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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 01:40:14 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: Anti-Nuke prisoner

In a message dated 8/9/98 11:18:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<< Subj:     Anti-Nuke prisoner
 Date:    8/9/98 11:18:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time
 From:    [e-mail] (Greg Pason)
 To:    [e-mail],
[e-mail]
 CC:    [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
[e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail] (William A. Pelz)

 Comrades,

 A good friend of Andrea & I and the Socialist Party of NJ, is now being held
 in a Colorado federal prison for an antinuclear "direct action" he did this
 past week.  His name is: Oliver "Sachio" Coe and he is being held in the
 Littleton Federal Detention Center.  Charges are conspiracy and destruction
 of federal property.  His bond hearing is Tuesday, and since he is planning
 on pleading "guilty" since this was a planned act of sabotage, he will most
 likely be spending anywhere from 6 months to 4 years in prison.

 Cde.  Coe (goes by the name of Sachio Hayden) has been a friend of the SPNJ
 for the last eight years, and has been active in helping the SPNJ plan our
 Day W/o the Pentagon activities.  Letters of support would be appreciated.

 Oliver "Sachio" Coe
 #28361-013
 Federal Detention Center
 9595 W. Quincy
 Littleon CO 80123

 I will be glad to keep those interested up-to-date w/ his case, and can get
 you more specific information on the cation.

 In Unity,

 Greg Pason
 SP NJ


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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 13:17:04 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: HAP & Titanic analogy

Dear Karina (and Janet),

This response is a month late because I've been in and out of town and lots of
mail has piled up.  I think this one, while not the last to answer, is the
very "bottom of my pile" so getting it taken care of will cheer me up!

I do know what worries Janet and I'll try to support her, while not weakening
you.  Our movement needs "all things" (or almost all things).  It needs
lobbying at the United Nations.  (Though God, that can be comfortable,
insulated from the reality of the streets, polite, well dressed, and locked
into endless rounds of discussion about "modalities" and "venues").  And in
the various legislative bodies around the world.  It needs the hard slogging
of education.  It also needs the marches and demonstrations.  And yes, alas,
it needs the arrests.  I say "alas" because being arrested is no bloody fun --
it is boring and sometimes a bit dangerous.

It needs ALL these things.  I remember that Sean MacBride was so furious at
the UN (when he was working inside it)! that he almost (not quite!!!) wished
someone could set off a bomb there to wake people up.

Sometimes it is easy to "have another conference" and think our work is done.
It isn't.  Anymore than the October 19th Day Without the Pentagon will close
the Pentagon.  A number of us will be arrested, a number of us will vigil all
day, but the job will only have begun.

What we need is to "legitimize" the dissent as well as the lobbying.  If the
Hague conference can do something along the line of what the great END
conventions did -- bring together the grass roots workers who, despite all the
political lobbying of the organizers (God, what a wonder it was to sit in on
that meetings!  The internal negotiations and diplomacy between our own "left
and right"), would then go forth and stage the massive protests that shook the
governments, and also take part in the kind of political action that carried
into the governments.

Can the Hague Appeal do this?  I don't know.  My feeling is that the Hague
Appeal is as important as October 19th and I hope to take part in both.

Again - without trying to speak for Janet, but just from the basis of American
experience -- the Vietnam War was ended partly by the horror of the body
count, and partly by the mass demonstrations in the US - not by running
candidates (though to a lesser extent that happened).  The Civil Rights
movement here in the 1950s and 60s did have some links to government, but
primarily was in the street.  And jails.  (Those with long memories may
remember that Jack Kennedy could still, as late as 1960, get away with
ignoring the racial turmoil in the South.)

Those who demonstrate need those who lobby.  Those who lobby need those who
are jailed in protest.  Some of us can do both.  Both are needed.  I hope that
Hague will see strong shows of support from both groups.

