a nuclear weapons
convention that she also sponsored in the last Congress. The wording
appears to be identical. It is now House Resolution 17. The text can be
found at http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/C?c107:./temp/~c107x99qZE

The cosponsors follow. You may wish to ask your representative to
cosponsor. This can be an opportunity to make the case for abolition to
your representative and his or her staff.

COSPONSORS(17), ALPHABETICAL:

 Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 1/31/2001
                                   Rep Filner, Bob - 1/3/2001
 Rep Frank, Barney - 1/31/2001
                                   Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 1/3/2001
 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 1/3/2001
                                   Rep Lee, Barbara - 1/3/2001
 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 2/14/2001
                                   Rep Markey, Edward J. - 2/14/2001
 Rep McGovern, James P. - 1/3/2001
                                   Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 1/31/2001
 Rep Mink, Patsy T. - 2/14/2001
                                   Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 2/14/2001
 Rep Olver, John W. - 2/14/2001
                                   Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 1/3/2001
 Rep Rush, Bobby L. - 2/14/2001
                                   Rep Sanders, Bernard - 2/14/2001
 Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 2/8/2001

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From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) LOS ALAMOS GROUP ATTEMPTS TO STOP ANTI-NUKE RALLY
Date: 10 Mar 2001 12:48:45 EST

Dear Abolitionists,  Please plan to attend the Peace Action Conference on=20
weapons of mass destruction, July 14 &15 and the rally in Los Alamos July=20
16th.  The article below is of particular importance.  Thank you

Saturday, March 10, 2001=20

Anti-Nuke Rally Is Blocked=20

By Jennifer McKee
Journal Staff Writer
=A0=A0=A0 A Los Alamos group that defends the atomic bombing of Japan has=20
apparently blocked the annual anti-nuke rally held in the center of the city=
=20
on the anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki.
=A0=A0=A0 For the past decade or so, anti-nuclear activists have held the ra=
lly and=20
march in Los Alamos every Aug. 9, the day American forces dropped an atomic=20
bomb on Nagasaki in 1945, killing about 74,000 Japanese civilians. Peace=20
Action New Mexico has organized the rally since 1998, said Peggy Prince,=20
director of Peace Action.
=A0=A0=A0 The marchers rally in Los Alamos because it was there that scienti=
sts=20
invented and built the bombs dropped on Japan.
=A0=A0=A0 Peace Action intended to hold a similar rally this August, but whe=
n=20
Prince tried to reserve Ashley Pond, a park in the center of town where the=20
rally is traditionally held, and the nearby Fuller Lodge, she discovered tha=
t=20
another group, the Los Alamos Education Group, had already reserved them for=
=20
that date.
=A0=A0=A0 The Los Alamos group also has reserved the sites for Aug. 6, the d=
ay in=20
1945 that American forces dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, which killed=20
about 140,000 civilians.
=A0=A0=A0 Bernie Storm, a Los Alamos resident and secretary of the Los Alamo=
s=20
Education Group, said she reserved the sites last Aug. 9 =97 when Prince's=20
group was still marching. Although Storm said she didn't know what exactly=20
her group has planned for the park that day, it will not include much mentio=
n=20
of the survivors of the bombings.
=A0=A0=A0 "This is a memorial to the (American) veterans," she said. Storm s=
aid=20
she's hoping to have survivors of Pearl Harbor and the Bataan Death March, a=
s=20
well as Navajo Code Talkers at the memorial. She said it also would include=20
members of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the U.S. Air=20
Force's ROTC doing sword demonstrations.
=A0=A0=A0 The group has nothing planned for Aug. 6, but because it has reser=
ved the=20
park, Prince's group cannot hold its rally at the park that day.
=A0=A0=A0 The Los Alamos Education Group has set up a small tent across the=20=
street=20
from the main anti-nuke rally for the past several years.
=A0=A0=A0 "The activists wouldn't let us have Ashley Pond," Storm said. "Wel=
l this=20
year, we have it. We're going to recognize the veterans."
=A0=A0=A0 Storm said she's not inviting any atomic bomb survivors because sh=
e=20
doesn't know any.
=A0=A0=A0 The group formed several years ago to promote the view that the us=
e of=20
the atomic bomb quickened the ending of World War II and likely saved both=20
American and Japanese lives.
=A0=A0=A0 Steve Stoddard, a World War II veteran, Los Alamos resident and de=
 facto=20
chairman of the education group until recently, said he might not be around=20
today if the United States hadn't dropped both bombs.
=A0=A0=A0 Prince said the situation has proven ironically fortuitous for the=
=20
anti-nuke activists. The group still intends to have a rally in Los Alamos=20
with a march to the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
=A0=A0=A0 The group has reserved the park and lodge for July 16, the anniver=
sary of=20
the 1945 Trinity test, when Manhattan Project scientists from Los Alamos=20
exploded a prototype of the plutonium bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
=A0=A0=A0 Because many communities host their own rallies on the August=20
anniversaries, Prince said, having the Los Alamos rally in July actually=20
frees up more out-of-state and international activists to attend.
=A0=A0=A0 "We anticipate there will be a much larger turnout," Prince said.
=A0=A0=A0 The group doesn't have its rally entirely planned yet, either, but=
 Prince=20
said it will likely include speeches from A-bomb survivors and what she=20
called "high-profile" speakers.
=A0=A0=A0 The rally previously has attracted Hollywood stars. Actor Martin S=
heen=20
was taken into custody during the march two years ago.
=A0=A0=A0 The weapons lab has no role in either rally, although Citizens for=
 LANL=20
Employee Rights, a group of lab employees, says it opposes the usurpation of=
=20
the peace rally.



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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Please publish 20th Anniversary announcement?
Date: 12 Mar 2001 06:46:50 -0500

We surely would appreciate it if you include in your organization's next
newsletter the following announcement.  Thanks!  Ellen Thomas - [e-mail]
- http://prop1.org

-----

Come to the Antinuclear Vigil's 20th anniversary; surround the White House
Sunday, June 3rd, 2001!

There is still time to get ready for the 20th anniversary event in Lafayette
Park on June 3rd, 2001, celebrating the continuing existence of the antinuclear
vigil outside the White House, 24 hours a day since June 3, 1981.  We hope you
will help fill the park with people calling for global abolition of nuclear
weapons, a stop to Star Wars, conversion of arms industries to clean energy
systems, etc.  Spread the word, please?  Phone, email, write, invite every
thinking person you know!  Please let us know if you or others are planning to
come, and to recommend speaker(s).

The event will be from noon to dark; bring drums, banners and signs,
literature, petitions, letters to President Bush, puppets, etc.



Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil
Proposition One Committee
PO Box 27217, Washington DC 20038
202-462-0757 - fax [phone]
http://[e-mail] - http://prop1.org

                 ***

      BAN ALL RADIOACTIVE BOMBS
* depleted uranium, fission, neutron *

Online Petition! - http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html
Write Letter to Congress - http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm
Depleted uranium keeps on killing! - http://[e-mail]/2000/du/dulv.htm
NucNews -
http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm


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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Making the links: globalization and military
Date: 12 Mar 2001 13:23:44 -0500

Dear Friends,
Local planning for the Free Trade Area of the Americas meeting in Quebec is
taking place around the country. (see below) We need to build on the work
begun
to make the connections between globalization and the military which works to
enforce corporate power around the world.  See if there's a planning group in
your area and try to link up. Bring your literature about nuclear abolition,
arms spending, budget priorities, space warfare to dominate the heavens in
order to protect US interests and investments, etc.  This is our chance to
join
a movement with energy and power and make the important links.  Regards, Alice
Slater


a20: Quebec, April 20 2001 -  36 days until the next International Day
of Action!  http://www.a20.org
April 18-22 Corporate leaders and heads of state are headed to Quebec to
discuss the FTAA, the Free Trade Area of the Americas: "think NAFTA on
steroids." This trade pact extends the impact of NAFTA to the rest of
Central and South America, in a hemispheric "race to the bottom...."

From the AFL-CIO "...the trade bureaucrats and corporate lobbyists will
have company. Trade unionists, environmentalists, students, family
farmers, women, people of faith, and representatives from indigenous
communities will be gathering in the streets, convention halls,
churches, and schools of Quebec City to make their voices heard."
http://www.stopftaa.org/organize/org_aflcio.html

50 events listed in 40 cities http://www.a20.org/calendar.cfm
International Contact List  http://www.a20.org/network.cfm

Add your events: http://www.a20.org/form_calendar.cfm

http://www.a20.org
http://www.stopftaa.org
http://www.quebec2001.net
http://www.alternatives-action.org/salami
http://www.oqp2001.org

Ten Reasons to Oppose the FTAA -
http://www.globalexchange.org/ftaa/topten.html
The FTAA and AIDS - http://www.a20.org/feature.cfm?ID=45
FTAA Factsheet - http://www.tradewatch.org/FTAA/factsheet.htm

Citing the case of US-based waste disposal company Metalclad, which used
NAFTA to sue a small Mexican town for prohibiting construction of a
toxic waste processing plant, the city of Vancouver has unanimously
passed a resolution requesting the Canadian government not sign the
FTAA. http://www.canadianliberty.bc.ca

In an assault on democratic principles the draft documents are being
kept secret. A coalition of US organizations led by the Earth Justice
Legal Defense Fund has sued US trade representatives for release of the
text http://www.earthjustice.org/news/pr030701.htm

Responding to the Globe and Mail (2/24) Canadian Trade Minister Pierre
Pettigrew defends the secrecy: "there is nothing better than
transparency, and nothing to fear from those texts, I hope very much
that they will be made public but I cannot do it unilaterally. You have
to understand that they belong to 34 countries..."

Liberate the text campaign http://www.art-us.org/


Dispatches from Quebec
Ending its comical three-week life, a bylaw passed by a Quebec City
suburb to bar people from concealing their faces with scarves or masks
at the Summit of the Americas has been scrapped, according to the
Toronto Star (3/7). Ste-Foy Mayor Andree Boucher said she "listened to her
conscience" and decided to respect individual rights and the presumption
of innocence. http://www.torontostar.com

Housing in Quebec has been unavailable at public institutions or
recreation facilities as a result of official pressure. The shortage is
so extreme that OQP2001 and CASA have issued a press release stating
"thousands to be without shelter during the Summit of the Americas" and
requesting the cooperation of public authorities. http://www.oqp2001.org

Transportation info http://www.geocities.com/ericsquire/transprt.htm


The northern border:

The Vermont Mobilization for Global Justice is planning crucial
support on the Vermont side of the US-Canadian border including housing,
an independent media center, and other events
http://www.vermontactionnetwork.org

Community activists in Kingston ON are inviting all FTAA opponents to
take part in a border action caravan to "fight against international
capital every inch of the way." Contact Smash FTAA
http://www.tao.ca/~kdawg/smashftaa.html , ON/NY regional listserve: send

an email with "Smash FTAA' in the subject line to [e-mail]

The southern border:

The Mexico-US Mass Mobilization to Liberate the Border is planning an
April 21 multinational day of protest in support of worker's rights,
immigrant rights, indigenous rights and the environment. 626-403-2530
[e-mail]  List Serve: send e-mail to
[e-mail] http://www.actionla.org/border


On the road:
Trash Dragons and the System along with the Insurrection Landscapers are
touring the US and Canada with their zany puppet show.
http://www.hozomeen.org/insurrection

In February and March 2001 the Turning Point Road Show will be touring
the American southeast (FL, GA, SC, NC, VI, KT, AL, MS, TN). Focusing on

corporate globalization as well as the secret negotiations currently to
construct the FTAA. Info, or to schedule a stop in your town:
[e-mail]

Call To Action (CtA) Spring 2001 tour - Skills and issues workshops
focusing on the FTAA and its poster-child: Citigroup. If your group is
interested in tackling the prison industrial complex, third world debt,
forest destruction and predatory lending as well as expanding your
organizing skills, then bring us to your town. Contact:
[e-mail] 503-804-9378  http://www.calltoaction.org

Through March and April, ending in Quebec City April 15-21, Rights
Action will be traveling with community human rights and development
activists from Honduras, Guatemala and Chiapas through the US and
Canada, speaking in public educational forums. Info, or to schedule a
stop: Rights Action, formerly Guatemala Partners, Grahame Russell
416-654-2074 [e-mail] http://www.rightsaction.org


Coming Events:
3/13 Washington DC Commemorating the 13th anniversary of the massacre of
student activists in Burma, there will be a rally at the Burmese embassy
in Washington DC to pressure the military regime to end all human rights
abuses. 2300 S Street NW 7pm. Info: Jeremy Woodrum 202-547-5985
[e-mail]  Sign the on-line petition to ban the
Burmese regime's membership in the United Nations -
www.freeburmacoalition.org

3/16-3/18 Vancouver FTAA Teach-In: social, economic and ecological
impacts of the FTAA on the populations of its participants and beyond,
with a specific focus on available alternatives. $5-$20 sliding.
604-623-5333 http://mobglobvan.tao.ca

3/17th Buffalo NY will be hosting a regional planning meeting to discuss
April's FTAA action here. Activists from NY to PA to Ohio to Toronto to
anywhere and everywhere in a days drive are welcome and encouraged to join
us to plan a massive non-violent rally, concerts, teach-ins and more
http://www.a22buffalo.org

4/5-4/7 After the strong backing which they received at the World Social
Forum held in Porto Alegre, Argentina's popular organizations are
preparing the first ever global resistance demonstration in the Buenos
Aires
area. Contact Adrian Ruiz - ATTAC Argentina [e-mail]

International Calendar http://www.a20.org/calendar.cfm
International Contact List  http://www.a20.org/network.cfm

http://www.indymedia.org
http://www.directactionnetwork.org
http://www.earthfirstjournal.org
http://www.protest.net

Would you like to help with http://www.a20.org - we need layout,
translation, and graphics support: e-mail [e-mail]

--Steven Doll [e-mail]

From the combined e-mail lists of
http://www.a16.org | http://www.d2kla.org

Unsubscribe:
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Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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http://www.gracelinks.org
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: (Radfood list) Action Alert: Beware of these Brands!
Date: 12 Mar 2001 15:25:03 -0500

>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:29:09 -0500
>Subject: (Radfood list) Action Alert: Beware of these Brands!
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>Action Alert: Beware of these Brands!
>
>Apologies for cross-postings.
>
>The following is a list of the brand names under which companies are
>selling irradiated food.  If you see any of these brands on the shelves of
>your local grocery store and see the phrase "treated by [or with]
>irradiation" and the radura , tell the manager you will not buy it, and
>let us know.  The irradiation labeling will be very small.
>
>
>Brand Names of Irradiated Beef and Chicken Products
>
>-Colorado Boxed Beef
> "New Generation"
>
>-Huisken Meats
> "Huisken Beef Patties"
> "RG's Beef Patties"
>
>-Emmpak Foods
> "Our Own Kitchen"
>
>-Excel
> "Fairview Farms"
>
>If you get your meat delivered to your home, ask the driver if the food is
>irradiated. If it is, refuse to take it and cancel your subscription
>noting that you will no longer purchase the company's products until they
>stop irradiating.
>
>
>Home Delivery Services Selling Irradiated Food
>
>-Omaha Steaks
> all ground beef products
>
>-Schwan's
> "Quarter Pound Beef Burgers"
> "Thick & Juicy Beef Burgers"
> "Cracked Peppercorn Beef Burgers"
> "Ground Chuck Beef Burgers"
> "Introductory Sampler" (includes Quarter Pound Beef Burgers)
>
>
>Fresh Fruit That May Appear In The Produce Section
>
>-Hawaii Pride
> papaya, rambutan, star fruit, lychee and atemoya
>
>
>
>If your local grocery store is selling irradiated food, please contact us
>at:
>
>Public Citizen Critical Mass Energy and Environment Program, 215
>Pennsylvania Ave., SE, Washington, DC 20003
>Phone: [phone], Fax: [phone]
>Email: [e-mail]
>
>If you would like to be removed from the radfood list, send an email to
>[e-mail] with the words "unsubscribe radfood" in the subject.
>
>To learn more about food irradiation, visit our website at
>www.citizen.org/cmep .
>
>Questions about the radfood list can be directed to [e-mail] .
>
>In addition to the radfood email list we have a stopirradiation email
>list.  The stopirradiation list is our irradiated food discussion group
>list.  This list allows participants discuss food irradiation through
>their postings to other subscribers to the list.  It is moderated so there
>will be no excess of non-irradiated food related material.   Subscribers
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Radioactive Tumbleweeds Redux
Date: 12 Mar 2001 17:33:33 -0500

>Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 13:00:46 -0500
>Subject: Radioactive Tumbleweeds Redux
>Priority: non-urgent
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>To: [e-mail], [e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>   This story resurfaces every couple years. If you ignore the insipid
>attempt at humor by the reporter, there's actualy a significant
>underlying problem being described here.
>
>                HANFORD BATTLES RUSSIAN INVADERS:=20
>      RADIOACTIVE PLANTS COST PLENTY TO SNAG AS TUMBLEWEEDS=20
>              The Associated Press- March 10, 2001
>                         By Linda Ashton
>
>    RICHLAND - The Cold War may be over, but the Hanford nuclear
>reservation continues to battle Russian invaders - radioactive tumblin'
>tumbleweeds.=20
>    Russian thistle is a dead menace here on the windswept desert of
>south-central Washington. Each winter, the deep taproot on the plant
>decays, and the spiny brown skeleton above ground breaks off and rolls
>away.=20
>    "Our dream is that we have this place tumbleweed-free," says Ray
>Johnson, a biological-control manager for radiation protection at Fluor
>Hanford, the contractor managing the U.S. Department of Energy site.=20
>    But that's about as likely as a Soviet reunion.=20
>    Less than 1 percent of the tumbleweeds corralled and compacted at
>Hanford are radioactive, but the ones that are cost a bundle to clean
>up.=20
>    Hanford is the most-contaminated nuclear site in the country, built
>in 1943 for the top-secret Manhattan Project. For 40 years, Hanford made
>plutonium for the nation's nuclear arsenal, including the atomic bomb
>that was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.=20
>    Russian thistle, a nonnative or invader species, is a particular
>problem at burial sites for radioactive waste, where their taproots
>reach down as far as 20 feet and suck up such nasty elements as
>strontium and cesium.=20
>    A stiff winter wind can send the tumbleweed as far away as four
>miles, and then "we've lost control of our contamination," Johnson says.
>But most get hung up within a few hundred yards, usually on sagebrush,
>fences or in stairwells at the buildings scattered across the site.=20
>    Two years ago, uncontrolled contamination spread by fruit flies at
>the site made Hanford a national laughingstock, spoofed by humor
>columnist Dave Barry and in the syndicated comic strip "Sylvia."=20
>    The flies had been attracted to a soil fixative with saccharin in
>the base that was being sprayed on a contaminated site. They flew to a
>lunchroom and spread the taint to nearby trash bins, which wound up at
>the Richland municipal landfill.=20
>    Johnson can laugh - a little bit - about it now, recalling attempts
>to find the source of the contamination. As crews ran radiation
>detectors around the lunchroom and passed over a fruit fly, "the
>contamination flew away," he recalls.=20
>    The journeys of a few thousand fruit flies cost $2.5 million to
>clean up.=20
>    Riding herd on Hanford's tumbleweeds and its flying insects is part
>of an annual $4 million integrated soil, vegetation and animal control
>(ISVAC) program, run by DynCorp. for Fluor.=20
>    Radiation-control specialists survey the tumbleweeds on the
>560-square-mile reservation, using Geiger-M=FCller counters that click
>when radioactivity is present. If contaminated tumbleweeds are found, a
>crew is called in for disposal duty.=20
>    "The weeds are fairly low danger," says Todd Ponczoch, a
>radiation-control technician, scanning tumbleweeds along a fenceline
>with a Geiger-M=FCller counter. None was registering as radioactive on a
>recent trip.=20
>    A large, 3-pound radioactive tumbleweed might measure out at 150
>millirads, or about a hundreth of the allowable annual dose of radiation
>per person at Hanford.=20
>    Radioactive tumbleweeds are pitchforked by specially trained and
>clothed workers into a regulated garbage truck, compacted and disposed
>of at an on-site, low-level waste dump. A trail of paperwork is required
>as well.=20
>    The sites must be satisfactorily cleaned up and covered with 6
>inches of good fill material.=20
>    Nonradioactive tumbleweeds are territory for the Teamsters.=20
>    "It's an easy job. It gets us outside," says Joe Aldridge, a
>Teamster from Richland, as he pitchforks a plant into the garbage truck,
>which can hold about 1,800 pounds of tumbleweeds. "Digging ditches is a
>lot worse."=20
>    The uncontaminated tumbleweeds are dumped in an open pit. Up until
>five or six years ago, the "clean" tumbleweeds were burned, and the ash
>was buried. But the state Department of Health put a halt to that
>practice for fear that some radioactive tumbleweeds might find their way
>into the mix and disperse contamination into the air.=20
>    Preventive measures are also part of the control program and include
>backpack, roadside and aerial spraying with herbicide to kill the
>thistle. Sometimes a bio-barrier - a costly engineered textile - is laid
>down to block the formation of thistle roots.=20
>    "What you've got to do is make sure your contaminated areas are
>tumbleweed-free," Johnson says.=20
>    Clearly, this isn't Kansas, where at least two enterprising souls
>are raising Russian thistles, turning them into tumbleweeds and selling
>them for home d=E9cor. But in the vast, open and uncontaminated portions
>of the reservation, some areas are simply left to nature.=20
>    Even Johnson acknowledges their rightful place in the world:  "If we
>didn't have them, the West wouldn't be the West, and we couldn't sing
>`Tumblin' Tumbleweeds.' "
> =20

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: (CMEP-list) The Domenici Deception: Nuclear Energy Bill
Date: 12 Mar 2001 15:24:06 -0500

We have to ask out Senators to stop this!!  Alice Slater

>Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 15:48:28 -0500
>Subject: (CMEP-list) The Domenici Deception: Nuclear Energy Bill Is an Atomic
Waste
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>Apologies for cross postings.
>
>
>March 9, 2001
>
>The Domenici Deception: Nuclear Energy Bill Is an Atomic Waste
>
>WASHINGTON, D.C. - A sweeping nuclear energy bill introduced this week in
>the Senate would promote an increased reliance on nuclear power under the
>guise of environmentalism and would improperly give the nuclear industry a
>$100 million subsidy, according to Public Citizen's analysis of the bill.
>
>Promoting nuclear power is risky because questions about its safety still
>abound and we still cannot guarantee safe storage of nuclear waste for the
>duration of its hazardous life.
>
>The bill, introduced by Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) and entitled "The
>Nuclear Energy Electricity Supply Assurance Act of 2001," would encourage
>the construction of new nuclear plants, subsidize the completion of
>unfinished reactors that have lain fallow for years and promote the
>development of reactor designs that lack containment structures to prevent
>the release of radiation into the environment and surrounding communities.
>
>"Senator Domenici's nuclear energy bill is yet another misguided attempt
>to subsidize this most dangerous and unforgiving technology," said Wenonah
>Hauter, director of Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy and Environment
>Program.  "It is thoroughly irresponsible to promote the use of nuclear
>power when there is still no technically feasible means of assuring that
>long-lived radioactive wastes can be isolated from the environment.
>Further, this will do nothing to solve the current predicament we have
>with rising electricity costs."
>
>The Domenici bill also would approve a shift from formal hearings - which
>give the public the right to obtain documents through discovery and to
>cross-examine hearing participants - to informal hearings, in which the
>public can do neither. This would curtail the ability of citizens to
>adequately participate in the licensing hearings on a proposed
>"high-level" waste repository at Yucca Mountain, in Nevada, and on safety
>issues at more than 100 U.S. nuclear reactors.
>
>"Senator Domenici wants to turn Americans into second-class citizens by
>limiting our public hearing and participation rights," said James Riccio,
>senior analyst for Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy and Environment
>Program.
>"Shielding the nuclear industry from public scrutiny will further
>undermine confidence in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the
>industry. If the nuclear industry cannot withstand the rigors of formal
>hearings, their reactors and nuclear waste dumps should not be built,"
>added Riccio.
>
>The Domenici bill would extend the Price Anderson Act, which indemnifies
>the nuclear industry against the financial consequences of a nuclear
>accident. The bill also would encourage the construction of more reactors
>while limiting the liability of the nuclear industry in the event of an
>accident. The bill would allow foreign corporations to own and operate
>nuclear reactors in the United States, which would mean that U.S.
>taxpayers would be subsidizing foreign corporations while exercising
>limited controls over their operations.
>
>"I fail to see why the American taxpayer should indemnify foreign
>corporations whose nuclear reactors threaten the lives and livelihoods of
>American citizens," Hauter said.  "Foreign and domestic corporations that
>expose the public to the risk of a nuclear disaster should be held
>financially accountable for their actions. Shielding nuclear corporations
>from the consequences of their actions will only result in more dangerous
>nuclear plants and waste dumps."
>
>The Domenici bill also would create an Office of Spent Nuclear Fuel
>Research to promote dangerous and discredited technologies such as the
>reprocessing of radioactive waste, which would cost $10 million alone in
>2002.
>
>"This does nothing to solve the nuclear waste problem but instead
>introduces a host of new environmental and safety problems," Hauter said.
>"It merely serves as a smokescreen to mask the problems that would be
>exacerbated by the increased reliance on nuclear power that this bill
>promotes."
>
>The bill's proposed remedy for the failure of electricity deregulation -
>taxpayer subsidizing of the operation of more nuclear reactors - simply
>would complicate this country's self-inflicted power crisis, Hauter said.
>By propping up a dangerous and failed technology, the legislation ignores
>proven alternatives such as wind, solar and energy conservation, she said.
>
>"The massive subsidies and radioactive waste clean-up costs are so
>staggering that nuclear power will only increase already sky-high
>wholesale electricity prices," Hauter said.  "The prescription for the
>failure of electricity deregulation is to re-establish public authority
>over profiteering power producers."
>
>Finally, the overarching problem with the bill is that nuclear reactors
>are neither clean nor safe, Riccio said.  For Senate Republicans to
>promote nuclear power as environmentally friendly is at best deceptive and
>constitutes the worst kind of corporate welfare, he said.
>
>
>If you would like to be removed from the cmep-list, send an email to
>[e-mail] with the words "unsubscribe cmep" in the subject.
>
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>
>To learn more about this and other issues Critical Mass Energy Project
>works on, visit our website at www.citizen.org .
>
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>
>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) GREENPEACE Star Wars Action
Date: 12 Mar 2001 18:52:09 -0500

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

Greenpeace Activist News Vol. 1, No. 3
8 March 2001

ACT NOW TO STOP THE US "STAR WARS" PROGRAM
************************************************

The Rainbow Warrior is approaching the remote Pacific atoll of Kwajalein
in the Marshall Islands where we will confront the US military and oppose
a scheduled Star Wars test. 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.

