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abolition-usa-digest    Wednesday, January 19 2000    Volume 01 : Number 252




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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 09:03:58 -0600
From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) FW: Pinochet Case a Landmark

Of course this is true. During the Greenock trial  we argued the Pinochet
case to get that Directed Verdict from the Scottish Judge against the
legality of the British Trident2s. fab.

- -----Original Message-----
From: Human Rights Watch [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 8:44 PM
To: undisclosed-recipients
Subject: Pinochet Case a Landmark


Pinochet Case A Landmark
But Rights Group Disappointed If No Trial

(New York, January 12, 2000) -- Human Rights Watch said today that the
arrest of Augusto Pinochet represented a permanent advance in the cause
of human rights, despite the fact that a British medical evaluation may
prevent Gen. Pinochet's extradition to Spain.

"It's a disappointment for Pinochet's thousands of victims that he may
never have to face trial in Spain," said Reed Brody, Advocacy Director
of Human Rights Watch. "But the very fact that he was arrested, and that
his crimes were enumerated in a court of law, has already changed the
calculus of dictators around the world. The Pinochet case signified the
beginning of the end of their impunity."

The Pinochet case helped to establish the principle that grave human
rights crimes are subject to "universal jurisdiction" and can be
prosecuted anywhere in the world. The British government's decision to
arrest Pinochet, and then to commence extradition proceedings,
solidified the idea that torture and "disappearances" committed in Chile
are also crimes in Great Britain. Two rulings by the House of Lords
found that Pinochet was not immune from prosecution even though he was
head of state at the time the crimes were committed.

"The Pinochet precedent is already transforming international human
rights law," said Brody. "I'm sorry the general won't be going to
prison. But overall, his case still represents a tremendous victory for
human rights."

Brody noted that Pinochet's October 1998 arrest opened up new political
freedoms in Chile, where the former dictator held the position of
"senator for life" and was continuing to exert a chilling influence on
Chilean political life. He expressed the hope that if Pinochet is not
extradited to Spain, he should also not be allowed to return to Chile to
try and re-establish his influence there.

"If he's too sick to stand trial, he's too sick to be a senator," said
Brody.

Brody said that Human Rights Watch would urge British Home Secretary
Jack Straw to apply appropriate standards in deciding to extradite
Pinochet. "Being a sick old man does not make someone unfit to stand
trial," said Brody. "If Pinochet is genuinely unable to participate in
his own defense, then extraditing him would not serve the cause of
justice."

For more information, please contact:
In New York: Reed Brody 1-212-216-1206
In Brussels: Jean-Paul Marthoz 322-736-7838

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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:46:49 -0500
From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) NEEDED:NAMES OF DOWNWINDERS

Alice, have you subscribed to "Downwinders" at onelist.com?  I'm sending
your message to the group; you may get replies.

Ellen Thomas


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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 13:15:46 -0500
From: "Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) NEEDED:NAMES OF DOWNWINDERS

Ellen

Did you get my e-mail about  needing to talk with a lawyer?  Do you know one
I could call?


Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 90083
Gainesville, Fl. 32607
[phone]
http://www.globenet.free-online.co.uk
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From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
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Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) NEEDED:NAMES OF DOWNWINDERS


> Alice, have you subscribed to "Downwinders" at onelist.com?  I'm sending
> your message to the group; you may get replies.
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> Ellen Thomas
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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:41:52 -0800
From: Andrew Lichterman <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) a reality check, of a sort

Greetings abolitionists--

    Here's something to think about regarding what needs to be done to
make nuclear weapons abolition an issue, much less a possibility, in
this country--

    I am teaching an evening undergraduate legal studies class (a legal
history class focusing on the relationship between law, lawyers, and
social movements) at a local college here in the San Francisco Bay area.

    The students range in age from mid-twenties to mid-forties, were
mostly women,  middle class, and were reasonably reflective of the Bay
Area's ethnic diversity.

    I do an exercise where relevant on the first night of class (for a
class like this or environmental law, for example) that goes like this:

I break the students up into small groups, and ask them to spend an hour
doing the following:  1) make a list (agreed upon by the members of the
small group) of the three most important environmental problems facing
the world.  Make another list of the three most important  social
problems.  Sketch broadly solutions to each problem.  Then describe how
you would use legal skills to work for the solutions you suggested--
what type of individuals and organizations you would work in or with and
what kinds of strategies you would pursue.  The exercise tells me a lot
about how the students think about the world, their ideas about how
social change occurs, and their images of law and lawyers, and hence
helps me figure out how to teach the class.

    What is significant for our purposes is this:  No group identified
as an important social or environmental problem anything having to
nuclear weapons, war, peace,  the military, militarism, nuclear power,
or  radioactive waste.  I strolled around the room listening to the
groups at work, and I never heard any of these topics mentioned.  I
should note I have done this exercise a number of times over the past
decade, with similar results.

