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From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #256 Reply-To: abolition-usa-digest Sender: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk abolition-usa-digest Monday, February 14 2000 Volume 01 : Number 256 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 13:57:06 -0800 From: "David Crockett Williams" <gear2000@lightspeed.net> Subject: (abolition-usa) Washington DC flyer/schedule GPW2000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0105_01BF762A.36D07B80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Following is the text of the flyer attached in WordPad for the October 6-9 Global Peace Walk 2000 schedule of events in Washington DC. Please alert your networks to help achieve our goal of over one million people gathering at the Washington Monument on October 9th which is also the 1000th anniversary observance of the Vikings coming to America (according to the Smithsonian Institute/Museum which has a traveling Vikings history exhibit appearing in several major US cities this year). - ---------text of flyer: United Nations 55th Anniversary - Future Generations Prayer We are concerned about our future and our human life. Washington, DC, Schedule Global Peace Walk 2000 Develop Spiritual United Nations and a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century Bring Your Banners & Your Message Noon, Friday, October 6th, Malcolm X Park Saturday, October 7 11AM Malcolm X Park, Walk to White House 12Noon, Lafayette Park Rally Nuclear Abolition and Demilitarization of Space Sunday, October 8th 11AM depart Lafayette Park, for Noon Jefferson Stone Peace Monument Ceremony At Center N/S & E/W lines through White House & Capitol Monday, October 9th, Columbus Day Holiday Washington Monument Symbol of Peace Dedication Ceremony Uniting Survival Issue Messages in "Global Peace Now!" universal human resolve Spiritual Walk for a Global Peace Zone 2000 San Francisco Jan15th, St. Louis August 6th, Washington DC October 9th, New York City - U.N. October 24, 2000 Voicemail 415-863-2084 -- PO Box 170245, San Francisco, CA 94117-0245 GPZone2000@aol.com Recorded walk location/route update info and voicemail 415-267-1877 http://www.globalpeacenow.org LOCAL CONTACT: Peace Through Reason, Peace Park Anti-Nuclear Vigil 202-462-0757 - ----------------end flyer text-------- David Crockett Williams gear2000@lightspeed.net 20411 Steeple Court, Tehachapi, CA 93561 661-822-3309 Global Peace Walk 2000 http://www.globalpeacenow.org http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html Updates 415-267-1877 -- Voicemail 415-863-2084 http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/schedule.html SCHEDULE & contacts GLOBAL EMERGENCY ALERT RESPONSE http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000 The Vision of Paradise on Earth http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html Urge your Congressperson to support H.R. 2545 Global Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act Details & Sample Email: http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm Easy indexed site to email Congresspeople & Media 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For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 11:21:14 -0500 From: ASlater <aslater@gracelinks.org> Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: Minutes of Abolition Co-ordinating Committee Conference Call February 2, 2000. Hi All, Thanks for the minutes, Janet. We are being advised that the demonstration should be on the opening day of the NPT--April 24th. I have written to Xanthe about doing the press conference that day with the help of the pr firm we are employing for Abolition 2000. I haven't heard back, but I just wanted to flag this for the minutes which says that press conference would be on April 25th and hope we can confer on the date. Regards, Alice At 12:22 PM 02/11/2000 +0000, Janet Bloomfield wrote: > > Dear Abolition Friends, > Hello there, here are the minutes of the last Abolition Co-ordinating > Committee Conference call for your information. > Yours in peace, > Janet Bloomfield. > > MINUTES OF ABOLITION CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE CONFERENCE CALL FEBRUARY > 2nd,2000. > > (Action items in Capitals) > > 1.Present: Janet Bloomfield, Alice Slater, Jackie Cabasso, John Burroughs, > David Krieger, Pamela Meidell (Global Council), Carah Ong. > Apologies: Hiro Umbeyashi, Alyn Ware > Facilitator - Jackie Cabasso, Note taker - Janet Bloomfield. > > 2. Finance and Fundraising: > Current balance is $16,722.45. Carah had circulated a report outlining > current applications. The application for the $7,500 Bethino Prize had been > sent. Janet was expecting to hear from the Prairie Trust in the UK by end of > February on an application for $5,000. David is sending a letter requesting > support to a number of groups and individuals. JACKIE would investigate > Working Assets and the Nuclear Free Future