So far, 1291 people have sent letters to US Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld, 1052 people have sent letters to UK Prime Minister Tony Blair,
and 960 people have sent letters to Danish Prime Minister Poul Nyrup
Rasmussen.
This is a good start, but not nearly enough to send a strong message to
these leaders. We need your help. If you have not yet sent letters to all
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: DR Jay Gould On Cancer, Disease & Nuclear Power
Date: 13 Mar 2001 11:53:33 -0500

>Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 21:08:59 -0500
>Subject: DR Jay Gould On Cancer, Disease & Nuclear Power
>To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>
>
> Any journalists wanting to contact Dr Gould can reach him at:
>[e-mail]
>
>
>
>
> Jay M.
>Gould, Director
>Radiation and Public Health Project
>PO Box 330, Unionville NY 10988
>
> 2001
> Dear Friend
>
> I enclose an exchange of letters carried in a recent issue of The Nation
> magazine, which describes the remarkable success of  our Tooth Fairy
>study.
> We have to date analyzed the radioactive strontium levels (called Sr90) in
> 2500 baby teeth of children, mainly born in recent years near nuclear
> reactors, and have found that about half have levels  far above the
>expected
> trace levels, in some cases  30 or 40 times higher!  When we have about
> 10,000 baby teeth we hope then to collect medical histories of each child
>to
> ascertain the degree to which children with high levels have had such
> childhood illnesses as asthma, learning disabilities,  infections  etc. We
> already know that a disproportionate number  have cancer, extremely rare
>for
> children.
>
> We think that our findings may eventually  replicate the success of the
>first
> baby teeth study started by Dr. Barry Commoner in  St. Louis in 1958,
>which
> found , after collecting 60,000 teeth ,that Sr90 levels rose one-hundred
>fold
> from 1948 to 1963. In that year President Kennedy asked Dr. Ernest
>Sternglass
> to testify to Congress on radiation-induced childhood cancer, to
>accelerate
> the ratification of the ban on above-ground nuclear bomb tests. Dr.
> Sternglass is the scientific director of our current baby teeth study.
>
> We are however now facing an embarrassment of riches. The number of  baby
> teeth that we are now collecting from our web site (www.radiation.org) and
> from appeals by Alec Baldwin and Christie Brinkley as concerned parents,
>is
> rising so rapidly that we may reach our goal of 10,000 teeth within the
>next
> year or two. But since the cost of testing each tooth cannot fall below
>$50
>,
> we will need to raise far more funds for testing  than the one million
> dollars raised so far from a small number of  family foundation and
> individuals.
>
> So we are turning to all our friends and teeth donors, who generally
>cannot
> afford  more than  $50--the cost of  testing one tooth.. If you feel that
>our
> study merits  support, please send  a  check for $50, (or more) to the
>above
> address as a tax-deductible contribution . At the same time  copy this
>letter
> and enclosure to send to all your friends who you believe may also respond
> positively, by again copying this letter for their friends. (This letter
>will
>also be available on our web site). We believe in this way we will  have
> enough small donations to  move the big foundations to help complete our
> study.
>
> The enclosed letter exchange illustrates the irony  that our study is
>opposed
> by the federal government  which has been measuring Sr90 levels in adult
> vertebra each year since 1954 but inexplicably terminated these efforts in
> 1982. Passionate appeals from  Baldwin and  Brinkley moved the New Jersey
> Legislature to approve a grant of  $ 75,000 to analyze baby teeth from
> children living near the notoriously malfunctioning  Oyster Creek reactor,
> but Governor Christie Whitman (now EPA administrator) vetoed this tiny
>grant
> from a multi- billion dollar state budget. Similar grants of  $60,000 from
> the legislatures of Suffolk and Westchester counties have been blocked by
>the
> New York State Department of Health, so that it is clear that our only
> resource is the potential  support of the millions of persons  who are
> learning that our health is threatened  by nuclear reactor emissions, the
> only possible source of the ominous Sr90 levels we are finding in baby
>teeth.
>
> Sincerely
>
> Jay M. Gould
> Letters to the Nation March 26,2001
> NUCLEAR POWER &US
> New York City
>     I would like to provide an update on some remarkable events that
>followed
> Joseph Mangano's epidemiological discovery that closing the Rancho Seco
> reactor in 1989  was followed by an enormous improvement in infant
>mortality
> and childhood cancer (Harvey Wasserman, "No Nukes--Better Health" Jan.29).
> Mangano has now found that mortality rates for all age groups in these
>areas
> have, since 1989, improved for all diseases mediated by the immune
>response.
> San Francisco, for example (only 70 miles from Rancho Seco) had in 1998
>the
> lowest age-adjusted mortality rate of any large US county, with
>extraordinary
> declines since 1990 in all cancers, including breast and prostate, and in
>all
> infectious diseases. Even AIDS death rates by1998 have declined to the
>level
> of 1979 .
>     As a result of local grassroots dissemination of these facts and a
> generous grant from the CEO of a large San Francisco company, Mangano may
> soon be able to offer clinical as well as epidemiological proof of the
> benefits of closing reactors. As national coordinator  of our Tooth Fairy
> Project, which has been finding ominously high levels of bone-seeking
> radioactive strontium (Sr90) in the baby teeth of about 2000 children born
>in
> recent years that could not be the result of past superpower above-ground
> nuclear bomb tests, he may soon be able to ascertain the change, if any,
>in
> the ratios of Sr90 to calcium in the baby teeth of children born before
>and
> after reactor closings.
>     Nation readers can give us invaluable support by collecting baby teeth
> from anyone born in recent years, or even from baby boomers born as far
>back
> as the bomb test years of the 1950s, for we
> have found that they have the same incredibly high levels, after
>correction
> for the 29 year half life of Sr90, that prompted President Kennedy to
> terminate such above-ground tests in 1963. Please visit our website,
> www.radiation.org, and/or call 800 582 3716 for envelopes for baby teeth.
>JAY
> M. G0ULD
>                                                                  Radiation
> and Public HealthProject Inc
>
> Oak Ridge,Tenn
>     Harvey Wasserman has shown again how adept he is at picking out a
>tidbit
> of bad science to support his views ,while ignoring the vast storehouse of
> real science. He claims nuclear power is causing cancers and other health
> effects, based on a largely debunked study sponsored by an anti-nuclear
> group. Not mentioned is the National Cancer Institute study that examined
> 90,000 cancer deaths near nuclear  plants spanning 34 years and found no
> connection between the operation of reactors and cancer. This is only one
>of
> several highly reputable studies that have come to the same conclusion.
>     Ironically. The Nation recently published Ross Gelbspan's editorial on
> the seriousness of global warming. Any plan to deal effectively with this
> potentially devastating problem must contain signifiacnt levels of nuclear
> energy, which produces no greenhouse gases. Even the Clinton
>Administration's
> strategy to meet the Kyoto goals required substantial electricity
>production
> from nuclear plants.
>     The fair-minded observer must agree that US nuclear plants have been a
> safe source of electricity. And as we try to find our way out of the
> increasingly frequent power crisis, it will probably be an important
> component for the foreseeable future.                 Dr. THEODORE  M.
> BRESMANN
>                                                                   Oak
>Ridge
> National Laboratory
> Wasserman replies
> Columbus Ohio
>
>     It's great fun when pro-nukers confirm the realities of global warming
> even while denying the devastating health and environmental impacts of
>their
> brand of radiation poisoning. No government or industry-funded will admit
>to
> the connection between nuclear power and cancer. But hidden in virtually
>all
> of them is damning hard evidence to the contrary. The cure for global
>warming
>  lies in wind, solar and efficiency, not in an economically catastrophic
> technology that kills people and the planet.
> And kudos as always to Jay Gould and the vital work done by him and his
> colleagues in searching out the health impacts of this failed technology.
> See-no-evil doesn't cut it when radiation is being dumped into our
> bodies--and those of our children.                          HARVY
>WASSERNAN
>
> Gould rejoinder to Besmann  (to be published later)
>     As explained in my book The Enemy Within: The High Cost of Living Near
> Nuclear Reactors, reviewed by Blanche Cook in the Dec.7, 1997 issue of The
> Nation,  the National Cancer Institute study that found no connection
>between
> reactor emissions and cancer, compared cancer deaths in counties with
> reactors with cancer deaths in adjoining counties with the bizarre
>assumption
> that reactor emissions would stop at the county border!         JAY M.
>GOULD
>
>
>As an aside, please read this to see why the concept of nuclear power as a
>"solution" to global warming is a pathetic joke:
>http://www.geocities.com/mothersalert/globalwarming2.html
>
>  -Bill Smirnow
>

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) media adv/Scientist Quits Weapons Work-Calls Lab Deceptive
Date: 13 Mar 2001 19:35:38 -0800

Dear colleagues: Below is the media advisory for two very important news
conferences on Thursday. Please read and enjoy. Also, pass the word along
to any media you know. I will post more as it develops! Peace, Marylia

Contact:
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs, [phone]

 Media Advisory

        LIVERMORE LAB SCIENTIST QUITS, CALLS LAB DECEPTIVE

        Leaves High-Paying Job  In "Stockpile Stewardship" Program,
        Encourages Others To Refuse Work On Nuclear Weapons

WHAT:
Press Conferences at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Visitors
Center in Livermore and the World Affairs Council in San Francisco

WHEN:
Thursday, March 15
9:30 AM at the Livermore Laboratory, and
NOON at the World Affairs Council (sandwiches and drinks provided)

WHERE:
The Livermore Laboratory Visitors Center is located on Greenville Road,
about 2 miles south of I-580.

The World Affairs Council is at 312 Sutter Street in San Francisco (also
serves as the new "home" of the San Francisco Press Club)

WHO:
Issac Trotts was recruited out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) to an $85,000/year position at Livermore Laboratory in the Visual
Interactive Environment for Weapons Simulation group in the Accelerated
Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) of the Stockpile Stewardship program.
After graduating from U.C. Davis in 1999, Trotts received a Masters of
Science in Applied Mathematics at Brown University and worked as a Visiting
Researcher at MIT before coming to Livermore in September 2000. Trotts last
day at Livermore Lab was March 3, 2001.

WHY:
To expose deceptive recruiting practices at Livermore Lab, encourage other
scientists to refuse to work on nuclear weapons, and outline future plans
by Trotts, Tri-Valley CAREs and colleague organizations to conduct outreach
to counter Livermore Lab recruitment in Universities and within scientific
associations. Trotts will also release an open statement to current and
prospective employees.

FORMAT:
Trotts will conduct a briefing for reporters, answer questions and release
an open letter to Livermore Lab employees. Marylia Kelley, executive
director of Tri-Valley CAREs, the Livermore-based Lab "watchdog"
organization, will explain the group's campaign to encourage scientists and
engineers to renounce work on nuclear and other weapons of mass
destruction. Dr. Andreas Toupadakis, a chemist who left Livermore Lab last
year to protest the construction of the National Ignition Facility and the
Stockpile Stewardship program will be on hand to support Trotts. Other
public interest groups will also participate.

-- 30 --

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

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

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

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
campaign to get nuclear weapons taken off hair-trigger alert.



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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) media adv/Scientist Quits Weapons Work-Calls Lab Deceptive
Date: 13 Mar 2001 19:35:54 -0800

Dear colleagues: Below is the media advisory for two very important news
conferences on Thursday. Please read and enjoy. Also, pass the word along
to any media you know. I will post more as it develops! Peace, Marylia

Contact:
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs, [phone]

 Media Advisory

        LIVERMORE LAB SCIENTIST QUITS, CALLS LAB DECEPTIVE

        Leaves High-Paying Job  In "Stockpile Stewardship" Program,
        Encourages Others To Refuse Work On Nuclear Weapons

WHAT:
Press Conferences at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Visitors
Center in Livermore and the World Affairs Council in San Francisco

WHEN:
Thursday, March 15
9:30 AM at the Livermore Laboratory, and
NOON at the World Affairs Council (sandwiches and drinks provided)

WHERE:
The Livermore Laboratory Visitors Center is located on Greenville Road,
about 2 miles south of I-580.

The World Affairs Council is at 312 Sutter Street in San Francisco (also
serves as the new "home" of the San Francisco Press Club)

WHO:
Issac Trotts was recruited out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) to an $85,000/year position at Livermore Laboratory in the Visual
Interactive Environment for Weapons Simulation group in the Accelerated
Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) of the Stockpile Stewardship program.
After graduating from U.C. Davis in 1999, Trotts received a Masters of
Science in Applied Mathematics at Brown University and worked as a Visiting
Researcher at MIT before coming to Livermore in September 2000. Trotts last
day at Livermore Lab was March 3, 2001.

WHY:
To expose deceptive recruiting practices at Livermore Lab, encourage other
scientists to refuse to work on nuclear weapons, and outline future plans
by Trotts, Tri-Valley CAREs and colleague organizations to conduct outreach
to counter Livermore Lab recruitment in Universities and within scientific
associations. Trotts will also release an open statement to current and
prospective employees.

FORMAT:
Trotts will conduct a briefing for reporters, answer questions and release
an open letter to Livermore Lab employees. Marylia Kelley, executive
director of Tri-Valley CAREs, the Livermore-based Lab "watchdog"
organization, will explain the group's campaign to encourage scientists and
engineers to renounce work on nuclear and other weapons of mass
destruction. Dr. Andreas Toupadakis, a chemist who left Livermore Lab last
year to protest the construction of the National Ignition Facility and the
Stockpile Stewardship program will be on hand to support Trotts. Other
public interest groups will also participate.

-- 30 --

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: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Join 189 Groups& MPs Saying 'NO' to Missile Defence/'Star Wars'
Date: 14 Mar 2001 16:06:44 +1100

TO SIGN THIS LETTER JUST EMAIL <[e-mail]>

Dear NGOs and Parliamentarians,

189 organisations and members of parliament have so far signed this letter
to President Bush, Defence Secretary Rumsfeld, and NATO.

Is your organisation among them?

If you believe that Missile Defence/Star Wars will lead to a new arms race
and your organisation has not yet signed this letter, you are urged to do
so.

(If you are already signed on to this letter and are recieving it again my
apologies- though you may like to check that your sign-on is correct.  I am
sending this out to a number of lists that contain both organisations that
have already signed and  that have not yet signed.)

TO SIGN THIS LETTER JUST EMAIL <[e-mail]>, (if you are getting
this direct you can just hit reply), giving details of your name, position,
organisation and address ESPECIALLY WHICH COUNTRY YOU ARE FROM.

Hoping for your organisations signature,

John Hallam


PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
[phone], [phone], [phone],

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
[phone],   [phone],

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-207-925-0918,
ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,  [phone],
[phone],

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],
PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]
HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE, [phone],

GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
[phone],

CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
[phone], [phone],

JOSCHKA FISCHER,
FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY
[phone], [phone],
[phone],  [phone],

YOHEI KONO,  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]

JEAN CHRETIEN,
PRIME MINISTER, CANADA, [phone],

JOHN MANLEY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,
[phone], [phone], [phone].

POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK
[phone]

JENS STOLTENBERG, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY [phone]

THORBJORN JAGLAND, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, NORWAY [phone]

BJORN TORE GODAL, MINISTER OF DEFENCE, NORWAY [phone]

CC
US SECRETARY OF STATE GENERAL COLIN POWELL,  [phone],

US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE,  DONALD C. RUMSFELD,  [phone],

THE HON. ALEXANDER DOWNER, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUSTRALIA
[phone],  08-8370-8166

THE HON. PETER REITH, MINISTER FOR DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA [phone],
03-5979-3034


Dear Presidents, Prime Ministers, Secretaries and Ministers of Foreign
Affairs and Defence:

We, the undersigned organisations, representing millions of people
world-wide, write to express our opposition to current US plans to deploy a
national ballistic missile defence network.

We urge instead that the United States proceed with deep cuts to the US
arsenal and de-alerting of nuclear weapons -- promised by President George
W. Bush during his campaign --  in order to move toward the total and
unequivocal elimination of nuclear arsenals, to which the United States,
Russia, and other nuclear weapons states are obligated under binding and
repeated international commitments.

The deployment of missile defence will undercut these measures, making the
fulfillment of those commitments more difficult.

In our view, the deployment of a National Missile Defence (NMD) network
is deeply-flawed and reckless, decreasing rather than increasing overall
international security.

President Bush says that the United States will propose modifications to
the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to allow for US national missile
defences.  If Russia does not agree to the US proposals, the Bush
Administration has said the United States is prepared to withdraw from the
ABM treaty.  President Bush may decide as soon as this year whether to
begin construction of a key NMD radar site in Alaska, which could violate
the treaty.

Russia has stated clearly in the recent session of the Conference on
Disarmament that its offer of deep reductions in warhead numbers is
conditional on the  integrity of the ABM treaty.  Russia's ratification of
START-II was also conditional on the maintenance of the integrity of the
ABM treaty, and therefore the non-deployment of US missile defences.

It is our strong view that the deployment of even so-called limited
missile defences will undercut the possibility of deep reductions in US and
Russian nuclear weaponry, and could foreclose the possibility of removing
US and Russian missiles from their current, dangerous hair-trigger alert
status.

Military planners react to capabilities rather than intentions. The
deployment of even limited  missile defences could lead to Russian
re-deployment of tactical nuclear weapons and multiple warhead missiles.
It also may accelerate a Chinese build-up of strategic nuclear weapons,
which could include deployment of multiple nuclear warheads on long-range
missiles, and a dramatic increase in the now limited number of those
missiles.

A Chinese build-up could easily result in a dangerous acceleration of
Indian, and in turn, Pakistani nuclear weapons deployments.  This
escalation of offensive capabilities is likely to lead to nuclear arsenals
poised at even higher levels of alert.

Furthermore, missile defence systems, particularly the NMD network now
being contemplated by the United States, are extraordinarily expensive and
have not been proven to work in an operational environment.

No NMD system, even a limited one, can be deployed for at least six  to 10
years.  Two out of three US NMD flight tests so far have failed, yet in
order to be effective, NMD (or TMD) must intercept incoming nuclear
warheads with close to 100% reliability.

Even if an NMD system could be designed to defeat countermeasures, could be
engineered to be operationally effective, and would not prompt a
state to build additional offensive missiles to over-saturate missile
defences, neither NMD nor TMD can guard against less sophisticated and more
reliable means of delivering weapons of mass destruction.

Likewise, various systems of proposed Theatre Missile Defence, possibly to
be deployed in Taiwan, Japan, Europe or the Middle East, suffer from many
of the same technical problems, and may have the same effect as NMD in
creating a dangerous action-reaction cycle leading to offensive missile
build-ups.

The deployment of missile defence/TMD in Taiwan is particularly likely
to result in a Chinese build-up.

The problems associated with missile defences require that the
international community work together to make effective use of diplomacy,
trade and assistance, and new mechanisms to control and reduce existing and
potential ballistic missile proliferation.  Near-term efforts should be
focused on securing a lasting and enforceable framework agreement freezing
the North Korean missile program.

Further efforts to enforce and strengthen the Missile Technology Control
Regime, and control and reduce missile stockpiles on a global and regional
basis, should be pursued on an urgent basis.

In light of the above:

--We respectfully urge the United States not to seek to deploy such missile
defences, and to support more effective methods to prevent missile
proliferation.

--We urge governments of NATO and other US allies not to enable US
deployment of such missile defence systems by allowing the upgrading of
joint facilities at  Menwith Hill, Fylingdales, Pine Gap, Thule, or
elsewhere, for NMD- or TMD-related purposes, and to use their diplomatic
influence to continue to dissuade the US government from the pursuit of
missile defence.

To address the most immediate and dire missile threat:

--We urge that the United States and Russia remove all nuclear weapons
from hair-trigger alert as part of a policy of eliminating
launch-on-warning from their strategic war plans.  This will serve as the
most immediate step to increase global security and stability, and reduce
the risk of unintended nuclear attack.

--We  urge the United States and Russia, with the support of other states,
to proceed toward  immediate, verifiable and irreversible reductions of
strategic and tactical nuclear stockpiles to less than 1,500 warheads each
through implementation of START-II, START-III, and/or by other means.

The above measures would help fulfill their solemn commitments as expressed
in the final declaration of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2000
Review Conference to "an unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear weapon
states to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals
leading to nuclear disarmament to which all states parties are committed
under Article VI."

The undersigned organisations believe that these measures, and not the
deployment of missile defence, constitute the way forward to the
elimination of nuclear arsenals to which the nuclear weapons powers are
committed, and which the overwhelming majority of the world's peoples and
governments expect.

(Signed)

INTERNATIONAL GROUPS
Carah Lyn Ong, Coordinator, Abolition-2000
Mary-Wynne Asford, Co-President, John Loretz, Program Director, Michael
Christ, Exec. Director, International Physicians for the Prevention of
Nuclear War (IPPNW), Cambridge, Mass,
Bruna Nota, President, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom
(WILPF) Geneva/NY,
Dan Plesch, Director, British American Security Information Council
(BASIC), London, UK, and Washington, USA
Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space, Florida, USA,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Peer De Rijk, World Information Service on Energy (WISE-International),
Amsterdam, Neth,
Colin Archer, International Peace Bureau (IPB), Geneva, Switz,
Alfred A. Marder, Vice Pres, International Association of Peace Messenger
Cities,
Pamela S. Meidell, USA, Janet Bloomfield UK, Atomic Mirror, Calif USA and
Saffron Walden UK,
Rosalie Bertell, International Institute of Concern for Public Health,
Toronto, Cn,
Ak Malten, Global Anti-Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Neth,
Charles Mercieia, President, International Association of Educators for
World Peace,


MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Jill Evans MEP, Plaid Cymru, Cardiff, Wales,
Joost Lagendijk MEP, Vice Pres., Green Group (Neth).
Dr Caroline Lucas, MEP  Greens, SE England,
Nuala Ahern, MEP Greens, Ireland,
Hiltrud Breyer, MEP Greens, Germany,
Heidi Hautala, MEP, Co-President, Greens/EFA Group, European Parliament,
Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Ireland,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Greens, Germany,
Marianne Eriksson MEP, Greens/NGL, Sweden,
Per Gahrton MEP Greens, Sweden,

Bruno Barrilot, Director, Centre de Documentation et de Rechereche sur la
Paix et les Conflits, Lyons, France,
Jean-Marie Matagne, Action Des Citoyens Pour le Desarmement
Nucleaire,(ACDN) France,
Dominique Lalanne, Stop-Essais, Linear Accellerator, Orsay, France,
Daniel Durand, Mouvement de la Paix, St-Ouen, France,

Prof. Bent Natvig, Chairman, Norwegian Pugwash Committee, Oslo, Norway,
Kirsten Osen, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons (IPPNW-Norway)

Thor Magnusson, Peace-2000 Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland,

Jorma Kahanpaa, Swedish Anti-Nuclear Movement,
Agneta Norberg, Women for Peace, Sweden,
Finn Ekman, Liason Committee for Peace and Security, Denmark,

Malla Kantola, Secy General, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,

Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt/Germany
Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council, Germany,
Horst Hohmier, Anti-Atom Plenum, Ruhrgebiet, Germany,
Dr Margit Hoepfler, NGO Shalom, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Amberg,
Germany,

Andreas Pecha, Secy, Austrian Peace Council, Vienna,

Martin Broek, Campagne Tegen Wapenhandel, Amsterdam, Neth,
Forum Voor Vredesaktie, Belgium,

OSPAAAL-Solidaridad, Madrid, Spain,
Dr Josep Puig, Scientists and Technicians for a Nuclear-free Future,
Barcelona, Spain,
Catherine Arata, SHALOM, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Italy,

National Society of Conservationists, Hungary,

Aurel Duta, Mama Terra/For Mother Earth Romania, Bucharest, Romania,
Constantin S. Lacatus, People of Sibiu for Peace, Sibiu, Romania,

Ilya Trombitsky, BIOTICA Ecological Society, Moldova,

Prof Vladimir Koklyukhin, Belarussian Association for Political Science,
Brest, Belarus,

RUSSIAN GROUPS
Prof Alexi B. Yablokov, Centre for Russian Environmental Policy, Moscow,
Russia,
Vladimir Slivyak, Co-Chair, ECODEFENSE, Kaliningrad, Russia,
Alisa Nikoulina, Coordinator, Antinuclear Campaign of the Social-Ecological
Union, Moscow, Russia,
Alexandra Koroleva, Chair, Public Committee on Environmental Education,
Kaliningrad Regional Duma, Russia,
Galina Ragouzhina, WISE-Kaliningrad, Russia,
Pavel Malyshev, AVA, Kaliningrad, Russia,
Alexey Kozlov, ECODEFENSE, Voronezh, Russia,
Oleg Bodrov, 'Green World', Sosnovy Bor (St Petersburg) Russia,


UK GROUPS
David Drew MP, UK.,
Lynne Jones MP,Birmingham-Selly Oak, UK,
Alice Mahon,MP, UK,
Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), UK.,
Commander Robert Green, George Farebrother, World Court Project,
Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow, Co-Coordinators, Campaign for the
Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)
David Webb, Yorkshire CND, UK.,
Greater Manchester and District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
Manchester, UK.,
Jenny Maxwell, Treasurer, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
Birmingham, UK.,
Janet  Laycock, Wallasey CND, Merseyside, UK,
Sarah Lazenby, CND-Oxford,  UK,
Anna Cheetham, Chair,  CND-Leicester,
Gillian Reeve, Assistant Director, MECACT (IPPNW-UK)
Angie Zelter, Reforest The Earth, Norfolk, UK,
J. E. Mabbit, Socialist Workers Party, Sheffield, UK,

JAPANESE GROUPS
Satomi Oba, Plutonium Action Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan,
Hiromichi Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
Disarmament and Security (PCDS),
Sachiyo Oki, Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (JPPNW),
Hiroshima, Japan,
Sadao Kamata, Nagasaki Peace Institute, Nagasaki, Japan,

Gyun Lan Jung, Women Making Peace, Seoul, S. Korea,

Cyprus Peace Council,Cyprus,
Abdul H. Nayyar, Pakistan Peace Coalition, Islamabad, Pk,
Dr Kamrul, Bangladesh Medical Association, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Corazon Valdes-Fabros, Nuclear-Free Phillipines Coalition,
Luis-Guttierez Esparza, President, Latin-American Circle for International
Studies, Mexico City, Mexico,
Jean Patterson, LIMPAL Disarmament Group, Costa-Rica,
Christopher Clark, President, Associao Amazonia, Manaus, Brasil,
Grace de Haro, Human Rights Organisation, Rio Negro, Patagonia, Argentina,
FUNAM- Foundation for Defenceof the Environment, Rio Negro, Patagonia,
Argentina,
Mr Percy S. Ngonyama, Organiser, Ceasefire Campaign, Johannesburg, SA,
Edward Appiah, Green Earth Organisation, Accra,  Ghana,


UNITED STATES GROUPS
Martin Butcher, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Washington, USA,
Helen Caldicott MD, Founding President, PSR,
Marylia Kelly, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, CA, USA,
Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment (GRACE),
NY, USA,
David Krieger, Nuclear-Age Peace Foundation,(NAPF), Santa Barbara, USA,
Sally Light, Executive Director, Nevada Desert Experience (NDE), Nevada, USA,
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-One Committee, Washington DC, USA,
Carol Rosin, Founder, Institute for Security and Cooperation in Outer Space
(ISCOS),
Alliance of Atomic Veterans, USA,

Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, NY, USA,
Alfred A. Marder, United States Peace Council, USA,
Mark Haim, Director, Mid-Missouri Peace Works, USA,
Deb Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN),  Ma, USA,
Rosalie Tyler-Paul,chair,  Peace Action Maine, Maine, USA,
Elen R.Robinson, Peace Action New Mexico, NM, USA,
Donald and Janet Axman, Peoples Action for Clean Energy, Ct, USA,
Vivian Stockman, Concerned Citizens Coalition, West Virginia, USA,
Bonnie Urfer/John Lafarge, Nukewatch, USA,
Paloma Galindo, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, Oak Ridge, Tenn, USA,
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif,
Citizens Protecting Ohio, Bexley, Ohio, USA,
Bill Sulzman, Citizens for Peace in Space, Colo, USA,
Rochelle Becker, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace, Calif, USA,
Lewis E. Patrie MD, President, North Carolina Chapter, PSR, NC, USA,
Melanie Canon, PSR-New York, NY, USA,
Bruce A. Drew, Prairie Island Coalition, Minn, USA,
Michael J. Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes, Michigan, USA,
Corrine Carey, Don't Waste Michigan, Mich, USA,
Kieth Gunter, Citizens Resistance at Fermi-2,
Susan V. Walker, President, Action for Nuclear Disarmament, Cape Cod, USA,
Jonathan Mark, No Flyby, Ma, USA,
Martha O. Vinick, West Hartford Abolition 2000,
Stacey Fritz, Coordinator, Alaskans Against National Missile Defence,
Fairbanks, Alaska,
Stacey Studebaker, Kodiak Rocket Launch Information Group, Kodiak, Ala, USA,
Alaska Action Centre, Anchorage, Alaska, USA,


Susas Shaer, Director, Womens Action for New Directions (WAND), Wash DC,
USA,
Jen Kato, Atlanta Womens Action for New Directions (WAND), Atlanta, USA,
Bernice Fisher, Penninsula Womens International League for Peace and
Freedom (WILPF), Calif,  USA,
Paul George, Peninsula Peace and Justice Centre, Palo Alto, Calif, USA,

Phyllis W. Stanley, President, Environmental and Peace Education Centre,
Florida, USA,
Adele Kushner, Action for a Clean Environment, Georgia, USA,
Justine Cooper, Native Forest Council, Oregon, USA.
William D. Hartung,Director,  Arms Trade Resource Center, World Policy
Institute, NY,USA,
James K. Wyerman, 20/20 Vision, Washington DC, USA,
Karen Talbot, International Centre for Peace and Justice, USA,
Harry Rodgers, Carolina Peace Resource Centre, Columbia, SC, USA,
James V. Albertini, President, Malu  'Aina, Hawaii,
Barbara Weidener, Grandmothers for Peace International, Calif, USA,
Jean Coster, Director, South Dakota Peace and Justice Centre,USA,
Luisa Brown, North Dakota Peace Coalition, USA,
Barry Reisch, President,  Veterans for Peace, Washington DC, USA,
Bill Warwick MD, Gainville Florida Veterans for Peace, Fl, USA,
Carol Mosely, Kelli Sebastian, Coordinator, Florida Coalition for Peace and
Justice, Florida, USA,
Alan D, Moore, Fine Artists for World Peace, Berkley, Calif,
Alan D. Moore, Butterfly Gardeners Association, Berkley, Calif,
George B. Hug, President, Northwest Builders Network, USA,
George Croker, Director, North American Water Office, USA,
Mark Ritchie, Institute For Agriculture and Trade Policy,
Mitch Hall, President, 'Checkmate' Non-Violence Group, Vermont, USA,
Amy Bannon, Volunteers for Peace, USA,
Ground Zero Centre for Nonviolent Action, Washington, USA,
Pablo Paster, Clayton Whitt,  Cal-Poly Progressive Student Alliance, San
Luis Obispo, Calif,  USA,
Dae Jung Moon, Young Koreans United of USA, LA, Calif,

Mary Ellen Mc Nish, General Secy, American friends Service Committee (AFSC),
Patricia A. Stalder, Immaculate Conception Gospel Justice Committee, Calif,
USA,
David Joslin, Capitol Region Conference of Churches, USA,
Maryellen Haydon, Thomas Merton Centre, Pittsburgh, USA,
Sister Ardeth Platte, Jonah House, Baltimore, USA,
Sister Ardeth Platte, Sacred Earth and Space Ploughshares, Colo, USA,
Toni Flynn, High Desert Catholic Worker Community, Ca, USA,
Robert M. Smith, Brandywine Peace Community,


CANADIAN GROUPS
Pat Martin, MP (NDP) Winnipeg Centre, Manitoba, Cn,
Alexa Mc Donough, MP  for Halifax, Leader, NDP, Cn,
Svend-Robinson MP (NDP) Barnaby-Douglas, BC, Can,
Niel Arya,, President, Physicians for Global Survival (PGS),
Ottowa, Canada,
Gordon Edwards, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear responsibility
(CCNR),
Helmut (Ken) Burkhardt President, Science for Peace, Toronto, Canada,
David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, (VANA), Vancouver, BC.,
Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, BC,
Joan Russow, Global Compliance Project, Canada,

AOTEAROA/NZ GROUPS
Keith Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa/NZ,
Kate Dewes, President, Disarmament and Security Centre(DSC), Christchurch, NZ,
Megan Hutching, WILPF-Aotearoa, NZ,
Dame Laurie Salas, Abolition2000-Aotearoa/NZ, Wellington, NZ,
John Urlich, President, Peace Council of Aotearoa/NZ,
Des Brough Chair, Dame Laurie Salas Vice-Chair, National Consultative
Committee on Disarmament, NZ,
E. R. White, Centre for Peace Studies, University of Auckland, NZ,

AUSTRALIAN GROUPS
Irene Gale AM and Ron Gray, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide, SA, Aust,
Julius Rowe, President, Amalagamated Metal Workers Union, Aust,
Pauline Mitchell, CICD, Melbourne, Vic, Aust,
Judy Blyth, Medical Association for the Prevention of War (WA), Perth, WA,
Aust,
Irina Reykhtman, Gaia Foundation, Perth, W.A.,

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH GROUPS
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia
Bo Normander, Friends of the Earth Denmark,
Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Viktor Khazan MP, Friends of the Earth Ukraine(Zeleny Zvit),
Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine,
Natalia Arias, Pres,  Accion Ecologica (Friends of the Earth Ecuador),
Quito, Ecuador,
Istvan Farkas, Director, Friends of the Earth Hungary,
Daniel Sanchez, Amigos de la Tierra Espana (Friends of the Earth Spain),
Madrid, Sp,





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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) media adv/Scientist Quits Weapons Work-Calls Lab
Date: 14 Mar 2001 14:02:42 -0500

Marylia,

Good stuff, Jackie C. told me about this.  I forwarded the email to Jerome
McDonnell of WBEZ, public radio station in Chicago.  He's a good buddy of mine,
he interviewed Andreas last year, and I highlighted the ASCI connection for him
- 2 of the ASCI "centers of excellence" (puke) are at U. of Chicago and U. of
Illinois. Let's hope he bites.