  The issues identified by the various groups are listed below, with
those mentioned by several groups listed first (plus a few notes of
interest)

Environmental issues:

Habitat loss/deforestation
garbage/landfills/recycling
air quality
water quality
toxic waste
pollution (general)
global waming

Socioeconomic issues:

overpopulation
homelessness/poverty
lack of education
drugs (with considerable sentiment for legalization)
crime
large prison population, and lack of opportunities for rahabilitation
(this one is unusual, but we had a cluster of court system employees in
one group)

Also notable (if not surprising) during the discussion of solutions and
strategies were  expressions of powerlessness, of the inability of
individuals to affect large issues by any means other than changing
their individual behavior (e.g. reducing pollution via individual
consumer and lifestyle choices).  On this same theme, there were several
expressions of dissatisfaction with and cynicism about electoral
politics--although for widely varying reasons.

  If we are to have a movement for abolition, people first must
understand why nuclear weapons still are an issue which is relevant to
their lives.   We must also come up with convincing explanations of how
ordinary people can act together to make change on big issues.  This is
where our strategies must begin.

A.



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Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 17:34:42 -0800
From: Andrew Lichterman <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) The American Experience | Race for the Superbomb | Nuclear Blast Mapper

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map generated of the blast and fallout effects of a 1mt nuclear weapon.
 Have a nice weekend.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/sfeature/mapablast.html

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Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 14:57:01 -0600
From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) RE:UK  Prevention of Terrorism Bill

back during the terrible days of the Reagan administration, we had a very
courageous women that they had  indicted for a felony under a special
anti-terrorism statute for painting "Apartheid is a Bloody Sin" on the
criminal apartheid South African Embassy in Washington DC. Of course the
real criminals were the "diplomats" in the Embassy promoting apartheid and
the Reagan administration officials  with their policy of "constructive
engagement." Constructive engagement with criminals renders you an aider and
abettor to their crimes. She was facing five years for this act of
heroism--as if around 1940 someone had been indicted for painting "Nazism is
a Bloody Sin" on the German Embassy in Washington DC. To make a long story
short, we got her a hung jury in Federal District Court in Washington DC by
using international law. We might have gotten her an outright acquittal, but
she did not let us exercise any challenges on voir dire:"God will pick my
jury!" Eventually, she pled guilty to defacement in DC municipal court and
paid a fine. Having not read this statute, i could not predict a similar
outcome in Britain. But it has been done before and it could be done again.
fab


- -----Original Message-----
From: TP2000 [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 6:07 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Prevention of Terrorism Bill


Dear TPers
At the last Reps meeting the new Prevention Of Terrorism Act was discussed
and it was agreed to support campaigns against it. So can anyone represent
TP at this meeting in Manchester on Jan 24th?
Jane


>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: Prevention of Terrorism Bill
>Date: Wed,  5 Jan 2000 20:46:57 +0000
>From: "Phil  Boast" <[e-mail]>
>
>We are writing to invite you to send someone to a meeting about
>the proposed Prevention of Terrorism legislation which is now
>being presented to Parliament. The meeting is to be held at 7.30
>pm, 24th January 2000, at the Friends Meeting House, Mount
>Street, Central Manchester. We are all inviting all groups we
>can think of that may be affected by the new Bill.
>
>A meeting was recently held under the working title 'The
>Terrorist Tea Party', to hear and discuss details of the bill and
>their possible implications. Those of us at the meeting came to
>the consensus, without much difficulty, that the proposed
>measures are of grave concern and require a co-ordinated
>response.
>
>The new legislation will mean a wide range of groups may find
>themselves targeted as 'terrorist' organisations, and subject to
>the wider powers granted to the police and military services.
>The Bill widens the definition of 'terrorism' to include the use
>or threat to use 'serious violence against people or property'.
>This, of course, will not cover the use of serious violence as it
>is done by the UK government against both people and property.
>It is more likely that it will apply to ploughshares groups and
>'Bread not Bombs' actions, along with crop trashing by genetix
>campaigners or damaging vivisection laboratories by animal
>rights campaigners, along with many others.
>
>The Bill states that the new classification will include actions
>overseas and actions by groups based overseas, and will make
>it illegal to raise funds for groups drawn in by the new
>definition. Is anyone out there involved in support groups for the
>likes of the Zapatistas, within East Timor or West Papua, the
>Ogoni in Nigeria or the Kurds in south west Turkey? If so, this
>legislation may apply to you, especially if you have been at all
>effective in raising the profile of the people you support and the
>struggle in which they are involved.
>
>As usual, the police will be at liberty to interpret the legislation
>as they see fit. Protest sites, peace camps and street parties may
>find they fall foul of the clause defining 'terrorism' as 'action
>which creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public'.
>
>Liberty have described the proposed measures as an
>unwarranted and unprecedented curtailment of civil liberties in
>times of peace. People may end up with three month sentences
>for unwittingly being in the wrong place (a 'cordoned area') or
>five years for the offence of failing to report a suspicion of a
>colleague or partner. The Secretary of State will have powers
>to ban organisations, and arrested people will find they can be
>detained for up to 48 hours with no right to consult a solicitor or
>inform anyone of their detention. The armed forces will have
>(limited) powers to stop and search, whilst police constables
>will have powers to strip search, possibly including people of
>the opposite sex. Some offences transfer the burden of proof
>from guilt to innocence.
>
>All this should not, perhaps, be too surprising, although it is
>still shocking. Lately the present dominant culture of state and
>private institutions has not shown much imagination in dealing
>with dissent. They are not interested in taking on board the
>perfectly legitimate concerns expressed on a whole range of
>issues by grassroots, campaign and activist organisations.
>Instead, any effective form of dissent is to become a political
>crime, to be dealt with by means of special powers. How far
>down the road does this take us to a terrorist state?
>
>According to the speaker at our last meeting the legislation is
>currently time tabled to become law sometime around August
>2000. If you share our concern about the Prevention of
>Terrorism Bill we would urge you to attend the meeting in
>January, or at the very least contact ourselves ( Phil or Cath,
>One World Centre, Basement, 6 Mount Street, Manchester, M2
>5NS), or the Right to Protest Forum, c/o J-B Loveaux, Flat 7,
>10a Airlie Gardens, London WA8 7AL, [phone]
>
>
>Full details of the Bill are available on the internet at:
>www.parliament.the_stationary_office.co.uk/pa/cm199900/cmbills/010/2000100.
htm
>
>
>Why not visit the 'Think Globally - Act Locally' website at:
http://www.newcastle54.freeserve.co.uk/think_index.htm
>
>
>
>
>