Peace,
David McReynolds
New York City



 Subj:     Re: HAP & Titanic analogy
 Date:    7/16/98 11:58:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time
 From:    [e-mail] (Karina Wood)
 Sender:    [e-mail]
 To:    [e-mail]

 Dear Abolitionists,

 Janet Bloomfield wrote:
 >I sometimes feel that Hague style events are no more than playing
 >the role of the dance band on the Titanic. Without strong grassroots and
 >political action we are all going down with the ship!
 >I loved the idea of a march from the Hague to NATO, now that really will
 >catch the imagination...hope it was a definite proposal.

 I see where you're coming from on this, Janet, but to my knowledge there
 have not been any "Hague style events" because this is truly a first: when
 before has civil society -- people's organizations of the world, not
 governments or the UN -- organized a global campaign and conference of an
 anticipated 5,000-10,000 activists to formulate and present a comprehensive
 & coherent set of demands to the governments of the world and to ourselves
 on the ongoing and new initiatives, institutions and laws that need to be
 activated so we can delegitimize armed conflict and significantly advance
 all of our campaigns on disarmament, human rights, conflict prevention &
 resolution, humanitarian aid and humanitarian law?

 Would you say that the NGOs who organized en masse at the Bejing Women's
 Conference or the Rio Climate Conference were playing beautiful music while
 the Titanic sank, OR do you think they went there because they saw these
 events would act as lightening rods for global consciousness on the issues
 they raised, attract huge media and public attention to issues that were
 being neglected, and set agendas for practical change that are still being
 implemented and fought for today?

 To me, the Hague Appeal for Peace is all about strengthening the grassroots
 networks of the globe, uniting our voices in one appeal, strategizing
 together to get what we want. It should be seen as a vehicle for and as
 giving a higher public profile to the work we are already doing, not as a
 distraction or as extra work.

 Best regards,
 Karina.
 Karina Wood
 U.S. Outreach Coordinator,
 Hague Appeal for Peace 1999
 43 Nisbet St, 3rd Fl.
 Providence, RI 02906
 Tel: [phone]
 Fax: [phone]
 Email: [e-mail]

 Come to the global conference in The Hague, Netherlands May 11-16 1999!




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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 21:55:00 -0500 (CDT)
From: [e-mail] (Robert Smirnow)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: August Actions/New England

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Subject: August Actions/New England


Nuclear Free New England Campaign:
Rally, Action Camp, Workshops

 The Nuclear Free New England Campaign is gaining momentum. Summer
highlights include a mass rally on August 22 in Brattleboro, VT and the
Northeast Action Camp in nearby Dummerston from August 21-27, including
nonviolent direct action at Vermont Yankee August 27. We expect these
to be
among the largest anti-nuclear events of the past decade and we hope to
see
you there!

RALLY
AUGUST 22
Confirmed speakers at the August 22 rally on the Brattleboro Commons
include:

Ben Cohen & Jerry Greenfield, from Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream.

David Dellinger, long-time nonviolence activist and Chicago 7 alumnus.

Grace Paley, noted author and activist

Ed Smeloff, former Chairman of the Sacramento Municipal Utility
District,
now at the PACE Energy Project

Harvey Wasserman, author, activist and senior advisor to Greenpeace

Karl Grossman, author of The Wrong Stuff, Power Crazy, and others;
video
producer

The Panther Players, Vermont's comedy/political radio troupe goes
live...

Dr. Ernest Sternglass, well-known radiation scientist

Debby Katz, President, Citizens Awareness Network

Michael Mariotte, Executive Director, NIRS

Maria Mendez, Sierra Blanca Legal Defense Fund

Dave Rapaport, Executive Director, Vermont PIRG

Michael Colby, Executive Director, Food & Water

Joseph Gainza, VT Nuclear Weapons March

And Waffles The Clown, musicians, and much more!

ACTION CAMP WORKSHOPS

This is a PARTIAL list of workshops scheduled for the Action Camp. This
list
is not complete--there are many more not listed here--and is subject to
change. A more complete list is posted on NIRS' website
(http://www.nirs.org).