Cheers,

Kevin Martin

marylia wrote:

> Dear colleagues: Below is the media advisory for two very important news
> conferences on Thursday. Please read and enjoy. Also, pass the word along
> to any media you know. I will post more as it develops! Peace, Marylia
>
> Contact:
> Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs, [phone]
>
>  Media Advisory
>
>         LIVERMORE LAB SCIENTIST QUITS, CALLS LAB DECEPTIVE
>
>         Leaves High-Paying Job  In "Stockpile Stewardship" Program,
>         Encourages Others To Refuse Work On Nuclear Weapons
>
> WHAT:
> Press Conferences at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Visitors
> Center in Livermore and the World Affairs Council in San Francisco
>
> WHEN:
> Thursday, March 15
> 9:30 AM at the Livermore Laboratory, and
> NOON at the World Affairs Council (sandwiches and drinks provided)
>
> WHERE:
> The Livermore Laboratory Visitors Center is located on Greenville Road,
> about 2 miles south of I-580.
>
> The World Affairs Council is at 312 Sutter Street in San Francisco (also
> serves as the new "home" of the San Francisco Press Club)
>
> WHO:
> Issac Trotts was recruited out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> (MIT) to an $85,000/year position at Livermore Laboratory in the Visual
> Interactive Environment for Weapons Simulation group in the Accelerated
> Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI) of the Stockpile Stewardship program.
> After graduating from U.C. Davis in 1999, Trotts received a Masters of
> Science in Applied Mathematics at Brown University and worked as a Visiting
> Researcher at MIT before coming to Livermore in September 2000. Trotts last
> day at Livermore Lab was March 3, 2001.
>
> WHY:
> To expose deceptive recruiting practices at Livermore Lab, encourage other
> scientists to refuse to work on nuclear weapons, and outline future plans
> by Trotts, Tri-Valley CAREs and colleague organizations to conduct outreach
> to counter Livermore Lab recruitment in Universities and within scientific
> associations. Trotts will also release an open statement to current and
> prospective employees.
>
> FORMAT:
> Trotts will conduct a briefing for reporters, answer questions and release
> an open letter to Livermore Lab employees. Marylia Kelley, executive
> director of Tri-Valley CAREs, the Livermore-based Lab "watchdog"
> organization, will explain the group's campaign to encourage scientists and
> engineers to renounce work on nuclear and other weapons of mass
> destruction. Dr. Andreas Toupadakis, a chemist who left Livermore Lab last
> year to protest the construction of the National Ignition Facility and the
> Stockpile Stewardship program will be on hand to support Trotts. Other
> public interest groups will also participate.
>
> -- 30 --
>
> 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: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Minutes of March 13, 2001, conference call of the US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS' Coordinating Committee
Date: 14 Mar 2001 18:57:56 +0000

Fellow Abolitionists,

Below are the minutes of the most recent conference call of the
Coordinating Committee of the US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
We will be posting future minutes as well. Dialog and inquiries are most
welcome.

Sally Light
Executive Director
Nevada Desert Experience
Member, Coordinating Committee, US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Minutes of the US CAMPAIGN TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS ( US affiliate of
the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons)
COORDINATING COMMITTEE Conference Call of March 13, 2001.

Coordinating Committee (CC) Members Present:  Jackie Cabasso, Fern Katz
(Susan Shaer=92s alternate), John Burroughs, Pamela Meidell, Anthony
Guarisco, Sally Light, Alan Haber, Inga Olson, Alice Slater and Ibrahim
Ramey.

Absent:  Frank Dworak, Gilbert Sanchez, Odile Hugonot Haber and Bal
Pinguel.

Facilitator:  John Burroughs     Note Taker:  Sally Light

Agenda:
1. Review last call=92s minutes
2. Results of e-mail poll; decision re: face-to-face CC meeting
3. Work of committees
4. Endorsing
5. Fundraising
6. Using the web site
7. Brief report on Women=92s Campaign conference at Notre Dame.
8. Next call:  facilitator & note taker

1.Review last call=92s minutes.  Minutes were approved after a very minor
correction:  Sally was listed as the poll-taker (re:  prospective
face-to-face meeting of the CC), but it was Jackie who actually did the
poll.

2.Results of email poll; decision re: face-to-face CC meeting.
Jackie reviewed with us the results of the questionnaire she emailed to
the entire CC.  The questionnaire contained 6 questions about the
possibility of a face-to-face meeting of the CC as well as a general
meeting of the Campaign.  (5 CC members failed to respond at all to the
questionnaire.  1 person answered only 1 of the questions.)

Question #1 =96 Re:  availability of the CC members to meet in Ann Arbor
on March 31-April 1, there were 5 =93yes=94 responses,  7 =93no=94 respon=
ses,
and 2 who did not answer the question.  We agreed that there was
insufficient interest in holding this particular meeting.

Question #2 =96 Re:  proposing another set of dates and a location,  we
decided to explore the possibility of holding both a CC meeting and a
general meeting during the period of the July 16 (=93Trinity Day=94) even=
t
being planned by New Mexico Peace Action in Los Alamos.

Question #3 =96 Re:  who=92s willing to be in a working group to plan the=
 CC
meeting -  Anthony, Jackie, Pam, and Fern all volunteered.  Alice may
also be part of the group.  Gilbert will be approached for this, also,
as he lives in that region.

Question #4 =96 Re:  who=92s willing to be in a working group to plan the
general meeting -  Anthony, John (specifically on =93Best Practices,=94 i=
f
that is on the meeting=92s agenda), Alice, Jackie, Pam, and Alan
volunteered.  Gilbert will also be asked if he=92d like to participate
with this planning group.

Question #5 =96 Re:  who=92s willing to be part of a fundraising working
group -  Anthony, Sally, John, Jackie, and Inga volunteered.  They will
contact each other via email to set up their first conference call.

Question #6 =96 Re: whether conveners of  US Campaign working groups had
any activities to report -  Jackie submitted her own report on the
=93Future Directions of the Nuclear Weapons Complex=94 working group, and
two other conveners sent Jackie their reports -  Pam on the =93Civil
Society Initiative=94 working group, and Alice on the =93Star Wars=94 wor=
king
group.

Working Group reports:
Alice: Star Wars Working Group -- I have been forwarding material about
the Global Network meeting in Alabama,
I am speaking to Congressman Kucinic about drafting a bill to strip Star
Wars funding out of the
appropriations bill and about distributing Vision 2020 to all members of
Congress; working with
Karina Wood and Kevin Martin of Project Abolition to organize a US
Campaign against the
weaponization of space.

Pamela: Civil Society Initiative Working Group =96 latent; communications
among members grandiose idea with no
infrastructure, therefore difficult to activate; problematic time in our
history; local learning experiences
doing outreach in Ventura county including finding directly affected
people (like Atomic Vets) who
have not previously been identified.  KEY QUESTION: How to identify and
support local people
and groups to do this work (i.e., the work of a local organizer).

Jackie: Future Directions of the Nuclear Weapons Complex Working Group =96
I see this =93working group=94 as the
same as the international A2000 =93Beyond the CTBT Working Group.=94
Following is the latest
summary I wrote for A2000: This is not a formal working group, but
rather an information sharing
subnetwork within A2000  focusing on the =93stockpile stewardship=94 prog=
ram
of the United States,
and to the extent possible, on ongoing nuclear weapons research,
development, testing and
production activities in the other nuclear weapon states (including
India, Israel and Pakistan),
including collaboration among them.   Last spring, members of this
subnetwork drafted the NGO
presentation to the NPT Review Conference on "Nuclear Weapons Research,
Development,
Testing, and Production" (presented by  William Peden, UK, Greenpeace
International). At present
we are investigating U.S. plans to develop mininukes and exploring the
technology overlaps between
the U.S. stockpile stewardship program, ballistic missile defenses and
other hightech weapons
including spacebased weapons.

As to questions # 3 & 4 above, Jackie will talk with New Mexico Peace
Action and with Gilbert, and, based on those discussions, will bring a
specific proposal to our next conference call re: the dates of our CC
meeting and the general meeting during the =93Trinity Day=94 event in Los
Alamos around the period of July 14 =96 17.

Two additional comments were made:  John stated that he believes that
doing our Campaign work is more important than planning another
face-to-face meeting, although he won=92t oppose such a meeting if others
want one.  Anthony volunteered to help with grantwriting.

3.  Work of committees.  After some discussion, we decided that, rather
than committing to any rigid process to form CC committees, we will form
them as needed as we go along.  So far, 3 CC committees have been formed
to address the following areas:  fundraising, planning our next CC
face-to-face meeting, and planning our next general meeting.

4.Endorsing.  After some discussion, we agreed that we shouldn=92t get to=
o
bound up on this issue, otherwise we can=92t take decisive action re:
endorsements.  We agreed that the CC can issue its own (i.e., CC)
endorsements of specific events (not of legislation, however, although
we might say we work on supporting specific legislation).   At our next
general meeting, we will address the issue in plenary of the process by
which the US Campaign, as a whole, will make endorsements.  Jackie will
research our records for language to support endorsements by the CC and
by the Campaign.

Jackie proposed that the CC endorse two events:  Shundahai=92s May
=93Mothers=92 Day Gathering=94 and Project Abolition=92s Star Wars event =
in
D.C.    We agreed that we, the CC, endorse both events.  (For details
about the =93Mothers=92 Day Gathering,=94 go to Shundahai=92s web site wh=
ich is
www.shundahai.org.)

5.  Fundraising.  The newly-formed Fundraising Committee (Anthony,
Sally, Jackie, Inga and John) agreed to have a conference call.  They
will set it up by email.

6.Using the web site.  Western States Legal Foundation=92s web site has a
web page dedicated to the US Campaign.  Already on it are event
listings, links to other web sites, the information contained in the US
Campaign=92s =93yellow booklet=94 (containing the goals, structure, histo=
ry,
CC, working groups, and so on).  The issue of whether it should also
list endorsements will be discussed later.  CC members will visit the
web site and give feedback/suggestions.  Events can be emailed to Andy
Lichterman, as he maintains the web site.

7.Brief report on Women=92s Campaign conference at Notre Dame.  Jackie,
Alice and Inga recently returned from the mid-west conference held at
Notre Dame Univ. of the Women=92s Campaign for Responsible National
Security.  Jackie reported that it was small, but very good, had high
energy, and that people were very receptive to their message.  She
believes it will lead to new connections and has started a =93ripple
effect=94 in a new region.  After the conference, a press release, titled
=93Women for Responsible Security Say Bush is Irresponsible for Not
Negotiating with North Korea,=94 was issued.

8.Next conference call.  Our next CC conference call will be on April
26, at 9 am Pacific Time, Noon Eastern Time.  Ibrahim Ramey will be
facilitator.  Note taker will be Inga Olson.

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Scientist Quits Stockpile Stewardship-Says LLNL deceived him
Date: 14 Mar 2001 20:29:49 -0800

Dear peace and enviro colleagues -- here is the press release. I think you
will appreciate what Issac has to say. Also, please pass it on to any media
you may know. Thank you. Peace, Marylia

for more information, contact:
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs, [phone]

for release after 9:30 AM Pacific Time, Thursday, March 15, 2001

                LIVERMORE LAB SCIENTIST QUITS "STOCKPILE STEWARDSHIP"
                PROGRAM, CALLS LAB HIRING PRACTICES DECEPTIVE

****************************************************************************
                Thursday, March 15, 2001 -- Press conferences
9:30 AM, Livermore Laboratory Visitors Center, Greenville Rd. in Livermore
, and NOON, World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St., San Francisco.
****************************************************************************
LIVERMORE, CA - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) computer
scientist Issac Trotts today announced his resignation, saying that LLNL
recruiters "deceived me" by assuring him that his work would not
"contribute to the further development of nuclear arms."

Trotts released an open letter to his former Livermore colleagues calling
on them to "understand the consequences" of the so-called "Stockpile
Stewardship" program and join him in refusing to work on it.

"During my interview with LLNL, I asked about the nature of 'Stockpile
Stewardship.' I was assured that no new weapons development was taking
place," explained Trotts. "I thought I would be helping to keep the nuclear
weapons from accidentally detonating or polluting the environment with
radioactive material," he continued.

Trotts, 25, was recruited to an $85,000 a year position as a Computer
Scientist by Livermore Laboratory in October 2000, shortly after his
visiting researcher position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
came to an end. Prior to the stint at MIT, Trotts had received his
Bachelor's degree from the University of Calif. at Davis and a Masters in
Science from Brown University.

Trotts came to Livermore Lab to work in the Visual Interactive Environment
for Weapons Simulation Group (VIEWS) in the Accelerated Strategic Computing
Initiative (ASCI) of the Stockpile Stewardship Program.

"Livermore Lab deceived me, both during the interview and afterwards,"
Trotts charged. "Five months after the interview, I found out that the
'Stockpile Stewardship' Program was -- and still is -- much more aggressive
than I had been led to believe."

In particular, Trotts pointed to the recent role of "Stockpile Stewardship"
in putting an entirely new military capability into the B61, giving it an
earth-penetrating ability. " I found that, according to the State
Department web site, 'The B61-11 development effort demonstrated a full
range of stockpile stewardship capabilities... the certification effort
took advantage of the Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative (ASCI)
capabilities...,'" said Trotts. "I now had incontrovertible evidence that
the ASCI program, in which I was working, had played an important role in
enhancing the B61. I had ample reason to believe that further alterations
of this sort would be performed in the future. I resigned."

"Issac Trotts is a shining example to other young scientists and engineers.
The courageous action he has taken, leaving a high-paying job for reasons
of conscience, embodies the highest principles of both science and ethics.
We at Tri-Valley CAREs are happy to offer Issac our support," said Marylia
Kelley, executive director of the Livermore-based Lab "watchdog"
organization. "We are certain that others will follow in his footsteps."

Dr. Andreas Toupadakis also praised Trotts' decision. Last year,
Toupadakis, a chemist, left his position in the Stockpile Stewardship
Program at Livermore for similar reasons. "By his action, Issac has served
the whole of humanity," Toupadakis declared. "Others will follow."

Speaking on his own decision as well as Trotts', Toupadakis said, "We have
done our duty."

To encourage more scientists and engineers to leave the weapons program,
Trotts released a 5-page "open letter" explaining his findings and decision
to leave in detail. "Let's put our money where our mouths are and put an
end to nuclear weapons before they put an end to us," the  letter
concludes.

Copies of the letter will be distributed directly to current and
prospective Livermore Lab employees, and will also be available on
Tri-Valley CAREs' web site at http://www.igc.org/tvc.

Tri-Valley CAREs and three colleague organizations recently launched an
international campaign at the annual meeting of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, asking scientists and engineers to renounce
work on nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. Joining in that
effort are the Natural Resources Defense Council, Los Alamos Study Group
and Western States Legal Foundation.

"Every weapon type in the U.S. arsenal is being 'redesigned' using
so-called 'Stockpile Stewardship',," charged Kelley. "We know that the
Livermore Lab is using 'bait and switch' and other misleading tactics to
lure young professionals. We plan to challenge those practices by going out
into the colleges and Universities where the Lab typically recruits in
order to explain the true nature of 'Stockpile Stewardship' to students. We
believe that many of them will choose not to work on nuclear weapons."

According to Jackie Cabasso, executive director of the Oakland-based
Western States Legal Foundation, "Issac is precisely the kind of bright,
young scientist that Livermore and the other weapons labs are seeking to
recruit. Without the Issac's of  the world, nuclear and other weapons of
mass destruction cannot exist. What he is doing today is very significant.
It is a step toward the elimination of nuclear weapons globally."

                                                                -- 30 --

Copies of Issac Trotts' letter will be available at the press conferences,
and upon request 3/15/01.


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



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Subject: (abolition-usa) Dr.Toupadakis to Bush
Date: 14 Mar 2001 22:54:44 -0800

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: (CMEP-list) RADIOACTIVE ROADS & RAILS March ACTION OF THE
Date: 15 Mar 2001 15:58:15 -0500

>Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:32:25 -0500
>Subject: (CMEP-list) RADIOACTIVE ROADS & RAILS March ACTION OF THE MONTH
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>RADIOACTIVE ROADS & RAILS ACTION OF THE MONTH
>
>Stop Nuclear Trains in their Tracks!
>
>Background
>
>Private Fuel Storage (PFS), a consortium of 8 commercial nuclear
>utilities, is preparing to transport 40,000 metric tons of high-level
>radioactive waste across the country to an interim storage facility in
>Utah.  Currently, most of this "spent fuel" is stored on site, near the
>reactors where it was generated.  But the PFS utilities are worried about
>running out of space on site to store their radioactive garbage, so now
>they want to dump it in Utah!
>
>The PFS facility would be located on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation,
>approximately 45 miles west of Salt Lake City.  The facility would consist
>of above-ground, dry-cask storage for 4,000 canisters of high-level
>radioactive waste.  PFS hopes to begin shipping nuclear waste to Skull
>Valley as soon as 2003.
>
>The PFS proposal for interim storage in Utah assumes that the waste will
>later be moved to a permanent repository in neighboring Nevada. This
>assumption is premature because although Yucca Mountain is now being
>studied as a potential nuclear waste repository, the decision on whether
>to open a permanent facility is still pending!
>
>Transporting high-level radioactive waste is inherently dangerous because
>it exposes people along transportation routes to the risk of radiation
>release in areas where emergency responders may not be equipped for a
>nuclear accident.  The PFS proposal for temporary storage in Utah would
>unnecessarily increase this risk by requiring waste to be transported more
>than once over long distances.
>
>PFS proposes to transport nuclear waste to its facility by train.
>Currently, however, rail lines do not extend to Skull Valley.  Permission
>to build a rail line requires the approval of the U.S. Bureau of Land
>Management and the U.S. Surface Transportation Board.  Final decisions
>will be taken by both agencies after the PFS Environmental Impact
>Statement has been finalized (this process has been delayed but is
>expected to be completed soon).
>
>Take Action!
>
>As offices of federal agencies, the Bureau of Land Management and Surface
>Transportation Board are required to consider public comments in their
>decision-making processes.  Send a letter stating that you oppose PFS's
>application to build a nuclear railroad, which would needlessly endanger
>public safety and the environment.
>
>Sample letter and addresses on reverse.
>
>Plan ahead!  April 26, the anniversary of the nuclear catastrophe at
>Chernobyl, has been identified as a National Day of Action against the PFS
>proposal.  Organize an event in your town!  Contact Public Citizen for
>more information, ideas, or assistance.
>
>- SAMPLE LETTER -
>
>March 2001
>
>Secretary Vernon Williams                   and      Alice Stevenson, Project
Leader
>U.S. Surface Transportation Board                    Salt Lake Field Office
>1925 K Street                                        Bureau of Land
Management
>Washington, DC  20423                                Salt Lake City, UT
84124
>
>
>Dear Mr. Williams and Ms. Stevenson,
>
>I am concerned with the proposal of Private Fuel Storage, LLC (PFS) to
>transport nuclear waste to an interim storage facility on the Skull Valley
>Goshute Reservation in Utah. PFS has applied to the Bureau of Land
>Management (BLM) for rights-of-way on public land to provide
>transportation to the site. Approval would require amending BLM's Pony
>Express resource management plan, which does not currently provide for a
>major right-of-way corridor in the area. PFS has also applied to the
>Surface Transportation Board for approval to build and operate a rail line
>in Tooele County under the name of Great Salt Lake and Southern Railroad,
>LLC.
>
>Transporting high-level nuclear waste is inherently dangerous because it
>exposes people along transportation routes to the risk of radiation
>release in areas where emergency responders may not be equipped for a
>nuclear accident.  The PFS interim storage facility would unnecessarily
>increase this risk by requiring waste to be transported more than once
>over long distances.
>
>The rail casks that would be used to transport high-level radioactive
>waste to Skull Valley have never been subjected to full-scale physical
>testing.  A train accident resulting in radioactive release from these
>casks could contaminate a large area, posing serious risks to people and
>the environment.  Even without an accident, PFS nuclear shipments would
>routinely emit low levels of radiation, to which children, the elderly,
>and fetuses are particularly vulnerable.
>
>This imposition of risk is unnecessary.  The PFS utilities could continue
>to store their waste on site near their reactors without introducing the
>dangers of radioactive contamination to communities and environments along
>transportation routes.  Furthermore, PFS utilities could pursue the option
>of converting generating capacity to sustainable energy alternatives that
>do not create radioactive waste.
>
>I strongly object to government resources managed by your agencies being
>used to promote the flawed PFS proposal, which places the economic
>interests of the nuclear industry above the safety of citizens and
>integrity of the environment along transportation routes.  I therefore
>urge you to deny PFS's applications for rights-of way and rail line
>construction and operation authority.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Your name
>(Organization)
>Address
>

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: SIGN PETITION TO OPPOSE NUKE POWER AS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Date: 15 Mar 2001 19:11:45 -0500

>Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 17:43:12 -0500
>Subject: SIGN PETITION TO OPPOSE NUKE POWER AS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCE
>To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>
>  Please dissemenate this to other lists, NGOs & individuals and ask them
>to
>do likewise. SIGN OUR PETITION AT: www.antenna.nl/wise/csd
>
>
>
>
>
>Nukes Sustainable? No Way!
>
>From 16-27 April 2001 the United Nations Commission on Sustainable
>Development (CSD) will hold its Ninth Session (CSD 9) in New York. The
>Commission was established in 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of the Rio
>Earth Summit held that year. One of CSD's tasks is to elaborate policy
>guidance and options for future activities to follow up the Rio Earth
>Summit
>and achieve sustainable development.
>
>Energy is one of the issues on the agenda for CSD 9. As the Commission puts
>it: 'The challenge is how to meet the growing demand for energy while
>mitigating the impact of energy supply and use on the environment and thus
>guarantee the long term quality of our habitat'
>
>However, it seems that the Commission is of the opinion that nuclear energy
>could be part of a sustainable future. As we all know, nuclear energy
>involves enormous pollution, throughout its production cycle from uranium
>mining and enrichment, through the operation of nuclear power plants to the
>disposal of radioactive waste.
>Nuclear energy is definitely not sustainable, and the UN Commission on
>Sustainable Development should be the last to pretend that it is.
>Any indications of support for nuclear technologies by the Commission on
>Sustainable Development will be used by the nuclear industry to create an
>image of itself being clean, safe, and a legitimate tool to combat climate
>change.
>
>Wise Amsterdam therefore urges all organisations active in development,
>environmental, disarmament and human rights issues to sign the petition
>addressing CSD. The petition demands that Commission ensures that any
>indications of support for nuclear energy are excluded from CSD debates,
>exhibitions and other activities.
>SIGN OUR PETITION AT: www.antenna.nl/wise/csd
>
>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 NGOs, 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 'last gasp' 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
>"encourage 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."
>
>Non-G8 countries are taking similar positions. Turkey cancelled plans for a
>nuclear plant at Akkuyu, with its Prime Minister stating that, "the world
>is
>abandoning nuclear power." The countries of AOSIS (the Alliance of Small
>Island States) have "reaffirmed (their) position that nuclear energy should
>not be included in the CDM". (Apia, August 2000). And, a group of twelve
>Latin American nations made clear, in discussions on the Convention, that
>they "do not accept the use of nuclear power as an energy source
>alternative
>in project-based activities." (FCCC/SB/2000/4, 1 August, 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.
>
>To sign on, go to: http:// www.antenna.nl/wise/csd/
>Thanks!
>
>Further distribution among your networks in encouraged!
>The petition is also available in french, spanish, german, italian and
>dutch.
>
>
>
>Nuclear power sustainable? No way! Sign our petition at
>http://www.antenna.nl/wise/csd/
>================================================================ World
>Information Service on Energy - WISE Amsterdam PO Box 59636 Tel:
>[phone] LC Amsterdam Fax: [phone] The Netherlands Email:
>[e-mail] (Visitors: Ketelhuisplein 43)
>http://www.antenna.nl/wise
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Russia suspends dismantling weapons
Date: 15 Mar 2001 19:49:48 -0500

>Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:23:49 -0500
>Subject: Russia suspends dismantling weapons=20
>To: [e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>Russia suspends dismantling weapons
>
>   A response to Bush=92s campaign for missile defense system
>The Cold War long over, the United States and Russia are playing a game of
>brinkmanship centered on missile defense plans. NBC's Dana Lewis reports.
>
>By Dana Lewis
>NBC NEWS
>MOSCOW, March 11 =97  Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended the
>dismantling of nuclear warheads called for under the START II treaty with
>the United States on President Bush=92s inauguration day, NBC News has
>learned. And Russian officials insist that Moscow will end cooperation on
>nuclear disarmament if Washington presses forward with plans to build a
>national missile defense system.
>
>
>        =93IF THE NMD (national missile defense) is deployed in the United
>States, we will have to forget about reductions of strategic offensive
>weapons,=94 said Yuri Kapralov, director of Russian Security and=
 Disarmament.
>       Russia also has rolled out its counter-threat, the Topol-M missile.
>Although it is ostensibly a single-warhead intercontinental ballistic
>missile, experts believe it could be converted to carry several warheads,
>which would violate the Start II agreement.
>       Under the arms-reduction pact, which the United States and Russia
>signed in 1993, both countries committed to eliminating missiles with more
>than one warhead.
>       =93The Topol-M already has the capability to overcome any=
 anti-missile
>defense,=94 said Gen. Vladimir Yakovlev, commander of Russia=92s rocket=
 forces.
>He added that the next move was up to the United States.
>
>HIGH-STAKES BATTLE
>       In the high-stakes game of sword vs. missile shield, Putin has
>mounted a diplomatic offensive, arguing that North Korea and Iran are not
>as
>great a threat as argued by the United States. He=92s even proposed a=
 limited
>missile defense plan for Europe.
>         =93The 1972 ABM treaty is like an axis to which a whole series of
>international security agreements is attached,=94 Putin said last week. =93=
As
>soon as we pull out this axis, all of them will automatically fall apart.
>The whole of today=92s international security system will collapse.=94
>       Former President Mikhail Gorbachev =97 who confronted the Reagan
>administration=92s campaign on behalf of the =93Star Wars=94 defense shield=
 =97 has
>warned that the U.S. system would spark a new arms race =97 =93a new spiral=
 of
>militarization with unpredictable consequences.=94
>         Critics say the Kremlin is reverting to Soviet-era tactics, using
>the missile shield to try to drive a wedge between Washington and its
>European allies. But the Russians counter that the real risk is to advances
>made through arms control over the past three decades.
> =20

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Chronicle+Herald/LLNL scientist quits weapons work
Date: 16 Mar 2001 09:28:25 -0800

Dear colleagues:

=46ollowing are 2 articles stemming from the press conferences yesterday at
which Issac Trotts announced his resignation from Livermore Lab and
released an open letter calling on his former colleagues to also quit all
nuclear weapons work. The open letter is available on Tri-Valley CAREs' web
site at www.igc.org/tvc. The first article is from the San Francisco
Chronicle, the second from the Tri-Valley Herald. Both are quite good.
There was also a good article in the Valley Times. (If you see any
additional articles on this, please send me an electronic copy, if
possible.) Thanks. --Marylia

(Note especially the Livermore Lab spokesman below saying: "New [military]
capabilities are part of weapons modifications...")