Award for next year. > > 3. Formalizing Carah Ong's status: > Janet Bloomfield and Pamela Meidell introduced their proposal that a number > of matters relating to Carah's status as A2000 paid co-ordinator be made more > explicit and formalised in writing. The following actions were AGREED. > i.) A short written agreement between A2000 and A2000's paid co-ordinator > would be drafted by CARAH and JANET with input from PAMELA and circulated for > comment and agreement to the ACC. This would take into account the current > financial situation. > ii.) CARAH would take out Health Insurance this week. > iii.) CARAH was AUTHORISED to take an advance from the A2000 account if she > needed it for A2000 business. > There was a lengthy discussion about the question of how CARAH's welfare and > oversight should be organised. It was AGREED that this should considered > further and that it be incorporated into the draft agreement. > The ACC re-affirmed it's support for Carah and acknowledged the excellent job > she is doing. Pamela's contribution of information and support for her was > noted with thanks. > > 4. NPT: > (a) Statement of Demands: JANET had drafted and circulated for comment. A > number of responses had been sent by e-mail. > It was AGREED to aim for 2 pages maximum. It was further agreed that an > improved draft would be finished by the ACC within a week that would then be > circulated to the Global Council for comment, a final draft would then be > sent to the listserv. The deadline should be the beginning of March in order > for it to be circulated to Missions. ALICE would draft a cover letter. > (b) Presentations: Work was continuing on the high profile presentations. > Judge Weeramantery and Jonathan Schell had accepted. At the MPI meeting held > last week in Atlanta President Carter had stated that he would approach > people. Mandela is a possibility as is Gorbachev. > Work was also being done on NGO input. At a meeting of the NGO Committee in > New York a list of topics had been drawn up. These will be circulated. > (c) A2000 activities: The demonstration using the information about > downwinders etc would be on April 24th. Rae Street was collecting names and > information in the UK. Xanthe Halls idea of a press conference/presentation > on April 25th to mark 5 years of the A2000 Statement should be seriously > considered. It was also agreed that we should have some fun in the form of a > party...Endorsing groups were now up to 1432. All Friends of the Earth local > groups (150 plus) would be circulated next week. HAP and WAND were also > circulating. > (d) NPT Amendment Proposal: A Global Council discussion had begun. No > conclusions were reached about whether or not it is desirable to try and > reach consensus on language for a draft amendment. It was AGREED to continue > the strategy discussion on the Global Council list-serve. > (e) Call to Action: JACKIE will incorporate the latest round of suggestions > and re-post to the ACC. As soon as possible it should be posted to all the > distribution lists, and possibly included in a mailing. We agreed that we > should do a mailing to all A2000 organizations in advance of the NPT Review > Conference. The contents and plan for the mailing should be discussed on our > next call. > 5. A2000 Annual General Meeting: > There was discussion about whether the meeting should be at the NPT or > somewhere else at a later time. The possibility of a two stage meeting was > raised. > It was AGREED to reserve one day at the NPT on April 30th for an Abolition > 2000. ALICE would reserve a room. > David reported that the Nagasaki meeting will take place in late November > 2000, for 3- 4 days (including the weekend just prior to the US Thanksgiving > holiday). He reiterated that the City of Nagasaki would like us to hold an > A2000 meeting there, and would provide some support. Jackie said that she > would try to post her ideas regarding the next A2000 meetings before our next > call. It was agreed that whatever kind of an A2000 meeting we hold in New > York, we should definitely have a face-to-face ACC meeting there. > > NEXT CALL: > FEBRUARY 25/26 > CARAH will set up. JANET to circulate draft agenda one week before. > Items to be included: Pre-NPT Mailing, A2000 Party at NPT! > > Janet Bloomfield > 25 Farmadine > Saffron Walden > Essex > CB11 3HR > England > Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1799 516189 > e-mail: <mailto:jbloomfield@gn.apc.org>jbloomfield@gn.apc.org > > > > Alice Slater Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) 15 East 26th Street, Room 915 New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 726-9161 fax: (212) 726-9160 email: aslater@gracelinks.org http://www.gracelinks.org GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 10:29:03 -0600 From: "Boyle, Francis" <FBOYLE@LAW.UIUC.EDU> Subject: (abolition-usa) Trident2 Condemned in Scotland:New Protest Police arrest 60 anti-nuclear protesters at submarine base 9.43 a.m. ET (1453 GMT) February 14, 2000 LOCHGOILHEAD, Scotland (AP) - Police arrested more than 60 people who tried to blockade a nuclear submarine base Monday in a protest supported by the actor Sir Sean Connery. Anti-nuclear protesters began gathering at Faslane Naval Base, near Lochgoilhead in western Scotland, early Monday to try to prevent workers from entering the complex where Britain's Trident nuclear submarines are based. Protest organizers, the anti-nuclear group Trident Ploughshare, said up to 400 protesters were involved, including two members of the European Parliament as well as Scottish lawmakers and clergy. Police said more than 60 people were arrested in two separate demonstrations at the main entrances. