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From: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: [surge] ALERT!  US/UK to Strike Afghanistan 'within days',
Date: 02 Oct 2001 08:21:36 +0100

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Get ready folks.  It may be beginning.

If the U.S. initiates a military action/strike, a rapid response anti-war
demonstration is set for 5pm the next day at the Federal Building in Times
Square in NYC. If on a weekend, the demonstration will be at 12 noon
Saturday/Sunday. There will also be a National Student Walk-Out.
<http://www.iacenter.org/ >

For those in the Bay Area, a rapid response demo is set for 5 pm the day
the bombing occurs, at Powell and Market in San Francisco.  There is also
one at 6 p.m. in Palo Alto in front of City Hall.

For other areas, http://pax.protest.net/ is trying to get a list together,
but it's not up yet.  Check there or ask your local organizers.

Of course I don't have any way to verify what this article says, but the
U.K. Guardian is a major mainstream newspaper, and probably more reliable
in these circumstances that any mainstream U.S. media. (And yes, it is
really a Guardian article -- check the URL.)

In solidarity,
Louise

>Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 21:27:44 -0700
>To: [e-mail]
>From: Eduardo Capulong <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Fw: Alert! British Newspaper Says US/UK to Strike Taliban
>  'within days'!

>>US and Britain to strike terror camps within days
>>Attacks limited to targets found by special forces
>>War on Terrorism - Observer special
>><http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4267263,00.html>
>>
>>Ed Vulliamy, Washington, Jason Burke, Peshawar, Peter Beaumont and Paul=20
>>Beaver Observer
>>
>>Sunday September 30, 2001
>>
>>Devastating attacks on bases controlled by Osama bin Laden are set to be=
=20
>>launched in the next 48 hours as part of a tightly focused military=20
>>operation approved by US President George Bush and backed by Britain.
>>
>>The strategy, which is a victory for pragmatists in both Britain and=20
>>America, is designed to kill bin Laden and his forces, and will be=20
>>launched in tandem with strikes against air and ground forces of the=20
>>Taliban regime supporting him.
>>
>>The operation, which British and US sources say could be launched as early=
=20
>>as today, would begin with air and missile strikes to destroy the=20
>>Taliban's 20-aircraft air force, remove anti-aircraft missile batteries,=
=20
>>and destroy Taliban tanks and other armour.
>>
>>In a clear sign that strikes were imminent, Bush declared last night,=20
>>after a meeting with military advisers at Camp David: 'America will act=20
>>deliberately and decisively, and the cause of freedom will prevail.'
>>
>>In a live radio address, he added: 'We did not seek this conflict, but we=
=20
>>will end it. This war will be fought wherever terrorists hide, or run, or=
=20
>>plan. Other victories will be clear to all.'
>>
>>The aim of the first phase, likely to be launched from aircraft with US=20
>>and British ships in the Arabian Sea, would be to remove any threat from=
=20
>>the Taliban for the substantial incursion that would follow.
>>
>>Sources say this would be in the form of a so-called desant operation - an=
=20
>>airborne assault deep into Taliban-held territory - led by=20
>>helicopter-carried troops of the US 82nd Airborne Division. Sources said=
=20
>>that the 101st Air Assault Division has also been ordered to be ready for=
=20
>>action.
>>
>>Also fully mobilised was the 10th Mountain Division, which would be the=20
>>main ground force in what Bush called an upcoming 'guerrilla war' fought=
=20
>>by US and British forces. Although soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division=
=20
>>are trained for low-level parachute jumps, any assault is likely be made=
=20
>>by first abseiling down fixed lines from helicopters.
>>
>>American forces would be supported by US Special Forces - including US=20
>>Army Rangers and Green Berets, and by British Special Forces. British=20
>>units understood to have been earmarked include mountain warfare cadres of=
=20
>>G-troop, 22 SAS Regiment; the Special Boat Service's Mountain Troop -=20
>>which is trained for cliff assault and Arctic warfare - and the Mountain=
=20
>>Leaders' section of 4/5 Royal Marine Commando. All are trained and=20
>>equipped to operate in mountainous terrain for periods of up to a=20
>>fortnight without being resupplied.
>>
>>The US troops are equipped with a specialised version of the Black Hawk=20
>>attack helicopter and long range MH-47 Chinooks armed with rotary cannon.=
=20
>>They would also be able to call on support from AC-130 aircraft -=20
>>nicknamed Puff the Magic Dragon - which can give ground support with an=20
>>artillery cannon in its belly.
>>
>>Initial targets earmarked for the air assault and desant operation include=
=20
>>bases controlled by the al-Qaeda around Kabul, in particular those with=20
>>usable air strips.
>>
>>Crucial evidence that links bin Laden to the terrorist attacks on New York=
=20
>>and Washington nearly three weeks ago has been obtained by The Observer .=
=20
>>A secret intelligence dossier compiled by an Arab state with a=20
>>longstanding interest in bin Laden last night revealed that at least one=
=20
>>of the 19 hijackers was trained in a camp in Afghanistan run by al-Qaeda=
=20
>>and that another is 'close to bin Laden'.
>>
>>American security sources told The Observer they believe four of the=20
>>hijackers had spent time in Afghanistan with the Taliban and possibly with=
=20
>>al-Qaeda. One, Wali Mohamed al-Sherhi, is believed to have been taught=20
>>urban warfare and terrorism in al-Farooq training camp in eastern=20
>>Afghanistan, close to the Pakistan border.
>>
>>He is thought to have left Afghanistan 18 months ago. The dossier, for the=
=20
>>first time, definitely links al-Farooq to bin Laden, naming four men who=
=20
>>are bin Laden aides who it says administer and train those at the camp.
>>
>>Back in Washington, the tight focus of the planned military operation is a=
=20
>>victory for the pragmatists in Bush's cabinet, notably Secretary of State=
=20
>>Colin Powell. Powell has been involved in a battle of wills with hawks=20
>>gathered around the figure of Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, who=
=20
>>would like to see US strikes against a wide range of targets, including=
 Iraq.
>>
>>It also follows words of caution from America's key ally, Britain. Tony=20
>>Blair has advised that the only target of military action should be bin=20
>>Laden's network and, if necessary, the Taliban.
>>
>>The location of the bases was revealed yesterday by Russian intelligence,=
=20
>>which has provided the Pentagon with the most detailed intelligence so far=
=20
>>on the network of bin Laden camps.
>>
>>The news came as British sources claimed that the Taliban was set to flood=
=20
>>the west with heroin in an attempt to destabilise its enemies.
>>
>>US Special Forces were last night already active in Afghanistan, almost=20
>>certainly involved in scouting and preparing a secure forward airbase in=
=20
>>territory held by the opposition Northern Alliance.
>>
>>There were claims from Afghanistan yesterday that a team of five US=20
>>commandos has been captured by al-Qaeda. The Qatar-based al-Jezeera=20
>>television station said al-Qaeda claimed to have captured a unit 'armed=20
>>with modern weapons and maps of al-Qaeda's bases' in the south-western=20
>>Helmand province.
>>
>>The Taliban and the Pentagon denied the report. US officials, however,=20
>>confirmed on Friday that special forces units - possibly from the US Green=
=20
>>Berets or the elite Rangers regiment - had been deployed in Afghanistan on=
=20
>>reconnaissance missions.
>>
>>They hinted that soldiers from the British SAS were also involved. The=20
>>special forces had been deployed 'in the last few days', the sources told=
=20
>>US reporters, and were there to gather information on Taliban positions=20
>>and strengths, not to search for bin Laden.
>>
>>Sources in Washington said that with British and American reconnaissance=
=20
>>and Special Operations teams already working on the ground to locate=20
>>targets with laser-guidance and sensor systems, US forces were ready to=20
>>'go into the first breach' in territory controlled by al-Qaeda.
>>
>>Planning groups at the Pentagon will now increase pressure on the White=20
>>House to expand the action to attack locations in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon,=
=20
>>with the elimination of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as 'a precondition'=
=20
>>to defeating terrorism.
>>
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------=
=20
>>--- Troops will target drugs stockpile
>>Downing Street fears the Taliban will flood the West with =A320 billion=20
>>worth of heroin
>><http://www.observer.co.uk/waronterrorism/story/0,1373,560700,00.html>
>>
>>War on Terrorism - Observer special
>>
>>Kamal Ahmed, political editor Sunday September 30, 2001 The Observer
>>
>>American and British troops are to target a =A320 billion stockpile of=
 opium=20
>>and heroin which intelligence officials believe is about to be released=20
>>onto the world market by Osama bin Laden and the Taliban authorities.=20
>>Intelligence documents circulating in Downing Street say that bin Laden=20
>>and the Taliban will use money made from the trade to fund any war against=
=20
>>the West.
>>
>>It is believed that there are up to 3,000 tonnes of opium in secret=20
>>bunkers across the north and west of Afghanistan. Such a large amount=20
>>could be used to manufacture up to 300 tonnes of heroin, enough to supply=
=20
>>the British drugs trade for 10 years.
>>
>>Downing Street officials believe that bin Laden and his al Qaeda=20
>>organisation are closely connected to a string of drug gangs which use=20
>>supply routes through Iran and Turkey into Europe and America. Nearly 90=
=20
>>per cent of the heroin sold in Britain is thought to come from=
 Afghanistan.
>>
>>Although refusing to go into specifics, Government sources said that the=
=20
>>destruction of the drugs trade was a 'long-held ambition' and that they=20
>>would be flexible in making it part of the 'war against terrorism'.
>>
>>'We want to see an end to opium production in Afghanistan,' the Prime=20
>>Minister's official spokesman said.
>>
>>It is believed that troops will focus on areas where the drugs are thought=
=20
>>to be stored around Jalalabad and the bin Laden camps of Darunta, Bhesud=
=20
>>and Khost. They will move against chemical factories which process the=20
>>drugs and farms which grow poppies as part of the military operation.
>>
>>Security sources said that all of these could also be targeted in a series=
=20
>>of air strikes when the military campaign, Operation Enduring Freedom, is=
=20
>>launched against the country.
>>
>>Last week it was reported that the Taliban had lifted their ban on the=20
>>planting of poppy fields, so that the manufacture of opium and heroin=20
>>could begin again. This is the first evidence that bin Laden and the=20
>>Taliban authorities already have a major stockpile of drugs.
>>
>>'Assessments suggest that those stocks are now being disposed of because=
=20
>>of the threat of war and the need to raise money,' the Prime Minister's=20
>>official spokesman said. 'Bin Laden has been closely involved in the=20
>>Afghan drugs trade and has encouraged major traffickers in the past to=20
>>flood Europe and the US with heroin as a means of undermining and=20
>>destabilising. There are strong grounds for believing that [he has] large=
=20
>>stockpiles of drugs himself.
>>
>>'The Taliban in the past have used money from drugs to fund military=20
>>action. Bin Laden is actively involved in the Afghan drugs trade and sees=
=20
>>these drugs as a means of undermining the West.'
>>
>>Although the Afghan border with Iran is officially closed there are a=20
>>myriad of routes between the two countries which are almost impossible to=
=20
>>close down.
>>
>>Britain has now agreed to help Iran, a long-time political enemy, in the=
=20
>>fight against drugs. During his visit to the country last week Jack Straw,=
=20
>>the Foreign Secretary, announced that the Government would give a =A3650,0=
00=20
>>grant to President Mohamed Khatami to help in counter-trafficking=
 measures.
>>
>>Downing Street played down fears that the release of such a huge amount of=
=20
>>heroin by the Taliban would flood the Western market with cheap heroin.
>>
>>'Street prices of heroin in Britain are unlikely to be affected,' the=20
>>spokesman said. 'The price didn't alter during the ban. We don't expect=20
>>there to be a flood of cheap heroin now.' He said that government policies=
=20
>>were in place to stop the drugs entering Britain.
>>
>>Under questioning, the official spokesman said that he could not divulge=
=20
>>any evidence which the Government had about the drugs. 'We cannot reveal=
=20
>>our sources but it is reliable evidence gained over many years.'
>>
>>Diplomatic sources said that an attack on the heroin trade in Afghanistan=
=20
>>held political difficulties for the Government. Officials admit that up to=
=20
>>five per cent of the heroin held in the country was under the control of=
=20
>>the Northern Alliance which America hopes will back any future military=20
>action.



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From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Senate effort to add nuclear weapons funds dropped
Date: 02 Oct 2001 16:22:03 -0400

> To: Interested Persons
>
> Re: Senate effort to add nuclear weapons funds dropped
>
>
> An effort by several Senators to add over $300 million to the nuclear
> weapons budget was dropped today (Tuesday, October 2).
>
> Senators Pete Domenici (NM), Harry Reid (NV), and Jeff Bingaman (NM) had
> filed an amendment to increase the nuclear weapons budget of the Energy
> Department by $339 million. They had hoped to offer the measure as a floor
> amendment to the defense authorization bill.
>
> However, opposition by several Senators, especially Armed Services
> Committee chairman Carl Levin (MI), led Sen. Domenici to drop his effort
> on the last day of floor debate.
>
> The Bush administration requested $5.30 billion for the nuclear weapons
> activities budget at the Energy Department for fiscal year 2002, which
> began October 1. The budget funds the work of the Los Alamos (NM), Sandia
> (NM), and Lawrence Livermore (CA) nuclear weapons labs. It also funds a
> half dozen nuclear weapons production sites scattered across the country
> and the Nevada Test Site. These facilities are used to maintain the U.S.
> nuclear arsenal.
>
> None of these funds are for nonproliferation programs, such as such as the
> "Nunn-Lugar" threat reduction initiative--to safely and securely dismantle
> and dispose of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons in the U.S.,
> Russia, and elsewhere.
>
> Earlier this year, the Senate Armed Services Committee recommended
> spending $5.45 billion for the nuclear weapons account, higher than the
> Bush administration's request. Sen. Domenici was seeking to boost that by
> $339 million.
>
> Some Senators have been suggesting that the U.S. should develop new
> nuclear weapons, especially a "mini-nuke." While this amendment did not
> specifically authorize development of a new nuclear weapon, it would have
> been a significant increase for the nuclear weapons budget.
>
> Much of the credit for this victory goes to the national and local
> organizations that organized telephone calls to Senators opposing the
> amendment.
>
>
> David Culp, Legislative Representative
> Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers)
> 245 Second Street, N.E.
> Washington, D.C.  20002-5795
> Tel: [phone], ext. 146
> Toll free: [phone], ext. 146
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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 911*  Gandhi's birthday message, "Give rise to the Genuine Law to bring peace and tranquility to the nation"
Date: 02 Oct 2001 14:11:20 -0700

"The time has come. The time has come when we can no longer
contain the urge to do something, but rush out of our houses.
The time has come to look up to heaven, prostrate ourselves to
earth, to voice our grief, and to share it with everyone" -- Nichidatsu

Giving rise to the Genuine Law to bring peace and tranquility to the nation

DCW Message of October 2, 2001 (3M-84)*  Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday:
               "I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts"

Nichidatsu's Longest Walk Speech, revised translation September 30, 2001
minor updated changes including English explanation of Risshou-ankoku as:

"Give rise to the Genuine Law to bring peace and tranquility to the nation"

Kanjin-Honzon, by Nichidatsu, on the meaning of God and of Buddha,
quoting from the precept to the Gandhi Sevasangh (service society)


His associate whom Mahatma Gandhi named "Guruji", revered
teacher, the most venerable Nichidatsu Fujii's spiritual practice
was embraced by Gandhiji who beat the Dharma drum and
chanted the prayer brought from the origin of the sun as described
below while leading the non-violent spiritual-political revolution to
success in India.  Fujii Guruji, as he was known in the West, was
born on August 6, 1885, and experienced his physical demise on
January 9, 1985.  Following the teachings and prophecies in the
Lotus Sutra of Buddha describing the Great Law, The One Law,
he went to India in the 1930's to begin the revival of Buddhism
there in its birthplace where it had become dormant, after receiving
the vision of the Dharma drum during a seven day fasting session
with no food or water or sleep for a full week.  Thereafter he
practiced this walking drum chanting prayer for the rest of his
life which his successors continue in peacewalks around the world
to awaken this innate Great Law in the minds of humankind for the
cause of "Global Peace Now!"  The name Nichidatsu in English is
"The Reach of The Sun."                    http://www.indiano.org/pagoda
Fujii Guruji study group:    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sun-reach
Hiroshima Flame Walk 2002, to the UN http://www.dharmawalk.org
Walk updates http://groups.yahoo.com/group/star-wars-dharma-walk


I witnessed Guruji's below speech delivered at the US Capitol steps,
July 16, 1978, at the conclusion of the American Indian Movement's
"Longest Walk" from San Francisco.  Uniquely among the speakers,
from the first word of his prepared speech delivered in Japanese language
and translated section by section, continuing constantly through the end of
the last sentence of its English translation when it abruptly stopped, there
was constant thunder in the distance of the overcast city of Washington DC
rolling around the 360degree perimenter of the skies -- this date was the
33rd anniversary of the first atomic bomb test, near Alamogordo, Los Alamos,
New Mexico.  After the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on his 60th
birthday, what the Hopi Prophecy predicted centuries before as the
"gourd of ashes falling on the Earth two times", ie, Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
Nichidatsu Fujii recognized these events and what they could lead to as the
fulfillment of the prophecy in the Lotus Sutra regarding the "great
conflagration when it is burning" and how, thereby inspired to revive the
custom of building the Peace Pagodas (Stupas) as an offering, to avert what
then became clearly understood as the threat of global nuclear holocaust
by giving rise to the Genuine Law, the Great Law, The One Law by which
God and nature operate in the world, the same law by which The One God
operates in the world as described by the Torah and Talmud of Judaism,
the same natural law which Einstein believed could be rendered into a
simple set of equations to describe all of physical reality, all events in
nature no matter where and no matter when, with 100% certainty, a set
of equations he termed a "unified field theory."  Along with the same
teachings which predicted this "modern age of the declined law" and its
threat of a great global conflagration, was also included the teaching of
how to avert this threat and bring about peace and tranquility through
giving rise to the Great Law (awakening the mind of humanity to its patent
existence) by "psi-phenomenological means" that focus psychically the
physical sounding of the syllables Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo.

This below speech is very important because it is one of the very few
places one will find any prominent and wise teacher of Buddhism (which
HH Dalai Lama calls a "science of the mind") discussing the very nature
and operating principle of The One God itself.  It should be noted here that
unlike other Buddhist interpretations which offer an "afterlife" of
"re-incarnation", the interpretation offered by The Prophet of The Genuine
Law, Nichiren, over 700 years ago, and experienced as fulfillment of
prophecy by his successor Nichidatsu in the 20th Century, is based on the
precept of "eternal life" on Earth.

I sincerely believe that if his speech had been understood and accepted in
1978, we would not be experiencing the war crisis that we are facing today.

The whole world is confused right now.

For any successful resolution of the misunderstandings responsible for the
September 11, 2001, attacks on America, and of the looming escalation of
hostilities portended by plans for an extended "war on terrorism", not only
must opposing religious and political viewpoints be reconciled but the very
nature of the faith and belief applied to them must first be better
understood for the absolution of prejudice, hatred and fear.

"Why would God let this happen?"  This is a common question now among
adherents to the Christian, Judaic, and Islamic Faiths who are wrestling
with doubts and secular distractions to their belief in The One God by whose
Will and according to whose Law all things happen, always, everywhere.

For adherents to religious, spiritual, and scientific disciplines who view
the human mind as the creator of their own worlds, this question becomes:
"How can the mind of humankind be brought into harmony with the natural
order so that everyone can just live together in peace and harmony."

The following speech/message is offered for examination and discussion of
the answers to these questions as they relate to the notion of the sovereign
power of the state and the very nature of the Almighty God, The One God
purportedly worshipped by Christians, Moslems and Jews alike as The God of
Abraham.

No matter what one believes is the cause of the September 11, 2001, hijack
attacks on America, no matter who or what one believes is responsible
for the underlying prejudicial hostilities extistent between followers of
seemingly conflicting religious and political ideologies and policies which
appear to be at the root of this cause, and no matter what kind of
punishment one thinks is appropriate, the key question is:

"What can be done to correct the fundamental errors in human thinking at the
root of all these, so as to not only prevent such hostilities in the future
but to thereby also bring about a true and lasting condition of peace,
justice, and prosperity throughout the various societies of human beings
inhabiting our beloved planet Earth?"

For reasons explained below I am convinced the answers to all of
these questions will soon become apparent if this message can be
spread to all parties concerned with the ramifications of
September 11, 2001.

We are at a unique point in history to effect these results, not only
because of this 9-11 "21st Century Pearl Harbor Attack" and the resultant
shock beginning to awaken human conscience, but also because we are
approaching in 84 days the December 25, 2001, traditionally observed
2000th birthday anniversary of Jesus of Nazareth who is called Christ by
Christians and who is regarded both as a Prophet of Islam and also as a Jew.

If the protagonists in this upcoming military escalation portending a Third
World War, with the unimaginable potential consequences of a global nuclear
holocaust, really want to resolve human belligerencies then a "Global
Cessation of Hostilities" should be immediately declared worldwide to last
until this date where every flag on every flagpole around the world is flown
from now until then at half-mast in consideration of mourning, remorse,
repentence, and of the message of peace and love propounded by this
Great Sage of Humankind whose birth is the very basis of the prevalently
used arbitrary calendar of the modern world.

In this way all of humanity might best use the balance of these next short
three months to deeply reflect, meditate, pray, council, discuss, and
understand what needs to be better understood and done to make sure that
nothing like what happened on September 11, 2001, or on August 6 & 9, 1945,
will ever happen again in human history.   In this way we might reach this
date, which "technically" marks the end of the Second Millennium and the
beginning of the Third Millennium after this traditionially observed
birthdate, with a deeper understanding of the kinship in God's image of all
humankind related to all life on Earth as one family of life, Our Family of
Life.

During this time in respect of this United Nations declared "Decade of
Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century" humanity might better
study the overlooked relevant deep messages of the past from saints,
sages, scientists, and religious teachers of all denominations, as well as
historical precedents for such a culture of peace begun by violent peoples
who changed, simply by understanding and embracing the Great Law of
peace, into leaders of long-lasting peaceful cultures such as the ancient
indigenous Iroquois Six Nations Confederacy and the 500 year period of
no war, no crime, and no violence begun in the reign of ancient India's
King Ashoka.

Certainly if human beings can put a man on the moon we can understand these
things if we calmly take the time to examine and study them carefully.

--- above introduction/message by DC Williams





The Longest Walk

By the Most Venerable Nichidatsu Fujii

July 16, 1978 in Washington D. C.

Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo
Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo
Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo

Here at Washington DC in North America, the great gathering of The Longest
Walk is taking place today.  This walk began on February 11th this year from
a small island in the San Francisco Bay.  The walkers tread through
uninhabited deserts, slept in 12,000 feet snow covered mountains, walked
against strong wind and rain, and finally have arrived in Washington DC in
the face of all hardship without a single dropout after covering 30 to 80
kilometers a day.  The forefathers of the Native Americans were repeatedly
forced to walk westward by the violence of the European refugees who landed
on the East Coast.  Every single one of these walks left a trail of tears, a
trail of blood.  Women and children were slaughtered, and many died of
starvation and the frigid weather.  It is said that approximately 20 million
people were sacrificed.  Currently, the United States of America is
introducing a series of bad bills to abuse the power of the state in an
attempt to annihilate the surviving Indian population. The Indian people
have widely appealed to the world community their just cause in a truly
spiritual way to protect their right to survival.  They have organized The
Longest Walk in hope to push aside the violence of the US government with
nonviolence.

Historically, the modern state is built on a superstition known as the
"reason d' Etat (reason of state)".  Its supreme principle of conduct is
defined by need and convenience in sustaining the state's status quo. If
this is the case, the state deems itself sanctioned to disregard various
laws and statues, morals and religion in the name of preserving and
fortifying itself.  All the laws and statutes and social morals have value
only to the extent that they are considered to be useful in preserving and
reinforcing the state.  The sovereign power of the state is affirmed as
sacred.  The Machiavellian realism in politics, which is craftiness,
duplicity and manipulation, allow laws to be disregarded as well as
deliberately misinterpreted.

Another characteristic of the modern state is in the use of Christian
missionaries, who originally should be advocates of peace, as proxies of
state power in igniting various wars.  The ill reputation of Christian
missionaries is due to their association with state power that they served.
Even the use of nuclear weapons would have to be accepted if we are to
embrace the superstition of reason d' Etat, the myth of the sacredness of
the sovereign state.  Under this rational the United States used nuclear
weapons in Asia, and subsequently has been repeatedly blackmailing the rest
of humanity without hesitation by publicly referring to their possible use.
If there is land White America needs, everyone who lives there must
evacuate.  Just as hares and snakes are driven away, so are the people who
reside there.  This is what is known as the American pioneering spirit.
This thinking that derives from the myth of state sovereignty leads to
violent acts.  Dignity and independence of the Native American nations were
denied by violent acts committed under state sovereignty.  How could these
people whose very survival is at stake not see this state as their sworn
enemy?

On November 24, 1961, the United Nations General Assembly presented "The
Declaration on Banning the Use of Nuclear Weapons".  It says: "Believing
that the use of weapons of mass destruction, such as nuclear and
thermo-nuclear weapons, is a direct negation of the high ideals and
objective which the United Nations has been established to achieve through
the protection of succeeding generations from the scourge of war and through
the preservation and promotion of their cultures, declares that the use of
nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons would exceed even the scope of war and
cause indiscriminate suffering and destruction to mankind and civilization
and, as such, is contrary to the rules of international law and to the laws
of humanity; the use of nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons is a war directed
not against an enemy or enemies alone but also against mankind in general,
since the peoples of the world not involved in such a war will be subjected
to all the evils generated by the use of such weapons.  Any state using
nuclear and thermo-nuclear weapons is to be considered as violating the
Charter of the United Nations, as acting contrary to the laws of humanity
and as committing a crime against mankind and civilization."

On August 6, 1945 in Hiroshima, and on August 9 in Nagasaki, humanity
experienced the very first calamity of the atomic bombing.  It was this
country, the United States, who unleashed these bombs.  The then Commander
in Chief, General MacArthur, praised the achievements of the atomic bombing
claiming that it quickened the termination of the war.  He later further
explained that the atomic bombing was necessary to protect the many lives of
young American solders.  No one in the United States acknowledged the
criminality of the atomic bombing.  In reckless intoxication with the
ecstasy of victory and worshipping nuclear weapons as guardians of peace,
the United States devoted itself with fervor to the development, production
and stockpiling of nuclear weapons even after the war.  Regardless of the
enormity of the disaster that nuclear weapons cause humanity, the American
people accepted the sacredness of nuclear weapons because they were
supported by justification of righteousness that they are for the sake of
"national security" and "in the interest of the people."

At the 32nd General Assembly of the United Nations in 1977, Dr. Waldheim,
Secretary General of the United Nations, called for the opening of the
United Nations Special Session on Disarmament, saying that "The threat of
self destruction by nuclear war is the greatest danger confronting the
world.  The enormous amount of stockpiling and accuracy of nuclear weapons
are further enhancing the danger of the final annihilation of mankind.  It
has become more evident that the effective security cannot be obtained by
the expansion of arms.  The very basis which can eliminate the cause of
tension and conflicts, and establish reciprocal international cooperation,
can be found in disarmament."

The United States has already used nuclear weapons.  Not a single human soul
will praise her victory.  History shall eternally condemn the criminality of
the atomic bombing by the United States.  The United States is firstly, a
violator of the UN Charter.  Secondly, it is a violator of humanity.
Thirdly, it is an enemy to humanity that could bring calamity to the whole
of humankind.  Fourthly, it is a criminal capable of destroying
civilization.  When we look at world affairs we should not merely see them
in the context of their current gloomy situation.  The world situation is by
no means static which remains the same; it can always be changed.  Today
with the extreme development of nuclear weapons and humanity's knowledge of
them, the only way to prevent humanity from the catastrophe it faces is to
eliminate war itself.  We must work with all our might for complete
disarmament. General and complete disarmament is no longer an exercise of
the mind, but is the most realistic solution.  We are about to bury the era
of warfare, the era of violence, the era of murder and destruction.

No measures that are taken in anticipation of possible future conflicts or
war will enable us to build true peace.  The issue that takes precedence
over all others to create genuine peace is the issue of removing fear and
mistrust among confronting modern nations.  Elimination of fear and mistrust
is a purely spiritual issue, which religions have repeatedly taught from
ancient times.  When we believe in the Almighty God our fear shall
disappear.  We believe in the Almighty God to dispel our fear.  We fear
others when we suspect they are evil.  If we believe in the goodness of
others we will no longer fear them.   We do not believe in God because we
have seen His omnipotence.  We seek to see God's omnipotence by believing
in Him.  We do not believe in the goodness of others because we have seen
their goodness.  When we believe in the goodness of others we can dispel our
own fear and we become capable of having amicable associations with them.
Believing in the omnipotence of God whom we cannot actually see is a
disciplinary practice of the mind enabling us to believe in the goodness in
others, which we cannot see.

Once we deny the belief of the absolute state sovereignty, and after we
eliminate all armament including nuclear weapons and completely bring an end
to war, we must create a new civilization and an era of perpetual peace.
However, the people who will be there are the same people who were dependent
on self-defense through arms.  The most important thing required is the
spiritual foundation for disarmament, namely, acts of conscience as human
beings.   The development in science served to construct the civilization of
material yet incurred the crisis of annihilation of humanity.  The myth of
absolute state sovereignty is another spiritual ailment, which is a result
of heightened arrogance and avarice.  No matter how much we change systems
or bring our minds together, there is no prospect in dispelling mutual fear
and mistrust unless people open up their gate to spiritual change.
Spiritual transformation is nothing to be ashamed of.  Buddhism teaches that
when we free ourselves from delusions we become enlightened.

The civilization of the new era, the era of perpetual peace, will be the
spiritual civilization.  The universal core of the spiritual civilization is
the civilization of religion.

Maha Bodhisattva Nichiren called this Risshou-ankoku (give rise to the
Genuine Law to bring peace and tranquility to the nation).  The religious
faith that the Native Americans have carried down to this day will be the
fountainhead for creating lasting peace in the future.  While no one visits
the graves of General MacArthur or Harry Truman today, tens of thousands of
people gather and mourn the sacrifice of Hiroshima and Nagasaki each year.

Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo
Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo
Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo

(Speech delivered by Fujii Guruji in Washington D.C. on July 16, 1978)
Translation revised on 9/30/01 by Yumiko Miyazaki

___________________________________________________

     "Kanjin-Honzon"

     by the The Most Venerable Nichidatsu Fujii --


-- ( From the "precept to the Gandhi Sevasangh"):

"We are said to be human through gradual steps of nature.  However, we were
born as human beings to meet God which exists in our minds.  In fact, this
differentiates man from animal existence.  To meet God is a privilege given
to all those who have life.

 We can not perceive God unless we are willing to abandon
our physical brutality and awaken as well as develop the spirit of
nonviolence and truth which is hidden in the minds of individuals.  We can
only meet God through faith."

   -- ( From the "precept to the Gandhi Sevasangh")


According to the theory of evolution man evolved from apes.
Bestiality is therefore said to be an inherent part of human
beings.  Yet, the characteristics of the evolved man are in his
ability to reflect, to attempt to control and become free from his
physical desires and beastliness, and to discover the sublime
God which is invisible and hidden in one's mind and to
worship it.  This act is called religion.  Spiritual life is what
makes man unique.  It is not seen in any other animals beside
man.  Progress and development in human society is marked
by the distinguishing measure of discovering God and the
profound pursuit of Truth.   Recently, progress in human
society has been in materials alone.  Progress in the true sense
must be spiritual.  There is a difference.  If it is shallow the
society becomes brutal; if it is deep it becomes peaceful.
Gandhiji said that to discover God and to worship God
becomes possible based on spiritual faith that originates from
developing the spirit of nonviolence and pursuit of truth which
are hidden in one's mind.

Sakyamuni Buddha was the most highly esteemed being
in the human world.  He was born, lived and died in the human
world.  He is revered because while he lived a life like anyone
else he attained Buddhahood of peerless dignity.  The innate
quality that leads to Buddhahood just like Sakyamuni Buddha
is inherent in the mind of every person.  This is called the
"Buddha nature".   Lord Sakyamuni Buddha preached in the
Maha-Parinivarna Sutra that all living creatures posses
Buddha nature.   Sakyamuni  Buddha is a manifestation of the
Buddha nature in a human body in it's fullest way.

Buddha nature does not imply that there is a Buddha
within our minds awaiting to become complete.  It is a Buddha
immemorial, yet it's transcendental power and light are yet to
manifest in the human mind.   When we believe in the presence
of the eternal Buddha who resides in our minds, the purpose
of our lives becomes dignified.  We will see no reason to be
arrogant to anyone, and it would become natural for us to
venerate others.  The ancient Buddha in our mind and the
ancient Buddha in the minds of others are one and the same.

When the Buddha in our minds worships the Buddha in the
minds of others, in turn the Buddha in the minds of others
worships the Buddha who resides within us.  When we bow in
veneration towards the mirror, our reflection in the mirror
bows back.  Veneration between oneself and others becomes
one and inseparable.  That is when peace becomes a reality and
there would be no war.  The voice of our ancient Buddha was
recorded as 84 thousand Sutras expounded through the mouth
of the World Honored One, Sakyamuni Buddha.  However, the
modern civilization cannot hear or see a single phrase or
gatha.  Herein lies the grief and agony of the modern civilization.

"And wishing to see the Buddha
 With all their hearts,
 They do not spare their lives ..."

 ------from The Lotus Sutra Chapter 16
       "The Eternal Life of the Tathagata"

This half gatha is where the spiritual civilization originated
from.  Human beings are not animals of mere physical
existence made of flesh.  The undivided heart and mind
wishing  to see the invisible God, one's ancient Buddha, the
Truth of Peace, becomes God, the Truth and the ancient
Buddha.  Maha Bodhisattva Nichiren taught that the Buddha is
in the earnestness to see the Buddha.  The earnestness of the
heart and mind to see the Buddha is the privilege of man
Gandhiji referred to.   This is spiritual activity.

