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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 13:20:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Christoph Hanterman <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Test

Does everybody read this?


    Christoph Hanterman, Ph.D.       home:     805-962-2177
    Political Science Department      fax:     [phone]
    University of California          net: [e-mail]
    Santa Barbara, CA 93106           web: sscf.ucsb.edu/~hanterm


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Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 09:53:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sue Broidy <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) News from Santa Barbara

<fontfamily><param>Times</param><bigger><bigger>Greetings to all on the
Abolition-usa list.


News from Santa Barbara


Congresswoman Lois Capps last night opened the Annual Peace Retreat at
Casa de Maria in Santa Barbara.  Co-sponsored by the Nuclear Age Peace
Foundation, the Retreat has about 50 participants and will be led by
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Julia Ochiogrosso.  Rep Capps spoke of her
commitment to the work of the International Relations Committee in
Washington DC and spoke of her support for the Lynn Woolsey resolutions
on the Nuclear Weapons Convention and Stockpile Stewardship.  Rep Lynn
Woolsey will be visiting Santa Barbara this weekend and we will be
meeting with her to discuss Abolition 2000 and how we can move the
disarmament agenda forward.


We are moving ahead on the student campaign - Class of 2000 for
Abolition 2000.  Please let us know if you want to be involved and want
a copy of the Campus Resolution.


We received this alert today and are passing it on.


Grandmothers for Peace International declares a national boycott of all
Nestle products.


Call Nestles immediately to protest their marketing of the "Nestle
Nuclear Chocolate" candy bar.


CALL THIS NUMBER; 1-800-258-6728


Nestles justify the name "nuclear" as " a common synonym like electric
and awesome."


BUT there is nothing fun, exciting or cool about nuclear weapons,
nuclear fallout, nuclear waste. This is very poor judgment and an
outrageous effort to desentitize our chilfdren to the danger of nuclear
weapons.  Granmothers for Peace urge us all to endorse the boycott, to
call Nestles and to report comments and suggestions to them at
[e-mail].


Keep in touch!

</bigger></bigger></fontfamily>
Sincerely,


Susan Broidy, Coordinator


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

Abolition 2000- A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons

c/o Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

1187 Coast Village Road, Box 123

Santa Barbara, CA 93108

phone: [phone]; fax: [phone]

e-mail: [e-mail]   URL: http://www.napf.org/abolition2000/



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Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 18:00:51 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Test and a greetings from NYC

Just subscribed (I think!) to the Abolition-USA list. Thanks to those doing
the work on setting this up.

Peace,
David McReynolds
NYC

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Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 11:32:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: john burroughs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Action Alert/Int'l Crim Court

Dear US Abolitionists - action is requested below, first a short introduction:

Negotiations to establish an International Criminal Court (ICC) are now
taking place in Rome, and will be completed this week. The objective is to
have a court that can try cases involving genocide, crimes against humanity
(atrocities on a large scale, whether or not in connection with war), and
war crimes. The US is taking the position that a state party to the Statute
of the ICC can nonetheless decline to "opt-in" as to war crimes and crimes
against humanity, and further that in that circumstance consent of a state's
nationals is required for prosecution to proceed. In other words, without US
consent, US soldiers could not be prosecuted for war crimes or even crimes
against humanity.  This even though the Statute provides that ICC cases go
forward only where a state is unwilling or unable to prosecute, and though
*any* state other than those like US wielding a veto of a permanent member
of the Security Council is subject to prosecution based upon a Security
Council referral. (For more re this, see my letter to Clinton, at end of
this message.) This position is contrary to that of about three-quarters of
the 160 states participating, though some other major states take similar
positions.

The relevance to nuclear weapons is multi-faceted, but I'll mention two
points: 1) the position that the US and other permanent members of the
Security Council are above the law generally reinforces the stance those
states take regarding their right to threaten use of nuclear weapons; 2) use
of nuclear weapons would likely constitute war crimes and crimes against
humanity under general provisions of the Statute of the ICC. (However, not
surprisingly, since they would not consider joining the Statute otherwise
and their participation is desired, the nuclear weapon states are succeeding
in keeping nuclear weapons as well as landmines off the list of prohibited
weapons, primarily chemical and biological weapons whose use is banned by
treaty; NGOs and sympathetic states are doing our and their best to mitigate
impact of this exclusion.)