Utility Restructuring Strategy Session (Sunday, August 23)
Harvey Wasserman, Ed Smeloff,
Bob Backus, Michael Daley,
Mary Lampert, and more...

Organizing Electric Co-ops
Roy Morrison, Bob Walker, Jennifer Gutshall

Nonviolence for Social Change
David Dellinger, Joanne Sheehan, War Resisters League

Nuclear Power 101
Dave Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists; Paul Gunter, NIRS;
Rosemary
Bassilakis, CAN

Guerilla Theater and Banner Making (August 25)
Bread & Puppet Theatre

Radiological Monitoring & Weather
Sam Miller, Linda Downing

Women and the Wars of Contamination
Debby Katz, Rosemary Bassilakis, Monica Rhodes

Three Mile Island Consequences
Mary Osborne

Leadership Development Skills
Diane Russell, Institute for Conservation Leadership

Media Training
Linda Pentz, Safe Energy Communication Council

Researching Your Local Nuke & Engaging the NRC
Jim Riccio, Critical Mass; Jonathan Block, attorney.

Health Investigations and Public Participation
Diane Quigley and Seth Tuler, Childhood Cancer Research Institute

Nuclear Waste 101-"Low-Level"/102-High Level
Diane D'Arrigo, Mary Olson, NIRS

Beating the Texas-Vermont-Maine Compact
Diane D'Arrigo, Maria Mendez

Canvassing 101
Kim Medeiros, Jennifer Gutshall, Dave Kotker

DIRECT ACTION
On Thursday, August 27, there will be a nonviolent direct action at the
Vermont Yankee reactor. Participants will identify the scene of the
crime
and will serve a citizens' warrant. Nonviolence training is required
for
arrest participants and will be provided at the camp.

For more information on the August 22 Brattleboro rally, contact
Nuclear
Information and Resource Service at 202-328-0002, [e-mail] For
details/preregistration/logistics on the Action Camp and August 27
civil
disobedience at Vermont Yankee, contact Citizens Awareness Network at
413-339-5781, [e-mail]






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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:53:09 +1000
From: hcaldic <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Re: HAP & Titanic analogy

