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Thank you for the excellent newsletter.

Do you (or anyone else receiving this message) have any details regarding the recent amendments to the ABM Treaty prohibiting TMD testing against
ICBMS, and any analysis of how we can best utilize these amendments to prevent US from going forth with TMD?  I would think that an immediate
application of pressure, at home and abroad, on the US to ratify them should be done.

Sally Light
Executive Director
Nevada Desert Experience

Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space wrote:

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>
> CLINTON DELAYS NMD, TMD SWELLS:  On September 1, President Clinton, speaking
> at Georgetown University, declared that he could "not conclude that we have
> enough confidence in the technology.to move forward to deployment" of
> National Missile Defense (NMD) at this time.  Clinton did though state that
> the Pentagon would continue with 16 more NMD tests at $100,000 each.
> Clinton maintained that there was not a net loss in his decision because a
> "delay won't affect the 2006-2007 timetable for deployment."  The NMD
> testing program has slipped behind it's scheduled 2005 deployment date
> anyway as a result of recent test failures.  The President's decision means
> the Pentagon will not award contracts this year for initial construction
> work on a new missile-tracking radar in Shemya, Alaska.
>
> BEHIND THE SCENES:  There were essentially two main factors behind Clinton's
> decision to delay NMD deployment.  First was the embarrassing reality of the
> two most recent test failures.  If the July 7 test had succeeded, the
> Pentagon wanted to press forward with an initial deployment of 20
> interceptor missiles in Alaska by 2005.  (Work on the Shemya radar now
> cannot begin before 2002, which ensures that NMD could not be completed
> before 2006 at the earliest.)  The second factor was the strong opposition
> to deployment by European allies.  In fact, in Clinton's speech he
> acknowledged that European opposition was key to the delay and made clear
> that his administration, and the next, would need to "complete" efforts to
> get the consent of the allies on the necessary upgrades to U.S. radar
> systems that will coordinate a new Star Wars program.  Fearing the
> diplomatic repercussions, Clinton's national security adviser, Samuel
> Berger, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, and her deputy, Strobe
> Talbott, opposed moving forward with deployment.  Secretary of Defense
> William Cohen was the most forceful advocate of fielding NMD as soon as
> possible and recommended to Clinton that he go ahead with initial
> construction of the Shemya radar.
>
> MORE TESTS:  "The President's decision does not affect development and
> testing, which will continue.  Raytheon continues its confidence in our
> radars and hit-to-kill technology," said a spokesman for the aerospace
> corporation.  Raytheon built the 121-pound (55kg) "vehicle" that is supposed
> to intercept and destroy "enemy" missiles.  The NMD testing program has been
> plagued by controversy in recent months with several reports citing fraud by
> the contractors as they faked tests and computer simulations.  The various
> problems with the testing program have done their share to drive up NMD's
> cost.  In August the Pentagon reported that the program would require
> another $6 billion to complete.  The next flight test of NMD will rocket
> from Vandenberg AFB in California, with an interceptor launch from Kwajalein
> Atoll, in January 2001.  NMD war games will continue as well.  On August 24,
> the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) ran a joint Battle
> Planning Exercise at their National Test Facility at Schriever AFB in
> Colorado Springs.  According to one military official who participated, the
> exercise "gave those of us in the operational community a chance to practice
> making critical operational decisions using the current version of NMD
> battle management software."  Practice makes perfect!
>
> FROM THE GRASSROOTS:  Between June 24 - July 7 dozens of events called by
> the Global Network (GN) were held throughout the U.S. and in Europe to
> protest the most recent NMD test on July 7.  International grassroots
> opposition to Star Wars has been steadily building in recent months and must
> be given recognition as having contributed to the enormous pressure on
> Clinton and governments around the world to slow down the push for early
> deployment of Star Wars.  It was a tremendous joy for us to watch groups all
> over the world working together to keep space for peace.  In England, a very
> public debate within the government over NMD must have been enlivened by the
> hard work of groups protesting at Menwith Hill and Fylingdales, the two U.S.
> spy satellite bases that are undergoing upgrades for Star Wars.  In Germany,
> the protestors gave great visibility to the issue as they stood at the
> entrance to the Berlin Air Show handing out helium balloons to the kids with
> GN messages on them.  At Vandenberg, the efforts by the back country
> protestors trying to get on the launch pad and those standing at the gate
> prior to the July 7 NMD flight test brought important international
> exposure.  In Washington DC, after having voted in 1999 by a margin of 97-3
> for deployment of NMD, 31 senators composed a letter to Clinton on July
> 26 calling on the president to delay deployment.  This would not have
> happened except for the strong local pressure generated
> on the politicians.  Keep it going!
>
> STATEMENTS FROM OVERSEAS:  Russia, which has been publicly stating that NMD
> is a program intended to give the U.S. a first strike capability, met
> Clinton's delay decision with a new call for massive elimination of nuclear
> weapons.  Vladimir Putin has called for new talks on a Start III arms
> reduction treaty but recently reminded the U.S. that further cuts would only
> be possible if the 1972 ABM Treaty was honored.  And, at the U.N.'s recent
> Millennium Summit in New York, Putin called for an end to the
> "militarization of space."  (He must be reading our web site!)  China has
> renewed its long stated call for "negotiation and conclusion of an
> international legal instrument or instruments on the prevention of the
> weaponization of and an arms race in outer space."  So far the U.S. has
> refused to participate in any negotiations calling for such a space weapons
> ban.  The Pacific Concerns Resource Centre, the Secretariat of the Nuclear
