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abolition-usa-digest      Monday, March 27 2000      Volume 01 : Number 279




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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 08:23:56 -0600
From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Berrigan's last stand



Francis A. Boyle
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Saturday, March 25, 2000

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Headline: Berrigan's last stand
Subhead: The 76-year-old activist has always chosen the path of greatest
resistance. If a prison sentence for damaging warplanes means he end of that
road, he will go without regrets.

By Carl Schoettler
SUN STAFF

Philip Berrigan is the great enduring figure of resistance
to his admirers, who gather at his trials like a vast extended
family. He is the non-partiarchal patriarch of a clan whose totem
might be the dove of peace.

A kind of shudder ripples through his supporters in the courtroom when Judge
James T. Smith sentences Berrigan to 30 months in prison with the crisp
dispatch with which he imposes a life sentence on a murderer.

Berrigan is 76 years old, so you ask Elizabeth McAlister,
his wife of 31 years, if she's ever thought he might die
in jail, perhaps alone.

"He could," McAlister says. She has a clear, handsome face as strong as a
peasant woman in a Breughel painting. She's probably never worn makeup. Her
extraordinary white hair frames her face like a Jeanne D'Arc helmet.

"There's a level on which if that happens he would say `That must be.' And
he will have given his life. He will die as he lived, giving his life."

She almost intones the words, her face is a little tight
as she tries to answer plainly no matter how painfully.

"No one will take his life from him," she says. "Because it's already been
given over. And it's been given more and more deeply over these years of
non-violent
resistance.

"I try not to think beyond the gift that is today
and what we have to do in this moment. And if we can do that
as faithfully as we can, well, we'll get enough for tomorrow."

On Friday, Berrigan was in the Baltimore County Detention Center,
awaiting transfer to a state prison. He looks fit and cheerful
and unlikely to pass away very soon.

"I don't think there's any danger of that," he says, bemused by the
suggestion. He's sitting in a glass-enclosed booth talking through a phone
to a visitor.

"But if I do, that's OK. I couldn't spend my life better. It's what the
Christian gospel is all about. It's about bringing justice out of love. In
my limited fashion,
I've tried to do that. You love people and so you are just to them.

"My health is terrific," he says. He does 25 sit-ups and about 50 push-ups
every morning -- but not all at once. And he watches his diet. "It's hell on
wheels
in jail if your health isn't good."

Arrest record

He knows. He's been imprisoned 60 to 70 times in
the 35 years since he was arrested for pouring blood on draft
records at the Baltimore custom house in one of the first anti-war
protests of the Vietnam era. He became internationally famous
for the 1968 Catonsville Nine raid on a draft board.

Few question Berrigan's commitment or integrity, but even on the activist
left critics wonder if his direct-action raids on military targets are not
irrelevant and outdated in the year 2000. In this era, when "draft" is a way
to order beer, many wonder whether the symbolic pouring of blood on
airplanes then bending their fins has any practical value. Even
"progressives" get bored and ask if anyone hears the protest.

At the Baltimore County jail, Berrigan wears blue jail coveralls that hang
as if they were cut for somebody a couple sizes larger. Except for the fit,
he looks pretty much as he did during the brief period he was in court
during the trial.
He sat a bit hunched over in bib overalls, a work shirt and a red sweater,
perhaps nodding some during the duller periods. He looked more like the
three jurors in blue jeans than the suit-wearing officers of the court.

But that didn't stop them from convicting Berrigan
and his three companions on charges of conspiracy and damaging
A-10 Warthogs at the Maryland Air National Guard base at Essex.
The Guard toted up the cost of aircraft parts they damaged at
$88,622.11.

"The amount of the destruction in this case takes
it out of the guidelines of the typical malicious destruction
of property case," Judge Smith said in imposing sentence.

The Rev. Stephen Kelly, 50, a Jesuit priest from New York City,
and Susan Crane, 56, a member with Berrigan of Baltimore's
Jonah House community, both received 27-month sentences. Judge
Smith ordered Elizabeth Walz, 33, a Catholic worker from Philadelphia,
to serve 18 months in the Baltimore County jail. She asked to
be allowed to stay in the women's section of the jail where
she thought she could help alleviate conditions she found deplorable.

The four walked out of Judge Smith's court on Thursday and
never went back. They listened to the verdict and sentencing
over loudspeakers in the prisoners' "bullpen."

"If we had conformed and bent our necks," Berrigan
says, "our sentences would have been much different.

"The judge didn't understand what he was doing.
He thinks if he uses a club on people he'll get them to submit.
Some may get frightened and will submit, and others will say `No!' "

He's not sure if they'll appeal. That's a group decision, and he disclaims
any undue influence.

"If I wield a little edge, it's because, it's because I've been at this a
long time. We strive strenuously to be equal, to be community."

Another last protest

He thinks "realistically" this will be his last protest.

"This is the fourth time he's said `This is my last one,' " his wife says.
"Or `I got one more in me.' "

Berrigan will probably be transferred to the diagnostic center of the state
prison system on Tuesday. He expects to do about 20 months on a 30-months
sentence. He's been in jail since the Dec. 19, 1999, action.