For more information, see www.igc.org/icc and www.advocacynet.org/icc/

ACTION REQUEST:  Call, fax, and/or e-mail Clinton, and/or one or more of the
other officials mentioned below, with the following suggested basic message
points:

1.  The US and every state should be subject to prosecution by the ICC for
genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, if they are unable or
unwilling to carry out their own prosecutions. No opt-in and state consent
as to war crimes and crimes against humanity. The US is not above the law.

2.  The ICC prosecutor should be given the power to initiate investigations
based on reliable information and with appropriate safeguards without a
referral from the Security Council or a state.

President William J. Clinton
    Phone: [phone]
    Fax: [phone]
    E-mail: [e-mail]

Charles Ruff, White House Counsel
    Phone: [phone]
    Fax: [phone]
    (no e-mail)

William Cohen, Secretary of Defense
    Phone: [phone]
    Fax: [phone]
    (no e-mail)

Madeline Albright, Secretary of State
    Phone: [phone]
    Fax: [phone]
    (no e-mail)

Janet Reno, Attorney General
        Phone:  [phone]

Bill Richardson, Ambassador to the United Nations
    Phone: [phone]
    Fax: [phone]
    (no e-mail)

13 July 1998

Dear President Clinton:

    "If certain acts in violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes
whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and we are
not prepared to lay
down a rule of criminal conduct against others which we would not be willing
to have
invoked against us," stated Robert Jackson, chief Nuremberg prosecutor and
Supreme
Court justice, during inter-Allied negotiations concerning establishment of the
International Military (Nuremberg) Tribunal.*

    Regrettably, some 50 years later, at the negotiations on establishment of the
International Criminal Court (ICC) in Rome, the United States is violating
Justice
Jackson's dictum.

    Under the present US position, the US could be a party to the ICC Statute
and yet, if the US chose not to opt-in as to war crimes and crimes against
humanity, US nationals could be shielded from prosecution for those crimes.
Nonetheless, many other states' nationals would be subject to such
prosecutions, even if they had not opted-in or were not parties to the
Statute, based on the Security Council's triggering of ICC jurisdiction.

    This amounts to the position that "the King can do no wrong".  But the US and
other permanent members of the Security Council are not kings.  The rule of
law must
apply to them as it applies to every state.

    Therefore, I urge you to honor the US's exemplary history in initiating and
carrying out the Nuremberg trials and to direct the US delegation to support
the majority position at the conference, namely that states ratifying the
Statute automatically accept the ICC's jurisdiction over all core crimes
including genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.

    In addition, the US delegation should support the Court's exercise of
jurisdiction in as  wide a range of circumstances as possible.  For example,
if a state not party to the Statute is unable or unwilling genuinely to
carry out prosecution of its own nationals, the ICC should be able to
undertake a prosecution pursuant to the principle of complementarity
embedded in the Statute.

*July 23, 1945 transcript, State Department, International Conference on
Military Trials, Pub. No. 3080 (1949)


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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:15:01 -0700
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Abolition-USA Info File

Info file of abolition-usa

WELCOME TO ABOLITION-USA!
Abolition 2000 was founded in 1995 as a global campaign to eliminate
nuclear weapons.

PURPOSE OF ABOLITION-USA!  "ABOLITION-USA" is a list intended to serve the
community of peace-minded and action-oriented citizens and citizen
initiatives concerned with promoting grassroots action for the abolition of
nuclear weapons.  This list is intended to help in the coordination and
discussion of citizen initiatives in the United States which will change
the course of U.S. nuclear policy and enable us to secure a treaty by the
year 2000 for the elimination of nuclear weapons.  We invite you to share
information about local activities, upcoming events, exemplary actions,
political strategies, media strategies, and other ideas which will forward
the action and strengthen the network of citizens and grassroots
organizations committed to securing a nuclear weapons convention before the
next millennium.

