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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 19:43:55 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) ITALY HELPS AUST. UNDERMINE WORLD HERITAGE CONVENTION MONDAY

Dear People,
Hopefully this is the last request you will get to act on Kakadu World
Heritage stuff.

The full body of the World Heritage Committee meets on Monday.

The Australian government has exerted unprecedented pressure against an in
Danger listing.

There is now a danger that this pressure may be working.

The 'In Danger' listing, twice strongly reccommended by the World Heritage
advisory bodies, may fall vicitim to the politics of pressure and
manipulation.

There is one delegation that especially needs to hear a message.

That is the Italian delegation.

They need to hear that their delegate, mr Gabriele sardo,
([phone]), has been consistently undermining the sirit and intent
of the World Heritage convention, by siding with Australia against an 'in
Danger' listing.

This is especially shocking, as the Italians, under Professor francesco
Francioni, were responsible for the original Kakadu mission report that
reccommended an 'in danger' listing.

You should ask that the Italian delegate cease undermining the convention
and support the reccommendations of the advisory bodies.

Tell them that if Kakadu National Park is not listed as 'in danger', then
this will signal to the whole world that uranium mines in the middle of
world heritage national parks are acceptable.

Tell them this will compromise both the spirit and intent of the entire
World Heritage Convention.

Tell them that their delegation should continue to uphold the once high
standards  previously adopted by italy when their delegation was led by
Pofessor francesco francioni.

Tell them that short-term political considerations have no place in a
decision such as this.

The fax number of the  Italian delegate is 33-1-45-66-41-78.

Let them know how you feel about the Italian delegations actions.

A letter sent by Friends of the Earth to the Italian Prime Minister and
Foreign Minister follows.

MR MASSIMO D'ALEMA PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY,
[phone]

MR EDO RONCHI, MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
[phone]

DR. LAMBERTO DINI, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[phone]

We are writing to express our dismay that the leader of the Italian
delegation to the World Heritage Bureau, Mr. Gabriele Sardo, is undermining
the World Heritage Convention by actively lobbying to assist the Australian
Government to develop a uranium mine in the middle of Australias preeminent
National Park, Kakadu.

This is particularly disturbing, given the strong role Italy's chair of the
World Heritage Committee Professor Francisco Francioni played in leading a
mission to Australia to investigate the damage being caused by the Jabiluka
uranium mine to Kakadu. The mission found the Jabiluka mine to be of
sufficient concern to warrant placing Kakadu National Park on the list of
World Heritage In Danger.

The complete turnaround in the Italian governments position appears to be
the result of a massive international lobbying campaign by the Australian
Government (at foreign minister or higher level) to gain support for this
mine going ahead. Australias lobbying campaign runs directly counter to the
advice of the World Heritage Mission, and to the unequivocal advice of the
three world Heritage technical advisory bodies (IUCN, ICOMOS and ICCROM),
that Kakadu should be immediately placed on the 'In Danger' list.

Where Italy once led the world in helping to uphold the highest
international standards for World Heritage protection, its reputation as an
outstanding leader in this field is fast being destroyed.

How can it be that a country which placed so much store on maintaining the
integrity of the World Heritage Convention can have given in to pressure
from the Australian Government and placed short- term political expediency
head of the high standing the Italian Government had achieved in this area
under Professor Francioni?

Please ensure that your delegation upholds the high standards previously
adopted by Italy, and supports an In Danger listing for Kakadu National
Park."

John Hallam,
Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth,
Sydney, Australia.






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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 04:37:02 -0700 (PDT)
From: Timothy Bruening <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) On Sexy Missiles

During the bombing of Yugoslavia, a missile blew up a block of flats.  NATO
said "the missile was seduced from its target".  Was there a lady missile
with lipstick and perfume wandering over Yugoslavia?

The above quote comes from a War Resisters League (339 Lafayette St., NY, NY
10012) article entitled "Death, Bombs, and Videotape: Making Sense of the
Balkan War" written by David McReynolds ([e-mail]), senior staff
Emeritus, War Resisters League.


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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 11:49:36 -0400
From: Carole Gallagher <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) On Sexy Missiles

Must we be repulsive on this listserv? So sad!