ENGINEER QUITS, BLASTS LIVERMORE LAB
RECRUITERS MISLED HIM ON WEAPONS WORK, HE SAYS

San Francisco Chronicle -- Friday, March 16, 2001
by David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor

Livermore -- A young computer software engineer announced yesterday that he
has quit his $85,000-a-year job at the Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory because, he said, he was "deceived" by recruiters, who did not
tell him he would be working to improve the killing ability of nuclear
weapons.

Isaac Trotts, 25, conceded to reporters that he may have been more than a
little naive when he took the job at the weapons lab in October thinking he
would be helping make nuclear warheads safe. Instead, he found his work
involved making them more effective.

At a press conference yesterday organized by an anti-nuclear group, Trotts
said he hoped his action would inspire his former Livermore co-workers to
join him in refusing to "help maintain, enhance, design and build weapons
of mass destruction."

Trotts is a specialist in programming computers to visualize physical
phenomena in three dimensions, a field he had pursued as a visiting
aeronautics and astronautics researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.

His Livermore job was unclassified and involved researching and developing
complex new methods for viewing simulated explosions of nuclear warheads,
he said. His department is part of a national supercomputer facility in the
Department of Energy's Stockpile Stewardship Program, designed to keep
America's nuclear arsenal from deteriorating.

During the press conference at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco
yesterday, Trotts insisted that the Livermore recruiters who interviewed
him led him to believe that his job would help to assure the "safety and
reliability" of nuclear weapons but not to improve them.

"I was a little uneasy about going to work there at first," he told
reporters, "but I thought that making sure those weapons were safe, that
they wouldn't explode accidentally and pollute the environment with
radioactivity -- that way at least I'd be helping to make the world a
better place.

"I was assured no new weapons development was taking place, but it was a
deception," he said.

Trotts said he began to learn from government documents supplied by
"activist" organizations that many of the nuclear warheads were in fact
being modified to make them more effective -- armoring them to improve
their earth- penetrating power, for example, or "suspicious things" like
enabling them to explode at new and different heights.

The Livermore laboratory stopped all weapons design and development work in
1992, a Livermore lab spokesman insisted yesterday, and designing new ones
would require congressional approval.

Modifying nuclear warheads to meet new military needs has been openly part
of the Stockpile Stewardship Program since it was begun in 1993, the
spokesman said, and does not involve new designs. Modifications do not
alter a warhead's nuclear components and are not barred by treaty, he said.

As for Trotts himself, the Livermore spokesman said that "all his
colleagues agreed he was a really bright guy."

Trotts said that after he grew more uneasy about his job at Livermore, much
of what he learned about the implications of the work came from Department
of Energy documents on warhead modifications obtained by Tri-Valley CAREs,
an anti-nuclear group based in Livermore whose acronym stands for
Communities Against a Radioactive Environment.


Ex-lab scientist 'misled' about weapons development:
Lab denies deceiving former employees of work's nature

By Glenn Roberts Jr.
STAFF WRITER,
ANG newspapers

LIVERMORE --Recruiters drew Issac Trotts to an $85,000-a-year job at
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, and his conscience led him to walk away.

Trotts, 25, said he was misled during the interview process about the
purpose of an Energy Department program that he would be supporting through
his work at the lab.

"I was assured that no new weapons development was taking place," he said.
"As I later found out, Livermore Lab deceived me both during the interview
process and afterward."

David Schwoegler a lab spokesman, said, "Any scientist would be advised in
unclassified terms during recruiting of what his or her job will eventually
involve." He added that Trotts would have been given the opportunity, too,
to ask questions about the nature of his job assignment.

Trotts talked Thursday during a press conference at the Livermore Lab
Visitors Center about his search for answers that led him to leave the lab
and speak out against nuclear weapons development.

A handful of anti-nuclear activists, including a former Livermore Lab
scientist who resigned one year ago, offered support for Trotts during the
event.

Trotts was hired in October 2000 as a computer scientist and mathematical
programmer for the lab's Accelerated Strategic Computing Initiative. Trotts
said it was months later when he had proved to himself that this program
had assisted efforts to add new capabilities to nuclear weapons designs.

ASCI uses supercomputers to simulate nuclear weapons and is one component
of the nation's Stockpile Stewardship Program, which Energy Department and
lab officials say is designed to ensure the "safety and reliability" of
weapons in the aging U.S. nuclear arsenal.

Lab officials also have denied that lab researchers are helping to develop
new nuclear weapons, though several existing warhead designs in the nuclear
arsenal have been or will be redesigned with more modern components or new
capabilities.

Trotts said that he searched the Web for information about stockpile
stewardship and found a number of nuclear watchdog sites that questioned
the aims of the program.

In February, he found a 1999 U.S. State Department report that credited the
ASCI program for assisting with the addition of an earth-penetrating
feature to a weapon in the U.S. stockpile called the B61.

The ASCI program ran computer models that "allowed analysis of the forces
and environments experienced by an earth-penetrating weapon and greatly
assisted in the design and certification process necessary to put this
modified weapon in the active inventory," the report states.

Trotts said that report was the "smoking gun" for him, and he resigned
two days later.

Schwoegler said the B61 modification was conducted by Los Alamos Laboratory
in New Mexico, though he said that some ASCI scientists at Livermore Lab do
assist in weapons modifications.

"New capabilities are part of weapons modifications and some ASCI
scientists (at Livermore) would work in these areas," he said. "It's no
secret that there are modifications."

He added that Trotts did not yet have a security clearance, and "ASCI
scientists with clearances work on stockpile stewardship."

Andreas Toupadakis, a former lab employee who quit in Jan. 31 to speak out
against nuclear weapons development, said he respects Trotts for choosing
to leave the lab.

 "We are in important times," Toupadakis said. "If we really do not act
courageously toward more peace, we're going to see the unthinkable soon. We
should find jobs for lifting humanity instead of destroying humanity."

A 1999 graduate of the University of California, Davis, Trotts said he
plans to talk to university students and professors about his experiences
at the lab.
                                          -----------------
                                            =A91999-2001 by
                                        MediaNews Group, Inc.
                                         and ANG Newspapers
        (Note: Includes Tri-Valley Herald, Oakland Tribune and others)


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: Lisa Ledwidge / IEER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) IEER new postings - plutonium, oil & the dollar, the nuke
Date: 16 Mar 2001 19:25:16 -0600

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I thought you might be interested in these items.  They are the four latest
postings to IEER's web site.  (Apologies for multiple postings.)

Plutonium End Game / Global Truth Commission
Science for Democratic Action, vol. 9 no. 2
February 2001
http://www.ieer.org/sdafiles/vol_9/9-2/index.html

"Saddam's Last Laugh: The Dollar Could be Headed for Hard Times if OPEC
Switches to the Euro"
By Arjun Makhijani, Featured on TomPaine.com
March 9, 2001
http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2001/03/09/index.html

Letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the application to construct
a MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility submitted by Duke Cogema Stone & Webster
Joint letter from IEER and the Nuclear Control Institute
March 9, 2001
http://www.ieer.org/comments/pu-disp/nci-ieer.html

"Discover Dialogue: Arjun Makhijani The Nuke Slayer"
Short interview in the April 2001 issue of Discover Magazine
http://www.discover.com/apr_01/breakdialogue.html


_______________________________________________________________
Lisa Ledwidge
Outreach Coordinator and Editor, Science for Democratic Action
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
2104 Stevens Ave. South |  Minneapolis, MN 55404  USA
phone:  [phone]  |  fax:  [phone]
[e-mail]  |  http://www.ieer.org
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<html>
I thought you might be interested in these items.  They are the four
latest postings to IEER's web site.  (Apologies for multiple
postings.)<br>
<br>
<b>Plutonium End Game / Global Truth Commission<br>
</b><i>Science for Democratic Action</i>, vol. 9 no. 2<br>
February 2001 <br>
<a href="http://www.ieer.org/sdafiles/vol_9/9-2/index.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.ieer.org/sdafiles/vol_9/9-2/index.html</a><br>
<br>
<b>"Saddam's Last Laugh: The Dollar Could be Headed for Hard Times
if OPEC Switches to the Euro"<br>
</b>By Arjun Makhijani, Featured on TomPaine.com<br>
March 9, 2001 <br>
<a href="http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2001/03/09/index.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2001/03/09/index.html</a><br>
<br>
<b>Letter to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission on the application to
construct a MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility submitted by Duke Cogema Stone
& Webster<br>
<i>Joint letter from IEER and the Nuclear Control Institute <br>
</i></b>March 9, 2001 <br>
<a href="http://www.ieer.org/comments/pu-disp/nci-ieer.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.ieer.org/comments/pu-disp/nci-ieer.html</a><br>
<br>
<b>"Discover Dialogue: Arjun Makhijani The Nuke Slayer"<br>
</b>Short interview in the April 2001 issue of <i>Discover</i>
Magazine<br>
<a href="http://www.discover.com/apr_01/breakdialogue.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.discover.com/apr_01/breakdialogue.html</a><br>
<br>
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Outreach Coordinator and Editor, <i>Science for Democratic Action<br>
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2104 Stevens Ave. South |  Minneapolis, MN 55404  USA<br>
phone:  [phone]  |  fax:  [phone]<br>
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Subject: (abolition-usa) US Navy flares found on UK beach
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Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews Briefs - 01/03/18 - important announcements
Date: 18 Mar 2001 17:58:14 -0500

NucNews archives are posted through March 15, 2001 at
http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm. Here are some announcements of
interest.=20


Ellen Thomas

-------

(1) This week in D.C.
Wednesday MARCH 21 - Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on
Nuclear Waste
(2) CLOSE THE SCHOOL OF ASSASSINS!
Days of Resistance March 29th =AD April 3rd 2001, Washington DC
(3) FAITH AND RESISTANCE RETREAT - HOLY WEEK - APRIL 12 - 14
(4) April  16 to 23, 2001 Meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable
Development=20
(5) Chernobyl Actions - April 25-26 around the U.S.
(6) Backyard Eco Conference 2001 (this summer in Michigan)
(7) Plowshares Activists Update
*** Phil Berrigan, Plowshares activist in Brooklyn for 2 weeks
*** TWO IN CUSTODY AFTER URGING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF ELF TRANSMITTER=20
(8) Price Anderson Act PETITION=20
(9) Attention Gulf War Veterans
(10) RADIOACTIVE ROADS & RAILS ACTION OF THE MONTH
(11) Call for papers re DU, Yugoslavia, NATO - Res publica, Prague
(12) Chechnya and Landmines
(13) British protester charged with racist abuse for dragging US flag on=
 ground
(14) Profbooks.com - Nuclear Engineering Bookshop=20
(15) Added to NucNews links at http://prop1.org/briefslv.htm:

[Please remember to come to the 20th anniversary of the White House=
 antinuclear
vigil, June 3, 2001:
http://prop1.org/history/2001/010603pp.20th.anniversary.htm!]

---- text ----

(1) This week in D.C.
*** Monday March 19 --
Protest Israeli PM Ariel Sharon this Monday, 3/19=20
Ariel Sharon, the new Prime Minister of Israel who has a history of=
 organizing
massacres of Palestinians and has recently authorized a total siege of
Palestinian villages, will attend a banquet for AIPAC, the main pro-Israel
lobbying group in the US, this Monday, March 19, 6 p.m., at the Washington
Hilton Hotel, Connecticut & T Sts. NW, 5 blocks north of the Dupont Circle
Metro.
  The protest, which has been called by a number of different groups, will=
 be
on Connecticut between Florida and T Sts., NW.

*** Wednesday MARCH 21 - NUCLEAR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission's Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste, has scheduled a meeting,=
 open
to the public, on key technical issues relating to nuclear waste, 8:30 a.m.=
 to
7 p.m. Wednesday, March 21, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. March 22, 8:30 a.m. to=
 1:30
p.m. March 23, NRC Two White Flint North, room T-2B3, 11545 Rockville Pike,
Rockville. Free; those who plan to make oral or written statements should
contact Howard Larson at 301-415-6805.

(2) CLOSE THE SCHOOL OF ASSASSINS!=20
Days of Resistance March 29th =AD April 3rd 2001, Washington DC Join and=
 struggle
together with people from all over the US and beyond its borders who are
working for a desperately needed change in the US foreign policy. The=
 closing
of the SOA will be a beginning. Lobby Congress and confront the Pentagon=
 with
the power of organized nonviolent civil=20
resistance.  Call 202.234.3440 or check the webpage http://www.soaw.org for
more
information about the re-named SOA, lobbying, the nonviolent direct actions,
puppet building, transportation, housing options in Washington DC and more.=
=20
Reply to mailto:[e-mail]=20

(3) FAITH AND RESISTANCE RETREAT - HOLY WEEK - APRIL 12 - 14, 2001 at GRACE
LUTHERAN CHURCH, 4300 16TH ST. NW=20
WASHINGTON D.C. (at the corner of 16th and Varnum NW)
HOLY SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 12 - 1:00 White House Witness=20
1:00 Closing Circle in Lafayette Park.

(4) April  16 to 23, 2001 Meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable
Development=20
   Focus primarily is on energy, transport and atmosphere. A full report on=
 the
recent energy experts meeting can be found in the Earth Negotiations=
 Bulletin
at http://www.iisd.ca/csd/enrexpert2/. Please let me know if you are=
 interested
in being involved in the preparations for the CSD meeting, or in attending=
 the
meeting, which will be held in New York from April 16 to 23. Best regards,=
 Gail
Karlsson, Citnet Working Group on Climate Change and Energy,
mailto:[e-mail]

(5) Backyard Eco Conference 2001 (this summer in Michigan)
   The Nuclear-Free Great Lakes Campaign will hold the Third Great Lakes
Anti-Nuclear Action Camp in Michigan in late summer. Consisting of several
regional safe-energy organizations, the group is actively working to rid the
Great Lakes Bio-Region of all hazardous nuclear reactors and contamination
sites.  The camp aims to=20
        * Educate about nuclear power hazards, and promote safe-energy
alternatives=20
        * Train the next generation of safe-energy activists, both on energy
related issues and in skills needed to become effective activists and
organizers, and Environmentalists attending ECO are welcome to attend.
For More Information Contact:
Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination=20
8735 Maple Grove Road, Lake, MI 48632-9511
Eco Registrar: Karen Freel Klein, [phone]=20
mailto:[e-mail]

(6) Chernobyl Actions - April 25-26=20

*** STOP MOBILE CHERNOBYL & NUKE DUMPS ON NATIVE LANDS!
        The nuclear power industry, with shameful environmental racism, has
targeted the tiny, impoverished Skull Valley Goshutes Indian Reservation in
Utah for its "Private Fuel Storage" national dumpsite. This proposed=
 "interim
storage site" for high-level atomic trash could launch the Mobile Chernobyl=
 --
thousands of waste shipments across dozens of States -- beginning as early=
 as
2003. The nuclear industry claims the Skull Valley dump would just be
"temporary," for they have full confidence that the federal government will
open the permanent national dump site on Western Shoshone Indian land at=
 Yucca
Mountain, Nevada -- yet more environmental racism!=20
Commemorate Earth Week 2001 and the 15th Anniversary of Chernobyl
April 25th speakers, workshops, non-violence trainings
APRIL 26TH -- NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION rallies & press events in numerous=
 cities
across the U.S.
To find out about the action nearest you, contact Kevin Kamps at Nuclear
Information & Resource Service, phone [phone], e-mail:=
 [e-mail].
Look soon for additional information, fact sheets, petitions, and a flyer=
 you
can adapt for local use on our web site: http://www.nirs.org
Here is a list of events already being organized:
Coordinated events around the country are being targeted at each of the 8
nuclear utility companies that comprise the Private Fuel Storage consortium
that is pushing the dump:
        MICHIGAN & OHIO: Civil disobedience at American Electric Power's=
 Cook
reactors in Michigan on April 26th; simultaneous rally at AEP headquarters=
 in
Columbus, Ohio. (contact Kevin Kamps, NIRS, ph. 202.328.0002; Chris=
 Williams,
Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, 317.205.3535)
        MINNESOTA: Rallies at Xcel Energy's shareholders meeting on April=
 25th
and at Xcel's Headquarters on April 26th, both in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(Diana McKeown, Clean Water Action, 612.623.3666)
        WISCONSIN: Caravan along transport routes near the Dairyland
reactor and
rally at Private Fuel Storage's national office, in LaCrosse, WI. (contact
Kevin Kamps at NIRS for local WI contact information)
        CALIFORNIA: "The Great American Write-In," a letter-writing marathon=
 to
Southern California Edison's CEO as well as to government officials in=
 southern
California, April 21st. (contact Kevin Kamps at NIRS for local California
contact information)
        GEORGIA: March, delivery of petitions, and press conference in=
 downtown
Atlanta at the Carter Presidential Library calling upon Southern Company to
withdraw from PFS the weekend after April 26th (Glenn Carroll, Georgians
Against Nuclear Power, 404.378.9542; Mary Olson, Nuclear Info. & Resource
Service southeast office, 828.251.2060)
        NEW JERSEY: April 26th Chernobyl commemoration at GPU Nuclear's=
 (now,
Amergen's) Oyster Creek reactor in New Jersey (Norm Cohen, UNPLUG Salem
Campaign, 609.601.8583)=20
        NEW YORK: Earth Day/April 22nd rally in New York City against
Consolidated Edison's membership in PFS. (contact Kevin Kamps or Cindy=
 Folkers
at NIRS for local specifics and NYC contacts)
        FLORIDA: Rally in Florida against Florida Power & Light's=
 involvement
with PFS (contact Kevin Kamps at NIRS for local Florida contacts)
        UTAH: April 26th musical concert, march, and candlelight vigil,
downtown
Salt Lake City, at the railroad tracks along which the high-level nuclear=
 waste
would travel to Skull Valley. (Jason Groenewold, Citizens Against Nuclear=
 Waste
in Utah, c/o Families Against Incinerator Risks, ph. 801.364.5110)April 26th
events in other transport corridor States, such as Nebraska. Please pass=
 this
message on to others. Thanks.

*** THE UNPLUG SALEM CAMPAIGN=92S COMMEMORATION OF THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF=
 THE
CHERNYOBL ACCIDENT: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25TH 4-6 PM ON THE SALEM NUKE ACCESS=
 ROAD
SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
SEE OUR SOLAR POWER DISPLAY! BRING YOUR BABY TEETH! FOR MORE INFORMATION,
RIDES, ETC: CONTACT UNPLUG SALEM CAMPAIGN, 321 BARR AVE, LINWOOD NJ 08221;
mailto:[e-mail] | http://www.unplugsalem.org | 609-601-8583

(7) Plowshares Activists=20

*** Phil Berrigan, Plowshares activist in Brooklyn for 2 weeks
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 1:10 PM
Phil Berrigan, Plowshares activist currently imprisoned for protesting=
 depleted
uranium weapons, is "visiting" Brooklyn (jail), en route to the federal=
 prison
in Elkton, Ohio. It is expected that he will remain in Brooklyn for about=
 two
weeks. He can have visits on Tuesdays for an hour between 12:30 and 7:00 PM.
Write:
Philip Berrigan #14850-056=20
MDC Brooklyn=20
80 29th Street=20
Brooklyn NY 11232

*** TWO IN CUSTODY AFTER URGING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF ELF TRANSMITTER=20
   ASHLAND, WI - TUESDAY MARCH 13, 2001 - In commemoration of the 32nd
anniversary of United States' approval of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation=
 Treaty,
two area residents delivered a formal 82-page complaint to Ashland County=
 and
its Sheriff's Department alleging that the Navy's ELF facility near Clam=
 Lake
operates in violation of the 1968 Treaty and Wisc. Statutes 832.113 and=
 939.22.
The complaint asks that the Sheriff's Department and the Ashland County
District Attorney investigate and prosecute the commission of a criminal
conspiracy to commit mass destruction with nuclear weapons.  The Navy
transmitter sends one-way commands to submerged missile-firing Trident
submarines around the world.
   Upon delivery of the complaint, John Heid, 46, of Duluth, Minn. and John
LaForge, 45, of Luck, Wisc. were taken into custody by Ashland County=
 deputies
on warrants for nonpayment of fines stemming from protest violations at the=
 ELF
transmitter.  The two are expected to be released in mid-May.
   Two other anti-nuclear weapons activists were convicted Feb. 21 in=
 Madison
federal court of criminal damage to the facility. Bonnie Urfer, of Luck, WI,
and Michael Sprong, of Marion, SD, face sentencing May 4. The federal
misdemeanor carries a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $100,000
fine.
   The ELF transmitter has been the object of longstanding opposition. Over=
 550
trespass citations have been issued to activists at the site since the end=
 of
the Cold War and the former Soviet threat in 1991. =20
   The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty says in part, "Each of the Parties=
 to
the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective
measures relating to the cessation of the nuclear arms race and to nuclear
disarmament." The United States reaffirmed the treaty in 1995.
[From: "Nukewatch" <mailto:[e-mail]>]=20
CONTACT: Bonnie Urfer or Barb Katt at NUKEWATCH Office: [phone]

(8) Price Anderson Act PETITION -
   Aging reactors =3D high probability of nuclear accidents. Will your=
 homeowners
insurance cover the damages?  Please sign Price Anderson Act Repeal petition
and forward this to all on your lists and ask that they do the same --
=B7       No insurance policy, whether homeowners or vehicle insurance, will
cover
damages to your property or health in case of a nuclear accident.=20
=B7       This is due to the Price Anderson Act, passed in 1957 to protect=
 the
nuclear industry from financial responsibility in the event of an accident.=
=20
=B7       Sign the petition to repeal this archaic law which protects the=
 nuclear
industry and denies adequate protection to citizens.=20
SIGN PETITION at: http://www.petitiononline.com/repealpa/petition.html=20
More Background Information at: http://www.geocities.com/priceanderson/=20

(9) Attention Gulf War Veterans --=20
Anton Antonowicz, a chief feature writer with the Mirror, Britain's second
largest daily newspaper is working on a series about birth defects in the
children of Gulf War Veterans. The Mirror reaches 8 million plus readers and=
 is
syndicated worldwide. Mr. Antonowicz would like to interview Gulf War=
 veteran
families in the U.S. who believe that their children's birth defects may be
related to exposures during their service. He will be working with award
winning photographer, Mike Moore on the story. Mr. Antonowitz is a former
Foreign Writer of the Year and both he and Mr. Moore are Amnesty=
 International
Press Award Winners. If you are interested in talking with Mr. Antonowicz,
please send an e-mail to mailto:[e-mail] as soon as possible.
Include a description of your child's birth defects and both daytime and
evening phone numbers.=20

(10) RADIOACTIVE ROADS & RAILS ACTION OF THE MONTH
Pass a resolution in your community!
Background
        --If Yucca Mountain is recommended as a permanent nuclear waste
repository this summer, as scheduled, shipments of the waste to the site=
 could
begin within the next decade and last for at least 25 years.=20
        --The Department of Energy refuses to specify the exact routes that
will
be used for waste transportation, making it difficult to assess the impact=
 on
your community. An analysis prepared by Clark County Comprehensive Planning
Division in Nevada found that the waste would travel through 734 counties=
 with
a total population of 138 million people in 43 states.
        --Studies of the casks that will be used to transport waste to Yucca
Mountain have been inadequate because they have not included full-scale
physical testing of the casks, and the conditions that were used in computer
analysis did not represent real-life scenarios.
        --The DOE's own estimates suggest that at least 50 accidents and as
many
as 310 accidents could occur during shipment of radioactive waste. A severe
accident in a rural area could contaminate a 42-square-mile area, require=
 462
days to clean up and cost $620 million. Most communities don't have adequate
emergency response personnel or equipment to deal with an incident that=
 could
occur as a result of nuclear waste transportation.
        --Property values have been shown to decline along nuclear waste
transportation routes even without an accident or act of sabotage.=20
        --Many jurisdictions, including Los Angeles county, Denver, St.=
 Louis,
Philadelphia, and the UE National Convention have passed resolutions=
 officially
opposing nuclear waste transportation through their communities. Such
resolutions are very useful in raising the issue with Members of Congress.
        Take Action!
        Bring this issue to your city, county, church/temple, university,=
 union
local, or other organization, and urge your officials to pass a resolution
opposing nuclear waste transportation through your community. Once a=
 resolution
is passed, forward it to your Members of Congress and send a copy to Public
Citizen.  For more information, see our web page=
 (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/)
or email [e-mail].=20

(11) Call for papers re DU, Yugoslavia, NATO - Res publica, Prague
   Civic organisation Res publica, association for information (Czech=
 republic,
Prague), are beginning http://www.publica.cz, a discussion FORUM
(www.publica.cz/tituly/forum.htm) on some themes.
At present our interest is concentrating on:
=B7 DEPLETED URANIUM: USES AND HAZARDS=20
=B7 BOMBARDEMENT OF YUGOSLAVIA 1999 AND ITS INTERNATIONAL AND POLITICAL
CONSEQUENCES=20
=B7 ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN PREVENTION AND PEACEFUL SOLVING=
 OF
CONFLICTS,=20
=B7 NATO and its role based on a new doctrine of the Washington summit=20
        - Stanislav Kliment, chairman | Jiri Horak, Ph. D., vice-chairman |=
 Res
publica, Association for information mailto:[e-mail]

(12) Chechnya and Landmines
[From: "Ross Wilcock" <mailto:[e-mail]>]
... I met the Chechen doctor who treated lots of landmine victims in=
 Chechnya
since he is now a refugee (from both sides) in the USA. He says the landmine
situation is ten times worse now in Putin's War than Yeltsin's. In Yeltsin's
1.2 million were scattered (one for every human foot). Does this translate=
 to
12 million landmines now? - I don't know the answer to that. (Among other
things, they mine Chechen bodies in mass graves in case someone tries to dig=
 up
the bodies to bury them properly as Chechens are likely to.) At any rate he
said there are now thousands of Chechen child landmine victims and there are=
 no
local treatment facilities left. Some Chechen child landmine victims have=
 been
untreated since Yeltsin's War (ended August 1996) Baiev said.  Ban Landmines=
 -
http://www.pgs.ca/pages/ldmn0.html

[And now, talk about absurd....]