ABOUT ABOLITION 2000:  In April 1995, during the first weeks of the
Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference, activists from
around the world recognized that the issue of nuclear abolition was not on
the agenda. Activists met together to write the Abolition 2000 Statement
that has become the founding document of the Abolition 2000 Network. Over
1,000 organizations in 76 countries have now signed it and are actively
working in ten working groups to accomplish the eleven points listed in it.

     Abolition 2000 can be reached at:
     http://www.napf.org/abolition2000/
     To view the Abolition statement go to:
     http://www.wagingpeace.org/ablstate.html
     To see who is participating in the network go to
     http://www.napf.org/abolition2000/organizs_index.html

RESOURCES:
You are also invited to join other listserves of Abolition 2000:

     INTERNATIONAL ABOLITION 2000 CAUCUS
     To subscribe to the
     International Abolition Caucus e-mail listserver,
     send an email message
     to: [e-mail],
     leave subject area blank,
     write in body of message: subscribe abolition-caucus youremail@here

     ABOLITION DAYS WORKING GROUP
     To subscribe to the A-days Working Group
      e-mail listserver, send an e-mail message
      to: [e-mail],
     leave subject area blank,
     write in body of message: subscribe motherearth-a-days youremail@here

     NATO WORKING GROUP
     To subscribe to the
     NATO Working Group e-mail listserver,
     send an email message
     to: [e-mail],
     leave subject area blank,
     write in body of message:
             subscribe [e-mail]  youremail@here

     RELIGIOUS WORKING GROUP
     To subscribe to the
     Religious Working Group e-mail listserver,
     contact Howard Hallman
     at [e-mail]

SUPPORT ABOLITION 2000!
Financial contributions for Abolition 2000 network support can be wired to
us via:
     Montecito Bank & Trust, 1000 State Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 --
     Routing No. ABA - 122 234 783, Account No. 192 036 100
     Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 123, Santa
     Barbara, CA 93108-2794

We look forward to hearing from you!

Abolition 2000
Susan Broidy, Coordinator

1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 123
Santa Barbara, California; 93108
Phone: [phone];
Fax [phone];
e-mail: [e-mail]
web-site: http://www.napf.org/abolition2000/

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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 12:14:02 -0700
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Abolition 2000 Communications

Dear member of the Abolition 2000 network,

During two days of meetings in Santa Barbara last week, members of the
International Coordinating Group decided to make our communications more
efficient by subscribing all Abolition 2000 network organizations in the
United States to a new NATIONAL listserv: abolition-usa.  The INTERNATIONAL
listserv, abolition-caucus, will no longer accept posts regarding U.S.
national events and news.

This will NOT duplicate the mail you will receive.  Mail will be split into
two: (1) international news and discussions and (2) national coordination.
Members of the INTERNATIONAL listserv abolition-caucus will receive
international news and discussions.  Conversely, the NATIONAL list,
abolition-usa, is intended for U.S.-specific messages which would not be
appropriate for a list which reaches activists all over the world.

The new list is intended to:
- - strengthen the U.S. abolition network through planning nationally and
regionally coordinated actions
- - share nuclear-related information and news which is relevant for
U.S.-based groups
- - coordinate initiatives related to the work of the U.S. Congress, the
Administration and the Department of Energy.

If you do not wish to be on this national list, you may exercise your
negative option and unsubscribe.
However, you will no longer receive U.S. national news about Abolition 2000
via abolition-caucus.

To unsubscribe send a message to
T0:[e-mail]
(leave the subject empty)
in the body of the message write
unsubscribe abolition-usa

To POST A MESSAGE to abolition-usa send a message
To:[e-mail]

Please use this listserve to post messages about the US.
International news and events can be sent as usual to
[e-mail].

As a second mailing you will receive the info file for abolition-usa.

Sincerely,

Susan Broidy, Coordinator

*************************************************************
Abolition 2000- A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
c/o Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
1187 Coast Village Road, Box 123
Santa Barbara, CA 93108
phone: [phone]; fax: [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]   URL: http://www.napf.org/abolition2000/


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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 13:14:30 -0700
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Job Notice

Job Notice


Experienced peace campaigner sought for position as a Nuclear Abolition

Organizer working for a small coalition of U.S. disarmament organizations.