"I miss my family and friends. We have a terrific community," he says. The
Jonah House community lives in a house they built themselves on the edge of
an old overgrown cemetery in West Baltimore.

Fighting back tears, their daughter, Frida, sat with her mother in the
courtroom, listening as the sentences were read. Jerry, their son, sat
stone-faced in a red T-shirt with a Celtic cross hanging from his neck.

"I miss our kids, sure," Berrigan says across the plate glass of the jail
booth. "It's the thing you give up to be free enough to say `No.'

"I'll try to do this jail stint constructively and then help out at home."

Constructively?

"It means you use the time as well as you can. Because you've got a lot of
time. You use it to help people and not sit back and watch TV and read
novels.

"People are often very bewildered and confused and hurt by being in prison,"
he says. "Sometimes you can help with that. That's what I mean by being
constructive."

He shares a cell with Father Kelly, the Jesuit, and two other
prisoners.

"We do counseling and a lot of listening," he says.

They lead prayers in the morning. Berrigan was a priest at St. Peter Claver
Roman Catholic Church, in an African-American parish in West Baltimore, when
he began his life protest during the civil rights era of the early '60s. He
remains deeply religious. He often writes Biblical exegeses in jail.

"I do a whole string of prayers," he says. "I pray for my family. I pray for
refugees. I pray for children of this country and abroad. Twenty percent of
the kids in America go to bed hungry every night. These kids need to be
prayed for, and their parents also."

Kelly and he run through a checklist every morning.
They review the things they did the previous day and talk about
the things they'll do during the coming day.

"In that way we're accountable to one another," Berrigan says.
Accountability is his prescription for a decent world. "That's very
necessary. That's the way the
world ought to be going on. We ought to be accountable to one another."

A weathered guy named Dan Colton came in from Missouri to sit in the
courtroom during the trial. He met Berrigan and his brother Daniel, a
Jesuit, poet and activist, in jail 30 years ago just after the Catonsville
Nine trial. He was a kid doing time on a marijuana charge.

"They touch people's lives in ways you don't ordinarily see. They're
extraordinary people," Colton says. "Here you are in prison being a regular
prisoner and these guys roll in and they make you glad you're there."

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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 21:30:13 +0200
From: "lau" <[e-mail]>
Subject: R: (abolition-usa) CAN YOUR ORGANISATION  SIGN NPT LETTER BEFORE FRIDAY?

Dear freinds ,
Ok , another  time , I agree with Your letter to the eye- and earless hea=
ds
of the States,