Timothy Bruening wrote:

> During the bombing of Yugoslavia, a missile blew up a block of flats.  NATO
> said "the missile was seduced from its target".  Was there a lady missile
> with lipstick and perfume wandering over Yugoslavia?
>
> The above quote comes from a War Resisters League (339 Lafayette St., NY, NY
> 10012) article entitled "Death, Bombs, and Videotape: Making Sense of the
> Balkan War" written by David McReynolds ([e-mail]), senior staff
> Emeritus, War Resisters League.
>
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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 14:58:36 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) On Sexy Missiles

Dear Carole and Timothy - and others to try to contain this discussion before
it goes further!

NATO did refer to the bomb as being seduced from its target and my own words
in the piece I wrote just said something about "what, Freud in the
pressroom?". Some wrote me to say that "seduced" is a military term for
"counter-bomb stuff" when there are various ways - heat, light, metal
reflectors, etc. (and I'm not sure exactly which) "seduces" the guided
missile into attacking a fake target.

That, of course, is lame help to the folks who had been alive in the block of
flats. And the use of its by NATO's now fairly infamous press room just
looked foolish to the general public. But it seems to be a simple military
term.

Peace,
David McReynolds

<<
 Must we be repulsive on this listserv? So sad!

 Timothy Bruening wrote:

 > During the bombing of Yugoslavia, a missile blew up a block of flats.  NATO
 > said "the missile was seduced from its target".  Was there a lady missile
 > with lipstick and perfume wandering over Yugoslavia?
 >
 > The above quote comes from a War Resisters League (339 Lafayette St., NY,
NY
 > 10012) article entitled "Death, Bombs, and Videotape: Making Sense of the
 > Balkan War" written by David McReynolds ([e-mail]), senior staff
 > Emeritus, War Resisters League.
 >

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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 16:24:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Timothy Bruening <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) On Sexy Missiles

On Sun, 11 Jul 1999 at 11:49:36 -0400, Carole Gallagher
<[e-mail]> wrote:

>Must we be repulsive on this listserv? So sad!
>
>Timothy Bruening wrote:
>
>> During the bombing of Yugoslavia, a missile blew up a block of flats.  NATO
>> said "the missile was seduced from its target".  Was there a lady missile
>> with lipstick and perfume wandering over Yugoslavia?
>>
>> The above quote comes from a War Resisters League (339 Lafayette St., NY, NY
>> 10012) article entitled "Death, Bombs, and Videotape: Making Sense of the
>> Balkan War" written by David McReynolds ([e-mail]), senior staff
>> Emeritus, War Resisters League.

I apologize to anyone who was offended.  Should I have asked if a male
missile had seduced a female missile over Yugoslavia?


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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 15:40:47 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) bill bradley

Dear Friends,
I just checked out Bill Bradley's website, www.billbradley.com and he asks
for our personal stories.  How about flooding him with our stories of how
we are working for nuclear abolition?  Did anyone check out any of the
other websites? ie, Bush, Gore, etc?  Maybe we can start putting nuclear
abolition on the agenda right now.  Regards,
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
to eliminate nuclear weapons.

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 16:17:14 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) On Sexy Missiles

Dear Friends,

I refer you to the writings of another Carol--Carol Cohen who attended four
weeks at the US Military College and wrote a distressing magazine article
(I no
longer have the citation) on the use of sexual and religious metaphor by the
weaponeers when referring to these instruments of destruction.  Cohen thinks
it's a way to further distance themselves from the lethal terror they are
playing with.  Seduced indeed!  Alice Slater