Position based  in Washington, but will require coordination with groups on a

nationwide basis, including some travel.


Computer proficiency, good communication skills, ability to work independently

and dedication to the abolition of nuclear weapons are required.


A complete job description is available on request.

Contact Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, phone [phone]., email

[e-mail]



<bigger>*********************************************************

NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION

International contact for Abolition 2000

a Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons

</bigger>**********************************************************

1187 Coast Village Road, Box 123

Santa Barbara, CA 93108-2794

Phone [phone] * Fax [phone]

e- mailto:[e-mail]

URL http://www.wagingpeace.org

URL http://www.napf.org/abolition2000/

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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 21:36:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Abolition 2000 Communications

Dear Sue,  I'm sorry I didn't get to talk with you today.  Did you get the
message from David that I had called? Anyway, the spent fuel situation
continues to dominate my time.  The first shipment is now expected to come
through on Tuesday, so I realistically won't be able to do much else until
the damn thing is gone!  However, I will try, over the weekend, to work on
the cover/fundraising letter we discussed.  Let's try to speak, at least
briefly, on Monday.  There is a small clarification regarding the message
below, but I think it's important in order to avoid misunderstandings.  I am
the ONLY member of the INTERIM (not international) Coordinating COMMITTEE
(not group) who took part in the Santa Barbara meeting.  David, Alice,
Pamela and I were all members of the Transition Team, which ended its term
and dissolved itself at the April NPT meeting in Geneva.  Some confusion is
understandable because there is unresolved financial business within the old
Transition Team, and because all of its members are very active and very
vocal in Abolition 2000.  However, it is my understanding from our meeting,
that you "work for" the new Interim Coordinating Committee.  Also, I'm a
little bit concerned about how the US and international items will be split.
Who will make the decision, and what criteria will be used?  Sometimes these
things can be quite subjective.  I urge you (or whomever) to err on the side
of deciding that an item is of international interest, rather than limited
to the US, if there's any doubt.  Let's discuss this when we talk.  Thanks
for your patience.  Talk to you at length -- soon! Best, Jackie

At 12:14 PM 7/17/98 -0700, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation wrote:
>Dear member of the Abolition 2000 network,
>
>During two days of meetings in Santa Barbara last week, members of the
>International Coordinating Group decided to make our communications more
>efficient by subscribing all Abolition 2000 network organizations in the
>United States to a new NATIONAL listserv: abolition-usa.  The INTERNATIONAL
>listserv, abolition-caucus, will no longer accept posts regarding U.S.
>national events and news.
>
>This will NOT duplicate the mail you will receive.  Mail will be split into
>two: (1) international news and discussions and (2) national coordination.
>Members of the INTERNATIONAL listserv abolition-caucus will receive
>international news and discussions.  Conversely, the NATIONAL list,
>abolition-usa, is intended for U.S.-specific messages which would not be
>appropriate for a list which reaches activists all over the world.
>
>The new list is intended to:
>- strengthen the U.S. abolition network through planning nationally and
>regionally coordinated actions
>- share nuclear-related information and news which is relevant for
>U.S.-based groups
>- coordinate initiatives related to the work of the U.S. Congress, the
>Administration and the Department of Energy.
>
>If you do not wish to be on this national list, you may exercise your
>negative option and unsubscribe.
>However, you will no longer receive U.S. national news about Abolition 2000
>via abolition-caucus.
>
>To unsubscribe send a message to
>T0:[e-mail]
>(leave the subject empty)
>in the body of the message write
>unsubscribe abolition-usa
>
>To POST A MESSAGE to abolition-usa send a message
>To:[e-mail]
>
>Please use this listserve to post messages about the US.
>International news and events can be sent as usual to
>[e-mail].
>
>As a second mailing you will receive the info file for abolition-usa.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Susan Broidy, Coordinator
>
>*************************************************************
>Abolition 2000- A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
>c/o Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
>1187 Coast Village Road, Box 123
>Santa Barbara, CA 93108
>phone: [phone]; fax: [phone]
>e-mail: [e-mail]   URL: http://www.napf.org/abolition2000/
>
>
>-
> To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "[e-mail]"
> with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message.
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> "help" to the same address.  Do not use quotes in your message.
>
>
   ********************************************
       WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
           1440 Broadway, Suite 500
             Oakland, CA USA 94612
              Tel: [phone]
              Fax: [phone]
               [e-mail]
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Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 19:06:21 -1000
From: Richard Salvador <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Abolition 2000 Communications