Trident Ploughshares 2000, 42-46 Bethel Street,
Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 1NR, UK

tel + 44 (0) 1603 611953
fax + 44 (0) 1603 633174
http://www.gn.apc.org/tp2000/

Email :    [e-mail]

Nuclear weapons are immoral, dangerous, polluting, a terrible waste of
resources and were found to be generally illegal by the International Court
of Justice on 8th July 1996.

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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 13:21:32 +1100
From: "Helen Caldicott" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) a reality check, of a sort

Andrew I agree with you, it really just means that your students are
ignorant and the education must begin, especially now that Putin is
restarting the cold war and George W will probably be elected, then we are
in serious trouble! Helen Caldicott

- ----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Lichterman <[e-mail]>
To: abolition USA <[e-mail]>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 10:41 AM
Subject: (abolition-usa) a reality check, of a sort


> Greetings abolitionists--
>
>     Here's something to think about regarding what needs to be done to
> make nuclear weapons abolition an issue, much less a possibility, in
> this country--
>
>     I am teaching an evening undergraduate legal studies class (a legal
> history class focusing on the relationship between law, lawyers, and
> social movements) at a local college here in the San Francisco Bay area.
>
>     The students range in age from mid-twenties to mid-forties, were
> mostly women,  middle class, and were reasonably reflective of the Bay
> Area's ethnic diversity.
>
>     I do an exercise where relevant on the first night of class (for a
> class like this or environmental law, for example) that goes like this:
>
> I break the students up into small groups, and ask them to spend an hour
> doing the following:  1) make a list (agreed upon by the members of the
> small group) of the three most important environmental problems facing
> the world.  Make another list of the three most important  social
> problems.  Sketch broadly solutions to each problem.  Then describe how
> you would use legal skills to work for the solutions you suggested--
> what type of individuals and organizations you would work in or with and
> what kinds of strategies you would pursue.  The exercise tells me a lot
> about how the students think about the world, their ideas about how
> social change occurs, and their images of law and lawyers, and hence
> helps me figure out how to teach the class.
>
>     What is significant for our purposes is this:  No group identified
> as an important social or environmental problem anything having to
> nuclear weapons, war, peace,  the military, militarism, nuclear power,
> or  radioactive waste.  I strolled around the room listening to the
> groups at work, and I never heard any of these topics mentioned.  I
> should note I have done this exercise a number of times over the past
> decade, with similar results.
>
>   The issues identified by the various groups are listed below, with
> those mentioned by several groups listed first (plus a few notes of
> interest)
>
> Environmental issues:
>
> Habitat loss/deforestation
> garbage/landfills/recycling
> air quality
> water quality
> toxic waste
> pollution (general)
> global waming
>
> Socioeconomic issues:
>
> overpopulation
> homelessness/poverty
> lack of education
> drugs (with considerable sentiment for legalization)
> crime
> large prison population, and lack of opportunities for rahabilitation
> (this one is unusual, but we had a cluster of court system employees in
> one group)
>
> Also notable (if not surprising) during the discussion of solutions and
> strategies were  expressions of powerlessness, of the inability of
> individuals to affect large issues by any means other than changing
> their individual behavior (e.g. reducing pollution via individual
> consumer and lifestyle choices).  On this same theme, there were several
> expressions of dissatisfaction with and cynicism about electoral
> politics--although for widely varying reasons.
>
>   If we are to have a movement for abolition, people first must
> understand why nuclear weapons still are an issue which is relevant to
> their lives.   We must also come up with convincing explanations of how
> ordinary people can act together to make change on big issues.  This is
> where our strategies must begin.
>
> A.
>
>
>
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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 18:22:04 EST
From: Charles F Hilfenhaus <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Oboe 3 Dry Runs