(translation revised by Yumiko Miyazaki on 10/5/00 )

___________________________________________________
Nichidatsu Fujii speeches, teachings, study and discussion group,
see "Nuclear Technologies and the Future of Humanity" for discussion
of freedom, money, moral codes, and correcting human thinking:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sun-reach

Fujii Guruji and Peace Pagoda (Stupa) website
http://www.indiano.org/pagoda

Peace Walks continuing his walking drum chanting prayer practice
to give rise to the Great Law to bring peace and tranquility to the nation
http://www.dharmawalk.org

HIROSHIMA FLAME WALK 2002, Seattle to UN starting January 15th
Latest updates, related messages, and coordination list
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/star-wars-dharma-walk

Rev. Dr. Yusen Yamato: Blue Mountain Never Move, White Cloud Come
Global Peace Walk 1995, 2000, to United Nations; annually to Taos NM
Global Peace Zone Project, messages from city mayors, et al
Sustainable Zen Global Agricultural Community Network
http://www.globalpeacenow.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/global-peace-walk

Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy   http://www.sixnations.org

Hopi Declaration of Peace, Thomas Banyacya
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/global-peace-walk/message/22

Additional Hopi Messages  http://www.timesoft.com/hopi

Annual Summer Solstice World Peace and Prayer Day
Indigenous Teachings of the Sacred Pipe of Peace
http://www.worldpeaceday.com

American Indian Movement Spiritual Leader Leonard Peltier,
Famous United States Political Prisoner, America's Nelson Mandela,
27years and still imprisoned on acknowledged falsified evidence.
Executive Clemency for Peltier a required gesture to correct America
http://www.freepeltier.org

Information on the ongoing American Indian Genocide, at
Big Mountain to access more coal and uranium for the energy industry
http://www.theofficenet.com/~redorman/pagea~1.htm
http://www.blackmesais.org

Suppressed New-Energy Technologies to replace nuclear & fossil fuels
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/new-energy-solutions

Science and Technology in Society and Public Policy
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dcwilliams

Towards a Science of Consciousness and a Global Green Democracy
Dr. Brian O'Leary, PhD, http://www.independence.net/oleary
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/global-green-democracy

The Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act:
Peace Through Reason  http://www.prop1.org

Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
October 13, 2001, Global Rallies http://www.globenet.free-online.co.uk

International Action Center for Global Peace and Social Justice
http://www.iacenter.org

Eliminating unfathomable corruption behind the American Drug War
http://www.copvcia.com and behind the still-ongoing, since 1937:
Hemp-Cannabis-Marijuana Prohibition Conspiracy Fraud
http://www.jackherer.com    *   http://www.chrisconrad.com

Movement for a natural-time-cycle Global Peace Now Calendar
http://www.thirteenmoon.org

Justice for Tibet  http://www.rangzen.com

"I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts"
The World Teacher  http://www.sathyasai.org
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/india96.html

*911 Solution: Love All, Serve All, and Relate to All, as
One Global Human Family -- a Rainbow Family of Living Light
http://www.welcomehome.org

The Third Millennium Project (*84 days before 2000th Christmas)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/third-millennium-project

Jerusalem Peace Walk and Council, December 25, 2001
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jerusalem-peace-walk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jerusalem-peace-walk

Torahkum: "The Law Stands Up"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kingdom-of-jerusalem-israel
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/history.html

Tetron Natural Unified Field Theory, by DC Williams
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gcsc-csun/message/6


---palms together bowing to all human beings

David Crockett Williams, October 2, 2001 (3M-84)*
Responsible American Citizen
an American Peace Movement member
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/an-american-peace-movement


Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo
Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo
Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo





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From: Daniel Moss <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Please sign on -- Letter to Senator Paul
Date: 02 Oct 2001 20:08:54 -0700 (PDT)

add Daniel Moss, Nuclear Free Australia
in Melbourne Australia to the endorements if you want

--- "Harry Rogers" <[e-mail]>
> wrote:
>
>
>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Harry Rogers</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nuclear Issues Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carolina Peace Resource Center</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Columbia SC</FONT></DIV>
><BLOCKQUOTE
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>  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
>  <DIV
>  style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
>  <A title=[e-mail] href="mailto:[e-mail]">Ellen Thomas</A> </DIV>
>  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=[e-mail]
>  href="mailto:[e-mail]">NucNews</A> </DIV>
>  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 04, 2001 7:35
>  PM</DIV>
>  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> (abolition-usa) Please sign on
>  -- Letter to Senator Paul Wellstone</DIV>
>  <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Century>Hi.  I'm writing to ask you please to
>  sign yourself and/or your organization on to the following letter in support
>  of U.S. House of Representatives bill HR-2503, the "Nuclear Disarmament and
>  Economic Conversion Act."  Please see <A
>  href="http://prop1.org/prop1/prop1.htm"
>  eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org/prop1/prop1.htm</A> for more
>  information.<BR><BR>If you support this concept, no matter where you're from,
>  please hit the reply button and give us your endorsement.  This could
>  help a great deal.<BR><BR>Last year we received endorsements from 43
>  organizations on a letter to the Senators.  See <A
>  href="http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm"
>  eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm</A>. Hopefully we will do
>  as well or better with this year's effort to get the idea introduced into the
>  Senate.  We also need to get HR-2503 out of the U.S. House International
>  Relations and Armed Services Committees, and onto the floor for discussion and
>  vote.  Your help is much needed.<BR><BR>Thanks for a quick
>  reply....<BR><BR>Ellen Thomas<BR><BR>------------ Letter to Senator Paul
>  Wellstone of Minnesota, for Sign-On -----------<BR><BR>September,
>  2001<BR><BR>Senator Paul
>  Wellstone<X-TAB>  </X-TAB><X-TAB>        </X-TAB><X-TAB>        </X-TAB>Fax:
>  202-224-8438<BR>Secretary of Energy  <BR>717 Hart
>  SOB
>  <X-TAB>     </X-TAB><BR>Washington, D.C.
>  20510<X-TAB> </X-TAB><BR><BR>Dear Senator Wellstone:<BR><BR>We found it
>  surprising when one of your aides said recently that he thinks introducing a
>  Senate version of HR-2503, the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion
>  Act," is an "impractical" idea.   See <A
>  href="http://prop1.org/prop1/hr2503.htm"
>  eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org/prop1/hr2503.htm</A>. <BR><BR>Last year one
>  of your aides said that you would probably support Delegate Norton's "Nuclear
>  Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act" if Jesse Helms weren't Chairman of
>  the Foreign Relations Committee.  He said that you were concerned about
>  veterans' issues, primarily, but might be convinced that this bill was worth
>  co-introducing with other Senators.  Jesse Helms is no longer Chairman of
>  the Foreign Relations Committee.  If we can tell other Senators that you
>  will co-introduce with them, this will help us get further support.<BR><BR>To
>  respond to the aide's dismissal that the idea is "impractical":  187
>  countries, including the U.S., promised in May, 2000, to abolish nuclear
>  weapons, but haven't set a date.  Our purpose here is to make it happen,
>  to make global nuclear disarmament the LAW.  Treaties aren't enforceable
>  unless backed by national laws.  National laws rarely happen without
>  regional or local initiatives.  We have proven that most people from
>  every region of the country and the Earth favor global nuclear
>  disarmament.  This is do-able.  It requires visionary thinking, a
>  touch of faith, and a large portion of hope.  What else is America
>  about?<BR><BR>Let me explain how HR-2503 would work.  It would be a
>  statement to the world that the U.S. is serious about global nuclear
>  disarmament.  It is a promise that the U.S. will get rid of its nuclear
>  weapons IF everyone else does; and will use the money saved to shut down and
>  clean up the nuclear weapons industries, and to begin converting other war
>  industries into something good for society.  For example, instead of
>  building missiles and bombs, factories could be retooled and people could be
>  paid to mass-produce solar panels, windmills, hydrogen fuel cells ... an
>  entirely new, massively profitable industry which can transform all our
>  societies.  No one need lose.  HR-2503 is entirely a win-win
>  idea.  <BR><BR>I would like a personal meeting, as a fellow Minnesotan,
>  to discuss this.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Ellen Thomas<BR>Executive
>  Director<BR></FONT><FONT face=Century size=2>PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE<BR>PO
>  BOX 27217, WASHINGTON, DC 20038 USA<BR>202-462-0757-- (voice)  |
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From: Carol Wolman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Please sign on -- Letter to Senator PaulWellstone
Date: 02 Oct 2001 22:12:40 +0000

The Nuclear Peace Action Group endorses this letter.  Peace,  Carol Wolman

Daniel Moss wrote:

> add Daniel Moss, Nuclear Free Australia
> in Melbourne Australia to the endorements if you want
>
> --- "Harry Rogers" <[e-mail]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Harry Rogers</FONT></DIV>
> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nuclear Issues Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carolina Peace Resource Center</FONT></DIV>
> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Columbia SC</FONT></DIV>
> ><BLOCKQUOTE
> >style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
> >  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
> >  <DIV
> >  style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
> >  <A title=[e-mail] href="mailto:[e-mail]">Ellen Thomas</A> </DIV>
> >  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=[e-mail]
> >  href="mailto:[e-mail]">NucNews</A> </DIV>
> >  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 04, 2001 7:35
> >  PM</DIV>
> >  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> (abolition-usa) Please sign on
> >  -- Letter to Senator Paul Wellstone</DIV>
> >  <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Century>Hi.  I'm writing to ask you please to
> >  sign yourself and/or your organization on to the following letter in support
> >  of U.S. House of Representatives bill HR-2503, the "Nuclear Disarmament and
> >  Economic Conversion Act."  Please see <A
> >  href="http://prop1.org/prop1/prop1.htm"
> >  eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org/prop1/prop1.htm</A> for more
> >  information.<BR><BR>If you support this concept, no matter where you're from,
> >  please hit the reply button and give us your endorsement.  This could
> >  help a great deal.<BR><BR>Last year we received endorsements from 43
> >  organizations on a letter to the Senators.  See <A
> >  href="http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm"
> >  eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm</A>. Hopefully we will do
> >  as well or better with this year's effort to get the idea introduced into the
> >  Senate.  We also need to get HR-2503 out of the U.S. House International
> >  Relations and Armed Services Committees, and onto the floor for discussion and
> >  vote.  Your help is much needed.<BR><BR>Thanks for a quick
> >  reply....<BR><BR>Ellen Thomas<BR><BR>------------ Letter to Senator Paul
> >  Wellstone of Minnesota, for Sign-On -----------<BR><BR>September,
> >  2001<BR><BR>Senator Paul
> >  Wellstone<X-TAB>  </X-TAB><X-TAB>        </X-TAB><X-TAB>        </X-TAB>Fax:
> >  202-224-8438<BR>Secretary of Energy  <BR>717 Hart
> >  SOB
> >  <X-TAB>     </X-TAB><BR>Washington, D.C.
> >  20510<X-TAB> </X-TAB><BR><BR>Dear Senator Wellstone:<BR><BR>We found it
> >  surprising when one of your aides said recently that he thinks introducing a
> >  Senate version of HR-2503, the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion
> >  Act," is an "impractical" idea.   See <A
> >  href="http://prop1.org/prop1/hr2503.htm"
> >  eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org/prop1/hr2503.htm</A>. <BR><BR>Last year one
> >  of your aides said that you would probably support Delegate Norton's "Nuclear
> >  Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act" if Jesse Helms weren't Chairman of
> >  the Foreign Relations Committee.  He said that you were concerned about
> >  veterans' issues, primarily, but might be convinced that this bill was worth
> >  co-introducing with other Senators.  Jesse Helms is no longer Chairman of
> >  the Foreign Relations Committee.  If we can tell other Senators that you
> >  will co-introduce with them, this will help us get further support.<BR><BR>To
> >  respond to the aide's dismissal that the idea is "impractical":  187
> >  countries, including the U.S., promised in May, 2000, to abolish nuclear
> >  weapons, but haven't set a date.  Our purpose here is to make it happen,
> >  to make global nuclear disarmament the LAW.  Treaties aren't enforceable
> >  unless backed by national laws.  National laws rarely happen without
> >  regional or local initiatives.  We have proven that most people from
> >  every region of the country and the Earth favor global nuclear
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From: Joan Russow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) KOFI ANNAN HAS FAILED TO STRESS  THE RULE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
Date: 03 Oct 2001 21:00:49 +0000



KOFI ANNAN HAS FAILED TO STRESS  THE RULE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has again too quickly accepted
the use of force as a solution to "international Peace and security"
.Rather than advocating  the bringing of the matter of terrorism to the
international Court of Justice, he has interpreted "the right to defend" in
section 51 of the Charter as being the right to use force. (Interview,
Radio International, October 3, 2001)

It is well known that the United States was strongly opposed to Bhoutros
Bhoutos Ghali's continuing as Secretary General of the United Nations, and
that the United States came out strongly in support of Kofi Annan.

Eric Rouleau (1996) in an article  entitled "the US and world hegemony why
Washington wants rid of Mr Boutros-Ghali", stated:

""Prior to the 1991 elections, President Bush was warned by a psychological
profile contained in a CIA report that Mr Boutros-Ghali [a professor of
international law] was 'uncontrollable' and 'unpredictable'. He was quite
the opposite of the kind of person the US administration wanted to see
heading a United Nations..".

Rouleau also noted that "....Mrs Albright said that the Secretary-General
was trying to increase his powers. His proposals, especially for a system
of "preventive diplomacy" to avert confrontations... were considered
completely out of place. æMr Boutros-Ghali would do better to confine
himself to acting as the UN's chief administrative officerÆ, Mrs Albright
venomously warned in a speech on 25 June 1995. In other words, all-powerful
America only wanted to deal with an ordinary bureaucrat, who would, by
definition, have to obey or resign".

Boutros Boutros Ghali also appeared to perceive the United Nations as an
international force not subservient to NATO

It would appear, on the other hand,  that Secretary General Kofi Annan has
perpetuated the notion of partnership with NATO rather than recognize that
NATO as a military organization ( with a first strike nuclear policy-an
anathema to the prevention of the scourge of war), must be subservient to
the United Nations and to the rule of international law.

In  Jan 1999 rather than calling for use of the International Court of
Justice, and respect for the international rule of law,  Kofi Annan,
legitimized the use of force by saying " The bloody wars of the last decade
have left us with no illusions about the difficulty of halting internal
conflicts - by reason or by force - particularly against the wishes of the
government of a sovereign state. But nor have they left us with any
illusions about the need to use force, when all other means have failed. We
may be reaching that limit, once again, in the former Yugoslavia"

Kofi Annan was in the Hague when the former Yugoslavia took ten of the NATO
countries to the International Court of Justice in May 1999 for violation
of international law. Two well respected international lawyers, Ian Bromley
(the Oxford Professor who won the case for Nicaragua against the US's use
of land mines-a decision that the US refused to respect) and Jean Puy,
former legal adviser to the Secretary General of the United Nations acted
on behalf of the former Yugoslavia.. Both lawyers were arguing that NATO
was in violation of international law as a result of its actions in the
former Yugoslavia. The NATO countries, including the United States, Canada,
France, Germany, Spain .. all stood before the Court and refused to accept
its jurisdiction. Kofi Annan was in The Hague at the same time when he
spoke at the Peace Conference and mentioned nothing about the importance of
respecting the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.

 Kofi Annan who had previously served as a Special Envoy to NATO, has
stated that he  ôgreatly valued the bonds between the two organizationsö
and has maintained his  long standing support of NATO.  NATO, with its
first strike nuclear policy contravenes the  decision of the International
Court of Justice that the use or the threat to use nuclear weapons was
contrary to international humanitarian law and on that basis alone the
disbanding of NATO would be justified.

Kofi Annan though calling for Peace has often treated NATO which only
represents 19 states as being  on an equal footing with the United Nations
that represents 183 states and as being above the rule of international law:

Kofi Annan appears to be misinterpreting the UN Charter by stating that
Article 51 which does support the right for a state to defend itself that
this Article justifies military intervention by the US or the collective
force of NATO. Again Kofi Annan has failed, as he did in the case of the
former Yugoslavia,  to call for adherence to the most fundamental principle
in the Charter of the United Nations: the prevention of the scourge of war.
Kofi Annan should have above all demanded that the United States go to the
International Court of Justice.

Joan Russow PhD
Global Compliance Research Project
1 250 598-0071



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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) LACKEY ANNAN  HAS FAILED TO STRESS  THE RULE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
Date: 04 Oct 2001 08:35:35 -0500

In his memoirs on Bosnia, Richard Holbrooke brags that the United States
government got Annan the job because he did what they told him to do on
Bosnia--Lackey Annan. Apparently, he is up for the Nobel Peace Prize. I
certainly hope that someone brings Joan's post to the attention of the Nobel
Committee. This guy deserves a booby prize.fab.

Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954(voice)
217-244-1478(fax)
[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>



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Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 4:01 PM
INTERNATIONAL LAW




KOFI ANNAN HAS FAILED TO STRESS  THE RULE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has again too quickly accepted
the use of force as a solution to "international Peace and security"
.Rather than advocating  the bringing of the matter of terrorism to the
international Court of Justice, he has interpreted "the right to defend" in
section 51 of the Charter as being the right to use force. (Interview,
Radio International, October 3, 2001)

It is well known that the United States was strongly opposed to Bhoutros
Bhoutos Ghali's continuing as Secretary General of the United Nations, and
that the United States came out strongly in support of Kofi Annan.

Eric Rouleau (1996) in an article  entitled "the US and world hegemony why
Washington wants rid of Mr Boutros-Ghali", stated:

""Prior to the 1991 elections, President Bush was warned by a psychological
profile contained in a CIA report that Mr Boutros-Ghali [a professor of
international law] was 'uncontrollable' and 'unpredictable'. He was quite
the opposite of the kind of person the US administration wanted to see
heading a United Nations..".

Rouleau also noted that "....Mrs Albright said that the Secretary-General
was trying to increase his powers. His proposals, especially for a system
of "preventive diplomacy" to avert confrontations... were considered
completely out of place. 'Mr Boutros-Ghali would do better to confine
himself to acting as the UN's chief administrative officer', Mrs Albright
venomously warned in a speech on 25 June 1995. In other words, all-powerful
America only wanted to deal with an ordinary bureaucrat, who would, by
definition, have to obey or resign".

Boutros Boutros Ghali also appeared to perceive the United Nations as an
international force not subservient to NATO

It would appear, on the other hand,  that Secretary General Kofi Annan has
perpetuated the notion of partnership with NATO rather than recognize that
NATO as a military organization ( with a first strike nuclear policy-an
anathema to the prevention of the scourge of war), must be subservient to
the United Nations and to the rule of international law.

In  Jan 1999 rather than calling for use of the International Court of
Justice, and respect for the international rule of law,  Kofi Annan,
legitimized the use of force by saying " The bloody wars of the last decade
have left us with no illusions about the difficulty of halting internal
conflicts - by reason or by force - particularly against the wishes of the
government of a sovereign state. But nor have they left us with any
illusions about the need to use force, when all other means have failed. We
may be reaching that limit, once again, in the former Yugoslavia"

Kofi Annan was in the Hague when the former Yugoslavia took ten of the NATO
countries to the International Court of Justice in May 1999 for violation
of international law. Two well respected international lawyers, Ian Bromley
(the Oxford Professor who won the case for Nicaragua against the US's use
of land mines-a decision that the US refused to respect) and Jean Puy,
former legal adviser to the Secretary General of the United Nations acted
on behalf of the former Yugoslavia.. Both lawyers were arguing that NATO
was in violation of international law as a result of its actions in the
former Yugoslavia. The NATO countries, including the United States, Canada,
France, Germany, Spain .. all stood before the Court and refused to accept
its jurisdiction. Kofi Annan was in The Hague at the same time when he
spoke at the Peace Conference and mentioned nothing about the importance of
respecting the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.

 Kofi Annan who had previously served as a Special Envoy to NATO, has
stated that he  "greatly valued the bonds between the two organizations"
and has maintained his  long standing support of NATO.  NATO, with its
first strike nuclear policy contravenes the  decision of the International
Court of Justice that the use or the threat to use nuclear weapons was
contrary to international humanitarian law and on that basis alone the
disbanding of NATO would be justified.

Kofi Annan though calling for Peace has often treated NATO which only
represents 19 states as being  on an equal footing with the United Nations
that represents 183 states and as being above the rule of international law:

Kofi Annan appears to be misinterpreting the UN Charter by stating that
Article 51 which does support the right for a state to defend itself that
this Article justifies military intervention by the US or the collective
force of NATO. Again Kofi Annan has failed, as he did in the case of the
former Yugoslavia,  to call for adherence to the most fundamental principle
in the Charter of the United Nations: the prevention of the scourge of war.
Kofi Annan should have above all demanded that the United States go to the
International Court of Justice.

Joan Russow PhD
Global Compliance Research Project
1 250 598-0071



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>Labor Against War welcomes all supporters at this event.
>
>Thanks!
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>
>        PRESS ADVISORY
>
>        For immediate release:  October 3, 2001
>        Contact:  Michael Letwin 212.343.0708 or Ray Laforest
>212.219.0022
>
>        NYC LABOR AGAINST WAR
>
>        WHAT:    NYC labor press conference against war, and in
>support of October 7 antiwar rally, 3 p.m., Union Square
>
>        TIME:    Thursday, October 4, 12 Noon.
>
>        PLACE:  Union Square, north side of 14 Street.
>
>        WHO:     Labor Against War, an ad hoc coalition in response to
>the September 11 tragedy, supported by more than 100 union members
>(in their individual capacity) in New York City, including the
>following eight union presidents:  Larry Adams, National Postal Mail
>Handlers Union Local 300; Barbara Bowen, Professional Staff Congress-
>CUNY/AFT Local 2334; Arthur Cheliotes, Communication Workers of
>America Local 1180; Michael Letwin, Association of Legal Aid
>Attorneys/UAW Local 2325; Jill Levy, Council of Supervisors and
>Administrators, NYS Federation of School Administrators, American
>Federation of School Administrators Local 1; Maida Rosenstein, UAW
>Local 2110; Brenda Stokely, AFSCME Local 215, DC 1707; Jonathan
>Tasini, National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981.
>
>        PRINCIPLES:
>
>        =95NO WAR.  It is wrong to punish any nation or people for the
>crimes of individuals=97peace requires global social and economic
>justice.
>
>        =95JUSTICE, NOT VENGEANCE.  An independent international
>tribunal to impartially investigate, apprehend and try those
>responsible for the September 11 attack.
>
>        =95OPPOSITION TO RACISM=97DEFENSE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES.  Stop
>terror, racial profiling and legal restrictions against people of
>color and immigrants, and defend democratic rights.
>
>        =95AID FOR THE NEEDY, NOT THE GREEDY.  Government aid for the
>victims' families and displaced workers=97not the wealthy.  Rebuild New
>York City with union labor, union pay, and with special concern for
>new threats to worker health and safety.
>
>        =95NO LABOR "AUSTERITY."  The cost of September 11 must not be
>borne by working and poor New Yorkers.  No surrender of workers'
>living standards, programs or other rights.
>
>        SEE FULL TEXT BELOW
>
>                                   -30-
>
>                          New York City Labor Against War
>                          September 27, 2001
>
>        September 11 has brought indescribable suffering to New York
>City's working people.  We have lost friends, family members and
>coworkers of all colors, nationalities and religions=97a thousand of
>them union members.  An estimated one hundred thousand New Yorkers
>will lose their jobs.
>
>        We condemn this crime against humanity and mourn those who
>perished.  We are proud of the rescuers and the outpouring of labor
>support for victims' families.  We want justice for the dead and
>safety for the living.
>
>        And we believe that George Bush's war is not the answer.
>
>        No one should suffer what we experienced on September 11.
>Yet war will inevitably harm countless innocent civilians, strengthen
>American alliances with brutal dictatorships and deepen global
>poverty=97just as the United States and its allies have already
>inflicted widespread suffering on innocent people in such places as
>Iraq, Sudan, Israel and the Occupied Territories, the former
>Yugoslavia and Latin America.
>
>        War will also take a heavy toll on us.  For Americans in
>uniform=97the overwhelming number of whom are workers and people of
>color=97it will be another Vietnam.  It will generate further terror in
>this country against Arabs, Muslims, South Asians, people of color
>and immigrants, and erode our civil liberties.
>
>        It will redirect billions to the military and corporate
>executives, while draining such essential domestic programs as
>education, health care and the social security trust.  In New York
>City and elsewhere, it will be a pretext for imposing "austerity" on
>labor and poor people under the guise of "national unity."
>
>        War will play into the hands of religious fanatics=97from Osama
>bin Laden to Jerry Falwell=97and provoke further terrorism in major
>urban centers like New York.
>
>        Therefore, the undersigned New York City metro-area trade
>unionists believe a just and effective response to September 11
>demands:
>
>        **NO WAR.  It is wrong to punish any nation or people for the
>crimes of individuals=97peace requires global social and
>economic justice.
>
>        **JUSTICE, NOT VENGEANCE.  An independent international
>tribunal to impartially investigate, apprehend and try those
>responsible for the September 11 attack.
>
>        **OPPOSITION TO RACISM=97DEFENSE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES.  Stop
>terror, racial profiling and legal restrictions against people of
>color and immigrants, and defend democratic rights.
>
>        **AID FOR THE NEEDY, NOT THE GREEDY.  Government aid for the
>victims' families and displaced workers=97not the wealthy.  Rebuild New
>York City with union labor, union pay, and with special concern for
>new threats to worker health and safety.
>
>        **NO LABOR "AUSTERITY."  The cost of September 11 must not be
>borne by working and poor New Yorkers.  No surrender of workers'
>living standards, programs or other rights.
>
>Signers (list in formation)(All affiliations and titles listed for
>identification only)
>
>UNION PRESIDENTS
>=95Larry Adams, President, National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 300
>=95Barbara Bowen, President, Professional Staff Congress-CUNY/AFT Local
>2334
>=95Arthur Cheliotes, President, CWA Local 1180
>=95Michael Letwin, President, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW
>Local 2325
>=95Jill Levy, President, Council of Supervisors and Administrators, NYS
>Federation of School Administrators, American Federation of School
>Administrators Local 1
>=95Maida Rosenstein, President, UAW Local 2110
>=95Brenda Stokely, President, AFSCME Local 215, DC 1707
>=95Jonathan Tasini, President, National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981
>
>OTHERS
>=95Ervand Abrahanian, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Tristin Adie, Shop Steward, CWA Local 1109
>=95Marilyn Albert, RN, SEIU Local 1199
>=95George Albro, Sec'y-Treasurer, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Anthony Arnove, NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Sylvia Aron, Human Services Providers Advisory Committee, NYC
>Central Labor Rehabilitation Council; Past President, AAUP, Adelphi
>Chapter
>=95Stanley Aronowitz, University-Wide Officer & Executive Council, PSC-
>CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Daniel Ashworth, Delegate, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Harold Bahr III, Chair, GLTGC, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Thomas Barton, Shop Steward, AFSCME Local 768, DC 37
>=95Nicholas K. Bedell, Grievance Representative, CWE/UFT
>=95Dorothee Benz, Communications Director, CWA Local 1180
>=95Carl Biers, Executive Director, Association for Union Democracy
>=95Peter Blum, Acting Vice-President/CAB, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Ian Brand, UNITE! Local 169
>=95Caroline N. Brown, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Robert Bomersbach, Organization of Staff Analysts
>=95Bill Bradley, Delegate, SEIU Local 32B-J
>=95Renate Bridenthal, Chair, International Committee, PSC-CUNY, AFT
>Local 2334
>=95Rachel Burd, labor consultant, NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Chris Butters, AFSCME Local 1070, DC 37
>=95Maria J. Chiu, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Kimberly Christensen, UUP
>=95Patricia Clough, Queens College Chapter Officer,  PSC-CUNY, AFT
>Local 2334
>=95Antonia Codling, Chair, ACLA, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Hillel Cohen, Delegate, SEIU Local 1199
>=95Thelma C. Correll, SEIU Local 1199, Retirees Chapter Executive
>Committee; Association for Union Democracy Advisory Bd.; PHANYC
>=95Jackie DiSalvo, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Claire Crosby, GSEU/UAW Local 2110
>=95Robert E. Dow, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Bryce Dowd, Organizer, SEIU Local 1199
>=95Steve Downs, Executive Board member, TWU Local 100
>=95Phyllis Eckhaus, NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Madeleine M. Egger, CWA Local 1101
>=95Hester Eisenstein, Queens College Chapter, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Hugh English, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Hillary Exter, LSSA/UAW Local 2320
>=95Samuel Farber, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Josh Fraidstern, TWU Local 100
>=95Lew Friedman, UFT
>=95Eric Fruman, AFT
>=95Nanette Funk, Brooklyn College Chapter, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Pam Galpern, Shop Steward, CWA Local 1101
>=95Gary Goff, Recording Sec'y, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Marty Goodman, Executive Board, TWU Local 100
>=95Winston A. Gordon, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Mark Grashow, former Chapter Chairperson, UFT
>=95George Gulifield, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Larry Hanley, City College Delegate, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Bill Henning, Vice-President, CWA Local 1180
>=95Lucy Herschel, Delegate, SEIU Local 1199, Legal Aid Chapter
>=95Ed Hilbrich, SSA/SEIU Local 693
>=95Carol Hochberg, Vice-President/JRD, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Norman Hodgett, AFSCME Local 371, DC 37
>=95Nina Howes, RN, Delegate, SEIU Local 1199
>=95Carolyn Hughes, UFT
>=95Lisa Jessup, Organizer, UAW Local 2110
>=95Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Director, Queens College Worker Education
>Extension Center; PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Christine Karatnytsky, Executive Board member, New York Public
>Library Guild, AFSCME Local 1930; Editor, Local
>1930 Update
>=95David Kazanjian, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Dian Killian, Organizer, Journalism Division, NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Terry Klug, Sec'y-Treasurer, TWU Local 241
>=95Lisa Maya Knauer, GSOC/UAW Local 2110
>=95Daniella Korotzer, Alternate Vice-President/CDD-Brooklyn, Health &
>Safety Representative, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Kitty Krupat, Bargaining Team, GSOC/UAW Local 2110
>=95Ray Laforest, Staff Representative, DC 1707, AFSCME
>=95Jane Latour, Director, Women's Project, Association for Union
>Democracy; Managing Ed., Hardhat Magazine; NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Tatiana Lemon, Delegate, SEIU Local 1199, Legal Aid Chapter
>=95Robert Lesko, Vice-President, AFT Local 3882
>=95Eileen A. McCann, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Patrick McCreery, GSOC/UAW Local 2110
>=95Julius Margolin, IATSE Local 52
>=95Barton Meyers, Chair, Grievance Policy Committee, PSC-CUNY, AFT
>Local 2334
>=95Aaron Micheau, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Charles Molesworth, Acting Chair, Queens College Chapter, PSC-CUNY,
>AFT Local 2334
>=95Kim Moody, NWU/UAW Local 1981; Labor Notes Policy Committee
>=95Florence Morgan, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Susan Olivia Morris, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Amy Muldoon, CWA Local 1106
>=95Ken Nash, Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report in Exile
>=95Marcia Newfield, BMCC Chapter Officer, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Daniel Nichols, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Matt Noyes, Education Coordinator, Association for Union Democracy;
>NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Tony O'Brien, Delegate, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Susan O'Malley, Executive Council, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Charlene Mitchell, Assistant to the President, AFSCME Local 371, DC
>37
>=95Chuck Mohan, President, Guyanese-American Workers United; Staff
>Representative, AFSCME DC 1707
>=95Dennis O'Neil, Legislative Director, NY Metro Area Postal Union
>(APWU)
>=95Richard L. Oeser, IATSE Local 52; Cornell Labor Studies; National
>Labor College
>=95Greg Pason, NJ Steering Committee, NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95J.P. Patafio, New Directions Caucus & Executive Board member, TWU
>Local 100
>=95Paul Peloquin, Delegate, LSSA/UAW 2320
>=95Andy Piascik, Program Coordinator, Association for Union Democracy;
>NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95John Pietaro, Delegate, SEIU Local 1199, Health Systems Division
>=95Pride at Work, NY
>=95Jim Provost, LSSA/UAW 2320
>=95Mike Quinn, High School Delegate, UFT
>=95Peter Ranis, Executive Council, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Shirley Rausher, BMCC Delegate, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Dominic Renda, CWA Local 1105
>=95Sally Ridgeway, AAUP, Adelphi Chapter
>=95Cicely Rodway, Queens College Chapter Officer, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local
>2334
>=95Jay Schaffner, Supervisor, National Contracts Dept., AFM Local 802
>=95Jose Schiffino, Organizer, UNITE! Local 169
>=95Soo Kyung Nam, UAW Local 2320
>=95Nancy Romer, Executive Council, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Trudy Rudnick, Organizer, AFT Local 3882
>=95Wendy Scribner, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Hasan Shafiqullah, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Tim Schermerhorn, Vice President, RTO, TWU Local 100
>=95Joyce Soso, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Ann Sparanese, Shop Steward, RWDSU Local 29
>=95Claudette R. Spencer, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Gibb Surette, Delegate, LSSA/UAW 2320
>=95Sean Sweeney, Director, Cornell Labor Studies
>=95Kyle Talbert, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Terry Taylor, IBEW Local 827, Black Telephone Workers For Justice
>=95Miriam Thompson, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Azalia Torres, Alternate Vice-President/CDD-Brooklyn, ALAA/UAW Local
>2325
>=95Mark Ungar, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Lise Vogel, AAUP/CBC
>=95Marilyn Vogt-Downey, UFT
>=95Kit Wainer, UFT
>=95Michael Ware, Shop Steward, CWA Local 1109
>=95Ron Washington, IBEW Local 827, Black Telephone Workers For Justice
>=95Edlyn Willer, Delegate, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Corinne Willinger, PEF
>=95JoAnn Wypijewski, TNGNY/CWA
>=95Ethan Young, NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Milton Zelermyer, Delegate, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Robert Zuss, Vice-President/CDD-Brooklyn, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: FAST TRACK ALERT - mark-up this Friday!
Date: 04 Oct 2001 15:21:16 -0400

Dear Friends,
Now that the globalization folks have joined the peace movement in urging that
we not go to war, they need our help on this.  We're all one movement now.
Regards, Alice


>Fast Track mark-up on Friday with possible floor-vote next week
>Call Congress at 1-800-393-1082 and tell YOUR Member:
>Vote NO on Fast Track!
>
>Despite the incredible inappropriateness of pushing such a controversial
issue
after the tragic events of September 11th, Rep Thomas (R-CA) has decided that
he wants to try to push Fast Track through Congress.
>
>Today at a press conference,  Thomas unveiled his Fast Track bill, tried to
label it as a bi-partisan measure, and scheduled it for a mark-up in the Ways
and Means committee on this coming Friday, October the 5th (a "mark up" is
when
a bill gets voted on in the relevant committee clearing the way for a floor
vote).
>
>This is no bi-partisan bill, instead it is a lite-version of the truly
offensive GOP-Crane bill. There are a few Democratic co-sponsors, but they
would have supported the original Crane bill anyways. The vast majority of
Democrats are disgusted with Thomas for his crass political profiteering and
lack of bi-partisanship.
>
>Thanks to the great work done by people like yourself around the country - we
have been able to stall of Fast Track. Now Thomas is playing a game of
chicken.
The Fast Track bill can only get momentum if there is a perception that there
is no cost for moving forward. We need to do a sudden pile on to any and all
swing members and also to Speaker Hastert. Thomas is going to have a hard time
pushing his bill through - especially if we all join forces and start calling
our Members of Congress NOW to tell them to oppose Fast Track. The AFL-CIO has
put up a toll-free number to the Capitol: 1-800-393-1082 (enter your zip-code
to get connected to your Member). You know what to do: CALL AND GET EVERYONE
YOU KNOW TO DO THE SAME!
>
>Some talking points:
>        - This is no time to bring up a controversial and divisive issue like
Fast Track. Congress needs to focus on issues that unites it, as well as the
responses to the terrorist attacks.
>        - Fast Track will set the terms of U.S. trade and investment policies
for the next 5-10 years and needs a thoughtful and thorough debate.
>        - There is nothing bi-partisan about Thomas' proposal, and does not
address in any meaningful way the real negative impacts that trade agreements
like NAFTA and the WTO have had on jobs, the environment and our family
farmers.
>
>Key Targets in New York -
>Call these targets after you have called your own Rep and make sure you talk
with the trade staffer
>
>Steve Israel (D-2nd)
>Trade Staffer: Priya Dayananda
>Zip Code: 11706
>
>Gary Ackerman (D-5th)
>Trade Staffer: Howard Diamond
>Zip: 11361
>
>Gregory Meeks (D-6th)
>Trade Staffer: Melvenia Gueye
>Zip: 11412
>
>Joseph Crowley (D-7th)
>Trade Staffer: Jody Lieberman
>Zip: 11372
>
>THEN - call Speaker of the House Hastert and tell him you appreciate his work
to create a bi-partisan spirit in the House and that you hope that he will
oppose this crass attempt by Thomas to break it. You can reach his office
in DC
at 202-225-2976 (or call the toll-free number and enter the zip-code for
Hastert's district: 60510).
>Tell us what you are hearing from your Member - e-mail us at
[e-mail]. For more information about Fast Track, please visit
www.tradewatch.org. To see the Thomas Fast Track bill:
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/fullcomm/107cong/tpa/tpa.pdf
>
>
>
>Katie West
>Legislative Assistant
>Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
>215 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
>Washington, D.C. 20003
>[phone]
>
Alice Slater
GRACE Public Fund
215 Lexington Ave.,  Room 1001
New York, NY 10016
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
http://www.gracepublicfund.org


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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Don't Hide Your Light Under A Bushel
Date: 04 Oct 2001 17:13:40 -0400

>Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 17:02:46 EDT
>From: [e-mail]
>Subject: Don't Hide Your Light Under A Bushel
>To: <[e-mail]>
>X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version)
>X-Original-Envelope-From: [e-mail]
>X-Loop-Detect: 1
>
>Excuse my reference to the words of Jesus, but I thought it might be an
attention grabber.
>
>If you know of actions taking place around the country in solidarity with the
vigil and march in New York City, please post them to this list so they can be
added to a comprehensive list.
>
>I've fielded several press calls today and it is embarassing to be able to
name only two items.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Chris
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From: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NDE Press Release - Trial & Conviction of Erik Thompson
Date: 04 Oct 2001 14:40:12 +0100

MEDIA ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OCTOBER 4, 2001

Contact:  Sally Light, Executive Director, Nevada Desert Experience,
[phone]

ACTIVIST ERIK THOMPSON, CONVICTED OF TRESPASS ON THE NEVADA TEST SITE,
IS SENTENCED TO FINE PLUS COMMUNITY SERVICE.  COURT ALLOWED THOMPSON TO
MAKE A PREPARED STATEMENT.

Beatty, Nevada -  After a trial that lasted approximately 45 minutes,
Erik Thompson, the faith-based, anti-nuclear activist who was arrested
for trespass at the Nevada Test Site on August 6, 2001, the 56th
anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during WWII, was found
guilty and sentenced by Judge Coldin.  The judge ordered him to pay a
fine of $50.  Upon asking whether he could either serve time in jail or
pay the money to a charity, rather than pay to the court, the Judge
allowed him the option of paying a non-waivable fine of $25 plus
completing 10 hours of community service with any bona fide 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization.  He accepted that option, paying the $25 fine,
and is considering Nevada Desert Experience (NDE), among other
nonprofits, as his choice for community service.  NDE is the group that
organized the peaceful direct action at the Test Site when Mr. Thompson,
a Board member of NDE, was arrested.

During the trial, the judge allowed Mr. Thompson to read a prepared,
powerful statement, as follows:

STATEMENT PREPARED FOR TRIAL
ERIK THOMPSON
OCTOBER 4, 2001 (FEAST DAY OF ST FRANCIS OFASSISSI)

=93This is a time that calls for heroes.  Your honor has the opportunity,
and maybe even the obligation, to join that number.

=93You have determined that the Nevada Test Site is within your
jurisdiction.  The Nevada Test Site is being used to develop new weapons
of terror and maintain old weapons of terror.  The government that has
these weapons has used them against non-combatants in the past, killing
perhaps a quarter million human beings.  I believe there is a very real
possibility that government will use them to kill again, and I believe
there is a certainty such weapons will be used to create a threat of
terror.

=93I was arrested on the anniversary of our slaughtering 40 or 50 times a=
s
many Japanese as were killed on September 11. Officers of your county
determined that my presence on what they believed to be Test Site
property constituted trespass.  You have the authority to now speak for
your county - and for all of humanity - and say that your resources will
not be used to harbor an organization engaged in developing weapons of
mass destruction.

=93The good people outside Auschwitz tried to ignore the horrors happenin=
g
in the camp.  Laws passed by the national government tried to legitimize
the terror, but we know that what happened then was wrong.

=93The good people of Nye County have tried to ignore the development of
mobile Auschwitzes which is happening at the Test Site.  Laws passed by
the national government have tried to legitimize the terror, but we know
- we are telling the world - that the targeting of innocent men, women,
and children for the perceived sins of their government is wrong.  And I
stand here before you today because officers of your county chose to
enforce state law to permit such activity within your jurisdiction.

=93In the Paquete Habana case, the US Supreme Court held that standards o=
f
international law shall be applicable within the United States.  The
International Court of Justice has held that there can never be a
justification under standards of international law to use nuclear
weapons.  The Nuremberg Principles, under which the US government took a
leading role in prosecuting and executing war criminals, and which are
one of my chief motivators, not only permit but require those of us with
knowledge of crimes against peace and humanity to attempt to halt them.

=93Your honor, justice requires that you find me not guilty and thereby
send a message to your County=92s officers and citizens that the resource=
s
of your county will no longer be used to support terrorist activity.
The law that you must uphold also provides you an opportunity to do so,
by recognizing the primacy of international treaties, which are co-equal
with the constitution as the highest law of this land.

=93I know that such a finding will not be easy; that is why I am asking
you to be heroic.  Most, maybe all, true heroes do not go gladly into
the fray.  They do what needs to be done.  Frequently they suffer and
sometimes they forfeit their lives, their treasure, and their sacred
honor.  Our country was founded by such heroes.  Our country has been
reformed by such heroes.  Our country needs such heroes again, this time
for a reformation that will make us less hated around the world.  Please
join this honorable cast and provide the moral leadership for your
citizens.=94

At the time of his arrest, Mr. Thompson was inside the Nevada Test Site,
but within 5 feet of its perimeter.  He has =93crossed the line=94 at the
Test Site many times over many years, but his arrest and prosecution on
Aug. 6 of this year is the first such prosecution in about the last ten
years of NDE=92s peaceful, risk-arrest style actions there.