(13) British protester charged with racist abuse for dragging US flag on=
 ground
     20 February 2001, UK The Independent, By Severin Carrell
   An anti-nuclear protester has been charged with racial abuse against the
American people after she allegedly dragged a United States flag along the
ground during a demonstration against the Star Wars missile defence system.
  In an unprecedented case, the Crown Prosecution Service has accused Lindis
Percy of being motivated by racist hatred of the American people when she
"trailed" the US flag on the road at the US military eavesdropping base at
Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire.
   At a pre-trial hearing atHarrogate magistrates' court=20
yesterday, the prosecution claimed this offence, which carries a =A32,500=
 fine,
caused "harassment, alarm and distress" to US personnel driving out of the=
 base
during the demonstration last December. It is thought to be the first time=
 the
new anti-racism powers introduced under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 have
been used in this way.
   ... Ms Percy is alleged to have draped the flag across the road at the=
 gates
to the USbase. It was driven over by a member of the American Legion, a
staunchly patriotic ex-servicemen's association based at Menwith Hill.
   In the United States, ex-servicemen's groups and politicians have=
 campaigned
for desecration of the flag to be made a federal offence.
   The trial of Ms Percy, a veteran anti-nuclear campaigner, has been set=
 for
late April.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/UK/This_Britain/2001-02/flag200201.shtml
http://nucnews/2001nn/0102nn/010220nn.htm#03=20
[From: "Lindis Percy" <mailto:[e-mail]>]

(14) Profbooks.com - Nuclear Engineering Bookshop=20
Over 10,000 Specialist Nuclear Science Books=20
Visit http://www.profbooks.com/nuclear

(15) Added to NucNews links at http://prop1.org/briefslv.htm:

* New link for White House news - http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/

* "Nuke Info Tokyo," by CNIC (#82 is now available on the web=20
(pdf) at http://www.cnic.or.jp/english/nit/
Citizens' Nuclear Information Center (CNIC)=20
1-58-15, Kotobuki-bldg., 3F,Higashi-nakano,=20
Nakano-ku,Tokyo 164-0003, Japan=20
phone [phone],fax [phone]=20
URL: http://www.cnic.or.jp/=20
Satoshi Fujino=20


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From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Arming the Heavens
Date: 19 Mar 2001 13:06:39 -0800

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Surprisingly good op-ed!
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/chronicle/archive/2001/03/=
18
/ED217078.DTL&type=3Dprintable=20
www.sfgate.com Return to regular view=20
Arming the Heavens=20

Sunday, March 18, 2001=20
=A92001 San Francisco Chronicle=20
URL:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/chronicle/archive/2001/03/=
18
/ED217078.DTL=20
"IF THE U.S. is to avoid a 'Space Pearl Harbor' it needs to take seriously=
 the
possibility of an attack on U.S. space systems."=20
You might think this is the opening of a science fiction novel. But these=
 words
appear in a federal government document. Specifically, this is the=
 conclusion
reached by the Commission to Assess United States National Security Space
Management and Organization, which presented its long-awaited=
 recommendations
to Congress on Jan. 11, 2001.=20
Chaired by Donald H. Rumsfeld -- before President Bush appointed him=
 secretary
of defense -- the commission seeks to protect American military and
surveillance satellites from future attacks. To thwart such aggression, the
commissioners recommend that the United States develop a space-based=
 "military
capability" to defend its space "assets."=20
Just as Rumsfeld delivered this report to Congress, President Bush decided=
 to
suspend all further military expenditures and asked the new secretary of
defense to conduct a complete review of the armed services, including their
strategies and weapons.=20
Although no one knows what Rumsfeld will ultimately conclude, he has already
provided us with a disturbing vision of how he imagines America's military
future.=20
America will prepare to fight in space. The U.S. will control space to=
 maintain
strategic dominance on Earth.=20
If adopted, the Rumsfeld report could ignite an arms race that would make=
 the
proliferation of nuclear bombs seem almost quaint.=20
In Rumsfeld's view, space is the next arena of warfare. While politicians
debate whether the United States should build a defensive national missile
defense, the Rumsfeld commission regards a ground-based missile defense as=
 the
first step in deploying space-based weaponry, which could become an=
 offensive
threat.=20
His is not an isolated view. In a recent issue of the New Republic, Senior
Editor Lawrence Kaplan suggests we drop all pretenses and admit that=
 "missile
defense is about preserving America's ability to wield power abroad. It's=
 not
about defense. It's about offense. And that's exactly why we need it."=20
U.S. weaponry is obsolete, says Rumsfeld. The next president must "have the
option to deploy weapons in space to deter threats and, if necessary, defend
against attacks on U.S. interests."=20
The Rumsfeld report proposes a full-scale effort to prepare for space=
 warfare.
It recommends, for example, that the president declare space a national
security priority, that a Space Advisory Group report directly to the=
 president
and that the Air Force create "a Space Corps" that will eventually morph=
 into
"a military department for space." With these steps, the report concludes,=
 the
United States will gain "the capability to use space as an integral part of=
 its
ability to manage crises, deter conflict, and if deterrence fails, to=
 prevail
in conflict."=20
The resolve to build a space-based military is hardly new. Much of the
commission's report is, in fact, a tamer and toned-down version of documents
already published by the U.S. Space Command, which the Pentagon established=
 in
1985 to "help institutionalize the use of space."=20
These documents, readily accessible on the Web site of the U.S. Space=
 Command
(www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace), reveal a more ominous vision of space- based
warfare. The cover of one document, called "Vision for 2020," depicts a=
 laser
weapon shooting a beam down from space, zapping a target below. Beneath this
sci-fi image crawl the words: "U.S. Space Command -- dominating the space
dimension of military operations to protect U.S. interests and investments."=
=20
"Vision for 2020" emphasizes how the global economy will widen the gulf=
 between
"the haves" and the "have-nots." By deploying space-based weaponry and
surveillance, however, the United States will have the ability "to control
space" and from space, "to dominate" the Earth below.=20
U.S. military leaders are blunt in describing their plans for space warfare.=
=20
"It's politically sensitive, but it's going to happen," Gen. Joseph Ashy,
former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Space Command, told Aviation Week &=
 Space
Technology in 1996.=20
"Space is the ultimate 'high ground,' " reported "Guardians of the High
Frontier," a 1997 U.S. Air Force Space Command report. "Tomorrow's Air Force
will likely dominate the air and space around the world," declares "Almanac
2000," recently published by the U.S. Space Command.=20
All this, remember, was before George W. Bush became president.=20
Yet candidate Bush never hid his enthusiasm for Star Wars. On the campaign
trail, he repeatedly proposed that the United States leapfrog over the next
generation of weapons -- still meant for fighting the Cold War -- and=
 proceed
directly to high-tech weapons. By choosing Donald Rumsfeld, Bush appointed a
man whom the Washington Post has called the "leading proponent not only of
national missile defenses, but also of U.S. efforts to take control of outer
space."=20
Spending billions of tax dollars to deploy space-based weaponry is a serious
matter, though most Americans seem unaware of an idea that appears to be
gaining currency -- including the cash -- within government. Last year, for
example, a multimillion-dollar contract was signed for a "Space-Based Laser
Readiness Demonstrator."=20
The militarization of space would violate international law. In 1967, the U.
S.-initiated Outer Space Treaty banned all nations from deploying weapons in
space. Last year, 163 nations voted to reaffirm that U.N. agreement.=20
Three nations abstained and refused to support the resolution: The United
States, Israel and Micronesia.=20
So, is Donald Rumsfeld's "strategic review" a charade? Have the decisions
already been made?=20
Some experts and activists think so.=20
An editorial in the Economist recently argued that "the long-promised
transformation of the American defense system from a Cold War fighting force=
 to
the high-tech -army of the future" is finally going to take place. The=
 Center
for Defense Information has criticized the "concerted effort in the
administration" to push ahead with the militarization of space.=20
Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear
Power in Space, says, "We have this one chance, this one moment in history,=
 to
stop the weaponization of space from happening."=20
If he is right, the American people face an urgent need to become informed
about our government's future military plans.=20
Look up at the heavens. Imagine laser or nuclear weapons orbiting in space.
Then decide whether space-based warfare will make you feel any safer here on
Earth.=20
=A92001 San Francisco Chronicle Page A - 20=20



****************************************************************************
***************
Jacqueline Cabasso
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
1440 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, California 94612 USA
Tel: + 1 [phone]
Fax: + 1 [phone]
Western States Legal Foundation is a founding member of the=20
ABOLITION 2000 GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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Surprisingly good op-ed!<br>
<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a=
 href=3D"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/chronicle/archive=
/2001/03/18/ED217078.DTL&type=3Dprintable" eudora=3D"autourl">http://www=
.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/chronicle/archive/2001/03/18/ED21707=
8.DTL&type=3Dprintable</a></font></u>
<br>
<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a href=3D"http://www.sfgate.com/"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">www.sfgate.com</a></font></u> <font=
 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>Return to regular view</font></u> <br>
<b>Arming the Heavens <br>
<br>
</b><font size=3D2>Sunday, March 18, 2001 <br>
</font><font size=3D2 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>=A92001 San Francisco=
 Chronicle</font></u><font size=3D2> <br>
</font>URL: <a=
 href=3D"http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/chronicle/archive=
/2001/03/18/ED217078.DTL" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/chro=
nicle/archive/2001/03/18/ED217078.DTL</a> <br>
</font></u>"IF THE U.S. is to avoid a 'Space Pearl Harbor' it needs to=
 take seriously the possibility of an attack on U.S. space systems."=
 <br>
You might think this is the opening of a science fiction novel. But these=
 words appear in a federal government document. Specifically, this is the=
 conclusion reached by the Commission to Assess United States National=
 Security Space Management and Organization, which presented its=
 long-awaited recommendations to Congress on Jan. 11, 2001. <br>
Chaired by Donald H. Rumsfeld -- before President Bush appointed him=
 secretary of defense -- the commission seeks to protect American military=
 and surveillance satellites from future attacks. To thwart such aggression,=
 the commissioners recommend that the United States develop a space-based=
 "military capability" to defend its space "assets."=
 <br>
Just as Rumsfeld delivered this report to Congress, President Bush decided=
 to suspend all further military expenditures and asked the new secretary of=
 defense to conduct a complete review of the armed services, including their=
 strategies and weapons. <br>
Although no one knows what Rumsfeld will ultimately conclude, he has already=
 provided us with a disturbing vision of how he imagines America's military=
 future. <br>
America will prepare to fight in space. The U.S. will control space to=
 maintain strategic dominance on Earth. <br>
If adopted, the Rumsfeld report could ignite an arms race that would make=
 the proliferation of nuclear bombs seem almost quaint. <br>
In Rumsfeld's view, space is the next arena of warfare. While politicians=
 debate whether the United States should build a defensive national missile=
 defense, the Rumsfeld commission regards a ground-based missile defense as=
 the first step in deploying space-based weaponry, which could become an=
 offensive threat. <br>
His is not an isolated view. In a recent issue of the New Republic, Senior=
 Editor Lawrence Kaplan suggests we drop all pretenses and admit that=
 "missile defense is about preserving America's ability to wield power=
 abroad. It's not about defense. It's about offense. And that's exactly why=
 we need it." <br>
U.S. weaponry is obsolete, says Rumsfeld. The next president must "have=
 the option to deploy weapons in space to deter threats and, if necessary,=
 defend against attacks on U.S. interests." <br>
The Rumsfeld report proposes a full-scale effort to prepare for space=
 warfare. It recommends, for example, that the president declare space a=
 national security priority, that a Space Advisory Group report directly to=
 the president and that the Air Force create "a Space Corps" that=
 will eventually morph into "a military department for space."=
 With these steps, the report concludes, the United States will gain=
 "the capability to use space as an integral part of its ability to=
 manage crises, deter conflict, and if deterrence fails, to prevail in=
 conflict." <br>
The resolve to build a space-based military is hardly new. Much of the=
 commission's report is, in fact, a tamer and toned-down version of=
 documents already published by the U.S. Space Command, which the Pentagon=
 established in 1985 to "help institutionalize the use of space."=
 <br>
These documents, readily accessible on the Web site of the U.S. Space=
 Command (<a href=3D"http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace"=
 eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace</a></font></u>), reveal a=
 more ominous vision of space- based warfare. The cover of one document,=
 called "Vision for 2020," depicts a laser weapon shooting a beam=
 down from space, zapping a target below. Beneath this sci-fi image crawl=
 the words: "U.S. Space Command -- dominating the space dimension of=
 military operations to protect U.S. interests and investments." <br>
"Vision for 2020" emphasizes how the global economy will widen the=
 gulf between "the haves" and the "have-nots." By=
 deploying space-based weaponry and surveillance, however, the United States=
 will have the ability "to control space" and from space, "to=
 dominate" the Earth below. <br>
U.S. military leaders are blunt in describing their plans for space warfare.=
 <br>
"It's politically sensitive, but it's going to happen," Gen.=
 Joseph Ashy, former commander-in-chief of the U.S. Space Command, told=
 Aviation Week & Space Technology in 1996. <br>
"Space is the ultimate 'high ground,' " reported "Guardians=
 of the High Frontier," a 1997 U.S. Air Force Space Command report.=
 "Tomorrow's Air Force will likely dominate the air and space around=
 the world," declares "Almanac 2000," recently published by=
 the U.S. Space Command. <br>
All this, remember, was before George W. Bush became president. <br>
Yet candidate Bush never hid his enthusiasm for Star Wars. On the campaign=
 trail, he repeatedly proposed that the United States leapfrog over the next=
 generation of weapons -- still meant for fighting the Cold War -- and=
 proceed directly to high-tech weapons. By choosing Donald Rumsfeld, Bush=
 appointed a man whom the Washington Post has called the "leading=
 proponent not only of national missile defenses, but also of U.S. efforts=
 to take control of outer space." <br>
Spending billions of tax dollars to deploy space-based weaponry is a serious=
 matter, though most Americans seem unaware of an idea that appears to be=
 gaining currency -- including the cash -- within government. Last year, for=
 example, a multimillion-dollar contract was signed for a "Space-Based=
 Laser Readiness Demonstrator." <br>
The militarization of space would violate international law. In 1967, the U.=
 S.-initiated Outer Space Treaty banned all nations from deploying weapons=
 in space. Last year, 163 nations voted to reaffirm that U.N. agreement.=
 <br>
Three nations abstained and refused to support the resolution: The United=
 States, Israel and Micronesia. <br>
So, is Donald Rumsfeld's "strategic review" a charade? Have the=
 decisions already been made? <br>
Some experts and activists think so. <br>
An editorial in the Economist recently argued that "the long-promised=
 transformation of the American defense system from a Cold War fighting=
 force to the high-tech -army of the future" is finally going to take=
 place. The Center for Defense Information has criticized the=
 "concerted effort in the administration" to push ahead with the=
 militarization of space. <br>
Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear=
 Power in Space, says, "We have this one chance, this one moment in=
 history, to stop the weaponization of space from happening." <br>
If he is right, the American people face an urgent need to become informed=
 about our government's future military plans. <br>
Look up at the heavens. Imagine laser or nuclear weapons orbiting in space.=
 Then decide whether space-based warfare will make you feel any safer here=
 on Earth. <br>
<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u>=A92001 San Francisco Chronicle</font></u> Page A=
 - 20 <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>

<div align=3D"center">
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***************<br>
Jacqueline Cabasso<br>
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION<br>
1440 Broadway, Suite 500<br>
Oakland, California 94612 USA<br>
Tel: + 1 [phone]<br>
Fax: + 1 [phone]<br>
Western States Legal Foundation is a founding member of the <br>
ABOLITION 2000 GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS<br>
****************************************************************************=
***************</html>

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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Call for a National Mobilization to Stop the Star Wars and Abolish
Date: 21 Mar 2001 16:19:26 -0500


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Dear Friends of Peace and Disarmament,

Below is a Call for a National Mobilization to Stop Star Wars and
Abolish Nuclear Weapons, to held in Washington, DC June 10 - 12. Events
are listed below the Call. More details will be forthcoming shortly,
including a flier to help publicize the event, but please don't wait to
begin mobilizing for this event.  Start talking to your friends and
colleagues about coming to DC for the event, and if your organization
can endorse the Call, let us know so we can list you as an endorsing
organization. If you'd like a version of the Call in MS Word, let me
know.

The new president and Congress need to hear loud and clear that the
people will not accept Star Wars "National Missile Defense" (a better
name would be "Corporate Welfare Defense"), the militarization of outer
space, and a new arms race.  Help us raise the call for peace and
sanity.

In Peace,

Kevin Martin
Director, Project Abolition
*****

CALL FOR A NATIONAL MOBILIZATION

Tell President Bush, the Congress and their Corporate Sponsors:

Stop Star Wars and the Militarization of Space!

Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now!

President Bush and his chief Star Warrior, Secretary of Defense Donald
Rumsfeld, have made clear their determination to deploy Star Wars
=93National Missile Defense.=94

It=92s dangerous madness that must be stopped!

-Star Wars will initiate the militarization of outer space. =93National
Missile Defense=94 is only the beginning.  U.S. Space Command plans to
deploy all kinds of weapons in outer space, including offensive ones.
Their chilling mission statement: =93US Space Command =96 dominating the
space dimension of military operations to protect US interests and
investment. Integrating Space Forces into warfighting capabilities
across the full spectrum of conflict.=94

-Star Wars is corporate welfare. Weapons contractors have spent over $40
million on campaign contributions and lobbying over the last two years
to "milk the government and create for themselves a job for life",
acording to former TRW employee Dr. Nira Schwartz.

 -Star Wars will start a new arms race. The CIA acknowledges Russia and
China will beef up their offensive nuclear arsenals to counter a U.S.
Star Wars system.  The arms race would then likely spread to India and
Pakistan.  The ABM treaty and all other arms agreements would be
scuttled.  Nuclear anarchy would result.

 -American taxpayers have spent over $120 billion on missile defense
schemes ($60 billion since Reagan proposed Star Wars in 1983) with
absolutely nothing to show for it. The cost of a =93layered=94 land-, sea=
-
and space-based Star Wars system, as Bush favors, could cost over $200
billion on top of what=92s already been spent.  That=92s our tax money th=
at
won=92t go for education, health care, affordable housing or the
environment.

WE MUST STOP THEM. In the 1980=92s, millions of concerned citizens raised
their voices against Star Wars and Ronald Reagan=92s nuclear arms buildup.
Once again, concerned, peace-mongering people are called upon to
mobilize to stop the revival of Star Wars and a new nuclear arms race.

We will gather at the White House and in the halls of Congress to oppose
Star Wars and the militarization of outer space, and to call for the
only realistic solution to the scourge of nuclear weapons =96 their
complete, global elimination.
*****

EVENTS:

1. National Mobilization: Rally at the White House
Lafayette Park (just across the street)
Washington, DC
Sunday, June 17, time to be announced

Please plan to join us, and bring a busload of your friends, family, and
neighbors!

speakers    ~    music    ~    art    ~    activism

Raise your voice against Star Wars and the militarization of space and
for nuclear abolition!

Free and open to all. Organize a bus from your city!

2. Congressional Education Days
Monday and Tuesday, June 11 and 12
Activist Training and meetings with members of Congress
Site for training to be announced

Learn the latest information on Star Wars National Missile Defense and
plans for a new generation of nuclear weapons, as well as initiatives
toward the global abolition of nuclear weapons. Then make your views
known by visiting your Congressperson and Senators!

National Mobilization and Congressional Education Days sponsored by:
Project Abolition, Disarmament Clearinghouse, Fourth Freedom Forum,
Global Security Institute, The Nation Institute, Peace Action, Peace
Links, Physicians for Social Responsibility,
Women=92s Action for New Directions

Endorsing Organizations (in formation): U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear
Weapons

For more information, contact Project Abolition, 219-535-1110 or
[e-mail]





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<html>
<tt>Dear Friends of Peace and Disarmament,</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Below is a Call for a National Mobilization to Stop Star Wars and
Abolish Nuclear Weapons, to held in Washington, DC June 10 - 12. Events
are listed below the Call. More details will be forthcoming shortly, incl=
uding
a flier to help publicize the event, but please don't wait to begin mobil=
izing
for this event.  Start talking to your friends and colleagues about
coming to DC for the event, and if your organization can endorse the Call=
,
let us know so we can list you as an endorsing organization. If you'd lik=
e
a version of the Call in MS Word, let me know.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>The new president and Congress need to hear loud and clear that
the people will not accept Star Wars "National Missile Defense" (a better
name would be "Corporate Welfare Defense"), the militarization of outer
space, and a new arms race.  Help us raise the call for peace and
sanity.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>In Peace,</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Kevin Martin</tt>
<br><tt>Director, Project Abolition</tt>
<br><tt>*****</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>CALL FOR A NATIONAL MOBILIZATION</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Tell President Bush, the Congress and their Corporate Sponsors:</t=
t><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Stop Star Wars and the Militarization of Space!</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now!</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>President Bush and his chief Star Warrior, Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld, have made clear their determination to deploy Star Wars
=93National Missile Defense.=94</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>It=92s dangerous madness that must be stopped!</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>-Star Wars will initiate the militarization of outer space. =93Nat=
ional
Missile Defense=94 is only the beginning.  U.S. Space Command plans
to deploy all kinds of weapons in outer space, including offensive ones.&=
nbsp;
Their chilling mission statement: =93US Space Command =96 dominating the =
space
dimension of military operations to protect US interests and investment.
Integrating Space Forces into warfighting capabilities across the full
spectrum of conflict.=94</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>-Star Wars is corporate welfare. Weapons contractors have spent
over $40 million on campaign contributions and lobbying over the last two
years to "milk the government and create for themselves a job for life",
acording to former TRW employee Dr. Nira Schwartz.</tt>
<br><tt> </tt>
<br><tt> -Star Wars will start a new arms race. The CIA acknowledges
Russia and China will beef up their offensive nuclear arsenals to counter
a U.S. Star Wars system.  The arms race would then likely spread to
India and Pakistan.  The ABM treaty and all other arms agreements
would be scuttled.  Nuclear anarchy would result.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt> -American taxpayers have spent over $120 billion on missile
defense schemes ($60 billion since Reagan proposed Star Wars in 1983) wit=
h
absolutely nothing to show for it. The cost of a =93layered=94 land-, sea=
-
and space-based Star Wars system, as Bush favors, could cost over $200
billion on top of what=92s already been spent.  That=92s our tax mon=
ey
that won=92t go for education, health care, affordable housing or the env=
ironment.</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>WE MUST STOP THEM. In the 1980=92s, millions of concerned citizens
raised their voices against Star Wars and Ronald Reagan=92s nuclear arms
buildup. Once again, concerned, peace-mongering people are called upon
to mobilize to stop the revival of Star Wars and a new nuclear arms race.=
</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>We will gather at the White House and in the halls of Congress to
oppose Star Wars and the militarization of outer space, and to call for
the only realistic solution to the scourge of nuclear weapons =96 their c=
omplete,
global elimination.</tt>
<br><tt>*****</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>EVENTS:</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>1. National Mobilization: Rally at the White House</tt>
<br><tt>Lafayette Park (just across the street)</tt>
<br><tt>Washington, DC</tt>
<br><tt>Sunday, June 17, time to be announced</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Please plan to join us, and bring a busload of your friends, famil=
y,
and neighbors!</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>speakers    ~    music  &n=
bsp;
~    art    ~    activism</t=
t><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Raise your voice against Star Wars and the militarization of space
and for nuclear abolition!</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Free and open to all. Organize a bus from your city!</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>2. Congressional Education Days</tt>
<br><tt>Monday and Tuesday, June 11 and 12</tt>
<br><tt>Activist Training and meetings with members of Congress</tt>
<br><tt>Site for training to be announced</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Learn the latest information on Star Wars National Missile Defense
and plans for a new generation of nuclear weapons, as well as initiatives
toward the global abolition of nuclear weapons. Then make your views know=
n
by visiting your Congressperson and Senators!</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>National Mobilization and Congressional Education Days sponsored
by: Project Abolition, Disarmament Clearinghouse, Fourth Freedom Forum,
Global Security Institute, The Nation Institute, Peace Action, Peace Link=
s,
Physicians for Social Responsibility,</tt>
<br><tt>Women=92s Action for New Directions</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>Endorsing Organizations (in formation): U.S. Campaign to Abolish
Nuclear Weapons</tt><tt></tt>
<p><tt>For more information, contact Project Abolition, 219-535-1110 or
[e-mail]</tt>
<br><tt></tt>
<br><tt></tt>
<br><tt></tt>
<br><tt></tt> </html>

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From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Bush's Nuclear Weapons Policy
Date: 21 Mar 2001 17:32:03 -0500

Bush's Nuclear Weapons Policy: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly


by David Culp, Friends Committee on National Legislation


Behind closed doors at the Pentagon and the White House, the Bush
administration has begun a review of the nation's nuclear weapons policy.

Originally slated to be finished in April, the completed review is now not
expected until May or June. Why? First, the administration has been slow in
staffing the executive branch. Second, political advisors in the White House
are arguing for a delay in announcing expensive military programs until the
tax-cut bill has cleared the Senate.

While the specifics have not been decided, the Bush policies are known in
general. For peace activists they can be described as the good, the bad, and
the ugly.


The Good: Strategic Reductions and De-alerting

        "While the President will seek to persuade Russia to join us
in further reducing nuclear arsenals, he is also prepared to lead by
example. The President proposes to maintain our nuclear arsenal with the
lowest number of nuclear weapons consistent with our present and future
national security needs."

        Office of Management and Budget, A Blueprint for New
Beginnings, 2001, p. 54.

The administration is expected to announce unilateral reductions in the
strategic nuclear arsenal. There is broad agreement, from the Joint Chiefs
of Staff to Greenpeace, that the nuclear arsenal is too large. The U.S. now
has 7,000 deployed strategic nuclear warheads under START I (Strategic Arms
Reduction Treaty). That number was determined by the Reagan administration
to be what was needed to deter the combined forces of the Soviet Union and
its Warsaw Pact allies.

START II would have further cut the arsenal in half. However, that treaty
was not ratified in its final form because of disagreements between the
Clinton administration and the Senate Republican leadership.

To break the arms control logjam, the Bush administration is considering
unilateral reductions. The Pentagon brass had already agreed to eliminate
4,500 strategic warheads (from 7,000 to 2,500 warheads) as part of a START
III agreement that the Clinton administration was considering. How many
warheads to eliminate will be a major part of the debate inside the Bush
administration.

        ". . . the United States should remove as many weapons as
possible from high-alert, hair-trigger status--another unnecessary vestige
of Cold War confrontation.  . . . 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."

        George W. Bush, Washington, May 23, 2000.

The Bush review may also recommend "de-alerting," i.e. taking off
hair-trigger alert, some of our nuclear weapons. The U.S. and Russia each
have 2,500 missiles on hair-trigger alert. A Russian president has about six
minutes and a U.S. president about 22 minutes to decide to launch a nuclear
counterstrike from receiving a report of an attack.

The dangers inherent in the crumbling of the Russian military infrastructure
concern Republicans as well as Democrats. In 1991, President George Bush,
Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin
Powell authorized the de-alerting of thousands of nuclear weapons as the
Warsaw Pact unraveled. In 2001, President George W. Bush, Vice President
Cheney and Secretary of State Powell may do the same.

The Defense Department has committed to include de-alerting in its nuclear
review in a February 2001 letter to the Friends Committee on National
Legislation, as Bush promised during the campaign.


The Bad: Tactical Nuclear Weapons

        "Future warfare scenarios may require low-yield nuclear
options.  . . . the President should issue a directive outlining that
protecting the national interest requires . . . tactical nuclear weapons to
deter the use of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons against U.S.
troops, regardless of where they are located."

        Heritage Foundation, Priorities for the President, chap. 10,
2001.

There are sharp contradictions among Bush officials over the role of
tactical, or short-range, nuclear weapons. Some officials, with opinions
parallel to the Heritage Foundation's point of view, would like to find new
battlefield roles for tactical nuclear weapons. These new roles could
include authorizing the use of tactical weapons, or "mini-nukes," against
non-nuclear states possessing chemical or biological weapons. Other nuclear
scenarios include destroying underground command bunkers in countries like
North Korea and Iraq. The most extreme proposals include the development of
new nuclear weapons. This would require the resumption of underground
testing and would destroy any prospect for a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.

On the other hand, Secretary of State Powell is known to have little use for
nuclear weapons on the battlefield. As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
in the first Bush administration, he tried to eliminate all U.S. tactical
nuclear weapons.

The Ugly: Missile Defense

        "America must build effective missile defenses, based on the
best available options, at the earliest possible date."

        George W. Bush, Washington, May 23, 2000.

There is complete agreement within the administration on deploying a missile
defense system. However on the second-tier questions, such as what kind of
system to deploy and how quickly to deploy, there is disagreement.

Will the system be a limited, land-based system, as proposed by Clinton, or
will it include sea-based and space-based systems?

Who would the U.S. try to protect? The United States only? European allies?
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Australia?

What are we trying to protect against? A limited number of missiles from a
country like North Korea? China's ballistic missiles?

The answers to these questions will determine the system's price tag. The
limited Clinton program was estimated to cost $60 billion. The system some
Republicans are advocating could approach $200 billion--a lot of money, even
in Washington. And who will pay for the system? American taxpayers only? Or
will U.S. allies be asked to help pay for missile defense?

Most importantly for peace advocates, what will happen to the Anti-Ballistic
Missile (ABM) treaty? Some Republicans argue for scrapping the treaty by
giving the Russians the required six-months notice this summer. The Russians
have repeatedly threatened to withdraw from arms reduction treaties if the
U.S. annuls the ABM treaty.

The Bush administration is realizing that the political costs for deploying
a missile system are at the front end, while the benefits, if any, are many
years down the road. There is no system that can be deployed before the end
of the first Bush term. The elaborate sea- and space-based systems being
pushed by missile defense advocates would not be in place until after a
possible second Bush term.

However, it appears almost certain that President Bush will agree to
implement a missile defense plan. That decision can be expected to provoke a
political firestorm of opposition here and in Europe. As details become
available, the debate will become sharpened. Congress may be asked to vote
on deployment of a missile defense system as part of the regular Pentagon
budget bills as soon as this summer.

In the short term, peace advocates should be pressing their representative
and senators to oppose missile defense as unworkable, as a waste of billions
of dollars, and as a threat to arms control agreements.

What to Do

The nuclear policy changes, both good and bad, do not have a legislative
vehicle in Congress yet.  However, the policies will be debated and
influenced by the 50 members of the House Armed Services Committee and the
24 members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. If you are represented by
one of those members, you should contact them and join the debate. If not,
you should express your opinions to your representative and senators and ask
them to talk with their colleagues on the committees.

Activists should press members of the two Armed Services Committees for:
*     Sharp reductions in the strategic nuclear arsenal.
*     "De-alerting," or taking the nuclear arsenals off hair-trigger
alert.
*     Opposing any new roles for tactical, or battlefield, nuclear
weapons.

