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abolition-usa-digest     Wednesday, July 26 2000     Volume 01 : Number 347




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Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 22:16:31 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Michael Moore - "Bush and Gore Make Me Wanna Ralph"

>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:10:10 -0500
>>>From: Mike's Message <[e-mail]>
>>>To: [e-mail]
>>>Subject: [Mike's Message] Bush and Gore Make Me Wanna Ralph
>>>
>>>Bush and Gore Make Me Wanna Ralph
>>>A Letter from Michael Moore to the
>>>Non-Voters of America
>>>
>>>Dear friends,
>>>
>>>DISCLAIMER: If you are planning to
>>>vote for Al Gore in November, good for
>>>you. Don't let what I'm about to say
>>>change your mind because I've been
>>>told by all the experts that if you do
>>>change your mind based on what I'm
>>>about to say, George W. Bush might win
>>>the election and I certainly couldn't live
>>>with myself if that connoisseur of
>>>pharmaceuticals (the kind you snort up
>>>your nose or the kind you inject on
>>>death row) won, in part, because of a
>>>letter I spit out over the Internet.
>>>
>>>So let's review -- you like Gore, you vote
>>>for Gore. He's a decent guy. I met him
>>>last year at some benefit, he came up to
>>>me, big hug -- whoa, this veep is no stiff,
>>>I thought -- and thanked me for this and
>>>that. He even quoted lines from "The
>>>Awful Truth" - whoa, scary, I thought,
>>>what's he doing watching cable
>>>channels above 40 on the box...not
>>>much to do on this veep gig, eh?
>>>
>>>I told him I admired what he did when
>>>he came home to America as a Vietnam
>>>Vet and spoke out against the war. That
>>>took a lot of courage, I said (his dad lost
>>>his Senate seat for being an early
>>>opponent of the war).
>>>
>>>So, if Al Gore is your man, go for it. In
>>>fact, I insist on it, even if you are just
>>>throwing your vote away.
>>>
>>>What I am about to say, though, is not
>>>intended for any Al Gore (or George W.)
>>>voters. If you are one, please click off
>>>now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  To Whom It May Concern:
>>>
>>>I address this letter to the largest
>>>political party in the United States - the
>>>55% of you in the voting public who are
>>>so disillusioned with politics and
>>>politicians, so sick and tired of all the
>>>broken promises, so disgusted with all
>>>the b.s. that you have absolutely no
>>>intention of voting in November.
>>>
>>>You know who you are.
>>>
>>>AND YOU ARE THE MAJORITY!
>>>
>>>You rule. You are the Non-Voters, all
>>>100 million of you!
>>>
>>>Until now, you have been the subject of
>>>scorn and ridicule. You've been called
>>>apathetic, lazy, ignorant. Your actions
>>>have been viewed as unAmerican (I
>>>mean, what kind of citizen in the World's
>>>Greatest Democracy would not exercise
>>>his or her most important and cherished
>>>right - the right to freely choose your
>>>leader!).
>>>
>>>Well, may I be the first to tell you that,
>>>not only are you NOT stupid and
>>>apathetic, I believe you are smarter than
>>>all the rest of us combined. YOU figured
>>>it out. YOU uncovered the scam. And
>>>YOU had the guts to no longer
>>>participate in a lie. Way to go! In 1996,
>>>you helped set the all-time American
>>>record for lowest turnout ever at a
>>>presidential election.
>>>
>>>The reason you, the majority, no longer
>>>vote in America is because you, the
>>>majority, realize there is no real choice
>>>on the ballot. The "two" parties both do
>>>the bidding of the wealthy and agree
>>>with each other on 90% of the issues.
>>>They take 90% of their money from
>>>people who make over a hundred-grand
>>>a year, and then enact over 90% of the
>>>laws those contributors want passed.
>>>
>>>On the ballot this November, you