Joachim Lau , Italian Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms: Floren=
ce
, V.dle.Farine 2  Tel. [phone]
Ciao Jo.=20
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> Da: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
> A: [e-mail]; [e-mail];
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> Oggetto: (abolition-usa) CAN YOUR ORGANISATION  SIGN NPT LETTER BEFORE
FRIDAY?
> Data: luned=EC 27 marzo 2000 10.03
>=20
> Dear All,
>=20
> Signatures on the "heads of State' letter to Foreign ministers, Prime
> Ministers, and Heads of State of NPT signatory countries plus India
> Pakistan and Israel are closing Friday!
>=20
> So far it has been signed by about 300 organisations including FOEI,
> Greenpeace International, International Peace Bureau, WILPF, World Cour=
t
> Project, IPPNW, IALANA, 12 members of the European Parliament, 14
> Australian MPs, 2 Canadian MPs, 2UK MPs, and MPs from Germany, France,
and
> Norway.
> It has also been signed by the Uniting Church in Australia and by the
> Anglican Synod of Canada.
>=20
> It is to be mailed and faxed to UN missions, Foreign Ministers, and Hea=
ds
> of State from the end of March, when signatures close.
>=20
> WE URGE YOU TO SIGN IT BEFORE THEN.
>=20
> To sign just email <[e-mail]>
>=20
> Please make sure you include at least which COUNTRY you are from, and
> preferably a non- cyberspace location. (country/state or province/city).
>=20
>=20
> TO:
> PRESIDENT  BILL CLINTON, (US)
> [phone], 1-202-456-2883, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201
>=20
> PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, (RUSSIA)
> [phone], [phone],
> FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV(RUSSIA)
> [phone], [phone]
>=20
> PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, (UK) [phone]
>=20
> PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC (FRANCE)[phone],
> PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN (FRANCE) [phone]
> PRESIDENT JIANG XEMIN (CHINA)
> CC
> PRIME MINISTER A.B. VAJPAYEE, (INDIA)[phone]
>=20
> PRESIDENT MOHAMMED RAFIQ DARAR(PAKISTAN)
> 9251-920-3938,
> FOREIGN MINISTER ABDUL SATTAR (PAKISTAN)
> 9251-920-7217
>=20
> PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK (ISRAEL) [phone],
>=20
> ALL HEADS OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NUCLEAR
> NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)
>=20
> UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADORS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NPT
>=20
> RE: ENSURING A SUCCESSFUL NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW
CONFERENCE.
>=20
> Dear Heads of State, Foreign Ministers, and Ambassadors,
>=20
> The undersigned organizations, representing many millions of deeply
> concerned people worldwide, are writing to you regarding the  Review
> Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) at the United
> Nations in New York,  April 24-May 19, 2000. This meeting has crucial
> implications not only for NPT member states, but also for non-member
> states, especially India,  Pakistan and Israel.
>=20
> We believe the 2000 Review Conference could and should be a catalyst in
> breaking the deadlock in the nuclear disarmament arena. It represents a=
n
> opportunity to make real progress toward nuclear disarmament, and nucle=
ar
> weapons abolition, which is essential to the achievement of common
security
> based on human and ecological values and respect for international
> institutions and law. Failure in this regard could lead to the unraveli=
ng
> of the NPT regime.
>=20
> This is exactly opposite to the wishes and expectations of the majority
of
> the people of the world. It is clear from recent polls, that the
> overwhelming majority of the world's people expect no less than immedia=
te
> commencement of multilateral negotiations leading to the elimination of
> nuclear weapons through a global treaty in fulfillment of Article VI.
>=20
> Crucial to the outcome of this Review Conference will be the extent to
> which the nuclear weapon states are willing to act on their unambiguous
> legal obligation and commitment to the elimination of their nuclear
weapons
> as called for by Article VI, which states:
> "Each of the parties to the treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in
> good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear
arms
> race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on
> general and complete disarmament under strict and effective internation=
al
> control."
>=20
> Since the 1995 Review and Extension Conference, the importance of Artic=
le
> VI and the NPT itself has been reinforced by the International Court of
> Justice (ICJ),   which concluded unanimously in its 1996 Advisory Opini=
on
> that:
> "there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a
> conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspec=
ts
> under strict and effective international control"
>=20
> While some progress has been achieved over the last decade in the
reduction
> of the total number of nuclear weapons deployed by the nuclear weapon
> states, these states maintain their commitment to highly dangerous
nuclear
> military doctrines as a cornerstone of their defence and security polic=
y,
> some for the indefinite future. Progress on fulfilling Article VI
> obligations is thus stalled, and the development of new nuclear dangers
is
> encouraged.
>=20
> The following developments represent a growing peril that challenges
