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Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 22:33:36 -0400
From: Peter Weiss <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) chicago strategy thoughts

Gut gesagt, JGG
                Peter

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> there are at least two processes: one, the general and in depth critique of
> the international nuclear industry, weapons complexes, ideology of dominance
> through fear, and failure to change the paradigm of security from reliance on
> military might while diminishing the importance of meeting human needs through
> international cooperation to serving global real human security based on
> environmental and social responsibility; and two, creating a simple
> politically focused issue for the US political process that can function as a
> challange and litmus test for every candidate.
> the second is imperative at this point. it should be the moral test for every
> office. nuclear abolition, yes or no. with or against. then, when and how
> follows with much greater ease. the right did this with abortion. it is their
> litmus test for moral legitimacy. they have been effective because they used
> this simple test knowing that they could later tack on their entire agenda
> around it. but only after clarification on this one simple issue.
> are we willling as a movement to put nuclear abolition as a moral imperative
> and put aside the important nuanced aspects of our message in order to create
> the kind of mass movement coalitions we require to be effective?
> we must place this issue before the rotary clubs, library associations, labor
> unions, university professors in a simple morally compelling fashion.
> keep
> it
> simple
> sunflowers
> jonathan granoff
>
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Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 21:56:30 -0400
From: Peter Weiss <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) NucNews: Proposed Native American Burial Grounds, Radioactive Sites

Shouldn't this be up to the native people?
                        Peter Weiss

Peace through Reason wrote:
>
> Would be interested in knowing how native people feel about burying their
> ancestors on radioactive sites.  Is this article true?
>
> Ellen Thomas
> [e-mail]
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
> http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/ohio/docs/005359.htm
>
> October 5, 1998 - Ohio.com On-Line
>
> Indians suggest former uranium plant site could become burial ground
>
> CINCINNATI (AP) -- The government should consider  making part of a former
> uranium processing plant a burial ground for Indian remains, American
> Indian groups suggest.
>
> Cleanup of the 1,050-acre Fernald site, where uranium once was processed
> for nuclear weapons production, is expected to continue at least through
> 2005. Future uses of the U.S. Department of Energy site are still up for
> debate.
>
> If the government adopts the burial plan, the remains of as many as 3,500
> American Indians could be brought from all over Ohio to the site 18 miles
> northwest of Cincinnati, Energy Department spokesman Gary Stegner said
> Monday. Those would include remains that are now boxed in museums and
> government warehouses.
>
> ``I think it's a very good chance this will happen. There's a lot of
> community support for this,'' Lisa Crawford, a Fernald neighbor and member
> of a community advisory council to the Energy Department, said Monday.
>
> Indian remains found several years ago when workers were digging at Fernald
> to install Hamilton County water system pipes were interred on the site.
>
> ``I think this is something everybody likes. It's morally and ethically a
> good thing to do,'' said Mrs. Crawford, president of Fernald Residents for
> Environmental Safety and Health.
>
> An alliance of Indian tribes says the burial is appropriate for ancestors
> whose remains are now stored for study.
>
> ``We think that Fernald is the answer to all the federal and state
> problems'' with Indian remains, said Oliver Collins, co-chair of the Native
> American Alliance and principal chief of the Taligee Cherokee Nation in
> Scioto County.  ``And not just Fernald, but federally owned places like
> this in every state in the country.
>
> ``In our culture ... if any part of the body, even the skeletal remains, is
> not returned to Mother Earth, then our soul is not at rest. We are
> interrupted in our journey to heaven,'' Collins said. ``That is a universal
> belief in the Indian world.''
>
> Scientists want to keep prehistoric remains for archaeological and
> anthropological research.
>
> ``I understand both sides of the argument,'' said archaeologist Kevin Pape
> of Gray & Pape, a consulting firm working at Fernald. ``I think that there
> is a need to understand our collective heritage (through science) ... But
> scientific study needs to be done with a care and sensitivity for the
> people whose remains we are studying, and for the current-day native
> Americans.''
>
> The Energy Department has spent recent years soliciting public suggestions
> for future uses of the Fernald site. Suggestions have included using it for
> recreation and light-commercial purposes, such as an office park.
>
> Department officials plan a hearing Oct. 13 to gather more suggestions. The
> government may make a decision by the end of this year, although there is
> no deadline, Stegner said.
>
> Part of the site will permanently house some low-level radioactive wastes
> in eight storage cells. One of the cells is already being filled, and two
> others are being built. The most contaminated wastes are to be shipped to
> Nevada or Utah for permanent disposal.
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
>
> * Peace Through Reason - http://prop1.org - Convert the War Machines! *
> _______________________________________________________________________
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Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 22:39:58 -0400
From: Peter Weiss <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Prayers for a great Chicago meeting!