>>>already know there is no contest. The
>>>independent Cook Political Report in
>>>D.C. last week announced that, out of
>>>435 House seats up for election in
>>>November, there are only 47 seats
>>>where there is a "true race" between
>>>opponents - and, of those, only 14
>>>seats have a race that is even "close"
>>>between the two candidates. 14 out of
>>>435!
>>>
>>>"Ninety-seven to ninety-nine percent of
>>>incumbents running for re-election will
>>>be returned to Congress in November,"
>>>according to the Cook Report.
>>>
>>>The Non-Voters already understand
>>>this. And they are not going to waste
>>>one iota of their day on November 7
>>>driving to some smelly elementary
>>>school gymnasium to participate in a
>>>Soviet-style election with no friggin'
>>>choice on the ballot.
>>>
>>>So, to you brave voter-resisters, I say
>>>congratulations on your act of civic
>>>disobedience! I joined you this primary
>>>season and refused to go along with
>>>this charade of "choice." Nearly 80% of
>>>those of us of voting age - over 160
>>>million Americans - staged a sit-in on our
>>>living room couches during this year's
>>>primaries. THAT is the great untold story
>>>of this election year. How much longer
>>>will the punditocracy be able to get
>>>away with dismissing this massive
>>>no-show as "a sign Americans are
>>>content with the booming economy?"
>>>
>>>Now that we have made our presence
>>>known (you all don't mind me speaking
>>>for us, do you? Good. In fact, I'll just
>>>assume the currently-vacant mantle of
>>>this majority party and serve as your
>>>leader until you say otherwise...), it is
>>>time to find a way that says, loudly and
>>>clearly, just how mad as hell we are and
>>>how we are not going to take it
>>>anymore. We need to find a way where
>>>our vote screams "None of the Above!"
>>>A chance to act, like that Chinese guy in
>>>Tieneman Square, standing in front of a
>>>moving tank and stopping it in its path.
>>>
>>>In November, we should find a way to
>>>follow in the footsteps of those
>>>intelligent Minnesotans who, even
>>>though they could care less about
>>>professional wrestling (and even less,
>>>I'm sure, for Jesse "The Body"), proved
>>>to the world that they not only have a
>>>sense of humor, but they know how to
>>>stick it to the whole bloody system.
>>>Think of just how high their level of
>>>anger must have been against the
>>>One-Party-With-Two-Heads monopoly! I
>>>mean, state government is no joke -
>>>somebody's gotta build the roads, run
>>>the schools, catch the criminals. You
>>>don't want to turn the asylum over to the
>>>chief lunatic but, damn it, that's what the
>>>people of Minnesota did - just to send a
>>>message! Wow. That took some guts.
>>>
>>>So, for those of you who weren't going
>>>to vote anyway, well...what if you
>>>actually did? What if you drove down to
>>>that stinky gym where the little shell
>>>game behind the pretend curtains is
>>>taking place ("Pay no attention to the
>>>voters behind the curtains!"), walk in,
>>>sign in, take the ballot they hand you,
>>>and toss yourselves inside the booth
>>>like a political molotov cocktail.
>>>
>>>Boom!
>>>
>>>"You wanna tell me there's a choice
>>>here between two guys who both
>>>support NAFTA, WTO, the death
>>>penalty, the Cuban embargo, increased
>>>Pentagon spending, sleazy HMOs,
>>>greedy hospital chains, 250 million guns
>>>in our homes, more bombing of Iraq, the
>>>rich getting richer and the rest of us
>>>declaring bankruptcy?"
>>>
>>>Boom!
>>>
>>>Not me.
>>>
>>>Boom!
>>>
>>>I'm voting for Ralph Nader.
>>>
>>>KAAAABOOM!
>>>
>>>Friends, we are losing our democratic
>>>control over our country. We may have
>>>already lost it. I hope not. But in the last
>>>20 years of the Reagan administration,
>>>Corporate America has merged and