Since the early 1950s, the US Department of Energy has used the Test
Site for more than 900 nuclear weapons detonations involving more that
1,000 bombs.  Underground =93subcritical=94 nuclear tests, paid for by fu=
nds
from the US=92 nuclear weapons development program, the =93Stockpile
Stewardship Program,=94 are still going on, the latest being the =93Oboe =
8=94
test last week, on Sept. 26, 2001.  A large protest of =93Oboe 8=94 occur=
red
in Tokyo, Japan, and smaller protests were held in Nevada and San
Francisco in the US.

For further information, please contact Nevada Desert Experience at
[phone].
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From: Joan Russow <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Don't Hide Your Light Under A Bushel
Date: 04 Oct 2001 14:31:34 +0000

Alice

There have been walks all across Canada. Here is Information about
Victoria. Paul Swann has been circulating information about England. Do you
have it?
In Victoria, BC. Canada, we have set up the Victoria Peace Coalition. So
far we have had three peace walks, several public meetings. Every Wednesday
we have a vigil at the Cenotaph, and will be having a substantial walk on
October 15.

Joan Russow

War is not the answer.

>> Victoria-- Last night, over 100 concerned citizens representing a wide
>> diversity of organizations (list below), ages, religions and races, met at
>> the University of Victoria to found the Victoria Peace Coalition. Those
>> attending formed six committees to voice Victorians' deep concern about
>the
>> US terrorist attacks, the drive towards war, and the increase of racism.
>> The following statement was agreed to unanimously by all attending the
>> founding meeting:
>>
>> "Concerned that terrorism in all its forms has resulted in the tragic loss
>> of innocent lives and in societal disintegration, the Victoria Peace
>> Coalition calls upon the Canadian government to respect international law
>> and justice, and to not support military action in any form."
>>
>> The Victoria Peace Coalition announces the following activities:
>>
>> A Walk for Peace & Justice will start at Victoria City Hall's Centennial
>> Square this Wednesday, September 19, starting at 5 pm. After a rally at
>> Centennial Square, the Walk will slowly proceed down Government Street to
>> the BC Legislature.
>>
>> The Walk will join a Peace Vigil, which begins at 7 pm this Wednesday
>> evening at Victoria's Cenotaph, on the front lawn of the BC Legislature.
>> There will be wreaths, speakers, songs and peaceful silent remembrance.
>>
>> The Vigil will continue each Wednesday evening at 7 pm at the Cenotaph
>> until further notice. If and when a war begins, there will be a Peace
>Vigil
>> that evening at 7 pm at the Cenotaph.
>>
>> Another Walk for Peace & Justice will be held Sunday, September 23,
>> starting at Victoria City Hall at 1 pm.
>>
>> An educational forum will be held September 26, starting at 12 noon. The
>> venue is to be announced.
>>
>> The Victoria Peace Coalition is also forming a buddy system, for those who
>> feel threatened, especially in the Muslim community, and are now living in
>> fear of unjust retaliation.
Peace walk on Sunday September 30
Peace walk on October 15
>>
>>     - END -
>>
>> Information:      http://victoria.indymedia.org/   and
>> http://www.islandnet.com/sunshine/peace.htm
>>
>> Joan Russow, 598-0071
>> Al Rycroft and Kealey Pringle, 592-8307
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> The Coalition is formed of individuals from the following groups:
>>
>> ARC Aboriginal Rights Coalition
>> Action Victoria
>> Amnesty International
>> Anglican Church of Canada
>> Anti-Poverty Coalition
>> Autonomous Roots Housing Cooperative
>> BC Association of Clinical Counsellors
>> BCGEU - BC Government Employees Union
>> BC Nurses Union
>> Buddhist Peace Fellowship
>> Canadian Centre for Political Alternatives
>> Canadian Unitarians for Social Justice
>> Canadian Voice of Women
>> Capital Region Race Relations Association
>> Carols
>> Central America Support Committee
>> Centre for Compassionate Social Change
>> Coaliton for Jews for Just Peace
>> Community Coalition Against Racism
>> Conscience Canada
>> Council of Canadians
>> Earth First
>> Fernwood Community Association
>> Forest Action Network
>> Global Compliance Research Project
>> Goods for Cuba
>> Greater Victoria Teacher's Association
>> Green Party
>> Health Science Association
>> Industrial Workers of the World
>> International  Association for Transformation
>> International Socialists
>> IUCN Commission on Education (World Conservation Union)
>> Mobilization for Global Justice
>> NDP - New Democratic Party
>> Together Against Poverty
>> United Church  of Canada
>> United Nations Association (Victoria Group)
>> University of Victoria Alumni Assn
>> Victoria Independent Media Centre
>> Vancouver Island Human Rights Coalition
>> Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG)
>> Victoria Humanist Group
>> Victoria Peace Centre
>> Victoria Raging Grannies
>> Victoria Status of Women Action Group
>> Victoria Women's Sangha
>> Victoria Interfaith Committee for 10 days for Global Justice
>> VISO (Victoria Iraqi Solidarity Organization)
>> World Federalists of Canada (Victoria Branch)

At 05:13 PM 10/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
>>Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 17:02:46 EDT
>>From: [e-mail]
>>Subject: Don't Hide Your Light Under A Bushel
>>To: <[e-mail]>
>>X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version)
>>X-Original-Envelope-From: [e-mail]
>>X-Loop-Detect: 1
>>
>>Excuse my reference to the words of Jesus, but I thought it might be an
>attention grabber.
>>
>>If you know of actions taking place around the country in solidarity with
the
>vigil and march in New York City, please post them to this list so they
can be
>added to a comprehensive list.
>>
>>I've fielded several press calls today and it is embarassing to be able to
>name only two items.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Chris
>>
>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Plan for National Security
Date: 04 Oct 2001 18:41:48 -0400

Dear Friends,
Here's a letter I sent to the editor.   Alice Slater

                                        October 4, 2001

To the Editor,  New York Times
BY FAX:  [phone]

President Eisenhower  passed the National Highways Act in 1956 by convincing
Congress that this generously funded federal works program was essential for
our national security.  As the Congress debates the components of a $75
billion
economic stimulus package, in the wake of the tragic assault on our nation,
serious consideration should be given to an investment in sustainable
energy on
the scale of the National Highways Act.   With a solar panel on every roof in
America, windmills down the center of our windswept Great Plains and sited off
the shores of our gusty oceans, we would be well on our way to energy
self-sufficiency.   Rather than bail out the gas-guzzling airlines, we
would be
far better off subsidizing our auto industry to develop the infrastructure
that
would support the already technologically feasible hydrogen fuel cell to power
our automobiles.

We would then be free of the need  to compromise our principles in order to
maintain our access to oil from corrupt, undemocratic governments.  We could
cut our military spending and infrastructure substantially.  Tens of thousands
of new jobs would be created.  We would avert the perils of global warming and
would have a decrease in diseases as our air becomes more pure.  A commitment
to jump-start the economy with a National Sustainable Energy Act would bring
many blessings to America.  We know the technology is available.  Why is this
not being discussed seriously?

Sincerely,



Alice Slater
President


Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
215 Lexington Ave.,  Room 1001
New York, NY 10016
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
http://www.gracelinks.org
GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network for the elimination
nuclear weapons.

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From: Joan Russow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Who are the real threats?
Date: 06 Oct 2001 10:15:23 +0000


WHO ARE THE REAL THREATS?

With the recent tragic incident in New York, there has been the progressive
call for ômore intelligence workö and the complementary concern about the
increased potential violation of civil and political rights.
Recently, a message has been circulated on the internet about the various
categories being used by the FBI to determine what constitutes a terrorist.
With the current failure of the ôintelligence commuityö to distinguish
legitimate dissent these categories could lead to a violation of civil and
political rights.

The FBI has included the following in their designation of terrorists:

"... category of domestic terrorists, left-wing groups, generally profess a
revolutionary socialist doctrine and view themselves as protectors of the
people against the "dehumanizing effects" of capitalism and imperialism.
They aim to bring about change in the United States through revolution
rather than through the established political process."

"Anarchists and extremist socialist groups -- many of which, such as the
Workers'World Party, Reclaim the Streets, and Carnival Against Capitalism
-- have an international presence and, at times, also represent a potential
threat in the United States. For example, anarchists, operating
individually and in groups, caused much of the damage during the 1999 World
Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Seattle."

"Special interest terrorism differs from traditional right-wing and
left-wing terrorism in that extremist special interest groups seek to
resolve specific issues, rather than effect more widespread political
change. Special interest extremists continue to conduct acts of politically
motivated violence to force segments of society, including, the general
public, to change attitudes about issues considered important to their
causes. These groups occupy the extreme fringes of animal rights, pro-life,
environmental, anti-nuclear, and other political and social movements."

In 1998, I found out that I was on the Canadian RCMP Threat Assessment
list.. After I found out that I was on the Treat Assessment List, I have
been working on the RT ( the real threat) list. Here is an excerpt from the
RT list.

* All governments that have produced weapons of mass destruction such as
nuclear, chemical, and biological, in defiance of the global commitment
made at Stockholm to eliminate the production of weapons of mass destruction.
* All governments that have proliferated nuclear arms by selling civil
nuclear technology such as CANDU reactors to other states
* All governments that are circulating and berthing nuclear powered or
nuclear arms capable vessels
* All governments that mine and sell uranium for use in nuclear weapon systems
* All governments that have planted land mines throughout the world
*  All governments that have permitted the sale of arms around the world
* All governments that support a military organization like NATO that has a
first strike policy in violation of the ruling of the International Court
of Justice that the use or threat to use nuclear weapons was contrary to
international humanitarian law.
* All governments that perceive of justice in terms of revenge through
military intervention rather than respecting the jurisdiction of the
International Court of Justice
* All governments that have set up military bases in other sovereign nations
* All governments that have failed to reduce their military budget and
transfer the savings into global social justice as undertaken through
numerous UN Conference Action Plans and UN General Assembly Resolutions
* All governments that have failed to ensure the human right to safe
drinking water, the human right to unadulterated (non-genetically
engineered pesticide-free food), the human right to safe accessible
housing, the human right to be clothed, the human right to education, the
human right to universally accessible not for profit publicly funded health
care that stresses the importance of prevention of environmentally induced
diseases, and poverty related illnesses. ( many of these rights have been
protected through international human rights instruments)
* All governments that have denied civil and political rights including the
right to freedom of speech and the right of peaceful assembly, and
fundamental labour rights
* All governments that have approved genetically engineered foods and crops
and have led to a deterioration of the food supply, and heritage seeds
* All governments that have ignored the warnings of the Intergovernmental
panel on Climate change and have failed to discharge obligations under the
Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Kyoto Protocol
* All governments that have supported , and individuals that have
participated in the proselytizing of religion and the undermining of other
cultures
* All governments and individuals that have discriminated against the
following
grounds:
- race, tribe, or culture;
- colour, ethnicity, national ethnic or social origin, or language;
nationality, place of birth, or nature of residence (refugee or
immigrant, migrant worker);
- gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or form
of family,
- disability or age;
- religion or conviction, political or other opinion, or - class, economic
position, or other status;
* All governments that have ignored the warnings of the Intergovernmental
panel on Climate change and have failed to discharge obligations under the
Framework Convention on Climate Change, and Kyoto Protocol
* All governments that have failed to revoke charters and licences of
corporations that have violated human rights, including labour rights, that
have contributed to war and violence, and that have led to the destruction
of the environment. All industries that have supported the development of
weapons of mass destruction, and all citizens and groups that have invested
in companies that have developed weapons of mass destruction.
* All governments that have been willing to accept corporate donations, and
still delude the public into thinking that citizens live in a democracy.

Perhaps one of the reasons that the "intelligence community " failed to
anticipate and prevent the attack on the World Trade Centre is that the
"intelligence community" has not yet learned to distinguish legitimate
dissent from criminal acts.

Joan Russow PhD
Global Compliance Research Project
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From: Joan Russow <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) RULE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND GLOBAL JUSTICE         - NOT
Date: 06 Oct 2001 10:21:42 +0000

RULE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND GLOBAL JUSTICE
        - NOT REVENGE - MUST PREVAIL
Published in the Times Colonist, Victoria, B.C. CANADA , September 25

In the face of human disaster, the calls for revenge and retribution are
predictable but these calls should be resisted. The rule of international
law, must be respected. For too long many member states of the United
Nations have failed to respect the International Court of Justice in the
Hague. States like the US have refused to accept the jurisdiction of the
international Court, and when the US does accept the jurisdiction, the US
refuses to accept the decision of the court (1988 ruling against the US
planting land mines in Nicaragua). In 1999, ten NATO countries including
Canada and the US refused to accept the jurisdiction of the International
Court of Justice when Yugoslavia brought the NATO countries to the Court
for violation of international law.

The United States should seek justice through international law, rather
than retribution through perpetuating the cycle of violence and revenge.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Manley in question period Wednesday
September 19, claimed that there was no recourse through international law
because the International Criminal Court proposal has not yet received the
60 signatures required for its implementation.. The  International Court of
Justice has, however,  existed for over 50 years and is responsible for
hearing cases brought to it by member states of the UN.

Francis Boyle, an American specialist in international law, is supporting
the use of the International Court of Justice. He affirms the following:

"The 1971 Montreal Sabotage Convention is directly on point here, and
provides a comprehensive framework for dealing with the current dispute
between the United States and Afghanistan over the tragic events of 11
September 2001. Both States are
contracting parties to the Montreal Sabotage Convention, together with 173
other States in the World. The United States is under an absolute
obligation to resolve this dispute with Afghanistan in a peaceful manner as
required by UN Charter Article 2(3) and Article 33 as well as by the
Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, as well as in accordance with the requirements
of the Montreal Sabotage Convention -- all of which treaties bind most of
the States of the World. In addition, the United States should offer to
submit this entire dispute to the International Court of Justice in The
Hague  (the so-called World Court) on the basis of the Montreal Sabotage
Convention, and should ask the Government of Afghanistan to withdraw its
Reservation to World Court jurisdiction as permitted
by article 14(3) of the Montreal Sabotage Convention.

Furthermore, all other contracting parties must invoke the Montreal
Sabotage Convention against both the United States and Afghanistan in order
to produce a peaceful resolution of this dispute."

In Addition, the US could take other states, signatories to the
International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights to the International
Court of Justice, and  Article 20 of the International Covenant of Civil
and Political Rights: this article states:

ôAny advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes
incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by
law".

Perhaps the best counter to terrorism would be for the global community to
act on previous commitments to substantively reduce the military and
transfer the peace dividend to the achievement of global social justice and
equity.

Throughout the years, through international agreements, member states of
the United Nations have recognized the need to reduce the military budget.

In 1976 at Habitat 1, member states of the United Nations affirmed the
following in relation to the military budget:

"The waste and misuse of resources in war and armaments should be
prevented. All countries should make a firm commitment to promote general
and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control,
in particular in the field of nuclear
disarmament. Part of the resources thus released should be utilized so as
to achieve a better quality of life for humanity and particularly the
peoples of developing countries"

In 1981, in the General Assembly resolution entitled Resolution on the
reduction of the military budget, the member states (I)  reaffirmed "the
urgent need to reduce the military budget, and agreed to freeze and reduce
the military budget"; (ii) recognised that "the military budget constitutes
a heavy burden for the economies of all nations, and has extremely harmful
consequences on international peace and security"; (iii) reiterated the
appeal "to all States, in particular the most heavily armed States, ..., to
exercise self-restraint in their military expenditures with a view to
reallocating the funds thus saved to economic and social development,
particularly for the benefit of developing countries"

These appeals were further reinforced through various international
documents, including the Programme of Action of the 1994
United Nations Conference on Population and Development:
 "quantitative and qualitative goals of the present Programme of Action
clearly require additional resources, some of which could become available
from a reordering of priorities at the individual,  national and
international levels. However, none of the actions required - nor all of
them combined - is expensive in the context of either current global
development or military expenditures."  (Article 1.19)

Currently the Global Community spends more than $840 billion per year on
the military budget at a time when many basic and fundamental rights have
not been fulfilled: the human  right to affordable and safe housing; the
right to unadulterated food  (pesticide-free and genetically
engineered-free food); the right to safe drinking water; the right to a
safe environment; the right to universally accessible, not for profit
health care; and
the right to free and accessible education. In addition, years of redress
and assistance to those who have been oppressed should be compensated and
"third world debt canceled. The time is now.

Joan Russow PhD
Global Compliance Research Project
Victoria, BC. Canada
1 250 598-0071




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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Vigil 7PM Livermore
Date: 07 Oct 2001 12:59:17 -0700

Dear colleagues:
As you no doubt know by now, the U.S. (joined by the U.K.) began bombing
targets in at least 5 areas in Afganistan last night. Today, Defense
Secretary Donald Rumsfeld refused to discuss whether other nations may also
be bombed, as well as other "operational matters." It is hard to know the
nature and extent of civilian casualties from the airports and other
facilities that have been bombed. Too, it is hard to know what will come
next. We at Tri-Valley CAREs have invited all people who advocate for
nonviolent action (Justice, not Vengeance) to meet at 7 PM at the Livermore
Peace Monument, near the Livermore main library at 1000 South Livermore
Ave. Here is the invitation published in our newsletter (just mailed out --
you may not have received it yet). We also put fliers up around town ...

The Vigil We Work to Prevent...  (BUT MUST NOW HAVE --mk)

If the United States begins bombing another country, or if another terror
attack occurs in the U.S., meet that first evening at 7 PM at the Peace
Monument at the Livermore main library, 1000 South Livermore Avenue.

Bring a candle or song, or simply come with love. We will vigil for peace
and call for an end to hatred and violence in all of its forms.

We affirm the connectedness of all peoples everywhere. We condemn the acts
of violence perpetrated on September 11, and we mourn the loss of many
lives. Similarly, we do not condone any invasion or bombing attacks by our
own government that will likewise result in bloodshed and heartbreak in
cities in other nations.

Let peace begin with each of us.


(NOTE: If you cannot come to Livermore, please vigil in your home community,)

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



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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Evaluating our Work in the Aftermath
Date: 07 Oct 2001 13:11:44 -0700

All the more important now...
Evaluating our Work in the Aftermath

by Marylia Kelley with Inga Olson, Ann Seitz and Tara Dorabji
from Tri-Valley CAREs' October 2001 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

The tragic morning of September 11 is only two weeks past as we prepare
this edition of our newsletter. In the wake of the terror attacks,
Tri-Valley CAREs' staff, board, and members are engaged in an ongoing
discussion of our work. Our logo since 1983 has carried the slogan: "peace,
justice, environment." This overarching vision provides the touchstone for
our response.

We are organizing a "hate-free community" event in downtown Livermore - for
we have received reports of harassment from members of our community.
Simultaneously, we are sponsoring vigils and events that call us as a
country to a principled, nonviolent  response to the attacks.

One creative action that evolved out of an informal staff meeting involves
honoring Rep. Barbara Lee on Gandhi's birthday (see page 1). We are also
circulating letters for people to sign and send to President Bush, Defense
Secretary Rumsfeld and our elected officials calling for a reasoned
response based on rule of law, not vengeance (call us for copies).

This newsletter contains postcards for our 3,400 readers to use. On Nov. 1,
we will conduct a short educational course on the history and practice of
nonviolence as part of our "study group" series.

We believe that many "small actions" such as these, done now and done in  a
focused, visible and public way by folks all across the country, can make a
difference in stopping the cycle of violence.

We have evaluated our ongoing programs as well. Our work for global nuclear
disarmament has never been more relevant. Reports from the Pentagon that
the use of tactical nuclear weapons cannot be "ruled out" only underscores
the need to eliminate all nuclear weapons. Our "Project Exodus" to persuade
Livermore Lab employees to forswear work on nuclear and other weapons of
mass destruction also takes on an added imperative in the context of a
drumbeat for war.

Last week, Tri-Valley CAREs' executive director, Marylia Kelley, spoke to a
group of about 250 at Sonoma State University on the topic of missile
defense. Feedback from the audience was that all efforts to stop this
program should be redoubled as a consequence of Sept. 11.

We have tabled at many, many events these last 2 weeks, and our postcards
asking that all nuclear weapons be taken off hair-trigger alert have been
flying off our tables as fast as we can restock. The peace community is
speaking loud and clear through its actions.

Similarly, Tri-Valley CAREs' programs to protect the environment and obtain
cleanup in communities surrounding nuclear weapons facilities offer an
important component in the debate on "homeland security." Are we secure if
our children breathe plutonium dust?

Are more militarism and fewer civil rights the path to our security? Or,
does our salvation lie in a different direction; perhaps in our
inter-connectedness?  Might a true sense of safety come from understanding
that violence and injustice perpetrated anywhere in the world makes us all
less secure -- and in practicing that knowledge?

What would result if we put our resources into creating healthy communities
instead of more nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction?

That we have an opportunity (nay, a moral imperative) to engage in this
discussion - and to search for a common, global, human security - is the
silver lining in the dark, horrible clouds that rained death and debris on
September 11, 2001.


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) May the Families be Heard
Date: 07 Oct 2001 13:25:48 -0700

More than ever...

                                                May the Families be Heard

                                from Tri-Valley CAREs' October 2001
newsletter, Citizen's Watch

=92 Greg's parents, Phyllis and Orlando Rodriguez - Our son Greg is among th=
e
many missing from the World Trade Center attack... our government is
heading in the direction of violent revenge, with the prospect of sons,
daughters, parents, friends in distant lands dying, suffering, and nursing
further grievances against us. It is not the way to go. It will not avenge
our son's death... Let us grieve. Let us reflect and pray. Let us think
about a rational response that brings real peace and justice to our world.
(from an unpublished letter to the New York Times)

=92 Deora's parents, Derril Bodley and Deborah Borza - We must not retaliate
in kind as if our cause allows us to... Let this passing be a start of a
new conversation that is all-inclusive, tolerant of people's beliefs, that
includes everyone's God, that includes everyone of color and provides a
future for all mankind to live and harmony and respect. (from the 9/22 SF
Chronicle. Deora died on flight 93 in Pennsylvania.)

=92 Craig's wife, Amber Amundson - My husband, Craig Scott Amundson, of the
U.S. Army lost his life in the line of duty at the Pentagon on Sept. 11 as
the world looked on in horror and disbelief. Losing my 28-year-old husband
and father of our two young children is a terrible and painful experience.
His death is also part of an immense national loss and I am comforted by
knowing that so many of you share my grief. But because I have lost Craig
as part of this historic tragedy, my anguish is compounded exponentially by
fear that his death will be used to justify violence against other innocent
victims. I have heard angry rhetoric by some Americans, including many of
our nation's leaders... Your words and imminent acts of revenge only
amplify our family's suffering... (from a letter published in the 9/25
Chicago Tribune)

=92 Abe's nephew, Matthew Lasar - In his speech at the National Cathedral
memorial service, President Bush praised an unnamed man "who could have
saved himself" but instead "stayed until the end at the side of his
quadriplegic friend." On Sept. 27, Lasar spoke publicly: That man was my
uncle, Abe Zeimanowitz. I mourn the death of my uncle, and I want his
murderers brought to justice. But I am not making this statement to demand
bloody vengeance... I do not feel that my uncle's compassionate, heroic
sacrifice will be honored by what the U.S. appears poised to do. (from a
9/27 advisory by the Institute for Public Accuracy.)

Tri-Valley CAREs is putting these and other statements on Mac and PC disks.
If you would like a copy, please call us.

                                                Around the World, Lift
Every Voice

                                from Tri-Valley CAREs' October 2001
newsletter, Citizen's Watch

=92 UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan - Making progress in the areas of
nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament  is more important than
ever in the aftermath of last week's appalling terrorist attack on the
United States. The States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons (NPT) agreed last year that this challenge could not be
overcome by halfway measures. Indeed, they concluded that "the total
elimination of nuclear weapons is the only absolute guarantee against the
use or threat of use of nuclear weapons." Regrettably, several important
treaties aimed at nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear disarmament or nuclear
reductions still await entry into force. It is vitally important for the
world community to continue its efforts to implement the commitments
already made and to further identify the ways and means of achieving
nuclear disarmament as soon as possible. (from a 9/17 message to the
International Atomic Energy Agency.)

=92 Statement of the Afghan Women's Mission - [W]e strongly urge the United
States government and its allies not to carry out military attacks on
Afghanistan in retaliation for these violent acts. Afghanistan is a country
devastated by more than two decades of war... When the fundamentalist
Taliban regime took over most of Afghanistan in 1996, the situation only
worsened for Afghans... Afghans have been suffering the results of extreme
war, poverty, disease, hunger, lack of education, health care and shelter
for too long, Afghans comprise the second largest refugee group in the
world today... To attack Afghanistan now would be to attack a weak and
defenseless people. (from a 9/13 press release.)

=92 Nobel Peace Laureate and co-founder of Peace People, Maired Corrigan
Maguirre, Northern Ireland - We understand the depth of feelings of loss
and pain but we would appeal that there be no retaliation. Violence serves
no purpose. Violence solves no problems. Retaliation would mean the future
deaths of many more people. This would, in turn, add to an increasing sense
of fear, anxiety, and hopelessness, being felt around the world. (from a
9/12 statement.)

=92 Professor of physics at Quaid-e-Azam University in Pakistan, Pervez
Hoodbhoy - If the lesson is that America needs to assert its military
might, then the future will be as grim as can be... Ultimately, the
security of the United States lies in its re-engaging with the people of
the world, especially with those it has previously harmed. (from Black
Tuesday: The View From Islamabad 9/16.)

=92 Amnesty International statement - Governments must take strong action
against racist attacks directed at the Muslim, Asian and Middle Eastern
populations in their countries, whether they are citizens or foreigners.
You cannot claim to speak in the name of freedom if those on your territory
do not feel equally protected. Governments are using the "war on terrorism"
to introduce draconian measures to limit civil liberties... they must be
resisted. (from the 9/26 statement of the international secretariat.)

=92 The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, speaking from India -
While I express my sympathy, I have appealed to the U.S. president not to
respond with more violence as violence is not an appropriate answer... Only
nonviolent means can counter terrorism in the long-term. (from Reuters news
service 9/17.)

=92 Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, USA - The Pope has called for "peaceful
negotiations and dialogue" in the current crisis... Some have rushed to
portray us who are opposed to the Bush administration's plans as naive and
lacking realism. But... it is we who are the realists and those who would
rush to war and escalate the cycle of violence are completely out of touch
with reality and the lessons of history. (Statement 10/1.)

Many additional statements are available on disk from Tri-Valley CAREs.

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) Tactical nukes not ruled out
Date: 07 Oct 2001 13:41:26 -0700

Dear colleagues:
Part of our campaign must be to get the U.S. to forswear the use of nuclear
weapons. Read on...

Not Ruled Out

by Marylia Kelley
from Tri-Valley CAREs' October 2001 newsletter, Citizen's Watch

Japan's Kyodo News reported on Sept. 19 that the U.S. Defense Dept. "has
recommended to President George W. Bush the use of tactical nuclear weapons
as a military option to retaliate for last week's terrorist attacks..." The
recommendation appears intended to deter terrorists, analysts told the news
service.

On ABC's "This Week" shortly after the  attacks, Defense Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld refused to rule out the use of tactical nuclear weapons.

More recently, Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and neutron bomb designer Sam Cohen
have been quoted in various media discussing a possible U.S. nuclear
retaliation.

Tactical nuclear weapons often contain  specialized characteristics like
dialable (variable) yield and earth-penetrating ability. We have been
working to cut off the further development of these weapons precisely
because they are the most likely to be considered "usable"  by our
government.

The lesson here is that until all nuclear weapons are abolished, their use
again in anger remains a real possibility. We must act to prevent it.




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) Re: [abolition-europe] OCT 13 PROTEST REPORTS AND MORE
Date: 08 Oct 2001 08:40:28 +0100

Dear All,

I just want to mention that at the vigil on 9/26 at the federal building in Las
Vegas to protest that day's detonation of yet another "subcritical" nuclear
test at the Nevada Test Site, the first since the tragic events of 9/11, we
were surprised at the support we received from the public passing by!
Las Vegas is not a place where most people seem to care about such things
as a general rule, but there were many drivers who gave us smiles &
friendly honks, waves, thumbs up and the peace sign.  Of course, there
were some who ignored us or disagreed with us, but the degree of
support was remarkable.  We were delighted, to say the least!

I have been feeling all along that many people - not necessarily the
activists or people part of the peace movement until now, but just
folks - are going through some kind of major reevaluation of the kind
we would appreciate.

Peace,

Sally Light
Executive Director
Nevada Desert Experience

Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space wrote:

> Frineds,
>
> We were on the street yesterday in Gainesville protesting the war and
> actually getting a better response from the public than I had expected.
> Some pro-war people came with big American flags and were yelling "Kick some
> Taliban ass!"  The war-dogs are fired up for sure.  I am hurting over all
> this.  We all need each other in times like this.
>
> We are getting reports that local interest in the October 13 actions is
> growing reapidly because of the war.  In your media work please let them
> know that there are now 110 actions in 19 countries planned (and likely more
> before Saturday.)
>
> Please send us, via e-mail, reports on your actions (and digital photos if
> possible) so we can post them on our website.  Either send them to us at
> [e-mail] or directly to our webmaster at
> [e-mail]
>
> While standing on the street yesterday my sign read "Militarism is an
> Addiction."  Our nation, our world, is indeed addicted to military spending
> and violence.  Thank god that there are people like all of you bringing some
> sanity and messages of peace during times like this.
>
> I know there are lots of people listening and watching us.  They know deep
> in their hearts that this madness is not the way to solve conflicts.  Let
> our October 13 actions speak to them.
>
> Best wishes to all.
>
> Bruce K. Gagnon
> Coordinator
> Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
> PO Box 90083
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From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) "Dissenting Voices"(Against War):Al-Ahram
Date: 08 Oct 2001 10:47:27 -0500

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Dissenting voices


Many Americans are having second thoughts about the war hysteria =
gripping
the US, writes Jihan Alaily from Washington<?xml:namespace prefix =3D o =
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"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

4-10 October,2001

=20

Americans are beginning to ponder the rationale behind fighting a war =
in
which the outcome is not only uncertain, but guaranteed to see many =
innocent
lives taken. Many did not find solace in US President George W Bush's
statement to Congress in which he warned that "the course of this =
conflict
is unknown, yet its outcome is certain."=20

On Saturday and Sunday thousands took to the streets in Washington DC =
in
peace marches and rallies that brought together a m=E9lange of ordinary
Americans, political activists, students, local human rights =
organisations
and anarchists. They were protesting the coming war and heightened =
anti-Arab
and anti-Muslim sentiments in the wake of the 11 September attacks on =
New
York and Washington.=20

Banners and signs read "Don't dishonor the dead by killing in their =
name"
and "An eye for an eye makes the world blind". The demonstrations were =
the
biggest so far of many protest gatherings across the country that have
increasingly reflected a concern over the ethics and morality of the =
coming
war. Some speakers and protesters at the rallies questioned not only =
Bush's
management of the crisis but his legitimacy to govern.=20

"Both want war, both unelected" one poster read alongside pictures of =
Bush
and Osama Bin Laden. As thousands marched toward Capital Hill on =
Saturday,
many were chanting "No War in our name, Islam is not to blame". Many
speakers denounced the racial profiling of Arabs, Muslims and Asians =
that
gained added legitimacy after the 11 September attacks. One African =
American
speaker noted how "There was no racial profiling of white guys with =
crew
cuts after the Oklahoma City bombing," a reference to convicted bomber
Timothy McVeigh.=20

Other speakers warned against the trampling over of the Bill of Rights =
and
other civil liberties on the path to increased security. Policy analyst
Phyllis Bennis explained increasing vocal outcry against the war as the
result of the lack of any transition period between grief and war. "The
people are beginning to resent not being given time to mourn," she =
said. "We
were rushed through the mourning into a war build-up" she said.=20

Coverage of the weekend rallies and other anti-war gatherings, vigils =
and
student activism on campuses across the country have largely been =
ignored by
the drum-beating mainstream media, or buried in obscure places inside
newspapers. The participation of anarchists who advocate the =
destruction of
the capitalist system was highlighted in media coverage in an effort to
drown the legitimate concerns of the many more ordinary Americans.
Similarly, TV footage gave prominence to the marginal incidents of =
violence
involving the anarchists at the rally on Saturday.=20

Public opinion polls indicating that 90 per cent of Americans surveyed
support the coming war have been extensively quoted by media voices in
newspapers and on TV. Mary Lou Greenburg, a self- declared communist =
and
feminist who came from New York to attend the DC peace demonstrations,
acknowledged that the findings represent some sentiments among the =
public,
but cautioned against sweeping generalisations. "The message of those =
polls
is generally to tell the people what they should be thinking."=20

Citing the writings of philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky, Greenburg
talked about the role of the corporate media in the US in "controlling =
the
public mind" and mobilising community opinion in favour of vapid, empty
concepts, like Americanism.=20

The national media watch group FAIR has criticised what it sees as the =
many
media voices that have enlisted in the administration's push towards =
war.
FAIR founder Jeff Cohen noted that CBS anchor Dan Rather seemed "more
soldier than reporter" on a popular late-night talk show when he =
endorsed
the war drive.=20

Appallingly little attention has been devoted in the mainstream media =
to
obtaining justice through international law and UN sanctioned =
processes.
Many experts of international law insist that the Bush administration =
has
yet to present evidence to substantiate its claim that this is an act =
of war
-- not a crime against humanity.=20

Francis Boyle, the renowned professor of international law at the =
University
of Illinois College of Law, said: "Even if the Bush administration were =
to
publicly provide clear and convincing evidence that Mr Bin Laden and =
his
organisation were somehow behind the terrorist bombings in New York and
Washington, the United States government would still have no valid
justification or excuse for committing acts of war against Afghanistan. =
Both
the United Nations Charter of 1945 and the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928
absolutely require the United States to exhaust all means for the =
peaceful
resolution of this dispute. So far the Bush administration has not even
begun this legally mandated process."=20

Boyle, who helped resolve the dispute between the US, the UK and Libya =
over
the handling of the Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie bombing case, =
believes
that the 1971 Montreal Sabotage Convention, which was invoked in the
Lockerbie crisis, is directly relevant in the current crisis. The same
convention, he says, "provides a comprehensive framework for dealing =
with
the current dispute between Afghanistan and the United States."=20

Clearly, Professor Boyle's views are not common. An appearance on the =
Fox
News Channel with the right-wing pundit Bill O'Reilly on 13 September =
seems
to have branded Boyle an undesirable guest. After the show, in which he
argued for presentation of evidence, for authorisation from the =
Security
Council and for adherence to the rule of law, Boyle has not been =
invited
again to speak on any prime-time news programmes.=20

Pleas for nonviolence have largely been dismissed as pacifist claptrap.
Among those cautioning against the war is the African American Reverend
Graylan Hagler, pastor of the Plymouth congregation of the United =
Christ
Church in DC. Reverend Hagler has led many pro- peace and interfaith
meetings and has spoken out against what he calls "a US foreign policy
organised around a need to dominate [rather] than to cooperate." The
reverend believes that the message he is getting from his parishioners =
is
one calling for tolerance and peace. "This is not reflected in the =
media,"
he says, adding, "The media has editorialised, ideologised and has
conditioned the people into blind hysteria."=20

The voices of dissent are growing by the day. It is not clear, however, =
to
what extent they can impact the course of the war as American aircraft
carriers continue to arrive in the Persian Gulf. As the anticipated war
fails to discriminate between the alleged terrorists and the innocent, =
it
will be even harder for those Americans I saw at the anti-war rallies =
to
make sense of what they inscribed earlier on their signs: "I would like =
to
be able to love my country and justice at the same time."=20

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Law Building
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style=3D"COLOR: #003333; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Many Americans are having =
second=20
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<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Americans are =
beginning to=20
ponder the rationale behind fighting a war in which the outcome is not =
only=20
uncertain, but guaranteed to see many innocent lives taken. Many did =
not find=20
solace in US President George W Bush's statement to Congress in which =
he warned=20
that "the course of this conflict is unknown, yet its outcome is =
certain." </P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">On Saturday and =
Sunday=20
thousands took to the streets in Washington DC in peace marches and =
rallies that=20
brought together a <I>m=E9lange</I> of ordinary Americans, political =
activists,=20
students, local human rights organisations and anarchists. They were =
protesting=20
the coming war and heightened anti-Arab and anti-Muslim sentiments in =
the wake=20
of the 11 September attacks on New York and Washington. </P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Banners and signs =
read "Don't=20
dishonor the dead by killing in their name" and "An eye for an eye =
makes the=20
world blind". The demonstrations were the biggest so far of many =
protest=20
gatherings across the country that have increasingly reflected a =
concern over=20
the ethics and morality of the coming war. Some speakers and protesters =
at the=20
rallies questioned not only Bush's management of the crisis but his =
legitimacy=20
to govern. </P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">"Both want war, =
both=20
unelected" one poster read alongside pictures of Bush and Osama Bin =
Laden. As=20
thousands marched toward Capital Hill on Saturday, many were chanting =
"No War in=20
our name, Islam is not to blame". Many speakers denounced the racial =
profiling=20
of Arabs, Muslims and Asians that gained added legitimacy after the 11 =
September=20
attacks. One African American speaker noted how "There was no racial =
profiling=20
of white guys with crew cuts after the Oklahoma City bombing," a =
reference to=20
convicted bomber Timothy McVeigh. </P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Other speakers =
warned against=20
the trampling over of the Bill of Rights and other civil liberties on =
the path=20
to increased security. Policy analyst Phyllis Bennis explained =
increasing vocal=20
outcry against the war as the result of the lack of any transition =
period=20
between grief and war. "The people are beginning to resent not being =
given time=20
to mourn," she said. "We were rushed through the mourning into a war =
build-up"=20
she said. </P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Coverage of the =
weekend=20
rallies and other anti-war gatherings, vigils and student activism on =
campuses=20
across the country have largely been ignored by the drum-beating =
mainstream=20
media, or buried in obscure places inside newspapers. The participation =
of=20
anarchists who advocate the destruction of the capitalist system was =
highlighted=20
in media coverage in an effort to drown the legitimate concerns of the =
many more=20
ordinary Americans. Similarly, TV footage gave prominence to the =
marginal=20
incidents of violence involving the anarchists at the rally on =
Saturday. </P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Public opinion =
polls=20
indicating that 90 per cent of Americans surveyed support the coming =
war have=20
been extensively quoted by media voices in newspapers and on TV. Mary =
Lou=20
Greenburg, a self- declared communist and feminist who came from New =
York to=20
attend the DC peace demonstrations, acknowledged that the findings =
represent=20
some sentiments among the public, but cautioned against sweeping=20
generalisations. "The message of those polls is generally to tell the =
people=20
what they should be thinking." </P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Citing the writings =
of=20
philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky, Greenburg talked about the role =
of the=20
corporate media in the US in "controlling the public mind" and =
mobilising=20
community opinion in favour of vapid, empty concepts, like Americanism. =
</P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The national media =
watch group=20
FAIR has criticised what it sees as the many media voices that have =
enlisted in=20
the administration's push towards war. FAIR founder Jeff Cohen noted =
that CBS=20
anchor Dan Rather seemed "more soldier than reporter" on a popular =
late-night=20
talk show when he endorsed the war drive. </P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Appallingly little =
attention=20
has been devoted in the mainstream media to obtaining justice through=20
international law and UN sanctioned processes. Many experts of =
international law=20
insist that the Bush administration has yet to present evidence to =
substantiate=20
its claim that this is an act of war -- not a crime against humanity. =
</P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Francis Boyle, the =
renowned=20
professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of =
Law,=20
said: "Even if the Bush administration were to publicly provide clear =
and=20
convincing evidence that Mr Bin Laden and his organisation were somehow =
behind=20
the terrorist bombings in New York and Washington, the United States =
government=20
would still have no valid justification or excuse for committing acts =
of war=20
against Afghanistan. Both the United Nations Charter of 1945 and the=20
Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 absolutely require the United States to =
exhaust all=20
means for the peaceful resolution of this dispute. So far the Bush=20
administration has not even begun this legally mandated process." </P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Boyle, who helped =
resolve the=20
dispute between the US, the UK and Libya over the handling of the =
Libyan=20
suspects in the Lockerbie bombing case, believes that the 1971 Montreal =
Sabotage=20
Convention, which was invoked in the Lockerbie crisis, is directly =
relevant in=20
the current crisis. The same convention, he says, "provides a =
comprehensive=20
framework for dealing with the current dispute between Afghanistan and =
the=20
United States." </P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Clearly, Professor =
Boyle's=20
views are not common. An appearance on the Fox News Channel with the =
right-wing=20
pundit Bill O'Reilly on 13 September seems to have branded Boyle an =
undesirable=20
guest. After the show, in which he argued for presentation of evidence, =
for=20
authorisation from the Security Council and for adherence to the rule =
of law,=20
Boyle has not been invited again to speak on any prime-time news =
programmes.=20
</P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Pleas for =
nonviolence have=20
largely been dismissed as pacifist claptrap. Among those cautioning =
against the=20
war is the African American Reverend Graylan Hagler, pastor of the =
Plymouth=20
congregation of the United Christ Church in DC. Reverend Hagler has led =
many=20
pro- peace and interfaith meetings and has spoken out against what he =
calls "a=20
US foreign policy organised around a need to dominate [rather] than to=20
cooperate." The reverend believes that the message he is getting from =
his=20
parishioners is one calling for tolerance and peace. "This is not =
reflected in=20
the media," he says, adding, "The media has editorialised, ideologised =
and has=20
conditioned the people into blind hysteria." </P>
<P style=3D"BACKGROUND: white; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The voices of =
dissent are=20
growing by the day. It is not clear, however, to what extent they can =
impact the=20
course of the war as American aircraft carriers continue to arrive in =
the=20
Persian Gulf. As the anticipated war fails to discriminate between the =
alleged=20
terrorists and the innocent, it will be even harder for those Americans =
I saw at=20
the anti-war rallies to make sense of what they inscribed earlier on =
their=20
signs: "I would like to be able to love my country and justice at the =
same=20
time." </P>
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From: Lisa Ledwidge / IEER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) IEER: Pollution from Nuclear Waste Dumping Endangers Largest
Date: 09 Oct 2001 11:35:06 -0500

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NEWS RELEASE

RADIOACTIVE AND CHEMICAL POLLUTION FROM NUCLEAR WASTE DUMPING ENDANGERS=20
SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AQUIFER,
LARGEST AQUIFER IN WESTERN U.S.