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> Dear Karina (and Janet),
>
> This response is a month late because I've been in and out of town and lots of
> mail has piled up.  I think this one, while not the last to answer, is the
> very "bottom of my pile" so getting it taken care of will cheer me up!
>
> I do know what worries Janet and I'll try to support her, while not weakening
> you.  Our movement needs "all things" (or almost all things).  It needs
> lobbying at the United Nations.  (Though God, that can be comfortable,
> insulated from the reality of the streets, polite, well dressed, and locked
> into endless rounds of discussion about "modalities" and "venues").  And in
> the various legislative bodies around the world.  It needs the hard slogging
> of education.  It also needs the marches and demonstrations.  And yes, alas,
> it needs the arrests.  I say "alas" because being arrested is no bloody fun --
> it is boring and sometimes a bit dangerous.
>
> It needs ALL these things.  I remember that Sean MacBride was so furious at
> the UN (when he was working inside it)! that he almost (not quite!!!) wished
> someone could set off a bomb there to wake people up.
>
> Sometimes it is easy to "have another conference" and think our work is done.
> It isn't.  Anymore than the October 19th Day Without the Pentagon will close
> the Pentagon.  A number of us will be arrested, a number of us will vigil all
> day, but the job will only have begun.
>
> What we need is to "legitimize" the dissent as well as the lobbying.  If the
> Hague conference can do something along the line of what the great END
> conventions did -- bring together the grass roots workers who, despite all the
> political lobbying of the organizers (God, what a wonder it was to sit in on
> that meetings!  The internal negotiations and diplomacy between our own "left
> and right"), would then go forth and stage the massive protests that shook the
> governments, and also take part in the kind of political action that carried
> into the governments.
>
> Can the Hague Appeal do this?  I don't know.  My feeling is that the Hague
> Appeal is as important as October 19th and I hope to take part in both.
>
> Again - without trying to speak for Janet, but just from the basis of American
> experience -- the Vietnam War was ended partly by the horror of the body
> count, and partly by the mass demonstrations in the US - not by running
> candidates (though to a lesser extent that happened).  The Civil Rights
> movement here in the 1950s and 60s did have some links to government, but
> primarily was in the street.  And jails.  (Those with long memories may
> remember that Jack Kennedy could still, as late as 1960, get away with
> ignoring the racial turmoil in the South.)
>
> Those who demonstrate need those who lobby.  Those who lobby need those who
> are jailed in protest.  Some of us can do both.  Both are needed.  I hope that
> Hague will see strong shows of support from both groups.
>
> Peace,
> David McReynolds
> New York City
>
>  Subj:   Re: HAP & Titanic analogy
>  Date:  7/16/98 11:58:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>  From:  [e-mail] (Karina Wood)
>  Sender:        [e-mail]
>  To:    [e-mail]
>
>  Dear Abolitionists,
>
>  Janet Bloomfield wrote:
>  >I sometimes feel that Hague style events are no more than playing
>  >the role of the dance band on the Titanic. Without strong grassroots and
>  >political action we are all going down with the ship!
>  >I loved the idea of a march from the Hague to NATO, now that really will
>  >catch the imagination...hope it was a definite proposal.
>
>  I see where you're coming from on this, Janet, but to my knowledge there
>  have not been any "Hague style events" because this is truly a first: when
>  before has civil society -- people's organizations of the world, not
>  governments or the UN -- organized a global campaign and conference of an
>  anticipated 5,000-10,000 activists to formulate and present a comprehensive
>  & coherent set of demands to the governments of the world and to ourselves
>  on the ongoing and new initiatives, institutions and laws that need to be
>  activated so we can delegitimize armed conflict and significantly advance
>  all of our campaigns on disarmament, human rights, conflict prevention &
>  resolution, humanitarian aid and humanitarian law?
>
>  Would you say that the NGOs who organized en masse at the Bejing Women's
>  Conference or the Rio Climate Conference were playing beautiful music while
>  the Titanic sank, OR do you think they went there because they saw these
>  events would act as lightening rods for global consciousness on the issues
>  they raised, attract huge media and public attention to issues that were
>  being neglected, and set agendas for practical change that are still being
>  implemented and fought for today?
>
>  To me, the Hague Appeal for Peace is all about strengthening the grassroots
>  networks of the globe, uniting our voices in one appeal, strategizing
>  together to get what we want. It should be seen as a vehicle for and as
>  giving a higher public profile to the work we are already doing, not as a
>  distraction or as extra work.
>
>  Best regards,
>  Karina.
>  Karina Wood
>  U.S. Outreach Coordinator,
>  Hague Appeal for Peace 1999
>  43 Nisbet St, 3rd Fl.
>  Providence, RI 02906
>  Tel: [phone]
>  Fax: [phone]
>  Email: [e-mail]
>
>  Come to the global conference in The Hague, Netherlands May 11-16 1999!
>
>
>
>
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    I agree Dave, well put, Helen Caldicott



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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:44:12 EDT
From: <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) More info on Anti-Nuke activists jailed in Colorado

Friends,

I am forwarding this post from Greg who sent it to the Socialist Party's net.
Sachio is NOT a member of the SP, but an anarchist.  However he and Greg both
live in New Jersey and work together and Greg has done what all good radicals
must do -- rally to the aid of a friend.

Fortunately I have what I think is an update on his address.