>>>morphed itself to such an extent that
>>>just a handful of companies now call all
>>>the shots. They own Congress. They
>>>own us. In order to work for them, we
>>>have to take urine tests and lie
>>>detectors and wear bar codes on chains
>>>around our necks. In order to keep our
>>>jobs we have had to give up decent
>>>health care, the 8-hour day (and time
>>>with our kids), the security that we'll
>>>even have a job next year, and any
>>>unwillingness we may have to compete
>>>with a 14-year old Indonesian girl who
>>>gets a dollar a day.
>>>
>>>And how frightening (and great) is it that
>>>the last place we can freely try to inform
>>>and communicate with each other is on
>>>this very Web? Six companies run by six
>>>men control the majority of the news we
>>>now get from newspapers, television,
>>>radio and the Internet. One out of every
>>>two books is bought at a bookstore
>>>owned by one of only two companies. Is
>>>it safe in a "free society" to have the
>>>sources of our information and mass
>>>communication in the hands of just a
>>>few wealthy men who have a VESTED
>>>interest in keeping us as stupid as
>>>possible - or at least in keeping us
>>>thinking like them so that we vote for
>>>THEIR candidates?
>>>
>>>I fear the cement on this new oligarchy
>>>of power is quickly drying, and when it is
>>>finished hardening, we are finished. The
>>>democracy, the one that's supposed to
>>>be of, by, and for the people, will cease
>>>to exist.
>>>
>>>We must not let this happen, no matter
>>>how cynical and disgusted we've
>>>become at the whole electoral process.
>>>
>>>Ralph Nader, to me, represents a
>>>chance for us to at least temporarily
>>>stop the cement from drying. We need
>>>him in there kicking things up, stirring
>>>the pot and forcing a real debate about
>>>the issues. Whether it's Ralph as
>>>Candidate or Ralph as President, he
>>>may represent our last hope to get our
>>>country back from the clutches of the
>>>powerful few.
>>>
>>>I am not writing these words lightly. I am
>>>hoping to sound a siren and rally the
>>>majority who, for good reason, have
>>>given up - but might just have it in them
>>>to find the will for one last fight against
>>>the bastards.
>>>
>>>Can Ralph win? Well, stranger things
>>>have happened in the past decade.
>>>C'mon, think about it, not a single one
>>>of us ever thought we'd see the Berlin
>>>Wall come down or Nelson Mandela as
>>>President of South Africa. After those
>>>two things happened, I joined a new
>>>school of thought that said ANYTHING
>>>was possible. Jesse Ventura started
>>>with 3% in the polls and won. Ross
>>>Perot in '92 started with 6% and, after
>>>proving to everyone that he was
>>>certifiably insane, still got nearly 20% of
>>>the vote.
>>>
>>>Ralph already has between 7% and
>>>10% in the polls - before he's done any
>>>serious campaigning. He's gone from
>>>3% to 8% in my home state of Michigan.
>>>These are amazing numbers and the
>>>pundits and lobbyists and Republicrats
>>>are running scared. Hey, you like to
>>>watch scared Republicrats running? Tell
>>>a pollster you're voting for Ralph.
>>>
>>>Now, look, before you all send me a lot
>>>of mail about how weird Ralph is 'cause
>>>he doesn't own a car or is a "sell-out"
>>>'cause he's got a few million dollars, let
>>>me say this: I used to work out of his
>>>office, and Ralph is definitely one of a
>>>kind. In a future letter I will write of those
>>>experiences but, for now, let's just agree
>>>that Ralph is at least half as crazy as
>>>Jesse Ventura - and about a hundred
>>>times as smart. I'd say he's also saved
>>>about a million or so lives, thanks to the
>>>consumer and environmental legislation
>>>he has devoted his life to.
>>>
>>>And between Gore, Bush, and himself,
>>>he's the only person running who would
>>>guarantee universal health care for all,