Dear Susan, David and Jackie and Friends,

So should I understand that there are two Lists, one, the global abolition
caucus, and two, the abolition-usa?  And that the usa-list will only be
used to inform of specifically US news and actions? Do subscribers to the
usa list continue to be subscribed to the global abolition caucus list;
does Ross Wilcock continue to manage that latter list?  I share Jackie's
concern about the potential implications of the split between the USA and
the global List.  While I do understand that the split emerges out of the
concerns expressed during the recent annual meeting's desire to have the
split among the USA activists and the non-USA activists, I, too, am
concerned about the unintended consequences of a very obvious programmatic
split.  But perhaps I am overreacting.  If I am, then please ignore me.

Thank you for this initiative. On the other hand, I see the positive
impact of responding to the European activists' complaints about the
apparent domineering of Ab2000 by the American activists, whether or not
it is actually true (an issue which I must admit I do not an an opinion
on).  Thanks.

Richard


On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Jackie Cabasso wrote:

> Dear Sue,  I'm sorry I didn't get to talk with you today.  Did you get the
> message from David that I had called? Anyway, the spent fuel situation
> continues to dominate my time.  The first shipment is now expected to come
> through on Tuesday, so I realistically won't be able to do much else until
> the damn thing is gone!  However, I will try, over the weekend, to work on
> the cover/fundraising letter we discussed.  Let's try to speak, at least
> briefly, on Monday.  There is a small clarification regarding the message
> below, but I think it's important in order to avoid misunderstandings.  I am
> the ONLY member of the INTERIM (not international) Coordinating COMMITTEE
> (not group) who took part in the Santa Barbara meeting.  David, Alice,
> Pamela and I were all members of the Transition Team, which ended its term
> and dissolved itself at the April NPT meeting in Geneva.  Some confusion is
> understandable because there is unresolved financial business within the old
> Transition Team, and because all of its members are very active and very
> vocal in Abolition 2000.  However, it is my understanding from our meeting,
> that you "work for" the new Interim Coordinating Committee.  Also, I'm a
> little bit concerned about how the US and international items will be split.
> Who will make the decision, and what criteria will be used?  Sometimes these
> things can be quite subjective.  I urge you (or whomever) to err on the side
> of deciding that an item is of international interest, rather than limited
> to the US, if there's any doubt.  Let's discuss this when we talk.  Thanks
> for your patience.  Talk to you at length -- soon! Best, Jackie


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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 09:08:32 -0400
From: peace through reason <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Abolition 2000 Communications

ALL Abolition lists:

All I can say on this split of Abolition lists is, please make sure I'm on
ALL lists, US and otherwise.  It's disappointing to think Europeans or
Asians aren't interested in what's happening in the U.S., but I for sure
don't want to be cut off from any information.


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

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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 12:05:54 -0400
From: peace through reason <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NIRS: Napalm Route Bridge Collapses | Waste Transportation

     July 18, 1998


        Napalm Route Bridge Collapses


        By The Associated Press


        CAMERON, Texas (AP) -- The same railroad bridge that

        provided safe passage for 22,000 gallons of napalm

        collapsed a day later, derailing 35 coal cars and blocking

        a highway. No one was injured.


        The derailment of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe train

        came Friday afternoon, only hours after the first shipment

        of the Vietnam War-era chemical crossed the concrete

        trestle on its way to a GNI Group Inc. plant near Houston.

        Cameron, in central Texas, is 130 miles northwest of

        Houston.