More than one ton of plutonium is in shallow dumps

Energy Department "Clean-up" Program Plagued by Poor Priorities, Inaction

Washington, D.C., October 9, 2001: Nuclear waste dumped at the Idaho=20
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) is polluting the=
=20
Snake River Plain aquifer, the primary source of drinking water for 200,000=
=20
people, according to a new report.  Poison in the Vadose Zone: An=20
examination of the threats to the Snake River Plain aquifer from the Idaho=
=20
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, by the Institute for=20
Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), warns that this important water=20
resource faces further contamination from the migration of long-lived=20
radionuclides and hazardous chemicals from nuclear weapons production=20
wastes buried at the site.  The Snake River Plain aquifer is the largest=20
unified aquifer in the western United States and the most important=20
underground water resource in the northwestern U.S.  Poison in the Vadose=20
Zone is the first report to comprehensively compile and analyze the=20
available data on the threat posed by plutonium and other transuranic=20
materials to the Snake River Plain aquifer.

"For fifty years, nuclear weapons production has resulted in large=20
quantities of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste being injected=20
directly into the aquifer, discharged into surface ponds, or dumped into=20
shallow pits and trenches," said Dr. Arjun Makhijani, principal author of=20
the report and president of IEER. "These contaminants pose a serious threat=
=20
to the lifeblood of the region, the Snake River Plain aquifer."

According to the report, official US government data indicate that more=20
than one metric ton of plutonium, packaged in nothing more than cardboard=20
boxes, wooden boxes, or 55 gallon drums, was dumped into shallow trenches=20
on the site in the 1950s and 1960s.  Rain, snow, and occasional flooding of=
=20
the trenches have already caused migration of some radioactive and=20
hazardous materials towards, and in some cases into, the aquifer.  Evidence=
=20
has existed for more than 25 years that these long-lived radionuclides are=
=20
migrating through the vadose zone to the aquifer much faster than=
 anticipated.

"Sound scientific work indicating threats to the Snake River Plain aquifer=
=20
has long been ignored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)," stated=20
Michele Boyd, co-author of the report and IEER's global outreach=20
coordinator.  "Plutonium and americium have been detected in the vadose=20
zone, which is the unsaturated area between the ground surface and the=20
aquifer, and in the aquifer since the 1970s.  Plutonium is moving through=20
the vadose zone to the aquifer thousands of times faster than assumed by a=
=20
wait-and-see policy that dominates DOE's approach to clean-up of these=
 dumps.=94

While the threat to the Snake River Plain aquifer from the buried wastes=20
increases, the DOE has focused on transporting "stored" transuranic wastes,=
=20
which are kept in relatively secure conditions indoors at INEEL, to the=20
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico.

"Insufficient resources are being devoted to cleaning up of the buried=20
transuranic wastes at INEEL," said Gary Richardson, Executive Director of=20
the Snake River Alliance, a nuclear watchdog group of INEEL.  "The DOE is=20
essentially playing a shell game by moving wastes from INEEL to WIPP so=20
that more waste can be shipped to INEEL.  The DOE's Environmental=20
Management Program has wasted enormous sums of money on poorly designed=20
projects for managing buried wastes.  Meanwhile, the DOE is continuing to=20
dump wastes into unlined pits and trenches.  A culture of denial seems=20
deeply embedded in the DOE with regard to the threat posed by buried=
 wastes."

Paul Schwartz, Director for Water Policy of Clean Water Action, in=20
welcoming the report said, =93Activists and policy-makers should pay far=
 more=20
attention to the threat posed to the purity of critical water supplies in=20
the United States by past radioactive dumping.  Clean Water Action is=20
certainly going to do so.  There is no room for complacency when it comes=20
to plutonium and americium.=94

The DOE buried more plutonium containing waste at INEEL than at any other=20
nuclear weapons site. Direct injection of radioactive and hazardous=20
substances into the Snake River Plain aquifer and dumping of wastes into=20
percolation ponds resulted in plumes of pollutants like strontium-90,=20
iodine-129, and TCE in the aquifer.  Some areas under the site are=20
contaminated at levels far above the Safe Drinking Water standards set by=20
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  While these standards do not=20
apply to the water under INEEL, they do indicate the severity of the=20
problem of water pollution due to past waste dumping and the need for=
 clean-up.

"The combined threat from the radioactive and hazardous chemicals in the=20
buried wastes is enormous," continued Beatrice Brailsford of the Snake=20
River Alliance.  "Severe contamination of the Snake River Plain aquifer=20
would have serious consequences for the health of the people and economy of=
=20
Idaho.  The Snake River Plain aquifer is the only source of drinking water=
=20
for 200,000 people in southern Idaho and a major source of irrigation water=
=20
for regional crops and fisheries.  The produce grown in Idaho is eaten=20
throughout the United States and in many other countries, including Japan,=
=20
Canada, and Mexico.  Idaho=92s trout farms, which rely on the groundwater,=
=20
produce 75 percent of the commercial rainbow trout eaten in the U.S."

The report recommends that:
=B7       buried wastes be recovered from the dumps and processed in order=
 to=20
stabilize them for storage,
=B7       all shallow land burial of radioactive wastes be stopped,
=B7       the vadose zone be remediated to the extent possible, and
=B7       a more vigorous groundwater monitoring program be implemented.

"This will not be a simple project and will need to be carried out=20
carefully, with due regard for worker safety," said Dr. Makhijani. "But it=
=20
is a project that is essential for protecting the health of the Snake River=
=20
Plain aquifer and also for security.  If site control is lost, the dumps=20
would be a potential nuclear weapons mine since they contain more than 200=
=20
nuclear bombs worth of plutonium.=94

For further information, contact:
Arjun Makhijani               [phone]
Beatrice Brailsford    [phone]
Bob Schaeffer                 [phone]



Copies of the full report are available upon request.
Portions of the report are available on-line:=20
http://www.ieer.org/reports/poison/toc.html


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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=20
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<i>NEWS RELEASE<br>
<br>
</i><font size=3D4><b>RADIOACTIVE AND CHEMICAL POLLUTION FROM NUCLEAR WASTE
DUMPING ENDANGERS SNAKE RIVER PLAIN AQUIFER,<br>
LARGEST AQUIFER IN WESTERN U.S.<br>
<br>
</font>More than one ton of plutonium is in shallow dumps<br>
<br>
Energy Department "Clean-up" Program Plagued by Poor
Priorities, Inaction<br>
<br>
</b></div>
Washington, D.C., October 9, 2001: Nuclear waste dumped at the Idaho
National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) is polluting
the Snake River Plain aquifer, the primary source of drinking water for
200,000 people, according to a new report.  <i>Poison in the Vadose
Zone: An examination of the threats to the Snake River Plain aquifer from
the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory</i>, by the
Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), warns that this
important water resource faces further contamination from the migration
of long-lived radionuclides and hazardous chemicals from nuclear weapons
production wastes buried at the site.  The Snake River Plain aquifer
is the largest unified aquifer in the western United States and the most
important underground water resource in the northwestern U.S.
<i>Poison in the Vadose Zone </i>is the first report to comprehensively
compile and analyze the available data on the threat posed by plutonium
and other transuranic materials to the Snake River Plain aquifer.<br>
<br>
"For fifty years, nuclear weapons production has resulted in large
quantities of radioactive and hazardous chemical waste being injected
directly into the aquifer, discharged into surface ponds, or dumped into
shallow pits and trenches," said Dr. Arjun Makhijani, principal
author of the report and president of IEER. "These contaminants pose
a serious threat to the lifeblood of the region, the Snake River Plain
aquifer."<br>
<br>
According to the report, official US government data indicate that more
than one metric ton of plutonium, packaged in nothing more than cardboard
boxes, wooden boxes, or 55 gallon drums, was dumped into shallow trenches
on the site in the 1950s and 1960s.  Rain, snow, and occasional
flooding of the trenches have already caused migration of some
radioactive and hazardous materials towards, and in some cases into, the
aquifer.  Evidence has existed for more than 25 years that these
long-lived radionuclides are migrating through the vadose zone to the
aquifer much faster than anticipated.<br>
<br>
"Sound scientific work indicating threats to the Snake River Plain
aquifer has long been ignored by the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE)," stated Michele Boyd, co-author of the report and IEER's
global outreach coordinator.  "Plutonium and americium have
been detected in the vadose zone, which is the unsaturated area between
the ground surface and the aquifer, and in the aquifer since the
1970s.  Plutonium is moving through the vadose zone to the aquifer
thousands of times faster than assumed by a wait-and-see policy that
dominates DOE's approach to clean-up of these dumps.=94<br>
<br>
While the threat to the Snake River Plain aquifer from the buried wastes
increases, the DOE has focused on transporting "stored"
transuranic wastes, which are kept in relatively secure conditions
indoors at INEEL, to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New
Mexico.<br>
<br>
"Insufficient resources are being devoted to cleaning up of the
buried transuranic wastes at INEEL," said Gary Richardson, Executive
Director of the Snake River Alliance, a nuclear watchdog group of
INEEL.  "The DOE is essentially playing a shell game by moving
wastes from INEEL to WIPP so that more waste can be shipped to
INEEL.  The DOE's Environmental Management Program has wasted
enormous sums of money on poorly designed projects for managing buried
wastes.  Meanwhile, the DOE is continuing to dump wastes into
unlined pits and trenches.  A culture of denial seems deeply
embedded in the DOE with regard to the threat posed by buried
wastes."<br>
<br>
Paul Schwartz, Director for Water Policy of Clean Water Action, in
welcoming the report said, =93Activists and policy-makers should pay far
more attention to the threat posed to the purity of critical water
supplies in the United States by past radioactive dumping.  Clean
Water Action is certainly going to do so.  There is no room for
complacency when it comes to plutonium and americium.=94<br>
<br>
The DOE buried more plutonium containing waste at INEEL than at any other
nuclear weapons site. Direct injection of radioactive and hazardous
substances into the Snake River Plain aquifer and dumping of wastes into
percolation ponds resulted in plumes of pollutants like strontium-90,
iodine-129, and TCE in the aquifer.  Some areas under the site are
contaminated at levels far above the Safe Drinking Water standards set by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  While these standards do
not apply to the water under INEEL, they do indicate the severity of the
problem of water pollution due to past waste dumping and the need for
clean-up.<br>
<br>
"The combined threat from the radioactive and hazardous chemicals in
the buried wastes is enormous," continued Beatrice Brailsford of the
Snake River Alliance.  "Severe contamination of the Snake River
Plain aquifer would have serious consequences for the health of the
people and economy of Idaho.  The Snake River Plain aquifer is the
only source of drinking water for 200,000 people in southern Idaho and a
major source of irrigation water for regional crops and fisheries.
The produce grown in Idaho is eaten throughout the United States and in
many other countries, including Japan, Canada, and Mexico.  Idaho=92s
trout farms, which rely on the groundwater, produce 75 percent of the
commercial rainbow trout eaten in the U.S."<br>
<br>
The report recommends that:<br>
<font face=3D"Symbol">=B7<x-tab>       </=
x-tab></font>buried
wastes be recovered from the dumps and processed in order to stabilize
them for storage, <br>
<font face=3D"Symbol">=B7<x-tab>       </=
x-tab></font>all
shallow land burial of radioactive wastes be stopped, <br>
<font face=3D"Symbol">=B7<x-tab>       </=
x-tab></font>the
vadose zone be remediated to the extent possible, and<br>
<font face=3D"Symbol">=B7<x-tab>       </=
x-tab></font>a
more vigorous groundwater monitoring program be implemented.<br>
<br>
"This will not be a simple project and will need to be carried out
carefully, with due regard for worker safety," said Dr. Makhijani.
"But it is a project that is essential for protecting the health of
the Snake River Plain aquifer and also for security.  If site
control is lost, the dumps would be a potential nuclear weapons mine
since they contain more than 200 nuclear bombs worth of plutonium.=94<br>
<br>
For further information, contact:=20
<dl>
<dd>Arjun Makhijani
<x-tab>       </x-tab>   &=
nbsp;
[phone]=20
<dd>Beatrice Brailsford    [phone]=20
<dd>Bob Schaeffer
<x-tab>      </x-tab>    &=
nbsp;
[phone]<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>

</dl><div align=3D"center">
Copies of the full report are available upon request.<br>
Portions of the report are available on-line:
http://www.ieer.org/reports/poison/toc.html <br>
<br>
<br>
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<br>
<x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
</div>
Lisa Ledwidge<br>
Outreach Coordinator and Editor, <i>Science for Democratic Action<br>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) law of force?
Date: 11 Oct 2001 10:05:17 -0400

October 9, 2001

This War is Illegal

By Michael Mandel

A well-kept secret about the U.S.-U.K. attack on Afghanistan is that it is
clearly illegal. It violates international law and the express words of the
United Nations Charter.

Despite repeated reference to the right of self-defence under Article 51,
the Charter simply does not apply here. Article 51 gives a state the right
to repel an attack that is ongoing or imminent as a temporary measure until
the UN Security Council can take steps necessary for international peace
and security.

The Security Council has already passed two resolutions condemning the
Sept. 11 attacks and announcing a host of measures aimed at combating
terrorism. These include measures for the legal suppression of terrorism
and its financing, and for co-operation between states in security,
intelligence, criminal investigations and proceedings relating to
terrorism. The Security Council has set up a committee to monitor progress
on the measures in the resolution and has given all states 90 days to
report back to it.

Neither resolution can remotely be said to authorize the use of military
force. True, both, in their preambles, abstractly "affirm" the inherent
right of self-defence, but they do so "in accordance with the Charter."
They do not say military action against Afghanistan would be within the
right of self-defence. Nor could they. That's because the right of
unilateral self-defence does not include the right to retaliate once an
attack has stopped.

The right of self-defence in international law is like the right of
self-defence in our own law: It allows you to defend yourself when the law
is not around, but it does not allow you to take the law into your own hands.

Since the United States and Britain have undertaken this attack without the
explicit authorization of the Security Council, those who die from it will
be victims of a crime against humanity, just like the victims of the Sept.
11 attacks.

Even the Security Council is only permitted to authorize the use of force
where "necessary to maintain and restore international peace and security."
Now it must be clear to everyone that the military attack on Afghanistan
has nothing to do with preventing terrorism. This attack will be far more
likely to provoke terrorism. Even the Bush administration concedes that the
real war against terrorism is long term, a combination of improved
security, intelligence and a rethinking of U.S. foreign alliances.

Critics of the Bush approach have argued that any effective fight against
terrorism would have to involve a re-evaluation of the way Washington
conducts its affairs in the world. For example, the way it has promoted
violence for short-term gain, as in Afghanistan when it supported the
Taliban a decade ago, in Iraq when it supported Saddam Hussein against
Iran, and Iran before that when it supported the Shah.

The attack on Afghanistan is about vengeance and about showing how tough
the Americans are. It is being done on the backs of people who have far
less control over their government than even the poor souls who died on
Sept. 11. It will inevitably result in many deaths of civilians, both from
the bombing and from the disruption of aid in a country where millions are
already at risk. The 37,000 rations dropped on Sunday were pure PR, and so
are the claims of "surgical" strikes and the denials of civilian
casualties. We've seen them before, in Kosovo for example, followed by lame
excuses for the "accidents" that killed innocents.

For all that has been said about how things have changed since Sept. 11,
one thing that has not changed is U.S. disregard for international law. Its
decade-long bombing campaign against Iraq and its 1999 bombing of
Yugoslavia were both illegal. The U.S. does not even recognize the
jurisdiction of the World Court. It withdrew from it in 1986 when the court
condemned Washington for attacking Nicaragua, mining its harbours and
funding the contras. In that case, the court rejected U.S. claims that it
was acting under Article 51 in defence of Nicaragua's neighbours.

For its part, Canada cannot duck complicity in this lawlessness by relying
on the "solidarity" clause of the NATO treaty, because that clause is made
expressly subordinate to the UN Charter.

But, you might ask, does legality matter in a case like this? You bet it
does. Without the law, there is no limit to international violence but the
power, ruthlessness and cunning of the perpetrators. Without the
international legality of the UN system, the people of the world are
sidelined in matters of our most vital interests.

We are all at risk from what happens next. We must insist that Washington
make the case for the necessity, rationality and proportionality of this
attack in the light of day before the real international community.

The bombing of Afghanistan is the legal and moral equivalent of what was
done to the Americans on Sept. 11. We may come to remember that day, not
for its human tragedy, but for the beginning of a headlong plunge into a
violent, lawless world.

Michael Mandel, professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto,
specializes in international criminal law.





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Subject: (abolition-usa) NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN A CHANGED WORLD: INFO AND ANALYSIS
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Western States Legal Foundation Emergency Information Bulletin, Fall 2001

NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN A CHANGED WORLD: THE HIDDEN DANGERS OF THE RUSH TO WAR

- U.S. Nuclear Weapons Doctrine: Many Missions, Varied Targets
- Modified Bombs for Changing 'Threats"
- The Legal Status of Nuclear Weapons
- The Risks of a Wider War
- Avoiding the Slippery Slope: The September 11 Attacks as Crimes rather than
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- Modified Bombs for Changing 'Threats"<br>
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Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN A CHANGED WORLD: INFO AND ANALYSIS
Date: 12 Oct 2001 20:54:20 EDT

How do I get the "info and analysis"? Are they attachments? Chad Johnson
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From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN A CHANGED WORLD: INFO
Date: 12 Oct 2001 18:17:18 -0700

Dear Chad, et al.  There seems to be some confusion from my earlier
message.  Our new Information Bulletin, "Nuclear Weapons in a Changed
World,"  can be accessed on the Western States Legal Foundation web site
at: www/wslfweb.org   Go to the Documents link on the left side of the home
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Subject: (abolition-usa) IEER: Pursuing justice for the crimes of September 11, 2001
Date: 15 Oct 2001 14:33:10 -0500

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At http://www.ieer.org you will find a link to "Pursuing justice for the=20
crimes of September 11, 2001 and reducing the risks of terrorism" by Arjun=
=20
Makhijani.  The piece is also pasted below.

The article explains why the military air strikes on Afghanistan by the=20
United States and Britain, with the support of Pakistan and Russia, are=20
likely to aggravate the crisis.  It proposes a different approach to=20
resolving it.

[Apologies for double postings.]

Lisa Ledwidge, IEER

Pursuing justice for the crimes of September 11, 2001 and reducing the=20
risks of terrorism
Arjun Makhijani
11 October 2001

After more than three weeks of massive military build-up as well as=20
restraint and diplomatic activity in response to the terrorist attacks of=20
September 11, 2001, the United States and Britain began air strikes on=20
Afghanistan on October 7, 2001.  The U.S.-British air strikes are being=20
accompanied by small humanitarian airdrops, but have triggered a large=20
increase in refugees.  The United States has sought and obtained a=20
condemnation of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 from the United=
=20
Nations Security Council, though the resolutions do not directly authorize=
=20
the use of force.

For a number of reasons, the military air strikes by the United States and=
=20
Britain, with the support of Pakistan and Russia, are likely to aggravate=20
the crisis.

=B7       There is a tension between reducing the risks of further terrorism=
=20
and carrying out actions to bring the perpetrators of the September 11=20
crimes to justice.  That tension should be explicitly recognized in the=20
organization of a response.
=B7       Bombing Afghanistan in the context of the massive suffering of the=
=20
Afghani people has created even angrier appeals to religious war in the=20
region. There is already a great deal of turmoil in Pakistan.  A=20
disintegration of Pakistan is possible and creates heightened risks that=20
nuclear materials or warheads might be captured or transferred by sections=
=20
of the Pakistani establishment to the Taliban and/or the al-Qaeda=20
network.  The Pakistani government has had close ties with the Taliban and=
=20
still maintains relations with that regime.  The Pakistani government=92s=20
Inter-Services Intelligence agency has played a major role in training and=
=20
supplying the Taliban.  The nuclear implications of that historical=20
relationship for the region, the United States, and the rest of the world=20
are unclear.  There is clearly some risk, though its magnitude is difficult=
=20
to establish in the midst of this crisis.
=B7       The U.S. choice of response to terrorism is raising the risks of=
=20
wider wars.  For instance, there was a terrorist attack in Kashmir on=20
October 2, 2001, when about 40 people were killed.  The Indian government=20
has warned that it will attack the Pakistani-occupied portion of Kashmir if=
=20
there are further attacks, on the same grounds that the U.S. is justifying=
=20
its air attacks on Afghanistan.
=B7       To take the approach that this is a war rather than a police=
 action=20
to arrest suspects who have committed crimes against humanity (in the legal=
=20
definition under international law) is to accord the terrorist network the=
=20
status of a state, which Osama bin Laden has implicitly claimed for=20
years.  This approach legitimizes the use of weapons of mass destruction,=20
since states, including the United States and Britain, have long claimed=20
the prerogatives of such use for themselves.  The very doctrine of air=20
warfare has its historical roots in the idea of terrorizing=20
populations.(1)  The United States, Britain, France, NATO, and Russia all=20
maintain the option of using nuclear weapons first in any conflict.  Osama=
=20
bin Laden has more than once referred to the U.S. use of nuclear weapons=20
over Japan, an act carried out in wartime, as justification for the attacks=
=20
he is calling on terrorists to carry out against the United States.  He=20
repeated that justification after the October 7, 2001 U.S.-British strikes=
=20
on Afghanistan.
=B7       Military action threatens to de-stabilize the situation in Saudi=
=20
Arabia, where feelings against the stationing of U.S. troops since 1991=20
have run very high and are the main source of popular support for Osama bin=
=20
Laden.  The flow of oil as well as the position of the U.S. dollar as a=20
global currency are dependent on Organization of Petroleum Exporting=20
Countries (OPEC).  OPEC=92s decision of the, anchored by Saudi oil reserves,=
=20
the largest in the world, to denominate the price of oil in U.S. dollars,=20
is one of the anchors of the U.S dollar.  In the present crisis, the states=
=20
of the Persian Gulf may be pushed by their people to follow the 1999=20
example of Saddam Hussein, who asked to be paid for Iraqi oil in euros, the=
=20
new European currency.  If OPEC decides to denominate the price of oil in=20
euros, the effect on the U.S. and world economies could be profoundly=20
de-stabilizing, with unpredictable economic, political, and military=20
consequences.(2)  Other oil exporting countries also face de-stabilization,=
=20
notably Indonesia, where anti-U.S. government tensions have been high since=
=20
the International Monetary Fund=92s intervention in its financial crisis in=
 1997.
=B7       The United States, British, and Russian governments, as distinct=
=20
from the people who were killed on September 11, are widely seen in the=20
region and the world as having had major roles in the crisis in the Central=
=20
Asian, South Asian, and Middle East regions that has spawned terrorist=20
cells.  The proxy war between the Soviet Union and the United States=20
carried out via Pakistan=92s government, with financing both from the Saudi=
=20
government and by all accounts, from drug trade profits, has been at the=20
center of the chaos and mass deprivation in Afghanistan.  Many of the=20
present opponents of the United States were its allies and instruments=20
then. (For instance, in a proclamation published in the Federal Register,=20
President Reagan said of the Islamic opposition to the Soviets on March 20,=
=20
1984 that =93[w]e stand in admiration of the indomitable will and courage of=
=20
the Afghan people who continue their resistance to tyranny. All=20
freedom-loving people around the globe should be inspired by the Afghan=20
people's struggle to be free and the heavy sacrifices they bear for=
 liberty.=94)
=B7       The United States and Britain are also seen as promoting and being=
=20
allied with undemocratic regimes for the sake of oil supplies and profits,=
=20
both historically and at the present time.
=B7       The British military role is also likely to inflame unpleasant=20
memories.  The present Pakistani-Afghan border dates back to its British=20
demarcation by Colonel Algermon Durand in 1893, and was part of the=20
British-Russian imperialist rivalry in the region.  It divided the Pushtu=20
people, who found themselves on both sides of the line.  After the=20
partition of South Asia in 1947, Pakistan, allied with the United States,=20
tried to use Islam as an ideological counterweight to Pushtu nationalism on=
=20
its side of the border.  The various coups between 1973 and 1979 in=20
Afghanistan cemented the drift of Afghanistan and Pakistan into opposite=20
camps of the Cold War.  The arrival of Soviet troops at the end of 1979=20
sealed the division and a devastating proxy war followed.  When wars and=20
partitions result in such immense misery, memories are long and bitter, as=
=20
the continuing problems in South Asia, Israel/Palestine, and=20
Ireland/Northern Ireland demonstrate.  Military attacks and wars have not=20
contributed to solutions in any of these conflicts, only aggravated them=20
and inflamed and hardened hatreds.
=B7       The announced U.S.-British goal of protecting the civilian=20
population of Afghanistan is at odds with aerial bombing. An operation more=
=20
complex and vast than the Berlin airlift of 1948-1949 (=93Operation=
 Vittles=94)=20
would have to be launched in order to meet emergency demands.  Operation=20
Vittles involved airlift to an airport of thousands of tons of food, fuel,=
=20
and other supplies every day, over distances of a few hundred miles.  Given=
=20
the magnitude of the historical refugees crisis and the one that is being=20
created by the threat and reality of bombings, an operation of similar or=20
larger scale will be needed over much vaster distances and more=20
inhospitable terrain.  It will need to be over areas that are controlled by=
=20
the Taliban as well as forces opposed to the Taliban, meaning that=20
inefficient airdrops are involved.  The starving people in theTaliban=20
controlled areas are hardly in a position to topple that government.  They=
=20
face a humanitarian crisis of stunning proportions.  Both Pakistan and=20
Iran, already hosting millions of refugees between them, are trying to keep=
=20
their borders closed.  In sum, the relief operation will have to be roughly=
=20
a hundred times larger than the one carried out on October 8, if it is to=20
have substantial actual effect in relieving the suffering of the people of=
=20
the region.  By all accounts, the best way to deliver food aid is by=20
road.  This mode of aid is made difficult or impossible by air attacks,=20
which have, moreover, already resulted in the deaths of four civilian U.N.=
=20
workers.

For profound historical, legal, practical, and moral reasons, the use of=20
military force, especially air strikes, to resolve the crisis, is a recipe=
=20
for continued violence, terrorism, insecurity, and injustice, not to=20
mention the immense increase in suffering for millions of Afghani=20
people.  These problems will not be resolved until the U.S., British, and=20
Russian governments show far more understanding of their own role in the=20
problems of the people of the region.  And until that time, military action=
=20
by these countries, directly or by proxy, is likely to increase problems=20
rather than contribute to their solution.

A different approach to resolving the crisis is urgently needed.  The most=
=20
important ingredient is that American people must work with the=20
international community to put together a force for a police action to=20
carry out the arrests in Afghanistan that does not involve U.S., British,=20
Russian, or non-state proxy militaries. The September 11, 2001 tragedy has=
=20
brought the people of the world closer to the people of the United States=20
in their suffering.  The heartfelt worldwide demand for justice and for=20
greater security against terrorism can be the basis for a framework to=20
address the issues of justice relating to the crimes against humanity=20
committed on September 11, 2001 and other aspects of the crisis that have=20
enveloped the world since that date.

Basis of a solution

1.      It is essential to de-legitimize the use of or threat of use of=20
weapons of mass destruction and other tactics that have the same effect,=20
whether by states or non-state groups.  The people who were killed did not=
=20
create the chaos in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region or contribute to the=20
hatreds that led to the September 11 attacks.  Therefore the search for=20
justice for those attacks should not be linked to any other injustices and=
=20
problems, which should also be addressed in their own right.
2.      The use of military force by the United States and Britain, as well=
=20
as the arming of proxy military forces, should stop immediately.
3.      The process of apprehending the suspects should be carried out=20
under the mandate of the U.N. Security Council using existing international=
=20
law to pursue crimes against humanity.  The people of the United States=20
should rely at this time on a police action in which neutral countries from=
=20
all over the world are mainly involved.  It is crucial that this be defined=
=20
explicitly as a police action to make arrests.
4.      The U.N. force must have firm rules of operation.  Violence against=
=20
civilians, including bombing of cities, villages, and refugee camps, should=
=20
be prohibited.  The parties to the coalition should commit to respecting=20
human rights.  Participating states and personnel should act within the=20
confines of humanitarian and international law, including the Nuremberg=20
principles.  They should expect to be held to the same level of=20
accountability in an international judicial process that they seek to=
 impose.
5.      Even though its military forces would not be involved, the United=20
States will, as a practical matter, have a powerful voice in how the U.N.=20
force operates for a variety of reasons, including the fact that the=20
September 11 attacks were on U.S. soil.  In order that the United States=20
have moral authority in regard to threats and acts of mass destruction, the=
=20
United States should take the leadership against the very idea of mass=20
destruction by explicitly renouncing first use of nuclear weapons.  To show=
=20
its good faith, it should begin the process of de-alerting them.  It should=
=20
invite Russia and all other nuclear weapons states into an urgent process=20
of verifiable de-alerting of all nuclear weapons and of putting all nuclear=
=20
warheads and weapons-usable nuclear materials under international=20
safeguards.  This will strengthen the international coalition against=20
terrorism and fulfill longstanding demands of the international=20
community.  It will also help stabilize nuclear situation in South Asia,=20
with attendant positive security implication for that region, and the rest=
=20
of the world, including the United States.
6.      There should be no proxy wars, as for instance, was the practice=20
during the Cold War, or arming of groups that could result in proxy wars.
7.      There should be explicit recognition that the suffering of the=20
Afghani people has its roots, in large measure, in Cold War politics and=20
proxy wars.  That recognition, both from Russia and the United States, is=20
long overdue.  When translated into practical humanitarian policies, this=20
means that the alleviation of their suffering must be a central, co-equal=20
goal to that of apprehending the suspects.  Most of all, any process must=20
take into account that a re-ignition of the civil war would be disastrous=20
for the people of Afghanistan and probably Pakistan, and could have other=20
far-reaching serious de-stabilizing consequences.
8.      It is essential that the United States protect human rights, civil=
=20
rights (including freedom of speech, assembly, and religion and freedom=20
from discrimination) at home.  The rights of immigrants should be respected=
=20
along with all other people living in the United States.  While the=20
evidence clearly indicates that the crimes of September 11 were likely=20
committed by non-citizens, there are many examples where U.S. citizens have=
=20
committed acts of terror, including the 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City and=20
the many crimes over a long period by the =93Unabomber.=94  Immigrants=
 should=20
be accorded due process and liberties guaranteed under the Bill of Rights.
9.      The formation of a coalition against terrorism and the rules of its=
=20
operation should be taken up as a matter under the many treaties against=20
terrorism that already exist.  The crisis of September 11 should be used as=
=20
the time to create a direction for the world community that will be based=20
on morality, equity, the rule of law and justice for all.  It is crucial to=
=20
create a direction in which the rules and norms of behavior against mass=20
violence imposed on individuals and non-state groups be extended to states,=
=20
rather than the opposite, which is the direction that the bombing of=20
Afghanistan is taking the world.