>>>the only candidate who would raise the
>>>minimum wage to a decent level, the
>>>only one who would get up each
>>>morning asking himself the question,
>>>"What can I do today to serve all the
>>>people of this country?"
>>>
>>>The list goes on and on. You can read
>>>more about what Ralph stands for by
>>>going to his website
>>>(http://www.votenader.org). You'll agree,
>>>I'm sure, there's lots of common sense
>>>there, regardless of what political stripe
>>>you are.
>>>
>>>But remember. If you are even
>>>THINKING of voting for Al Gore, vote for
>>>Al Gore. Ralph Nader does not need a
>>>single Gore vote. There are a hundred
>>>million of us out there who are
>>>uncommitted and currently not voting.
>>>Right now, Gore and Bush are each
>>>hoping to win by getting only 40 million
>>>votes.
>>>
>>>If you are in the Non-Voting majority and
>>>want to let 'em all have it, if you want to
>>>get our country back in our hands...well,
>>>if even half of you show up and vote
>>>November 7 then you won't be held
>>>responsible for Bush winning the White
>>>House.
>>>
>>>In fact, you won't be held responsible
>>>for putting Gore in the White House,
>>>either.
>>>
>>>Rather, you will have made history by
>>>putting a true American hero at 1600
>>>Pennsylvania Avenue.
>>>
>>>And you will have given every company,
>>>every boss who's done ya wrong, the
>>>worst nightmare of their lives.
>>>
>>>November 7. Payback Time.
>>>
>>>The revenge of the Non-Voters!
>>>
>>>So sayeth their unappointed leader,
>>>yours truly,
>>>Michael Moore
>>>[e-mail]
>>>http://www.theawfultruth.com
>>>http://www.michaelmoore.com
>>>
>>>PS. Come to think of it, Democrats
>>>should be on their knees thanking
>>>Ralph for running. Rather than taking
>>>votes from Gore, Ralph's going to be
>>>the one responsible for turning the
>>>House back over to the Democrats.
>>>
>>>When millions of these Non-Voters enter
>>>that booth to vote for Ralph, and they
>>>come across their local race for
>>>Congress, they will find no Green Party
>>>candidate in most of the 435
>>>Congressional districts. So who do you
>>>think Ralph's army of Non-Voters will
>>>plunk down for Congress? The
>>>Republican? I don't think so.
>>>
>>>The Democrats are only six seats short
>>>of regaining control of the House. Ralph
>>>Nader will be the reason the Democrats
>>>get the House back for the first time
>>>since Newt's Contract on America in
>>>1994.
>>>
>>>Democrats should send their checks to
>>>Nader 2000, P.O. Box 18002,
>>>Washington, DC 20035.
>>>
>>>(Or, better yet, let's try to elect enough
>>>Greens to Congress -- a dozen or so --
>>>and they'll hold the deciding votes
>>>because neither the Democrats nor the
>>>Republicans will have the majority. It'll
>>>be a friggin' Knesset!)
>>>
>>>PPS. If you're still worried this letter
>>>might convince a weak-kneed Gore
>>>voter to flip over to Nader - and thus
>>>lead to President George W. stacking
>>>the Supreme Court to make abortion
>>>illegal, well, it's all a bunch of hooey.
>>>Please read my latest grassroots.com
>>>column entitled, "I Ain't Fallin for That
>>>One Again" at:
>>>http://www.michaelmoore.com/aint.html
>>>
>>>PPPS. Tonight, Wednesday July 19, on
>>>"The Awful Truth" (Bravo, 10 p.m.
>>>ET/PT), Crackers the Corporate Crime
>>>Fighting Chicken makes a surprise
>>>return visit. Don't miss it!
>>>
>>>
>>>PLEASE PASS THIS LETTER ON TO
>>>YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
>>>PERMISSION IS GRANTED TO
>>>REPRINT ANYWHERE.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>http://www.rain.org/mailman/listinfo/local-activists
>>>
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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 20:22:44 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NMD Report Mid Aug - Pls Sign Monster  Letter