> international and human security, and to which NPT states parties and
> especially nuclear states must respond creatively:
>=20
> --Ten years after the end of the Cold War, over 30,000 nuclear weapons
> remain worldwide, and India and Pakistan have both tested nuclear
weapons.
>=20
> --Though UN and European Parliament  resolutions have drawn attention t=
o
> the Article VI obligations and to the ICJ Advisory Opinion, NATO has
> jeopardized the NPT by its re-affirmation in April 1999 that nuclear
> weapons are 'essential' to its security. While the NATO nuclear policy
> review is welcome, it is preempted and undercut by this reaffirmation.
>=20
> -- The US and Russia failed to respond to worldwide pressure to de- ale=
rt
> by December 1999, and each maintain over 2000 nuclear warheads on
permanent
> 'launch on warning' status. This continues in spite of the incorporatio=
n
of
> de-alerting into the 1996 recommendations of the Canberra Commission,
into
> two resolutions  passed by massive majorities in the UN General Assembl=
y
in
> 1998, and again in 1999, and a unanimous resolution of the European
> Parliament of November 18,  1999.
>=20
> --Key states have failed to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
> (CTBT), opened for signature in 1996.  The US Senate in October 1999=20
voted
> down ratification, in spite of the nearly unanimous endorsement of that
> treaty by the international community and overwhelming US public suppor=
t
> for nuclear disarmament and the CTBT.
>=20
> --The clear aim of the CTBT is to constrain weapons development:  yet t=
he
> US, Russia, and other nuclear states still proceed with the development
of
> new nuclear weapon types and modifications in computer-simulated 'virtu=
al
> reality', with the aid of sub-critical underground nuclear testing, whi=
ch
> undermines both the spirit and purpose of the treaty. In particular, US
> activities at the National Ignition Facility and the French Megajoule
laser
> project enable further weapons development.
>=20
> --In 2000, the US may decide to deploy a National Ballistic Missile
Defence
> (NMD) system which would violate the existing Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty
> of 1972, which is fundamental to the existing strategic arms restraints
> between the United States and Russia. NMD deployment could set back
> progress on Article VI objectives for years to come.
>=20
> --Presidential Decision Directive 60 has reaffirmed US use of nuclear
> weapons as a 'cornerstone' of its security policy. Meanwhile, Russia ha=
s
> steadily moved toward a more ready use of nuclear weapons in recent
years.
> The potential dangers in this are extreme.
>=20
> In light of the above developments, lack of progress on Article VI
> obligations poses the increasing danger that some non-nuclear states wi=
ll
> conclude that it is in their interests to acquire nuclear weapons, whil=
e
> those that have already tested them will proceed to further weaponisati=
on
> and expansion of their arsenals.
>=20
> A positive and creative response to the above, and commitment and
> leadership on behalf of both human life and all other life is urgently
> demanded.
>=20
> Of critical importance in addressing the currently unacceptable situati=
on
> are interim measures such as de-alerting,  and the removal of weapons
from
> delivery systems, aimed at decreasing the possibility of accidental
nuclear
> war and at increasing mutual trust and establishing a momentum toward
> nuclear weapons elimination.
>=20
> NPT states parties should resolve,  as a first step,  that all nuclear
> forces be immediately stood down from high alert status.
>=20
> We urge all  nuclear weapons states leaders, and all NPT Review
> participants, as a matter of the highest priority and urgency, as well =
as
a
> clear legal obligation, to take action to complete unfinished disarmame=
nt
> objectives and to begin urgent negotiations toward a treaty to eliminat=
e
> nuclear weapons.
>=20
> Immediate steps (both in the CD and other fora)  must be taken by the
> nuclear states that will lead clearly and swiftly toward negotiations i=
n
> fulfillment of Article VI.
>=20
> You, as a world leader,  have the fate of the world  in your hands duri=
ng
> these discussions.  We therefore  strongly urge you to attend this revi=
ew
> conference, as you have the authority to commence negotiations to
eliminate
> nuclear weapons.  By doing so, you can to alter the course of history a=
nd
> leave a legacy of a more secure future for this generation and for thos=
e
to
> come. Failure to do so risks a revived nuclear arms race that ultimatel=
y
> could destroy civilization.
>=20
> (Signed)
>=20
> (International Organizations)
>=20
> Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, President, (Kate Dewes, Vice-President,)
> International Peace Bureau,  Geneva,
> Bruna Nota, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, (WILPF),
> Geneva/NY,
> Ian Maddocks (Chair), Dr. Mary Wynne-Asford, Co-President,  Merav Datan=
,
> International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW),
> Cambridge, Mass,
> Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of
Lawyers
> Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), The Hague, Netherlands,
> William Peden, Disarmament Campaign, Stephanie Mills, Nuclear Campaign,
> Greenpeace International, Canonbury Villas, London, UK.,
> Dan Plesch, Director, British-American Security Information Council,