Dear David et all: The problem with dropping 2000, in addition to losing
the name recognition (see my previous message) is that it sends a signal
to the nuke warriors that we're willing to drop the timeframe. Very
dangerous! It puts us in the same box as the hypocrites in Washington
who say "sure we're for abolition, but it's going to take a long, long
time." And I say this is in full recognition of the fact that we're not
likely to get there by 2000.
                Peter

[e-mail] wrote:
>
> I'm hoping that Chris Ney and I can draft some kind of "WRL input" for the
> weekend, since we (and WRL's other key folks) can't be there, with the
> pressure of the October 19th date pressing on us.
>
> However I have noted Peter's suggestion and see the merit in it.  Clearly we
> are not going to have "abolition 2000" for the year 2000. Miracles happen, and
> I would rejoice in being proven wrong, but on a day to day basis we should not
> plan with miracles as part of our budget.
>
> I think Abolition 2000 is OK - in a sense, "20th Century Fox" (for old timers
> like me) is only now facing the need to change its name (if Fox is even still
> in business - I've lost track).  Their "brand name" worked for the better part
> of a century.  If we take "Abolition 2000" to imply abolition in 2000 or any
> year following, we can role with it. Changing names is confusing to people and
> it takes a LONG time to get folks used to a new name. There is also - though
> Peter didn't mention this - the problem of wills, with people leaving money to
> one group or another to be used for "Abolition 2000".
>
> I do think our agenda needs to be broadened but that should wait a day or two
> until Chris and I have a chance to talk. Meanwhile I do hope a number of the
> folks in Chicago will be joining us in Washington D.C.
>
> Peace,
> David McReynolds
> War Resisters League
> << Date:        10/5/98 10:33:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time
>  From:  [e-mail] (Peter Weiss)
>  Sender:        [e-mail]
>  Reply-to:      [e-mail]
>  To:    [e-mail]
>
>  As somebody who can't be in Chicago this weekend, but who has made his
>  living as a trademark lawyer for the past 45 years, I have a small piece
>  of advice: DON'T CHANGE THE NAME! Any phrase that has acquired "name
>  recognition", as Abolition 2000 has, is a valuable asset which should be
>  jettisoned only for very good reasons. I haven't heard one in our chat
>  room so far. That doesn't mean you can't have buttons saying NO NUKES,
>  or NO NUKES - ABOLITION NOW. But the name of the campaign should remain.
>                                         Peter Weiss
>   >>
>
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Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 20:15:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (Jack & Felice Cohen-Joppa)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: Israel/ Report on Vanunu Vigil & Dimona Arrests

INTERNATIONAL GROUP ARRESTED ATTEMPTING INSPECTION
OF ISRAEL'S DIMONA NUCLEAR WEAPONS PLANT

by Felice Cohen-Joppa

More than seventy anti-nuclear activists, ranging in age from children to
elders,  came together near Israel's Dimona nuclear facility on Tuesday
afternoon, September 22, the beginning of the Jewish New Year.  The
international demonstrators held signs and banners at the remote desert
site calling for nuclear disarmament and for the immediate release of
imprisoned nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu.

The demonstration, organized by the Israeli Committee for Mordechai Vanunu
and for a Middle-East Free of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons,
brought together Israeli activists and representatives of the international
campaign to free Mordechai Vanunu from the U.K., U.S., Norway, and
Australia. By the side of the road where they gathered, they could see the
large dome of the nuclear reactor.

Demonstrators called for the immediate closure of the reactor; that it be
opened to international supervision and inspection; and for an immediate
halt to the production of weapons of mass destruction in Israel.  Several
speakers addressed the gathering, including Nuri al-Ugbi, representing the
Bedouin population in the Negev area.  Al-Ugbi called the Dimona reactor "a
monster threatening all life in the region."