Dear NGO or Parliamentarian,

My apologies if you have already seen this many times, especially if you
are amongst those that have already signed this letter.

Defence Secretary Cohen is due to give a report on NMD to President Clinton
in Mid- August, exactly at the same time as we plan to send this letter to
Clinton and all US allies.

Its critical that we get as many people signed on as possible.

If  you or your organisation has not yet signed on to it, do please
consider doing so as quickly as possible even if it is not exactly the
perfect letter you might write.

(And if you or your organisation can write a better letter as well as
signing this one, do please do so).

You are urged strongly to sign this letter as soon as you can and to pass
it to any other organisation that might sign it as well.



PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883,  1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201,

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
[phone], [phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, [phone],

PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN [phone]

GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
[phone],

CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
[phone], [phone],

PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
[FAX NO?]

JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
[phone],

KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, [phone]

POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK,  [phone]

PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND, [phone],

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

PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY, [phone]

PRIME MINISTER WILLHEM KOK, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS,
[phone],

CC
US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT  [phone],

US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN [phone],

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
[phone],   [phone],

ROBIN COOK, UK  MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, [phone],
[phone],

HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE,  [phone],

JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY [phone],
[phone],
[phone], [phone],

YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, [phone]

LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA,  [phone],
[phone]

LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM,  [phone],

THEODOROS PANGALOS, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE, [phone]

George Bush Presidential Candidate, [phone].
Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, [phone]

Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers,

The undersigned NGO groups and Parliamentarians, representing  millions of
people,  are writing:

1) To urge the US not to proceed with proposals for a National Missile
Defence System (NMD),

2) To urge  US allies to make the strongest representations in appropriate
forums or bilaterally, to press the US government not to proceed with the
deployment of NMD, and to maintain the integrity of the ABM Treaty.

Proceeding with National Missile Defence threatens to undermine the basis
of existing and future offensive nuclear arms reduction measures.

We note the strong statements made on NMD by the Governments of France,
Germany and Sweden, and the expressions of concern by other US allies
including the UK, Canada, and the European Union.

At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories. The
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference expressly calls for:
"the early implementation and entry into force of START-II and conclusion
of START-III as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the
Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability
and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in
accordance with its provisions."

We do not believe it is possible for this to be interpreted in a way that
will allow the deployment of an NMD system, nor should it be so
interpreted. We therefore  urge the US and Russia instead to proceed to the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels and to the
immediate implementation of START-II.

We note that the UN Secretary-General, and representatives of Russia,
China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European Community, the New Agenda
Coalition and the Non-Aligned movement have expressed the view that the ABM
treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic stability.

The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong
concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow
NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over
missile proliferation as a result of NMD.

The Australian Senate on June 29th, passed a motion in which it called on
the US not to proceed with the deployment of an NMD system and in which it
called for the implementation of START-II as soon as possible, and the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels.

We note also recent expressions of concern within the US, by
Congresspeople, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished and influential
people and organizations.


America should not simply ignore the strongly repeated opinion of
governments and NGOs of the whole world, that NMD should not proceed,  and
that the integrity of  the ABM treaty should be maintained.

Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile
threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern')  are
not the solution to missile proliferation,  sabotage nuclear disarmament
efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the
world, and decrease overall US and international security.

There are serious doubts  whether this system, or  whether any missile
defence system,  can ever work.  The problems posed even by relatively
simple decoys are probably technically insoluble. The Welch Panel, an
independent team of scientists,  released a report outlining the
probability of NMD systems failure due to time and schedule constraints.

Instead of pursuing missile defence, [it is vital that the US  focus on
practical solutions to global  strategic security.]  we [therefore] urge
the US and Russia,  as the highest priority, to proceed to the elimination
of as many warheads as possible under any START-III agreement, the removal
of obstacles to the implementation of START-II,  and  the removal of
strategic missile forces from high alert status as advocated by the
Canberra Commission, subsequent UN resolutions and the final NPT
declaration.


Yours Sincerely,
(Signed)

Bruna Nota, International President, Womens International League for Peace
and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva/NY.,

Commander Robert D. Green, RN (Retd.) Chair, World Court Project UK., NZ/UK.,
Dave Knight, Chair, CND UK.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases,
(CAAB), Yorkshire, UK.,
Dr Chris Busby, Low-Level Radiation Campaign, UK.,

Xanthe Hall, IPPNW-Germany, Berlin,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear Free Future Award, Munich, Germany,
Eva Quistorp, Women for Peace, Berlin, Germany,

Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia,
Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow,
Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia,
Alexandra Koroleva, Baltic Research and Action Centre, Kaliningrad,

Alla Shevchuck, Chairwoman, Odessa Branch Social-Ecological Union, Odessa,
Ukraine,
Victor Khazan, MP, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Member, Ukrainian Parliament.