> London/Washington, UK/US,
> Rosalie Bertell, GNSH., President, International Institute of Concern f=
or
> Public Health, Toronto, Canada,
> Peer de Rijk.,World Information Service on Energy.(WISE) International,
> Amsterdam, Netherlands.,
> Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium.,
> Roland Schutzbach, President, David Schmitter, Vice-President, Global
> Initiative, Solothurn, Switzerland,
> Jim Morgan, ARC-Peace, International Architects, Designers, and Planner=
s
> for Social Responsibility, Stockholm, Swed, /NY., USA.,
>=20
> UK Organisations
> Commander Robert Green, RN (Retd.), Chair, George Farebrother Secretary=
,
> World Court Project, UK,
> Dave Knight, Chair, CND, UK.,
> Janet Bloomfield, former chair CND, Saffron Walden Group Against Nuclea=
r
> Weapons, England,
> Di Mc Donald., Nuclear Information Service., Southampton, UK.,
> Liz Waterson, Douglas Holdstock,  MEDACT (IPPNW- UK)., Lond., UK,
> Anni Rainbow, Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases=
,
> Yorkshire, UK.,
> Margaret Turner, WILPF-UK.,
> Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
Birmingham.,
> UK.,
> Glen Lee, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, UK.,
> Angie Zelter, Environment and Peace Campaigner, Cromer, Norfolk, UK.,
> Dr. George Farebrother, Sussex Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament, UK,
> Allan Cottey, International Week of Science and Peace, Norwich, UK.,
> Nancy Zook, Christian CND., London, UK.,
> David Morris, Chair, CND-Cymru,
> Norman Archie MP, (Conservative) Shadow Secy of State for Environment, =
UK
> Parliament,
> Alice Mahon MP, UK Parliament,
>=20
> Roger Cole, Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland,
> Eugene Mc Cartan, Chair, Communist Party of Ireland,
> Sister Mary O'Connor, Irish Commission for Justice and Peace, Ireland,
>=20
>=20
> Ulla Loetzer, MdB,(German Parliament) PDS,
> Xanthe Hall, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
> Bernd Frieboese (Berlin), Ole von Uexkull (Lund), Barsebacksoffensiv,
> Germany/Sweden.,
> Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Future Award., Munich, Germany.,
> Roland Blach, Non-Violent Action to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Germany.,
> Ulf Panzer, District Court Judge, Judges and Prosecutors for Peace,
> Hamburg, Germany.,
> Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt, Germany.,
> Henning Droege, Arzt fur Allgemeinmedizin, Allgau, Germany.,
> Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council.,
>=20
> Josef Puehringer, Plattform Gegen Atomgefahr, Austria.,
> Josef Puehringer, Centrum-Energie Ceske Budejovice(Czech Republic)
> Josef Puehringer, Buergerinitiative Umweltschutz, (Czech Republic)
> Hienz Stockinger, Chair, PLAGE., (Platform Gegen Atomgefahren), Salzbur=
g,
> Austria.,
> Mathilde Halla, Chair, Uberpartlielice Platform Gegen Atomgefahren, Lin=
z,
> Austria.,
> Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad
Ischl,
> Austria.,
> Dr. Hildegard Faessler, Chairwoman, International Week of Science and
> Peace, Innsbruck, Austria.,
> Dr. Hildegard Zlabinger, Chairwoman, Eco-Ontological System for Human
> Rights and Environmental Protection.,
> Bernadette Koechl, Council of Eco-ontological Systems for Human Rights
and
> Environmental Protection.,
>=20
> Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
> Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
> Ulla Lehtinen, First Peoples, Finland.,
> Lea Launokari, Women for Peace, Finland.,
> Pirkko Lindberg, Women Against Nuclear Power, Finland.,
> Lea Rantanen, Grandmothers Against Nuclear Power, Finland.,
> Anita Hagman, Grandmothers for Peace, Finland.,
> Anna-Liisa Mattsoff, No More Nuclear Power Movement, Finland.,
>=20
> Claudia Behrens, Norwegian Green Party,
> Bjorn Hilt, Norske Leger Mot Atomkrieg, (IPPNW Norway) Trondhiem,
Norway.,
> Gunnar Westberg, President, Vendela Englund Burnett, SLMK (IPPNW
> affilliate) Goteborg, Sweden,
> Aungiira Aurel Duta, For Mother Earth Romania,
> Fundatia Pentru Partenariat Comunitar., Romania,
> Alba Circle Nonviolent Movement, Budapest, Hungary,
> Peace Tax Payers, Budapest, Hungary.,
>=20
> Solange Fernex, President, WILPF France, Paris, France,
> Dominique Lalanne, STOP-ESSAIS, La Ville, France.,
> Daniel Durand, National Secy., Mouvement de la Paix, Paris France.,
> Harsh Kapoor, South Asians Against Nukes, Combaillaux, France.,
> G=E9rard Levy, National Secy, The Greens, (Les Verts) France.,
> Elizabeth Lavier, The Greens, Paris, France.,
>=20
> Ak Malten, Global Anti Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Netherlands.,
> Krista Van Velzen, Socialist Party, Netherlands.,
> Berrie Kollau, Stichting Vredesbureau Eindhoven (Peace Office Foundatio=
n
> Eindhoven), Netherlands.,
> Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
> David Boerma, Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples, Neth.,
>=20
> Kostas Valiotes, Domcetzoglou Kyriakos, Pan-Hellenic Network of
Ecological
> Organisations, Greece.,
> Stefanos Stamellos, Friends of the Forest, Lamia, Greece,
> Ecological Movement of Patras, Greece,
>=20
> Vladimir Slivyak, Alexey Yablokov., Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
Russia,
> Vera Brovkina, Chair, St Petersburg Peace Council, Russia.
> Boris Bondarenko, IPPNW-Russia, St Petersburg Russia.,
> Oleg Bodrov, Chair, 'Green World', Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, Russi=
a,
> Andrey Sukhnev, Ecotourism Centre, Lake Baikal, Russia,