        Authorities were investigating the cause of the collapse.


        ``It just goes to show you that these things can happen,''

        said Neil Carmine, clean air director of the Lone Star

        Chapter of the Sierra Club. ``There are accidents, and this

        is one reason this was a very bad move by the Navy to

        have this shipment made by train.''


        GNI Group Inc. signed a $10 million contract with the

        military to recycle 3.3 million gallons of napalm, which

        has been stored for more than two decades at a naval

        facility in Fallbrook, Calif., 55 miles north of San Diego.

        The napalm will become fuel for cement manufacturing.


        The Navy said napalm -- a mixture of polystyrene,

        gasoline and benzene -- is far less volatile than common

        gasoline and will not explode without a fuse. It will

        shipped from California to Texas over two years.


        The Navy had assured the community that the

        transportation and recycling of the napalm posed no threat

        to the public. Earlier this year, an East Chicago, Ind.,

        company that had agreed to accept the napalm refused it

        after community protests, forcing a Navy train to turn

        around.


        No one was hurt in the accident, though two cars on the

        highway were damaged. The highway may be closed for

        several days.


        Jerry Jenkins, a spokesman for Fort Worth-based BNSF,

        said no special study was made of the route taken by the

        napalm train.


        ``It was just business as usual with that particular

        shipment,'' he said Friday night. ``We could have had any

        other hazardous material going over it (the bridge), as we

        have time and time again.''




        Related Information From Hoover's Inc.

        GNI Group

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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 13:13:02 -0400
From: peace through reason <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Inquiry re Conversion

Okay, it's clear that in order to eliminate nuclear weapons, we must also
shut down the nuclear power plants worldwide, because they can make
weapons-grade materials; and we agree that it will be necessary to stop
selling or transporting any weapons from one country to another.  This
means converting the arms industries into something clean and safe for
society, so the economy doesn't collapse.  Why not pay these same people
we're currently paying to design and produce weapons -- the brilliant
scientists and engineers, the skilled workers -- to retool their
factories into production-line clean energy systems -- solar, wind,
geothermal, hydrogen fuel, etc. -- that can be mass-produced and
installed in homes, offices, schools, churches, factories?  This will
create a whole new, vibrant economy; the Lockheeds and G.E.s and
Northrops can compete with each other in better ways to get humanity off
the centralized nuclear and fossil-fuel power grids, which are destroying
our environment, and which are vulnerable to terrorist attack,
earthquakes, hurricanes, etc.


One thing that makes this hopeful is the fact that there are already
prototypes built all over the world, since <bold>people have been
designing clean energy systems ever since the oil crunch of the '70s

</bold>

<bold>Are there any websites with information about such prototypes, that
you know of?

</bold>

Any help you can give in improving on, developing, and distributing this
idea would be appreciated.


Ellen Thomas



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PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE

PO Box 27217, Washington DC 20038

202-462-0757 | fax [phone]

[e-mail] | http://prop1.org

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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 12:58:05 -0700
From: Shundahai Network <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) New Email Address

Hello Friends,

We have been off the ab-caucus for a more then a month now while we got a
new email adrress going and are begining to consolidate all of the lists
that we belong to under one address.

Could you please remove [e-mail] and [e-mail] off
of your lists and replace it with [e-mail]

We are gearing up for an intense fall of local actions here in Las Vegas
and out at the Nevada Test Site. We look forward to working with all of you
to make sure that the subcritical nuclear weapons tests are canceled and
that the objectives of abolition 2000 are fulfilled!