Paul Saoke, IPPNW, Kenya,
Roy Cabonegro, Secy- General, YSDA Phillipines,
Jean P. Patterson, Heredia Disarmament Committee, San Jose, Costa-Rica.,
Grace De Haro, Suzanne Schultz, Lihue Association, Patagonia, Argentina,
S. P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India,

Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada.,
Joyce Lydiard, WILPF-British Columbia, Canada.,
Dr Rosalie Bertell, International Institute of Concern for Public
Health,(IICPH) Toronto, Canada.,

Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre
for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA.,
Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, Program Director, Federation of American
Scientists, (FAS), NY,
Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA.,
Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore,
Calif, USA.,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Director, HOME, Tecopa, Calif.,
Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force, Rocky Mountains Conference,
United Church of Christ, Colorado,
Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the
Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, NY, USA.,
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear
Policy,(LCNP) NY.,
Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington
DC., USA.,
Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social
Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA.,
Randall Forsberg, Director, Institute for Defence and Disarmament Studies,
Cambridge, Mass,
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
Gainesville, Florida.,
Ross Mc Cluney PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Florida Solar Energy
Centre, Florida,(pers. capacity)
John Reese, Community Action Network, Seattle, Wash, USA.,
Terry Gipps, President, Alliance for Sustainability, Minneapolis, Mn, USA.,
John M. Laforge, 'Nukewatch', Wisconsin, USA.,
Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, Portland, Ore, USA.,
Michael D. Intriligator, Vice-Chair, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction
(ECAAR), UCLA, USA.,
Barbara Weidener, Grandmothers for Peace International, Calif.,
Alan Moore, Peace and Justice Commission, City of Berkley,
Alan Moore, Patch Adams Peace and Justice Centre,
Alan Moore, Butterfly Gardeners Association,
Anthony Guarisco, Alliance of Atomic Veterans, USA.,
Phyllis S. Yingling, Chair, Kay Camp, Former Chair, Womens International
League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) USA.,

Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation, Aotearoa/NZ., Auckland, NZ,
Dr R. E. White, Deputy Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,

Anthony Albanese MP, (ALP) Federal Member for Grayndler, NSW.,
Dr Carmen Lawrence MP, (ALP) Federal Member for Frementle, W.A.,
Kelly Hoare MP, (ALP) Federal Member for Charlton, NSW,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW,
Senator Brian Grieg, Democrat Senator for W.A.,
Lee Rhiannon MLC (Greens) NSW.,
Richard Jones MLC, (Ind) NSW.,
Kerrie Tucker MLA, Greens Member for Molonglo ACT,
Don Nardella MLA, ALP Member for Melton, Vic.,
Gis Watson MLC, Member for North Metropolitan, W.A.,
Gareth Smith, Nuclear Disarmament Party, Vic.,
Dr Susan Wareham, Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW)
Canberra,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide, SA,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee Sydney,
Jack Forward, Central Coast Peace Forum,
Doreen Burrows, South Coast Peace Committee,
George Gotsis, Greek Peace Committee, (Sydney)
Brian Miller, Hiroshima Day Committee Sydney
Jo Vallentine, People For Nuclear Disarmament (PND) W.A.,
Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping (STAND) W.A.,
Robin Chapple, Anti-Nuclear Alliance of W.A.,
Hannah Middleton, Anti-Bases Campaign,
Denis Doherty, Pax Christi NSW
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
(CICD) Melb, Vic.,
Jacob Grech, Earthworker, Trades Hall, Melb.,
Cherie Hoyle, Urban Ecology Australia,
Kirsten Blair, Coordinator, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory
(ECNT), Darwin, NT,
Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF),
Melb.,
Alec Marr, Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,(TWS), Canberra,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney,
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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 08:01:25 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/26 - Daybook; Announcements

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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 26, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200072621494.htm

      Theater missile defense briefing =97 10 a.m. =97 The Heritage=
 Foundation
hosts a Washington Roundtable for the Asia-Pacific Press news briefing on
"Theater Missile Defense: How Will It Re-Cast Security and Diplomacy in East
Asia?" Location: Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Contact:
202/608-6143.

      Camp David summit briefing =97 10 a.m. =97 The Brookings Institution=
 holds a
briefing on "Camp David II: The Summit That Failed." Location: Stein Room,=
 1775
Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact: 202/797-6105.

      D.C. Bar luncheon =97 noon =97 The D.C. Bar Association presents a=
 luncheon
program on "War Crimes, Hate Crimes and Police Crimes: A Career Prosecuting=
 the
Abusers of Power." The speaker is Albert Moskowitz, chief of the criminal
section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. Location: D.C.=
 Bar
Conference Center, 1250 H St. NW, Level B-1. Contact: 202/626-3463.