> Dr. Vyacheslav Sharov, Chelyabinsk-Hanford Project, Chelyabinsk, Russia=
.,
> Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign in Ex-USSR., Moscow, Russia.,
> Natalia Raghouzhina, Centre for Public Health, Novosibirsk, Russia.,
> Elena Perfilyeva, Ecological Information Agency, Novokuznetsk, Russia,
> Larisa Gurova, Movement for Ecological Safety, Ozersk, Russia,
> Nadezhda Kutepova, Regional Social-Ecological Organisation 'HOPE',
Ozersk,
> Russia,
> Aleksey Kozlov, Civil Initiatives Development Centre, Voronezh, Russia,
> Galina Raghouzhina, WISE-Kaliningrad, Russia,
> Natalia Kanyashkina, WISE-TOMSK, Russia.,
> Alexander Koroleva, Ecodefense, Russia.,
> Anatoly Korolyov, Baltic Resource Information Centre, Russia.,
> Marina Roubtsova, Central Forest Biosphere Reserve, Russia/Ecologia
Scotland,
> Prof Anatoly Shahbad, Foundation Civilisation, Moscow.,
>=20
> Alla Shevchuk, Odessa Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine.,
> Dr. Lado Mirianashvili., Director, 'Udabno' fund, Georgia.,
> Natalie Kirvalidze, Environmental and Sustainable Development Centre
'RIO',
> Tblisi, Georgia.,
> Alexey Svetikov, Zelenyi Zvit, Severodonetsk, Ukraine.,
> Vadim Diukhanov, Chair, Ukrainian Society for Sustainable Development,
>=20
> Dr. Caroline Lucas, MEP, Greens,UK, European Parliament,
> Hiltrud Breyer, MEP., Greens, Germany, European Parliament,  Brussels,
> Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Greens Group, Germany, European Parliament,
> Brussells,
> Gorka Knorr Borrass, MEP,  European Parliament, Brussells,
> Pierre Jonkheer, MEP, Greens Group Belgium, European Parliament,
Brussels,
> Heidi Hautala, MEP Greens Group Finland, European Parliament,
> Patsy S=F6rensen Member of The European Parliament, Greens Group,
> Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Group, Ireland,
> Nuala Ahern MEP Greens Group, Ireland,  European Parliament, Brussells,
> Rolf Linkohr, MEP, Germany, Social-Democrats., European Parliament,
Brussells,
> Francis Wurtz, MEP, President, Group GUE/NGL (Green-Left), European
> Parliament,
> Maj-Britt-Theorin, MEP, Social Democrats, Sweden (as President IPB)
>=20
> Hiroshi Taka, Secy. General, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs (Japan
> Gensuikyo)
> Iwamatsu Shigetoshi, Chair, Japan Congress Against A and H-Bombs,
> (Gensuikin), Tokyo, Japan.,
> Sadao Kamata, Director, Nagasaki Peace Institute,
> Senji Yamaguchi, Nihon Hidankyo, (Japan Confederation of A-Bomb and
H-Bomb
> Sufferers Organisation)
> Dr Hideo Suchiyama, Former President, Nagasaki University,
> Steve Leeper, Transnet, Hiroshima, Japan.,
> Hiro Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
> Disarmament and Security, Yokohama, Japan.,
> Nichigu Asanga, (Buddhist Monk), Peace Office, Tokyo.,
>=20
>=20
> Aditi Chowdhury, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA),
Hong
> Kong.,
> Jong Won, National Secy., Green Korea United, South Korea.,
>=20
> S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Researc=
h,
> Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India.,
> Thomas Matthew, SEEDS-India, Punnakadu, Kerala
> Sukla Sen, EKTA, Santacruz, Mumbai,
> Ammu Abraham, Womens Centre, Mumbai, India.,
>=20
> M.W. Faruque, for:
> --Society for Legal Rights, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
> --Youth Approach to Development and Cooperation Dhaka, Bangladesh,
> --Bangladesh Campaign to Ban Landmines
> --Bangabandhu Gabeshana & Pathgar Parishad, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
> --Bangabandhu Srimte Sangsad, Bashurhat, Noahkhali, Berhampur,
Bangladesh.,
> --Muktijoddah Jadhurgar (Liberation War Museum), Dhaka, Bangladesh,
> --Bangabandhu Research Organization,
> --Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
> --Bashurhat Club, Noahkhali,
> --Thikana Sambaya Samiti.,
> --Suganda Sanskritik Kendra
> --Institute for Comprehensive Healthcare, Research, and Rehabilitation =
of
> Addicts and Psychopaths, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
> Dr. M.A. Bari, Integrated Child Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh.=
,
>=20
> Asif Rasheed, Executive Director., Awami Committee for Development,
Multan,
> Pakistan.,
> Ramesh Man Tuladhar, Centre for Community Development and Environment
> Research., Kathmandhu, Nepal.,
>=20
> Nouri Abdul Razak Hussain, Secretary-General, Afro-Asian Peoples
Solidarity
> Organisation, Egypt,
> Harley, WALHI-SULTENG, (Indonesian Forum for Development),
> Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW Malaysian
> Affiliate), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.,
> Cora Fabros, Secy. General, Nuclear- Free Phillipines Coalition,
> Roy Cabonegro, Youth For Sustainable Development Phillipines,
> (YSDA-Pilipinas)  Quezon City, Phillipines,
> Julia Grace, LIHUE Association, Patagonia, Argentina.,
> Prof. Raul A. Montenegro, FUNAM, Cordoba, Argentina.,
> Luis Guttierez., President, Latin American Circle for International
> Studies., Mexico City, Mexico.,
>=20
> Ayesha Imam, Baobab for Womens Rights, Nigeria.,
> Dr. Jenks Okwari, Program Officer, Community Development Project.,
Bukuru,
> Jos, Nigeria.,
> Patrick Eyinla, Justice Development and Peace, Nigeria.,
> Diana Nyonyinotono, Single Mothers Association, Uganda.,
> Jean-Clautaire Frerys Pouele, Earth Action Congo., Brazzaville,
Republique
> du Congo,
>=20
> Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, Calif,