At 02:58 PM 7/11/99 -0400, [e-mail] wrote:
>Dear Carole and Timothy - and others to try to contain this discussion
>before
>it goes further!
>
>NATO did refer to the bomb as being seduced from its target and my own
>words
>in the piece I wrote just said something about "what, Freud in the
>pressroom?". Some wrote me to say that "seduced" is a military term for
>"counter-bomb stuff" when there are various ways - heat, light, metal
>reflectors, etc. (and I'm not sure exactly which) "seduces" the guided
>missile into attacking a fake target.
>
>That, of course, is lame help to the folks who had been alive in the block
>of
>flats. And the use of its by NATO's now fairly infamous press room just
>looked foolish to the general public. But it seems to be a simple military
>term.
>
>Peace,
>David McReynolds
>
><<
> Must we be repulsive on this listserv? So sad!
>
> Timothy Bruening wrote:
>
> > During the bombing of Yugoslavia, a missile blew up a block of flats.
>NATO
> > said "the missile was seduced from its target".  Was there a lady
>missile
> > with lipstick and perfume wandering over Yugoslavia?
> >
> > The above quote comes from a War Resisters League (339 Lafayette St.,
>NY,
>NY
> > 10012) article entitled "Death, Bombs, and Videotape: Making Sense of
>the
> > Balkan War" written by David McReynolds ([e-mail]), senior staff
> > Emeritus, War Resisters League.
> >
>
>-
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Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 18:07:11 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: (Fwd) NAFTA for the Military?

>Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 03:01:43 -0400
>Subject: (Fwd) NAFTA for the Military?
>To: [e-mail]
>X-FC-Forwarded-From: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>
>http://www.thestar.com/thestar/editorial/news/990707NEW01b_FO-ARMY7.html
>
>In Toronto Star:
>
>Exclusive
> `NAFTA' for military proposed
>
> U.S. war college report urges joint command with Canada, Mexico
>
>By Linda Diebel
>Toronto Star Latin America Bureau
>
>MEXICO CITY - A United States military report
>advocates a joint command for  American, Mexican and Canadian forces, in
>the same way the three countries are  united under free trade.
>
>The report, by Lt.-Col. Joseph Nunez for the U.S.
>Army War College in Carlisle,  Pa., also suggested a North American
>peacekeeping force, headquartered in the U.S.,with deputy commander
>positions rotating between Canada and Mexico.
>
>``Moving from bilateral arrangements to a (military) organization that
>reflects regional economic and security concerns is a better strategy,
>particularly considering our burgeoning trade through NAFTA (North
>American Free Trade Agreement)and the growing threat of terrorism that
>can penetrate through our
>borders,'' the report said.
>
>  The war college study is the first to publicly advocate the sensitive
>issue of integrated military command - a matter of sovereignty in Canada
>and Mexico, as well  as countries throughout the hemisphere.
>
> Such a command would co-ordinate military action on terrorism,
>insurgency,
>security threats and drug trafficking.
>
>`It's an important issue and it's time   to take a good, hard look at
>how we  currently operate. If we fail to  change our current strategy,
>the
>country could become less stable .   . . . '   - Lt.-Col. Joseph Nunez,
>for the U.S. Army War College.
>
>
>Nunez said the joint command would replace, for example, NORAD (the
>North
>American Aerospace Defence command) which ``is getting pretty
>out-of-date
>when it  comes to drugs, terrorism and other threats.''
>
>``The U.S. does not have the kind of working arrangement with Canada and
>Mexico  that it should.''
>
>Nunez admitted the proposed unified command ``may be a U.S. defence
>arrangement, but a lot of things would evolve to the benefit of Canada
>and Mexico - that would be  my hope.''
>
>Most major initiatives in Canada in recent years -
>from free trade with the UnitedStates to the ongoing initiative of a
>hemisphere-wide economic pact - began with reports from think-tanks or
>academia.
>
>The report comes during debate over other
>controversial free-trade issues, such as  whether Canada should adopt
>the
>U.S. dollar as advocated in a recent report by the  C.D. Howe Institute,
>a
>conservative think-tank in Toronto.
>
>`A lot of the geographic considerations are a bit out-of-date'
>
>
>
> Canadian nationalists have seen free trade as the
>tip of an iceberg that put Canada at risk in other areas, from culture
>to
>monetary policy.
>
>``A lot of the geographic considerations are a bit
>out-of-date and do not reflect current realities,'' Nunez, 43, a former
>West Point instructor, told The Star yesterday.
>
> He said his report, which carries a stamp saying it
>does not necessarily reflect the  views of the U.S. Defence Department,
>has
>garnered a lot of attention in recent days.
>
>The war college has received requests for copies
>from the Canadian and Mexican governments, as well as several U.S.
>government departments, including state and defence.
>
>``It's an important issue and it's time to take a
>good, hard look at how we currently operate,'' he said.
>
> In Ottawa yesterday, Lt.-Cmdr. Denise Laviolette,
>defence department spokesperson,  said she had never heard of the study,
>adding it was not an ongoing concern of the  Canadian Forces.
>
>She added the report would carry more weight if it
>had come from the Pentagon,  rather than the war college, a teaching
>institute that focuses on strategic perspectives.
>
>Nunez, a 22-year army veteran, said a joint North
>American command would expand  as free trade involved more countries in
>the
>hemisphere. If, for example, the proposed Free Trade Area of the
>Americas
>becomes reality, the military command would stretch from Alaska to
>Tierra
>del Fuego.
>
>Asked whether he foresaw the joint command leading
>to an integrated armed force, with everyone marching under one flag,
>Nunez said:
>``I see it growing, with all of the change and integration of new ideas
>. . . what
>it achieves depends on the types of missions it is assigned.''
>
>
>`It's time to take a good, hard look at how we currently operate'
>
>
>
>The report has created a stir in Mexico since it was
>published by the Mexico City daily, El Financiero.
>
>Nunez' report is called ``A New United States
>Strategy for Mexico,'' and details current revolutionary movements in
>Mexico and the threat to U.S. national interests here.
>
>``If we fail to change our current strategy, the
>country could become less stable, thus jeopardizing the viability of
>NAFTA and the Free Trade Area of the Americas,'' it  said.
>
>Nunez said yesterday a joint peacekeeping force
>could be deployed wherever it was  needed, ``without people thinking the
>United States - or any other country - was trying to influence things
>too
>much.''
>
>U.S. intervention is a touchy subject in Latin
>America. Because of the history of  U.S. involvement in the region, any
>kind of military co-operation, or shared duties with the U.S., is viewed
>with suspicion.
>
>Whenever the Mexican government approves joint
>manoeuvres with the U.S., for  example, there is a storm of opposition
>and
>media criticism.
>
>Recently, the U.S. has been criticized for taking a
>stronger military role in Latin America after an apparent cooling-off
>period.
>
>In his report, Nunez said a new North American
>peacekeeping force - which might be  funded 60 per cent by the U.S., 25
>per
>cent by Canada and 15 per cent by Mexico -  would be used for everything
>from human rights work to hurricane disaster relief.
>-
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 20:25:46 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Action Alert-last chance-Food Irradation