Nevada Test Site Alert 1-18-2000
Jumping right to work after their Martin Luther King Day vacation the Doe
conducted a series of dry runs for the Subcritical nuclear test Oboe 3
this afternoon.  After the speed with which they readied Oboe 2 in
November, this test could come as early as later this week and almost
certainly this month.
Remember Operation Ranger 1-27-2000
January 27th 2000 will be the 49th anniversary of the first nuclear test
at the Nevada Test Site.  Operation Ranger air dropped five nuclear
weapons between 1-27 and 2-6 1951 onto the Nevada desert.  AAV will host
a vigil this year at the entrance to the Nevada Test Site and a planning
meeting for next years 50th remembrance "Remember Operation Ranger -
Honor Three Generations of Atomic Veterans".  PLEASE SAVE THE DATE NOW
Saturday January 27, 2001.
Charlie Hilfenhaus <[e-mail]>
Alliance of Atomic Veterans
Director, Atomic Workers Division

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Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 13:32:09 -0800
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter January 2000

(Apologies for any duplicate postings due to cross-overs on lists).


************************
In This Edition...
************************
I.                  Introduction
II.                 New Organizations
III.               Articles
IV.               NEW! Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000
V.                Actions You Can Take
VI.               Calendar Events
VII.              Resources
VIII.             Letter from the Editor
************************
************************

*****************
Introduction
*****************

With less than 98 days until the first day of the Non-Proliferation Treaty
Review Conference, we still need to enroll 568 organizations to reach our
goal of 2000 by the time of the NPT Rev Con.  Currently, the Network is
comprised of 1,432 organizations in 91 countries and 239 Municipalities
have endorsed the Abolition 2000 Municipal Resolution.  We are seeking your
support to help us reach our goal.  Please join me in wishing a warm
welcome to the following organizations and municipalities which have
recently endorsed the Abolition 2000 statement and joined the network.   I
urge you to support those within the network and continue building
relationships with like-minded individuals and organizations.  Please make
a commitment to enroll a new organization this week.  Thank you for your
continued support.

************************
New Organizations
************************

Amis de la Terre (Friends of the Earth), Montreuil/France
Asociacion Lihue, Rio Negro/Argentina
Campaign Against Military Bases, Kopavogur/Iceland
Citizens for a United Earth, Ionia/New York
Copper County Peace Alliance, Houghton/Michigan
Earth Day New York, New York/New York
Friends of the Earth England and Whales, London/UK
Institute for Peace and Justice, St. Louis/Missouri
International Institute of Concern for Public Health, Toronto/Canada
Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice, Lawrence/Kansas
Maison de Vigilance, Tavery/France
Miracle Productions International, Springwood/Australia
Redwood Peace Coalition, Arcata/California
Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping, Perth/Western Australia
Severodonetsk of the Town Environmental Association "Zeleny Svit",
Severodonetsk/Ukraine
Sisters of St. Dominic, San Rafael/California
Socio-Ecological Union, Moskow/Russia
Taller de Educacion, Santiago/Spain
Walhi Sulteng, Palu/Indonesia
Womens Energy Matters, Berkeley/California
World Citizens for Peace, Richland/Washington

**************
Articles
**************

            Mouvement De La Paix Hosts Congress for A "Peace Planet"


On November 26-28, 1999, Le Mouvement de la Paix held a national congress
for leading world peace movements in Paris, France.  In addition to
representatives from Peace Action (US), Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
(UK), Japan Peace Committee and many other organizations, more than 350
delegates from France attended the conference.

Congress participants expressed concern for continued risks of nuclear
proliferation and increased military expenditures.  Participants renewed
their commitment to campaign for a treaty to abolish nuclear weapons.  In
addition, delegates urged French authorities to convene a conference in
Paris for a Nuclear Weapons Convention in the year 2000.