Notes
1: The doctrine was first elaborated by an Italian, Brigadier Douhet, who=20
wrote:  =93The conception of belligerents and nonbelligerents is=20
outmoded.  Today it is not the armies but whole nations which make war; and=
=20
all civilians are belligerents and all are exposed to the hazards of=20
war.  The only salvation will be in caves, but those caves cannot hold=20
entire cities, fleets, railways, bridges, industries, etc.=94  That doctrine=
=20
of air warfare was first employed on a large scale by Germany during the=20
mid-1930s against Spain and again in 1940 and thereafter against Britain,=20
and also by Britain and the United States, in conventional bombing, fire=20
bombing, and nuclear bombing during World War II.  For a history of aerial=
=20
warfare see Jack Colhoun, =93Strategic Bombing,=94 at=20
http://www.ieer.org/comments/bombing.html
2. For an analysis of the oil-dollar problem see Arjun Makhijani, =93Saddam=
=92s=20
Last Laugh=94 at http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2001/03/09/


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
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you will find a link to "Pursuing justice for the crimes of September=
 11, 2001 and reducing the risks of terrorism" by Arjun=
 Makhijani.  The piece is also pasted below.  <br>
<br>
The article explains why the military air strikes on Afghanistan by the=
 United States and Britain, with the support of Pakistan and Russia, are=
 likely to aggravate the crisis.  It proposes a different approach to=
 resolving it.<br>
<br>
[Apologies for double postings.]<br>
<br>
Lisa Ledwidge, IEER<br>
<br>
<div align=3D"center">
<b>Pursuing justice for the crimes of September 11, 2001 and reducing the=
 risks of terrorism<br>
</b>Arjun Makhijani<br>
11 October 2001<br>
<br>
</div>
After more than three weeks of massive military build-up as well as=
 restraint and diplomatic activity in response to the terrorist attacks of=
 September 11, 2001, the United States and Britain began air strikes on=
 Afghanistan on October 7, 2001.  The U.S.-British air strikes are=
 being accompanied by small humanitarian airdrops, but have triggered a=
 large increase in refugees.  The United States has sought and obtained=
 a condemnation of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 from the=
 United Nations Security Council, though the resolutions do not directly=
 authorize the use of force.<br>
<br>
For a number of reasons, the military air strikes by the United States and=
 Britain, with the support of Pakistan and Russia, are likely to aggravate=
 the crisis.<br>
<br>
=B7<x-tab>       </x-tab>There is a=
 tension between reducing the risks of further terrorism and carrying out=
 actions to bring the perpetrators of the September 11 crimes to=
 justice.  That tension should be explicitly recognized in the=
 organization of a response.<br>
=B7<x-tab>       </x-tab>Bombing=
 Afghanistan in the context of the massive suffering of the Afghani people=
 has created even angrier appeals to religious war in the region. There is=
 already a great deal of turmoil in Pakistan.  A disintegration of=
 Pakistan is possible and creates heightened risks that nuclear materials or=
 warheads might be captured or transferred by sections of the Pakistani=
 establishment to the Taliban and/or the al-Qaeda network.  The=
 Pakistani government has had close ties with the Taliban and still=
 maintains relations with that regime.  The Pakistani government=92s=
 Inter-Services Intelligence agency has played a major role in training and=
 supplying the Taliban.  The nuclear implications of that historical=
 relationship for the region, the United States, and the rest of the world=
 are unclear.  There is clearly some risk, though its magnitude is=
 difficult to establish in the midst of this crisis.<br>
=B7<x-tab>       </x-tab>The U.S. choice=
 of response to terrorism is raising the risks of wider wars.  For=
 instance, there was a terrorist attack in Kashmir on October 2, 2001, when=
 about 40 people were killed.  The Indian government has warned that it=
 will attack the Pakistani-occupied portion of Kashmir if there are further=
 attacks, on the same grounds that the U.S. is justifying its air attacks on=
 Afghanistan.<br>
=B7<x-tab>       </x-tab>To take the=
 approach that this is a war rather than a police action to arrest suspects=
 who have committed crimes against humanity (in the legal definition under=
 international law) is to accord the terrorist network the status of a=
 state, which Osama bin Laden has implicitly claimed for years.  This=
 approach legitimizes the use of weapons of mass destruction, since states,=
 including the United States and Britain, have long claimed the prerogatives=
 of such use for themselves.  The very doctrine of air warfare has its=
 historical roots in the idea of terrorizing populations.(1)  The=
 United States, Britain, France, NATO, and Russia all maintain the option of=
 using nuclear weapons first in any conflict.  Osama bin Laden has more=
 than once referred to the U.S. use of nuclear weapons over Japan, an act=
 carried out in wartime, as justification for the attacks he is calling on=
 terrorists to carry out against the United States.  He repeated that=
 justification after the October 7, 2001 U.S.-British strikes on=
 Afghanistan.<br>
=B7<x-tab>       </x-tab>Military action=
 threatens to de-stabilize the situation in Saudi Arabia, where feelings=
 against the stationing of U.S. troops since 1991 have run very high and are=
 the main source of popular support for Osama bin Laden.  The flow of=
 oil as well as the position of the U.S. dollar as a global currency are=
 dependent on Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). =
 OPEC=92s decision of the, anchored by Saudi oil reserves, the largest in=
 the world, to denominate the price of oil in U.S. dollars, is one of the=
 anchors of the U.S dollar.  In the present crisis, the states of the=
 Persian Gulf may be pushed by their people to follow the 1999 example of=
 Saddam Hussein, who asked to be paid for Iraqi oil in euros, the new=
 European currency.  If OPEC decides to denominate the price of oil in=
 euros, the effect on the U.S. and world economies could be profoundly=
 de-stabilizing, with unpredictable economic, political, and military=
 consequences.(2)  Other oil exporting countries also face=
 de-stabilization, notably Indonesia, where anti-U.S. government tensions=
 have been high since the International Monetary Fund=92s intervention in=
 its financial crisis in 1997.<br>
=B7<x-tab>       </x-tab>The United=
 States, British, and Russian governments, as distinct from the people who=
 were killed on September 11, are widely seen in the region and the world as=
 having had major roles in the crisis in the Central Asian, South Asian, and=
 Middle East regions that has spawned terrorist cells.  The proxy war=
 between the Soviet Union and the United States carried out via Pakistan=92s=
 government, with financing both from the Saudi government and by all=
 accounts, from drug trade profits, has been at the center of the chaos and=
 mass deprivation in Afghanistan.  Many of the present opponents of the=
 United States were its allies and instruments then. (For instance, in a=
 proclamation published in the Federal Register, President Reagan said of=
 the Islamic opposition to the Soviets on March 20, 1984 that =93[w]e stand=
 in admiration of the indomitable will and courage of the Afghan people who=
 continue their resistance to tyranny. All freedom-loving people around the=
 globe should be inspired by the Afghan people's struggle to be free and the=
 heavy sacrifices they bear for liberty.=94)<br>
=B7<x-tab>       </x-tab>The United=
 States and Britain are also seen as promoting and being allied with=
 undemocratic regimes for the sake of oil supplies and profits, both=
 historically and at the present time.<br>
=B7<x-tab>       </x-tab>The British=
 military role is also likely to inflame unpleasant memories.  The=
 present Pakistani-Afghan border dates back to its British demarcation by=
 Colonel Algermon Durand in 1893, and was part of the British-Russian=
 imperialist rivalry in the region.  It divided the Pushtu people, who=
 found themselves on both sides of the line.  After the partition of=
 South Asia in 1947, Pakistan, allied with the United States, tried to use=
 Islam as an ideological counterweight to Pushtu nationalism on its side of=
 the border.  The various coups between 1973 and 1979 in Afghanistan=
 cemented the drift of Afghanistan and Pakistan into opposite camps of the=
 Cold War.  The arrival of Soviet troops at the end of 1979 sealed the=
 division and a devastating proxy war followed.  When wars and=
 partitions result in such immense misery, memories are long and bitter, as=
 the continuing problems in South Asia, Israel/Palestine, and=
 Ireland/Northern Ireland demonstrate.  Military attacks and wars have=
 not contributed to solutions in any of these conflicts, only aggravated=
 them and inflamed and hardened hatreds.<br>
=B7<x-tab>       </x-tab>The announced=
 U.S.-British goal of protecting the civilian population of Afghanistan is=
 at odds with aerial bombing. An operation more complex and vast than the=
 Berlin airlift of 1948-1949 (=93Operation Vittles=94) would have to be=
 launched in order to meet emergency demands.  Operation Vittles=
 involved airlift to an airport of thousands of tons of food, fuel, and=
 other supplies <i>every day</i>, over distances of a few hundred=
 miles.  Given the magnitude of the historical refugees crisis and the=
 one that is being created by the threat and reality of bombings, an=
 operation of similar or larger scale will be needed over much vaster=
 distances and more inhospitable terrain.  It will need to be over=
 areas that are controlled by the Taliban as well as forces opposed to the=
 Taliban, meaning that inefficient airdrops are involved.  The starving=
 people in theTaliban controlled areas are hardly in a position to topple=
 that government.  They face a humanitarian crisis of stunning=
 proportions.  Both Pakistan and Iran, already hosting millions of=
 refugees between them, are trying to keep their borders closed.  In=
 sum, the relief operation will have to be roughly a hundred times larger=
 than the one carried out on October 8, if it is to have substantial actual=
 effect in relieving the suffering of the people of the region.  By all=
 accounts, the best way to deliver food aid is by road.  This mode of=
 aid is made difficult or impossible by air attacks, which have, moreover,=
 already resulted in the deaths of four civilian U.N. workers.<br>
<br>
For profound historical, legal, practical, and moral reasons, the use of=
 military force, especially air strikes, to resolve the crisis, is a recipe=
 for continued violence, terrorism, insecurity, and injustice, not to=
 mention the immense increase in suffering for millions of Afghani=
 people.  These problems will not be resolved until the U.S., British,=
 and Russian governments show far more understanding of their own role in=
 the problems of the people of the region.  And until that time,=
 military action by these countries, directly or by proxy, is likely to=
 increase problems rather than contribute to their solution.<br>
<br>
A different approach to resolving the crisis is urgently needed.  The=
 most important ingredient is that American people must work with the=
 international community to put together a force for a police action to=
 carry out the arrests in Afghanistan that does not involve U.S., British,=
 Russian, or non-state proxy militaries. The September 11, 2001 tragedy has=
 brought the people of the world closer to the people of the United States=
 in their suffering.  The heartfelt worldwide demand for justice and=
 for greater security against terrorism can be the basis for a framework to=
 address the issues of justice relating to the crimes against humanity=
 committed on September 11, 2001 and other aspects of the crisis that have=
 enveloped the world since that date.<br>
<br>
<b><i>Basis of a solution<br>
<br>
</i></b>1.<x-tab>      </x-tab>It is essential=
 to de-legitimize the use of or threat of use of weapons of mass destruction=
 and other tactics that have the same effect, whether by states or non-state=
 groups.  The people who were killed did not create the chaos in the=
 Afghanistan-Pakistan region or contribute to the hatreds that led to the=
 September 11 attacks.  Therefore the search for justice for those=
 attacks should not be linked to any other injustices and problems, which=
 should also be addressed in their own right.<br>
2.<x-tab>      </x-tab>The use of military=
 force by the United States and Britain, as well as the arming of proxy=
 military forces, should stop immediately.<br>
3.<x-tab>      </x-tab>The process of=
 apprehending the suspects should be carried out under the mandate of the=
 U.N. Security Council using existing international law to pursue crimes=
 against humanity.  The people of the United States should rely at this=
 time on a police action in which neutral countries from all over the world=
 are mainly involved.  It is crucial that this be defined explicitly as=
 a police action to make arrests.<br>
4.<x-tab>      </x-tab>The U.N. force must=
 have firm rules of operation.  Violence against civilians, including=
 bombing of cities, villages, and refugee camps, should be prohibited. =
 The parties to the coalition should commit to respecting human=
 rights.  Participating states and personnel should act within the=
 confines of humanitarian and international law, including the Nuremberg=
 principles.  They should expect to be held to the same level of=
 accountability in an international judicial process that they seek to=
 impose. <br>
5.<x-tab>      </x-tab>Even though its=
 military forces would not be involved, the United States will, as a=
 practical matter, have a powerful voice in how the U.N. force operates for=
 a variety of reasons, including the fact that the September 11 attacks were=
 on U.S. soil.  In order that the United States have moral authority in=
 regard to threats and acts of mass destruction, the United States should=
 take the leadership against the very idea of mass destruction by explicitly=
 renouncing first use of nuclear weapons.  To show its good faith, it=
 should begin the process of de-alerting them.  It should invite Russia=
 and all other nuclear weapons states into an urgent process of verifiable=
 de-alerting of all nuclear weapons and of putting all nuclear warheads and=
 weapons-usable nuclear materials under international safeguards.  This=
 will strengthen the international coalition against terrorism and fulfill=
 longstanding demands of the international community.  It will also=
 help stabilize nuclear situation in South Asia, with attendant positive=
 security implication for that region, and the rest of the world, including=
 the United States.<br>
6.<x-tab>      </x-tab>There should be no=
 proxy wars, as for instance, was the practice during the Cold War, or=
 arming of groups that could result in proxy wars.  <br>
7.<x-tab>      </x-tab>There should be=
 explicit recognition that the suffering of the Afghani people has its=
 roots, in large measure, in Cold War politics and proxy wars.  That=
 recognition, both from Russia and the United States, is long overdue. =
 When translated into practical humanitarian policies, this means that the=
 alleviation of their suffering must be a central, co-equal goal to that of=
 apprehending the suspects.  Most of all, any process must take into=
 account that a re-ignition of the civil war would be disastrous for the=
 people of Afghanistan and probably Pakistan, and could have other=
 far-reaching serious de-stabilizing consequences.<br>
8.<x-tab>      </x-tab>It is essential that=
 the United States protect human rights, civil rights (including freedom of=
 speech, assembly, and religion and freedom from discrimination) at=
 home.  The rights of immigrants should be respected along with all=
 other people living in the United States.  While the evidence clearly=
 indicates that the crimes of September 11 were likely committed by=
 non-citizens, there are many examples where U.S. citizens have committed=
 acts of terror, including the 1995 bombing in Oklahoma City and the many=
 crimes over a long period by the =93Unabomber.=94  Immigrants should=
 be accorded due process and liberties guaranteed under the Bill of=
 Rights.<br>
9.<x-tab>      </x-tab>The formation of a=
 coalition against terrorism and the rules of its operation should be taken=
 up as a matter under the many treaties against terrorism that already=
 exist.  The crisis of September 11 should be used as the time to=
 create a direction for the world community that will be based on morality,=
 equity, the rule of law and justice for all.  It is crucial to create=
 a direction in which the rules and norms of behavior against mass violence=
 imposed on individuals and non-state groups be extended to states, rather=
 than the opposite, which is the direction that the bombing of Afghanistan=
 is taking the world.<br>
<br>
</font><font size=3D1><b>Notes<br>
</b>1: The doctrine was first elaborated by an Italian, Brigadier Douhet,=
 who wrote:  =93The conception of belligerents and nonbelligerents is=
 outmoded.  Today it is not the armies but whole nations which make=
 war; and all civilians are belligerents and all are exposed to the hazards=
 of war.  The only salvation will be in caves, but those caves cannot=
 hold entire cities, fleets, railways, bridges, industries, etc.=94 =
 That doctrine of air warfare was first employed on a large scale by Germany=
 during the mid-1930s against Spain and again in 1940 and thereafter against=
 Britain, and also by Britain and the United States, in conventional=
 bombing, fire bombing, and nuclear bombing during World War II.  For a=
 history of aerial warfare see Jack Colhoun, =93Strategic Bombing,=94 at=
 </font><a href=3D"http://www.ieer.org/comments/bombing.html"=
 eudora=3D"autourl"><font size=3D1=
 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.ieer.org/comments/bombing.html</a><br>
</u></font><font size=3D1>2. For an analysis of the oil-dollar problem see=
 Arjun Makhijani, =93Saddam=92s Last Laugh=94 at </font><a=
 href=3D"http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2001/03/09/" eudora=3D"autourl"><fo=
nt size=3D1=
 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2001/03/09/<br>
<br>
</a></u></font><x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep>
<font size=3D2>Lisa Ledwidge<br>
Outreach Coordinator and Editor, <i>Science for Democratic Action<br>
</i>Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)<br>
2104 Stevens Ave. South |  Minneapolis, MN 55404  USA<br>
phone:  [phone]  |  fax:  [phone]<br>
[e-mail]  |  <a href=3D"http://www.ieer.org/"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.ieer.org</a> </font></html>

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From: John Burroughs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Statement by Avis Bohlen, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
Date: 15 Oct 2001 15:40:41 -0400

USUN PRESS RELEASE # 137 (01)
October 10, 2001
AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY
Statement by Avis Bohlen,United States Assistant Secretary of State for Arms
Control, in the First Committee of the General Assembly, October 10, 2001
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Before I begin, please accept my congratulations on
your assumption of the Chairmanship of the First Committee
<http://www.un.org/ga/56/first/> . I am confident that the skill,
experience, and knowledge you and the bureau bring to First Committee
deliberations will assist us in a successful conclusion to our endeavors. I
would like to express my appreciation for the moment of silence observed by
the Committee at its first meeting October 4, 2001.
Mr. Chairman and other representatives to the First Committee,
We convene during a solemn period for humanity. Just four weeks ago a
horrendous attack was carried out against this city and the international
community. In addition to several thousand Americans, hundreds of citizens
from 80 different nations lost their lives at the hands of a well-organized
group of terrorists who showed total disdain for the innocents who suffered
and perished. The world was shocked and appalled by these criminal events.
The depravity of those acts, the tragic loss of life and the horrifying
destruction mark that day forever as a sad chapter in human history .We are
deeply grateful for the outpouring of sympathy that came to us from all over
the world and for the solidarity shown by the international community in
undertaking the long struggle now just beginning to bring the perpetrators
to account and to fight terrorism wherever it manifests itself with all the
weapons at our disposal.
The events of September 11 and the continuing concerns we all share
underscore the need to take a fresh look at the international community's
traditional convictions and approaches to security. We must strengthen them
where appropriate, but we must also consider new ways to reduce the
terrorist threat to mankind.
Responsible governments must assure the security and safety of their
citizens and of civil society as a whole. We are not free to stand aside and
watch our citizens be slaughtered, nor can we tolerate international
aggression or other forcible assaults on key interests and values. Criminals
and terrorists who possess the means to threaten society, and who have shown
no reluctance to use them, are a danger to us all and threaten the
achievement of the goal of general and complete disarmament. Governments
throughout the world must cooperate and devote appropriate energy and
resources to finding them, bringing them to justice, and rooting out the
organized networks that enable them to operate.
There is intense concern that some of these terrorists and criminals may
continue to seek to acquire and use weapons of mass destruction. This gives
the international community important and persuasive reasons to redouble our
non-proliferation and arms control efforts. We must also strengthen other
mechanisms intended to ensure that toxic and dangerous materials remain
under appropriate control and are used solely for legal and constructive
purposes. The United States Government is actively examining these
questions, and we would welcome ideas and views of others on how best to
achieve these goals. We hope to enlist the help of all the members of the
United Nations in the fight against terrorism and the threats posed by
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
Delegations to the First Committee have come here to consider issues of
disarmament, arms control, and international peace and security. We will
consider resolutions that focus on ways and means to reduce the potential
harm to mankind from the tools of war - from small arms to weapons of mass
destruction. We will not always agree on the best ways to reduce these
dangers, but we can exchange insights, discuss alternate approaches, and
seek to persuade each other.
Let me begin by reiterating and emphasizing the strong support of the United
States for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
<http://www.state.gov/t/np/nnp/fs/index.cfm?docid=3055> . As a nuclear
weapon state, the United States understands its special responsibility under
Article VI to take steps related to nuclear disarmament. President Bush has
made clear that the U .S. will reduce its nuclear forces to the lowest
possible level that is compatible with the security of the U .S. and its
allies.
NPT Parties and UN Member States, including the U.S., have repeatedly called
for the immediate commencement of negotiations on a Fissile Material Cutoff
Treaty (FMCT) to end the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons.
We are extremely disappointed that the continuing deadlock in the CD
<http://www.unog.ch/disarm/dconf.htm>  is preventing the start of these
negotiations. We urge all CD members to start FMCT negotiations without
further delay.
The United States is keenly aware of the dangers we face in today's global
environment. Earlier this year my government began a strategic policy review
that is beginning to bear fruit. As one example, you are aware that the U.S.
Government and the Government of the Russian Federation have been
intensively discussing a new strategic framework. This framework will be
premised on openness, mutual confidence, and real opportunities for
cooperation. It will reflect a clean and clear break from the Cold War. It
will also include substantial reductions in offensive nuclear forces,
cooperation on missile defense, enhanced non - and counter-proliferation
efforts, and measures to promote confidence and transparency.
In this context, I must reiterate that the United States is firmly opposed
to the UN inserting itself into issues regarding the ABM Treaty
<http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/abmpage.html> , which remains
a matter for the parties. As I just noted, discussions between the Russian
Federation and my country on a new strategic framework, including a revised
approach to the ABM Treaty, have intensified in recent months and they will
continue. In these circumstances it is even more inappropriate for the ABM
Treaty to be dealt with here in this forum. If a resolution on the ABM
Treaty is introduced again this year, the United States will vote no on it.
We urge our friends and allies to do the same. Today's world provides both
new threats and new opportunities. We must be able to react to these
changes.
However, let me emphasize that the United States is committed to working
constructively with all members of the international community to develop
broad support for an effective agenda to prevent the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction and to ensure meaningful arms control. It is not
just two or three nations that are threatened in today's world; the entire
globe faces security challenges. We are prepared to work together in search
of common ground, but we do not want to engage in activities that would
undercut genuine efforts to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction
and address other very real security threats.
Unspeakable though the acts of September 11 were, they unfortunately do not
exhaust the full range of deadly weapons available to a determined and
merciless terrorist. Much has been written in recent weeks about the threat
of the use of biological weapons, about the dangers of toxins and biological
agents being dispersed in areas with large concentrations of people. While
the ease of resorting to such weapons is sometimes overestimated in the
press, the possibility that BW might be used on a massive scale must now,
after September 11, be regarded as less remote than before.
This possibility must give new urgency to our efforts to combat the threat
of biological weapons -- and by weapons I mean here biological agents used
with lethal intent. A first step must be to strengthen the norms against use
of biological weapons, to make clear and doubly clear that this form of
terrorism, like all others, is unacceptable. We believe that the
international community, which has in Security Council Resolutions 1368
<http://www.un.org/Docs/scres/2001/res1368e.pdf>  and 1373
<http://www.un.org/Docs/scres/2001/res1373e.pdf>  so clearly stated its
resolve to combat terrorism by all the means at its disposal, must equally
clearly state that any use of biological weapons - whether by a state, an
organization or an individual - would be a crime against humanity to which
the international community will respond. We must also make clear that
transfer of BW and other toxins to those who would use them is similarly
unacceptable.
Over the past six years, the United States and many other countries sought
to negotiate in Geneva a protocol that would strengthen the Biological
Weapons Convention <http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/bwc1.html>
- that is to give force to its prohibitions against possession, development,
stockpiling and acquisition. Last July, we made clear that we could not
support the protocol, because the measures that were proposed to enforce the
ban against possession and development are neither effective or equitable -
and given the inherent properties of biological products it seems all but
certain that they can never be made so. This continues to be our view. But
in addition, the events of September 11 have reinforced our view that the
priority focus must be on use. The international community must here and now
state our abhorrence of use, as suggested above; we must all strengthen our
national laws criminalizing use and transfer, and we must all agree that use
and transfer are crimes to which our many mutual treaties of extradition
would apply. We must give ourselves the means to question and challenge in
the event of suspected use. And we must able to distinguish an outbreak of
illness caused by BW from a naturally occurring illness. And in the
unthinkable event that a major BW incident occurs somewhere, we need to pool
as much as we can our knowledge and expertise to minimize the effects. That
is why the United States is working closely with many nations to improve our
common preparedness to mitigate and respond to BW attacks, and why we intend
to expand this cooperation, especially in the area of medical consequence
management.
The U.S. is also fully engaged in international efforts against chemical
weapons. Our goals remain the worldwide destruction of existing stocks of
chemical weapons and full compliance with the prohibition of the
development, production, stockpiling and use of these weapons of mass
destruction. We are also assisting the Russian Federation in its stockpile
destruction program. We note that it is not only chemical weapons activities
that are of concern. In Japan, terrorists made and used nerve gas. It is
essential that Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
<http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/cwctext.html>  member states
put in place national laws and other regulations that help to keep materials
for making chemical weapons out of unauthorized hands and ensure effective
prosecution of those who make or use chemical weapons.
Each of us must do all we can to control the export from our countries of
sensitive goods and technology related to weapons of mass destruction. This
effort remains essential if we are to prevent the spread of these weapons,
not only to governments who would use such weapons against others but to
terrorists as well. Improvements in border controls and monitoring will also
help in this effort.
The conclusions of the 2000 NPT Review Conference
<http://www.un.org/Depts/dda/WMD/nptrevhome.html>  included several measures
related to curtailing the potential risk of terrorism involving nuclear
material. Among such steps are the strengthening of International Atomic
Energy Agency <http://www.iaea.org>  safeguards, revising the Convention on
the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material
<http://www.state.gov/www/global/arms/treaties/nucmate1.html> , improving
national standards of security and physical protection of nuclear material,
establishing stronger regulatory control over radioactive sources, and
enhancing international cooperation against illicit trafficking in nuclear
material. These measures will not only address concerns about nuclear
weapons in the hands of terrorists, but also the threats to health and life
posed by indiscriminate dispersal of radioactive materials. Improving the
security and safety of civil nuclear installations against sabotage is also
an important step.
Mr. Chairman, the United States takes seriously its obligations under the
arms control agreements to which we are a party .We lead the way in
assisting foreign nations to counter the proliferation of deadly technology.
We are also prepared to engage in negotiations that will result in greater
peace and security for the international community . We are also fully aware
of the consequences to our security and that of the international system due
to the changing nature of the threats posed in today's world. The U.S.
Delegation will examine carefully the resolutions which are to be tabled
over the coming days, taking into account the need to ensure our own
security as we pursue arms control and disarmament objectives that can
enhance security for all. And all nations should craft their proposals
bearing in mind the real threat to our security that the events of September
11 so horribly demonstrated.
The world has changed, Mr. Chairman, but many basic issues continue to
compel our attention and effort. The members of this body have a
responsibility to address challenges to international security, both
existing and new, and my delegation is ready to work with you and our
counterparts. Thank you.


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Dear People!
  Thank you all who prayed for us and supported us in this process! Your
efforts have been helpful in leading to MINIMAL consequences.
         Agape,
         Marc


****NEWS RELEASE - 16 Oct 2001****

ACTIVISTS RESISTING US SPACE COMMAND
SENTENCED TO PROBATION AND JAIL TIME


WHO:   Four peace activists connected to
        the Los Angeles Catholic Worker

WHAT:  Three sentenced to probation and fines;
        one sentenced to 3 months in jail

WHERE: Federal Courthouse at Los Angeles, CA, because
        of prayer-action at Vandenberg Air Force Base

WHEN:  Monday October 15th 2001; 3:00pm

WHY:   On May 19th 2001, hundreds of peace & justice demonstrators gathered
at Vandenberg Air Force Base (near Santa Barbara, CA) to call for an end to
global exploitation enforced by US Space Command programs conducted from
Vandenberg (VAFB). Since July 2000, about 60 people have been arrested for
protesting these star wars programs, and in July 2001 four of the activists
went to trial and were convicted by a jury on August 2nd.
     Brian Buckley, Liz Wyrsch, Scott Galindez & Marc Page were part of a
Catholic Worker affinity group that conducted a prayer-action at VAFB on May
20th 2001. Two other co-defendants (Jeff Dietrich & Elizabeth Griswold)
pleaded guilty early; Elizabeth is on probation for three years and Jeff is
in prison for six months. Yesterday Judge William Rae pronounced a
three-month prison sentence for Galindez, $560 fine & fees for Buckley &
Wyrsch, and one year of probation for Buckley, Wyrsch, & Page. Galindez &
Page were also ordered to pay the mandatory $60 fees. The three defendants
sentenced to probation told Judge Rae that they would not pay any fees and
fines, and that they are likely to resist compliance with probation.
    US Attorney Sharon McCaslin asked for Galindez to be jailed because of
prior arrests and convictions. Three community members spontaneously stood
up in the courtroom to support Galindez' request for a two-week stay of
execution prior to his impending incarceration. Judge Rae accepted the
request. Responding to McCaslin's accusation that the group acted under a
hierarchical model of someone leading his followers, Wyrsch replied in
anarchist fashion, "We led each other and we followed each other."
   ( Down the street in another federal courthouse, 15 Greenpeace activists
were arraigned for the third time in a revised indictment of their action
against star wars testing at VAFB. The internationals were granted the right
to return to their homelands prior to their impending trial. They face up to
11 years for their successful delay of a national missile defense test on
July 14th of this year. )

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http://www.nevadadesertexperience.org/M19.html
or CONTACT Elizabeth Griswold==323.267.8789
     or Piper Weinberg===775.537.6088
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From: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NDE's Oct. 22 event in Berkeley, CA on nuclear power
Date: 16 Oct 2001 14:52:15 +0100

Friends, If you are in the Berkeley, CA. area, please put this on your
calendar.  Peace - Sally.

Sally Light
Executive Director
Nevada Desert Experience


WANT TO KNOW WHY NUCLEAR POWER IS HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH?


Come to the free presentation & discussion on nuclear power plants, led
by Ernie Goitein,
engineer and NPP authority.

When:  Monday, October 22, 6 pm to 9 pm

Where:  Wesley Student Center, 2398 Bancroft Way (at Dana), Berkeley,
right across the street from the UC Berkeley campus.

Why:  Despite the devastation & ongoing aftermath of the Chernobyl
accident, the Three Mile Island accident, and the releases of
radioactive contamination by the use of nuclear power in space
technology, the US is going forward with nuclear power activities.  The
public deserves to know the risks it faces from this threat.

Students are invited, but all are welcome.

Light refreshments will be provided.

HAVE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT NUCLEAR POWER AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
ANSWERED!



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From: John Burroughs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) newsletter online - post-Sept 11 disarmament picture,
Date: 17 Oct 2001 17:39:21 -0400

The fall 2001 Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy newsletter is now
available at http://www.lcnp.org/pubs/Bombsaway01/contents.htm, in pdf with
selected articles in html.

It includes articles on the post-attacks disarmament picture ("Disarmament
Also Needs Coalitions", "Congress and the Fate of the ABM Treaty"),
previously available articles re responding to September 11 ("A Rule-of-Law
Response," "War: Metaphor into Reality," "Crime(s) of Terror: Developing
Law and Legal Institutions"), and more.

            John Burroughs, Executive Director
            Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
            211 E. 43d St., Suite 1204
            New York, New York 10017 USA
            tel: [phone] fax: [phone]
            e-mail: [e-mail]
            website: www.lcnp.org
            Part of the Abolition 2000 Global
            Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons


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From: Tim Bruening <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) End The Nuclear Threat Now!
Date: 22 Oct 2001 00:08:52 -0700

Below is a letter I wrote to my local newspapers about the terrorist
attacks and the threat of nuclear war.  Please write similar letters to
your newspapers, President Bush, and your Congressional representatives.

The September 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. has pitched the world into
crisis.  While it's unclear how this crisis will be resolved, we must
remember that in a world with weapons of mass destruction (including the
4,400 U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons still on hair-trigger alert), an
escalation of violence can lead to the ultimate catastrophe: the use of
nuclear weapons.

To stem this threat, President Bush should take a cue from his father.
In September 1991, President George Bush Sr. responded to the
instability caused by the Soviet breakup by "directing that all U.S.
strategic bombers immediately stand-down from their alert posture."
This, along with other de-alerting steps and the elimination of
thousands of short-range nuclear weapons, led then President Gorbachev
to respond in kind.

Please contact President Bush (The White House, Washington, D.C., 20500;
[phone]; [e-mail]) to urge him stake his own
claim to history and take the lead in reducing the threat of nuclear war
by working with Russia to take all nuclear weapons off hair-trigger
alert and pushing for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.

The use of domestic airplanes as missiles has shown us that in this
uncertain world fraught with anger and hatred, anything can happen.  We
must make sure that nuclear war does not.

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Subject: (abolition-usa) Map(s) of nuclear power plants?
Date: 22 Oct 2001 07:20:47 -0400

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Inquiry:  do you know where there's a map of all U.S. nuclear power plants, and
a list of towns near each one?  And similar maps of nuclear plants around the
world?  Would really appreciate a copy, paper or (preferably) digital.  Please
reply to me only, and not the group (mailto:[e-mail]).

"Radiation Hazards USA" (http://prop1.org/prop1/radiated/drh.htm), by Louise
Franklin-Ramirez and John Steinbach of the Gray Panthers, can be used to find
this information, but their map lists pretty nearly ALL radiation hazards, and
it would be good to have a clearly readable map for the current discussion.

Did you see "Nuclear power plants vulnerable to terrorists" Sunday? -
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/epaper/editions/sunday/opinion_b32dd47c81b5
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(NucNews has been posted through October 18, 2001.)

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similar maps of nuclear plants around the world?  Would really
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me only, and not the group
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by Louise Franklin-Ramirez and John Steinbach of the Gray Panthers, can
be used to find this information, but their map lists pretty nearly ALL
radiation hazards, and it would be good to have a clearly readable map
for the current discussion.</div>
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From: John Burroughs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) a new Marshall plan?
Date: 22 Oct 2001 08:41:07 -0400

October 9, 2001

A New Marshall Plan?
Advancing Human Security and Controlling Terrorism

By Dick Bell & Michael Renner
Worldwatch Institute

What do you think of this advice from a senior U.S. military officer and
statesman about how the people of the United States should deal with a part of
the world torn by war, poverty, disease, and hunger:
  "...it is of vast importance that our people reach some general
understanding
of what the complications really are, rather than react from a passion or a
prejudice or an emotion of the moment....It is virtually impossible at this
distance merely by reading, or listening, or even seeing photographs or motion
pictures, to grasp at all the real significance of the situation. And yet the
whole world of the future hangs on a proper judgment."

        The speaker was General George C. Marshall, outlining the Marshall
Plan
in an address at Harvard University on June 5, 1947.  Surveying the wrecked
economies of Europe, Marshall noted the "possibilities of disturbances arising
as a result of the desperation of the people concerned." He said that there
could be "no political stability and no assured peace" without economic
security, and that U.S. policy was "directed not against any country or
doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos."

        As President Bush and his advisors review the results of the initial
bombing campaign, they might also consider the relevance of Marshall's
strategy
to the moral and political problems America now confronts. Of course we should
find the people responsible for the deaths of September 11 and bring them to
justice, and work with other nations to root out other terrorist networks. But
we must do so in a way that does not result in the deaths of even more
innocent
people, deaths that would only deepen the cycle of anger and rage that led to
September 11.

What is largely missing from the administration's rhetoric is recognition of
the scale of the underlying problems that have to be addressed, regardless of
how successful we may be in the short run in tracking down the perpetrators of
the September 11th terrorist assaults.  As Marshall's words so plainly
suggest,
finding the terrorists should be part of a much more ambitious campaign,
one in
which the rich countries approach the appalling inequities of the world with
the same boldness and determination that the United States brought to bear in
Europe under the Marshall Plan.

We don't really need to spend another dime on "intelligence" to recognize the
conditions that leave whole countries in a state of despair and misery. Some
1.2 billion people worldwide struggle to survive on $1 day or less. 1.2
billion
people lack access to safe drinking water and 2.9 billion have inadequate
access to sanitation.  About 150 million children are malnourished, and more
than 10 million children under 5 will die in 2001 alone.  At least 150 million
people are unemployed and 900 million are "underemployed"-contending with
inadequate incomes despite long hours of backbreaking work.

Globalization has raised expectations, even as modern communications make the
rising inequality between a rich, powerful, and imposing West and the rest of
the world visible to all.  Poverty and deprivation do not automatically
translate into hatred.  But people whose hopes have worn thin, whose
aspirations have been thwarted, and whose discontent is rising, are far more
likely to succumb to the siren song of extremism.  This is particularly true
for the swelling ranks of young people whose prospects for the future are
bleak.  Some 34 percent of the developing world's population is under 15 years
of age.

        The United States and the other industrial nations should launch a
global ôMarshall Planö to provide everyone on earth with a decent standard of
living. We can already hear the cries of people claiming that such a global
plan would "cost too much." But let's look at the numbers. The cost of our
initial response has soared into the tens of billions of dollars, on top of an
already large proposed defense budget of  $342.7 billion.

        For the sake of comparison, let's assume that the United States will
spend an additional $100 billion on military actions in the next 12 months.
What could we buy if we matched this $100 billion military expenditure
dollar-for-dollar with spending on programs to alleviate human suffering?

A 1998 report by the United Nations Development Programme estimated the annual
cost to achieve universal access to a number of basic social services in all
developing countries: $9 billion would provide water and sanitation for all;
$12 billion would cover reproductive health for all women;  $13 billion would
give every person on Earth basic health and nutrition; and $6 billion would
provide basic education for all.

These sums are substantial, but they are still only a fraction of the tens of
billions of dollars we are already spending. And these social and health
expenditures pale in comparison with what is being spent on the military by
all
nationssome $780 billion each year.

There is a sad irony in watching the Bush Administration's strenuous
efforts to
build an international coalition.  There is no such muscular effort
underway in
the United States, or in any of the other rich nations, to build a
coalition to
eradicate hunger, to immunize all children, to provide clean water, to
eradicate infectious disease, to provide adequate jobs, to combat illiteracy,
or to build decent housing.

The cost of failing to advance human security and to eliminate the fertile
ground upon which terrorism thrives is already escalating.  Since September
11,
we know that sophisticated weapons offer little protection against those who
are out to seek vengeance, at any cost, for real and perceived wrongs. Unless
our priorities change, the threat is certain to keep rising in coming years.

By choosing to mobilize adequate resources to address human suffering around
the world, President Bush has a unique opportunity to seize the terrible
moment
of September 11 and earn a truly exalted place in human history.  But
first, we
must all understand that in the end, weapons alone cannot buy us a lasting
peace in a world of extreme inequality, injustice, and deprivation for
billions
of our fellow human beings.

Dick Bell is Vice President for Communications at the Worldwatch Institute
([e-mail])

Michael Renner is a Senior Researcher at the Worldwatch Institute
([e-mail])

For further information, please contact Niki Clark, 202-452-1992 x 517,
[e-mail]

The Worldwatch Institute web site is at http://www.worldwatch.org

Copyright notice: This article may be copied, used on web sites, or otherwise
reproduced without charge providing that the user include the address of the
Worldwatch web site (http://www.worldwatch.org) and attribute the article
to the
Worldwatch Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036.

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From: Lisa Ledwidge / IEER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Rep. Buyer Suggests Limited Nuclear Retaliation
Date: 22 Oct 2001 16:28:39 -0500

I just received this from a friend. Does anyone have further information on=
=20
this irresponsible and dangerous statement by the congressperson? Lisa

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/wrtv/20011018/lo/929540_1.html

Thursday October 18 04:05 PM EDT

Rep. Buyer Suggests Limited Nuclear Retaliation

U.S. Rep. Steve Buyer says that the United States should use tactical=20
nuclear weapons against Osama bin Laden's terrorist network in Afghanistan=
=20
if it is linked to recent anthrax incidents in the United States.

The Indiana Republican said that small, specialized nuclear weapons -- not=
=20
as powerful as the atom bombs that were used in World War II -- could be=20
used on the caves where members of bin Laden's network have taken shelter.

Buyer, a Gulf War veteran, said that the use of the weapons would be a=20
proper response if bin Laden's people are linked to the anthrax cases in=20
Florida, Washington, New York and elsewhere in the United States.

"Don't send special forces in there to sweep," Buyer said. "We'd be very=20
na=EFve to believe that biotoxins and chemical agents were not in these=20
caves. Put a tactical nuclear device in, and close these caves for a=20
thousand years."

Buyer said that he hadn't talked with other lawmakers or the Bush=20
administration about the idea, and didn't know how many in the government=20
would support it.

Buyer stresses that he doesn't advocate the use of full-power nuclear=20
bombs, but he acknowledged that much of the world wouldn't see the=
 difference.

"I just want the (Bush) administration to know that I think the United=20
States needs to send a message to the world that we are prepared to do=20
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From: Lisa Ledwidge / IEER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Symposium on Weapons and War, Washington D.C., Fri. Oct. 26
Date: 22 Oct 2001 13:41:30 -0500


>Please circulate

>WEAPONS AND WAR
>
>A SYMPOSIUM ON
>INTERNATIONAL ACCORDS TOWARDS WORLD SECURITY
>AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AFTER SEPTEMBER 11
>
>Friday, October 26, 2001    8:00 a.m.  -  6:00 p.m
>
>Lutheran Church of the Reformation
>212 East Capitol Street   Washington D.C.
>(2 blocks east of the Capitol Building and one block east of the Supreme
>Court)
>
>Activist and academic experts will provide an update on threats from
>biological, toxic, and nuclear weapons and existing international
>agreements intended to minimize these threats. Discussions will cover the
>Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), the Anti-Ballistic Missile
>(ABM) Treaty, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and the
>Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The United States government is
>sabotaging all four treaties: by rejecting a Compliance Protocol on the
>BTWC that is to be finalized in November in Geneva, by beginning to build a
>missile defense facility in Alaska, by refusing to ratify the CTBT, and by
>developing low-yield bunker-busting weapons.
>
>Speakers include:
>Congressman Dennis Kucinich (invited)
>Brian Becker, co-director of the International Action Center (IAC)
>Max Obuszewski, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
>Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
>Hillel W. Cohen, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine
>Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project
>Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation
>John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
>Tara Thornton, Military Toxics Project (MPT)
>Gina Amatangelo, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
>Kevin Martin, Peace Action
>
>For more information contact Chela Vazquez (IATP) at [phone]
>[e-mail]
>
>Steering committee and supporters include: Institute for Agriculture and
>Trade Policy (IATP), Bradford University, Sunshine Project, International
>Peace Bureau (IPB), Transnational Institute (TNI), The Center for Defense
>Information (CDI), Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in
>Space, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales Alternativos (ILSA),
>Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), NGO Committee
>on Disarmament, Peace Action, Corporacion de Unidades Democraticas para el
>Desarrollo (CEUDES), Centro de Debate y Accion Ambiental, Institute for
>Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), Accion Ecologica, OXFAM Change
>Inititiative.
>
>FREE TO THE PUBLIC
>
>Chela Vazquez
>Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
>2105 First Avenue South
>Minneapolis MN 55404 USA
>Tel. office: [phone]
>Fax: [phone]
>[e-mail]
>http://www.iatp.org
>http://www.wtowatch.org
>http://www.sustain.org/biotech
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From: Joan Russow <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Symposium on Weapons and War, Washington
Date: 22 Oct 2001 16:47:16 +0000


Excellent Conference. I wish I could attend.
HEre is what I have been circulating

Joan Russow

Self defence is not an excuse for revenge

In the face of human disaster, the calls for revenge and retribution are
predictable, and sadly  have failed to be resisted. The rule of
international law, must be respected, and it is the role of the Secretary
General Kofi Anan and the General Assembly to intervene immediately , and
call for the US to respect the rule of international law and to  prevent
the scourge of war. The US is engaging in an ill-conceived and dangerous
act of retaliation which will only serve to spawn more terrorism and
destabilization.