Dear Friends,
Listed below is a good sample letter urging the government to clearly label
irradiated food and to stop the efforts to deceive the public while allowing a
whole new nuke industry to spring up! Our responses are pouring into the FDA
but we need to do more.  Did you write your letter?  Did you forward the info
to your lists and friends.  Please write today.  URGENT!!   Many thanks.
Alice
Slater

>Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305)
>Food and Drug Administration
>5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061
>Rockville MD 20852
>Email:  [e-mail]
>
>Dear Dockets Manager,
>
>I'm writing regarding the proposed regulation on labelling of irradiated
>food.
>
>As an agricultural economist trained at the University of California, Davis
>who has worked for Cargill and now has an environmental consulting firm, I
>feel it is very important that food treated with radiation must continue
>to be
>clearly labeled with the international irradiation symbol radura and a
>statement indicating it was treated with radiation.
>
>As a former Congressional and White House aide, I feel the absence of such
>a statement would be misleading because irradiation destroys vitamins and
>causes changes in sensory and spoilage qualities that are not obvious or
>expected by the consumer.  Irradiation creates a new class of unique
>radiolytic products that have never been tested for the possible
>carcinogenic effects on humans.  New volumes of radioactive waste from
>Cobalt-60 and Cesium will
>plague our nation, exposing workers to toxic radionuclides when we haven't
>a clue as to what to do with the nuclear waste we already have.
>
>I'd also like to request that public comments be placed on the Internet so
>that the public can be informed about who is participating.
>
>Thanks for your consideration of my comments.
>
>Sustainably,
>Terry Gips
>President, Sustainability Associates
>2584 Upton Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN 55405
>[e-mail]
>
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 23:05:22 -0400
From: peter weiss <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) bill bradley

Good idea, and let's think of other ways to inject abolition into the
Presidential campaign, which is already in full swing. And by the way,
if Hilary can answer -wrongly - a question about the status of Jerusalem
from a minor Orthodox group in New York, why can't she answer a question
about nuclear abolition submitted by Grace, LCNP etc.?