After the demonstration, when other participants had left, a small
International Citizen's Weapons Inspection Team began to walk along the
road towards the Dimona reactor, where they planned to carry out a
citizen's inspection for weapons of mass destruction.  They carried two
large banners with them which read, "Warning - Nuclear Weapons Made Here"
and "U.N. Arms Inspector Butler - Dimona Nuclear Weapons Plant, This Way."

Soon spotted and pursued by police officers, they attempted to continue
peacefully on their way while police insisted that they could not
demonstrate without a permit.  Wearing badges which read in English and
Hebrew "International Weapons Inspector," the team explained their mission
to the police and read their statement out loud.  They asserted that under
international law, they had a responsibility and obligation to carry out
their inspection, despite not having an Israeli permit to do so.

After awhile, when stopped from proceeding further, most of the citizen
weapons inspectors sat down and linked arms.  They continued to explain to
the police their purpose for being there: Dimona's connection to Israel's
nuclear arsenal, revealed to the world 12 years earlier by Dimona
technician- turned- whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu. The police tried to
convince the inspectors to leave, but they steadfastly refused.  Seven men
and three women were then taken in police vans to the station in the nearby
town of Dimona.  Arrested were Sam Day, Hal Carlstadt, Barry Roth, Eurydice
Hirsey, Felice Cohen-Joppa, Art Laffin, Scott Schaeffer-Duffy, John
Landgraf (all from the USA), David Polden (UK) and Ruth Haviv (Israel).

People supporting the inspection team soon joined them in the police
station.  During the four hours they were detained, the ten were warned of
various consequences:  they would be charged with demonstrating without a
permit and spend the night in jail until a judge could be found the next
day; they would be immediately deported, not necessarily to their country
of origin, except for the Israeli, who would go to jail; they would not be
allowed back in the country for a time period ranging from one year to
forever;  they would be sent to court at night without a lawyer.  During
questioning, the group consistently refused to sign papers, including an
agreement to not return to Dimona for 15 days.  Finally, they were told by
police that if they each gave a verbal agreement to not return for 15 days
to the site, they would be free to go.  When they refused this also, the
group was released anyway.  Authorities evidently decided to keep the event
as low key as possible.

The Dimona demonstration and citizen's weapons inspection action occurred
during a week-long international vigil calling for the release of Mordechai
Vanunu and a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction.  Vigilers
held signs and banners and handed out leaflets at Ashkelon Prison, where
Vanunu has been held since 1986, at the Ministry of Defense, in front of
President Weisman's residence, at Prime Minister Netanyahu's office, where
petitions were delivered, and at the embassy of India, calling for India
and Pakistan to halt their nuclear arms race.  International delegates
joined with Israeli activists in several public meetings where nuclear
weapons and nonviolent direct action were discussed. A visit was also made
to Bedouin villages near Dimona.  Bedouin lands were confiscated in the
1950's to build the nuclear reactor.

At the end of the week, the new commander of Ashkelon Prison, Avraham
Lazarian, refused to let Vanunu's adoptive parents, Americans Mary and Nick
Eoloff, have a second brief visit before they returned to the U.S.
Lazarian, when assuming command 2 months ago, ordered that Vanunu's cell
door be closed except for two one-hour periods each day, when he can take
walks in the common yard.  In early September, Vanunu's mail was withheld
for two weeks after a verbal argument.

On October 13 is Mordechai Vanunu's 44th birthday.  Please send cards and
letters to him at Ashkelon Prison, Ashkelon, Israel.

For more information, contact the U.S Campaign to Free Mordechai Vanunu,
2206 Fox Ave., Madison, WI 53711, fax/phone [phone], email -
[e-mail] , website - www.nonviolence.org/vanunu

(Felice Cohen-Joppa is an associate coordinator of the U.S. Campaign to
Free Mordechai Vanunu and co-editor of the Nuclear Resister newsletter.)

[PHOTOS AVAILABLE - CONTACT FELICE AT 520-323-8697 OR  EMAIL
[e-mail]]

STATEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CITIZEN'S WEAPONS INSPECTION TEAM
DIMONA, ISRAEL
SEPTEMBER 22, 1998

We have come to Dimona today as a citizen's inspection team in response to
the dictates of conscience and international law.