 The purpose of the United Nations Charter is to prevent the scourge of
war. Unfortunately, Article 51 of the Charter of United Nations has been
misused and ill-defined to justify not 'self defence" but armed
retaliation. It would appear that rather than seek informed legal opinion
from the International Court of Justice on the meaning of Article 51, the
US has proceeded to redefine "self defence" and "justice" to denote armed
retaliation.  Article 51 which endorses self defence only if all other
options are considered is being used by US and Allies to justify
retaliation. The defence of self defence is never a justification only an
excuse when there are no other options. There are, however, other options.

 For too long many member states of the United Nations have failed to
respect the International Court of Justice in the Hague. States like the US
have refused to accept the jurisdiction of the international Court, and
when the US does accept the jurisdiction, the US refuses to accept the
decision of the court (1988 ruling against the US planting land mines in
Nicaragua). In 1999, ten NATO countries including Canada and the US refused
to accept the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice when
Yugoslavia brought the NATO countries to the Court for violation of
international law.

The United States should seek justice through international law, rather
than retribution through perpetuating the cycle of violence and revenge.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Manley in question period Wednesday
September 19, claimed that there was no recourse through international law
because the International Criminal Court proposal has not yet received the
60 signatures required for its implementation.. The  International Court of
Justice has, however,  existed for over 50 years and is responsible for
hearing cases brought to it by member states of the UN.

Francis Boyle, an American specialist in international law, is supporting
the use of the International Court of Justice. He affirms the following:

"The 1971 Montreal Sabotage Convention is directly on point here, and
provides a comprehensive framework for dealing with the current dispute
between the United States and Afghanistan over the tragic events of 11
September 2001. Both States are
contracting parties to the Montreal Sabotage Convention, together with 173
other States in the World. The United States is under an absolute
obligation to resolve this dispute with Afghanistan in a peaceful manner as
required by UN Charter Article 2(3) and Article 33 as well as by the
Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, as well as in accordance with the requirements
of the Montreal Sabotage Convention -- all of which treaties bind most of
the States of the World. In addition, the United States should offer to
submit this entire dispute to the International Court of Justice in The
Hague  (the so-called World Court) on the basis of the Montreal Sabotage
Convention, and should ask the Government of Afghanistan to withdraw its
Reservation to World Court jurisdiction as permitted
by article 14(3) of the Montreal Sabotage Convention.

Furthermore, all other contracting parties must invoke the Montreal
Sabotage Convention against both the United States and Afghanistan in order
to produce a peaceful resolution of this dispute."

In Addition, the US could take other states, signatories to the
International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights to the International
Court of Justice, and  Article 20 of the International Covenant of Civil
and Political Rights: this article states:

ôAny advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes
incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by
law".

Perhaps the best counter to terrorism would be for the global community to
act on previous commitments to substantively reduce the military and
transfer the peace dividend to the achievement of global social justice and
equity.

Throughout the years, through international agreements, member states of
the United Nations have recognized the need to reduce the military budget.

In 1976 at Habitat 1, member states of the United Nations affirmed the
following in relation to the military budget:

"The waste and misuse of resources in war and armaments should be
prevented. All countries should make a firm commitment to promote general
and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control,
in particular in the field of nuclear
disarmament. Part of the resources thus released should be utilized so as
to achieve a better quality of life for humanity and particularly the
peoples of developing countries"

In 1981, in the General Assembly resolution entitled Resolution on the
reduction of the military budget, the member states (I)  reaffirmed "the
urgent need to reduce the military budget, and agreed to freeze and reduce
the military budget"; (ii) recognised that "the military budget constitutes
a heavy burden for the economies of all nations, and has extremely harmful
consequences on international peace and security"; (iii) reiterated the
appeal "to all States, in particular the most heavily armed States, ..., to
exercise self-restraint in their military expenditures with a view to
reallocating the funds thus saved to economic and social development,
particularly for the benefit of developing countries"

These appeals were further reinforced through various international
documents, including the Programme of Action of the 1994
United Nations Conference on Population and Development:
 "quantitative and qualitative goals of the present Programme of Action
clearly require additional resources, some of which could become available
from a reordering of priorities at the individual,  national and
international levels. However, none of the actions required - nor all of
them combined - is expensive in the context of either current global
development or military expenditures."  (Article 1.19)

Currently the Global Community spends more than $840 billion per year on
the military budget at a time when many basic and fundamental rights have
not been fulfilled: the human  right to affordable and safe housing; the
right to unadulterated food  (pesticide-free and genetically
engineered-free food); the right to safe drinking water; the right to a
safe environment; the right to universally accessible, not for profit
health care; and
the right to free and accessible education. In addition, years of redress
and assistance to those who have been oppressed should be compensated and
"third world debt canceled. The time is now. There must be funds for global
social justice not for arms.

Joan Russow PhD
Global Compliance Research Project
Victoria, BC. Canada
1 250 598-0071






At 01:41 PM 10/22/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>Please circulate
>
>>WEAPONS AND WAR
>>
>>A SYMPOSIUM ON
>>INTERNATIONAL ACCORDS TOWARDS WORLD SECURITY
>>AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AFTER SEPTEMBER 11
>>
>>Friday, October 26, 2001    8:00 a.m.  -  6:00 p.m
>>
>>Lutheran Church of the Reformation
>>212 East Capitol Street   Washington D.C.
>>(2 blocks east of the Capitol Building and one block east of the Supreme
>>Court)
>>
>>Activist and academic experts will provide an update on threats from
>>biological, toxic, and nuclear weapons and existing international
>>agreements intended to minimize these threats. Discussions will cover the
>>Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), the Anti-Ballistic Missile
>>(ABM) Treaty, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and the
>>Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The United States government is
>>sabotaging all four treaties: by rejecting a Compliance Protocol on the
>>BTWC that is to be finalized in November in Geneva, by beginning to build a
>>missile defense facility in Alaska, by refusing to ratify the CTBT, and by
>>developing low-yield bunker-busting weapons.
>>
>>Speakers include:
>>Congressman Dennis Kucinich (invited)
>>Brian Becker, co-director of the International Action Center (IAC)
>>Max Obuszewski, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
>>Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
>>Hillel W. Cohen, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine
>>Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project
>>Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation
>>John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
>>Tara Thornton, Military Toxics Project (MPT)
>>Gina Amatangelo, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
>>Kevin Martin, Peace Action
>>
>>For more information contact Chela Vazquez (IATP) at [phone]
>>[e-mail]
>>
>>Steering committee and supporters include: Institute for Agriculture and
>>Trade Policy (IATP), Bradford University, Sunshine Project, International
>>Peace Bureau (IPB), Transnational Institute (TNI), The Center for Defense
>>Information (CDI), Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in
>>Space, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales Alternativos (ILSA),
>>Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), NGO Committee
>>on Disarmament, Peace Action, Corporacion de Unidades Democraticas para el
>>Desarrollo (CEUDES), Centro de Debate y Accion Ambiental, Institute for
>>Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), Accion Ecologica, OXFAM Change
>>Inititiative.
>>
>>FREE TO THE PUBLIC
>>
>>Chela Vazquez
>>Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
>>2105 First Avenue South
>>Minneapolis MN 55404 USA
>>Tel. office: [phone]
>>Fax: [phone]
>>[e-mail]
>>http://www.iatp.org
>>http://www.wtowatch.org
>>http://www.sustain.org/biotech
>>http://www.gefoodalert.org
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From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Rep. King: Nukes Should Be an Option in Afghanistan
Date: 23 Oct 2001 10:01:32 -0400

REP. KING: NUKES SHOULD BE AN OPTION IN AFGHANISTAN

Newmax.com, Sunday, October 21, 2001, 10:24 a.m. EDT

New York Congressman Peter King said Sunday that the U.S. shouldn't rule
out the use of tactical nuclear weapons to stop Osama bin Laden and
Afghanistan's Taliban government from using chemical weapons against
American troops.

"I would never rule out tactical nuclear weapons if I thought they could
do the job and if they were needed," King told WABC Radio's Steve
Malzberg.

The conservative Republican said going nuclear is "a question of
military necessity."

"If the military people said that we think that certain chemical weapons
are going to be used, we know where they are and the only way we can
stop their use is by using tactical nuclear weapons -- obviously we have
to use them," King told Malzberg.

The New York congressman warned that going nuclear "should always be a
last resort," then added:

"But having said that, our national security has to come first if that
is what would be necessary to stop the use of chemical weapons."

King is the second member of Congress to voice support for the nuclear
option.

On Thursday, Indiana Republican Stephen Buyer told an Indiana television
station that if the United States can prove a causal link between the
recent spate of anthrax-contaminated letters and bin Laden's
organization, "I would support the use of a limited precision tactical
nuclear device."

"When there are hardened caves that go back a half a mile," Buyer said,
"don't send in Special Forces to sweep. We'd be naive to think biotoxins
are not in there. Put in tactical nuclear devices and close these caves
for a thousand years."

King also complained to Malzberg that House Speaker Dennis Hastert was
double-crossed on Thursday when Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle first
agreed to close the Senate, then reversed course.

"I was really disgusted by it. ... The fact is that the House
leadership, Democrat and Republican, were specifically requested by the
police and by the medical officers to close down our office building so
they could conduct a full sweep.

This was part of a biochemical criminal investigation," King told
Malzberg. "We had no choice. We had to do it."

King said that, contrary to media reports, the Senate also evacuated its
offices but Senators were able to use back-up facilities that House
members don't have.

"These guys get secret hideaway offices in the Capitol building and
that's where they went. We didn't have that luxury of going there."

King excoriated the media for painting House members as cowards, telling
Malzberg, "As far as I know, Tom Brokaw still hasn't moved back into his
office at 30 Rock."

Last week Brokaw's assistant opened an anthrax-laden letter that
investigators believe came from the same source that targeted Congress.

The New York Republican also commented on Sen. Hillary Clinton getting
booed at Saturday night's Twin Towers benefit concert staged by Paul
McCartney at New York's Madison Square Garden.

"That wasn't exactly a vote of confidence," King told Malzberg.

"I would bet a lot of those people who were booing were registered
Democrats, they were Reagan Democrats. ... It shows that people like
Hillary Clinton and other Democrats are never going to be accepted by
the real working people of this city and state."

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From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) GOP Congressman Suggests Limited Nuclear Retaliation
Date: 23 Oct 2001 10:01:39 -0400

GOP CONGRESSMAN SUPPORTS LIMITED NUCLEAR RETALIATION

Jim Burns, CNSNews.com, Thursday, October 18, 2001

(CNSNews.com) - Emphasizing that his idea is just an option, Rep. Steve
Buyer (R-Ind.) believes the United States should consider using tactical
nuclear weapons against Osama bin Laden's terrorist network in
Afghanistan if that network is linked to the recent anthrax incidents in
the United States.

Buyer, a Persian Gulf war veteran and member of the House Veterans
Affairs Committee thinks small, specialized nuclear weapons, not as
powerful as the atom bombs that were dropped on Japan in World War Two,
could be used on the caves where members of bin Laden's network have
taken shelter.

However, Buyer emphasized that the use of the weapons would only be a
proper response if bin Laden's people are linked to the anthrax cases in
Florida, Washington, New York and elsewhere in the United States.

"Don't send special forces in there to sweep. We'd be very naive to
believe that biotoxins and chemical agents were not in these caves. Put
a tactical nuclear device in and close these caves for a thousand
years," said Buyer in an interview with Indianapolis television station
WRTV.

Buyer stressed that he doesn't advocate the use of full-power nuclear
bombs, but acknowledged that much of the world wouldn't see the
difference.

Buyer's press secretary, Laura Zuckerman, told CNSNews.com Thursday,
"This is not an option that the congressman has called upon the White
House or anybody of the military operations to take. He is just saying
he would support it, if this an option that they would like to take.

"He's not advocating nuclear war. He's a gulf war veteran, he knows the
horrors of war and he would never look to escalate something in this
way. If they [were] quelled somewhat by the threat of a nuclear attack,
then the threat itself might be enough," said Zuckerman.

Last Sunday on CBS' 60 Minutes, National Security Advisor Condoleeza
Rice said the United States would remain on high alert for some time
although there were no specific terrorist threats, she said, nor any
evidence that terrorists had gotten their hands on nuclear weapons.

"There are reports of all kinds of things, some true and some not. But
there's no reason for the American people at this point to fear a
specific threat of that kind. We have no credible evidence of a specific
threat of that kind," Rice said.

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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Japanese delegation, 2 events: Friday 10/26 6 pm potluck at
Date: 23 Oct 2001 10:19:26 -0400

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ANNOUNCEMENT:

Come greet the Gensuikyo Peace Delegation from Japan at two events this
weekend:=20

Friday 10/26 - Potluck Reception, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Mott House,122=
 Maryland
Ave NE, DC =20
http://protest.net/dcimc/index.cgi?span=3Devent&ID=3D232926&day=3D26&month=
=3DOctober
&year=3D2001&state_values=3D

Saturday, 10/27, 5 pm - Peace vigil and drums outside the White House in
Lafayette (Peace) Park.  The Japanese delegation will participate on=
 Saturday,
but the daily vigil has been happening since September 11th, and seeks daily
input from activists-at-large. =20
=20
Phone Contact 202-462-0757

More Information=20

Friday, October 26, please come to The Mott House at 6:00 p.m. for a potluck
supper to greet a group of really wonderful activists from Japan, including
several leaders of Gensuikyo [Japan Council Against A & H Bombs] - from=
 Hyogo,
Kyoto and Gumma prefectures - and people from member national organizations.=
=20

  They will be spending the day Friday lobbying. Saturday afternoon at 5 pm
they will join the daily drumming to stop the war in Afghanistan, outside=
 the
White House, in Lafayete (Peace) Park.=20

  Please call 202-462-0757 (Proposition One) for information, and let us=
 know
if you would like to:=20

  . participate in the lobbying, or have any suggestions about who might be
receptive to a Japanese delegation which wants to speak about U.S.-Japan
defense arrangements and global missile defense;=20

  . speak or perform musically at the event in the evening;=20

  . invite delegates to your office for a meeting Friday or Saturday.=20

  . join the drum circle and demonstration Saturday (October 27) at 5 pm=
 (and
daily), outside the White House, in Lafayete (Peace) Park.=20

  Here is the Gensuikyo delegation:=20

  HIDA Satoko (f)=85Waseda University=20
  ISHIKAWA Yukiko (f)=85Vice Chair, All Japan Teachers and Staff Union=
 (ZENKYO)=20
  KAJIMOTO Shushi (m)=85Director, Hyogo Council against A & H Bombs/National
Executive Board Member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs=20
  KIKUCHI Sadanori (m)=85Gumma Council against A & H Bombs/ National=
 Executive
Board Member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs=20
  KOSUGI Isao (m)=85Director, Kyoto Council against A & H Bombs/ National
Executive Board Member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs=20
  OHSUKA Kan (m)=85Deputy Director, Kanagawa Council against A & H
  Bombs/Secretary, Yokosuka Council against A & H Bombs=20
  SASAKI Megumi (m)=85Deputy Director, Tokyo Council against A & H Bombs=20
  TAKADA Ai (f)=85Staff member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs=20

  Here is the hope and intent:=20

  "We are visiting NY, to encourage those, like NAC and NAM members, who are
working for the abolition of nuclear weapons and to pressure nuclear weapons
states (and our own government) to make good on the undertaking they made at
the 2000 NPT Review Conference. In meeting with legislators in Washington=
 DC,
we would want to call on them for their efforts for nuclear disarmament and=
 the
elimination of nuclear weapons. We would also want to express our sincere
condolences to the friends and family members of the victims of and those
injured by the terrorism, our strong condemnation of the terrorist attacks=
 and
our solidarity with the struggle in the United States for the eradication of
terrorism based on reason and law, not through means of armed forces." Ai
Takada, Translator and staff member, Gensuikyo=20

About Japanese Concerns, 2001 - http://prop1.org/japan/japanlv.htm

Sponsors - Proposition One Committee; Gray Panthers
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Committee


PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE
P.O. Box 27217, Washington, DC 20038 USA
202-462-0757 (phone) | 202-265-5389 (fax)
http://prop1.org | [e-mail]

                 ***

      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=20
Depleted uranium keeps on killing! - http://[e-mail]/2000/du/dulv.htm
NucNews -
http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm
Drums for Disarmament -
http://prop1.org/history/drumslv.htm=20
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events this weekend: <br>
<br>
Friday 10/26 - Potluck Reception, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Mott House,122
Maryland Ave NE, DC
<a=
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<br>
Saturday, 10/27, 5 pm - Peace vigil and drums outside the White House in
Lafayette (Peace) Park.  The Japanese delegation will participate on
Saturday, but the daily vigil has been happening since September 11th,
and seeks daily input from activists-at-large.  <br>
 <br>
Phone Contact 202-462-0757<br>
<br>
<font size=3D4><b>More Information</b> <br>
<br>
</font>Friday, October 26, please come to The Mott House at 6:00 p.m. for
a potluck supper to greet a group of really wonderful activists from
Japan, including several leaders of Gensuikyo [Japan Council Against A
& H Bombs] - from Hyogo, Kyoto and Gumma prefectures - and people
from member national organizations. <br>
<br>
  They will be spending the day Friday lobbying. Saturday afternoon
at 5 pm they will join the daily drumming to stop the war in Afghanistan,
outside the White House, in Lafayete (Peace) Park. <br>
<br>
  Please call 202-462-0757 (Proposition One) for information, and
let us know if you would like to: <br>
<br>
  . participate in the lobbying, or have any suggestions about who
might be receptive to a Japanese delegation which wants to speak about
U.S.-Japan defense arrangements and global missile defense; <br>
<br>
  . speak or perform musically at the event in the evening; <br>
<br>
  . invite delegates to your office for a meeting Friday or
Saturday. <br>
<br>
  . join the drum circle and demonstration Saturday (October 27) at
5 pm (and daily), outside the White House, in Lafayete (Peace) Park.
<br>
<br>
  Here is the Gensuikyo delegation: <br>
<br>
  HIDA Satoko (f)=85Waseda University <br>
  ISHIKAWA Yukiko (f)=85Vice Chair, All Japan Teachers and Staff Union
(ZENKYO) <br>
  KAJIMOTO Shushi (m)=85Director, Hyogo Council against A & H
Bombs/National Executive Board Member, Japan Council against A & H
Bombs <br>
  KIKUCHI Sadanori (m)=85Gumma Council against A & H Bombs/
National Executive Board Member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs
<br>
  KOSUGI Isao (m)=85Director, Kyoto Council against A & H Bombs/
National Executive Board Member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs
<br>
  OHSUKA Kan (m)=85Deputy Director, Kanagawa Council against A &
H<br>
  Bombs/Secretary, Yokosuka Council against A & H Bombs <br>
  SASAKI Megumi (m)=85Deputy Director, Tokyo Council against A & H
Bombs <br>
  TAKADA Ai (f)=85Staff member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs
<br>
<br>
  Here is the hope and intent: <br>
<br>
  "We are visiting NY, to encourage those, like NAC and NAM
members, who are working for the abolition of nuclear weapons and to
pressure nuclear weapons states (and our own government) to make good on
the undertaking they made at the 2000 NPT Review Conference. In meeting
with legislators in Washington DC, we would want to call on them for
their efforts for nuclear disarmament and the elimination of nuclear
weapons. We would also want to express our sincere condolences to the
friends and family members of the victims of and those injured by the
terrorism, our strong condemnation of the terrorist attacks and our
solidarity with the struggle in the United States for the eradication of
terrorism based on reason and law, not through means of armed
forces." Ai Takada, Translator and staff member, Gensuikyo <br>
<br>
About Japanese Concerns, 2001 -
<a href=3D"http://prop1.org/japan/japanlv.htm"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">http://prop1.org/japan/japanlv.htm</a><br>
<br>
Sponsors - Proposition One Committee; Gray Panthers<br>
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Committee<br>
<br>
<br>
<div>PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE</div>
<div>P.O. Box 27217, Washington, DC 20038 USA</div>
<div>202-462-0757 (phone) | 202-265-5389 (fax)</div>
<div><a href=3D"http://prop1.org/" EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>http://prop1.org</a> |
[e-mail]</div>
<br>
<div>            =
;
***</div>
<br>
<div>      BAN ALL RADIOACTIVE BOMBS</div>
<div>* depleted uranium, fission, neutron *</div>
<br>
<div>Online Petition! -
<a href=3D"http://www.petitiononline.com/prop1/petition.html"=
 EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html</a></div=
>
<div>Write Letter to Congress -
<a href=3D"http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm" EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>http://prop1.=
org/prop1/letter.htm</a>
</div>
<div>Depleted uranium keeps on killing! - <a=
 href=3D"http://[e-mail]/2000/du/dulv.htm"=
 EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>http://[e-mail]/2000/du/dulv.htm</a></div>
<div>NucNews -</div>
<div><a href=3D"http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm"=
 EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm</a></div>
<div>Drums for Disarmament -</div>
<a href=3D"http://prop1.org/history/drumslv.htm"=
 EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>http://prop1.org/history/drumslv.htm</a>
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From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Oppose the Kyl amendment to cut nuclear testing monitoring (CTBTO
Date: 24 Oct 2001 13:46:05 -0400

On the Senate floor today, Sen. Jon Kyl may offer an amendment to the
foreign operations appropriations bill, H.R. 2506, to strike funding for the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).  This international
organization was created to monitor compliance with the nuclear testing
moratorium.

The U.S. payment for the CTBTO is only $20 million for FY 2002.
*  The Bush administration requested full funding for the CTBTO in its
February budget request.
*  The House Appropriations Committee provided full funding for the CTBTO in
its markup of the foreign operations bill.

There are 161 countries (including the United States) that have signed the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT); 84 countries have ratified the treaty.

These payments are not for diplomats drinking lattes in Geneva.  It is to
complete the system of 321 monitoring stations and 16 radionuclide
laboratories around the globe.  The web site of the CTBTO contains
additional information about the organization at <http://www.ctbt.org>.

Sen. Kyl opposes a nuclear testing moratorium and believe the U.S. should
resume testing.  That is why he and other conservative Senators have
proposed eliminating funding for the international organization that
monitors the test ban.


The Friends Committee on National Legislation (a Quaker lobby) strongly
urges the Senate to reject the Kyl amendment to delete funds for the CTBTO.


David Culp, Legislative Representative
Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers)
245 Second Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.  20002-5795
Tel: [phone], ext. 146
Toll free: [phone], ext. 146
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Sign letter to change US bioweapons policy
Date: 24 Oct 2001 16:21:10 -0400

>From: [e-mail]
>
>WTO Activist ([e-mail])    Posted: 10/24/2001  By
[e-mail]
>============================================================
>DWD: request for action - about US bioweapons policy
>forwarded to:
>Diverse Women for Diversity
>
>From: Edward Hammond <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Sunshine: Action: Help Bring US Bioweapons Policy to its Senses
>
>The Sunshine Project (US)
>3 October 2001
>http://www.sunshine-project.org
>
>** Please distribute this notice **
>
>This is a call for citizen action to encourage sensible US policy on
>biological weapons control. Please help with only a few minutes of your
>time.  This e-mail action can be customized with a personal message to Colin
>Powell and other senior US officials.
>
>The events of September 11th and their aftermath have dramatically
>underscored the need for better international controls on biological
>weapons.  International negotiations to achieve this are at a critical
>juncture.
>
>US diplomats are presently rejecting international measures to verify
>compliance with the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.  The US is not
>only refusing to cooperate, but as the agreement approached consensus the US
>began to actively block the rest of the world from adopting it.
>
>The Bioweapons Convention is the world's best treaty protection against
>development of biological weapons.  Without a verification agreement, the
>Bioweapons Convention will remain toothless and the world a more dangerous
>place.
>
>So far, international diplomatic protests have not been effective.  Public
>pressure is urgently needed to bring the Bush administration to its senses.
>Biological weapons control cannot be a secretive concern of elite government
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: A New Marshall Plan? Advancing Human Security and
Date: 24 Oct 2001 16:32:08 -0400

>From: [e-mail]
>Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:19:03 EDT
>Subject: Fwd: A New Marshall Plan? Advancing Human Security and Controlling
Terrorism
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>A New Marshall Plan?
>Advancing Human Security and Controlling Terrorism
> Dick Bell & Michael Renner
>Worldwatch Institute
>
>
>What do you think of this advice from a senior U.S. military officer and
>statesman about how the people of the United States should deal with a part
>of the world torn by war, poverty, disease, and hunger:
>
>"...it is of vast importance that our people reach some general
understanding
>of what the complications really are, rather than react from a passion or a
>prejudice or an emotion of the moment....It is virtually impossible at this
>distance merely by reading, or listening, or even seeing photographs or
>motion pictures, to grasp at all the real significance of the situation. And
>yet the whole world of the future hangs on a proper judgment."
>
>The speaker was General George C. Marshall, outlining the Marshall Plan in
an
>address at Harvard University on June 5, 1947. Surveying the wrecked
>economies of Europe, Marshall noted the "possibilities of disturbances
>arising as a result of the desperation of the people concerned." He said
that
>there could be "no political stability and no assured peace" without
economic
>security, and that U.S. policy was "directed not against any country or
>doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos."
>
>As President Bush and his advisors review the results of the initial bombing
>campaign, they might also consider the relevance of Marshall's strategy to
>the moral and political problems America now confronts. Of course we should
>find the people responsible for the deaths of September 11 and bring them to
>justice, and work with other nations to root out other terrorist networks.
>But we must do so in a way that does not result in the deaths of even more
>innocent people, deaths that would only deepen the cycle of anger and rage
>that led to September 11.
>
>What is largely missing from the administration's rhetoric is recognition of
>the scale of the underlying problems that have to be addressed, regardless
of
>how successful we may be in the short run in tracking down the perpetrators
>of the September 11th terrorist assaults. As Marshall's words so plainly
>suggest, finding the terrorists should be part of a much more ambitious
>campaign, one in which the rich countries approach the appalling inequities
>of the world with the same boldness and determination that the United States
>brought to bear in Europe under the Marshall Plan.
>
>We don't really need to spend another dime on "intelligence" to recognize
the
>conditions that leave whole countries in a state of despair and misery. Some
>1.2 billion people worldwide struggle to survive on $1 day or less. 1.2
>billion people lack access to safe drinking water and 2.9 billion have
>inadequate access to sanitation. About 150 million children are
malnourished,
>and more than 10 million children under 5 will die in 2001 alone. At least
>150 million people are unemployed and 900 million are
>"underemployed"-contending with inadequate incomes despite long hours of
>backbreaking work.
>
>
>Globalization has raised expectations, even as modern communications make
the
>rising inequality between a rich, powerful, and imposing West and the rest
of
>the world visible to all. Poverty and deprivation do not automatically
>translate into hatred. But people whose hopes have worn thin, whose
>aspirations have been thwarted, and whose discontent is rising, are far more
>likely to succumb to the siren song of extremism. This is particularly true
>for the swelling ranks of young people whose prospects for the future are
>bleak. Some 34 percent of the developing world's population is under 15
years
>of age.
>
>The United States and the other industrial nations should launch a global
>"Marshall Plan" to provide everyone on earth with a decent standard of
>living. We can already hear the cries of people claiming that such a global
>plan would "cost too much." But let's look at the numbers. The cost of our
>initial response has soared into the tens of billions of dollars, on top of
>an already large proposed defense budget of $342.7 billion.
>
>For the sake of comparison, let's assume that the United States will spend
an
>additional $100 billion on military actions in the next 12 months. What
could
>we buy if we matched this $100 billion military expenditure
dollar-for-dollar
>with spending on programs to alleviate human suffering?
>
>A 1998 report by the United Nations Development Programme estimated the
>annual cost to achieve universal access to a number of basic social services
>in all developing countries: $9 billion would provide water and sanitation
>for all; $12 billion would cover reproductive health for all women; $13
>billion would give every person on Earth basic health and nutrition; and $6
>billion would provide basic education for all.
>
>These sums are substantial, but they are still only a fraction of the tens
of
>billions of dollars we are already spending. And these social and health
>expenditures pale in comparison with what is being spent on the military by
>all nations-some $780 billion each year.
>
>There is a sad irony in watching the Bush Administration's strenuous efforts
>to build an international coalition. There is no such muscular effort
>underway in the United States, or in any of the other rich nations, to build
>a coalition to eradicate hunger, to immunize all children, to provide clean
>water, to eradicate infectious disease, to provide adequate jobs, to combat
>illiteracy, or to build decent housing.
>
>The cost of failing to advance human security and to eliminate the fertile
>ground upon which terrorism thrives is already escalating. Since September
>11, we know that sophisticated weapons offer little protection against those
>who are out to seek vengeance, at any cost, for real and perceived wrongs.
>Unless our priorities change, the threat is certain to keep rising in coming
>years.
>
>By choosing to mobilize adequate resources to address human suffering around
>the world, President Bush has a unique opportunity to seize the terrible
>moment of September 11 and earn a truly exalted place in human history. But
>first, we must all understand that in the end, weapons alone cannot buy us a
>lasting peace in a world of extreme inequality, injustice, and deprivation
>for billions of our fellow human beings.
>
>
>Dick Bell is Vice President for Communications at the Worldwatch Institute
>([e-mail])
>
>Michael Renner is a Senior Researcher at the Worldwatch Institute
>([e-mail])
>
>For further information, please contact Niki Clark, 202-452-1992 x 517,
>[e-mail]
>
>The Worldwatch Institute web site is at http://www.worldwatch.org
>
>Copyright notice: This article may be copied, used on web sites, or
otherwise
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>Worldwatch web site (http://www.worldwatch.org) and attribute the article to
>the Worldwatch Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036.
>
>
>FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
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>1776 Massachusetts Ave NW
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: ALERT! HELP STOP PRO-NUKE, PRO ANWR ENERGY BILL!
Date: 24 Oct 2001 17:59:19 -0400

>Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:18:33 -0400
>From: michael mariotte <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: [e-mail]
>Organization: NIRS
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>Subject: ALERT! HELP STOP PRO-NUKE, PRO ANWR ENERGY BILL!
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>
>Energy industry interests in the U.S. Senate, led by former Energy
>Committee Chairman Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) are using our current
>national security crisis as an immoral, repugnant means of propping up
>the nuclear and oil industries.
>
>Specifically, Murkowski and a few other Senators reportedly have
>introduced a "stripped-down" energy bill that they intend to attach to
>any legislation moving through the Senate--no matter how important that
>legislation is to our country.
>
>This "stripped-down" bill (we don't yet have a bill number) would
>reauthorize the Price-Anderson nuclear insurance scheme (despite the
>fact that it does not expire until next August, and is only needed to
>allow construction of new reactors), allow oil drilling in the Arctic
>National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), provide some gas pipeline incentives,
>and provide a minimum of funds for renewable energy projects.
>
>This effort is in response to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's
>refusal to bring up energy legislation that includes ANWR to the Senate
>floor, and his directive to Senate Energy Committee chairman Jeff
>Bingaman (D-N.M.) to develop a new bill Daschle can support sufficiently
>to bring to a vote. Murkowski and his colleagues want to bypass Daschle
>and get their own bill voted on, and they don't seem to care what kind
>of harm they do to the nation to get this.
>
>We must respond NOW! However, responding is not as easy in these times
>as it sometimes is.
>
>First, there is no guarantee Bingaman will produce a bill without
>Price-Anderson reauthorization (it was in his initial draft). Thus, we
>cannot simply support a Bingaman alternative.
>
>Second, as you probably know, it is virtually impossible to reach anyone
>on Capitol Hill right now--most Senate and House offices remain closed
>due to anthrax scares. It is simply not possible to effectively call,
>e-mail, or fax anyone in the Senate, and letters absolutely will not be
>delivered for weeks, if then.
>
>Thus, we must be more creative. First, contact your local media. Do they
>know a small band of right-wing, pro-energy industry senators are
>threatening to hold up the works of the entire U.S. Senate during this
>crucial period in our history, simply to help their allies and campaign
>contributors? Is this really the type of divisive, controversial
>legislation the Senate should be considering right now? Or should the
>Senate focus on appropriations bills and keeping the government running
>in its few days before adjournment? Why does reauthorization of
>Price-Anderson, which doesn't expire for many months, and even then is
>only necessary for new reactors, rate such a high priority on these
>senators' agendas?
>
>We urge you to call your local reporters and editorial boards, write
>letters to the editor and op-eds, call in to radio talk shows, contact
>your local TV outlets. The more this story is told, the less likely
>Murkowski et al, will be successful. Please feel free to refer your
>media to NIRS for additional comment/background info if they would like
>it.
>
>Second, please call your Senators' home offices--since you can't call
>them on Capitol Hill, call them at home, and urge them to oppose
>minority efforts to add controversial energy legislation--especially
>Price-Anderson and ANWR--to urgent bills. Tell them to choose a
>SUSTAINABLE energy future. Tell them you have contacted your local media
>to watch their actions. Your Senators' local offices should be listed in
>the blue (government) pages of your phone book; if you cannot find a
>number, call NIRS (202-328-0002).
>
>Third, ask everyone you know and everyone you meet to do steps 1 and 2!
>
>Finally, continue to gather signatures on NIRS' Petition for a
>Sustainable Energy Future. We have collected many thousands of
>signatures in just a few weeks, but we need to get more. If you need
>more copies, you can a) download from NIRS' website, in the Nuclear
>Relapse section (www.nirs.org); b) call NIRS (202-328-0002) and we will
>either fax or mail you copies. We will get these to the Senate before
>any vote occurs.
>
>The actions of these few Senators are as opportunistic and disgusting as
>I have seen in my 17 years at NIRS. But these Senators have some less
>vocal allies. With some major national environmental groups still
>sitting on the sidelines after September 11, it's up to us to stop this
>in its tracks. The nuclear and oil industries are not grieving, they are
>pressing hard for their own interests. We CAN stop them! I really ask
>each of you to help.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Michael Mariotte
>Executive Director
>Nuclear Information and Resource Service
>www.nirs.org
>

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From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Kyl amendment to cut nuclear testing monitoring (CTBTO) on
Date: 24 Oct 2001 18:27:50 -0400

Re: Kyl amendment to cut nuclear testing monitoring (CTBTO) on the Foreign
Ops. Bill


Sen. Kyl did not offer his amendment to cut funding for the CTBTO.  The
Senate passed the foreign operations appropriations bill this evening.

Many thanks to Daryl Kimball (Arms Control Association) and other for the
their work in opposing this amendment.


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

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From: carol wolman <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Kyl amendment to cut nuclear testing monitoring
Date: 24 Oct 2001 17:40:21 -0700

Dear David,  With the Senate and House office buildings closed, how do we
lobbY?
      Peace,  Carol

David Culp wrote:

> Re: Kyl amendment to cut nuclear testing monitoring (CTBTO) on the Foreign
> Ops. Bill
>
> Sen. Kyl did not offer his amendment to cut funding for the CTBTO.  The
> Senate passed the foreign operations appropriations bill this evening.
>
> Many thanks to Daryl Kimball (Arms Control Association) and other for the
> their work in opposing this amendment.
>
> David Culp, Legislative Representative
> Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers)
> 245 Second Street, N.E.
> Washington, D.C.  20002-5795
> Tel: [phone], ext. 146
> Toll free: [phone], ext. 146
> Fax: [phone]
> E-mail: [e-mail]
> Web site: www.fcnl.org
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From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Culture of Peace Blueprint & World Peace Walk, Bethlehem to Jerusalem Peace Walk, Hiroshima Flame Walk 2002, Global Peace Walk 2002
Date: 24 Oct 2001 19:06:40 -0700

"A Blueprint for The Third Millennium Culture of Peace"

--- A Spiritual Pilgrimage for Global Peace Now ---

by David Crockett Williams (III), Citizen, United States of America,
an American Peace Movement member, Tehachapi, California USA
October 24, 2001, (3M-62), 62days before The 2000th Christmas
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/an-american-peace-movement


A Message Offered -- To The Public, and to the United Nations and
the United States Governments, in respect of the October 27th to
November 17, 2001, World Peace Walk from New York City to
Washington DC inspired by the September 11th tragedies to
carry and offer The Message of Peace walking from the
World Trade Center to the Pentagon carrying a peace flame
inspired by smoldering ruins.


Today, October 24, 2001, is the 56th "United Nations Day" -- the
anniversary of the ratification in New York City of the United Nations
Organization Charter whose initial draft was signed June 26, 1945, in
San Francisco -- for the elimination of the scourge of war beginning
with the renunciation of weapons of mass destruction and other crimes
against humanity.

One year ago, my UN 55th Anniversary Culture of Peace Message to
the United Nations was hand-delivered on its arrival cosigned by all of
the Global Peace Walk 2000 PeaceWalkers who had crossed the
United States walking from San Francisco last year, January 15th to
October 24th, to United Nations headquarters in New York City.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/global-peace-walk/message/522 , /523

That message was offered to the United Nations and to The Public upon
arrival of the Global Peace Walk 2000 to the United Nations one year ago
today as part of a compilation of such letters of acknowledgement and
support, including many official letters, messages, and proclamations in
support of "Global Peace Now!" from many city mayors including San
Francisco's Willie Brown and Oakland's Jerry Brown, national political
leaders including President Clinton, religious leaders including Rev. Jesse
Jackson, indigenous leaders including Leonard Peltier, and many activists
and organizations in support of "Global Peace Now!" as the universal human
resolve needed to effectively initiate the United Nations' Decade for
Creating a Culture of Peace in the 21st Century (2000-2009) over these
remaining years of the UN Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples
(1995-2004).