Letters can reach him if addressed to:

Oliver Sachio Coe
Unit A, #28361-013
Federal Detention Center
9595 W. Quincy
Littleton, Colorado 80123

Peace,
David McReynolds

Subj:     Anti-Nuke activists UTD
 Date:    8/11/98 11:57:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time
 From:    [e-mail] (Greg Pason)
 To:    [e-mail]
 CC:    [e-mail]

 Comrades,

 A more "official" statement on Sachio

 Greg

 >>From Melissa Jameson, Root and Branch Collective member (NJ WRL):
 Shortly after 6 am on Hiroshima Day 1998, Sachio Ko-Yin, WRL Executive
 Committee member, from Ridgewood, NJ; and Dan Sicken of Brattleboro, VT.
 entered a Minuteman III silo (a deadly force area) in Colorado and sheared 4
 bolts off the center rail track.  They hammered on the already eroded
 concrete that holds the rails, causing it to crumble; they hammered on top
 of the hatch, painted a mural on the lid and stenciled a broken rifle on it;
 and hung a banner that says "Minuteman III Plowshares."  The banner, in the
 picture they are distributing, also has a picture of a broken rifle on it.
 After 45 minutes, they were arrested by the Air Force, M-16's in hand, and
 brought to the Greeley County Jail.  They were questioned extensively by the
 FBI and then transported by the FBI to the Denver City Jail, where they were
 held until their arraignment on Friday, when they were transported to the
 Federal Detention Center.  They are now in the same cell.  Sachio sounds
 fine and is in good spirits--I have spoken with him 3 times so far.  Their
 bond hearing is Tuesday, Aug. 11 at 1:30 pm at Federal Magistrate's Court in
 downtown Denver, CO (19th and Stout Streets).
 The statement Sachio and Dan released about their action says in conclusion,
 "As ringing hammers and blood-anointed art forms come into contact with this
 nuclear threat, we strive for 'A day without the Pentagon.'  On this day,
 the business of war will be history and nuclear territory will be a
 nightmare of the past."
 NJ support is coming from the Root and Branch Collective, WRL local and
 Sachio's home base.  Contact info: Melissa Jameson, 10 E. Ridgewood Ave/,
 #19. Ridgewood, NJ 07450.  email: [e-mail]
 Colorado support is being coordinated by Bill Sulzman and others.
 Contributions and requests for information can be sent to: Plowshares c/o
 Bill Sulzman, P.O. Box 915, Colorado Springs, CO 80901/ PH 719-389-0644.

 DEEDS THROUGH WORDS AND WORDS THROUGH DEEDS--LONG LIVE NONVIOLENCE!


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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:08:45 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) nuclear power and the bomb

Dear Friends,
Can anyone refer me to a good simple fact sheet or essay describing the
links between nuclear power and nuclear weapons from the beginning of the
nuclear era?  I remember reading somewhere that the Atoms for Peace program
was  deliberately started to compliment the weapons program, and for other
awful purposes.  Thanks for your help.  Regards,
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
15 East 26 St.
New York, NY  10010
212-726-9161(tel)
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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:43:12 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) ACTION ALERT

Dear Friends,
The Congress has taken its August recess.  We need to make home visits to
our Congresspeople during the recess and ask them to sign on as sponsors of
two resolutions:


H.Con.Res.307 to eliminate Stockpile Stewardship funding for new nuclear
weapons research and development ** ASK THAT THEY CALL JEFF DUNCAN IN ED
MARKEY'S OFFICE 202-225-2836;

H.R.479 calling on Clinton to negotiate a treaty to eliminate nuclear
weapons **ASK THAT THEY CALL MARK DOOLEY IN LYNN WOOLSEY'S OFFICE
202-225-5161.

To date, the following Congresspeople have signed on:

H.Con.Res. 307: Lee, Tierney, Woolsey, Furse, Maloney, Nadler, Schumer,
Lowey, Filner

HR 479: Filner, Stark, Towns, McGovern, Furse, Slaughter, Kennedy(Mass.),
Hinchley, Olver, Faleomavakua, Norton, Lofren, Sanders, Owens, Frank(Mass.),
Hooley, Geo. Miller, Lowey, Nadler, Hilliard, Lee

PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE AS FAR AND AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE!!