> Free & Independent Pacific based in the Fiji Islands, released an important
> statement following the July 7 failed NMD test.  In the statement PCRC
> asked, "How can the U.S. government justify this expensive missile testing
> program when it refuses to face its responsibility for past nuclear tests?
> The Nuclear Claims Tribunal in the Marshall Islands has promised
> compensation to hundreds of Marshallese affected by the U.S. nuclear tests
> at Bikini and Enewetak.  The Marshall Islands' government is currently
> asking the U.S. to pay extra compensation for Marshall Islanders who were
> irradiated by 67 U.S. nuclear tests.between 1946-1958."  One of the few
> governments to criticize Clinton's delay decision was Taiwan.  Lee
> Wen-Chung, a member of President Chen Shui-bian's party, said the NMD delay
> was regrettable and he hoped the new U.S. president would push the program
> forward more aggressively.  Taiwan is being considered as a host site for
> deployment of U.S. TMD systems.
>
> BUSH/GORE/NADER/McREYNOLDS:  George W. Bush has often stated that the U.S.
> must design and deploy "quantum leap weapons" that would dominate the
> battlefields of the future.  Many believe he was talking about space-based
> lasers when he predicted laboratories like Sandia and Los Alamos in New
> Mexico would play a critical role in the development of "weapons that will
> allow America to define how wars are fought."  When told of Clinton's delay
> decision Bush stated that, "Should I be president, I'll seize the moment and
> develop an effective antiballistic missile system."  Al Gore supported
> Clinton's decision saying that a delay allowed more time for "additional
> testing" and would "allow the next President time to conduct updated
> discussions with other countries."  But Gore concluded, "If I am elected
> President, I would also plan to use the extra time.for a serious bipartisan
> dialogue about defensive systems aimed at establishing a consensus that
> clearly does not exist at this time."  Green Party candidate Ralph Nader and
> Socialist Party candidate David McReynolds both have taken the position that
> Star Wars deployments are destabilizing and are a waste of taxpayer dollars.
>
> TMD SUPPORT GROWING:  Theater Missile Defense (TMD) now appears to be the
> favored system for deployment.  Also called boost-phase intercept, the
> Pentagon is accelerating its testing program as political support mounts.
> Among those now calling for full speed ahead on TMD are:  Richard Garwin, a
> senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; Sen. Joseph Biden (D-RI);
> Harold Brown, former Secretary of Defense under Carter; MIT Professor Ted
> Postol; Frank Gaffney, Director of Center for Security Policy; Rep. Curt
> Weldon (R-PA); the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and ex-CIA directors John Deutch
> and R. James Woolsey.  The $5.1 billion that the U.S. will spend on missile
> defense in FY2001 will be equally divided between TMD and NMD.  Recent
> amendments to the ABM Treaty, which have not been ratified by Congress,
> prohibit testing TMD against intercontinental ballistic missiles.  Even
> though TMD systems are "intended" to be forward deployed into regions of
> tension like the Middle East or Asia to protect troops, the TMD system could
> function as the same NMD system that Clinton decided to delay.  According to
> Dr. Dean Wilkening, director of the science program at Stanford University's
> Center for Int'l Security & Cooperation, "There's no clear, technical
> distinction between theater and NMD systems."  Lt. Col Rick Lehner, a
> spokesman for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) put it even
> more clearly when he told the New York Times that, "All of these systems can
> have applicability to both TMD or NMD.  It just depends on which direction
> the nation wants to go."
>
> TMD COMPONENTS:  TMD systems are basically broken down into three
> sub-components: ground launched, sea launched, and air/space launched.  The
> Army's ground launched programs, coordinated at the Redstone Arsenal in
> Huntsville, Alabama include the Patriot (PAC-3), Theater High Altitude Area
> Defense (THAAD), Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL), and the Army Kinetic
> Energy Anti-Satellite (KE ASAT) weapons.  Added together these systems would
> give the Army the capability to destroy incoming missiles or satellites in
> either lower earth atmosphere (low tier) or above earth atmosphere (upper
> tier).  The Navy has also recently become more involved in TMD and has
> created a new Office for Missile Defense Operations.  The new office will
> take command of all "testing and deployment" of Naval missile defense
> systems and will be based in Hawaii.  According to one Naval spokesman, "The
> creation of this office is a clear, unequivocal statement that the U.S. Navy
> is committed to deploying a sea-based missile defense."  The Navy system,
> outfitted on Aegis destroyers home ported in Japan, could sit 100 miles off
> the coast of North Korea or China and shoot down missiles headed for the
> U.S. while still in their boost-phase.  Proponents of this system argue that
> Naval TMD systems would provoke less diplomatic fallout (especially from
> European allies) than the proposed NMD system.  The Navy has stated that if
> given this mission they will need at least 4-7 more ships in their arsenal.
> A sea-based TMD system would add at least $10 billion more to the military
> budget and would require new advanced ground and/or space-based sensors for
> targeting.  The Air Force's Airborne Laser (ABL) program would put a
> powerful laser aboard a modified Boeing 747 and begin shooting down missiles
> by 2003.  The $11 billion program is being developed at Kirtland AFB in
> Albuquerque, N.M.  The Air Force has also begun to study whether the ABL
> could  "defend" against cruise missiles of the sort the U.S. fired at Iraq
> and Yugoslavia.  By doing so, the Air Force hopes to protect the ABL from
> funding cuts.  The Pentagon is assessing the vulnerability of all satellites
> in orbit to possible collateral damage from the ABL when fired at "enemy"
> targets.
>
> SPACE-BASED LASER:  The Senate Armed Services Committee in May ended its
> FY2001 budget authorizations by adding $30 million more to the space-based
> laser (SBL) program which is now being developed by Lockheed Martin, Boeing
> and TRW.  The SBL lifecycle budget is estimated at $30 billion.  The BMDO is
> presently doing an Environmental Assessment of the program and a decision
> will be made at any time on the test site for the SBL program.  Currently