                    Peter

ASlater wrote:
>
> Dear Friends,
> I just checked out Bill Bradley's website, www.billbradley.com and he asks
> for our personal stories.  How about flooding him with our stories of how
> we are working for nuclear abolition?  Did anyone check out any of the
> other websites? ie, Bush, Gore, etc?  Maybe we can start putting nuclear
> abolition on the agenda right now.  Regards,
> Alice Slater
> Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
> 15 East 26th Street, Room 915
> New York, NY 10010
> tel:  [phone]
> fax:  [phone]
> email:  [e-mail]
>
> GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
> to eliminate nuclear weapons.
>
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 11:26:16 -0400
From: "Joan Wade" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) REMINDER: CTBT CALL-IN DAY THIS FRIDAY

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To: CTBT-Organize, Abolition Caucus, Abolition USA
From: Disarmament Clearinghouse
RE: CTBT Call-in on July 16, 1999

Greetings Disarmament Activists!

This Friday, July 16th is Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) call-in =
day.  The event will mark the 54th anniversary of the first nuclear test =
in New Mexico.  Over 15,000 action alert postcards have been sent around =
the country to alert people about the event. Let's re-define the legacy =
of this date by flooding the Senate switchboard with calls in favor of =
the CTBT, an international treaty to ban nuclear test explosions.  Tell =
your Senators to do everything in their power to ratify the CTBT this =
year because:

* The U.S. must set the right example if India and Pakistan are expected =
to sign the treaty.
* The U.S. needs to be at the special conference for treaty ratifiers =
this fall.
* It is essential that the treaty is ratified before the Presidential =
election year.
* Momentum in the Senate has picked up due to leadership by Senator =
Byron Dorgan (D-ND).

The Senate Switchboard number is [phone].  Be sure to leave your =
name and address.  Speak directly with your Senators' aides who handle =
the CTBT if possible.  A list of these aides is located at =
http://www.psr.org/ctbtaction.htm.

Please feel free to contact me for more information on the call-in.  If =
you have phone trees or e-mail lists to activate please do so, and let =
me know so that I can keep track of the success of the event!  Please =
echo any interesting feedback from Senate offices to [e-mail] =
or fax to [phone].

P.S. CTBT-Organize is an interactive e-mail listserve for news and =
action on the CTBT.  If you are involved in community efforts to ratify =
the treaty, share your strength with [e-mail].
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>RE: CTBT Call-in on July 16, =
1999</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Greetings Disarmament =
Activists!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This Friday, July 16th is Comprehensive =
Test Ban=20
Treaty (CTBT) call-in day.  The event will mark the 54th =
anniversary of the=20
first nuclear test in New Mexico.  Over 15,000 action alert =
postcards have=20
been sent around the country to alert people about the event. Let's =
re-define=20
the legacy of this date by flooding the Senate switchboard with calls in =
favor=20
of the CTBT, an international treaty to ban nuclear test =
explosions.  Tell=20
your Senators to do everything in their power to ratify the CTBT this =
year=20
because:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* The U.S. must set the right example =
if India and=20
Pakistan are expected to sign the treaty.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* The U.S. needs to be at the special =
conference=20
for treaty ratifiers this fall.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* It is essential that the treaty is =
ratified=20
before the Presidential election year.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>* Momentum in the Senate has picked up =
due to=20
leadership by Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Senate Switchboard number is (202)=20
224-3121.  Be sure to leave your name and address.  Speak =
directly=20
with your Senators' aides who handle the CTBT if possible.  A list =
of these=20
aides is located at <A=20
href=3D"http://www.psr.org/ctbtaction.htm">http://www.psr.org/ctbtaction.=
htm</A>.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Please feel free to contact me for more =
information=20
on the call-in.  If you have phone trees or e-mail lists to =
activate please=20
do so, and let me know so that I can keep track of the success of the=20
event!  Please echo any interesting feedback from Senate offices to =
<A=20
href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</A> or fax =
to (202)=20
898-0172.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>P.S. CTBT-Organize is an interactive =
e-mail=20
listserve for news and action on the CTBT.  If you are involved in=20
community efforts to ratify the treaty, share your strength =
with</FONT><FONT=20
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href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]">[e-mail]</A>.</FONT></=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>--<BR>Joan L. Wade<BR>Disarmament =
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 17:31:21 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) bill bradley