Le Mouvement de la Paix will launch a campaign, targeting young people and
artists in particular, to "Imagine a Peace Planet." Le Mouvement de la Paix
hopes to recruit 200 young people (100 from France and 100 from other
countries around the world) to send to the UN Millennium General Assembly,
which will be held in New York in September 2000.

An appeal to any interested associations and organizations was launched at
the end of the congress to organize "meetings for a new impetus for action
for peace" in the year 2000.

For more information or to get involved, please contact:
Daniel Durand
Le Mouvement de la Paix (French Peace Movement)
139 bd Victor Hugo / F - 93400 ST-OUEN
Nouvelle adresse :
Email:  [e-mail]
URL:  Http://www.mvtpaix.org



                 Japanese Campaign Launched to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

On December 22, 1999, "The Year 2000 Campaign to Abolish Nuclear
Weapons" was launched in Tokyo, Japan.  At the heart of the campaign is a
"2000 Citizens' Appeal-Mission of Japan to Abolish Nuclear Weapons."  2000
opinion leaders from various professionals are expected to sign the civic
statement.

The statement already has more than 619 signatories, including signatures
from actors, singers and other high profile individuals, and many more
continue to sign.  Hiro Umebayashi, the International Coordinator of the
Year 2000 Campaign in Japan, Executive Director of Peace Depot and a member
of the Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee, said he received 66 phone
calls in the two days following the Campaign launch.

Umebayashi stated, "In my sense, this surprise attack by public response
has urged both  journalists and campaigners in Japan, whose role is to
channel such voices to policy change of the Government, to have
profound reflection on their sense of public awareness."

To get involved in the "Year 2000 Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons" in
Japan or for more information, please contact:

Hiro Umebayashi
International Coordinator, PCDS
Executive Director, Peace Depot
3-3-1 Minowa-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-0051 Japan
tel: [phone], fax: [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]



                                          Keeping Heavenly Peace

More than 15 protesters gathered at Vandenberg Air Force Base on Tuesday,
18 January 2000, to oppose the second test of the National Missile Defense
(NMD) System.  Holding signs that read "Star Wars Test Another strapped
down chicken test?", protesters also gathered at Schriever AFB in Colorado
Springs in solidarity with their California counterparts.  Schriever AFB is
the Joint National Test Facility that handles all the computer targeting.

Although Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) has been called "defensive", it
poses great international risk.  The deployment of the NMD system will
require the abrogation of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty,
thereby increasing already volatile tensions with Russia and China.
Russian officials have threatened that any amendments to the ABM treaty
could undo 20 years of arms control efforts.

Proponents of Missile Defense argue that the NMD system is needed to
protect the US from missile attacks by "rogue" states.  However, the NMD
system really represents the determination of the US Space Command to
control and dominate Outer Space.

 The US Space Command has released "Vision for 2020", a joint initiative
that combines US Army, Navy and Air Forces in a unified command to dominate
"the space dimension of military operations to protect US interests and
investment, integrating Space Forces into warfighting capabilities across
the full spectrum of conflict." "Control of Space", defined in the Vision
2020 as "the ability to assure access to space, freedom of operations
within the space medium, and an ability to deny others the use of space, if
required", is one of four operational concepts required to "achieve overall
campaign objectives."

More than $120 Billion has been spent to date on BMD programs.   President
Clinton intends to ask Congress for a $2.2 Billion increase in spending for
National Missile Defense in his 2001 Budget.  Officials now estimate that
the NMD system will cost $12.7 billion over the next five years.

Yet, the success of such a costly system leaves doubts about feasibility.
The Welch Report, issued in 1998, documented only four successes out of 17
tests conducted by the BMD Organization. The Pentagon had originally
scheduled 18 tests of the NMD system before President Clinton is expected
to make a decision in June 2000 whether or not deploy the system.  However,
citing costs as the reason, the number of scheduled tests has been reduced
to three.  Quality standards remain a serious concern, especially when one
miss could cause horrendous casualties and irreparable damage.

Is a costly arms race, which diverts resources and funds from important
social programs such as healthcare, social security and education, really
how we want to begin the new millennium?  Instead of wasting billions
testing undeveloped technology that undermines the security of the US,
defense efforts should concentrate on the enforcement of treaties that
reduce the nuclear threat, enhance international cooperation and fulfill
existing obligations.

For more information or to find out how to take to oppose Ballistic Missile
Defense, visit:
Http://www.globenet.free-online.co.uk
Http://www.abolition2000.org



******************************************************
Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000
******************************************************

The "Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000" is a new section of the
Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter.  This section will highlight the
activities of and statements from various organizations in Abolition 2000.
If you would like to share your activities and plans with other members of
the Abolition 2000 Global Network, please email your statement to Carah Ong
at [e-mail].


                               Malaysia

Ronald McCoy, Chair
Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
17, Jalan Tanjung (5/4)
46000 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
Tel : [phone]   Fax : [phone]
We said:  NO NUKES!  HAPUSKAN SENJATA NUKLEAR!