On missile defense, the congressional committees that draft the annual
military spending bills may be voting on parts of the Bush administration's
new plans in June and July. There is a better than 50 percent chance that
you are represented by a representative or senator on one of these four key
committees: House Armed Services Committee, House Appropriations Committee,
Senate Armed Services Committee, and Senate Appropriations Committee.


Conclusion

The Bush administration is likely to unveil its nuclear weapons policy
sometime in May or June, with much military fanfare. Peace advocates should
be leaders in the coming debate by writing letters-to-the-editor, contacting
key members of Congress, and encouraging others to join the public
discussion by praising the positive and criticizing the negative.


David Culp is a legislative representative with the Friends Committee on
National Legislation in Washington. He has lobbied for over ten years on
nuclear weapons issues. If you would like to receive regular e-mail updates
on nuclear disarmament, send him a note at <[e-mail]>. More
information on these topics is available on FCNL's website at
<www.fcnl.org>.


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From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Join 293 NGOs and Parliamentarians saying 'NO' to NMD/Star Wars
Date: 22 Mar 2001 15:24:30 +1100

THIS LETTER IS REQUESTING SIGNATURES FROM ORGANISATIONS AND PARLIAMENTARIANS

PLEASE SIGN AND PASS ON THIS LETTER TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS THAT MIGHT SIGN I=
T.

To Sign This Letter please send your name, organisation, and location
(City/Province and COUNTRY)
to  [e-mail]

My apologies if you have already seen this a few times,  especially if you
are one of the 293 organisations or parliamentarians that have already
signed it. (But you might like to check that you are correctly inscribed).

If you think that missile defence/'Star Wars' is likely to lead to another
nuclear arms race, do please join the 293 organisations that have already
signed.



PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
[phone], [phone], [phone],

=46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
[phone],   [phone],

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-207-925-0918,
ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS,  [phone],
[phone],

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],
PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]
HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE, [phone],

GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
[phone],

CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
[phone], [phone],

JOSCHKA FISCHER,
=46OREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY
[phone], [phone],
[phone],  [phone],

YOHEI KONO,  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]

JEAN CHRETIEN,
PRIME MINISTER, CANADA, [phone],

JOHN MANLEY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,
[phone], [phone], [phone].

POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK
[phone]

JENS STOLTENBERG, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY [phone]

THORBJORN JAGLAND, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, NORWAY [phone]

BJORN TORE GODAL, MINISTER OF DEFENCE, NORWAY [phone]

CC
US SECRETARY OF STATE GENERAL COLIN POWELL,  [phone],

US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE,  DONALD C. RUMSFELD,  [phone],

THE HON. ALEXANDER DOWNER, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUSTRALIA
[phone],  08-8370-8166

THE HON. PETER REITH, MINISTER FOR DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA
[phone], 03-5979-3034


Dear Presidents, Prime Ministers, Secretaries and Ministers of Foreign
Affairs and Defence:

We, the undersigned organisations, representing millions of people
world-wide, write to express our opposition to current US plans to deploy a
national ballistic missile defence network.

We urge instead that the United States proceed with deep cuts to the US
arsenal and de-alerting of nuclear weapons -- promised by President George
W. Bush during his campaign --  in order to move toward the total and
unequivocal elimination of nuclear arsenals, to which the United States,
Russia, and other nuclear weapons states are obligated under binding and
repeated international commitments.

The deployment of missile defence will undercut these measures, making the
fulfillment of those commitments more difficult.

In our view, the deployment of a National Missile Defence (NMD) network is
deeply-flawed and reckless, decreasing rather than increasing overall
international security.

President Bush says that the United States will propose modifications to
the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to allow for US national missile
defences.  If Russia does not agree to the US proposals, the Bush
Administration has said the United States is prepared to withdraw from the
ABM treaty.  President Bush may decide as soon as this year whether to
begin construction of a key NMD radar site in Alaska, which could violate
the treaty.

Russia has stated clearly in the recent session of the Conference on
Disarmament that its offer of deep reductions in warhead numbers is
conditional on the  integrity of the ABM treaty.  Russia's ratification of
START-II was also conditional on the maintenance of the integrity of the
ABM treaty, and therefore the non-deployment of US missile defences.

It is our strong view that the deployment of even so-called limited
missile defences will undercut the possibility of deep reductions in US and
Russian nuclear weaponry, and could foreclose the possibility of removing
US and Russian missiles from their current, dangerous hair-trigger alert
status.

Military planners react to capabilities rather than intentions. The
deployment of even limited  missile defences could lead to Russian
re-deployment of tactical nuclear weapons and multiple warhead missiles.
It also may accelerate a Chinese build-up of strategic nuclear weapons,
which could include deployment of multiple nuclear warheads on long-range
missiles, and a dramatic increase in the now limited number of those
missiles.

A Chinese build-up could easily result in a dangerous acceleration of
Indian, and in turn, Pakistani nuclear weapons deployments.  This
escalation of offensive capabilities is likely to lead to nuclear arsenals
poised at even higher levels of alert.

=46urthermore, missile defence systems, particularly the NMD network now
being contemplated by the United States, are extraordinarily expensive and
have not been proven to work in an operational environment.

No NMD system, even a limited one, can be deployed for at least six  to 10
years.  Two out of three US NMD flight tests so far have failed, yet in
order to be effective, NMD (or TMD) must intercept incoming nuclear
warheads with close to 100% reliability.

Even if an NMD system could be designed to defeat countermeasures, could be
engineered to be operationally effective, and would not prompt a state to
build additional offensive missiles to over-saturate missile defences,
neither NMD nor TMD can guard against less sophisticated and more reliable
means of delivering weapons of mass destruction.

Likewise, various systems of proposed Theatre Missile Defence, possibly to
be deployed in Taiwan, Japan, Europe or the Middle East, suffer from many
of the same technical problems, and may have the same effect as NMD in
creating a dangerous action-reaction cycle leading to offensive missile
build-ups.

The deployment of missile defence/TMD in Taiwan is particularly likely
to result in a Chinese build-up.

The problems associated with missile defences require that the
international community work together to make effective use of diplomacy,
trade and assistance, and new mechanisms to control and reduce existing and
potential ballistic missile proliferation.  Near-term efforts should be
focused on securing a lasting and enforceable framework agreement freezing
the North Korean missile program.

=46urther efforts to enforce and strengthen the Missile Technology Control
Regime, and control and reduce missile stockpiles on a global and regional
basis, should be pursued on an urgent basis.

In light of the above:

--We respectfully urge the United States not to seek to deploy such missile
defences, and to support more effective methods to prevent missile
proliferation.

--We urge governments of NATO and other US allies not to enable US
deployment of such missile defence systems by allowing the upgrading of
joint facilities at  Menwith Hill, Fylingdales, Pine Gap, Thule, or
elsewhere, for NMD- or TMD-related purposes, and to use their diplomatic
influence to continue to dissuade the US government from the pursuit of
missile defence.

To address the most immediate and dire missile threat:

--We urge that the United States and Russia remove all nuclear weapons from
hair-trigger alert as part of a policy of eliminating launch-on-warning
from their strategic war plans.  This will serve as the most immediate step
to increase global security and stability, and reduce the risk of
unintended nuclear attack.

--We  urge the United States and Russia, with the support of other states,
to proceed toward  immediate, verifiable and irreversible reductions of
strategic and tactical nuclear stockpiles to less than 1,500 warheads each
through implementation of START-II, START-III, and/or by other means.

The above measures would help fulfill their solemn commitments as expressed
in the final declaration of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2000
Review Conference to "an unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear weapon
states to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals
leading to nuclear disarmament to which all states parties are committed
under Article VI."

The undersigned organisations believe that these measures, and not the
deployment of missile defence, constitute the way forward to the
elimination of nuclear arsenals to which the nuclear weapons powers are
committed, and which the overwhelming majority of the world's peoples and
governments expect.

(Signed)

INTERNATIONAL GROUPS
Carah Lyn Ong, Coordinator, Abolition-2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA,
Mary-Wynne Ashford, Co-President, John Loretz, Program Director, Michael
Christ, Exec. Director, International Physicians for the Prevention of
Nuclear War (IPPNW), Cambridge, Mass,
William Peden, Greenpeace International, Lond, UK,
Dan Plesch, Director, British American Security Information Council
(BASIC), London, UK, and Washington, USA
Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear
Power in Space, Florida, USA,
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
(LCNP), NY, USA,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International(FME), Ghent, Belgium,
Peer De Rijk, World Information Service on Energy (WISE-International),
Amsterdam, Neth,
Colin Archer, International Peace Bureau (IPB), Geneva, Switz,
Alfred A. Marder, Vice Pres, International Association of Peace Messenger
Cities,
Pamela S. Meidell, USA, Janet Bloomfield UK, Atomic Mirror, Calif USA and
Saffron Walden UK,
Rosalie Bertell, International Institute of Concern for Public Health,
Toronto, Cn,
Ak Malten, Global Anti-Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Neth,
Charles Mercieia, President, International Association of Educators for
World Peace,
Douglas Mattern, President, Association of World Citizens, San Fran, USA,
Kevin Sanders, War and Peace Foundation UN Bureau, USA,

MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Jill Evans MEP, Plaid Cymru, Cardiff, Wales,
Joost Lagendijk MEP, Vice Pres., Green Group (Neth).
Dr Caroline Lucas, MEP  Greens, SE England,
Nuala Ahern, MEP Greens, Ireland,
Hiltrud Breyer, MEP Greens, Germany,
Heidi Hautala, MEP, Co-President, Greens/EFA Group, European Parliament,
Paul Lannoye, MEP, Co-President, Greens/EFA Group, European Parliament,
Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Ireland,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Greens, Germany,
Marianne Eriksson MEP, Greens/NGL, Sweden,
Per Gahrton MEP Greens, Sweden,

=46RENCH GROUPS
Bruno Barrilot, Director, Centre de Documentation et de Rechereche sur la
Paix et les Conflits, Lyons, France,
Jean-Marie Matagne, Action Des Citoyens Pour le Desarmement
Nucleaire,(ACDN) France,
Dominique Lalanne, Stop-Essais, Linear Accellerator, Orsay, France,
Daniel Durand, Mouvement de la Paix, St-Ouen, France,
Solange Fernex, Ligue Internationale des Femmes pour la Paix et la Liberte,
Paris, France,

Prof. Bent Natvig, Chairman, Norwegian Pugwash Committee, Oslo, Norway,
Prof Bjorn Hilt/Kirsten Osen, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons
(IPPNW-Norway)

Thor Magnusson, Peace-2000 Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland,
=46inn Ekman, Liason Committee for Peace and Security, Denmark,

SWEDISH GROUPS
Jorma Kahanpaa, Swedish Anti-Nuclear Movement,
Agneta Norberg, Women for Peace, Sweden,
Gunnar Westberg, SLMK (Swedish Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear
War), Goteborg, Sweden,

Malla Kantola, Secy General, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Ulla Lehtinen, First Peoples, Finland,

GERMAN GROUPS
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt/Germany
Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council, Germany,
Horst Hohmier, Anti-Atom Plenum, Ruhrgebiet, Germany,
Dr Margit Hoepfler, NGO Shalom, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Amberg,
Germany,

Andreas Pecha, Secy, Austrian Peace Council, Vienna,
Czech Peace Society, Praha, Czech Republic,

NETHERLANDS GROUPS
Martin Broek, Campagne Tegen Wapenhandel, Amsterdam, Neth,
=46rank Van Schaik, Chair, ASEED-Europe, Amsterdam, Neth,
Monique de Nijs, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam, Neth,
Transnational Institute Asia Program, Amsterdam, Neth,
Louis Bertholet, Stichting Onderzoeksgroep Vliegramp Bijlmermeer (SOVB),
Neth,

Isabel Vertried MP Greens, Belgium,
=46orum Voor Vredesaktie, Belgium,
George Spriet, Secy, VREDE, Ghent, Belgium,

OSPAAAL-Solidaridad, Madrid, Spain,
Dr Josep Puig, Scientists and Technicians for a Nuclear-free Future,
Barcelona, Spain,
Jordi Armadans, Director, Foundation for Peace, Barcelona, Spain,

Catherine Arata, SHALOM, School Sisters of Notre Dame, Italy,
Georgio Nebbia, (former Senator) Faculty of Economics, University of Bari,

Aurel Duta, Mama Terra/For Mother Earth Romania, Bucharest, Romania,
Constantin S. Lacatus, People of Sibiu for Peace, Sibiu, Romania,
Cornel Radu, Aer Pur, Romania,

Ilya Trombitsky, BIOTICA Ecological Society, Moldova,

Prof Vladimir Koklyukhin, Belarussian Association for Political Science,
Brest, Belarus,
Manana Kochladze, Green Alternative, Tblisi, Georgia,

RUSSIAN GROUPS
Prof Alexi B. Yablokov, Centre for Russian Environmental Policy, Moscow,
Russia,
Vladimir Slivyak, Co-Chair, ECODEFENSE, Kaliningrad, Russia,
Alisa Nikoulina, Coordinator, Antinuclear Campaign of the Social-Ecological
Union, Moscow, Russia,
Alexandra Koroleva, Chair, Public Committee on Environmental Education,
Kaliningrad Regional Duma, Russia,
Galina Ragouzhina, WISE-Kaliningrad, Russia,
Pavel Malyshev, AVA, Kaliningrad, Russia,
Alexey Kozlov, ECODEFENSE, Voronezh, Russia,
Oleg Bodrov, 'Green World', Sosnovy Bor (St Petersburg) Russia,

Adi Roche, Executive Director, Chernobyl Childrens Project, Ireland,

UK GROUPS
David Drew MP, UK.,
Lynne Jones MP,Birmingham-Selly Oak, UK,
Alice Mahon,MP, UK,
Penny Kemp, Chair, Green Party of England and Wales,
Commander Robert Green, George Farebrother, World Court Project,
Peter Nicholls, Chair, Abolition2000 UK, London, UK,
Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow, Co-Coordinators, Campaign for the
Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)
Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), UK.,
David Webb, Yorkshire CND, UK.,
Greater Manchester and District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
Manchester, UK.,
Jenny Maxwell, Treasurer, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
Birmingham, UK.,
Janet  Laycock, Wallasey CND, Merseyside, UK,
Sarah Lazenby, CND-Oxford,  UK,
Anna Cheetham, Chair,  CND-Leicester,
Ralph Say, Woking CND, Surrey, UK,
Patricia Pullman, Christian CND, London, UK,
Margaret Turner, British Section WILPF, Croydon, UK,
Gillian Reeve, Assistant Director, MECACT (IPPNW-UK)
Angie Zelter, Reforest The Earth, Norfolk, UK,
J. E. Mabbit, Socialist Workers Party, Sheffield, UK,
Pat Gaffney, Pax Christi UK,
Denis Beaumont, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation, UK,


JAPANESE GROUPS
Satomi Oba, Plutonium Action Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan,
Hiromichi Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
Disarmament and Security (PCDS),
Sachiyo Oki, Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (JPPNW),
Hiroshima, Japan,
Sadao Kamata, Nagasaki Peace Institute, Nagasaki, Japan,
Yumi Kikuchi, Founder, Monkey Bay Wildlife Fund, Chiba, Japan,

KOREAN GROUPS
Kho Dae Sung MP, National Assembly of Korea,
Gyun Lan Jung, Women Making Peace, Seoul, S. Korea,
Changsoo Kim, Korean National Congress for Reunification,
Seung Kuk Kim, SPARK, S. Korea,
Lee Taeho, Peoples Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, S. Korea,
Jeong Yu Jin, National Campaign for Eradication of Crime by US Troops in S.
Korea,
Choi Jung Min/Eong Young Sun, Solidarity for Peace and Human Rights,
Yoon Jung-Suk, Women Link, S. Korea,


Cyprus Peace Council,Cyprus,
Abdul H. Nayyar, Pakistan Peace Coalition, Islamabad, Pk,
Dr Kamrul, Bangladesh Medical Association, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Corazon Valdes-Fabros, Nuclear-Free Phillipines Coalition,
Kilsung Mayo Uno, Phillipines,
Luis-Guttierez Esparza, President, Latin-American Circle for International
Studies, Mexico City, Mexico,
Jean Patterson, LIMPAL Disarmament Group, Costa-Rica,
Christopher Clark, President, Associao Amazonia, Manaus, Brasil,
Grace de Haro, Human Rights Organisation, Rio Negro, Patagonia, Argentina,
=46UNAM- Foundation for Defenceof the Environment, Rio Negro, Patagonia,
Argentina,
Lazaro Pary, Coordinator, Indian Movement Tupaj-Amaru (Peru/Bolivia)
Alfredo Felix Perez Aruazo, Environmental Strategic Research Council, Urugua=
y,
Dr Salavador Maria Lozada, President, International Association for
Constitutional Law, Uruguay,
Mr Percy S. Ngonyama, Organiser, Ceasefire Campaign, Johannesburg, SA,
Edward Appiah, Green Earth Organisation, Accra,  Ghana,

EGYPTIAN GROUPS
Bahig Nassar, Coordinator, Arab Coordination Centre of NGOs, Egypt,
Dr Murad Ghaleb, President, Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organisation, Egyp=
t,
Khalid Mahi-Aldin, Member of Egyptian Parliament,
Elbadr Farghali, Member of Egyptian Parliament,
Dr Refat El Said, Member of Egyptian Parliament,

Marii Sbdul Rahman, Palestinian Peace and Solidarity Committee,
Essan Makhloul, Member of the Knessett, Israel,

UNITED STATES GROUPS
Martin Butcher, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Washington, USA,
Helen Caldicott MD, Founding President, PSR,
Marylia Kelly, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, CA, USA,
Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment (GRACE),
NY, USA,
David Krieger, Nuclear-Age Peace Foundation,(NAPF), Santa Barbara, USA,
Sally Light, Executive Director, Nevada Desert Experience (NDE), Nevada, USA=
,
Susi Snyder, Shundahai Network, Nevada, USA,
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-One Committee, Washington DC, USA,
Carol Rosin, Founder, Institute for Security and Cooperation in Outer Space
(ISCOS),
Alliance of Atomic Veterans, USA,
Rear-Admiral Eugene C. Carroll (USN-Retd) (Vice President, Centre for
Defence Information)

Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, NY, USA,
Deb Katz, Citizens Awareness Network (CAN),  Ma, USA,
Donald and Janet Axman, Peoples Action for Clean Energy, Ct, USA,
Vivian Stockman, Concerned Citizens Coalition, West Virginia, USA,
Bonnie Urfer/John Lafarge, Nukewatch, USA,
Paloma Galindo, Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance, Oak Ridge, Tenn, USA=
,
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif,
Citizens Protecting Ohio, Bexley, Ohio, USA,
Bill Sulzman, Citizens for Peace in Space, Colo, USA,
Rochelle Becker, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace, Calif, USA,
Lewis E. Patrie MD, President, North Carolina Chapter, PSR, NC, USA,
Melanie Canon, PSR-New York, NY, USA,
Bruce A. Drew, Prairie Island Coalition, Minn, USA,
Michael J. Keegan, Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes, Michigan, USA,
Corrine Carey, Don't Waste Michigan, Mich, USA,
Ellen & Paul Connett, Waste Not, NY, USA,
Kieth Gunter, Citizens Resistance at Fermi-2,
Susan V. Walker, President, Action for Nuclear Disarmament, Cape Cod, USA,
Jonathan Mark, No Flyby, Ma, USA,
Ernest Goeitien, Coordinator, Californians for Radioactive Safeguards,
Atherton, Calif,
Martha O. Vinick, West Hartford Abolition 2000,
Stacey Fritz, Coordinator, Alaskans and Arctic Peoples Against Missile
Defence, Fairbanks, Alaska,
Steven W. Malkus, Project Catalyst, Ma, USA,
Stacey Studebaker, Kodiak Rocket Launch Information Group, Kodiak, Ala, USA,
Alaska Action Centre, Anchorage, Alaska, USA,
Andrew J. Hund, Coordinator, Alaska Arctic Environmental Defence Fund,
Kevin Martin, Project Abolition, Goshen, Indiana, USA,

Phyllis S. Yingling, Chair, Womens International League for Peace and
=46reedom (WILPF) USA Section, Pa, USA,
Bernice Fischer, Penninsula Womens International League for Peace and
=46reedom (WILPF), Calif,  USA,
Susan Shaer, Director, Womens Action for New Directions (WAND), Wash DC,
USA,
Jen Kato, Atlanta Womens Action for New Directions (WAND), Atlanta, USA,
Judy Gallo, Women Speak Out for Peace and Justice, USA,

James K. Galbraith, Lucy Webster, Robert J. Schwartz, Economists Allied for
Arms Reduction, (ECAAR) NY, USA,
William D. Hartung,Director,  Arms Trade Resource Center, World Policy
Institute, NY,USA,
Karen Talbot, International Centre for Peace and Justice, USA,
Harry Rodgers, Carolina Peace Resource Centre, Columbia, SC, USA,
Barbara Weidner, Grandmothers for Peace International, Calif, USA,
Rev. Robert Moore, Coalition for Peace Action, Princeton, NJ, USA,
Rosalie Tyler-Paul,chair,  Peace Action Maine, Maine, USA,
Elen R.Robinson, Peace Action New Mexico, NM, USA,
Sonya Ostrom, Peace Action, PA, USA,
Tom Seery, Program Director, Peace Action Wisconsin, Wisc, USA,
Alfred A. Marder, United States Peace Council, USA,
Mark Haim, Director, Mid-Missouri Peace Works, USA,
Jean Coster, Director, South Dakota Peace and Justice Centre,USA,
Luisa Brown, North Dakota Peace Coalition, USA,
Barry Reisch, President,  Veterans for Peace, Washington DC, USA,
Bill Warwick MD, Gainville Florida Veterans for Peace, Fl, USA,
Carol Mosely, Kelli Sebastian, Coordinator, Florida Coalition for Peace and
Justice, Florida, USA,
Paul George, Peninsula Peace and Justice Centre, Palo Alto, Calif, USA,

Phyllis W. Stanley, President, Environmental and Peace Education Centre,
=46lorida, USA,
Anabel Dwyer, Peace Education Centre, East Lansing, Michigan, USA,
Mavis Belisle, Peace Farm, Texas, USA,
Phil Weaver, Eugene Peaceworks, Oregon, USA,
Amy Bannon, Volunteers for Peace, USA,
Alan D, Moore, Fine Artists for World Peace, Berkley, Calif,

Adele Kushner, Action for a Clean Environment, Georgia, USA,
Justine Cooper, Native Forest Council, Oregon, USA.
Krista Leeraas, Alliance for Sustainability, Mn, USA,
=46rances Fox, Global Resource Bank, USA,
Alan D. Moore, Butterfly Gardeners Association, Berkley, Calif,
George B. Hug, President, Northwest Builders Network, USA,
George Croker, Director, North American Water Office, USA,
Mark Ritchie, Institute For Agriculture and Trade Policy,
Mitch Hall, President, 'Checkmate' Non-Violence Group, Vermont, USA,
Ground Zero Centre for Nonviolent Action, Washington, USA,
Pablo Paster, Clayton Whitt,  Cal-Poly Progressive Student Alliance, San
Luis Obispo, Calif,  USA,
James K. Wyerman, 20/20 Vision, Washington DC, USA,
James V. Albertini, President, Malu  'Aina, Hawaii,
Pete Shimazaki Doktor, Hawaii-Okinawa Network, Honululu, Hawaii, USA,
Ohana Foley, Student Peace Action Network Hawaii,
=46redrique Apfel-Marglin, Smith College, Northampton, Mass, USA,
John Witeck, Phillipine Workers Support Committee, USA,
Dae Jung Moon, Young Koreans United of USA, LA, Calif,
Human Rights Project, Birmingham, Alabama, USA,
Glenn Van Haitsma, Waukesha County Chapter United Nations Association, USA,
Jenifer Olaranna Viereck, Director, HOME, Tecopa, Ca, USA,
Elise Brion, People over Profit, St Louis, Miss, USA,


Bishop Walter F. Sullivan, President, Pax Christi USA,
Bishop C. Dale White,
Margaret Darlene Ehinger, Pax Christi Huntsville, Ala, USA,
Mary Ellen Mc Nish, General Secy, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC),
Joe Franko, American Friends Service Committee Southwest Regional Office,
Kyle Kajiro, American Friends Service Committee Hawaii Area Program,
Rev. Thomas I. Warren, Chair, Just Peace Committee, United Church of
Christ, New Orleans, USA,
Patricia A. Stalder, Immaculate Conception Gospel Justice Committee, Calif,
USA,
David Joslin, Capitol Region Conference of Churches, USA,
Maryellen Haydon, Thomas Merton Centre, Pittsburgh, USA,
Sister Ardeth Platte, Jonah House, Baltimore, USA,
Sister Ardeth Platte, Sacred Earth and Space Ploughshares, Colo, USA,
Toni Flynn, High Desert Catholic Worker Community, Ca, USA,
Robert M. Smith, Brandywine Peace Community,
Pace e Bene Franciscan Nonviolence Centre, USA,


CANADIAN GROUPS
Pat Martin, MP (NDP) Winnipeg Centre, Manitoba, Cn,
Alexa Mc Donough, MP  for Halifax, Leader, NDP, Cn,
Svend-Robinson MP (NDP) Barnaby-Douglas, BC, Can,
Niel Arya,, President, Physicians for Global Survival (PGS),
Ottowa, Canada,
Gordon Edwards, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear responsibility
(CCNR),
Helmut (Ken) Burkhardt President, Science for Peace, Toronto, Canada,
David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, (VANA), Vancouver,
BC., Canada,
Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, BC,
Joan Russow, Global Compliance Project, Canada,
Kira Van Deusen, Foundation for Indigenous Siberian Culture, Seattle, Canada=
,
Betty Brightwell, Raging Grannies, Victoria, BC, Canada,
Carolyn Bassett, Coordinator, Canadian Peace Alliance, Canada,
Ivan Bulic, Society Promoting Environmental Conservation (SPEC), Vancouver
BC, Canada,
Dr Jennifer-Anne Simons, Simons Foundation, Vancouver BC, Canada,
Kris Mansfield, Coordinator, Conscience Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada,
Sue Frazer, Secy, Vancouver Island Network for Disarmament, BC, Canada,


AOTEAROA/NZ GROUPS
Keith Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa/NZ,
Kate Dewes, President, Disarmament and Security Centre(DSC), Christchurch, N=
Z,
Marion Hancock, Peace Foundation Aotearoa/NZ, Auckland, Aotearoa/NZ,
CND NZ, Wellington, NZ,
Helen Kingston, Golden Bay Peace Group, Aotearoa/NZ,
Megan Hutching, WILPF-Aotearoa, Aotearoa/NZ,
Dame Laurie Salas, Abolition2000-Aotearoa/NZ, Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ,
John Urlich, President, Peace Council of Aotearoa/NZ,
Des Brough Chair, Dame Laurie Salas Vice-Chair, National Consultative
Committee on Disarmament, Aotearoa/NZ,
R.E. White, Centre for Peace Studies, University of Auckland, Aotearoa/NZ,
David Menkes, Dr Margot Parkes, Med Eco New Zealand, Wellington Aotearoa/NZ,
Carol Anne Bradford, New Zealand Coalition for Gun Control, Aotearoa/NZ,
Larry Ross, Secy, New Zealand Nuclear-Free Peacemaking Association,
Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ,

AUSTRALIAN GROUPS
Kelly Hoare MP, ALP Member for Charlton, NSW,
Jann Mc Farlane MP, ALP member for Stirling, W.A.,
Cheryl Kernot MP, ALP Member for Dickson, Qld,
Daryl Melham, MP, ALP Member for Banks, NSW,
Senator Chris Schacht, ALP Senator for South Australia,
Robin Chapple MLC, Greens Member-Elect for Miing and Pastoral Region, W.A.,
Catherine Moore, Convenor, Australian Greens,
Irene Gale AM and Ron Gray, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide, SA, Aust,
Pauline Mitchell, CICD, Melbourne, Vic, Aust,
Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament W.A., (PND-WA), Perth, W.A.,
Aust,
Joan Shears, Secy/Coordinator, Rally for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament,
Brisbane, Qld, Aust,
Michelle Matthews, Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), Fitzroy, Vic,
Kirsten Blair/Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory
(ECNT), Darwin, NT, Aust,
Rowena, Environment Centre of Western Australia(ECWA), Perth, W.A., Aust,
Chris White, United trades and Labor Council, South Australia, Adelaide,
SA, Aust,
Julius Rowe, President, Amalagamated Metal Workers Union, Aust,
Judy Blyth, Medical Association for the Prevention of War (WA), Perth, WA,
Aust,
Irina Reykhtman, Gaia Foundation, Perth, W.A.,
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross, NSW,


=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH GROUPS
Ricardo Navarro, Chair, Friends of the Earth International
(FOEI)Salvador/Amsterdam
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,
Bo Normander, Friends of the Earth Denmark,
Anastasia Laitilia, Maan Yst=E4v=E4t Ry/Friends of the Earth Finland,
=46riends of the Earth Cyprus,
Julian Manduca, Friends of the Earth Malta/Moviment Ghall-Ambjent,
Viktor Khazan MP, Friends of the Earth Ukraine(Zeleny Zvit),
Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine,
Rusudan Simonidze, Jimi Dabrundashvili, Friends of the Earth Georgia/Greens
Movement of Georgia, Tbilsi, Georgia,
Natalia Arias, Pres,  Accion Ecologica (Friends of the Earth Ecuador),
Quito, Ecuador,
Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria,
Benin City, Nigeria,
Istvan Farkas, Director, Friends of the Earth Hungary,
Daniel Sanchez, Amigos de la Tierra Espana (Friends of the Earth Spain),
Madrid, Sp,
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia





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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) clarification on dates for DC action June 10 - 12
Date: 22 Mar 2001 10:42:18 -0500

Dear Friends,

The dates for the National Mobilization to Stop Star Wars and Abolish
Nuclear Weapons in Washington DC are June 10-12.  In one part of
yesterday's email message, I had mistakenly listed June 17 as the day
for the rally at the White House.  The date is June 10, and I apologize
profusely for my mistake.  The Call for the Mobilization and the flier
for the events will be posted on the Project Abolition website at
www.projectabolition.org by the end of the day today.