I sent the following to George:
Mr. Bush, Twenty nine years ago the US and the four other nuclear weapons
states promised to negotiate the elimination of nuclear weapons (Article VI
of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty). On July 8, 1996, the International
Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion and held, unanimously, that there
is an unfulfilled legal duty to negotiate the abolition of nuclear weapons.
What plans do you have to change US and NATO policy regarding nuclear
deterrence and globally eliminate these devices of mass destruction? I
suggest your Dad got it right by obtaining the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Bravo, George senior! Hope you can follow his footsteps. What shall you do?
Jonathan Granoff

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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 15:50:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: [none]

                                                    July 13th, 1999
Dear Friends and Activists,

The following is an updated of the email sent out on July 9th.  Thank you
to all who have contributed to the list of events.  I hope that many will
be encouraged to join in on events during these days to demonstrate their
support for the Abolition 2000 network and for the elimination of nuclear
weapons.

Yours In Peace,

Carah Ong


**New** The World Conference against A & H Bombs invites you to join the
"Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days International Joint Action for Nuclear Free
21st Century" on Aug.6 and 9, 1999. There will be a posting entitled
"International Joint Action for Nuclear Free 21st Century" on their
website:   http://www.twics.com/~antiatom/


**New** Princeton New Jersey -- Coalition for Peace Action will commemorate
the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 5th at the Woodrow Wilson
School Plaza on the Princeton University Campus. The picnic will begin at
6pm and the program at 7pm. Youth for Peace will be on hand to fold paper
cranes with children of all ages. Susan Tenney and her dancers will open
the program. Then a moment of silemnce will be held at 7:15. Speakers
scheduled will include Zia Mian, a Pakistani physicist; 2 Hibakusha, one
each from Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and (possibly) a Gulf War Veteran. Music
will be supplied by the Solidarity Singers. At the end of the program, the
dancers will present "Shadows," a piece Sunsan Tenney composed for the
event. Then all will float candles on the reflection pond.
For more information, please contact:
LL Morgan-DuBreuil, Associate Director, Coalition for Peace Action
40 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ  08542
[phone] voice, [phone] fax
[e-mail]

**New** The Long Beach Peace Network will hold a demonstration at the Seal
Beach
Nuclear Weapons Station on Seal Beach Boulevard at 11 am on Saturday,
August 7, in memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. For
information all Gene Ruyle at 562 438-6505.

**New** The Asahi Shimbun Newspaper will be running a special edition on the
bombings, with some new findings by a team of investigative reporters.

3rd-9th-The World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs will be held
in Tokyo.  For more information, please contact:  [e-mail]

3rd-8th-Tromp Trident Trek III is a 52 mile peace walk commemorating the
bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  It begins in Ashland and ends at
Project ELF.  For more information, contact Nukewatch at 715-472-4185 or
email at [e-mail].

6th-Hiroshima Commemoration at Livermore Lab. It begins at
2:30 PM at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where nuclear
weapons are designed and a new weapons facility is currently under
construction that is intended to create thermonuclear blasts in a reactor
vessel, called the National Ignition
Facility. The gathering will be at the corner of East Avenue and Vasco
Road. After a program of speakers and music, there will be a procession to
the gates of the Laboratory. This annual commemoration is sponsored by many
San Francisco Bay Area peace and
environmental organizations, including the Livermore-based Tri-Valley
CAREs. For more information, call  925-443-7148.