> Alice Slater, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment,
> (GRACE) New York,
> Carah Ong, Abolition-2000, Santa Barbara, Calif.,
> David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara,
Calif,
> Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation,
> Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, Washington DC, USA.,
> Bob Musil, Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility,
(IPPNW
> USA), Washington DC., USA.,
> Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carrol Jr, USN(Retd),  Deputy Director, Centre f=
or
> Defence Information,(CDI), Washington DC, US.,
> Christpher Paine, Natural Resources Defence Council, Washington DC.,
> Jesse James,  Director, National Nuclear Dangers Dialogue, Washington
DC.,
> USA.,
> John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy=
,
> (LCNP) N.Y., USA.,
> War and Peace Foundation, UN Plaza, New York.,
> Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA, UN Plaza, NY,
USA.,
> Paxus Calta, Board member, International Campaigner, Nuclear Informatio=
n
> and Research Service, (NIRS) Washington, DC.,
> Charles Ferguson, Director, Nuclear Policy Project., Federation of
American
> Scientists,
> Arjun Makhijani PhD, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
> (IEER), Tacoma, US.,
> Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York/Y2K WASH., Huntingdon, NY.,
>=20
> Richard N. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Honolulu,
Hawaii,
> Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Project EDNA,(Engaged Democracy for the Nuclear
> Age), Brooklyn, NY.,
> Donald C. Whitmore, President, Third Millenium Foundation, USA.,
> Joe Katz, President, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND), Metro
> Detroit, USA.,
> Dana L. Richter PhD, Copper Country Peace Alliance, Houghton, Mich, USA=
.,
> Troy Davis, President, World Citizen Foundation, Harvard, USA.,
> Alastair Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum, Washington DC., USA.,
>=20
> Bishop Walter F. Sullivan, President, Pax Christi USA,
> Bob Kinsey, Chair, Peace and Justice Task Force, United Church of Chris=
t,
> Rocky Mountain Conference, Colorado, USA.,
> Steve Ito, United Church of Christ Justice and Peace Ministry
Coordinator,
> Ryan Kurakawa, Office for Church in Society, United Church of Christ,
USA.,
> Howard W. Hallman, Chair, Methodists United for Peace and
> Justice.,Washington, DC.,
> Rosemary Everett, Sisters of the Holy Name., Justice and Peace
Coordinator.,
> Mary Ellen Gordeck, SSJ., Office of Peace and Justice, Sisters of St
> Joseph, Nazareth, MI., USA.,
> Vivienne E. Perkins, Christ Church Episcopal., Castle Rock, Colorado.,
USA.,
> Joe Volk, Executive Secy, Friends Committee on National Legislation.,
> Washington, DC.,
>=20
> Michele Bisonette Robbins, Executive Director, Youth for Environment an=
d
> Sanity (YES), Soquel, Ca, USA.,
> Ruth Garbus, Director, New York Women of Vision and Action., NY., USA.,
> Shiela Blaker, Blaine Metcalf, War Resisters League, San Luis Obispo,
CA.,
> USA.,
> Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio.,
> Bruce K. Gagnon., Coordinator., Global Network Against Weapons and
Nuclear
> Power In Space., Florida USA.,
> Letitcia Aguilar, Inter American Development Bank.,
> Loren Finkelstien, Program Director, Free The Planet.,
> Andrew Beath, Earthways Foundation, Malibu., Calif.,
> Mary JoChristian,Monmouth County Citizens for Clean Air and Water.,
> Phyllis S. Yingling., WILPF- US., Philadelphia., USA.,
> Jan Harwood, Celia Freeman, Don Larkin, Harriet Blue, Paul Blue, Elena
> Leland, Marilyn Lucier, Lilly Litsky, Alice Davis, Committee of Santa
Cruz,
> CA Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Santa Cruz, CA.,
> George W. Albee, President, Psychologists for Social Responsibility.,
> Rochelle Beckers., San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace., Calif., USA.,
> Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM., USA.,
> Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group.,(LASG) Santa Fe, NM., USA.,
> Marsha Feinland, Chair, California Peace and Freedom Party,
> Patricia Birnie, GE Stockholders Alliance for a Sustainable Nuclear-Fre=
e
> Future, USA.,
> Betty Schroeder, Arizona Safe Energy Coalition, Ariz, USA.,
> Norm Cohen, Unplug Salem Campaign,
> Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
> Arlington, MA.,
> Prof Dennis Brutus, Co-President, Jubilee-2000 Afrika, Univ of Pittsbur=
g,
USA.,
> Michael John Corley, Un-NGO Rep, Veterans for Peace,
> Zia Mian, Centre for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton, NJ.,
> Jim Boland,Peace Resource Centre, Wilmington, Ohio,
> Marc P. Blaise Paige, Nevada Desert Experience, Las Vegas, Nevada.,
> J. Truman, Director,  Downwinders, USA,
> Michael Stowell, Arcata Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Commission, Arcata,
> California, USA.,
>=20
> Senator Douglas Roche OC, Parliament, Canada.,
> Bill Blaikie, MP, (Winnipeg-Transcona), House Leader, New Democratic
Party,
> Canada.,
> Barbara Birkett,M.D.,President, Physicians  for Global Survival (Canada=
),
> Gordon Edwards PhD, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear
> Responsibility, Montreal, Canada,
> Bev Delong, President, Lawyers for Social Responsibility, Canada.,
> Michael Murphy, Inter-Church Uranium Educational Cooperative, Saskatoon=
,
> Saskatchewan, Canada,
> Archdeacon Jim Boyles, General Secretary, Synod, Anglican Church of
Canada,
> Prof. L. Terrell-Gardner, Past President, Science for Peace, Univ. of