> three testing sites are in the running:  Kennedy Space Center, Redstone
> Arsenal in Huntsville, and the Stennis Test Center in Mississippi.
> According to a BMDO spokesman, "The new testing complex would consist of
> hot-fire prototype development and production facilities.that would be
> valued at over $300 million."  Los Angeles AFB in California is the program
> office running the SBL program.  The Airborne laser and space-based laser
> would be most effectively used as anti-satellite weapons.
>
> SPREADING TMD AROUND:  The Pentagon is telling Taiwan that it needs to
> improve its military capability, including missile defense.  The U.S. is
> being encouraged by right-wing organizations to sell the most advanced
> Patriot interceptor missiles to Taiwan.  Japan and Taiwan already have basic
> Patriot defense systems, and the U.S. has deployed Patriot in South Korea.
> America's TMD systems are just as objectionable to China as NMD is.  China
> fears a TMD-equipped Taiwan would be more tempted to assert its independence
> from the mainland.  Because of recent U.S. - Taiwan weapons sales China is
> likely to conclude that the U.S. is restoring a mutual defense pact with
> Taiwan.  That treaty fell by the wayside in 1979 when Washington normalized
> diplomatic relations with Beijing and adopted a "one-China" policy, which
> recognized the Chinese government.  A powerful laser developed by Israel and
> the U.S. to shoot down missiles passed its first test at the White Sands
> Missile range near El Paso, Texas last May.  Designed and built by TRW, the
> Tactical High Energy Laser (THEL) cost taxpayers $190 million from
> development through the first test.  Israel has said it plans to deploy the
> system along its northern border with Lebanon.  "The technology has come a
> long way since the early 'Star Wars' days in terms of developing lasers that
> could in the future destroy a ballistic missile," says a spokesman from
> BMDO.  A team of Israeli engineers and defense planners also defended the
> NMD program against an April report by the Union of Concerned Scientists
> that challenged the program's ability to defend against decoys and counter
> measures.  Lastly, it appears that the U.S. is also trying to get NATO into
> the TMD act.  On June 20 a Pentagon spokesman, in a news briefing, admitted
> that the U.S. will award NATO armaments directors funding in 2001 to do two
> feasibility studies on a NATO - U.S. TMD program.
>
> NEW ASIAN PENTAGON STRATEGY:  Since the fall of the Soviet Union, and the
> resulting eastward expansion of NATO, the U.S. has been able to essentially
> "lock down" its once great rival now called Russia.  Increasingly, the major
> war games of the Pentagon take place in Asia.  According to a Pentagon study
> called Asia 2005, "The threats are in Asia."  The effort now underway,
> according to the Washington Post, is for the U.S. to "manage the rise of
> China as a great power."  This, of course, will require a "bigger" military
> budget as the Pentagon puts an emphasis on expanding their naval, air and
> space power in the Pacific region.  Already the Air Force is upgrading bases
> in Guam and on Wake Island to handle more B-1 and B-2 bombers.  Cruise
> missiles are being prepositioned in Guam and TMD is being widely promoted
> throughout the region.  The Navy is expected to nearly double its presence
> in the Pacific in coming years.  The U.S., with over 230,000 military
> personnel (including the Pacific fleet) assigned to the region, is worrying
> about recent South Korean and North Korean reunification talks.  In a news
> briefing on July 5, Secretary of Defense William Cohen stated that, "I don't
> think we should consider pulling troops out of South Korea.I think our
> troops should remain there, even if there were to be a unification."
> According to an article printed in The Japan Times by Larry Wortzel of the
> right-wing Heritage Foundation, "The U.S. acts as an honest broker with no
> territorial designs for hegemony, its military presence is perceived as a
> benign counterbalance to the mistrust that followed recent war experiences
> in the region."  China sees things differently.  Presently with only 20
> nuclear missiles capable of hitting the continental U.S., they believe that
> the U.S. is encroaching on their nation, preparing for battle with the last
> great Communist power.  After the shock of the U.S. bombing of the Chinese
> embassy in Yugoslavia, there was a serious debate in China about whether to
> accelerate the growth in their military spending.  A recent Pentagon report
> though stated that China's Central Committee decided last summer to reaffirm
> their priority emphasis on economic development, foregoing major military
> expansion.  China is exploring the development of space-based
> reconnaissance, primarily to monitor the movements of U.S. Naval carrier
> battle groups.  Secretary of Defense Cohen visited Australia in late July,
> after having just met with Chinese leaders, and urged the Aussies to
> increase their military spending to ensure their forces could support the
> U.S. if there was a war with China over Taiwan.  Cohen also told Australia
> that the U.S. wants to test TMD from bases it intends to build in Western
> Australia and reminded the Aussies that their joint base, the Pine Gap
> satellite station, was a key installation in the new Star Wars system.  To
> top it all off, House Majority Whip Tom Delay (R-TX) recently boasted to
> reporters how he had confronted the Ambassador of China on Meet the Press.
> Delay grabbed his hand as if to shake it, but instead squeezed it as hard as
> he could and yanked the Ambassador up close to him, warning him not to
> underestimate the resolve of the American people.  The Ambassador, deeply
> humiliated, immediately left the national TV news set.  The message was
> clear.
>
> SPACE FORCE:  In order to ensure space "control and domination" in the 21st
> Century, Sens. Bob Smith (R-NH) and Wayne Allard (R-CO) have taken the lead
> to establish a Space Commission to determine how best to strengthen America'
> s use of space.  In recent remarks to aerospace leaders, Sen. Smith stated
> that, "Whoever controls space will win the next war."  The 13-member Space
> Commission will include seven retired senior military officers, including
> two former heads of the U.S. Space Command.
>
> BIG EARS OF ECHELON:  The European parliament announced in July plans to
> investigate the U.S. Nat'l Security Agency's (NSA) highly classified
> electronic spy network called Echelon.  The goal of the European Union's
> 36-member committee is "to verify the existence of Echelon and determine