We have come to verify the presence of nuclear weapons and their
components, first reported 12 years ago by the nuclear technician Mordechai
Vanunu and confirmed by scientists, journalists and others familiar with
Israel's unacknowledged nuclear weapons programme.

If the production of the materials for such weapons at Dimona can be
verified, this would clearly fall within the purview of the United Nations
Security Council Resolution which calls for the elimination of weapons of
mass destruction not only in Iraq but throughout the Middle East.

In assisting in the upholding of international law we are also heeding our
obligations under the Nuremberg Principles which place on every citizen the
duty to prevent crimes against humanity.

Here, as in similar factories elsewhere in the world, the making of a
nuclear weapon is a crime against humanity.  It is the building of a global
gas oven.  Auschwitz showed what humans are capable of.  Hiroshima showed
how that capability threatened the survival of humanity.  Nuclear weapons
join Auschwitz with Hiroshima.

Today, we heed the prophet Isaiah, who called on us to beat swords into
ploughshares.  We honour the wisdom of Albert Einstein and Bertrand
Russell, who warned us of the suicidal consequences of a nuclear-armed
world.  We follow the example of the women of Greenham Common, who took
nonviolent collective action in the cause of peace.

We are Jews, Christians and people of no religion.  We are citizens of
Israel, the United States and Britain acting together as citizens of the
world.  All of us have acted against nuclear weapons or for peace in our
own countries and elsewhere.

We have chosen Dimona because we are in Israel to honour the sacrifice of
Mordechai Vanunu and to continue his work of nuclear disarmament.

We are acting now because this is the time chosen by citizens in many
countries to conduct inspections of nuclear weapons facilities.

We act in a spirit of mutual respect for all the people of this region,
knowing that they would be the first to suffer the disastrous consequences
of an explosion or other accident at this aging, uninspected reactor, as
occurred at Chernobyl.

And so, at the beginning of a new year, wishing peace, justice and security
to all people, we call upon you, our brothers and sisters guarding the
Dimona reactor, to assist us in this inspection.  And in doing so, we ask
you to set an example to Israel and all other countries to help to create a
nuclear-free world.

Thank you,
Sam Day, Hal Carlstad, Art Laffin, Ruth Haviv, Scott Schaeffer-Duffy,
Eurydice Hirsey, Felice Cohen-Joppa, John Landgraf, Barry Roth, David
Polden



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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 01:00:49 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Chicago/President Candidates & John Kerry

I absolutely and strongly agree with Bruce's point. It is one thing to get
trapped into the game of choosing one party over the other (you are then taken
for granted, among other things), and it is a very very different thing to
visit the candidates, ask questions at meetings, make it damn clear you are
registered and you do vote. (You don't have to say you rarely vote for a major
party - the thing is you vote).

It is foolish, I think, when the peace movement separates itself from the
broad political process.

Peace,
David McReynolds

In a message dated 10/6/98 12:39:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[e-mail] writes:

<<
 I'm not sure that the point is necessarily to endorse any candidate.
 Endorsements are, in my view, a recipie for getting burned further down
 the road.  However, raising an issue in the context of an election can
 be an effective means of generating movement.  It is an effort,
 sometimes successful, to create an impression of one's campaign as a
 constituency that must be reckoned with.

 Sincerely,

 Bruce
 Peace Action >>

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Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 12:48:02 +0100 (BST)
From: Janet Bloomfield <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Solidarity greetings for Chicago meeting.

Dear Abolition Friends in the USA,
at the Abolition 2000 UK meeting on October 6th we were heartened to know
that you will be meeting in Chicago to establish a US Abolition Campaign.
We wish you every success in your efforts. Have a great meeting and we
look forward to working with you in the future.
Yours in peace and solidarity,
Janet Bloomfield on behalf of Abolition 2000 UK.