Peace, Reinard Knutsen

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              *Breaking the Nuclear Chain*

        5007 Elmhurst Ln., Las Vegas, NV 89108-1304
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     Shundahai Network is proud to be part of:
Healing Global Wounds Alliance, a multi-cultural alliance to
foster sustainable living and break the nuclear chain; and
Abolition 2000: A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
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Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 17:14:14 -0400
From: Ish <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) WARD VALLEY...PART1

Date: Sat, 18 Jul 1998 12:34:40 -0700 (MST)
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From: [e-mail] (Save Ward Valley)
Subject: Save Ward Valley News--Issue #6

SAVE WARD VALLEY NEWS
STRAIGHT FROM THE TORTOISE'S MOUTH
Issue 6
Summer 1998 SAVE WARD VALLEY-FORT MOJAVE INDIAN TRIBE-BAN WASTE COALITION -
GREENACTION

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WARD VALLEY OCCUPATION LASTS 113 DAYS
BLM RESCINDS NOTICE TO MOVE CAMP, SHELVES TRITIUM TESTS, DECLARES LAND
TRANSFER APPLICATION INVALID

    In early February, 1998 hundreds of people responded to Save Ward Valley's
call to action that was issued last winter.  On February 13, when the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) tried to close Ward Valley to the public, tribal
members and Elders of the 5 Lower Colorado River Indian Tribes--Fort Mojave,
Chemehuevi, Cocopah, Quechan, and Colorado River Indian Tribes--took control
of the Valley by conducting religious ceremonies in the middle of Water
Road.  Non-Native American protesters formed a blockade line to protect
them.  The BLM did not attempt to remove anyone.
    Another showdown occurred on February 18, BLM's deadline for moving our
two-year-old resistance camp so the government could test for tritium on the
site proposed for a radioactive waste dump.  While security personnel from
the American Indian Movement guarded the entrance to Ward Valley, seven
fires burned all night at the camp.  Mojave cooks ladled meat and vegetarian
stews out of big pots while Mohave and Quechan Birdsingers performed at two
of the fires, the United Farm Workers from Imperial County sang at another
fire, and dozens of people participated in a nonviolent action training
workshop.
    BLM still did not try to remove anyone.  More than 100 people stayed in
Ward Valley until February 25, when BLM's law enforcement officers left the
area, conceding control of the valley.  Then 25-35 dump opponents settled in
for a long occupation.  Approximately 150 people came out on the weekends.
The encampment became Silyaye Aheace Village.
    The occupation hosted a series of special events.  On February 20 Save Ward
Valley's Office Coordinator Molly Johnson and her life partner Rick Beaumont
were married in a beautiful ceremony.  On February 23 a traditional Mojave
funeral ceremony was held for long-time activist and friend of the Tribes,
Stormy Williams. This is an extremely high honor as she is the first
non-Native to receive a traditional burial from any of the five tribes.  Her
ashes were buried in Ward Valley, confirming it as a sacred site.
    On February 28 Cahuilla singers from near Palm Springs, California, sang
traditional songs in Ward Valley.  On March 7 the occupation hosted a blues
concert entitled "500 Years of Native American Blues."  On March 14 the
O'odham Nation -Tohono O'odham, Salt River, Gila River, and
Pima-Maricopa-accompanied by a medicine man from Mexico performed a ground
blessing ceremony. On March 23 a walk left from Ward Valley bound for the
Nevada Test Site.  On Monday April 12, a Peace & Dignity  began in Ward

Valley.  A large group of runners, including Ft. Mojave Spirit Runners ran
all the way to San Pedro.   See pages 4-6 for details about some of these
events.
    Meanwhile, Tribal representatives from the Colorado River Native Nations
Alliance met repeatedly with  Department of the Interior (DOI) officials on
a nation-to-nation basis, demanding cancellation of the proposed dump
project.

VICTORY IS NEAR!

    On May 29 the DOI halted their environmental studies on the proposed dump,
including the controversial tritium tests.  They also announced that they
believe the California Department of Health Services (DHS) lacks the
authority to buy the federal land in Ward Valley for use as a dump.  The
California Assembly's Democratic leadership said in an April 1998 letter to
Interior Secretary Babbitt that the $500,000 that US Ecology (the proposed
dump operator) gave to DHS to buy the land was an illegal gift.
    Finally, on June 5, the BLM rescinded its notice to move our protest camp.
On June 6 the Colorado River Native Nations Alliance called off our Red
Alert, after a 113-day occupation.
    Nevertheless, dump opponents have vowed to staff the protest camp during
the hot summer ahead.  Tribal representatives intend to continue conducting
ceremonies there.
    To show our enduring commitment, 200-300 people attended an all-night
traditional ceremony in Ward Valley on June 16, the day before Judge Emmet
Sullivan heard arguments in a lawsuit concerning the dump in Washington,
D.C.  BLM asked the judge to rule on whether DHS has authority to buy the
land in Ward Valley.  The judge did not appear interested in ruling on that
question.  (See pg.  3.)
    Our occupation showed the DOI how intensely local Native Americans and
environmentalists oppose the proposed dump.  The occupation pressured the
government to find a way to reject the dump project.  We must not let this
moment slip away.  Dump proponents could scare DOI into changing their mind
and honoring DHS's land transfer application.  Now is the time to convince
the DOI to conclusively reject DHS's land transfer application and cancel
the dump project for all time.