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament said Connery had given his support to the one-day blockade. In a fax, the actor said he would be in Los Angeles on Monday and could not attend, "But I am with you in spirit.'' The demonstration follows a ruling by Scottish Sheriff Margaret Gimblett in October that the Trident system was illegal under international law and attempts to "disarm'' it were justified. The Lord Advocate, Scotland's senior law officer, has asked the High Court to review Gimblett's decision. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 14:46:54 -0500 From: "Joan Wade" <disarmament@igc.org> Subject: (abolition-usa) Exciting Abolition Organizing Opportunity! This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01BF76FA.562610A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 EXCITING ORGANIZING OPPORTUNITY COMING UP! February 14, 2000 Dear nuclear abolitionists: What if a computer malfunction was to set off the events possibly = resulting in a nuclear war?=20 This is the premise of Fail-Safe, a live TV drama re-make of Sydney = Lumet's 1964 classic Cold War thriller, coming to CBS primetime on = Sunday, April 9. Actor George Clooney of "ER" fame produces and stars, = so the show is sure to be heavily promoted and watched by millions! Project Abolition is issuing an action call to all US anti-nuclear = activists to organize Fail-Safe house parties on April 9. =20 House parties are an excellent way to educate people in your community = about the nuclear issue and recruit new members for your local activist = group - or get one started. They provide a forum for nitty-gritty = activism that larger events don't allow, and aid in the development of = close bonds between organizers and potential new allies. We are all = trying to build a bigger, stronger, more diverse movement for nuclear = abolition in this country, and organizing hundreds of house parties in = dozens of cities nationwide is a great way to grow. If you have the ability and resources to organize on a larger scale, we = encourage you to organize a Fail-Safe event at your local university, = church, community center or any other prominent institution. We already = have interest from the University of Notre Dame, Goshen College, = Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, and the = University of Maryland.=20 The Disarmament Clearinghouse and Project Abolition are producing a = Fail-Safe House Party Organizing Kit which will give you all the = information and helpful tips you need to organize and host a successful = house party, generate local media interest, and produce political action = (see ordering information below). If you ordered a House Party Kit for = organizing around the 60 Minutes II documentary - and we're pleased to = report 150 of you did -- please use that kit and we will send you a = Fail-Safe supplement. (We had to call off the 60 Minutes II house party = project due to repeated postponement of the broadcast date. The = Fail-Safe drama provides a much better organizing vehicle, as it has a = definite broadcast date and will attract lots more publicity and a far = bigger audience.) The Kit contains a Fail-Safe flier, campaign = materials, media tips, sample letters to the editor and your elected = representatives, and a menu of actions you can urge people to take after = they've watched the drama and heard the arguments for abolition. =20 Organizing kits should be ready by March 1, but don't wait until then to = get started organizing your viewing party. Visit this webpage for a = flier to help promote Fail Safe organizing: = http://www.disarmament.org/george_clooney.htm. Order your Fail-Safe House Party Organizing Kit today by contacting Joan = or Kevin at the phone number or email address below. We'll mail it to = you in early March.=20 In Peace,=20 Karina Wood, Field Coordinator, Project Abolition Joan Wade, Coordinator, Disarmament Clearinghouse, 202/898-0150, ext. = 232, email disarmament@igc.org Kevin Martin, Director, Project Abolition, 800/233-6786, ext. 21 email = kmartin@fourthfreedom.org =20 =20 Karina's Four-Star Thumbs-Up Movie Review: Fail-Safe: A Computer Malfunction Starts Nuclear War in Sidney Lumet's = 1964 thriller starring Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau and Larry Hagman =20 What if a computer malfunction was to set off the events possibly = resulting in a nuclear war? This is the premise of Fail-Safe, as = powerful, politically relevant and frightening today as it was in 1964.