That compilation, which we took such time and effort to research,
to compose footnoted and referenced, compile with endorsement
letters, to carry, and to deliver to the United Nations and to the
United States Governments last October, has clearly been ignored
along with the messages of our predecessors such as Hopi
Interpreter Thomas Banyacya, Mahatma Gandhi's spiritual teacher
("Guruji") the late most venerable Nichidatsu Fujii, The 1978
Longest Walk of the American Indian Movement whose message
was that "Spirituality is The Highest Form of Politics," et. al.

Therefore the precendents that we presented then a year ago for a
21st Century Culture of Peace, as valuable historical examples of
the creation of cultures of peace in the past by the simple acceptance
and implementation of the message of the great law of peace, i.e.,
the Iroquois Confederacy and the reign of ancient India's King Ashoka,
have apparently also been ignored, rejected, and dismissed.

As a result of this ignorant dismissal and the prediction/prophecy
fulfillment factors discussed in similar warnings to the United Nations in
1992 and 1993 by the global indigenous elders, we are seeing more
and more wars of increasingly belligerent confrontations, increasingly
lethal levels of environmental degradation, increasing human rights
abuses, and even increasing levels of natural disasters as human
history still continues on the pathway towards total destruction and
potential human extinction by nuclear holocaust.

Now my prayers go out with this message for the success of this
World Peace Walk to share with the various religious, economic,
and political doctrines practitioners in ceremonies and councils in the
coming weeks to seek, find, foster, and develop the common unity of
mind, decision of purpose, and human resolve to correct whatever
misunderstandings are at the root of this "9-11 Emergency."

Therefore, this message is specifically offered for distribution by
individual decision of The PeaceWalkers of the:

World Peace Walk http://www.worldpeacewalk.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/world-peace-walk

Bethlehem to Jerusalem Peace Walk & Council, December 25, 2001
To Unite the Adherents of The Three Faiths of Jerusalem in Peace
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jerusalem-peace-walk

Hiroshima Flame Walk 2002, Seattle to the United Nations,
January 15, 2002, 'til March 2002, to Stop Star Wars & All Wars, by
Giving Rise to The Genuine Law to Bring Tranquility to The Nations
http://www.dharmawalk.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/star-wars-dharma-walk

Global Peace Walk 2002; Santa Fe to Taos, New Mexico,
for the development of local Global Peace Zones, April 8-22, 2002.
http://www.globalpeacenow.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/global-peace-walk


This is an update and reference to the many hundreds of pages
detailing and documenting the information in this "blueprint" report,
many posted at websites referenced herein.

My personal view, as the 56-year old qualified author of a "theory"
on the chemical physics of consciousness, is that humankind will
imminently embrace the most significant advancement in human
thinking since the recognition that the world, This Globe Our Beloved
Earth, is round not flat and orbits the sun not vice versa.

This paradigm-shifting advancement in human thinking, this
New Millennium Scientific-Spiritual Conscience Revolution of Thought
into Harmony with the Natural Order, will be brought about as the
global public and leadership become aware of, become interested in,
investigate, understand, and accept the very (innate) existence of
the one law by which nature, God, and the human mind all invariably
operate in our world -- The Law depicted, for example, in the Torah of
Judaism as The Law by which even God operates and cannot
contradict in the world, The Law whose true adherents comprise the
real nation of Israel on this Earth; The Law depicted by the Lotus Sutra
of Buddhism whose respect brings tranquility to the people and to the
nations; The Law depicted in various ways by many other religious,
spiritual, indigenous, and cultural teachings, scriptures, and traditions;
and also The Law depicted by today's leading science of
consciousness theories which portend not only the reconciliation
of seemingly conflicting religious (and economic and political)
doctrines in light of recent advances in the quantification and analysis
of the physical nature of mind and consciousness, but also which
form an acceptable basis for explanation and engineering of the
still-suppressed so-called "new-energy" technologies, to replace
nuclear and fossil fuel power technologies, as presented to the
United Nations by former NASA astrophysicist Richard Hoagland
in February 1992, by others to some extent to every US president
and Congress since Jimmy Carter, formally to the US Department
of Energy at its invitation in 1998 and 2000, and as currently being
presented to California's Governor Gray Davis whose Energy Czar
is slated to meet with our representative in a few weeks after
reviewing the new-energy-solutions information we personally
submitted in Sacramento, California, on July 30, 2001, to the
Governor's Office and to the California Energy Commission.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/new-energy-solutions
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dcwilliams
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gcsc-csun


In his 1992 presentation at the United Nations, Richard Hoagland
explained about the newly discovered mathematical ratio encoded
in many ancient apparently man-made monuments all over the Earth,
a mathematical concept related to the form-shape of a "tetrahedron
inscribed inside of a sphere" and a concept he explained that his
team of researchers were convinced represents some "forgotten"
advanced human knowledge about how third dimensional spacial
properties of our physical reality interact with fourth and higher spacial
dimensional properties of physical reality (i.e., "hyperspace" physics).

By some "coincidence," "Providence," or "synchronicity," this same
form-shape of the "tetrahedron inside of a sphere" is part of the
geometry of the "Tetron" function's symbol, as discussed in my recent
lecture about this 1974-77 discovery of "the human mind's
consciousness orientation function of light" at the Global Crisis
Solutions Conference, September 10, 2001, at California State
University at Northridge.  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gcsc-csun

This same human mind self-referential form-shape geometry
(the tetrahedron is the simplest three dimensional shape and is
the basic chemical bonding shape of Carbon, i.e., therefore the
basic and  fundamental shape of Carbon Life Forms) is also
the basis of the geometries in my "Earthship Time-Star Construction
System Human Hive Experiment" offered as an intercultural
"homing device" and as an aid to reconciling conflicting factions
of Earth's Family of Humankind.  This device and that of the
Rainbow Peace Braids are the first two of several recommended
here to expand the UN's promotion of "Creating a Culture of Peace
for the 21st Century" into the actual implementation of a
Third Millennium Culture of Peace with a Vision of Paradise on Earth.
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html

We have not only a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but also a
once-upon-a-millennium opportunity in the coming few weeks, the
next 62 days, before the traditionally recognized/observed 2000th
anniversary of the birth of Jesus called Christ by Christians, called
a Prophet of God by Moslems, and called a Jew by others.  This
"technical beginning" of The Third Millennium, this soon coming
December 25, 2001, "2000th Christmas," offers a chance to
re-evaluate the usefulness of our present arbitrary Gregorian
calendar http://www.thirteenmoon.org and a chance for people of
all faiths to offer their "2000th Christmas Gift" of the universal resolve
by all of humanity to pray in their own ways for "Global Peace Now!"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/third-millennium-project

This is why I pray to be able to walk and beat the drum and chant for
peace from Bethlehem to Jerusalem this Christmas and to gather
by then in Jerusalem the messages of peace to change the course
of human history off of the path towards total destruction and onto
the path towards true peace and harmony among all life with free
natural abundance as paradise on Earth by giving rise to awareness
and respect of the Genuine Law;  Torahkum -- "The Law Stands Up."
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/history.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jerusalem-peace-walk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jerusalem-peace-council


David Crockett Williams
Global Emergency Alert Response, since November 23, 1998
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000

Proponent of a Kingdom of Jerusalem Israel
To Unite the Three Faiths of Jerusalem in Peace
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kingdom-of-jerusalem-israel


Additional references:

Culture of the Sacred Pipe of Peace, annual World Peace Day
http://www.worldpeaceday.com

The Most Venerable Nichidatsu Fujii
http://www.indiano.org/pagoda
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sun-reach

Hopi Interpreter Thomas Banyacya, Hopi Declaration of Peace
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/banyacya

The world teacher, Sri Sathya Sai
http://www.sathyasai.org
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sathya-sai
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/india96.html

Science and Technology in Society and Public Policy
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From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Kyl amendment to cut nuclear testing monitori
Date: 25 Oct 2001 08:12:49 -0400

Most are open today. The rest next week.

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: carol wolman [mailto:[e-mail]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 8:40 pm
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Kyl amendment to cut nuclear testing
> monitoring (CTBTO) on
>
>
> Dear David,  With the Senate and House office buildings
> closed, how do we
> lobbY?
>       Peace,  Carol
>
> David Culp wrote:
>
> > Re: Kyl amendment to cut nuclear testing monitoring (CTBTO)
> on the Foreign
> > Ops. Bill
> >
> > Sen. Kyl did not offer his amendment to cut funding for the
> CTBTO.  The
> > Senate passed the foreign operations appropriations bill
> this evening.
> >
> > Many thanks to Daryl Kimball (Arms Control Association) and
> other for the
> > their work in opposing this amendment.
> >
> > David Culp, Legislative Representative
> > Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers)
> > 245 Second Street, N.E.
> > Washington, D.C.  20002-5795
> > Tel: [phone], ext. 146
> > Toll free: [phone], ext. 146
> > Fax: [phone]
> > E-mail: [e-mail]
> > Web site: www.fcnl.org
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: [globenet] Fw: Pacifica Chief Calls for Sale of KPFA and
Date: 26 Oct 2001 14:42:44 -0400


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mailto:[e-mail]>Pacifica Campaign
> To: <mailto:[e-mail]>Global Network Against Weapons &
Nuclear
> Power in Space
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 6:02 PM
> Subject: Pacifica Chief Calls for Sale of KPFA and WBAI
>
> October 24, 2001
> Pacifica Campaign Action Alert
>
> Pacifica Chief Calls for Sale of KPFA and WBAI
> Compares Pacifica Reform Movement To Sept. 11 Terrorists
>
> Pacifica Campaign Urges Ken Ford's Immediate Resignation
> Phone, Fax, E-mail Protests Set
>
> NEW YORK, (Oct. 24) -- Pacifica Radio National Board Vice-Chair Ken Ford
> called yesterday for the 52-year-old network to sell its flagship station in
> Berkeley as well as its largest station, WBAI 99.5 FM in New York City. At
> the same time, Ken Ford denounced opponents of the sale as "zealots" and
> likened them to the terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks that
> killed some 6,000 people.
>
> Ken Ford estimates the sale of KPFA and WBAI could fetch anywhere from
> $300-$500 million, the San Francisco Examiner reported Tuesday, October 23.
>
> "KPFA in Berkeley and WBAI in New York are in the broadcast band reserved
for
> commercial stations," Ford was quoted as saying. "I've been told
> non-commercial licenses sell for $30 to $40 million and commercial licenses
> sell for $150 to $250 million each. Think of what we could do with the
> difference! Let's parley these commercial licenses into more stations around
> the country. To me that's just common sense."
>
> Ford also told The Examiner that community radio activists nationwide, who
> have criticized the fiscal mismanagement, censorship, and union-busting at
> the five-station Pacifica Radio network, were akin to the Sept. 11
> terrorists.
>
> "They're zealots," he said. "I see parallels between this group and
Al-Qaeda,
> the terrorists who bombed New York. They have an innate anger towards
society
> as a whole."
>
> Given the current national and international climate, many civil
libertarians
> are concerned that such reckless "terrorist-baiting" could make peace and
> social justice activists subject to police surveillance and investigation or
> even worse.
>
> The Pacifica Campaign, a nationwide organization of listeners and staff
alike
> fighting to preserve Pacifica's mission of community-based radio,
immediately
> criticized Ford's call for the sale of stations and his slander of the
> Pacifica reform movement.
>
> "This is further evidence that the present Pacifica leadership is aiming to
> sell community assets and, we believe, to pocket some of the proceeds
> themselves," said Bok-Keem Nyerere, a staffer with the Pacifica Campaign.
> "Just this past August, Pacifica Board member Bert Lee confirmed to us that
> financial rewards have been offered to Board members if they back a sale."
>
> Pacifica's leadership has been attempting to amend the network's bylaws in
> order to permit a sale of stations without a board majority vote and for
> board members to financially benefit from such a sale.
>
> Rep. Major Owens (D-NY) went on to the floor of the House of Representatives
> earlier this year to warn about a sale of Pacifica station WBAI in New York.
> "My knowledge of the reputation of certain recent appointments to the board
> of the Pacifica Network ... leads me to conclude that there is a clear and
> immediate danger that attempts will be made to sell WBAI to a commercial
> owner. Such a sale would mean the loss of a vital voice for working families
> in New York City."
>
> For the full story:
> http://www.examiner.com/news/default.jsp?story=n.pacifica.1023w
>
> See also Counterpunch's analysis and the full text of the notorious 1999
> Micheal Palmer email to Mary Frances Berry that discusses plans to sell
> either KPFA or WBAI: http://www.freestone.com/kpfa/kpfa_email.html
>
>
> PLEASE TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION
> CALL, FAX, AND E-MAIL
>
> * Demand No Sale of KPFA and WBAI
> * Demand Ken Ford's Immediate Resignation from the Pacifica Board
> * Demand an Apology by Ken Ford for his Reckless Slander of the Pacifica
> Reform Movement
>
> 1) CALL AND/OR FAX THE FOLLOWING
>
> Ken Ford
> National Association of Home Builders
> Pacifica Foundation Board Vice Chair
> Tel: [phone] x8228
> Tel: [phone]
> Fax: [phone]
>
> Jerry Howard, Ken Ford's Boss
> NAHB Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer
> Tel: [phone] x8257 or x8308
> Fax: [phone]
>
> Robert Farrell
> Pacifica Foundation Board Chair
> Tel: [phone]
> Fax: [phone]
>
> John Murdock
> Secretary, Pacifica Foundation
> Tel: [phone]
> Fax: [phone]
>
> Wendell L. Johns
> Treasurer, Pacifica Foundation
> Fannie Mae
> Washington, DC
> Tel: [phone]
> Fax: [phone]
>
> Valrie Chambers
> Board Member
> Tel: [phone]
> Fax: [phone]
>
> Bert Lee
> Board Member
> Tel: [phone]
> Fax: [phone]
>
>
> 2) EMAIL
>
> Cut the below list of email addresses, paste it into the To: line of your
> email composition form, and then cut and paste the text of the letter or
> compose your own, and send it. Also go to:
> http://www.progressiveportal.org/letters/pacifica/ford/
>
> [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],
> [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
>
>
> Sample Text
>
> Dear Pacifica Board member,
>
> Pacifica Board Vice-Chair Ken Ford's reckless call in the San Francisco
> Examiner for the sale of Pacifica stations KPFA and WBAI for $300-$500
> million represents an abrogation of his responsibility as a steward of the
> Pacifica Radio network. He should resign immediately.
>
> Further, we are appalled that Ken Ford has compared critics of Pacifica
> management to those who've carried out the Sept. 11 attacks that killed
6,000
> people.
>
> "They're zealots," he said of the nationwide group of free speech and
> community radio activists who have criticized the mismanagement, chaos,
> censorship, and union-busting at the five-station Pacifica Radio network. "I
> see parallels between this group and al Qaeda, the terrorists who bombed New
> York. They have an innate anger towards society as a whole."
>
> Ken Ford is being insensitive not only to those who have lost their lives
and
> their family members in the Sept. 11 attacks. But he is insulting the
tens of
> thousands of Pacifica listeners, staffers, national board members, and wide
> sectors of the community radio movement nationwide who have been peacefully
> exercising their First Amendment rights in urging accountability and
> democratic reform at the country's oldest listener-sponsored radio network.
>
> Ken Ford has repeatedly sought to slander our movement as violent, as
> terrorists and extortionists. Not one shred of evidence has ever been
offered
> to substantiate these allegations. He has also threatened members of the
> public with prosecution by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and
> says he reported some to the FBI for the crime of sending him a critical
> email. Clearly, he has no appreciation for the First Amendment or civil
> liberties. His term on the Board has expired. He should resign immediately.
>
>
>
> **********************************************
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may
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> payable to: Institute for Media Analysis-Pacifica Campaign. Our mailing
> address: The Pacifica Campaign, 51 MacDougal St., #80, New York, NY 10012.
> Thank-you.
>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: [globenet] PLEASE THANK THE CITY OF BERKELEY!
Date: 26 Oct 2001 15:38:30 -0400

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>BERKELEY TAKES BRAVE STANCE ON AFGHAN BOMBING
>
>Death threats and a nationwide boycott have ensued
>after the Berkeley City Council on Oct. 16 called for
>"bringing the bombing [of Afghanistan] to a conclusion
>as soon as possible."  The council also
>condemned the mass murders of Sept. 11, 2001, but
>that of course has been overlooked in the media. The
>complete text of the resolution may
>be found at:
>
>http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/citycouncil/2001citycouncil/summary/101601S.html
>(scroll down to Item #31, or search for
> "Afghanistan")
>
>The flames have been fanned by Bill O'Reilly's
>right-wing Fox News show. See:
>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=24984
>
>BERKELEY NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS COURAGEOUS
>STAND. Please send a letter expressing your thanks.
>Ideally, you will go out of your way
>to purchase from Berkeley businesses now (to
>counteract the boycott), and say so in your letter.
>Please send to the following (if the
>below are not clickable links, remove "mailto:" from
>the beginning of each):
>
>City Council members:
>mailto:[e-mail],[e-mail],[e-mail]
.us,[e-mail],[e-mail],[e-mail].
us,[e-mail],[e-mail],[e-mail]
ley.ca.us
>
>Chamber of Commerce:
>mailto:[e-mail],[e-mail],[e-mail],be
[e-mail]
>
>Bill O'Reilly:
>mailto:[e-mail]
>
>
>
>
>=====
>All that was required of (the proles) was a primitive patriotism which could
be appealed to whenever it was necessary for them to work longer hours or
accept shorter rations.  And even when they became discontented . . ,  their
discontent led nowhere, because, being led without general ideas, they could
only focus it on specific petty grievances.  The larger evils invariably
escaped their notice.--_1984_, George Orwell.
>
>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: RRR Action of the Month: Stop Subsidizing Nuclear
Date: 26 Oct 2001 17:14:01 -0400

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>From: "Lisa Gue" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: RRR Action of the Month: Stop Subsidizing Nuclear Industry
>        Insurance Costs!
>To: [e-mail]
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>
>* * * apologies for cross-posting * * *
>
>RADIOACTIVE ROADS AND RAILS ACTION OF THE MONTH - October 2001
>
>Tell Congress to Stop Subsidizing Insurance Costs for the Nuclear Industry!
>
>BACKGROUND
>
>The Price-Anderson Act was enacted in 1957 as a temporary measure to support
the fledgling nuclear industry.  The Act establishes a taxpayer backed
insurance regime for nuclear power plants.  Under Price-Anderson, commercial
nuclear operators are required to carry only $200 million in primary
insurance.  A second level of retrospective premiums in the event of an
accident is capped at approximately $88 million per reactor.  By artificially
limiting the liability of nuclear operators, the Price-Anderson Act serves
as a
subsidy to the nuclear industry in terms of foregone insurance premiums, which
encourages the construction of new nuclear plants. . . and the generation of
more nuclear waste.
>
>The Price-Anderson Act will expire in August 2002 unless Congress
reauthorizes
it.  On October 11, 2001, the House Energy and Commerce Committee began to
mark-up a reauthorization bill, H.R. 2983.  The mark-up is expected to resume
soon and the issue will later be considered by the whole House. In the Senate,
reauthorization of the Price-Anderson Act may be included in the Energy Bill
that will likely be debated later this fall or early in the new year.
>
>See the below for "7 Good Reasons to Oppose Price-Anderson Reauthorization."
Public Citizen's Price-Anderson factsheet, is online at:
>www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/nuclear_power_plants/nuclear_re
vival/articles.cfm?ID=4912
>
>
>TAKE ACTION!
>
>Call and write to your Senators and Representative and urge them to oppose
Price-Anderson reauthorization.  Ask your Representative to vote against H.R.
2983.  Ask your Senators to keep Price-Anderson reauthorization out of the
Energy Bill.
>
>CALL: Capitol Switchboard [phone]
>
>WRITE:
>Your Representative
>U.S. House of Representative
>Washington, DC  20510
>
>Your Senators
>U.S. Senate
>Washington, DC  20515
>
>SIGN an online petition opposing Price-Anderson reauthorization at:
>www.petitiononline.com/repealpa/petition.html
>
>
>7 GOOD REASONS TO OPPOSE PRICE-ANDERSON REAUTHORIZATION
>
>(1) The Price-Anderson Act does not address the issue of increasing security
and improving the safety of nuclear facilities.  In light of the recent
terrorist attacks, there should be a thorough and independent assessment of
security needs at U.S. nuclear power facilities before Price-Anderson is even
considered for reauthorization.
>
>(2) The Price-Anderson Act indemnifies Department of Energy contractors
involved in nuclear incidents even in cases of gross negligence and willful
misconduct.  (This blanket coverage would extend to contractors hired to
transport nuclear waste to the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain.)  This
serves as a disincentive to safety and accountability, and potentially
endangers workers and the public.  No other government agency provides this
level of taxpayer indemnification to non-government personnel.
>
>(3) The Price-Anderson Act serves as a subsidy to the nuclear power industry
in terms of foregone primary insurance payments and limited liability in case
of an accident.  This distorts economic viability assessments in the energy
sector and gives nuclear power an uncompetitive advantage over cleaner, safer
energy options.
>
>(4) The insurance coverage required under the Price-Anderson Act understates
the calculated risk of nuclear power plants.
>
>(5) The Price-Anderson Act treats all nuclear operators uniformly and does
not
differentiate or discourage high-risk activities, such relicensing old plants
and transporting nuclear waste.
>
>(6) Reauthorizing the Price-Anderson Act would facilitate the construction of
new nuclear power plants, which would generate more nuclear waste.
>
>(7) The Price-Anderson Act was originally enacted in 1957 as a temporary
measure to assist the nascent nuclear power industry.  50 years later, it's
time to end this misdirected economic stimulus program.
>
>
>
>Lisa Gue
>Policy Analyst
>Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy & Environment Program
>215 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
>Washington, DC  20003
>ph: [phone]; fax: [phone]
>www.citizen.org/cmep
>

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: ALERT! HELP STOP PRO-NUKE, PRO ANWR ENERGY BILL!
Date: 24 Oct 2001 17:59:19 -0400

>Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:18:33 -0400
>From: michael mariotte <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: [e-mail]
>Organization: NIRS
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>Subject: ALERT! HELP STOP PRO-NUKE, PRO ANWR ENERGY BILL!
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>
>Energy industry interests in the U.S. Senate, led by former Energy
>Committee Chairman Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska) are using our current
>national security crisis as an immoral, repugnant means of propping up
>the nuclear and oil industries.
>
>Specifically, Murkowski and a few other Senators reportedly have
>introduced a "stripped-down" energy bill that they intend to attach to
>any legislation moving through the Senate--no matter how important that
>legislation is to our country.
>
>This "stripped-down" bill (we don't yet have a bill number) would
>reauthorize the Price-Anderson nuclear insurance scheme (despite the
>fact that it does not expire until next August, and is only needed to
>allow construction of new reactors), allow oil drilling in the Arctic
>National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), provide some gas pipeline incentives,
>and provide a minimum of funds for renewable energy projects.
>
>This effort is in response to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle's
>refusal to bring up energy legislation that includes ANWR to the Senate
>floor, and his directive to Senate Energy Committee chairman Jeff
>Bingaman (D-N.M.) to develop a new bill Daschle can support sufficiently
>to bring to a vote. Murkowski and his colleagues want to bypass Daschle
>and get their own bill voted on, and they don't seem to care what kind
>of harm they do to the nation to get this.
>
>We must respond NOW! However, responding is not as easy in these times
>as it sometimes is.
>
>First, there is no guarantee Bingaman will produce a bill without
>Price-Anderson reauthorization (it was in his initial draft). Thus, we
>cannot simply support a Bingaman alternative.
>
>Second, as you probably know, it is virtually impossible to reach anyone
>on Capitol Hill right now--most Senate and House offices remain closed
>due to anthrax scares. It is simply not possible to effectively call,
>e-mail, or fax anyone in the Senate, and letters absolutely will not be
>delivered for weeks, if then.
>
>Thus, we must be more creative. First, contact your local media. Do they
>know a small band of right-wing, pro-energy industry senators are
>threatening to hold up the works of the entire U.S. Senate during this
>crucial period in our history, simply to help their allies and campaign
>contributors? Is this really the type of divisive, controversial
>legislation the Senate should be considering right now? Or should the
>Senate focus on appropriations bills and keeping the government running
>in its few days before adjournment? Why does reauthorization of
>Price-Anderson, which doesn't expire for many months, and even then is
>only necessary for new reactors, rate such a high priority on these
>senators' agendas?
>
>We urge you to call your local reporters and editorial boards, write
>letters to the editor and op-eds, call in to radio talk shows, contact
>your local TV outlets. The more this story is told, the less likely
>Murkowski et al, will be successful. Please feel free to refer your
>media to NIRS for additional comment/background info if they would like
>it.
>
>Second, please call your Senators' home offices--since you can't call
>them on Capitol Hill, call them at home, and urge them to oppose
>minority efforts to add controversial energy legislation--especially
>Price-Anderson and ANWR--to urgent bills. Tell them to choose a
>SUSTAINABLE energy future. Tell them you have contacted your local media
>to watch their actions. Your Senators' local offices should be listed in
>the blue (government) pages of your phone book; if you cannot find a
>number, call NIRS (202-328-0002).
>
>Third, ask everyone you know and everyone you meet to do steps 1 and 2!
>
>Finally, continue to gather signatures on NIRS' Petition for a
>Sustainable Energy Future. We have collected many thousands of
>signatures in just a few weeks, but we need to get more. If you need
>more copies, you can a) download from NIRS' website, in the Nuclear
>Relapse section (www.nirs.org); b) call NIRS (202-328-0002) and we will
>either fax or mail you copies. We will get these to the Senate before
>any vote occurs.
>
>The actions of these few Senators are as opportunistic and disgusting as
>I have seen in my 17 years at NIRS. But these Senators have some less
>vocal allies. With some major national environmental groups still
>sitting on the sidelines after September 11, it's up to us to stop this
>in its tracks. The nuclear and oil industries are not grieving, they are
>pressing hard for their own interests. We CAN stop them! I really ask
>each of you to help.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Michael Mariotte
>Executive Director
>Nuclear Information and Resource Service
>www.nirs.org
>

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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) NEW items on Tri-Valley CAREs' web site
Date: 26 Oct 2001 23:34:09 -0700

Dear colleagues:

There is new and interesting ***stuff*** posted on Tri-Valley CAREs' web
site. Go to http://www.igc.org and you will find --

Tri-Valley CAREs' October newsletter, Citizen's Watch, with:

        * Barbara Lee's Courage and Leadership

        * May the Families be Heard (pleas for reason, justice and
nonviolence from families of the victims of the September 11 terrorist
attacks)

        * Around the World, Lift Every Voice (statements calling for peace)

        * Evaluating our Work in the Aftermath

        * Not Ruled Out (on the possible use of nuclear weapons)

        * Vigil, Calendar, Make Livermore a "Hate-Free Community," MORE!

Tri-Valley CAREs' September newsletter, Citizen's Watch, including:

        * New Billboard Takes Aim at National Ignition Facility, Urges
Scientists and Engineers to                     Leave the Project

        * Radioactive Waste Coming to Your Home

        * Livermore Lab Security

        * Our SWOT Team Makes Annual Plans

        * Action Alerts, Calendar, MORE!

You will find these items conveniently located on the "front page" of our
web site on the left hand side of your screen.

While you are there, don't forget to play "Thwartnuke 1.0," our
anti-nuclear video game (playable on PC only, not Mac -- at least not yet).
You may also want to browse through our recent press releases and other
materials.

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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From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) CORRECT ADDRESS for Tri-Valley CAREs' web site
Date: 26 Oct 2001 23:43:17 -0700

OOPS -- THE COMPLETE AND CORRECT ADDRESS IS http://www.igc.org/tvc

Dear colleagues:

There is new and interesting ***stuff*** posted on Tri-Valley CAREs' web
site. Go to http://www.igc.org/tvc (sorry my prior email had an incomplete
address -- this is correct!) and you will find --

Tri-Valley CAREs' October newsletter, Citizen's Watch, with:

        * Barbara Lee's Courage and Leadership

        * May the Families be Heard (pleas for reason, justice and
nonviolence from families of the victims of the September 11 terrorist
attacks)

        * Around the World, Lift Every Voice (statements calling for peace)

        * Evaluating our Work in the Aftermath

        * Not Ruled Out (on the possible use of nuclear weapons)

        * Vigil, Calendar, Make Livermore a "Hate-Free Community," MORE!

Tri-Valley CAREs' September newsletter, Citizen's Watch, including:

        * New Billboard Takes Aim at National Ignition Facility, Urges
Scientists and Engineers to                     Leave the Project

        * Radioactive Waste Coming to Your Home

        * Livermore Lab Security

        * Our SWOT Team Makes Annual Plans

        * Action Alerts, Calendar, MORE!

You will find these items conveniently located on the "front page" of our
web site on the left hand side of your screen.

While you are there, don't forget to play "Thwartnuke 1.0," our
anti-nuclear video game (playable on PC only, not Mac -- at least not yet).
You may also want to browse through our recent press releases and other
materials.

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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From: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: [abolition-caucus] COMMUNIQUE
Date: 27 Oct 2001 09:39:07 +0100


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I wish him the best in running for the presidency.  He is a most
impressive
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In peace & solidarity,

Sally Light
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Nevada Desert Experience

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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) IAEA Baloney
Date: 29 Oct 2001 13:33:43 -0500

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1 UN: Nuclear Power Alternative to Fossil Fuels,
IAEA Director Informs
General Assembly; Following Introduction of
Agency's Annual Report,
Most Speakers Express Support for
Non-Proliferation, Additional Npt
Protocols -- Part 1 of 2

M2 Communications ( October 23, 2001 )

As global energy demand increased, along with a
growing awareness
of the need for sustainable development, nuclear
power was the
alternative to fossil fuels the Director-General
of the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told the
General
Assembly this afternoon as it took up the Agency's
annual report
for the year 2000. The environmental consequences
of burning
fossil fuels had come to light, Mohamed Elbaradei
continued as he
introduced the report. At present, nuclear power
supplied about
one-sixth of global electricity. In the
foreseeable future, it
could provide electricity on a large scale with
practically no
greenhouse gas emissions. Views on the future of
nuclear power,
however, were still mixed because of safety and
non-proliferation
concerns. Still, he pointed out, a major portion
of the Agency's
work focused on other diverse applications for
nuclear energy,
including human health, water management,
improving agricultural
yields and protecting the environment.

      India's representative said there was no
alternative to
large-scale use of nuclear energy as a
prerequisite for economic
development if the global community were to bridge
the energy
divide. As nuclear power played an increasing role
in meeting the
world's energy needs, remaining concerns about
nuclear-power
generation must be eliminated. The solutions were
technological,
not only to address economical generation of
nuclear power but
also in questions of safety, sustainability,
proliferation
resistance and long-term waste management.

      Speaking on behalf of the European Union and
associated
States, Belgium's representative said the report
indicated
continued improvement in the area of nuclear
safety as a result
of the IAEA's initiatives. The Union would support
the Technical
Cooperation Programme with improved effectiveness
for both
recipients and donors. The Agency's rigour in
assessing and
selecting only those projects that met a range of
precise
criteria was commendable.

      Russia's representative said that ensuring
cooperation in
the peaceful use of atomic energy was a key role
for the IAEA. He
called for the launch of an international project
on innovative
nuclear reactors and nuclear fuel cycles, aimed at
developing
coordinated criteria for selecting new-generation
technologies of
promise. He said that would promote sustainable
development,
nuclear non-proliferation and environmental
security.

      A number of speakers, notably the
representatives of Japan
and Australia, called on the Democratic People's
Republic of
Korea to live up to its international obligations
with regard to
nuclear power.

      Also speaking this afternoon were the
representatives of
Pakistan, Slovakia, Cuba, Egypt, Peru, Republic of
Korea, Brazil
and Argentina (in a joint statement), Czech
Republic, Mexico,
United States, Belarus and Ukraine.

      The representatives of Iraq and the
Democratic People's
Republic of Korea spoke in exercise of the right
of reply.

      The Assembly will meet again at 10 a.m. on
Friday, 26
October, when it is expected to elect members of
the Economic and
Social Council.

      Background

      The Assembly met this afternoon to take up
the annual
report of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA). The
forty-fifth annual report of the IAEA for the
calendar year 2000
(document A/56/313) is transmitted by a note of
the
Secretary-General affirming that the Agency's
Director-General
would report to the Assembly on major developments
since the
reporting period.

      The report itself recalls the goals set out
as priorities
in the Millennium Declaration and in which the
Agency played a
role. Those included peace, security and
disarmament, development
and the eradication of poverty, and protection of
the
environment. The Agency's work rests on the three
"pillars" of
technology, safety and verification for the
purpose of catalyzing
development and transferring peaceful nuclear
technologies,
building and maintaining a global nuclear safety
regime, and
preventing weapons proliferation.

      Technology

      The report states there were 438 operating
nuclear-power
reactors worldwide at the end of 2000. Over 30
countries were
using nuclear power to produce electricity and six
new power
reactors had come on line. While no new plants
were built in
North America or Western Europe, the economics of
existing
nuclear-power plants had improved. Initiatives on
nuclear fuel
cycle and radioactive waste management included a
symposium on
uranium mining activities (Vienna, October). It
was decided that
public acceptance and confidence in solutions were
critical with
waste management. Investigations also continued
into new energy
production technologies reducing actinide
generation and focusing
on long-lived waste transmutation.

      Global climate change was another focus of
technological
activities for the agency in 2000, the report
states. With the
development and field testing of "Indicators for
Sustainable
Development", future prospects for energy
technology depended
increasingly on sustainability issues and not just
economics or
environmental impact. Some 25 projects were under
development
worldwide to devise innovative approaches for
creating reactor
types and fuel cycle designs that offered enhanced
safety
features and were proliferation resistant and
economically
competitive.

      Maintaining knowledge and expertise in the
field had become
of concern, the report continues. Most countries
with advanced
nuclear programmes reported decreased interest in
the nuclear
field, possibly due to a perception that the field
offered poor
career prospects. The Agency's remedial activities
included
coordinating cooperative training activities. It
also focused on
applying nuclear science in projects using
radiation and isotope
techniques to produce food, fight disease, manage
water and
protect the environment. Finally, the Agency
focused on
technology transfer and the critical need for
freshwater
management through isotope hydrology, to avert the
severe
shortage expected to affect two-thirds of the
world population by
the year 2025.

      Safety

      The report states that nuclear safety
increased over the
year in Central and Eastern Europe and in the
former Soviet Union
as the Agency continued to provide nuclear safety
review services
and assistance to them and others. The Agency had
also
strengthened safety-related activities in response
to concerns,
including safety implications of decisions by
Germany, Lithuania
and Ukraine to close nuclear-power plants earlier
than expected.
The ageing of research nuclear reactors was also
of concern.

      Beyond those two areas, the Agency reports
on its
activities regarding nuclear safety standards.
That involves
safety issues specific to other fuel cycle
facilities, assistance
to upgrade national radiation and waste safety
infrastructures,
and environmental assessments of radioactive
residual materials,
including a report to the General Assembly on
radiological
consequences of the Chernobyl accident. The Agency
maintained
international focus on safe management and
transport of
radioactive wastes and requested the Secretariat
to develop
internationally agreed radiological criteria for
long-lived
radionuclides in commodities, particularly
foodstuffs and foods.

      Verification

      The year's seminal event in
non-proliferation and
disarmament was the May Review Conference of the
187 States
Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of
Nuclear Weapons
(NPT). The final document reviewed the
implementation and
operation of the NPT from 1995 to 2000, outlining
a framework for
the next five years. To overcome a perceived
stalemate in
international arms control, States established
objectives to
stimulate implementation of the NPT, including
practical steps
for non-proliferation, nuclear disarmament,
safeguards and export
controls, peaceful nuclear cooperation, adherence
and review. The
Conference agreed to increase the transparency of
nuclear-weapon
States and to diminish the call for nuclear
weapons in security
policies.

      On related fronts, the report states the
Agency had 224
safeguards agreements with 140 States as of 31
December 2000,
affecting over 900 facilities. The Review
Conference received the
Agency's verification activities favourably, but
the Secretariat
developed a new action plan focused on cooperation
between Member
States to counteract the disappointing progress in
adherence to
safeguards agreements and protocols. States such
as Peru, Japan,
Kazakhstan and New Zealand developed activities
with the Agency
but there was little progress in establishing a
nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East.

      Other verification highlights were the
integration of
traditional measures with strengthening measures,
remote
monitoring and the signing by the United States
and Russia of a
bilateral "Plutonium Management and Disposition
Agreement"
committing each party to withdrawing 34 tons of
weapons-grade
plutonium from weapons programmes. Work also
continued on
physical protection of nuclear material, including
the combat of
illicit trafficking through a programme of
information exchange,
assistance to regulatory bodies and training.

      Outreach and Management Activities

      During 2000, the Agency continued to engage
both
traditional and non-traditional partners. A
January forum with
representatives from the nuclear industry had
reached broad
consensus on the need to intensify efforts related
to safety,
innovation and public confidence. Public awareness
activities
were undertaken as senior management reached out
to a wider
audience in civil society, including the arms
control, academic
and think-tank communities. In the area of
management, the main
development was the convening of the Agency's
fourth Senior
Management Conference in January. It formalized
the practical
details of introducing a results-based approach to
programming
and budgeting. It also strengthened and extended
the
Secretariat's review of administrative practices.

      The report concludes that in its role of
helping to achieve
the global objectives of freedom from fear and
want, the Agency
had reinforced several of its mission principles
during 2000. It
had assisted developing countries to improve
scientific,
technological and regulatory capabilities. It had
promoted a
global safety culture and through its safeguards,
had helped
extend the non-proliferation regime and the
environment conducive
to nuclear disarmament and cooperation.

      MOHAMED ELBARADEI, Director-General of the
International
Atomic Energy Agency, said the main functions of
the Agency were
to bring about the development and transfer of
peaceful nuclear
technologies; to build and maintain a global
nuclear safety
regime; and to prevent the proliferation of
nuclear weapons and
ensure the security of nuclear material and
facilities. The
Agency had been at the forefront in efforts to
protect against
nuclear terrorism. It had encouraged States to
make security an
integral part of the management of their overall
nuclear
programmes.

      In addition, he said it was involved in
programmes to
ensure physical security, to help and respond to
illicit
trafficking of nuclear material and other
radioactive sources; to
promote the safety of nuclear facilities; to
safeguard nuclear
material against non-peaceful uses; and to respond
to
emergencies. In those areas, the Agency developed
legal norms and
guidelines, promoted international cooperation,
provided expert
advice, training and equipment and provided
varying degrees of
oversight.