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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 09:05:25 -0400
From: Norm Cohen <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Chicago/President Candidates & John Kerry

hey, isn't that what peace action does with peace voter '98?
norm cohen

[e-mail] wrote:

> I absolutely and strongly agree with Bruce's point. It is one thing to get
> trapped into the game of choosing one party over the other (you are then taken
> for granted, among other things), and it is a very very different thing to
> visit the candidates, ask questions at meetings, make it damn clear you are
> registered and you do vote. (You don't have to say you rarely vote for a major
> party - the thing is you vote).
>
> It is foolish, I think, when the peace movement separates itself from the
> broad political process.
>
> Peace,
> David McReynolds
>
> In a message dated 10/6/98 12:39:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [e-mail] writes:
>
> <<
>  I'm not sure that the point is necessarily to endorse any candidate.
>  Endorsements are, in my view, a recipie for getting burned further down
>  the road.  However, raising an issue in the context of an election can
>  be an effective means of generating movement.  It is an effort,
>  sometimes successful, to create an impression of one's campaign as a
>  constituency that must be reckoned with.
>
>  Sincerely,
>
>  Bruce
>  Peace Action >>
>
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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 13:09:12 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Russian nukes overhaul (fwd)

Dear Fellow Strategists,
Apologies if you've already seen the article below, but shouldn't we factor it
in to our planning as an opportunity to press our government to agree with
Russia to go way down immediately to several hundred warheads before they start
gearing up for a new arsenal?  Once this is done, negotiations could begin
immediately with the other nuke states--which is all the more reason to keep it
at Abolition 2000.  This may be a unique opportunity.

>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 10:10:03 -0400
>From: Bill Robinson <[e-mail]>
>Reply-To: [e-mail]
>To: Abolition Canada <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Russian nukes overhaul
>
>WIRE:Oct. 6, 10:26 a.m. ET
>  FOCUS-Russian dep PM urges nuclear arms overhaul
>
>MOSCOW, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Communist Deputy Prime
>Minister  Yuri Maslyukov said on Tuesday Russia could no
>longer afford to  maintain thousands of nuclear warheads and
>needed a programme to  streamline and modernise its
>strategic forces.
>
>Maslyukov, in a statement quoted by Russian news agencies,
> said Russia could only afford several hundred nuclear
>warheads  at most and, with Soviet-era weaponry fast
>becoming obsolete,  must press on with START-2,
>START-3 and other arms limitation  treaties with the United
>States to preserve the nuclear balance.
>
>``The government and parliament should jointly agree a
> programme for re-arming the strategic nuclear forces,'' said
> Maslyukov, who is Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov's first
>deputy  with reponsibility for economic affairs.
>
>``The state, in its present condition, does not have the  means
>to maintain their present quantitative level of several  thousand
>warheads,'' he said.
>
>``The maximum we can hope for is a level of several hundred
> nuclear warheads by around 2007 to 2010.''
>
>Under the 1993 U.S.-Russian START-2 accord, still
>awaiting  ratification by Russia's Communist-led parliament,
>both  countries agreed to cut the number of their nuclear
>warheads  from about 6,000 each to no more than 3,500
>each by 2007.
>
>But Maslyukov said that economic constraints meant that ``in
> seven or eight years not a single missile, submarine or
>bomber  from the Soviet era will remain in service.''
>
>He said the government should guarantee funding for a
> programme that from 2000 would add annually at least
>35-45  modern Topol-M missiles to Russia's armoury, bring
>into service  several new Yuri Dolgoruky-class nuclear
>submarines by the end  of the next decade, modernise the
>strategic command systems and  save the missile early
>warning and space systems from collapse.
>
>``We shouldn't be seduced by talk of strategic partnerships
> with one or other great power. Today's world is complex
>and  military force still plays a not insignificant role in it,''  said
>Maslyukov, a former head of Soviet central planning.
>
>Parliament has been stalling on ratification of START-2,
> saying the cost of decommissioning weapons was too great
>for  Russia to bear, but the Kremlin has already begun
>tentative  negotiations on a more sweeping START-3.
>
>Maslyukov said both treaties, as well as Russian insistence
> that the United States observe the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile
> (ABM) Treaty designed to limit anti-missile defences, were
> essential to maintaining the world armaments balance.
>
>``Only in this case would the preservation of a situation of
> mutual nuclear deterrence be preserved,'' he said.
>
>The Topol-M (Poplar) nuclear missile is also known as the
> RS-12M and is classified by NATO as the SS-27. The Yuri
> Dolgoruky, still under construction, is the first iFrom ???@??? Wed Oct 07
11:49:54 1998
>Message-id: <[e-mail]>
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>Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 17:11:04 -0400
>Subject: Election win sparks Australian uranium rush (fwd)
>To: [e-mail]
>Cc: [e-mail]
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>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
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)