Kevin Martin
Director, Project Abolition


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From: Carah Lynn Ong <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Axworthy releases policy alternatives to NMD
Date: 22 Mar 2001 11:53:27 -0700

>Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 07:21:38 -0800
>Subject: Axworthy releases policy alternatives to NMD
>From: Amanda Gibbs <[e-mail]>
>To: <[e-mail]>
>
>
>
>
>**Please circulate this message to others working on issues of peace and
>global security. **
>
>
>
>Canada needs to take leadership role in examining US missile defence plans:
>Axworthy
>
>The Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues releases policy alternatives
>to NMD
>
>It's time for Canada to take a serious look at the real consequences, for
>global peace and security, should the United States proceed to deploy its
>proposed national missile defence (NMD) system, says Lloyd Axworthy,
>Director and CEO of The Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues at the
>University of British Columbia.
>
>Axworthy, Canada's former foreign minister, today released a report that
>summarizes some of the key findings and recommendations of a February
>conference that gathered experts from around the world, to discuss  the
>impact of NMD on global nuclear policy. The Liu Centre conference report
>recommends a package of policy alternatives to the deployment of NMD. The
>report is available today by visiting: www.liucentre.ubc.ca
>
>*Please circulate this message to others working on issues of peace and
>global security.*
>
>
>
>

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Coordinator

Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
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Santa Barbara, California  93108-2794  USA

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From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) The Dark Side Returns: Frank Gaffney on Bush Nuclear Review
Date: 22 Mar 2001 15:51:29 -0500

"Critical Mass: Getting the Bush Nuclear Review Right," [by Frank
Gaffney].

Center for Security Policy, Washington, D.C., Publication No.
01-D 20, March 19, 2001.


While the Bush Administration's pending decisions about missile
defense and the size and costs of its effort to rebuild the U.S.
military have been the focus of considerable attention and
debate, a no-less-epochal review is underway--one that has, to
date, received little public consideration.

In the course of last year's campaign, Candidate George W. Bush
expressed a willingness to consider radically and unilaterally
reducing the quantity and the alert status of America's nuclear
forces--contributing to a new post-Cold War posture featuring an
increasing reliance on anti-missile capabilities. As President,
Mr. Bush has asked his Administration to assess the wisdom and
desirability of such initiatives.


Don'ts and Do's

If this study is done in a dispassionate and rigorous way, these
are the sorts of responses he will shortly be receiving:

* Don't Make Unwise Deep Cuts

Extreme care should be exercised over further, deep reductions in
U.S. nuclear weapons. The object of retaining a nuclear arsenal
is, after all, not primarily to have sufficient means to fight an
incalculably destructive war. Rather, it is to prevent one from
happening. The greatest danger of all would be if the United
States were to be seen to have so diminished its deterrent
capabilities as to make the world "safe" for nuclear war.

* Deterrence is not a science but an art.

There is no objectively right or wrong answer as to the number of
nuclear arms the United States "needs" to have; it is a question
of risk. Contrary to the hoary theories of arms control, however,
the risks appear greater when U.S. deterrent power is discounted
than when it is overwhelming. It is, in short, infinitely better
to err on the side of having too much nuclear capability than to
have catalyzed, however unintentionally, circumstances in which
nuclear weapons might wind up being used by having unduly
diminished the credibility of one's deterrent.

This is especially true in an international environment that is
as unpredictable as the present one. We cannot say for certain
Russia's future course, but it seems unlikely that the former
Soviet Union will become more benign in the years immediately
ahead. For the moment, it is unable to afford large nuclear
forces and would like us to agree to mirror-image the deep
reductions economic considerations compel them to make. This
would be a mistake; if the Kremlin reverts to form and marshals
the resources to rebuild its offensive weaponry, negotiated
limits will--as usual--wind up binding us, but not them.

For its part, China is determined to acquire great power status
and the nuclear arms that it believes are appropriate to such a
state. What is more, virtually every one of Russia and China's
allies--what we call "rogue states" they call "clients"--are bent
on acquiring atomic, if not thermonuclear, capabilities and are
receiving help toward that end from Moscow and/or Beijing.

While the deployment of effective American missile defenses can--
and should--mitigate somewhat the dangers that such trends
represent, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to make further
"deep" reductions below the roughly 3500 U.S. nuclear warheads
America planned to retain under the START II Treaty until such
time as the beneficial effects of such anti-missile deployments
are demonstrated in the diminution of proliferation and related
threats to this country, her allies and interests.

* Don't De-Alert U.S. Nuclear Forces

The folly of unduly cutting the United States' nuclear deterrent
would be greatly exacerbated were the Nation deliberately to
reduce the readiness of whatever strategic forces it decides to
retain. Proponents of "de-alerting" America's strategic missiles
claim this is an appropriate and necessary response to the danger
that Russian weapons might be launched accidentally or without
proper authorization.

This sort of thinking is reckless in the extreme. Effectively
eliminating the United States' capability to respond with nuclear
arms in a credible and prompt manner is unlikely to eliminate the
problem of the Kremlin's "loose nukes"; they are the result of
systemic forces (for example, a decentralized command and control
system, deteriorating conditions and morale in the Russian
military, corruption, etc.), not inadequate technology.

* Don't Underwrite Russian Nuclear Modernization, Hare-brained
U.S. Disarmament Studies

To its credit, the Bush Administration appears to be
reconsidering the enormously expensive programs its predecessor
established in the name of "securing" the Kremlin's nuclear
wherewithal. Rose Gottemoeller, the highly controversial Energy
Department appointee who sought to fund these programs to the
tune of $1.2 billion in Fiscal Year 2002, has called the Bush
team's reported plan to pare them back to "only" $800 million "a
shame." What is, in fact, truly shameful has been the lack of
accountability for these initiatives that has, according to
successive critical reports by the General Accounting Office,
enabled the funds to be used for, among other things, subsidizing
the ongoing Russian nuclear modernization program.

While the Bush Administration is at it, it should call to a halt
one of Ms. Gottemoeller's other undesirable legacies: a
multi-million dollar contract now up for renewal with the
National Academy of Science's notoriously left-wing Committee on
International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) for a study of
how to reduce U.S. nuclear forces to just 200 warheads--a number
comparable to levels Communist China hopes shortly to achieve.
Since this is an outcome that would be wholly incompatible with
the maintenance of a credible U.S. deterrent to say nothing of
common sense, the taxpayer's money should not be wasted on its
further evaluation.

* Do Take Seriously the Need for a Credible Deterrent over the
Long-term

Finally, the Bush nuclear review must address not only the need
for a credible nuclear deterrent today; it must also ensure the
safety, reliability and effectiveness of America's deterrent for
the foreseeable future. This will require several politically
difficult but vital steps--including, a resumption of limited,
underground nuclear testing required both to continue to certify
the existing stockpile and to design, develop and field the next
generation of nuclear weapons upon which the Nation will depend
in the decades to come. The latter could include deep penetrating
warheads capable of holding at risk the underground command posts
that even rogue state regimes are acquiring today and an
anti-missile warhead in case hit-to-kill missile defense
technologies prove unworkable.

The Bottom Line

If President Bush receives and heeds such advice from his
subordinates' nuclear review, chances are that his legacy will be
one of leaving the U.S. military not only better capable of
fighting the Nation's next war, but of preventing it from
happening.

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Imp., New Info on Tri-Valley CAREs' web iste
Date: 23 Mar 2001 09:05:35 -0800

Dear peace and environmental colleagues:

We are pleased to share some important, new items on our web site with you.
Our web address is http://www.igc.org/tvc. There you will find:

        * SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS RENOUNCE WORK ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- Read
all about the new international pledge campaign launched at the annual AAAS
meeting by Tri-Valley CAREs, Los Alamos Study Group, Western States Legal
Foundation and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The article is in our
March 2001 CITIZEN'S WATCH. Also new on the web site, under press releases
section, is news of a Livermore Lab scientist who quit to protest the Lab's
nuclear weapons activities. You will find his open letter as a PDF file
below the press release.

        * THE PLEDGE -- An easily downloadable PDF version of the
"Scientists' and Engineers' Pledge to Renounce Weapons of Mass Destruction"
is also on our web site. ** If you are a scientist or engineer (or
student), please sign on. ** If you are part of an organization, please
contact us about becoming a co-sponsor of the pledge!

        * "GREEN SCISSORS 2001" -- A national study of polluter pork names
the National Ignition Facility as a "choice cut" for the coming year. Read
all about Tri-Valley CAREs and CALPIRG's release of the report at Livermore
Lab. It's in the March CITIZEN'S WATCH.

        * GOOD FRIDAY ACTION AT LIVERMORE LAB -- April 13 beginning at 6:45
AM. Check our MARCH NEWSLETTER for an article and other information.

        * LEGAL UPDATES -- Our MARCH 2001 CITIZEN'S WATCH has the latest on
our (1) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits, (2) California
Environmental Quality Act lawsuit, and (3) Federal Advisory Committee Act
lawsuit and the Motion for Preliminary Injunction against the National
Ignition Facility's "Rebaseline" Committee. (Note: Our February 2001
newsletter explains this key legal action under FACA in detail. Our
November 2000 edition gives you the background on the FOIA cases.)

        * MEET THE NEW SECRETARY OF ENERGY. Wonder about Spencer Abraham's
record? Wonder no more. It's in our MARCH NEWSLETTER.

        * RUSSIAN ACTIVISTS ask for help to prevent the importation of
nuclear waste. We have initiated a sign-on letter, drafted by our Russian
colleagues, and we have over 45 signatures to date. Your group has until
close of business March 14 to sign on. Please look in our MARCH CITIZEN'S
WATCH -- and act now.

        * CHECK IT OUT. There is a calendar section in our latest
newsletter and succinct, topical "Print Bites" in our February edition. The
FEBRUARY CITIZEN'S WATCH also introduces you to a new Tri-Valley CAREs'
staff member, Inga Olson.

VISIT our web site and get acquainted! No shirt or shoes required! Enjoy!

Peace,
Marylia

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

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

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

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
campaign to get nuclear weapons taken off hair-trigger alert.



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Subject: (abolition-usa) For Immediate Release
Date: 23 Mar 2001 16:23:56 -0700

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EXPERTS FIND DANGERS IN
US MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS

Moving Beyond Missile Defense, a joint project of the International
Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation (INESAP)
and the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, held its first international
workshop in Santa Barbara, California,  March 19-21, 2001.  It was
the first in a series of workshops that will take place in several
different international regions, including Northeast Asia, Europe,
South Asia and the Middle East.
For three days, 17 experts in science, technology and security
gathered to discuss the technological and geopolitical problems as
well as the negative impacts of missile defenses on international
security.
Participants of the Moving Beyond Missile Defense conference argued
that deployment of a U.S. missile defense system could provoke new
arms races, including in outer space.
Experts from Russia, Germany, Egypt, India, Israel, China, Pakistan,
Japan and the U.S. provided regional perspectives on missile defenses
and offered alternatives.  "There is great concern among Europeans
about these plans," said Juergen Scheffran, a senior researcher with
the Interdisciplinary Research Group in Science Technology and
Security at the Technical University in Darmastadt, Germany.  "And
not only among Europeans, but also Chinese and Russians.  They fear
that the United States is adding to its nuclear weapon capabilities."
Russian and Chinese leaders, as well as most allies in Europe, have
decried the planned system as the start of new nuclear arms races.
Missile defense opponents also contend that such a system would
violate the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, signed by the U.S.
and the former Soviet Union, which prohibits national missile
defenses.

"We think the way to go forward on this question of threat from other
countries is to pursue diplomatic means and find ways of actually
banning these missiles, globally." Said M.V. Ramana, a research
associate at the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at
Princeton University.  "The U.S., Russia and China will also have to
cut back their arsenals if they expect other countries to do the
same."

David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, said
that "the Moving Beyond Missile Defense project aims to present
alternatives to missile defense that would not undermine
international stability and security."

"It's very good to have people from all over the world cooperating in
this," observed Regina Hagen , Coordinator of the International
Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation at the
organization's headquarters in Germany.

The conclusions and recommendations from the Santa Barbara workshop
will be utilized by an International Study Group to further explore
alternatives to missile defenses and in a series of international
regional meetings over the next three years.  They will also be made
available to government policy makers and non-governmental
organizations working in the arena of global security.

Participants in the workshop reached the following preliminary findings:

o  Ballistic missile defense (BMD) cannot provide security.  Missile
defenses can be easily overcome by simple countermeasures, including
low-technology decoys.  Such systems will create instability because
they will provoke other countries, in particular Russia and China, to
strengthen and build up their offensive capabilities.

o  Deployment of ballistic missile defenses will undermine
long-standing arms control agreements, including the
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM)
Treaty and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START I and II).
BMD will prevent further international efforts for non-proliferation,
arms control and disarmament.

o  US efforts to deploy missile defenses are perceived by other
countries to create increased offensive and war-fighting capabilities.

o  Ballistic missile defenses will provoke rather than prevent the
proliferation of ballistic missiles, contributing to regional
conflicts and arms races.

o  Ballistic missile defenses do not provide a solution to the risks
of the Nuclear Age, but rather multiply the uncertainties,
complexities and instabilities of nuclear deterrence.

o  The deployment of missile defenses and the militarization of outer
space are inextricably linked.  The weaponization of space must be
prohibited.

We therefore recommend:

o   The best alternative to ballistic missile defense is the complete
abolition of nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass destruction, and
the international control and disarmament of ballistic missiles and
other delivery systems.  An international missile control regime
should be established with practical steps such as improved
information exchange on missiles and missile launches, a missile test
ban and missile free zones.

o  The 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, which prohibits the US and
Russia from developing and deploying a national missile defense, must
be preserved until a more comprehensive international framework can
be established.

o  The weaponization of outer space should be prevented by an
international agreement.

o  Cooperation among all states should be supported and the
demonization of particular countries and their peoples should be
opposed.  In particular, diplomatic efforts with countries such as
Iran, Iraq, North Korea and Libya should continue.

o  Security must be fundamentally redefined from the military
dimensions of national interests to the fulfillment of human and
environmental needs.

    Video clips and articles are available on the Nuclear Age
Peace Foundation's website at www.wagingpeace.org.

X    X    X
--
Carah Lynn Ong
Research and Publications

The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
PMB 121, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1
Santa Barbara, California  93108-2794  USA

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color="#000000"><b>EXPERTS FIND DANGERS IN</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1"
color="#000000"><b>US MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1"
color="#000000"><b><br></b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><i>Moving Beyond
Missile Defense</i>, a joint project of the International Network of
Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation (INESAP) and the
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, held its first international workshop in
Santa Barbara, California,  March 19-21, 2001.  It was the
first in a series of workshops that will take place in several
different international regions, including Northeast Asia, Europe,
South Asia and the Middle East.<br>
For three days, 17 experts in science, technology and security
gathered to discuss the technological and geopolitical problems as
well as the negative impacts of missile defenses on international
security.<br>
Participants of the<i> Moving Beyond Missile Defense</i> conference
argued that deployment of a U.S. missile defense system could provoke
new arms races, including in outer space.<br>
Experts from Russia, Germany, Egypt, India, Israel, China, Pakistan,
Japan and the U.S. provided regional perspectives on missile defenses
and offered alternatives.  "There is great concern among
Europeans about these plans," said Juergen Scheffran, a senior
researcher with the Interdisciplinary Research Group in Science
Technology and Security at the Technical University in Darmastadt,
Germany.  "And not only among Europeans, but also Chinese
and Russians.  They fear that the United States is adding to its
nuclear weapon capabilities."</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Russian and Chinese
leaders, as well as most allies in Europe, have decried the planned
system as the start of new nuclear arms races.  Missile defense
opponents also contend that such a system would violate the 1972
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, signed by the U.S. and the former
Soviet Union, which prohibits national missile defenses.</font><br>
</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">"We think the
way to go forward on this question of threat from other countries is
to pursue diplomatic means and find ways of actually banning these
missiles, globally." Said M.V. Ramana, a research associate at
the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Princeton
University.  "The U.S., Russia and China will also have to
cut back their arsenals if they expect other countries to do the
same."<br>
<br>
David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, said
that "the<i> Moving Beyond Missile Defense</i> project aims to
present alternatives to missile defense that would not undermine
international stability and security."<br>
<br>
"It's very good to have people from all over the world
cooperating in this," observed Regina Hagen , Coordinator of the
International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against
Proliferation at the organization's headquarters in Germany.<br>
<br>
The conclusions and recommendations from the Santa Barbara workshop
will be utilized by an International Study Group to further explore
alternatives to missile defenses and in a series of international
regional meetings over the next three years.  They will also be
made available to government policy makers and non-governmental
organizations working in the arena of global security.<br>
<br>
Participants in the workshop reached the following preliminary
findings:<br>
<br>
o  Ballistic missile defense (BMD) cannot provide security.
Missile defenses can be easily overcome by simple countermeasures,
including low-technology decoys.  Such systems will create
instability because they will provoke other countries, in particular
Russia and China, to strengthen and build up their offensive
capabilities. <br>
<br>
o  Deployment of ballistic missile defenses will undermine
long-standing arms control agreements, including the Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT), the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and the
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START I and II).  BMD will
prevent further international efforts for non-proliferation, arms
control and disarmament. <br>
<br>
o  US efforts to deploy missile defenses are perceived by other
countries to create increased offensive and war-fighting
capabilities.<br>
<br>
o  Ballistic missile defenses will provoke rather than prevent
the proliferation of ballistic missiles, contributing to regional
conflicts and arms races.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><br>
o  Ballistic missile defenses do not provide a solution to the
risks of the Nuclear Age, but rather multiply the uncertainties,
complexities and instabilities of nuclear
deterrence.   </font><br>
</div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">o  The
deployment of missile defenses and the militarization of outer space
are inextricably linked.  The weaponization of space must be
prohibited. </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#000000"><br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">We therefore
recommend: <br>
<br>
o   The best alternative to ballistic missile defense is the
complete abolition of nuclear weapons and all weapons of mass
destruction, and the international control and disarmament of
ballistic missiles and other delivery systems.  An international
missile control regime should be established with practical steps such
as improved information exchange on missiles and missile launches, a
missile test ban and missile free zones.<br>
<br>
o  The 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, which prohibits the US
and Russia from developing and deploying a national missile defense,
must be preserved until a more comprehensive international framework
can be established.<br>
<br>
o  The weaponization of outer space should be prevented by an
international agreement.<br>
<br>
o  Cooperation among all states should be supported and the
demonization of particular countries and their peoples should be
opposed.  In particular, diplomatic efforts with countries such
as Iran, Iraq, North Korea and Libya should continue.<br>
<br>
o  Security must be fundamentally redefined from the military
dimensions of national interests to the fulfillment of human and
environmental needs.<br>
<br>
<x-tab>        </x-tab>Video clips
and articles are available on the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation's
website at<u> www.wagingpeace.org</u>.</font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"></font></div>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1"
color="#000000">X    X    X</font></div>

<div>-- <br>
Carah Lynn Ong<br>
Research and Publications<br>
<br>
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation<br>
PMB 121, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1<br>
Santa Barbara, California  93108-2794  USA<br>
<br>
Tel:  [phone]<br>
Fax:  [phone]<br>
Email:  [e-mail]<br>
Http://www.wagingpeace.org<br>
Http://www.nuclearfiles.org<br>
Http://www.abolition2000.org<br>
<br>
"He aha te nui mea o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he
tangata."  (A Maori Saying)<br>
<br>
"What is the most important thing in the world?  It is the
people, the people, the people."</div>
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From: Carah Lynn Ong <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Greenpeace International Founder Dies in Car Crash
Date: 24 Mar 2001 14:37:15 -0700

Greenpeace International Founder Dies in Car Crash
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, March 23, 2001 (ENS) - One of the most
influential figures in the environmental movement, the man widely credited
with the first campaign to save whales and to end French nuclear testing,
David McTaggart died in a head on car crash near his home in Umbria, Italy,
this morning.
When news reached Greenpeace International headquarters in Amsterdam this
morning, tributes were quick to follow from leaders of the group he helped
to found.
"We are all deeply shocked by this news," said interim International
Executive Director Gerd Leipold. "Greenpeace would not be what it is today
without his amazing force behind it."
"Greenpeace would be unthinkable without his force of personality. He built
up the organization into the international pressure group it is today,
opening offices in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, when no one
believed it possible.
"Not only is he a great loss to Greenpeace, but also to the environmental
movement worldwide," added Leipold.
"David had an amazing life, he shook the world," said Peter Tabuns,
executive director of Greenpeace Canada. "He fought to protect all of us
from the nuclear threat - no one did more."
In a testimonial to McTaggart, Greenpeace described the 68 year old as
"relentless," "controversial," and "a thorn in the side of entire
governments and corporations."
"He bears sole credit for unifying a group of internally warring hippies
into an international environmental force, and the lion's share of the
credit for Greenpeace's successful campaigns to preserve Antarctica from oil
exploitation and to halt commercial whaling," it continued.
"He stood as a living example of the difference an individual can make, from
his defiance of a nuclear weapons blast from the deck of his tiny and
beloved sailing ship, Vega, to his steadfast refusal to accept that any odds
were too great, or that any challenge was too big.
"He had the guts to make saving the planet his personal mission, the
charisma to inspire others to that task, and the strategic savvy to make you
think he just might pull it off.
"The world will never see another one of him."
Born in Vancouver, Canada in 1932, McTaggart ran a successful construction
business for 20 years before sailing into a new life of environmental action
that began in the South Pacific in 1971.
So outraged was McTaggart at the French government's decision to cordon off
international waters in order to conduct nuclear testing, he renamed his
12.6 meter sailing craft "Greenpeace III" and sailed to the zone surrounding
Muroroa Atoll.
Dropping anchor downwind from the planned blast, McTaggart forced the French
government to halt its test. A French Navy vessel rammed "Greenpeace III"
but McTaggart repaired his boat and returned a year later.
On that occasion he was beaten by French military personnel, with the
incident captured on camera by a crewmate. The photos helped McTaggart win
part of a lengthy court case against the French in 1974, the same year, the
French government announced that it would end its atmospheric nuclear
testing program.
In 1977, McTaggart began organizing support throughout Europe for
Greenpeace, by then established in more than a dozen countries. In 1979 he
united factions of the organization under his chairmanship as Greenpeace
International.
Between 1975 and 1991, McTaggart led Greenpeace campaigns to save the
whales, stop the dumping of nuclear waste in the ocean, block the production
of toxic wastes, end nuclear testing, and protect the Antarctic continent
from oil and mineral exploitation.
He published numerous articles and two books. Awards for his contributions
to environmentalism worldwide include the Onassis Award, The Kreisky Prize,
and the United Nations Environmental Programme's Global 500 Award.
In September 1991, McTaggart retired from active chairmanship of Greenpeace
International to a farm in Italy, where he raised organic olive oil and
continued to work on whaling and other issues through his own foundation.
"He pushed the organization hard, and the organization pushed back hard,"
said a Greenpeace International statement.
"Some of his closest colleagues will still describe him as a cold hearted
bastard, and when David retired from active leadership of the organization
in 1991, there were those who breathed a sigh of relief.
"Many believed the organization had outgrown his leadership, and that the
skills of a ragtag pirate leader were simply no longer a match to an
organization that had grown so large so fast.
"But one thing Greenpeace will never outgrow was David's extraordinary
spirit."
Another driver was killed in this morning's accident, and a female passenger
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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Virus Alert!!! (Don't open "Trojan.exe"!!!)
Date: 25 Mar 2001 07:22:47 -0500

"Ronald McCoy" <[e-mail]> has been sending the "Trojan" virus (by
mistake?) -- DON'T OPEN, and DELETE FROM YOUR ATTACHMENTS DIRECTORY!!!!
Somehow we ended up with 45 versions of this file!