> whether such an intelligence system is compatible with the EU's laws,
> including the right to be protected against secret service activities."  A
> report on the committee findings is expected in early 2001.  The U.S.
> high-powered listening post operated by the NSA in Bad Aibling, Germany is
> one such facility causing the controversy in Europe.  Like Menwith Hill and
> Fylingdales in England, Bad Aibling is conducting economic espionage against
> European firms for the U.S. government who pass the information on to
> American corporations.  Besides the U.K., Canada, Germany and New Zealand
> the U.S. has a major listening post stationed in Australia called Pine Gap
> which has been operated since 1968.  Its precise functions remained
> classified until the arrest of a U.S. spy revealed it was a CIA intelligence
> base.  Just last July Australians learned that Pine Gap, along with the
> British facilities, will be a front line of the planned tracking and missile
> "defense" network for Star Wars.
>
> COLORADO HOOK-UP:  Duncan Campbell, one of the first journalists to uncover
> European space-intelligence sites, visited Colorado recently for an informal
> tour around Buckley Air National Guard Field with members of Citizens for
> Peace in Space.  According to CPIS member Loring Wirbel, "Buckley is slated
> to get a name-change in October to Buckley Total Force Base.  This is as
> close as the federal government will come to admitting that Buckley is the
> largest consolidated electronic intelligence base in the Western Hemisphere,
> combining functions of the NSA and National Reconnaissance Office.  For
> several years CPIS has been arguing that the struggle against elements of
> the BMD system and the struggle against global intelligence networks are
> part of the same fight.  Campbell told us how the base at Pine Gap,
> Australia will be home to a new set of radomes (radars) that support
> SBIRS-High (a key satellite system for Star Wars) and that members of the
> Australian parliament are not allowed to visit Pine Gap to learn more about
> its role.  The ties Campbell made between intelligence and BMD not only show
> us how interlinked these missions are, but stress how the federal government
> may well try to 'sneak in' radar and infrared facilities used for Star Wars
> under false pretenses."
>
> NUCLEAR ROCKET TO MARS:  NASA and Dept. of Energy (DoE) have recently
> undertaken a major public relations effort to sell the nuclear rocket to the
> people.  Because it would take conventional rockets a full year to get to
> Mars, NASA wants the nuclear rocket in order to cut travel time in half.
> "It's continually talked about.  Whenever you start seriously contemplating
> human missions to the moon and Mars in an economical way with reuse
> potential, nuclear always comes to the foreground," says Stanley Borowski,
> with NASA in Cleveland, Ohio.  NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in
> Huntsville, AL. will be coordinating work on the nuclear rocket along with
> Los Alamos National Labs, NASA in Cleveland, and the Univ. of Florida's
> Nuclear Engineering Dept.
>
> MORE SPACE NUKES:  The DoE recently held a public comment period on their
> Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) concerning the expansion of
> plutonium-238 production for future space nuclear powered missions.
> Claiming that they don't have enough Pu-238, DoE intends to reopen
> previously closed production facilities at either Hanford, WA., Oak Ridge,
> TN, or at INEL in Idaho Falls, Idaho.  Please write to DoE protesting the
> expanded plutonium production and ask for a summary copy of the final EIS.
> Write to Colette Brown; DoE; Office of Space & Defense Power Systems; NE-50;
> 19901 Germantown Rd; Germantown, MD 20874 or e-mail her at:
> [e-mail]
>
> GN REPS ON THE ROAD:  In June, two of the GN's Board members Regina Hagen
> (Darmstadt, Germany) and Dave Webb (Leeds, England) were asked to testify
> before the EU Parliament's Peace Intergroup.  The meeting consisted of
> members of parliament, assistants, and advisors.  Regina spoke about the
> U.S. BMD system, ABM Treaty, as well as positive suggestions for
> alternatives for global security.  Dave gave an outline of the U.K.
> involvement through Menwith Hill and Fylingdales and the other needed radars
> in Greenland and Norway to make BMD work.  He also emphasized the importance
> of strengthening the Outer Space Treaty.  Both gave the EU committee
> information on the growing work of  GN affiliates all over the world and the
> meeting ended with Caroline Lucas, a member of  Parliament joining the GN.
> Regina also represented the GN in Oswiecim (Auschwitz), Poland in early
> September and was the keynote speaker at the 13th General Assembly of the
> Int'l Association of Peace Messenger Cities.  Regina will also be speaking
> on our behalf throughout Germany during the remainder of 2000.   GN Board
> Convener Karl Grossman spoke at Nuclear Free Action Camps in Vermont and
> Michigan in August and will represent the organization at an October 14
> demonstration in Toronto, Canada opposing the militarization of space.  Karl
> will also speak at a major WILPF space event in New York on September 16.
> GN Coordinator Bruce Gagnon has been on a two week per month speaking tour
> for most of the past year that has recently taken him to Virginia, New
> Hampshire, Florida,Maine, Alabama, and a nine-city tour in California.  In
> coming
> months Bruce will do a five-city tour of Pennsylvania, and will speak in
> Iowa, South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, North Carolina, California,
> Japan, and England.  Our message is getting out to people all over the world
> and they are getting involved.  Thanks to all who help us make this
> organizing work possible.
>
> OCTOBER 7 ACTIONS:  While we realize the information in this newsletter may
> seem a bit overwhelming it is our goal to show that in spite of Clinton's
> deployment delay, there is still much work to be done.  When we each do
> our bit we can create a massive global movement that will have an impact!
> We now have over 40 actions planned around the world on our Int'l Day of
> Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space.  Check our web site for the
> up-to-date list.  Events will be held throughout the U.S. and in Australia,
> England, Azerbaijan, Nepal, Romania, Germany, Mauritius in the Indian Ocean,
> India, South Korea, Canada, and France.  Please let us know if you are going
> to hold an action on October 7 as well so that we can add you to the list.