=20 =20 An alert is sounded at the United States' complex defense system in = Omaha; an unidentified object is heading toward the US from the north = and Strategic Air Command's bombers are routinely deployed to = investigate. When the object is identified as an off-course airliner, = the bombers are ordered back to base. But due to coincidental computer = mishaps, they don't get the message and fly on toward their target: = Moscow. =20 The President is unable to convince the pilot to turn back - the pilots = follow their training which instructs them to ignore all radio contact = after receiving an order to strike, as the enemy could try to = impersonate US commanders and even the US President. The President = pleads with the Soviet Premier to understand that the attack is a = mistake. In a painfully ironic turn of events, the Soviets and Americans = briefly cooperate in a last-minute attempt to destroy the US nuclear = bombers. But Moscow is destroyed and the President is faced with an = appalling decision that will appease the Soviets and prevent World War = III. =20 Although I am an anti-nuclear activist, intimately familiar with the = dangers of nuclear weapons and the insanity of keeping them on 24 hour = "hair-trigger" alert, the film's honest and utterly bleak treatment = shook me up and left me with a stomach ache. I urge you to rent the 1964 = film, and to watch the April 9 George Clooney version. I believe the = broadcasting of this disturbing drama will give nuclear abolitionists a = great opportunity for raising the call for immediate and deep nuclear = reductions leading to the complete elimination of these genocidal = weapons.=20 =20 __________________________ Joan L. Wade, Coordinator Disarmament Clearinghouse=20 1101 14th Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 ph: (202) 898-0150 x232 fax: (202) 898-0172 e-mail: disarmament@igc.org web: www.disarmament.org - ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01BF76FA.562610A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> EXCITING ORGANIZING=20 OPPORTUNITY COMING UP!<?xml:namespace prefix =3D o ns =3D=20 "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p> February=20 14, 2000 Dear=20 nuclear abolitionists: What if a computer malfunction was to set = off the=20 events possibly resulting in a nuclear war? This is the premise of <I=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fail-Safe, a live TV drama = re-make of=20 Sydney Lumet’s 1964 classic Cold War thriller, coming to CBS = primetime on=20 Sunday, April 9. Actor George Clooney of “ER” fame produces = and stars, so the=20 show is sure to be heavily promoted and watched by millions! Project Abolition is issuing an action call to = all US=20 anti-nuclear activists to organize Fail-Safe house parties on April=20 9. <o:p></o:p> House parties are an excellent way to educate = people in=20 your community about the nuclear issue and recruit new members for your = local=20 activist group – or get one started. They provide a forum for = nitty-gritty=20 activism that larger events don’t allow, and aid in the = development of close=20 bonds between organizers and potential new allies. We are all trying to = build a=20 bigger, stronger, more diverse movement for nuclear abolition in this = country,=20 and organizing hundreds of house parties in dozens of cities nationwide = is a=20 great way to grow. If you have the ability and resources to organize = on a=20 larger scale, we encourage you to organize a Fail-Safe event at your = local=20 university, church, community center or any other prominent institution. = We=20 already have interest from the University of Notre Dame, Goshen College, = Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, and the = University of=20 Maryland. <o:p></o:p> The Disarmament Clearinghouse and Project = Abolition are=20 producing a Fail-Safe House Party Organizing Kit which will give you all = the=20 information and helpful tips you need to organize and host a successful = house=20 party, generate local media interest, and produce political action (see = ordering=20 information below). If you ordered a House Party Kit for organizing = around the=20 60 Minutes II documentary – and we’re pleased to report 150 = of you did -- please=20 use that kit and we will send you a Fail-Safe supplement. (We had to = call off=20 the 60 Minutes II house party project due to repeated postponement of = the=20 broadcast date. The Fail-Safe drama provides a much better organizing = vehicle,=20 as it has a definite broadcast date and will attract lots more publicity = and a=20 far bigger audience.) The Kit contains a Fail-Safe flier, campaign = materials,=20 media tips, sample letters to the editor and your elected = representatives, and a=20 menu of actions you can urge people to take after they’ve watched = the drama and=20 heard the arguments for abolition.