In the year 2000, MPPNW will continue to work with the Malaysian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and the Malaysian Mission at the UN, New York, on
Malaysian initiatives on nuclear disarmament, including the "Malaysian
Resolution", which has recently been adopted by the UN General Assembly.


                                   Romania

Aungiira Aurel Duta
Mama Terra / For Mother Earth-Romania &
Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
A.Obregia 5/R14/69,
RO-75571 Bucharest-4,
Romania, Europe
Tel/Fax: [phone]
Mobile:  [phone]
E-mail:  [e-mail]

On the national level, Mama Terra had a campaign against Nuclear Energy in
1999.  An international petition was launched last year to stop the
Cernavoda NPP in Romania, and we had the first reactions this year.  Mama
Terra also sponsored a campaign in Romania, before the Cassini fly-by, in
June.  In August, Mama Terra participated in the international camp
ECOTOPIA, which was held in Romania. Various workshops, seminars, video,
info, etc. on Nuclear Abolition were presented.

Internationally, members of Mama Terra participated in the conference
organized by the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
in Darmstadt, in March 1999.  In May, Mama Terra also participated in the
Hague Appeal for Peace held in the Netherlands and the 2000 Walk in
Brussels.   Mama Terra also participated at the conference on "Nuclear
Policy & Security" in St. Petersburg, Russia in June 99.  In July, Mama
Terra lobbied at the UNISPACE III Forum in Vienna, Austria and attended the
European Futures Congress organized by Alternative to the European Union at
the Prague in the Czech Republic.  During the month of December, Mama Terra
lobbied at the European Union Summit in Helsinki, Finland.

During the year 2000, we plan to participate at the General Meeting of
Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, in Washington DC
(April 2000), as well as we plan to attend the INES meeting in Stocholm,
Sweden in June 2000.  More plans will be scheduled after the international
meeting of For Mother Earth.



***************************
Action You Can Take
***************************

                  Write a Letter to Your Head of State!

Write a letter to your Head of State urging him/her to demonstrate a
commitment to nuclear disarmament by attending the 2000 Non-Proliferation
Treaty Review and Extension Conference.  Abolition 2000 can use the unique
setting of the NPT Rev Con to call upon the Nuclear Weapons States to
pursue negotiations for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons.

Please help Abolition 2000 make an impact at the upcoming conference by
generating letters, telephone calls, visits and special contacts to all
Heads of State.
Encourage others to do the same by sharing your actions and progress with
Abolition Global Caucus listserv (send your message to:
[e-mail]).  If you would like a sample letter, please
email Carah Ong at [e-mail].

 For more information about the Non-Proliferation Treaty history and the
2000 NPT Rev Con, please visit the Reaching Critical Will website,
sponsored by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, United
Nations Office.
URL:  Http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org


                       Names of Downwinders Needed!

Abolition 2000 is collecting names of Downwinders as part of a
demonstration that will be held at the United Nations during the NPT Rev
Con.  More than 1,000 names and demonstrators will be needed from around
the world.  The demonstration at the UN is expected to bring media
attention to the human suffering caused by nuclear power generation and
more than 55 years of nuclear weapons testing and production.

Please send names with, city, country, date of exposure, death, or accident
(where available) to:
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]


                Sign the On-line Petition to Stop Ballistic Missile Defense!

With just one click, you can sign the new NO STAR WARS/STOP BMD on-line
petition.  To sign the petition, please visit:
Http://www.PetitionOnline.com.

 For more information about keeping Outer Space for peace, please contact:
Bruce K. Gagnon
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
PO Box 90083
Gainesville, Fl. 32607
[phone]
Http://www.globenet.free-online.co.uk


************************
Calendar of Events
************************

January

15-October 8  Year 2000 Global Peace Walk will journey from San Francisco
to Washington, DC, carrying petitions and messages of peace.  For more
information visit:  Http://www.globalpeacenow.org

17  Resist Lockheed Martin on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by participating
in a nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience sponsored by the
Brandywine Peace Community.  The event will take place at noon at Lockheed
Martin on Mall Blvd.  For more information, please contact Brandywine Peace
Community at:
P.O. Box 81
Swarthmore, PA  19081
Tel:  [phone]    Email:  [e-mail]
Http://www.craftech.com/~dcpledge/brandywine

31  A protest vigil sponsored by the Global Network Against Weapons and
Nuclear Power in Space will be held from 10 am to 1 pm in front of the
Hyatt Regency in New Mexico during the 17th Annual Symposium on Space
Nuclear Power and Propulsion.  For more information visit:
Http://www.globenet.free-online.co.uk/