Here's information about getting rid of "Navidad.exe":

http://www.pchell.com/virus/navidad.shtml

http://www.cai.com/virusinfo/encyclopedia/descriptions/navidad.htm

Here's an article about it:

http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/11/10/navidad/index.html



Ellen Thomas
Proposition One Committee
PO Box 27217, Washington DC 20038
202-462-0757 -- fax [phone]
[e-mail]  --  http://prop1.org

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From: "M.W. Stowell" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Ill Uranium Miners Left Waiting as Payments for Exposure Lapse
Date: 27 Mar 2001 15:39:15 -0800



Ill Uranium Miners Left Waiting as Payments for Exposure Lapse


By MICHAEL JANOFSKY

A decade-old program to provide compensation payments to uranium
miners and people who lived downwind from nuclear test sites in
Nevada is broke.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/27/politics/27URAN.html?ex=986735015&ei=1&en=6cba1199755902ee


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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: SIGN PETITION TO OPPOSE NUKE POWER AS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
Date: 27 Mar 2001 17:34:20 -0500

>Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 17:43:12 -0500
>Subject: SIGN PETITION TO OPPOSE NUKE POWER AS SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCE
>To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail]
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>
>  Please dissemenate this to other lists, NGOs & individuals and ask them
>to
>do likewise. SIGN OUR PETITION AT: www.antenna.nl/wise/csd
>
>
>
>
>
>Nukes Sustainable? No Way!
>
>From 16-27 April 2001 the United Nations Commission on Sustainable
>Development (CSD) will hold its Ninth Session (CSD 9) in New York. The
>Commission was established in 1992 to ensure effective follow-up of the Rio
>Earth Summit held that year. One of CSD's tasks is to elaborate policy
>guidance and options for future activities to follow up the Rio Earth
>Summit
>and achieve sustainable development.
>
>Energy is one of the issues on the agenda for CSD 9. As the Commission puts
>it: 'The challenge is how to meet the growing demand for energy while
>mitigating the impact of energy supply and use on the environment and thus
>guarantee the long term quality of our habitat'
>
>However, it seems that the Commission is of the opinion that nuclear energy
>could be part of a sustainable future. As we all know, nuclear energy
>involves enormous pollution, throughout its production cycle from uranium
>mining and enrichment, through the operation of nuclear power plants to the
>disposal of radioactive waste.
>Nuclear energy is definitely not sustainable, and the UN Commission on
>Sustainable Development should be the last to pretend that it is.
>Any indications of support for nuclear technologies by the Commission on
>Sustainable Development will be used by the nuclear industry to create an
>image of itself being clean, safe, and a legitimate tool to combat climate
>change.
>
>Wise Amsterdam therefore urges all organisations active in development,
>environmental, disarmament and human rights issues to sign the petition
>addressing CSD. The petition demands that Commission ensures that any
>indications of support for nuclear energy are excluded from CSD debates,
>exhibitions and other activities.
>SIGN OUR PETITION AT: www.antenna.nl/wise/csd
>
>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 NGOs, 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 'last gasp' 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
>"encourage 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."
>
>Non-G8 countries are taking similar positions. Turkey cancelled plans for a
>nuclear plant at Akkuyu, with its Prime Minister stating that, "the world
>is
>abandoning nuclear power." The countries of AOSIS (the Alliance of Small
>Island States) have "reaffirmed (their) position that nuclear energy should
>not be included in the CDM". (Apia, August 2000). And, a group of twelve
>Latin American nations made clear, in discussions on the Convention, that
>they "do not accept the use of nuclear power as an energy source
>alternative
>in project-based activities." (FCCC/SB/2000/4, 1 August, 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.
>
>To sign on, go to: http:// www.antenna.nl/wise/csd/
>Thanks!
>
>Further distribution among your networks in encouraged!
>The petition is also available in french, spanish, german, italian and
>dutch.
>
>
>
>Nuclear power sustainable? No way! Sign our petition at
>http://www.antenna.nl/wise/csd/
>================================================================ World
>Information Service on Energy - WISE Amsterdam PO Box 59636 Tel:
>[phone] LC Amsterdam Fax: [phone] The Netherlands Email:
>[e-mail] (Visitors: Ketelhuisplein 43)
>http://www.antenna.nl/wise
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: SPACE ORGANIZING STRATEGY
Date: 27 Mar 2001 18:46:09 -0500

>Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 08:25:39 -0500
>Subject: SPACE ORGANIZING STRATEGY
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>The following comes from the Global Network's recent space organizing
>conference and protest in Huntsville, Alabama.
>
>
>MAGIC BULLET ORGANIZING STRATEGY
>
>
>1) Hard work, the field must be plowed for the fruit to flourish
>2) Determination & persistence
>3) Cooperative spirit
>4) Principled work with others
>5) Imagination and creativity
>6) Change the language, don't get technical, put the issue on our terms
>7) Make connections with anti-globalization movement & show them we are
>fighting the same struggle
>8) Demand that Congress support cuts in "missile defense" program
>9) Put out a booklet like "Vision for 20/20" of our own
>10) Talk to people in international organizations about what is happening
>with corporations in their countries
>11) Put out a call to world leaders for international solidarity
>12) Support campaign finance reform
>13) Mobilize the grassroots.  Local work is vital
>14) Read "Guns, Globalization, and Greed" by the War Resisters League
>15) Return to our principles of non-violence
>16) We should not be afraid, respect that there is something greater than
>us
>that is stronger than evil/destruction
>17) Go to as many public forums as possible and create a healthy tension
>18) Need to know where Star Wars research & development work is happening
>and go there for public protests.  Create local debate.
>19) Tell our children that there are some jobs you cannot have
>20) Need to have a community of people that you can rely on
>21) Need to be willing to face arrest for standing against Star Wars
>22) Simplify your life
>23) Connect with all groups.  We must work together.  Listen to each other.
>We each have a piece of the puzzle.  We need each other.
>24) Watch out for when politicians and some organizations begin to cut
>deals
>undermining the work of the grassroots
>25) Go home and organize delegations of ordinary people, every month, to
>visit politicians offices (do the same with the media)
>26) Read "The Education of Little Tree"
>27) Organize October 13 local actions in your community
>28) Keep having fun
>29) Respect the people who we are trying to organize
>30) Remember the moon and ask people if they want military bases there
>31) Get students and elders knowing each other and working together
>32) Talk more about how Star Wars will require cuts in social spending,
>education, and environmental clean-up
>33) Speak from your heart and represent the mother earth
>34) Be willing to do the most difficult things
>
>
>Bruce K. Gagnon
>Coordinator
>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: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: (CMEP-list) Urgent Action Alert: Tell your Representative
Date: 28 Mar 2001 11:36:47 -0500

>Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:13:46 -0500
>Subject: (CMEP-list) Urgent Action Alert: Tell your Representative in
Congress
to support
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>(apologies for cross-postings)
>
>Tell your Representative in Congress to support strong radiation
>protection standards!
>
>WHAT'S HAPPENING:
>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required by the Nuclear Waste
>Policy Act to set radiation protection standards for the proposed
>high-level nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.  This process is
>now in its last stages and a rule could be finalized within the next few
>days.
>
>The Department of Energy (DOE) and Nuclear Regulator Commission (NRC) are
>pressuring the administration to further weaken the already inadequate
>proposed rule.  The DOE and NRC want to eliminate groundwater protection
>standards and increase the "acceptable" individual radiation exposure
>limit from 15 millirems to 25 millirems annually.
>
>WHAT'S AT STAKE:
>* Health and Safety -The DOE is expected later this year to recommend the
>Yucca Mountain site for development as a permanent repository for
>high-level radioactive waste generated by U.S. commercial reactors and
>weapons facilities.  A favorable recommendation is contingent upon an
>assessment of whether a Yucca Mountain repository could meet EPA radiation
>protection standards.  An artificially week standard would skew the
>suitability assessment and threaten public health and safety near
>America's fastest growing city (Las Vegas).
>
>* Precedent - Although this rule is "site-specific" to Yucca Mountain, it
>will set an important precedent for radiation protection at DOE and
>NRC-licensed sites.  At stake is the EPA's authority in regulating
>radiation exposures, and the application of Safe Drinking Water Act
>standards for groundwater protection at Yucca Mountain, nuclear reactor
>sites, and the DOE weapons complex.
>
>WHAT YOU CAN DO:
>* Representatives Shelley Berkley (D-NV) and Jim Gibbons (R-NV) have
>initiated and circulated a joint letter to the President in support of a
>strong standard that includes groundwater protection and does not weaken
>individual exposure limits. Signatures will be collected through Friday,
>March 30.  CALL AND E-MAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY.  URGE HIM/HER TO
>CO-SIGN THIS LETTER.
>
>
>CALL the Capitol Switchboard to be connected to your Representative's
>office: [phone]
>
>E-MAIL your Representative.  Locate the address at:
>www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html
>
>
>Please contact Public Citizen for more information:
>Phone: [phone] - e-mail: [e-mail] - website:
>www.citizen.org/cmep
>
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>
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>
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>Environment Program works on, visit our website at www.citizen.org .
>
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>
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From: "Andrew Lichterman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) new on the wslf web site
Date: 28 Mar 2001 14:49:33 -0800

There  are new items on the Western States Legal Foundation web site at
www.wslfweb.org  and the web site of the US Campaign to Abolish Nuclear
weapons www.wslfweb.org/uscamp.htm
Links to new items can be found on the WSLF "What's New" page,
www.wslfweb.org/whatsnew.htm

New items include:
--A calendar page for Abolition 2000 Northern California

--A calendar page for the US Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

--Winter 2001 WSLF Information Bulletin, "Looking for New Ways to Use
Nuclear Weapons: U.S. Counterproliferation Programs, Weapons Effects
Research, and "Mini-Nuke" Development."

--Presentation by Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States
Legal Foundation, at the Teach-In on Technology and Globalization February
24 -25, 2001, Hunter College, New York, "Nuclear Weapons; Forgotten But Not
Gone: The Nuclear Weapons Laboratories, Missile Defense, and the
Weaponization of Space."

--A page of links to significant U.S. government documents on the
militarization of space.


We also regularly add items of interest to our links list and our page of
items obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and other research.




Andrew Lichterman
Program Director
Western States Legal Foundation
1504 Franklin St. Suite 202
Oakland, CA 94612
USA

phone:  [phone]
fax:      [phone]
web site:  www.wslfweb.org


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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Citizens for Peace in Space Newsletter - March, 2001
Date: 28 Mar 2001 19:59:48 -0500

>Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 18:27:43 -0500
>Subject: Citizens for Peace in Space Newsletter - March, 2001
>To: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
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>From: "[e-mail]" <[e-mail]>
>
>Citizens for Peace in Space Newsletter
>March, 2001
>There are several matters to report on since our last communique. We have
>included a summary of events at the conclusion of this newsletter. To
>begin with we want to provide some information on a couple of topics:
>Huntsville
>Loring Wirbel and I took part in the National Space Organizing Conference
>and Protest held in Huntsville, Alabama, March 16-18. About 80 attended
>the conference and most were able to join either the bannering and
>protest vigil on Friday outside the gates of the Redstone Arsenal(The
>Army Space CommandÆs key research and testing center) or the Sunday
>protest at the nearby Space & Rocket Center Museum .
>We arrived too late to take part in FridayÆs protest, but just in time to
>see the local TV newscast reporting the event. It was astounding to hear
>the TV anchors and the local District Attorney explain that "these people
>have a First Amendment right to do this". It was apparently the first
>time anyone had ever protested at this huge complex which is the economic
>base of a city of almost 200,000. Bruce Gagnon and others from the Global
>Network are to be commended for a first rate job of organizing!
>The presentations and workshops on Saturday were informative and
>inspiring. There was an extended time at the beginning to hear something
>from each person about their own activist history. Veterans for Peace
>from Minnesota, Alabama and elsewhere provided a dimension not often
>found at similar gatherings in our area.. Peace activists from the South
>were prominent but there was a good representation from around the
>country. A hopeful sign for me was that they all have made the connection
>between U.S economic domination and U.S. military domination of the
>planet and outer space and they want to do something about it. Loring and
>I joined a panel on "Satellites, Spying and Warfighting".
>We spent time with Sisters Ardeth Platte(she made an inspiring
>presentation on Saturday evening) and Carol Gilbert who have received
>back the Sacred Earth and Space Plowshares banner used in last
>SeptemberÆs action here. It had a prominent place in the protests. I pass
>on their greetings to friends here. They have been making presentations
>about their action and the issues involved all across the East and
>Midwest. Chris Ney of The War Resisters League also spoke with us to
>arrange a special all day workshop on Space for WRL board members as part
>of their national meeting in mid July in Colorado Springs. Their
>organization has chosen Space as the focus of their war resisting efforts
>for the year.
>Satellites and Computers
>Those of you who have followed our newsletter over the years are familiar
>with the revolution in warfare that has been brought about by the use of
>satellites and computers to get the bombs to their targets. The network
>of war fighting satellites with their computer support facilities is a
>$15-$20 billion per year business. It has become so important to U.S.
>power projection in the world that the Pentagon has all but claimed Space
>as an exclusive U.S. military domain.
>Over the past few months another arena of warfare has taken the
>limelight. Computers have become the target of acts of war and also the
>means of war. Information war or cyber war as it is sometimes called is
>really taking off. So we now have war in outer space and war in cyber
>space.(satellites and computers!)
>This is not science fiction or conspiracy theory babble. The object is to
>kill people and destroy things by causing havoc in another countryÆs
>computer system. There was great fear that this could happen in the Y2K
>crisis. This is the real thing. The Air Combat Command of the United
>States Air Force is now in charge of planning and carrying out
>information war for the Air Force. The U.S. Space Command remains in
>overall command. IW was the feature story in the Feb 26th edition of
>Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine, complete with diagrams,
>designs, charts, maps and musings about "collateral damage" and legal
>questions. (Who would declare a Cyber War?)
>The week of February 21-25 an Information War conference was held at the
>Sheraton South Hotel in Colorado Springs. The sessions were all labeled
>"Secret". But we were able to obtain a sampling of the handouts available
>to conference goers. God awful stuff:: the ArmyÆs director of information
>systems is called the digital dominator; a corporate handout on
>information operations is introduced with the phrase "There are no rules;
>everyone plays; thereÆs us and targets... Another publication echoes the
>phrase "Think Globally... Act Locally" with its own: "Global Strength..
>Local Commitment". And finally information warfare is said to provide one
>with "The Keys to the Kingdom".  The day after we got the info, Peter
>Sprunger-Froese was able to get together what we think is the first
>information war protest banner. It read "Information War - Words that
>Kill" Made for some interesting dialogue outside the convention hall.
>Here are some upcoming events for Citizens for Peace in Space.
>- April 9, 1:30: The Motions hearing for Fr. Carl KabatÆs trial in
>federal Magistrate Boyd BolandÆs courtroom in Denver. Scheduled witnesses
>include Navy Admiral Eugene Carroll(ret.) of the Center for Defense
>Information, and Ved Nanda of Denver University Law School. The hearing
>will probably extend into the following day.
>- April 11, 11:30 - 1: Bannering at the Space Symposium at the Broadmoor
>Hotel. Gather at Bijou House at 11 or meet us there outside the
>convention hall at 11:30.(389-0644 for info)
>- April 21, 12 noon - Prayer Vigil at Nuclear Missile Silo N-5 in Weld
>County, Colorado. Leave from the Justice and Peace Office at 7:30 AM to
>join the caravan from Denver(9am) to the silo. This event has really
>mushroomed. We now expect upwards of 100 including some from nearby
>states.
>-April 29, 7pm - Festival of Hope, First Mennonite Church (9th and
>Delaware, Denver) in anticipation of Carl KabatÆs trial the next day.
>There will be a one act play depicting Fr. KabatÆs 1994 action in a clown
>suit at another missile silo. First Strike Theatre will perform and more.
>
>- April 30, 8:30 Fr. Carl KabatÆs trial begins in Denver. Daily car
>pooling for the trial which could last 2 or 3 days.
>- May 4-6 International Meeting of the Global Network Against Weapons and
>Nuclear Power in Space, Leeds, England. May 7&8 Abolition 2000 meeting,
>Saffron-Walden U.K.
>- May 13 The Human Race Against the Arms Race .  See the J&P website at
>www.pikespeakjustice and peace.org for details
>For more information on any of these events, call [phone] or email
>to [e-mail]
>Lastly,  Citizens for Peace in Space is a cast of hundreds if not
>thousands.  As our activity increases so do our expenses.  We continue to
>incur expenses related to Carl Kabat's trial and we have taken on added
>travel commitments.  We ask that you help us financially if you can.
>Many of you have been generous with us through the years.  That's what
>keeps us going.  Thanks.
>Bill Sulzman,  Citizens for Peace in Space
>P.O. Box 915
>Colorado Springs, CO 80901
>Ph 719 389 0644
>
>
>

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Hooray! Prelim. Injunction in NIF case
Date: 28 Mar 2001 17:42:50 -0800

Greetings, peace and enviro colleagues: Good news! Please read on... --Marylia

for more information, contact:
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs, Livermore, CA [phone]
Chris Paine, Natural Resources Defense Council, [phone]
Howard Crystal, Meyer and Glitzenstein, [phone]

for immediate release, March 28, 2001

JUDGE BLOCKS RUBBERSTAMP OF NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY MEGA-LASER

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS WIN PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION OF ENERGY DEPT. USE OF NIF
REBASELINE, COMPLETION OF NEW REPORT TO CONGRESS BY "HANDPICKED, BIASED"
COMMITTEE

LIVERMORE, CA -- Today in federal court in the District of Columbia, Judge
Emmet G. Sullivan issued an Order granting two environmental groups' Motion
for Preliminary Injunction in their long-running legal battle against the
multi-billion dollar National Ignition Facility mega-laser, under
construction at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory in California.

The plaintiff organizations, the Natural Resources Defense Council in
Washington, DC and the Livermore-based Tri-Valley CAREs, filed a lawsuit in
October 2000 charging DOE with multiple violations of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA). (For background, see "FACA Facts," which follows this
press release.)

In February 2001, the groups sought a preliminary injunction to bar the DOE
from using the NIF August 2000 "rebaseline," which plaintiffs characterized
as "an illegally-prepared, biased review to drum up flagging Congressional
and public support for its problem-plagued laser fusion project."
Additionally, the groups sought to prevent the DOE from continuing to
violate FACA by forming a second, unbalanced advisory committee -- which
utilized the same membership and continued to meet in secret.

"[T]he Court concludes that plaintiffs have met the standard for issuance
of a preliminary injunction," states today's Order. "In light of the
serious issues which have been raised concerning the NIF, and the nature of
defendants' FACA violations, a preliminary injunction would serve the
public interest in ensuring compliance with an important open government
law," the Order concludes.

In issuing the Court Order, Judge Sullivan ruled that the plaintiffs "have
demonstrated the requisite likelihood of success on their claims that the
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) applies" to both the August 2000 NIF
"Rebaseline Validation Review," which DOE used last fall to obtain
continued funding for the mega-laser, and to the current "NIF Status Review
Committee," whose findings DOE was hoping to use on March 31, 2001 to
obtain release of the $69 million in construction funding that Congress
withheld last year, pending further review of the project.

"This is a huge win," said Tri-Valley CAREs' Executive Director, Marylia
Kelley. "By preventing DOE from relying on biased, handpicked committees to
provide assessments of NIF, the Court has opened the door for the conduct
of a truly independent review of the project. It has long been our belief
that if Congress were to receive an objective, external review of NIF's
costs, technical problems and nuclear proliferation risks, it would cancel
the facility," Kelley continued.

"We have achieved an important victory today," agreed NRDC's Senior
Researcher, Christopher Paine.

Paine continued: "Today's Order vindicates our contention that DOE has
continued to violate FACA in its effort to avoid an open and unbiased
review of NIF. We hope that Congress will take note of the Court Order,
take a close look at alternatives to the NIF project and reconsider its
priority within the overall 'stockpile stewardship' program."

"The court's ruling today makes clear that DOE will no longer be able to
attempt to fool Congress and the public with illegally-constituted
committees meeting in secret sessions," added plaintiffs' attorney, Howard
Crystal of the Washington, DC firm, Meyer and Glitzenstein.

-- 30 --

A copy of the Court Order can be faxed upon request. "FACA Facts" follows.

"FACA Facts"

prepared by Chris Paine, NRDC and Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs

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, and 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, further,

        * ensure the committee is "balanced in terms of points of view
represented"; and

        * ensure the committee 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.

Both the Department of Energy's National Ignition Facility "Rebaseline
Validation Review" committee and its NIF "Status Review Committee" failed
to comply with the law on ALL counts. Today's Court Order granting
plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction stops these DOE FACA
violations in their tracks.


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: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) new version of flier for June 10-12 action in DC
Date: 29 Mar 2001 11:52:26 -0500

Dear Friends,

A new version (with a pretty cool graphic) of the flier for the June
10-12 anti-Star Wars, pro-abolition event in Washington, DC is on the
Project Abolition website at http://projectabolition.org/

Scroll down the page and click on the link for the flier, which is in
pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader) format.  Please print out the flier, make
copies and spread it far and wide, and/or send to appropriate email
lists.

Peace,

Kevin Martin
Director, Project Abolition



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From: Carah Lynn Ong <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 6/7 March 2001 ACC Conference Call
Date: 29 Mar 2001 09:50:23 -0700

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6/7 March 2001 ACC Conference Call
  Minutes

Present:  Janet Bloomfield, John Burroughs, Jackie Cabasso, Carah
Ong, Alice Slater
Apologies:  David, Akira, Alyn, Hiro
Facilitator:  Jackie
Notetaker:  Carah

Mailing
Alice and Carah gave an update on mailing.  Carah sent Stephanie
Fraser all the necessary materials to do the draft layout.  Alice
generously offered to pay Stephanie for doing the layout as well as
to mail it to all Network members.  An opinion poll, designed by
Stephanie, will also be included in the mailing.  The mailing should
go out by mid- March

Outreach Worker

27 resumes were received.  8 or 9 were interviewed, the process is
still underway, but a decision will be made soon.  Alice will keep
the ACC updated.

Open Global council Meeting

Janet has spoken with Rachel Julian who is organizing the Leeds
conference.  They have given A2K an opening on the Sunday morning,
but it would be simultaneous with a Global Network and PSR meeting.
Anyone who comes to the GN meeting from abroad, will receive an
invitation to the open GC meeting from Rachel when they register.

Alice suggested having an Abolition 2000 workshop or luncheon meeting
on Saturday for people who would like to find out more about
Abolition 2000 and may not necessarily be able to attend the open GC
meeting.  If a panel or workshop is not already set up, A2000 should
sponsor a workshop linking Star Wars and nuclear weapons.  Alice will
talk to Bruce.

Janet is also arranging with Rachel to charter a bus from Leeds to
Saffron Walden.  The Quakers have generously offered their meeting
house for two days without charge.  There are homestays available and
Janet will also coordinate Bed and Breakfast/hotel stays for those
who wish them.

John suggested inviting French colleagues.   Carah will send an
invitation to the French groups.  Carah will also repost the
invitation.

Janet will be able to further develop the invitation when she returns
to the UK.

Loose Draft Saffron Walden Agenda, 7-8 May
  (some ideas to cover during the meeting)
1.  energizing the GC
2.  incorporating the Space issue into our issue
3.  linking national campaigns
4.  upcoming SSOD
5.  brainstorm and strategize

Janet and Jackie will post a draft agenda for comment

For Next Call:
Open GC Meeting
- materials
- agenda

Email Problems

Carah reported that approximately 50 members have dropped from the
caucus in the last 3 to 4 works.  John proposed that a couple of
members of the GC work with Carah to advise and and make
recommendations for to solve this problem.  Jackie will send an open
email request to the Global Council .  Carah and Janet will meet to
find out if there is a way to find out who exactly is joining and
leaving the list.

items to discuss
-promote discussions of strategy
-reduce news item postings
-reduce action alerts
-what type of forum can we all operate in
-how to deal with members who continue to post multiple and/or
irrelevant messages

Long-term Development Worker

Jackie and Janet will continue to develop this.

Annual General Meeting

  Carah reported that IPPNW-Kenya is developing a proposal.  The ACC
will collect various proposals and discuss at the open GC meeting in
Saffron Walden.

Next Call:

3/4 April -- same time
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<div>6/7 March 2001 ACC Conference Call</div>
<div> Minutes</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Present:  Janet Bloomfield, John Burroughs, Jackie Cabasso,
Carah Ong, Alice Slater</div>
<div>Apologies:  David, Akira, Alyn, Hiro</div>
<div>Facilitator:  Jackie</div>
<div>Notetaker:  Carah</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Mailing</b></div>
<div>Alice and Carah gave an update on mailing.  Carah sent
Stephanie Fraser all the necessary materials to do the draft layout.
Alice generously offered to pay Stephanie for doing the layout as well
as to mail it to all Network members.  An opinion poll, designed
by Stephanie, will also be included in the mailing.  The mailing
should go out by mid- March</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Outreach Worker</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>27 resumes were received.  8 or 9 were interviewed, the
process is still underway, but a decision will be made soon.
Alice will keep the ACC updated.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Open Global council Meeting</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Janet has spoken with Rachel Julian who is organizing the Leeds
conference.  They have given A2K an opening on the Sunday
morning, but it would be simultaneous with a Global Network and PSR
meeting.  Anyone who comes to the GN meeting from abroad, will
receive an invitation to the open GC meeting from Rachel when they
register.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Alice suggested having an Abolition 2000 workshop or luncheon
meeting on Saturday for people who would like to find out more about
Abolition 2000 and may not necessarily be able to attend the open GC
meeting.  If a panel or workshop is not already set up, A2000
should sponsor a workshop linking Star Wars and nuclear weapons.
Alice will talk to Bruce.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Janet is also arranging with Rachel to charter a bus from Leeds
to Saffron Walden.  The Quakers have generously offered their
meeting house for two days without charge.  There are homestays
available and Janet will also coordinate Bed and Breakfast/hotel stays
for those who wish them.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>John suggested inviting French colleagues.   Carah will
send an invitation to the French groups.  Carah will also repost
the invitation.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Janet will be able to further develop the invitation when she
returns to the UK.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Loose Draft Saffron Walden Agenda</b>,<b> 7-8 May</b></div>
<div> (some ideas to cover during the meeting)</div>
<div>1.  energizing the GC</div>
<div>2.  incorporating the Space issue into our issue</div>
<div>3.  linking national campaigns</div>
<div>4.  upcoming SSOD</div>
<div>5.  brainstorm and strategize</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Janet and Jackie will post a draft agenda for comment</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>For Next Call:</div>
<div>Open GC Meeting</div>
<div>- materials</div>
<div>- agenda</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Email Problems</b></div>
<div><b><br></b></div>
<div>Carah reported that approximately 50 members have dropped from
the caucus in the last 3 to 4 works.  John proposed that a couple
of members of the GC work with Carah to advise and and make
recommendations for to solve this problem.  Jackie will send an
open email request to the Global Council .  Carah and Janet will
meet to find out if there is a way to find out who exactly is joining
and leaving the list.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>items to discuss</div>
<div>-promote discussions of strategy</div>
<div>-reduce news item postings</div>
<div>-reduce action alerts</div>
<div>-what type of forum can we all operate in</div>
<div>-how to deal with members who continue to post multiple and/or
irrelevant messages</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Long-term Development Worker</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Jackie and Janet will continue to develop this.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Annual General Meeting</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div> Carah reported that IPPNW-Kenya is developing a proposal.
The ACC will collect various proposals and discuss at the open GC
meeting in Saffron Walden.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><b>Next Call:</b></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>3/4 April -- same time</div>
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From: Carah Lynn Ong <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Top Ten Reasons the US Should Keep Nuclear Weapons
Date: 29 Mar 2001 10:44:47 -0700

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Top Ten Reasons the US Should Keep Nuclear Weapons
By Carah Ong

o  Having "smart bombs" is better than having "smart kids."
o  Not everyone in the US really NEEDS healthcare.
o  No one needs shelter in a nuclear winter.
o  What good is to be the most powerful country in world if you can't
destroy it many times over?
o  The radioactive legacy of the Nuclear Age will give cancer
researchers, doctors and environmentalists indefinite job security.
o  Since when did threatening indiscriminate mass murder become immoral?
o  Long-term, high-risk, expensive ($5.8 trillion on nuclear weapons
to date) investments ALWAYS have a good return.
o  There are many mammals on the endangered species list, humans
might as well be one of them.
o  Why cooperate with other countries when you can bomb them if you
don't get your way?
o  Incineration, radiation poisoning and cancer aren't really bad ways to die.
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By Carah Ong<br>
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o </b> Having "smart bombs" is better than having
"smart kids."<br>
<b>o </b> Not everyone in the US really NEEDS healthcare.<br>
<b>o </b> No one needs shelter in a nuclear winter.<br>
<b>o </b> What good is to be the most powerful country in world
if you can't destroy it many times over?<br>
<b>o </b> The radioactive legacy of the Nuclear Age will give
cancer researchers, doctors and environmentalists indefinite job
security.<br>
<b>o </b> Since when did threatening indiscriminate mass murder
become immoral?<br>
<b>o </b> Long-term, high-risk, expensive ($5.8 trillion on
nuclear weapons to date) investments ALWAYS have a good return.<br>
<b>o </b> There are many mammals on the endangered species list,
humans might as well be one of them.<br>
<b>o </b> Why cooperate with other countries when you can bomb
them if you don't get your way?<br>
<b>o</b>  Incineration, radiation poisoning and cancer aren't
really bad ways to die.</font></div>
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From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) announcement re new Disarmament Clearinghouse Director
Date: 29 Mar 2001 15:44:06 -0500


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Dear Friends of Project Abolition and the Disarmament Clearinghouse,

We are pleased to announce that Kathy Crandall has been hired as the new
Director of the Disarmament Clearinghouse, effective April 2.  Kathy
currently serves as a Program Associate in the Washington, DC office of
the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. In addition to over five years
of work in the D.C. disarmament community, Kathy was a grassroots
activist in Washington State in the early and mid 1990s.

You may remember Kathy served as the Disarmament Clearinghouse
Coordinator from July 1996 to March 1999.  The job has changed, as has
the focus of the Clearinghouse, which has formed a strategic partnership
with Project Abolition.

The Clearinghouse, based in the Washington, DC in the offices of
Physicians for Social Responsibility, will now focus on legislative
initiatives.  Kathy will help coordinate congressional and executive
branch education on legislative initiatives related to nuclear
disarmament, and serve as a legislative information resource for
grassroots activists.

Project Abolition, headquartered in Goshen, Indiana works with its seven
member national organizations and local grassroots groups to
strategically build the movement for the global elimination of nuclear
weapons.

One of Kathy=92s first projects will be to help coordinate the Project
Abolition/Disarmament Clearinghouse Congressional Education Days June 11
and 12 in Washington. (Information on this event is available at
www.projectabolition.org)

Kathy is a graduate of Earlham College in Indiana and received a J.D.
from the University of Colorado School of Law. We are very glad to have
her, and are sure you will be too.  Kathy=92s email address will be
[e-mail] and her phone number will be 202/898-0150.


Kevin Martin
Director
Project Abolition

Martin Butcher
Director of Security Programs
Physicians for Social Responsibility


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<p><tt>We are pleased to announce that Kathy Crandall has been hired as
the new Director of the Disarmament Clearinghouse, effective April 2.&nbs=
p;
Kathy currently serves as a Program Associate in the Washington, DC offic=
e
of the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability. In addition to over five year=
s
of work in the D.C. disarmament community, Kathy was a grassroots activis=
t
in Washington State in the early and mid 1990s.</tt>
<p><tt>You may remember Kathy served as the Disarmament Clearinghouse Coo=
rdinator
from July 1996 to March 1999.  The job has changed, as has the focus
of the Clearinghouse, which has formed a strategic partnership with Proje=
ct
Abolition.</tt>
<p><tt>The Clearinghouse, based in the Washington, DC in the offices of
Physicians for Social Responsibility, will now focus on legislative initi=
atives.
Kathy will help coordinate congressional and executive branch education
on legislative initiatives related to nuclear disarmament, and serve as
a legislative information resource for grassroots activists.</tt>
<p><tt>Project Abolition, headquartered in Goshen, Indiana works with its
seven member national organizations and local grassroots groups to strate=
gically
build the movement for the global elimination of nuclear weapons.</tt>
<p><tt>One of Kathy=92s first projects will be to help coordinate the Pro=
ject
Abolition/Disarmament Clearinghouse Congressional Education Days June 11
and 12 in Washington. (Information on this event is available at www.proj=
ectabolition.org)</tt>
<p><tt>Kathy is a graduate of Earlham College in Indiana and received a
J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law. We are very glad to
have her, and are sure you will be too.  Kathy=92s email address wil=
l
be [e-mail] and her phone number will be 202/898-0150.</=
tt>
<br>
<p><tt>Kevin Martin</tt>
<br><tt>Director</tt>
<br><tt>Project Abolition</tt>
<p><tt>Martin Butcher</tt>
<br><tt>Director of Security Programs</tt>
<br><tt>Physicians for Social Responsibility</tt>
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