PLEASE POST YOUR RESULTS, THE GOOD AND THE BAD, TO THE ABOLITION-USA LIST.
LET US KNOW WHAT MEETINGS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED OR WHAT PHONE CALLS AND
LETTERS HAVE BEEN GENERATED.
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
15 East 26 St.
New York, NY  10010
212-726-9161(tel)
212-726-9160(fax)
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
15 East 26 St.
New York, NY  10010
212-726-9161(tel)
212-726-9160(fax)

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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 20:39:29 -0400
From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) ACTION ALERT

Please also don't forget HR-827, the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
Conversion Act" introduced three times now by Eleanor Holmes Norton.  (I
don't understand why it's not on your list, Alice.)

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

At 05:43 PM 8/12/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Friends,
>The Congress has taken its August recess.  We need to make home visits to
>our Congresspeople during the recess and ask them to sign on as sponsors of
>two resolutions:
>
>
>H.Con.Res.307 to eliminate Stockpile Stewardship funding for new nuclear
>weapons research and development ** ASK THAT THEY CALL JEFF DUNCAN IN ED
>MARKEY'S OFFICE 202-225-2836;
>
>H.R.479 calling on Clinton to negotiate a treaty to eliminate nuclear
>weapons **ASK THAT THEY CALL MARK DOOLEY IN LYNN WOOLSEY'S OFFICE
>202-225-5161.
>
>To date, the following Congresspeople have signed on:
>
>H.Con.Res. 307: Lee, Tierney, Woolsey, Furse, Maloney, Nadler, Schumer,
>Lowey, Filner
>
>HR 479: Filner, Stark, Towns, McGovern, Furse, Slaughter, Kennedy(Mass.),
>Hinchley, Olver, Faleomavakua, Norton, Lofren, Sanders, Owens, Frank(Mass.),
>Hooley, Geo. Miller, Lowey, Nadler, Hilliard, Lee
>
>PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE AS FAR AND AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE!!
>
>PLEASE POST YOUR RESULTS, THE GOOD AND THE BAD, TO THE ABOLITION-USA LIST.
>LET US KNOW WHAT MEETINGS HAVE BEEN ARRANGED OR WHAT PHONE CALLS AND
>LETTERS HAVE BEEN GENERATED.
>Alice Slater
>Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
>15 East 26 St.
>New York, NY  10010
>212-726-9161(tel)
>212-726-9160(fax)
>Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
>15 East 26 St.
>New York, NY  10010
>212-726-9161(tel)
>212-726-9160(fax)
>
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_______________________________________________________________________

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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 17:50:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sue Broidy <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Action Alert Congressional Resolutions

>
>Dear Friends,
>The Congress has taken its August recess.  We need to make home visits to
our Congresspeople during the recess and ask them to sign on as sponsors of
two resolutions:
>
>H.R.479 calling on Clinton to negotiate a treaty to eliminate nuclear
weapons **ASK THAT THEY CALL MARK DOOLEY IN LYNNE WOOLSEY'S OFFICE
202-225-5161;
>
>H.Con.Res.307 to eliminate Stockpile Stewardship funding for new nuclear
weapons research and development ** ASK THAT THEY CALL JEFF DUNCAN IN ED
MARKEY'S OFFICE 202-225-2836
>
>To date, the following Congresspeople have signed on:
>
>HR 479: Filner, Stark, Towns, McGovern, Furse, Slaughter, Kennedy,
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>H.Con.Res. 307: Lee, Tierney, Woolsey, Furse, Maloney, Nadler, Schumer,
Lowey, Filner
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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:06:19 -0400
From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Nuclear Energy Propaganda starting tonight (8/13/98) on cable TV

Nuclear Energy Propaganda starting tonight (8/13/98) on cable TV:

http://nt.excite.com/news/pr/980810/fl-information-tv

Progress in The World's Greatest Power Source Featured on TECHNO 2100

BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ --
...
The Cutting Edge Technology Report, TECHNO 2100, will take an in-depth
look at the phenomenon of nuclear technology in a special two-part television
series. Experts from around the world have joined together to provide
insightful
and fascinating commentary on the many benefits that nuclear energy has to
offer, benefits that go far beyond nuclear energy as a power source.