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000: A Global Network for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons



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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 11:41:47 -0700
From: Shundahai Network <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Nuclear weapons and nuclear energy - the links

Nuclear weapons and nuclear energy - the links




Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 06:14:58 -0700 (PDT)

From: Arjun Makhijani <<[e-mail]>

Sender: [e-mail]

Subject: NUKE-WASTE: Sample resultion on nuclar energy


I promised people at the Paducah ANA meeting that I would put up on e-mail

the resolution adopted at a recent meeting of European affiliates of the

Intrnatonal Physcians for the Prevntion of Nuclear War.  Please note that

this is not an official IPPNW position.  The situation as regards nuclear

energy in IPPNW is about the same as it isin ANA.


Many people helped to draft this resolution.  I was one of them.


Arjun



This text was worked out by the participants of the IPPNW workshop in Basel

/ Switzerland on September 4/5 and is being introduced to  the IPPNW World

Congress in December 1998 by the following IPPNW affiliates:


IPPNW Germany

PSR / IPPNW Switzerland




Basel, September 5th 1998




Nuclear weapons and nuclear energy - the links



Bearing in mind that


- - The acquisition of nuclear-weapons-usable materials is the most difficult

step in the making of nuclear weapons and the most important obstacle to

proliferation. Commercial reprocessing produces plutonium that can be used

to make nuclear weapons. The creation of a technical infrastructure and of

plutonium (and or uranium-233) is an inevitable accompaniment of the use of

nuclear energy, and large surpluses of weapons usable commercial plutonium

have been built up as a result.

Nuclear power makes proliferation more likely and verification more=
 difficult.


- - All existing designs of nuclear reactors are vulnerable to accidents and

can become targets attack, for instance in conventional wars or due to

terrorism,  thereby creating an intolerable risk for health and environment.


- - The commercial nuclear fuel cycle creates health risks for many

generations in a manner similar to nuclear weapons production.

There are far more satisfactory ways from the point of view of economy and

health to meet the world=EDs energy needs than nuclear energy.

Unless the industrialized countries of the West make a firm commitment to

phase out nuclear energy other countries are unlikely to give it up.


Be it resolved that IPPNW will work towards the following goals:


Reprocessing, both commercial and military, should be stopped.

No new nuclear power plants should be built or commissioned in any country

and existing nuclear power plants should be phased out at most by the end of

their current license periods.


Separated plutonium whether from commercial or military sources, should not

be used in nuclear reactors to generate energy.

Immobilization of plutonium should be used as the way to put all military

and all separated commercial plutonium stocks into non-weapons-usable form.


The financial, scientific and technological resources of society should be

used to meet energy needs in far more efficient and less dangerous ways than

nuclear power.=20



The first steps to be taken should include


Informing all IPPNW affiliates about the links between nuclear energy and

nuclear weapons.

At this crucial juncture, creating a project to work in coalition with other

groups to stop all military and commercial reprocessing.=20

Creating a project to analyze the health implications of use of nuclear

power as an energy source.



Costs:

None for IPPNW central office: Projects will be funded by the affiliates on

a voluntary basis.



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Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 15:09:22 -0500
From: Mark Mebane <[e-mail]>
Subject: [none]

ATTENTION CHICAGO MEETING ATTENDEES AND ALL INTERESTED PARTIES!

The following memo was drafted by David Cortright proposing specific
strategies for a U.S. Nuclear Abolition Campaign.  Your suggestions and
feedback are encouraged.  Also included is the October 9 meeting agenda
and directions to the NEW LOCATION for this meeting!!!  Peace be yours.
Mark Mebane
Fourth Freedom Forum

STRATEGIES FOR NUCLEAR ABOLITION

A Listing of Possible Activities and Opportunities for Joint Action,
and A Time Line of Events

STRATEGIES & ACTIVITIES

    The goal is to build a U.S. based organization for nuclear weapons
abolition within the overall framework of the global Abolition 2000
network.  The focus is bringing about a political change within the
United States in favor of nuclear weapons abolition.  The assumption is
that eliminating nuclear weapons will not be possible without a major
political change within the United States.