      Concerning nuclear technology, he covered
issues including
nuclear power and non-power nuclear applications.

      He said that the rapid expansion in global
energy demand --
and the growing awareness of the need for
sustainable development
-- had put increasing focus on the environmental
consequences of
burning fossil fuels. Nuclear power, which
currently supplied
about one-sixth of global electricity, was the
principal
alternative that could in the foreseeable future
provide
electricity on a large scale with practically no
greenhouse gas
emissions. Views on the future of nuclear power,
however, were
still mixed because of safety and
non-proliferation concerns. For
example, the United States' new energy policy gave
an explicit
endorsement to nuclear expansion, whereas Germany
had concluded
an agreement with the industry to phase out
nuclear power. He
also emphasized that a major portion of the
Agency's work was
focused on applications other than electricity
generation, such
as in the area of human health, water management,
the improvement
of agricultural yields and in environmental
protection.

      On nuclear safety, he said that while safety
was primarily
a national responsibility, it was equally a
legitimate
international concern. Nuclear safety, like
environmental
practices, had implications that transcended
national boundaries.
In that context, he mentioned the establishment of
international
safety standards, safety in the management and
disposal of spent
fuel and radioactive waste, the Common Forum on
Chernobyl, the
assessment of the effects of depleted uranium and
other
challenges in nuclear safety.

      He stressed that the Agency's verification
activities were
designed to provide assurance that nuclear
material and
facilities were used exclusively for peaceful
purposes. The
Agency had been given broader authority by the
international
community to strengthen its verification ability
as a result of
the discovery of clandestine nuclear-weapons
programmes in Iraq.
For nearly three years, the Agency had not been in
a position to
implement its mandate in Iraq under United Nations
Security
Council resolution 687. As a result, it could not
provide any
assurance that Iraq was in compliance with its
obligations.

      Since 1993, he said, the Agency had also
been unable to
fully implement its NPT safeguards agreement with
the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea. He called upon that
country to
normalize its relations with the Agency, including
of its
membership. That would not only make for better
interaction in
the verification field, but would also enable the
Agency to
provide important safety advice and expertise
related to the
ongoing light-water reactor project. He also
referred to the
application of Agency safeguards in the Middle
East, progress on
trilateral and nuclear disarmament efforts, and
general
challenges in nuclear verification.

      B. S. PRAKASH (India) said that many
industrialized
countries with nuclear-power capabilities were
witnessing
electricity demand saturation, while many
developing countries
were unable to access nuclear power. In sharp
contrast to that
global scenario, the situation in some Asian
countries,
especially India, was vastly different. In those
countries, there
was a growing energy demand matched by significant
industrialization already in place. Those Asian
nations had
acquired the necessary capability to pursue
nuclear-power
technology to meet their energy needs. If the
global community
wished to bridge the energy divide to its maximum
extent, there
was no alternative to large-scale utilization of
nuclear energy
as a prerequisite for economic development

      As nuclear power played an increasingly
important role in
meeting the world's energy needs, it was
imperative to eliminate
the remaining concerns about nuclear-power
generation, he
continued. Technological solutions were needed,
not only to
address economical generation of nuclear power but
also the
question of safety, sustainability, proliferation
resistance and
long-term waste management.

      There were currently several technological
solutions which
would simultaneously address all those issues. The
IAEA's plan to
launch the International Project on Innovative
Nuclear Reactors
and Fuel Cycles was worthy of strong support. Such
programmes
would contribute to greater nuclear-power
generation and enhance
safety worldwide with no fear of proliferation. He
strongly
recommended better budgetary support to such
programmes, which
simultaneously addressed the long-term objectives
of IAEA
programmes in nuclear energy, nuclear safety and
safeguards.

      India was alert to the dangers of illicit
trafficking in
nuclear materials and other radioactive sources,
especially since
the terrorist strikes of 11 September, he said.
Events since then
had underlined the need for the international
community to pool
its efforts to counter the menace of global
terrorism. He
appreciated the efforts made by the IAEA for the
past several
years in cooperating with other States to prevent
and combat
illicit nuclear trafficking. His country had an
elaborate
domestic system adhering to the standards of
physical protection
recommended by the Agency, and had put in place a
stringent
system of export controls to rule out the illicit
diversion of
material, equipment or technology in the nuclear
field.

      SHAMSHAD AHMAD (Pakistan) said that the
world population
had surpassed the six billion mark, yet one-third
of that number,
two billion people, lacked access to electricity.

      Energy demand could not be met by fossil
fuels alone since
that would impose an unacceptable burden on the
environment.

      The massive development of hydro-power was
one option. The
only other proven and sustainable option was the
use of nuclear
energy. Opposition to nuclear power, despite its
good safety
record and environment-friendly character, was
based on
misunderstandings or else was a deliberate pretext
to deny the
technology to developing countries. Pakistan was
keen to make
increasingly large use of nuclear power to meet
its future
electricity requirements. In order to diversify
the country's
power generation system and reduce its dependence
on energy
imports, increasing utilization of nuclear power
was a desirable
option for Pakistan.

      A high-profile "safety culture" was an
indispensable
component of any successful nuclear-power
programme. He added
that the IAEA was playing an important role in
safety-related
issues. To ensure requisite safety controls, his
Government had,
earlier this year, set up the Pakistan Nuclear
Regulatory
Authority, which had been given the responsibility
for
controlling, regulating and supervising all
matters related to
nuclear safety and radiation protection. It was
important that
safety-related technical cooperation be
strengthened amongst all
IAEA member countries. He hoped that the IAEA
would play a more
proactive role in convincing the advanced
countries of the need
for liberal transfer of safety-related technology
and equipment
to developing countries.

      Pakistan had always emphasized the need and
importance of
the IAEA's safeguards, he said. By enacting
legislation for
effective nuclear export controls last year and
acceding to the
International Convention on Physical Protection of
Nuclear
Materials, Pakistan had clearly demonstrated its
resolve to carry
out its obligations and responsibility in that
regard. He
stressed that Pakistan's track record in adhering
to IAEA
safeguards had been immaculate. He concluded by
saying that while
the Agency's positive role in promoting technical
cooperation was
acknowledged, it was important for IAEA's
credibility to promote
peaceful uses of the atom and maintain focus on
its technical
promotional character. He expected the Agency to
follow a
balanced and non-discriminatory approach in
providing access to
nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, particularly
to developing
States.

      STEPHANE DE LOECKER (Belgium), speaking on
behalf of the
European Union and associated States, said he was
well aware of
the difficult financial context in which the
Agency needed to
carry out its important tasks. If was of concern
that many States
were failing to pay their contributions to the
regular budget.
The Agency's initiatives to adapt by maximizing
effectiveness
were bound to bear fruit. The European Union
considered it a
priority for the Agency to limit the number of
projects it
undertook, on the "less but better" principle.

      Also important was to achieve the
flexibility to transfer
resources between sectoral programmes when needed,
and to focus
on activities with the greatest potential impact.
All the
Agency's tasks were important and useful, but
particular
attention should be given to the guarantee
programme, which gave
absolute assurance that nuclear activities and
cooperation could
not be diverted from exclusively peaceful
applications.

      In that context, he continued, another
concern was the
growing imbalance between expenditures on
statutory activities
related to the non-proliferation guarantee, and
the resources
Members were willing to allocate for that purpose
as part of the
regular budget. States should remember that the
NPT conferred
responsibilities regarding compliance, which in
turn necessitated
essential activities the Agency was obliged to
meet with
resources in the interests of the international
community. The
Agency's work in implementing safeguard agreements
was welcome,
as reflected in the report. Also, the work on
integrating
safeguards should lead to reducing inspection
efforts in
countries that had met the criteria.

      Noting the Agency's initiatives on safety,
he said the
report revealed a continued general improvement in
that area.

      The Agency's activities toward development
of peaceful uses
for nuclear energy were particularly welcome. The
Union would
continue to support the Technical Cooperation
Programme. The
Agency had improved effectiveness for both
recipients and donors,
particularly with its rigorous selection of only
those projects
that met a range of precise criteria. The
resolution Australia
was expected to present would be welcome.

      YOSHIYUKI MOTOMURA (Japan) said his
country -- the only one
to have suffered a nuclear attack and one that had
long been
committed to the peaceful use of nuclear energy --
was determined
to use its wealth of experience for the greater
benefit of
humankind. It attached the highest priority to
safety and
security in utilizing nuclear energy for peaceful
purposes. Japan
had actively promoted the peaceful use of nuclear
energy as a
stable energy source in the course of its economic
development,
because it was heavily dependent on imported oil
and because
nuclear energy had enormous merit from the
perspective of global
environmental considerations.

      It would make its use of plutonium
transparent.

      In the light of the present international
situation,
enhancement of the nuclear non-proliferation
regime was one of
the most important issues, with strengthening the
NPT regime the
most realistic option. In June, Japan had
organized the
International Symposium for Further Reinforcement
of IAEA
Safeguards in the Asia-Pacific Region, which had
deepened the
understanding among participants on the issue of
universalization
of the Additional Protocol. He hoped the IAEA
would organize
similar events for other regions. He urged the
IAEA secretariat
to accelerate its work on substantiating the
concept of
Integrated Safeguards. He supported programmes and
activities of
the IAEA which were conducive to preventing acts
of terrorism.

      From the perspective of maintaining peace
and security in
Northeast Asia, the role of the IAEA in the
context of suspected
nuclear-weapons development by North Korea was a
serious one.
Japan would continue to actively support the
efforts made by the
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
(KEDO) to
implement the Light-Water Reactor Project
smoothly. He urged the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea to improve
its relations
with the IAEA and to comply, promptly and
completely, with its
obligations under the safeguard agreement.



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From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Map of nuclear power plants affected by flight ban - U.S.
Date: 31 Oct 2001 08:19:08 -0500

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Friends,

Since the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (http://www.aopa.org) has
posted a map in response to the FAA's anti-terrorist ban on flying near nuclear
power plants, it is now a matter of public security to provide this
information.  Therefore, you can get your own map at:
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/011030map.html

and a list of public- and private-use airports impacted by nuclear power plant
notam FDC 1/1763 at
http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/011030airports.html

-->

Planes Banned Near Nuclear Plants

Tue, Oct 30 5:55 PM EST, By JONATHAN D. SALANT, Associated Press
Writer
http://news.excite.com/news/ap/011030/17/attacks-private-planes

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily WASHINGTON
(AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily banned private planes
from flying near nuclear power plants after Attorney General John Ashcroft
warned of possible new terrorist attacks.

       The FAA on Tuesday imposed the restrictions "for reasons of national
security." The ban on flying within 11 miles of 86 nuclear plants and other
nuclear sites such as the Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico expires Nov.
7.

       Also in response to Ashcroft's warning, Transportation Secretary Norman
Y. Mineta told his department's administrators to make sure that the trucking,
aviation, railroad, shipping and other industries maintained high levels of
security.

       The ban on private flights near nuclear power plants will force nearby
small airports to close, said Warren Morningstar, a spokesman for the Aircraft
Owners and Pilots Association.

       "A small, general-aviation aircraft is not a significant risk to a
nuclear facility," Morningstar said. "On the other hand, we also have to accept
that there are serious national security threats, and we will do our best to
protect the nation and keep people safe."

       Commercial airplanes, which fly at higher altitudes, will not be
affected. Nor will the ban apply to medical, law enforcement, rescue and
firefighting operations when authorized by air traffic controllers.

       The FAA also announced restrictions on private planes because of the
World Series. Only pilots who file flight plans with the FAA will be allowed to
fly within 34 miles of John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. The restrictions
will be in effect from 6:45 p.m. to 2 a.m. EST during all World Series games
played at Yankee Stadium.

       Bans remain in effect on all private planes within 20 miles of Kennedy
Airport or Reagan Washington National Airport. In Boston, New York and
Washington, all private pilots must file flight plans with the FAA.

       Blimps, news helicopters and banner-towing planes remain grounded in 30
metropolitan areas.

On the Net:

     Federal Aviation Administration: http://www.faa.gov

     Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association: http://www.aopa.org


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<html><div>Friends,</div>
<br>
<div>Since the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
(<a href="http://www.aopa.org/" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.aopa.org</a>)
has posted a map in response to the FAA's anti-terrorist ban on flying
near nuclear power plants, it is now a matter of public security to
provide this information.  Therefore, you can get your own map at:
<a href="http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/011030map.html" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/011030map.html</a></div>
<br>
<div>and a list of public- and private-use airports impacted by nuclear
power plant notam FDC 1/1763 at </div>
<div><a href="http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/011030airports.html" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.aopa.org/whatsnew/newsitems/2001/011030airports.html</a></div>
<br>
<div>--></div>
<br>
<div>Planes Banned Near Nuclear Plants</div>
<br>
<div>Tue, Oct 30 5:55 PM EST, By JONATHAN D. SALANT, Associated
Press</div>
<div>Writer</div>
<div><a href="http://news.excite.com/news/ap/011030/17/attacks-private-planes" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://news.excite.com/news/ap/011030/17/attacks-private-planes</a></div>
<br>
<div>WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily banned
private planes from flying near nuclear power plants after Attorney
General John Ashcroft warned of possible new terrorist attacks.</div>
<br>
<div>       The FAA on Tuesday imposed the
restrictions "for reasons of national security." The ban on
flying within 11 miles of 86 nuclear plants and other nuclear sites such
as the Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico expires Nov. 7.</div>
<br>
<div>       Also in response to Ashcroft's
warning, Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta told his department's
administrators to make sure that the trucking, aviation, railroad,
shipping and other industries maintained high levels of security.</div>
<br>
<div>       The ban on private flights near
nuclear power plants will force nearby small airports to close, said
Warren Morningstar, a spokesman for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots
Association.</div>
<br>
<div>       "A small, general-aviation
aircraft is not a significant risk to a nuclear facility,"
Morningstar said. "On the other hand, we also have to accept that
there are serious national security threats, and we will do our best to
protect the nation and keep people safe."</div>
<br>
<div>       Commercial airplanes, which fly
at higher altitudes, will not be affected. Nor will the ban apply to
medical, law enforcement, rescue and firefighting operations when
authorized by air traffic controllers.</div>
<br>
<div>       The FAA also announced
restrictions on private planes because of the World Series. Only pilots
who file flight plans with the FAA will be allowed to fly within 34 miles
of John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. The restrictions will be in
effect from 6:45 p.m. to 2 a.m. EST during all World Series games played
at Yankee Stadium.</div>
<br>
<div>       Bans remain in effect on all
private planes within 20 miles of Kennedy Airport or Reagan Washington
National Airport. In Boston, New York and Washington, all private pilots
must file flight plans with the FAA.</div>
<br>
<div>       Blimps, news helicopters and
banner-towing planes remain grounded in 30 metropolitan areas.</div>
<br>
<div>On the Net: </div>
<br>
<div>     Federal Aviation Administration:
<a href="http://www.faa.gov/" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.faa.gov</a>
</div>
<br>
<div>     Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association: <a href="http://www.aopa.org/" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://www.aopa.org</a></div>
<br>
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From: Lisa Ledwidge / IEER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) please consider signing this
Date: 31 Oct 2001 17:12:41 -0600

Please consider signing the Public Declaration on Peace and Security,
below, which will be delivered to U.S. President Bush before his upcoming
meeting with Russian President Putin.

Reply to <[e-mail]> on or before November 6 with your name,
organization if relevant, and country.

Please circulate to others who may be interested in endorsing the declaration.

Thank you.

[Apologies for multiple postings.]
============================================================

October 30, 2001

Dear friends,

Below please find a "Public Declaration on Peace and Security" addressed to
U.S. President Bush. Please add your personal and/or organizational
endorsement to this call, urging him to comply with existing international
agreements aimed at securing world peace. Also please circulate this call
to others.

To sign on, send an email or reply to [e-mail] on or before
November 6 stating your name, organization if relevant, and country.
We will send the signed Declaration to President Bush before his meeting
with Russian President Putin on November 12. We also hope to influence the
next Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention negotiations starting November
19.

The Declaration was launched on Friday, October 26, 2001 at a symposium on
"War and Weapons" in Washington D.C.  In this symposium, activists and
experts on biological, nuclear and chemical weapons, land mines, small
arms, military pollution, and the U.S.-sponsored Plan Colombia discussed
the threats to humanity posed by weapons of mass destruction.

Thank you very much,

Chela Vazquez
[e-mail]
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Public Declaration on Peace and Security

To the President of the United States

Mr. President,

Prior to September 11, the U.S. government had embarked on a unilateral
course that frequently disregarded several peace and security treaties.  In
light of the horrific and tragic events in New York City, Washington D.C.,
and Pennsylvania, the undersigned people and non-governmental organizations
call upon the United States government to reverse actions that jeopardize
international agreements to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction.

The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) bans the development,
production and stockpiling of biological and toxic weapons. The
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) places limits on the testing and
deployment of defensive systems in order to prevent the stockpiling of
nuclear weapons.  Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) aims at
the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. The Comprehensive Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear weapon test explosions and all other
nuclear explosions.  We believe that U.S. adherence to these treaties would
promote greater security and peace worldwide.

However, the United States government is undermining all four treaties by
rejecting a Verification Protocol on the BTWC that was to be finalized in
November in Geneva and by developing a large bioweapons research system
that may be in violation of the BTWC; by developing missile defenses and
seeking to withdraw from the ABM Treaty; by deploying modified
bunker-busting nuclear weapons, conducting research aimed at making nuclear
weapons more useable, and maintaining more than 2,000 nuclear warheads on
high alert despite recently reaffirming a commitment to the NPT; and by
refusing to ratify the CTBT. The U.S. also is researching space-based
weapons and is resisting international efforts to ban the placement of
weapons in outer space. These actions by the United States threaten peace
and security globally by provoking the development of hostile weapons by
other countries in an escalating arms race.

Therefore, we urge that:

1)  The United States rely on multilateral negotiations and the existing
body of international law and treaties to resolve international conflicts.

2) The United States, at the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review
Conference beginning on November 19th, make an unqualified commitment to
uphold Article I, which prohibits all development,
acquisition, and stockpiling of biological agents for hostile purposes, and
unequivocally endorse prompt completion of the draft BTWC Verification
Protocol.

3) The United States abide by the terms of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

4) The United States meet its obligations under the Non-Proliferation
Treaty, in particular Article VI that calls for complete nuclear
disarmament, as unanimously confirmed by the International Court of Justice.

5) The United States maintain its nuclear testing moratorium and ratify the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

Signatories

Chela Vazquez, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA
Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environment Research, USA
Max Obuszewski, American Friends Service Committee, USA
Brian Becker, International Action Center, USA
Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project, USA
Hillel W. Cohen, assistant professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, USA
Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, USA
John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, USA
Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, USA
John Steinbach, Great Panthers, USA
Margarita Flores, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales
Alternativos, Colombia
Catalina Toro, Centro de Debate y Accion Ambiental, Colombia
Dario Gonzalez, Corporacion de Unidades Democraticas para el Desarrollo,
Colombia

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

Chela Vazquez
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
2105 First Avenue South
Minneapolis MN 55404 USA
Tel. office: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
http://www.iatp.org
http://www.wtowatch.org
http://www.sustain.org/biotech
http://www.gefoodalert.org


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From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) PLEASE SIGN: PUBLIC DECLARATION ON PEACE AND SECURITY
Date: 31 Oct 2001 15:55:25 -0800

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Dear friends and colleagues -- Please consider signing on to the Public
Declaration on Peace and Security, below.  This declaration is the product of a
really great conference on "Weapons and War" which took place in Washington, DC
last Friday, and which was organized in large part by the Insitute for
Agriculture and Trade Policy -- a new entrant into the world of weapons of mass
destruction.  (Apologies for multiple postings.) -- Jackie Cabasso

PLEASE NOTE: To sign on, send an email or reply to [e-mail] on or
before November 6 stating your name, organization if relevant, and country.



October 30, 2001

Dear friends,

Below please find a "Public Declaration on Peace and Security" addressed to
U.S. President Bush. Please add your personal and/or organizational
endorsement to this call, urging him to comply with existing international
agreements aimed at securing world peace. Also please circulate this call
to others.

To sign on, send an email or reply to [e-mail] on or before
November 6 stating your name, organization if relevant, and country.
We will send the signed Declaration to President Bush before his meeting
with Russian President Putin on November 12. We also hope to influence the
next Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention negotiations starting November
19.

The Declaration was launched on Friday, October 26, 2001 at a symposium on
"War and Weapons" in Washington D.C. In this symposium, activists and
experts on biological, nuclear and chemical weapons, land mines, small
arms, military pollution, and the U.S.-sponsored Plan Colombia discussed
the threats to humanity posed by weapons of mass destruction.

Thank you very much,
Chela Vazquez
[e-mail]
[phone]
**********
Public Declaration on Peace and Security
To the President of the United States
Mr. President,

Prior to September 11, the U.S. government had embarked on a unilateral
course that frequently disregarded several peace and security treaties. In
light of the horrific and tragic events in New York City, Washington D.C.,
and Pennsylvania, the undersigned people and non-governmental organizations
call upon the United States government to reverse actions that jeopardize
international agreements to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction.

The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) bans the development,
production and stockpiling of biological and toxic weapons. The
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) places limits on the testing and
deployment of defensive systems in order to prevent the stockpiling of
nuclear weapons. Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) aims at
the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. The Comprehensive Nuclear Test
Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear weapon test explosions and all other
nuclear explosions. We believe that U.S. adherence to these treaties would
promote greater security and peace worldwide.

However, the United States government is undermining all four treaties by
rejecting a Verification Protocol on the BTWC that was to be finalized in
November in Geneva and by developing a large bioweapons research system
that may be in violation of the BTWC; by developing missile defenses and
seeking to withdraw from the ABM Treaty; by deploying modified
bunker-busting nuclear weapons, conducting research aimed at making nuclear
weapons more useable, and maintaining more than 2,000 nuclear warheads on
high alert despite recently reaffirming a commitment to the NPT; and by
refusing to ratify the CTBT. The U.S. also is researching space-based
weapons and is resisting international efforts to ban the placement of
weapons in outer space. These actions by the United States threaten peace
and security globally by provoking the development of hostile weapons by
other countries in an escalating arms race.
Therefore, we urge that:

1) The United States rely on multilateral negotiations and the existing
body of international law and treaties to resolve international conflicts.

2) The United States, at the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review
Conference beginning on November 19th, make an unqualified commitment to
uphold Article I, which prohibits all development,
acquisition, and stockpiling of biological agents for hostile purposes, and
unequivocally endorse prompt completion of the draft BTWC Verification
Protocol.

3) The United States abide by the terms of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

4) The United States meet its obligations under the Non-Proliferation
Treaty, in particular Article VI that calls for complete nuclear
disarmament, as unanimously confirmed by the International Court of Justice.

5) The United States maintain its nuclear testing moratorium and ratify the
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Signatories

Chela Vazquez, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA
Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environment Research, USA
Max Obuszewski, American Friends Service Committee, USA
Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project, USA
Hillel W. Cohen, assistant professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, USA
Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, USA
John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, USA
Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, USA
John Steinbach, Great Panthers, USA
Margarita Flores, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales
Alternativos, Colombia
Catalina Toro, Centro de Debate y Accion Ambiental, Colombia
Dario Gonzalez, Corporacion de Unidades Democraticas para el Desarrollo,
Colombia


Chela Vazquez
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
2105 First Avenue South
Minneapolis MN 55404 USA
Tel. office: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
http://www.iatp.org
http://www.wtowatch.org
http://www.sustain.org/biotech
http://www.gefoodalert.org

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<html>
Dear friends and colleagues -- Please consider signing on to the Public
Declaration on Peace and Security, below.  This declaration is the
product of a really great conference on "Weapons and War" which
took place in Washington, DC last Friday, and which was organized in
large part by the Insitute for Agriculture and Trade Policy -- a new
entrant into the world of weapons of mass destruction.  (Apologies
for multiple postings.) -- Jackie Cabasso<br>
<br>
PLEASE NOTE: To sign on, send an email or reply to [e-mail] on
or before November 6 stating your name, organization if relevant, and
country.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
October 30, 2001<br>
<br>
Dear friends,<br>
<br>
Below please find a "Public Declaration on Peace and Security"
addressed to <br>
U.S. President Bush. Please add your personal and/or organizational
<br>
endorsement to this call, urging him to comply with existing
international <br>
agreements aimed at securing world peace. Also please circulate this call
<br>
to others.<br>
<br>
To sign on, send an email or reply to [e-mail] on or before
<br>
November 6 stating your name, organization if relevant, and country.
<br>
We will send the signed Declaration to President Bush before his meeting
<br>
with Russian President Putin on November 12. We also hope to influence
the <br>
next Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention negotiations starting
November <br>
19.<br>
<br>
The Declaration was launched on Friday, October 26, 2001 at a symposium
on <br>
"War and Weapons" in Washington D.C. In this symposium,
activists and <br>
experts on biological, nuclear and chemical weapons, land mines, small
<br>
arms, military pollution, and the U.S.-sponsored Plan Colombia discussed
<br>
the threats to humanity posed by weapons of mass destruction. <br>
<br>
Thank you very much,<br>
Chela Vazquez <br>
[e-mail] <br>
[phone] <br>
**********<br>
Public Declaration on Peace and Security<br>
To the President of the United States<br>
Mr. President,<br>
<br>
Prior to September 11, the U.S. government had embarked on a unilateral
<br>
course that frequently disregarded several peace and security treaties.
In <br>
light of the horrific and tragic events in New York City, Washington
D.C., <br>
and Pennsylvania, the undersigned people and non-governmental
organizations <br>
call upon the United States government to reverse actions that jeopardize
<br>
international agreements to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass
<br>
destruction. <br>
<br>
The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) bans the development,
<br>
production and stockpiling of biological and toxic weapons. The <br>
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) places limits on the testing and
<br>
deployment of defensive systems in order to prevent the stockpiling of
<br>
nuclear weapons. Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) aims at
<br>
the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. The Comprehensive Nuclear
Test <br>
Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear weapon test explosions and all other
<br>
nuclear explosions. We believe that U.S. adherence to these treaties
would <br>
promote greater security and peace worldwide.<br>
<br>
However, the United States government is undermining all four treaties by
<br>
rejecting a Verification Protocol on the BTWC that was to be finalized in
<br>
November in Geneva and by developing a large bioweapons research system
<br>
that may be in violation of the BTWC; by developing missile defenses and
<br>
seeking to withdraw from the ABM Treaty; by deploying modified <br>
bunker-busting nuclear weapons, conducting research aimed at making
nuclear <br>
weapons more useable, and maintaining more than 2,000 nuclear warheads on
<br>
high alert despite recently reaffirming a commitment to the NPT; and by
<br>
refusing to ratify the CTBT. The U.S. also is researching space-based
<br>
weapons and is resisting international efforts to ban the placement of
<br>
weapons in outer space. These actions by the United States threaten peace
<br>
and security globally by provoking the development of hostile weapons by
<br>
other countries in an escalating arms race.<br>
Therefore, we urge that:<br>
<br>
1) The United States rely on multilateral negotiations and the existing
<br>
body of international law and treaties to resolve international
conflicts.<br>
<br>
2) The United States, at the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
Review <br>
Conference beginning on November 19th, make an unqualified commitment to
<br>
uphold Article I, which prohibits all development, <br>
acquisition, and stockpiling of biological agents for hostile purposes,
and <br>
unequivocally endorse prompt completion of the draft BTWC Verification
<br>
Protocol.<br>
<br>
3) The United States abide by the terms of the Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty.<br>
<br>
4) The United States meet its obligations under the Non-Proliferation
<br>
Treaty, in particular Article VI that calls for complete nuclear <br>
disarmament, as unanimously confirmed by the International Court of
Justice.<br>
<br>
5) The United States maintain its nuclear testing moratorium and ratify
the <br>
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.<br>
Signatories<br>
<br>
Chela Vazquez, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA <br>
Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environment Research, USA
<br>
Max Obuszewski, American Friends Service Committee, USA <br>
Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project, USA <br>
Hillel W. Cohen, assistant professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine,
USA <br>
Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, USA <br>
John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, USA <br>
Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, USA <br>
John Steinbach, Great Panthers, USA <br>
Margarita Flores, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales <br>
Alternativos, Colombia <br>
Catalina Toro, Centro de Debate y Accion Ambiental, Colombia <br>
Dario Gonzalez, Corporacion de Unidades Democraticas para el Desarrollo,
<br>
Colombia<br>
<br>
<br>
Chela Vazquez <br>
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) <br>
2105 First Avenue South <br>
Minneapolis MN 55404 USA <br>
Tel. office: [phone] <br>
Fax: [phone] <br>
[e-mail] <br>
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From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Stop Subsidizing Nuclear  IndustryInsurance Costs!
Date: 31 Oct 2001 20:29:13 -0500

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>To: [e-mail]
>From: Lloyd Marbet <[e-mail]> (by way of Don Eichelberger
<[e-mail]>)
>Subject: Stop Subsidizing Nuclear  IndustryInsurance Costs!
>Cc: Carl Zichella <[e-mail]>,
> [e-mail],Graham Brownstein <[e-mail]>,
> William Miller <[e-mail]>,
> Zachrey Helmberger <[e-mail]>
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>Apologies for cross posting
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: RRR Action of the Month: Stop Subsidizing Nuclear
>IndustryInsurance Costs!
>Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 15:48:09 -0400
>From: "Lisa Gue" <[e-mail]>
>
>* * * apologies for cross-posting * * *
>
>RADIOACTIVE ROADS AND RAILS ACTION OF THE MONTH - October 2001
>
>Tell Congress to Stop Subsidizing Insurance Costs for the Nuclear
>Industry!
>
>BACKGROUND
>
>The Price-Anderson Act was enacted in 1957 as a temporary measure to
>support the fledgling nuclear industry.  The Act establishes a taxpayer
>backed insurance regime for nuclear power plants.  Under Price-Anderson,
>commercial nuclear operators are required to carry only $200 million in
>primary insurance.  A second level of retrospective premiums in the
>event of an accident is capped at approximately $88 million per
>reactor.  By artificially limiting the liability of nuclear operators,
>the Price-Anderson Act serves as a subsidy to the nuclear industry in
>terms of foregone insurance premiums, which encourages the construction
>of new nuclear plants. . . and the generation of more nuclear waste.
>
>The Price-Anderson Act will expire in August 2002 unless Congress
>reauthorizes it.  On October 11, 2001, the House Energy and Commerce
>Committee began to mark-up a reauthorization bill, H.R. 2983.  The
>mark-up is expected to resume soon and the issue will later be
>considered by the whole House. In the Senate, reauthorization of the
>Price-Anderson Act may be included in the Energy Bill that will likely
>be debated later this fall or early in the new year.
>
>See the below for "7 Good Reasons to Oppose Price-Anderson
>Reauthorization."  Public Citizen's Price-Anderson factsheet, is online
>at:
>www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/nuclear_power_plants/nuclear_revi
>val/articles.cfm?ID=4912
>
>
>TAKE ACTION!
>
>Call and write to your Senators and Representative and urge them to
>oppose Price-Anderson reauthorization.  Ask your Representative to vote
>against H.R. 2983.  Ask your Senators to keep Price-Anderson
>reauthorization out of the Energy Bill.
>
>CALL: Capitol Switchboard [phone]
>
>WRITE:
>Your Representative
>U.S. House of Representative
>Washington, DC  20510
>
>Your Senators
>U.S. Senate
>Washington, DC  20515
>
>SIGN an online petition opposing Price-Anderson reauthorization at:
>www.petitiononline.com/repealpa/petition.html
>
>
>7 GOOD REASONS TO OPPOSE PRICE-ANDERSON REAUTHORIZATION
>
>(1) The Price-Anderson Act does not address the issue of increasing
>security and improving the safety of nuclear facilities.  In light of
>the recent terrorist attacks, there should be a thorough and independent
>assessment of security needs at U.S. nuclear power facilities before
>Price-Anderson is even considered for reauthorization.
>
>(2) The Price-Anderson Act indemnifies Department of Energy contractors
>involved in nuclear incidents even in cases of gross negligence and
>willful misconduct.  (This blanket coverage would extend to contractors
>hired to transport nuclear waste to the proposed repository at Yucca
>Mountain.)  This serves as a disincentive to safety and accountability,
>and potentially endangers workers and the public.  No other government
>agency provides this level of taxpayer indemnification to non-government
>personnel.
>
>(3) The Price-Anderson Act serves as a subsidy to the nuclear power
>industry in terms of foregone primary insurance payments and limited
>liability in case of an accident.  This distorts economic viability
>assessments in the energy sector and gives nuclear power an
>uncompetitive advantage over cleaner, safer energy options.
>
>(4) The insurance coverage required under the Price-Anderson Act
>understates the calculated risk of nuclear power plants.
>
>(5) The Price-Anderson Act treats all nuclear operators uniformly and
>does not differentiate or discourage high-risk activities, such
>relicensing old plants and transporting nuclear waste.
>
>(6) Reauthorizing the Price-Anderson Act would facilitate the
>construction of new nuclear power plants, which would generate more
>nuclear waste.
>
>(7) The Price-Anderson Act was originally enacted in 1957 as a temporary
>measure to assist the nascent nuclear power industry.  50 years later,
>it's time to end this misdirected economic stimulus program.
>
>
>
>Lisa Gue
>Policy Analyst
>Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy & Environment Program
>215 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
>Washington, DC  20003
>ph: [phone]; fax: [phone]
>www.citizen.org/cmep
>

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From: Lorraine Krofchok <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) please consider signing this
Date: 31 Oct 2001 19:34:54 -0800

Please include Lorraine Krofchok, Grandmothers for Peace International,
USA.

Lisa Ledwidge / IEER wrote:
>
> Please consider signing the Public Declaration on Peace and Security,
> below, which will be delivered to U.S. President Bush before his upcoming
> meeting with Russian President Putin.
>
> Reply to <[e-mail]> on or before November 6 with your name,
> organization if relevant, and country.
>
> Please circulate to others who may be interested in endorsing the declaration.
>
> Thank you.
>
> [Apologies for multiple postings.]
> ============================================================
>
> October 30, 2001
>
> Dear friends,
>
> Below please find a "Public Declaration on Peace and Security" addressed to
> U.S. President Bush. Please add your personal and/or organizational
> endorsement to this call, urging him to comply with existing international
> agreements aimed at securing world peace. Also please circulate this call
> to others.
>
> To sign on, send an email or reply to [e-mail] on or before
> November 6 stating your name, organization if relevant, and country.
> We will send the signed Declaration to President Bush before his meeting
> with Russian President Putin on November 12. We also hope to influence the
> next Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention negotiations starting November
> 19.
>
> The Declaration was launched on Friday, October 26, 2001 at a symposium on
> "War and Weapons" in Washington D.C.  In this symposium, activists and
> experts on biological, nuclear and chemical weapons, land mines, small
> arms, military pollution, and the U.S.-sponsored Plan Colombia discussed
> the threats to humanity posed by weapons of mass destruction.
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Chela Vazquez
> [e-mail]
> [phone]
>
> ============================================================
> ============================================================
>
> Public Declaration on Peace and Security
>
> To the President of the United States
>
> Mr. President,
>
> Prior to September 11, the U.S. government had embarked on a unilateral
> course that frequently disregarded several peace and security treaties.  In
> light of the horrific and tragic events in New York City, Washington D.C.,
> and Pennsylvania, the undersigned people and non-governmental organizations
> call upon the United States government to reverse actions that jeopardize
> international agreements to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass
> destruction.
>
> The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) bans the development,
> production and stockpiling of biological and toxic weapons. The
> Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM) places limits on the testing and
> deployment of defensive systems in order to prevent the stockpiling of
> nuclear weapons.  Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) aims at
> the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. The Comprehensive Nuclear Test
> Ban Treaty (CTBT) bans all nuclear weapon test explosions and all other
> nuclear explosions.  We believe that U.S. adherence to these treaties would
> promote greater security and peace worldwide.
>
> However, the United States government is undermining all four treaties by
> rejecting a Verification Protocol on the BTWC that was to be finalized in
> November in Geneva and by developing a large bioweapons research system
> that may be in violation of the BTWC; by developing missile defenses and
> seeking to withdraw from the ABM Treaty; by deploying modified
> bunker-busting nuclear weapons, conducting research aimed at making nuclear
> weapons more useable, and maintaining more than 2,000 nuclear warheads on
> high alert despite recently reaffirming a commitment to the NPT; and by
> refusing to ratify the CTBT. The U.S. also is researching space-based
> weapons and is resisting international efforts to ban the placement of
> weapons in outer space. These actions by the United States threaten peace
> and security globally by provoking the development of hostile weapons by
> other countries in an escalating arms race.
>
> Therefore, we urge that:
>
> 1)  The United States rely on multilateral negotiations and the existing
> body of international law and treaties to resolve international conflicts.
>
> 2) The United States, at the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review
> Conference beginning on November 19th, make an unqualified commitment to
> uphold Article I, which prohibits all development,
> acquisition, and stockpiling of biological agents for hostile purposes, and
> unequivocally endorse prompt completion of the draft BTWC Verification
> Protocol.
>
> 3) The United States abide by the terms of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
>
> 4) The United States meet its obligations under the Non-Proliferation
> Treaty, in particular Article VI that calls for complete nuclear
> disarmament, as unanimously confirmed by the International Court of Justice.
>
> 5) The United States maintain its nuclear testing moratorium and ratify the
> Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
>
> Signatories
>
> Chela Vazquez, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, USA
> Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environment Research, USA
> Max Obuszewski, American Friends Service Committee, USA
> Brian Becker, International Action Center, USA
> Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project, USA
> Hillel W. Cohen, assistant professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, USA
> Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, USA
> John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, USA
> Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, USA
> John Steinbach, Great Panthers, USA
> Margarita Flores, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales
> Alternativos, Colombia
> Catalina Toro, Centro de Debate y Accion Ambiental, Colombia
> Dario Gonzalez, Corporacion de Unidades Democraticas para el Desarrollo,
> Colombia
> Lorraine Krofchok, Grandmothers for Peace Internatinal, USA
> ============================================================
> ============================================================
>
> Chela Vazquez
> Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
> 2105 First Avenue South
> Minneapolis MN 55404 USA
> Tel. office: [phone]
> Fax: [phone]
> [e-mail]
> http://www.iatp.org
> http://www.wtowatch.org
> http://www.sustain.org/biotech
> http://www.gefoodalert.org
>
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