> If your community does not hold an event please use the day to organize
> people to contact Congress opposing the nuclearization and weaponization of
> space or write a letter to the editor of your local paper.  The GN's October
> 7 actions are being held in collaboration with the War Resisters League's
> Day without the Pentagon set for October 14-16.
>
> NEW MEXICO DEMO:  On February 10, 2001 the GN will hold a demonstration in
> Albuquerque, N.M. at the 18th Annual Symposium on Space Nuclear Power &
> Propulsion.  For the second year in a row, we will greet this event of those
> promoting space nuclear power with a protest vigil.  The 12-3 pm action at
> the Hyatt Regency Hotel will target plans for the nuclear rocket, nuclear
> reactors for space mining colonies, nuclear powered rovers on Mars, as well
> as nuclear power devices for space-based weapons technologies.  Come and
> help us say no to more worker contamination at DoE labs and no to potential
> space nuclear power accidents.
>
> NAT'L SPACE ORGANIZING CONFERENCE:  On March 16-18, 2001 the GN will hold a
> National Space Organizing Conference and protest in Huntsville, Alabama at
> the Redstone Arsenal/Marshall Space Flight Center.  This important event,
> coming soon after the inauguration of a new president, will give space
> activists a chance to meet, strategize, and share the latest information
> available on what our government's next step concerning Star Wars will be.
> We promise to have a full slate of great speakers at the event and guarantee
> a good time for all.
>
> NASA & NAZIS:  During WWII, Nazi Germany tested and used the V-2 rocket to
> attack cities in England and France.  The V-2 program, led by Werner von
> Braun, was created at a site in northern Germany called Peenemunde.  At this
> site slave labor was used to construct the rockets.  In her book Secret
> Agenda, Linda Hunt (former executive producer of CNN's investigative unit)
> tells the horrid story of "Operation Paperclip" that brought over 1,600 Nazi
> scientists, largely escaping the Nuremberg trials, to the U.S. after the war
> to develop the U.S. space program.  Von Braun, who had been a member of the
> Nazi SS, and his "team" were sent to Huntsville, Alabama where he eventually
> became the first director of the Marshall Space Flight Center.  Peenemunde's
> V-2 flight test director, Kurt Debus, was eventually named the first
> director of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  After the allies began
> bombing Peenemunde, the Nazi's moved the V-2 operation underground in
> Central Germany to a place called Mittelwerk and they created a
> concentration camp nearby called Dora to supply slave labor to Von Braun's
> rocket team.  Flight testing continued at Peenemunde.  Von Braun's brother
> Magnus, who also came to Huntsville, was in charge of gyroscope production
> at Mittelwerk.  Slave laborers at Mittelwerk began to sabotage the V-2
> rockets and Werner Von Braun sent his staff to Mittelwork to find out why
> the rockets were not working correctly.  More than 200 prisoners suspected
> of sabotage were hanged at Mittelwerk.  Mittelwerk's head of production,
> Arthur Rudolph, was later named project director of NASA's Saturn V rocket
> program that took the U.S. to the moon.  By the time the allies liberated
> Mittelwerk and Dora, over 60,000 prisoners had been interned and over 20,000
> never made it out alive.  Former New York governor Hugh Carey, 18 years old
> at the time, was one of the American liberators who witnessed over 6,000
> dead bodies at Dora upon their arrival.  Linda Hunts says that "exactly 40
> years after the liberation of Dora, in April 1985, the Alabama Space &
> Rocket Museum paid tribute to 40 Germans who stood surrounded by the press,
> in front of the old V-2s and the Saturn V rocket they helped build for the
> U.S.  Inside the museum, dozens of awards lay encased in glass as a memorial
> to Werner von Braun."  Thus the U.S. space program was born.  And similar to
> Hitler's slogan "Germany over all," the U.S. Space Command's motto today is
> "Master of Space."  Linda Hunt will be among the speakers at our March space
> organizing conference in Huntsville.  If you'd like a copy of one of her
> articles send a SASE to the GN.
>
> NEXT GN INT'L MEETING:  The next international membership meeting of the GN
> will be held on May 4-6 in Leeds, England.  This meeting, hosted by
> Yorkshire CND, will feature a conference, protests at nearby U.S. spy
> satellite bases, and our annual business meeting.  More details later.
>
> STICKERS/PACKET/VIDEOS:  We have bumper stickers for sale at $1 each (12 for
> $10).  Pick either KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE or NO WEAPONS IN SPACE.  We also
> have space organizing packets (which include a color copy of the Space
> Command's Vision for 2020) at $5 each.  We also now have two different
> videos for sale at $13 each (includes s/h).  One is the keynote speech by
> Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) filmed at our international conference in
> Washington DC last April which offers a powerful moral and political
> argument against BMD.  The second video is a recent speech by GN Coordinator
> Bruce Gagnon that serves as a good educational tool of the basic space
> issues.
>
> AFFILIATION:  The GN is able to do its work only because individuals and
> organizations join and pay dues.  We do not receive any major foundation
> support.  Our annual membership fee is $10 - $100 (pay what you can best
> afford within the sliding scale.)  Donations to the GN are tax deductible.
> Also, let us know if you'd like to get on our e-mail list for future
> information and alerts.
>
> SPACE PLOWSHARES:  As we go to press, we have learned that five Catholic
> nuns, calling themselves the "Sacred Earth and Space Plowshares" entered
> Peterson AFB in Colorado Springs on September 9 for the purpose of hammering
> swords into plowshares.  While at Peterson (HQ of the U.S. Spae Command)
> they poured their blood on a Milstar warfighting satellite.  The women
> religious stated that they "reject the Space Command's Vision for 2020" and
> its call to "control and dominate" space.
>
> Bruce K. Gagnon
> Coordinator
> Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
> PO Box 90083
> Gainesville, FL. 32607
> [phone]
> http://www.space4peace.org
> [e-mail]
>
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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 14:17:50 -0800
From: Abolition 2000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter September 2000 Vol. II  Number 6

Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter
September 2000
Vol. II  Number 6

*********************
IN THIS EDITION
*********************
I.        Articles
II.        Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000
III.        Announcements
IV.        Calendar Events
V.        Resources

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ARTICLES
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International Conference Addresses Crucial Steps Towards a Nuclear-Free Worl=
d

    On 1-4 September 2000, an international conference entitled
"Nuclear Weapons-Free Zones: Crucial Steps Towards a Nuclear-Free
World" was held in Uppsala, Sweden.  The seminar was attended by more
than 50 scholars, experts, activists and diplomats from six
continents and called for Nuclear Weapons-Free Zones (NWFZs) to be
established all over the world as a transitional step towards the
complete abolition of nuclear weapons.  Underscoring the urgency to
establish such zones in South Asia, Northeast Asia, the Middle East
and Central Europe, the seminar deliberated on the moral, political,
legal and security imperative of nuclear weapons abolition,
highlighting the need for both comprehensive and incremental measures
of disarmament.

    At the opening of the conference, Jayantha Dhanapala
delivered a keynote address in which he stated, "At a time when some
30,000 nuclear weapons remain, NWFZs offer one of the few activities
open to non-nuclear-weapon States not just to quarantine themselves
from the nuclear contagion, but to pool their efforts to resist it."
NWFZs, which ban the manufacture, deployment and transit of nuclear
weapons in specific regions, and make them safe from nuclear attacks
and threats from the nuclear weapons-states, are an important step
towards nuclear abolition.  NWFZs have already been established by
treaties in Latin America (1967), South Pacific (1985), Africa (1996)
and Southeast Asia (1997).

    Participants at the conference dedicated themselves to
campaigning for NWFZs in different forums, global, regional and
national.  Those attending the conference also adopted the Uppsala
Declaration, outlining a program of future activities, including
regional-level campaigns, publications and creation of a Website.

=46or more information, please contact:
Dag Hammarskj=F6ld Foundation
=D6vre Slottsgatan 2
753 10 Uppsala, Sweden
Tel: [phone]
=46ax: [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]

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Chelyabinsk Authorities Speak out Against Nuclear Waste Import

        A Russian anti-nuclear camp was held from 23 July to
5 August and organized by ECODEFENSE!, Anti-nuclear campaign of the
Socio-Ecological Union and several Chelyabinsk environmental groups
including Pravosoznanie and Techa.  Campers from dozens of Russian
cities organized a non-violent direct action on 3 August to protest
the importation of nuclear waste into Russia. Earlier in 2000,
Chelyabinsk authorities supported the plan.  The non-violent action
included blockading the entrance to the Chelyabinsk governor's
office, during which demonstrators were violently attacked by the
police.  As a result of the action, however, authorities agreed to a
meeting with environmentalists on 7 August.