    The function of the proposed campaign will be to build grassroots
awareness and activism.  The campaign will employ a bottom-up strategy
that attempts to build an active political constituency for abolition at
the grassroots level.  The political initiative for abolition will not
come from within the Beltway but will require a great wave of grassroots
activism and concern.  Without an active and informed citizen's movement
for denuclearization, politicians will not act.   The goal of the
proposed campaign is to build the necessary level of citizen pressure to
change U.S. nuclear policy.

POLITICAL OBJECTIVES

    The goal of nuclear weapons abolition needs to be translated into
concrete proposals that can take various political forms: legislative
vehicles, platforms for presidential candidates, and propositions for
ballot support and petitioning.  The elements of the political plan
include:

    ù requiring the United States to negotiate in good faith for a
convention banning nuclear weapons,

    ù urging the United States to adopt immediate initiatives to reduce
nuclear weapons to minimal levels and proceed with no first use,
de-alerting, and other disarmament measures.

POSSIBLE CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES

    The following are suggestions for possible joint activities by
grassroots groups around the country.  The listing is not exhaustive.
    1. Building an abolition congress of civic organizations.  This concept
is elaborated in a separate memo, based on ideas developed by Jonathan
Schell, Pamela Meidell, and Celia Owens.  The idea is to invite all
manner of civic organizations to approve a simple resolution in favor of
nuclear abolition and to designate representatives within the
organization to participate in an ongoing abolition congress.

    2. Public television documentary.  Former CBS producer George Crile is
preparing a powerful two hour television documentary entitled, Sleep
Walking to Armageddon, which will be broadcast on Public Television
sometime in 1999.  The broadcast will feature expert commentary from
General Lee Butler and Russian Defense Minister Igor Sergeyev.  The
State of the World Forum is providing substantial support for the
development of the documentary.  Broadcast of Sleep Walking to
Armageddon could be a significant moment of public engagement with the
nuclear issue and might serve as an opportunity for widespread action
and media commentary by grassroots groups.

    The State of the World Forum is planing to produce a National Town Hall
Meeting in conjunction with the documentary broadcast.  This national
event could serve as a catalyst for similar events and activities by
local groups.  Parallel efforts might be held in dozens of communities,
with groups using the opportunity to gain news coverage and appearances
on radio and television talk programs.  Local teach-ins and town
meetings might be organized and could be used as vehicles for promoting
active involvement in the Abolition Campaign.

    3. Outreach to colleges and universities.  A special effort could be
made to encourage debates, teach-ins, and conferences on college and
university campuses, as a way of engaging students and faculty in the
challenge of eliminating nuclear weapons.  A number of "flagship"
teach-ins could be organized at major universities, and a call could be
issued for other campuses to sponsor similar events.

    4. Outreach to the religious community.  Several initiatives are
already underway to build awareness and involvement within the religious
community.  More than one- hundred Catholic Bishops have signed a
statement initiated by Pax Christi.  A religious coalition in support of
the Comprehensive Test-Ban has been active.  Discussions have begun for
a possible series of religious events in Washington at the National
Cathedral and elsewhere.  These efforts should be supported and
strengthened.

    5. Introducing the nuclear abolition issue in town meetings.  In New
England, the American Friends Service Committee will be introducing the
abolition question in town meetings.  Abolition proposals have also been
adopted by a number of city councils in New Jersey and elsewhere.  These
efforts could be broadened to other communities.

    6. Raising abolition in the electoral debates.  Discussions have begun
about ways to elevate the visibility of the nuclear abolition issue in
the year 2000 Presidential primary debates.  Efforts are needed to link
these activities together in a coordinated attempt to demonstrate the
political viability of nuclear abolition.  Special projects might be
organized in Iowa and New Hampshire.  A debate or special educational
effort might also be launched in the South prior to the primaries there.

    7. Abolition walks.  The American Friends Service Committee in Vermont
sponsored a successful walk for nuclear abolition in August 1998.  Is
this an activity that can or should be repeated in other states?

    8. Nuclear abolition speaking tours.  General Lee Butler, Admiral
Stansfield Turner and other former government officials will make
appearances in various cities in the coming years that could be
coordinated with the activities of local abolition groups.  In addition,
the campaign might wish to sponsor other speakers as part of a
coordinated national campaign of public outreach.