TECHNO 2100, Our Nuclear Future...Today is scheduled to begin airing on
Thursday August 13, 1998 at 7:OO a.m. Eastern and Pacific time, 6.00 a.m.
Central during the paid programming block on The Discovery Channel. The
program will then be seen in syndication in select markets around the country.
For more information on air dates and times, or to obtain a videotape copy of
the program, please contact 1-800-INFO-ITV (800-463-6488) or visit
www.itvisus.com.  [Actually, try http://www.itvisus.com/itv_productions.htm]

...Not more than 50 years ago,
nuclear energy was an exotic concept...futuristic, experimental, and the
subject
of more than one science fiction movie. But times have changed, and today, the
power of nuclear energy is no stranger to the global community. For
example, in
the United States alone, Americans get more electricity from nuclear energy
than
any other source except coal. In some countries other than the US, such as
France, nearly 80% of all electricity is nuclear generated, and countries
like Great
Britain, Japan and France are reusing and recycling uranium and plutonium for
commercial energy purposes. And facts such as these are only the beginning.


This program is produced by the multi-award winning Information Television
Network and is made possible by COGEMA, Inc., Japan Atomic Energy
Relations Organization, BNFL (British Nuclear Fuels, plc) and the Nuclear
Energy Institute.

Visit the Information Television Network website at http://www.itvisus.com to
watch other TECHNO 2100 episodes and see the future...today.

Source: Information Television Network
Contact: Karl Perdue, Information Television Network, 561-997-5433


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Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 09:40:45 -0400
From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews: Titan Explosion and Cassini (Kaku quotes) ABC 8/13/98

http://www.abcnews.com/sections/science/DailyNews/rocket980812.html

An unmanned Titan IV-A rocket carrying an
estimated $1 billion government payload
explodes seconds after liftoff from Cape
Canaveral this morning. (Duffin McGee/Reuters)=20

$1 Billion Satellite Destroyed=20
Rocket Explodes at Launch

By Michael J. Martinez
ABCNEWS.com
Aug. 12 =97 U.S. Air Force officials remain baffled after an unmanned Titan
IV-A rocket exploded 40 seconds into flight this morning. No one was
injured, but the $1 billion spy satellite payload was lost.=20

The Titan IV is the same type of rocket that lifted the NASA=92s Cassini
space probe into orbit last October, despite protests that an explosion
like today=92s could have scattered the 72 pounds of plutonium aboard Cassin=
i
over a wide area.=20

On board today=92s rocket was a secret payload for the National
Reconnaissance Office, a once-secret arm of the U.S. intelligence community
charged with deploying spy satellites. The lost payload, which contained no
radioactive substances, reportedly cost $1 billion. The Air Force did not
release any other details about the payload, and a spokeswoman at the
reconnaissance agency declined comment.=20

=93My initial thought is, =91we=92re hurt.=92 This is a sad day for the Unit=
ed
States Air Force,=94 Brigadier General Randy Starbuck told a news conference
after the blast.=20

Destruction Over the Atlantic=20

Starbuck said there had been no indication of any problem until the rocket
pitched over just before the blast. Videotape of the brief flight showed
the Titan=92s nose apparently pitching downward just before the rocket=92s
self-destruct program
                      activated.
=20
=93Oh, no,=94 the launch commentator said as the rocket exploded. =93It appe=
ars
we=92ve had a malfunction.=94=20

According to the spokeswoman, mission control sent its own destruction
commands to the rocket two seconds after the first signs of trouble in
order to be sure the rocket was completely destroyed and would not harm
anyone.