February

5-7  Student Peace Action Network (SPAN) announces a student summit in
Washington, D.C.  Join students from across the United States to meet,
talk, listen, learn, organize strategize and socialize.  SPAN will
subsidize up to 50% of each student's travel to the Summit.  Food and
lodging is provided.  No registration fee.  The Registration deadline is
January 21, 2000 For more information or to receive a registration form,
please contact: Student Peace Action Network, Attention: Amber
Email:  [e-mail]

6  The Interfaith Campaign for a Nuclear Free World announce an evening of
Interfaith prayer reflection and call to action.  "The Religious Imperative
for a Nuclear Free World" will be held on Sunday, 6 February 2000 at All
Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California.  If you are interested in
attending, please contact:
St. Camillus Catholic Center
1911 Zonal Ave.
Los Angeles, CA  90033
Tel:  [phone]  Fax:  [phone]
URL:  Http://www.circlesofhope.org



March

1  Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day

1-8  Abolition Days sponsored by the Abolition 2000 Network to Eliminate
Nuclear Weapons.

5  30th Anniversary of the NPT entry into force

8  International Women's Day



April

13  The UK and Irish Local Authorities announce the third annual conference
on nuclear hazards.  Themes for the conference include:
- - "Getting to Zero:  Implementation of the OSPAR agreement to cut
radioactive discharges
    from nuclear plants to the marine environment"
- - "Polluter or Remediator?:  Can the Sellafield nuclear complex convert to
clean up?"
- - "Protecting the Public:  Controlling the circulation of radioactive scrap
and preventing its
    incorporation into consumer goods."
- - "Managing Nuclear Waste:  Review of progress with the rundown of highly
active liquid
    wastes at Sellafield and the outlook for UK policy."
For detailed information about the conference, please contact the Nuclear
Free Local Authorities Secretariat at:
Town Hall
Manchester, M60 2LA, UK
Email:  [e-mail]   URL:  Http://www.gn.apc.org/nfzns/

14-17  Keep Space for Peace!  Join activists from around the world in
Washington, D.C for four days of protesting plans to weaponize space.  For
more information please contact:
Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
P.O. Box 90083
Gainsville, Florida  32607
Tel: [phone]  Email:  [e-mail]
URL:  www.globenet.free-online.co.uk

24-28  Auckland, New Zealand College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Massey University (at Albany) is holding a conference entitled "Enhancing
the prospect of peace within pluralistic societies and the pluralistic
global body, across the realms of Community, Nationality, International
Relations, and Individuality".   For further information on conference
themes and registration, please visit the website at:
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwsocial/homepage.htm

or contact:  Dr. Warwick Tie (conference convenor), School of Sociology and
Women's Studies Massey University, Private Bag & Helli, North Shore Mail
Centre, New Zealand. Fax [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

24-May 19  Mark your Calendars!  The 2000 NPT Review Conference will be
held at the UN in New York.  Stay tuned for forthcoming information on
action you can take to demand disarmament from the nuclear weapons states.



May

7-13  Shoshone Walk and Run for the Damaged Land, Warm Springs to Mercury.
Please call Johnnie Bobb of the Western Shoshone Nation, Yomba Tribe at
[phone]

1-15  International Call-In-Days to White House & Congress on Star Wars
No BMD!

These two weeks will be a crucial time for activists around the world to
help create massive pressure on Clinton and Congress to back away from
dangerous, costly, and destabilizing plans to allow "early deployment" of
the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system.

22-26   The Millennium Forum at the UN will be an important opportunity for
Abolition 2000 organizations to interact with the rest of the NGO
community. The Millennium Forum is part of the preparations for the
Millennium Summit of the UN General Assembly that will take place in
September 2000.  For more information, visit:
Http://www.millenniumforum.org  or   www.un.org/millennium

22-27  "Visions of Peace" International Conference in Dublin, Ireland is
now accepting proposals for papers and presentations as part of the
UNESCO's International Year for a Culture of Peace.  The Conference is
sponsored by the Free University of Ireland.  Contact:
Sean English
55 Prussia Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
Tel:  [phone]   Email:  [e-mail]



June

14-18  International Network of Engineers and Scientists (INES) announces
an International Conference entitled "Challenges for Science and
Engineering in the 21st Century" in Stockholm, Sweden.  For more
information, contact the  INES 2000 Conference Secretariat at:
Gutenbergstr. 31,44139 Dortmund, Germany
Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone],
E-mail: [e-mail]
URL: Http://www.ines2000.org




July

1-9 August  The People's Campaign for Nonviolence will lead peace and
justice groups from around the United States in prayerful vigil and
peaceful protest at either the Pentagon, White House, or the Capitol
Building.  Each day, a different group from around the country will
maintain this call for peace and justice. For more information, please
contact the Fellowship of Reconciliation at:
Tel: [phone]. Email: [e-mail]
INFO: http://www.nonviolence.org/for/114.htm