6th-9th-Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund National Congress are
calling for students, activists and concerned citizens form across the
nation and from around the world to join them in Albuquerque, New Mexico to
commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  For more information,
please contact:
Peace Action  www.peace-action.org 202-862-9740 ext. 3038
1819 H St. NW Suite 420 Washington, DC 20006

**New** On Nagasaki Day Peace Action will host a major direct action
at the Los Alamos lab! The contact email for more info is
[e-mail].

For the 17th consecutive year, a fast on water will take place from 6 to 9
of August in Tavery, North of Paris, headquarters of the french "force de
frappe".
Please, send by mail your own information, support and projects to the
fasters :
je√ne du 6 au 9 ao√t 1999
Maison de Vigilance
135, rue de BΘthemont
95150 - Taverny
France
The fasters demand an end to the MΘgajoule project for the modernization of
nuclear bombs, and an really independent and thourough environment and
health survey in Polynesia and in the Sahara, with compensations for the
victims.

Brandywine Peace Community is commemorating the bombings of Hirsoshima on
Friday August 6th, with a vigil from 8am til Noon at Lockheed Martin, Mall
Blvd in Valley Forge, PA.  At Noon, friends and activists are invited to
participate in "Through Hiroshima Eyes", a nuclear age remembrance and
nonviolent civil disobedience.
On Monday, August 9th, there will be a vigil from 7:30am til 11am at the
Lockheed Martin Aegis warship site on Centerton Rd. in Moorestown, NJ.  A
ceremony for the victims of US war-making will follow at 11am.  For more
information please contact:
Brandywine Peace Community
P.O. Box 81
Swarthmore, PA  19081
610-544-1818
email:  [e-mail]

Hiroshima Day Bike Tour to Livermore Labs will be held on Friday, August
6th and to be followed by a rally and Non-violent Direct Action at the
Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory.  For more information, call
510-832-4347 or visit the web site at:
http://www.bikesummer.org





Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
Santa Barbara CA 93108

Phone [phone]  FAX[phone]
Email: [e-mail]
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 16:24:34 +0900
From: antiatom <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Correction on Hiroshima/ Nagasaki Day actions

Thank you for your e-mail and valuable information.

For your information,
The 1999 World Conference against A & H Bombs will be held
in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, not in Tokyo. =20

Please make a correction accordingly.

I will send you our list of Hiroshima and Nagasaki day =20
International Joint Actions as soon as it is completed.
Let us keep up with our work.

In peace,
Yuki SATO
Staff,
Organizing Committee, World Conference against A & H Bombs