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WARD VALLEY -- STEPS TOWARD VICTORY AND THE CHALLENGES AHEAD
by Philip M. Klasky-- BAN Waste Coalition

    There has been a rising tide of public opposition to the dump accompanied
by an overwhelming array of evidence against the ill-conceived project.  A
number of recent developments have brought the campaign within reach of
victory.
    SEIS SUSPENDED - On May 29th, the Department of the Interior announced it
was indefinitely suspending all further review of the dump, including
tritium testing at the site and the Supplemental Environmental Impact
Statement (SEIS).  This is a significant success given the fact that both
the tests and the SEIS were vulnerable to influence and bias on the part of
dump proponents.  The four month occupation of Ward Valley by Native
Americans and environmental activists protected Ward Valley from habitat
destruction and desecration of sacred lands.  The occupation was both
inspirational and effective, attracting a great deal of media coverage and

gaining the attention of the White House.
    LAND TRANSFER REQUEST FOUND TO BE ILLEGAL - Another factor in Interiors
decision was the assertion by top Democratic leaders in the California
Legislature, Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa, Speaker pro Tem Sheila Kuehl and
Senate President pro Tem John Burton, that the California Department of
Health Services has no authority to purchase federal land at Ward Valley and
that Governor Wilson violated state law by accepting $500,000 from dump
contractor US Ecology for the purchase.  The Solicitor General of the
Department of the Interior examined these allegations, agreed with them and
as a result, Interior filed a motion before two federal judges on the
illegality of the land request.  But the Clinton administration has yet to
take the necessary steps to stop the project.
    DUMP IS UNNECESSARY AND ILLEGAL - An economic analysis by Professor Gregory
Hayden from the University of Nebraska concluded that due to a dramatic
decline in the amount of waste produced and excess capacity at existing
dumps, the Ward Valley dump is not needed and would not be financially viable.
    GAO REPORT SHOWS INCREASED PLUTONIUM DUMPING - In June, a General
Accounting Office (GAO) report commissioned by Senator Barbara Boxer and
Congressman George Miller found that US Ecology's parent company, American
Ecology, had disposed of a significantly larger amount of plutonium at their
Richland, Washington facility than they had reported. In addition, American
Ecology originally stated that only a few ounces of plutonium would be
disposed of at Ward Valley but have since indicated that they would dump as
much as 124 pounds of plutonium-239 --an amount equal to several dozen
nuclear bombs--at the site. Plutonium, the poison fire from the inferno of
the reactor core, remains deadly for 250,000 years.
    CONTAMINATION SPREADING AT BEATTY DUMP -   New data from a USGS study
released March, 1998 shows that contamination from US Ecology's radioactive
waste dump at Beatty, Nevada is approaching the water table at deeper levels
than previously measured.  Tritium vapors were detected in the air emanating
from a creosote bush 10 miles away.  US Ecology considers Beatty the role
model for the dump they want to build in Ward Valley.   The Beatty dump is
leaking a plume of tritium that may eventually contaminate the Amargosa
aquifer.
    SAN FRANCISCO OPPOSES DUMP -The city and county of San Francisco recently
joined the city of Los Angeles, the county of San Bernardino and nearly 200
cities and counties around California who  officially oppose the dump
project for environmental justice, public health, economic and environmental
reasons.
Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit)
Unenh onhwa' Awayaton

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