    During a press conference on 9 August 2000 in Chelyabinsk,
leaders of the four environmental groups announced positive results
of a meeting with Andrey Kosilov, the Vice-Governor of the
Chelyabinsk region.  During the meeting, environmentalists and
Kosilov agreed that no nuclear waste should be imported to Russia for
storing at the Mayak facility. Moreover, Kosilov agreed that the
issue of the nuclear waste import to Russia must not be discussed
before the social rehabilitation program for Chelyabinsk region is
approved by the government and included in the federal budget for
2001.  The Vice-Governor also stated that he already ordered an
expert group to look into the proposals given by the anti-nuclear
camp organizers to improve the social protection of citizens living
in radioactively contaminated areas of Chelyabinsk region.

    Historically, Chelyabinsk authorities have supported the
Ministry of atomic power (Minatom) in its projects at Mayak, which is
the only Russian facility reprocessing nuclear waste located in the
Chelyabinsk region.  Since 1998, Minatom has been supported by
members of the Russian Duma who are actively working to amend a law
on environmental protection, which would ban the import of nuclear
waste into Russia.  The most recent proposal on such an amendment was
submitted to the government on 18 July 2000.  The opinion of
Chelyabinsk authorities will greatly influence the outcome of such an
amendment.

    Vladimir Slivyak, an anti-nuclear campaigner, and director of
ECODEFENSE stated, "We are welcoming the position of vice-governor of
Chelyabinsk.  Storing of the foreign nuclear waste in Russia is the
craziest idea of the Minatom businessman."  Vladimir Slivyak was also
one of organizers of the anti -nuclear camp and participated in the
meeting with vice-governor Kosilov.

=46or more information, please contact:
Vladimir Slivyak
Tel:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]

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CAAB Continues Struggle Against NMD in the UK

    Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy of the Campaign for the
Accountability of American Bases CAAB continue to be arrested for
peaceful actions at Menwith Hill and Fylingdales in the United
Kingdom, opposing the US Ballistic Missile Defense Organization and
the crucial role of these bases in the proposed National Missile
Defense system.

    On 8 August 2000 Anni quietly opened a gate of the new
high-security perimeter fence and entered the "operations area"
before being arrested by the Ministry of Defense police (MDP) under
the controversial and legally unsafe military land bylaws.  Anni was
subsequently released without charge.  A legal action is underway to
address the bylaws.

    CAAB is paying weekly attention to any new planning
applications which may be submitted to Harrogate Planning office.
CAAB is particularly monitoring Fylingdales for any new developments.
By regularly checking the plans at Menwith Hill, CAAB discovered in
1996/7 that two Space Based Infra Red System (SBIRS) radomes were to
be built and that the base was to be a crucial part of the BMD
program.  After a long struggle to get the issue raised in the media,
NMD is now discussed almost daily.

    CAAB is also pursuing a legal action in the High Court of
London.  A claim was filed in October 1999 arguing that building two
SBIRS radomes at Menwith Hill violates international law.   Lindis
Percy will be represented by a Queens Councilor in upcoming hearings
scheduled to begin in October 2000.

    On Saturday, 7 October 2000, CAAB will be organizing another
demonstration at NSA Menwith Hill to protest the controversial NMD
system.  The demonstration is part of the International Day to
protest the weaponization and nuclearization of Outer Space being
organized by the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in
Space.

=46or more information, please contact:
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy
Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB)
8 Park Row, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1HQ, England, UK
Tel/fax no: [phone]R [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
URL:  Http://www.gn.apc.org/cndyorks/caab/

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Las Vegas Declared Nuclear-Free Zone

    On 6 September 2000, the Mayor and City Council of Las Vegas,
Nevada passed resolution R-85-2000, declaring the City of Las Vegas a
Nuclear Free Zone.  This resolution opposes legislation that would
allow the transportation, storage or production of spent nuclear
fuel, high-level nuclear waste, and low-level radioactive waste
within the City of Las Vegas.  The resolution also supports the on
site storage of spent nuclear fuel, a shift in federal funding for
nuclear waste disposal studies, and the research and use of
alternative renewable energy sources.

    Susi Snyder of the Shundai Network stated, "The majority of
the people of Las Vegas are against radioactive waste being shipped
through the city.  A Nuclear-Free Las Vegas is a great step towards a
Nuclear-Free Great Basin."

    The passage of this resolution is just in time for "Nevada Is
Not A Wasteland Day, being held on 30 September from 12-8pm at
Morrell Park in Henderson.  There will also be a Nuclear Free Great
Basin Gathering from 6-9 October, at the Peace Camp in Newe Sogobia.
=46or more information, please contact the Shundahai Network at:
Shundahai Network
Tel:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]
URL:  Http://www.shundahai.org/great_basin_2k.html

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Abolition 2000 Needs your Financial Support Now and on a Regular Basis!
=46rom the Coordinating Committee

    In July, every member organization of Abolition 2000 received
an information-packed mailing about Abolition 2000's recent
activities at the NPT Review Conference including our Annual General
Meeting, the upcoming Global Citizens=92 Assembly for the Elimination
of Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki, and other exciting developments.  (We
even included photos!)  With all that
important and useful information, perhaps you overlooked the
fundraising appeal.  No problem, here it is again!

    IT'S TIME TO GIVE FOR ABOLITION!