At 15:50 99/07/13 -0700, you wrote:
>=20
>=20
>=20
>                                                     July 13th, 1999
> Dear Friends and Activists,
>=20
> The following is an updated of the email sent out on July 9th.  Thank y=
ou
> to all who have contributed to the list of events.  I hope that many wi=
ll
> be encouraged to join in on events during these days to demonstrate the=
ir
> support for the Abolition 2000 network and for the elimination of nucle=
ar
> weapons.
>=20
> Yours In Peace,
>=20
> Carah Ong
>=20
>=20
> **New** The World Conference against A & H Bombs invites you to join th=
e
> "Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days International Joint Action for Nuclear Fre=
e
> 21st Century" on Aug.6 and 9, 1999. There will be a posting entitled
> "International Joint Action for Nuclear Free 21st Century" on their
> website:   http://www.twics.com/~antiatom/
>=20
>=20
> **New** Princeton New Jersey -- Coalition for Peace Action will commemo=
rate
> the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 5th at the Woodrow Wil=
son
> School Plaza on the Princeton University Campus. The picnic will begin =
at
> 6pm and the program at 7pm. Youth for Peace will be on hand to fold pap=
er
> cranes with children of all ages. Susan Tenney and her dancers will ope=
n
> the program. Then a moment of silemnce will be held at 7:15. Speakers
> scheduled will include Zia Mian, a Pakistani physicist; 2 Hibakusha, on=
e
> each from Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and (possibly) a Gulf War Veteran. Mu=
sic
> will be supplied by the Solidarity Singers. At the end of the program, =
the
> dancers will present "Shadows," a piece Sunsan Tenney composed for the
> event. Then all will float candles on the reflection pond.
> For more information, please contact:
> LL Morgan-DuBreuil, Associate Director, Coalition for Peace Action
> 40 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ  08542
> [phone] voice, [phone] fax
> [e-mail]
> =20
> **New** The Long Beach Peace Network will hold a demonstration at the S=
eal
> Beach
> Nuclear Weapons Station on Seal Beach Boulevard at 11 am on Saturday,
> August 7, in memory of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Fo=
r
> information all Gene Ruyle at 562 438-6505.
>=20
> **New** The Asahi Shimbun Newspaper will be running a special edition o=
n the
> bombings, with some new findings by a team of investigative reporters.
>=20
> 3rd-9th-The World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs will be =
held
> in Tokyo.  For more information, please contact:  [e-mail]
>=20
> 3rd-8th-Tromp Trident Trek III is a 52 mile peace walk commemorating th=
e
> bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  It begins in Ashland and ends at
> Project ELF.  For more information, contact Nukewatch at 715-472-4185 o=
r
> email at [e-mail].
>=20
> 6th-Hiroshima Commemoration at Livermore Lab. It begins at
> 2:30 PM at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where nuclear
> weapons are designed and a new weapons facility is currently under
> construction that is intended to create thermonuclear blasts in a react=
or
> vessel, called the National Ignition
> Facility. The gathering will be at the corner of East Avenue and Vasco
> Road. After a program of speakers and music, there will be a procession=
 to
> the gates of the Laboratory. This annual commemoration is sponsored by =
many
> San Francisco Bay Area peace and
> environmental organizations, including the Livermore-based Tri-Valley
> CAREs. For more information, call  925-443-7148.
>=20
> 6th-9th-Peace Action and Peace Action Education Fund National Congress =
are
> calling for students, activists and concerned citizens form across the
> nation and from around the world to join them in Albuquerque, New Mexic=
o to
> commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  For more informatio=
n,
> please contact:
> Peace Action  www.peace-action.org 202-862-9740 ext. 3038
> 1819 H St. NW Suite 420 Washington, DC 20006
>=20
> **New** On Nagasaki Day Peace Action will host a major direct action
> at the Los Alamos lab! The contact email for more info is
> [e-mail].
>=20
> For the 17th consecutive year, a fast on water will take place from 6 t=
o 9
> of August in Tavery, North of Paris, headquarters of the french "force =
de
> frappe".
> Please, send by mail your own information, support and projects to the
> fasters :
> je=1B$B=95O=1B(Je du 6 au 9 ao=1B$B=95U=1B(J 1999
> Maison de Vigilance
> 135, rue de B=1B$BqU=1B(Jhemont
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> The fasters demand an end to the M=1B$BqH=1B(Jajoule project for the mo=
dernization of
> nuclear bombs, and an really independent and thourough environment and
> health survey in Polynesia and in the Sahara, with compensations for th=
e
> victims.
>=20
> Brandywine Peace Community is commemorating the bombings of Hirsoshima =
on
> Friday August 6th, with a vigil from 8am til Noon at Lockheed Martin, M=
all
> Blvd in Valley Forge, PA.  At Noon, friends and activists are invited t=
o
> participate in "Through Hiroshima Eyes", a nuclear age remembrance and
> nonviolent civil disobedience.
> On Monday, August 9th, there will be a vigil from 7:30am til 11am at th=
e
> Lockheed Martin Aegis warship site on Centerton Rd. in Moorestown, NJ. =
 A
> ceremony for the victims of US war-making will follow at 11am.  For mor=
e
> information please contact:
> Brandywine Peace Community
> P.O. Box 81
> Swarthmore, PA  19081
> 610-544-1818
> email:  [e-mail]
>=20
> Hiroshima Day Bike Tour to Livermore Labs will be held on Friday, Augus=
t
> 6th and to be followed by a rally and Non-violent Direct Action at the
> Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory.  For more information, call
> 510-832-4347 or visit the web site at:
> http://www.bikesummer.org
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Carah Lynn Ong
> Coordinator, Abolition 2000
> Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
> 1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
> Santa Barbara CA 93108
>=20
> Phone [phone]  FAX[phone]
> Email: [e-mail]
> Website http://www.abolition2000.org
>=20
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 to
> [e-mail].  In the body of the message,
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