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> <o:p></o:p> Organizing kits should be ready by March 1, but = don’t wait=20 until then to get started organizing your viewing party.<SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> Visit this webpage for a = flier to=20 help promote Fail Safe organizing: <A=20 href=3D"http://www.disarmament.org/george_clooney.htm">http://www.disarma= ment.org/george_clooney.htm</A>. <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Order your = Fail-Safe House=20 Party Organizing Kit today by contacting Joan or Kevin at the phone = number or=20 email address below. We’ll mail it to you in early March. = <o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><SPAN=20 style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">In Peace,=20 <o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"> Karina Wood, Field = Coordinator, Project Abolition<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Joan Wade, = Coordinator,=20 Disarmament Clearinghouse, 202/898-0150, ext. 232, email <A=20 href=3D"mailto:disarmament@igc.org">disarmament@igc.org</A> <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Kevin Martin, = Director,=20 Project Abolition, 800/233-6786, ext. 21 email <A=20 href=3D"mailto:kmartin@fourthfreedom.org">kmartin@fourthfreedom.org</A><o= :p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: = 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: = 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p> <H1><SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Karina’s = Four-Star Thumbs-Up=20 Movie Review:<o:p></o:p></H1> <I=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fail-Safe: A Computer = Malfunction Starts=20 Nuclear War in Sidney Lumet’s 1964 thriller starring Henry Fonda, = Walter Matthau=20 and Larry Hagman<o:p></o:p> <o:p></o:p> What if a computer malfunction was to set off the = events=20 possibly resulting in a nuclear war? This is the premise of <I=20 style=3D"mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Fail-Safe, as powerful, = politically=20 relevant and frightening today as it was in 1964. <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: = 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p> An=20 alert is sounded at the United States’ complex defense system in = Omaha; an=20 unidentified object is heading toward the US from the north and = Strategic Air=20 Command’s bombers are routinely deployed to investigate. When the = object is=20 identified as an off-course airliner, the bombers are ordered back to = base. But=20 due to coincidental computer mishaps, they don’t get the message = and fly on=20 toward their target: Moscow.<o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: = 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p> The President is unable to convince the pilot to = turn back=20 – the pilots follow their training which instructs them to ignore = all radio=20 contact after receiving an order to strike, as the enemy could try to=20 impersonate US commanders and even the US President. The President = pleads with=20 the Soviet Premier to understand that the attack is a mistake. In a = painfully=20 ironic turn of events, the Soviets and Americans briefly cooperate in a=20 last-minute attempt to destroy the US nuclear bombers. But Moscow is = destroyed=20 and the President is faced with an appalling decision that will appease = the=20 Soviets and prevent World War III. <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: = 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt">Although I am an=20 anti-nuclear activist, intimately familiar with the dangers of nuclear = weapons=20 and the insanity of keeping them on 24 hour “hair-trigger” = alert, the film’s=20 honest and utterly bleak treatment shook me up and left me with a = stomach ache.=20 I urge you to rent the 1964 film, and to watch the April 9 George = Clooney=20 version. I believe the broadcasting of this disturbing drama will give = nuclear=20 abolitionists a great opportunity for raising the call for immediate and = deep=20 nuclear reductions leading to the complete elimination of these = genocidal=20 weapons. <o:p></o:p> <SPAN=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: = 10.0pt"> <o:p></o:p></DIV> <DIV>__________________________ Joan L. = Wade,=20 Coordinator Disarmament Clearinghouse 1101 14th Street, NW, Suite = 700 Washington, DC 20005 ph: (202) 898-0150 x232 fax: (202)=20 898-0172 e-mail: <A=20 href=3D"mailto:disarmament@igc.org">disarmament@igc.org</A> web: <A=20 href=3D"http://www.disarmament.org">www.disarmament.org</A></DIV><= /BODY></HTML> - ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01BF76FA.562610A0-- - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. 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