The rocket, launched at 7:30 a.m. EDT, blew up at 20,000 feet over the
Atlantic Ocean. To protect populated areas, Titans aren=92t launched unless
winds are blowing away from the coast, ensuring that any debris or fumes
from an explosion won=92t reach land. The Air Force says all of the debris
fell into the ocean. Starbuck warned anyone who came across debris from the
rocket or its ultra-secret cargo to keep away.=20

The sound of the explosion, heard as two separate booms, set off car alarms
as far away as Cocoa Beach, 10 miles away. Journalists and observers near
the launch site were immediately hustled onto buses and evacuated after the
explosion.=20

Plagued by Problems=20

The mission was originally scheduled for late July, but was postponed so
workers could repair torn insulation on the rocket=92s second stage. Today=
=92s
launch was also delayed more than an hour due to fueling problems.=20

The Air Force says it has no idea what happened, but that a panel of
investigators will be appointed to look into the incident.=20

The 204-foot-long, 1,900-pound Titan IV-A is powered by two solid-fuel
rocket boosters and first- and second-stage liquid-fuel engines. Depending
on its configuration, the Titan IV rocket costs anywhere from $177 million
to $230 million.=20

The rocket, according to NASA figures, has a 5 percent failure rate, but
remains the unmanned rocket of choice for deep-space probes and heavy
payloads due to its power.=20

Previous Questions=20

The Titan IV failure rate came into play last year, when concerns arose
during preparations for the launch of the Cassini space probe, designed to
study Saturn and its moons. Florida residents and environmentalists feared
the plutonium in Cassini=92s batteries could contaminate residential areas i=
f
the spacecraft exploded during launch.=20

According to NASA, plutonium is the only viable way to power deep-space
probes, which operate too far away from the sun to tap solar energy.=20

Despite the protests, Cassini was successfully launched on Oct. 15, 1997.
It recently gained speed from the gravity of Venus, and is now heading
around the Sun. It is expected to pass within 500 miles of Earth some time
next year, and will reach Saturn in 2004.=20

On Aug. 2, 1993, another Titan IV mission, launched from Vandenberg Air
Force Base in California and carrying another secret government payload,
failed due to a problem with one of its solid rocket motors. A problem with
similar solid rocket motors aboard the shuttle Challenger led to the
shuttle=92s destruction in 1986.
=20
The reconnaissance agency=92s last successful launch, also using a Titan IV,
was on May 8. The rocket that exploded today was the last of that
particular model scheduled for launch. The Air Force introduced last year
an improved version of therocket.=20
                                                             =20
  What If This Had Been Cassini?=20

  The Cassini mission to Saturn was one
  of the most unpopular missions in the
  history of NASA, not because of the
  destination, but because of the
  plutonium power cells on board the
  probe.=20
       Members of the scientific
  community, Florida residents and
  environmentalists all criticized the
  probe=92s use of deadly nuclear material,
  and were concerned about the Titan
  IV=92s poor safety record.=20
       =93The failure rate of any rocket is
  anywhere between 1-in-70 and
  1-in-100,=94 says Michio Kaku, a
  theoretical physicist at New York=92s
  City University. =93With the Titan IV, it=92s
  about 1-in-20. Needless to say, the
  bugs have not been ironed out.=94=20
                         =20
  Kaku and other Cassini opponents
  thought NASA was taking too big
  a risk with the Titan IV, which
  launched Cassini successfully on
  Oct. 15, 1997. The damage
  estimates from a potential
  Titan-Cassini explosion ranged
  from 120 deaths over 50 years to
  hundreds of thousands of deaths
  relatively quickly, all due to
  radiation exposure.=20

  Kaku says he hopes today=92s
  explosion makes NASA and the
  Air Force confront the risks of
  using the Titan IV.=20

  =93There are some bureaucrats
  who want to play Russian roulette
  with these rockets,=94 Kaku says.
  =93Bureaucrats can=92t repeal the laws
  of physics.=94=20

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