    9. Petition drives.  The campaign might sponsor a nationally
coordinated petition drive, perhaps using existing Abolition 2000
declarations to demonstrate widespread support for elimination of
nuclear weapons.  These petition drives might be coordinated by
congressional districts and states, and the delivery of petitions
coordinated in such a way as to influence legislative proposals.

    10. Producing educational materials and designated website.  The
campaign might encourage participating groups to produce specific
educational pieces for use at the grassroots level or with particular
constituencies.  The production of different pieces could be coordinated
among the participating organizations with copies distributed to all
groups.  In addition, one or more groups might work together to create a
special website with links to other sites and sources of useful
information.

TIME LINE OF EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

    The following are events and dates that may serve as opportunities for
coordinated abolition activity by the participating groups.  The list is
not exhaustive.

    February, 1999: Town Hall meeting in New York's Cooper Union, sponsored
by the Nation Institute.  Jonathan Schell helping to organize.  General
Lee Butler speaking.  Media coverage possible.  Need to build large
audience.

    March 1999: Proposal to introduce nuclear abolition issue in New
England town meetings.

    April 1999: NPT PrepCom meeting, New York.  Likely presence of
Abolition 2000 network.  Support and publicize the eight nation new
agenda appeal for nuclear abolition.  Organize press conference and
activities.

    April 24-25 1999: NATO 50th anniversary summit, Washington D.C.. Plans
developing for an alternative to NATO citizens event in Washington a few
days before the official 50th anniversary summit.  Opportunity to raise
questions about NATO's continued reliance on nuclear weapons, especially
its first use doctrine and nuclear sharing arrangements.

    May 11-16 1999: Hague Appeal for Peace, the Hague, Netherlands.  Ample
opportunities to press for nuclear abolition and network with activists
doing similar work in many other countries.

    December 1999: Proposed presentation of petitions to UN General
Assembly and Secretary General, hopefully coordinated with similar
petitioning in other countries.  The presentation might include a formal
request that each parliament pass a resolution urging negotiations for
the elimination of nuclear weapons.

    March 2000: Proposal for additional efforts to introduce nuclear
abolition propositions in New England town meetings.

    April / May 2000: NPT review conference, possibly in Geneva or New
York.  Major international event with significant possibility for
citizen involvement.  Critical moment for reflection on the future of
the nonproliferation regime and the need for disarmament.

    September 2000: UN "Millennium Assembly," major public event being
organized by the UN to commemorate the beginning of a new century and
millennium.  Discussions are underway with staff of Undersecretary
General for Disarmament Affairs Jayantha Dhanapala for a special
ceremony to recognize and celebrate those nations, such as South Africa,
that have given up the nuclear option.  A major opportunity for
significant public activities to call for a nuclear weapons free future.
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    Draft Agenda
    October 9 Organizing Meeting on a
    U.S. Campaign for Nuclear Weapons Abolition

1.    Opening remarks
    (10:00-10:30)

    Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation
    Jonathan Schell, author, The Gift of Time & Fate of the Earth

2.    Update on process and discussions to date
    (10:30-11:00)

    Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Center
    David Cortright, Fourth Freedom Forum, Inc.

3.    Personal Introductions and reports on regional and local activities
    (11:00-12:30)

    * regional networks: (MI, FL, CA, CO, New England, Metro NY)
    * religious communities (Pax Christi, AFSC, FOR)
    * national affiliate organizations: (Peace Action, War
Resisters            League, Physicians for Social Responsibility, 20/20
Vision)

LUNCH (12:30-1:30)**
** thoughts for discussion of philosophical assumptions over lunch with
    Joe Gerson, Andy Lichterman and others.

4.    Discussion of opportunities for joint strategies and activities &
Small Group Session
    (1:30-4:00)

5.    Questions of structure, accountability, and future communications and
meetings
    (4:00-5:00)

ATTENTION: SITE CHANGE FOR MEETING!!!
DEPAUL UNIVERSITY'S MONSIGNOR JOHN J. EGAN URBAN CENTER, 243 S. WABASH
AVE. (CORNER OF WABASH & JACKSON, 1 BLOCK EAST OF THE ORIGINAL SITE)
9TH FLOOR, ROOM 9102

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