      Biomedical research briefing =97 noon =97 The Congressional Biomedical
Research Caucus presents a briefing on "NASA's Biomedical Research on the=
 Space
Shuttle Station." Astronauts Dave Williams, Lee Morin and Eugene Trinh and=
 two
NASA scientists participate. Location: B-339 Rayburn House Office Building.
Contact: 301/530-7153 or 202/225-4315.
 =20
2) Presidential Candidates

George W. Bush -
        10:15 a.m. - Casper, Wyoming Rally, Natrona County High School, 930=
 S.
Elm Street, Casper, WY, 307/577-0330


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Times. - July 26, 2000<br>
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 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200072621494.h=
tm</a><br>
<br>
      Theater missile defense briefing =97 10 a.m.
=97 The Heritage Foundation hosts a Washington Roundtable for the
Asia-Pacific Press news briefing on "Theater Missile Defense: How
Will It Re-Cast Security and Diplomacy in East Asia?" Location:
Lehrman Auditorium, 214 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Contact:
202/608-6143.<br>
<br>
      Camp David summit briefing =97 10 a.m. =97 Th=
e
Brookings Institution holds a briefing on "Camp David II: The Summit
That Failed." Location: Stein Room, 1775 Massachusetts Ave. NW.
Contact: 202/797-6105.<br>
<br>
      D.C. Bar luncheon =97 noon =97 The D.C. Bar
Association presents a luncheon program on "War Crimes, Hate Crimes
and Police Crimes: A Career Prosecuting the Abusers of Power." The
speaker is Albert Moskowitz, chief of the criminal section of the Justice
Department's Civil Rights Division. Location: D.C. Bar Conference Center,
1250 H St. NW, Level B-1. Contact: 202/626-3463.<br>
<br>
      Biomedical research briefing =97 noon =97 The
Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus presents a briefing on
"NASA's Biomedical Research on the Space Shuttle Station."
Astronauts Dave Williams, Lee Morin and Eugene Trinh and two NASA
scientists participate. Location: B-339 Rayburn House Office Building.
Contact: 301/530-7153 or 202/225-4315.<br>
  <br>
<b>2) Presidential Candidates<br>
<br>
George W. Bush -<br>
</b><x-tab>        </x-tab>10:15
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 eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.votenader.org/press.html</a><br>
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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 12:10:06 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: [abolition-caucus] EMERGENCY! THE  NADER 2000 CAMPAIGN URGENTLY NEEDS YOUR HELP.

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>Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 22:21:20 -0400
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>EMERGENCY! THE  NADER 2000 CAMPAIGN URGENTLY NEEDS YOUR HELP.
>----- Original Message -----
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>Subject: EMERGENCY! THE NADER 2000 CAMPAIGN URGENTLY NEEDS YOUR HELP.
>
>
>July 24, 2000
>
>DEAR FRIEND:
>
>The Nader 2000 campaign is gaining momentum all over the
>country, jumping up to 8% nationwide support in one of the most recent
>polls. This surge in energy is thanks to all of you - all of the
>individuals who have sent checks, all of the individuals who have
>gathered ballot access signatures, everyone who has spoken to their
>neighbor about why Ralph Nader is the best Presidential candidate.
>
>Now more than ever we need your financial support. The Nader 2000
>campaign does not accept PAC money, nor does it use soft money. We need
>the generous contributions of individuals from all corners of the
>country.
>
>IF YOU COULD SEND A DONATION TODAY BY CONTRIBUTING ONLINE YOU
>WOULD HELP THE NADER 2000 CAMPAIGN ENORMOUSLY. To donate just click here:
>
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>
>If you can't donate online, please send a check to:
>
>      Nader 2000
>      P.O. Box 18002
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>
>CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO "NADER 2000 PRIMARY COMMITTEE, INC."
>
>
>Any amount you can give will help us wage our campaign. As Ralph
>has said many times, the creation of a true and viable progressive party
>with a deep and appealing agenda is not at all difficult - all it takes
>is one million people giving $100 and 100 hours each and we could take
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>THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON BEHALF OF THE NADER 2000 CAMPAIGN!
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>Nader 2000 Campaign Fundraiser
>
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