6-9  The "International Conference on War Tax Issues" will be held in
Washington, D.C. The conference will be sponsored by the National Campaign
for a Peace Tax Fund.  For more information, contact the Peace Tax Fund at:
Tel:  [phone]   Email:  [e-mail]
URL:  Http://www.nonviolence.org

8-13  The Sixth World Congress of Educators for Peace will be held in
Paris, France.  For more information, contact:
IAEP
13 Allee M. Robespierre
92290 Chatenay-Malabrie, France
Tel:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]



October

7  International Day of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space


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Resources
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Calendars

Houseman's Peace Diary and World Peace Directory 2000
ISBN:  0 85283 254 0     ISSN:  0957-0136     47th Edition

The attractively-produced Housmans Peace Diary for the year 2000 includes a
feature on International Peace Days and related commemorations. Its pocket
format combines a week-to-a-view appointments section with the uniquely
authoritative World Peace Directory.

The Appointments section includes a new selection of thoroughly-researched
anniversary dates, and a quote or campaigning note each week.

The World Peace Directory is fully re-compiled and lists 2000 organizations
in 160 countries working for Peace and Conflict Resolution, for the
Environment, and for Human Rights. Web and e-mail addresses are included,
in addition to post, phone and fax details, as well as a key to each
organization's areas of concern. This is the most comprehensive and
up-to-date directory of its kind published anywhere in the world.

The 2000 Peace Diary (printed on recycled paper) is on sale in selected
bookshops in many countries. There are discounts for multiple orders -
details available on request. For more information or to order a copy,
please contact:
Housmans Bookshop
5 Caledonian Road
Kings Cross, London N1 9DX, UK.
Tel:  [phone]  Fax: [phone],
Email:  [e-mail]



Books

"Nukes are not Forever" by Lev P. Feoktistov examines the history and
evolution of the Soviet atomic project.  A former chief architect of the
Soviet nuclear program, Feoktistov is now a member of the Russian Pugwash
movement.  The book presents an insight into the history of the nuclear
arms race in the USSR and an analysis of the present nuclear deterrence
policy.  "Nukes are not Forever" is a joint project of the Russian and
Swedish affiliates of the International Physicians for the Prevention of
Nuclear War (IPPNW).  For more information or to order a copy, please
email:  [e-mail].


"Defending Civil Resistance Under International Law" by Francis Anthony
Boyle is now available for purchase on-line at amazon.com. "Defending Civil
Resistance Under International Law" provides information to individuals on
how to design a legal defense for actions of civil resistance intended to
halt destructive government activities that violate international law.  The
book includes a special section on nuclear weapons activities. Price and
availability are subject to change To find out more information or purchase
the book, please visit amazon.com at:
 Http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/094132043X/ref=rm_item


"Learning to Glow:  A Nuclear Reader" by John Bradley is a collection of
essays that will challenge readers to re-examine their conceptions about
nuclear arms and radioactive waste.  "Learning to Glow" is told in the
voices of ordinary people, illuminating upon the unheard nuclear nightmares
and threats we face everyday.  For more information about "Learning to
Glow:  A Nuclear Reader", please visit
Http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/books/bid1296.htm



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Letter from the Editor
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January 2000

Dear Friends and Activists,

   The Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference will soon
be here and its outcome is critical for both Abolition 2000 and disarmament
efforts.  We need your action and support in order to make a strong
presence at the United Nations in April-May 2000.

Many of you remember the 1995 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension
Conference where, frustrated by the resolve of the nuclear weapons states
to maintain their arsenals, a few activists and concerned individuals had a
vision.  That vision of a more secure and livable world, free from the
threat of nuclear weapons, was the foundation for the international
movement that became known as the Abolition 2000 Network.
Now, more than ever before, the work of Abolition 2000 is vital to ensure a
more secure and livable world for our children, grandchildren and all
future generations.

   Please take the following actions to support Abolition 2000. You or
your organization may wish to focus on these activities
during the week of March 1-8, which the Network has designated
as International Abolition Days.  We cannot succeed without your help.

1.  Enroll one or more new organizations in the Abolition 2000 Global
Network.
2.  Circulate the Abolition 2000 International Petition.  By gathering
signatures, you can raise awareness about nuclear weapons.  Petitions will
be delivered at the NPT Conference.
3.  Gather the names of Downwinders and Indigenous Peoples directly
affected by the nuclear legacy.  (See ACTION YOU CAN TAKE for more
information).
4.  Write a letter to your head of state and urge him/her to attend the NPT
Rev Con.
5.  Donate to further the efforts of the Global Network.


   Please write or call and tell me what action you or your organization is
taking to further the work of Abolition 2000 and nuclear disarmament.  I
would love to hear from you.

Thank you for your continued support.  My best wishes to you in our common
work to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.

Yours In Peace,
Carah


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

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