> Toronto, Canada,
> Tryna Booth, Canadian Peace Alliance, Toronto, Canada.,
> Joyce Lydiard, Rainforest Raging Grannies,  Vancouver, Canada.,
> Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, Canada.=
,
> Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatchewan, Canada.,
> Linda Murphy, President, Interchurch Uranium Committee, Saskatchewan,
Canada.,
> Jo Hayward-Haines., Victoria Peace Project., Ontario, Canada.,
> Penelope Simons, The Simons Foundation, Canada.,
> Victor Lau, Green Campus Society, Canada.,
> Macha Mc Kay, Chair, Nuclear Issues, Carolyn Langdon, Co-Chair, Canadia=
n
> Voice of Women for Peace,
>=20
> Kate Dewes, Director, Disarmament and Security Centre, Christchurch,
> Aotearoa/NZ
> Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation Aotearoa/NZ, Auckland, NZ=
.,
> Marion Hancock, Abolition2000, Auckland, NZ.,
> Megan Hutching, Secy., WILPF, Aotearoa, (NZ).,
> Kieth Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa (NZ), Parliament House,
Wellington,
> Carol Anne-Bradford, New Zealand Coalition for Gun Control, Auckland,
NZ.,
> Richard Frizzell, Nelson Peace Group, Nelson, NZ.,
> Helen Kingston, Golden Bay Peace Group, NZ.,
> Gary Ware, Peace Action Tuaranga, NZ.,
> Miranda Bain, Psychology Works, Tuaranga, NZ.,
> Rob Wilkinson, National President, Engineers for Social Responsibility,
NZ.,
> Ellen Mc Crae, New Zealand Federation of University Women, Canterbury
Branch,
> Jill Hawkey, Christian World Service, Wellington, Aotearoa/NZ
>=20
>=20
> Peter Garrett, President, Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian
> Conservation Foundation, Fitzroy, (Melb) Vic., Australia.,
> Reverend John Mavor, President.,The Uniting Church in Australia, Nation=
al
> Assembly,
> Irene Gale AM, Babs Fuller- Quinn, Australian Peace Committee,
> Dr. Susan Wareham President MAPW (Medical Association for Prevention of
> War) Canberra, Australia,
> Chris White, Secretary, South Australian Trades and Labour Council,
> Adelaide, SA.,
> Rev Greg  Thompson,  St Johns Anglican Darlinghurst.
> Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross,
> Denis Doherty, Pax Christi Sydney.,
> Moira Rowland, Convenor, Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Future, Canberra.,
> Cameron Edwards, People for Nuclear Disarmament NSW.,
> Hannah Middleton, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign, Sydney.,
> Kirsten Blair, Mark Wakeham, Coordinators, Environment Centre of the
> Northern Territory,
> Rowena, Environment Centre of W.A., Perth, W.A.,
> Graeme Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament W.A.,
> Jo Vallentine, Community Anti-Nuclear Network, W.A.,
> Jo Vallentine, Anti-Nuclear Alliance, W.A.,
> Jo Vallentine, Perth Anti-Nuclear Group.,
> Grant Keady, Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping, W.A.=
,
> Bruce Nichols, Shine A Light for Peace Campaign.,
>=20
> Senator Meg Lees,Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader, Australi=
an
> Democrats,
> Senator Vicki Bourne, Australian Democrats Senator for New South Wales,
> Senator Lyn Allison, Australian Democrats Senator for Victoria,
> Senator Andrew Bartlett, Australian Democrats Senator for Queensland,
> Senator Brian Grieg, Australian Democrats Senator for  W.A.,
> Senator Bob Brown, Greens Senator for Tasmania,
> Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
> Julia Gillard, ALP Member for Lalor, Victoria.,
> Dr. Carmen Lawrence, MP, ALP Member for Fremantle, W.A.,
> Jann Mc Farlane, Federal ALP Member for Stirling, W.A.,
> Jill Hall, MP, ALP Member for, Shortland, NSW.,
> Daryl Melham MP, ALP  Member for Banks, NSW., Aust.,
> Anthony Albanese, ALP Member for Grayndler, NSW.,
> Tanya Plibersek, ALP Member for Sydney, NSW,
> Robin Geraghty, ALP  Member for Torrens, SA., Aust.,
> Richard Jones MLC.,(Ind) NSW.,
> Lee Rhiannon, Green MLC, NSW.,
>=20
> Ricardo Navarro, Chair, Friends of the Earth International
> Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador.,
> Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria=
,
> Benin City, Nigeria,
> Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth U.S., Washington., D=
r.
> Patrick Green, Senior Nuclear and Climate Campaigner, Friends of the
Earth
> England Wales and Northern Ireland, London, UK.,
> Dr. Victor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine (Zelenyi Zvit),
> Prof. Vladimir Koklyukhin, Friends of the Earth Belarus, Brest, Belarus=
.,
> Manana Kochladze, Friends of the Earth Georgia/CEE Bankwatch Georgia,
> Daniela Stojanova, Secy General, Friends of the Earth Macedonia.,
> Dr. Maria Minkova, 'Ekoglasnost', Friends of the Earth Bulgaria, Sofia,
> Juraj Zamkovsky, Friends of the Earth Slovakia, Ponicky, Slovakia,
> Jan Beranek, Chair, Friends of the Earth Czech Republic (Hnuti Duha)
Brno,
> Czech Republic,
> Diderich Johny, LIFE-Luxembourg (Youth Friends of the Earth Luxembourg)
> Kika Kapela, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
> Kim Ejlertsen, Secy, Friends of the Earth Denmark (NOAH)
> Wendy Johnson, Friends of the Earth New Zealand,
> John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia (Sydney=
)
>=20
> John Hallam
> Friends of the Earth Sydney,
> 17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
> Fax [phone]  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
> [e-mail]
> http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
>=20
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