    Now that we have enrolled over 2000 groups in Abolition 2000
and have become the third largest NGO network in the world, we need
to ensure that we can continue to develop and become THE most
influential movement in the world!  To do this we need all kinds of
resources, including money.  When we established the Abolition 2000
network we asked participating groups to send donations, but did not
establish a regular giving scheme.  In order to support the next
phase of our work we need to be assured of a regular reliable income.
(Unfortunately, so far the big foundations don't seem to understand
the incredible value of our network.)  That's why we're asking EVERY
endorsing group to make annual donation to Abolition 2000.  Abolition
2000 is made up of all kinds of groups, of all sizes.  We're asking
your group to commit anywhere from 10 to 1000 (US) dollars a year,
based on your own financial circumstances.  If each endorsing group
gives a minimum, Abolition 2000 will have a guaranteed annual income
of 20,000 dollars!  IMAGINE, if we can rely on our own members to
provide the basic resources necessary to sustain Abolition 2000,  we
can pursue our own agenda without worrying about the priorities of
outside funders.  PLEASE GIVE AS GENEROUSLY AS YOU CAN.  Skip to the
end of this message for information about how and where to send your
donation. OR, if you need more convincing, read on . . .

    Just 5 years ago, at the NPT Review and Extension Conference
in New York, frustrated by a lack of progress on nuclear disarmament,
a small group of determined NGOs got together in the basement of the
United Nations to draft a statement that expressed their vision of
how to get to a world without nuclear weapons. The Abolition 2000
Statement resonated around the world and launched an unprecedented
global movement.  Fueled by a common, uncompromising commitment to
the prompt and total elimination of nuclear weapons, but with minimal
financial resources, the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate
Nuclear Weapons has grown into a dynamic network of more than 2000
NGOs and municipalities in 95 countries!

    With a tiny budget, Abolition 2000 maintains an international
clearinghouse (at the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation in California) and
one paid staff person (Coordinator, Carah Ong), who works closely
with the Abolition Coordinating Committee and the Global Council,
keeps in touch
with Regional Contacts the world over, moderates our very active
e-mail list serve, maintains our award-winning website, produces
inspiring and information-filled monthly updates, fills constant
requests for information, and handles a myriad of organizing details.
And that's just the beginning!  PLEASE MAKE AS GENEROUS A
CONTRIBUTION AS YOU CAN, but note that this is not a membership fee.
Whether you're able to give or not, you are a welcome and valuable
member of the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear
Weapons!

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION!!  We look forward to
hearing back from you soon.  =97 your Abolition 2000 Coordinating
Committee: John Burroughs (US); Jacqueline Cabasso, (US); Akira
Kawasaki (Japan); David Krieger (US); Lars Pohlmeier (Germany); Alice
Slater (US); Hiro Umebayashi (Japan); Alyn Ware (Aotearoa/New
Zealand); Ross Wilcock (Canada); Carah Ong (US/Abolition 2000
Coordinator)

P.S. Individual contributions are also welcome!  And, if you have any
promising fundraising ideas or contacts, please let us know!!

Please send your contribution to:
Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
PMB 121, 1187 Coast Village Rd, Suite 121
Santa Barbara, California  93108
Tel:  [phone]  Fax:  (805)  568-0466

or wire transfer*:

Montecito Bank and Trust
1000 State Street
Santa Barbara, California  93101
Routing # ABA-122234783
Account# 192 036 100

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 121
Santa Barbara, CA 93108

*If you choose to send a donation via wire transfer, please send a
message to Carah Ong to inform her of the transfer to the Nuclear Age
Peace Foundation account for Abolition 2000.

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ABOLITION 2000 PETITION COUNT
September 2000

Aotearoa/NZ        70,000 (Soka Gakkai)
            65,012 (Peace Movement Aotearoa)
            135,012 Total
Argentina        163
Austria            12,000 (Soka Gakkai)
Australia        9140
Bangladesh        8
Belgium        1175
Canada            1031
Costa Rica        1360
Czech Republic    10
Denmark        6
=46rance            50,000 (Mouvement de la Paix)
            17,000 (Soka Gakkai)
              5,388    (Stop Essais)
                    28 (WILPF)
                      1
            72,417 Total
Gabon, Afrique    8
Germany        4080
Greece            17
India            260
Italy            55,819 (Soka Gakkai)
                 968 (in house)
            56,787 Total
Japan            13,016,568 (Soka Gakkai)
                     4,113 (in house)
            13,020,681 Total
Malaysia        80
Netherlands        25
Norway        110 (IPPNW)
            112
            222 Total
Palestine        8
Philippines        11
Puerto Rico        486
Romania        8
Russia            10
Singapore        15
South Africa        70
Spain            17
Sweden        67
Switzerland        7,941
Ukraine        40
UK            981
US             34,648 (in house)
            13,617 (from Santa Cruz but in house)
            10,000 (Maine)
            58,275 Total
Miscellaneous (on-line + conferences)    4,759

Total:  370,602
Total including Japan SGI:  13,391,283

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Northampton, Pennsylvania Passes Resolution Opposing NMD

    On 7 September 2000, the Northampton City Council passed a
resolution calling upon the governments to take all nuclear weapons
off high alert status and begin negotiations to prohibit the use and
eliminate all nuclear weapons.  Additionally, the resolution called
upon the US government to not deploy a ballistic missile defense
system and to reprioritze federal spending in support of health,
education, housing, improving the infrastructure of US cities, public
transportation and the quality of the environment.
=A8
    Anti-nuclear activist Frances, one of the lead resolution
organizers, stated of the success, "The value is that we have
educated a whole section of community leaders about the impact of
military spending on their local human services, including:
education, housing and public transportation.  We addressed all the
issues that the Millennium Summit addressed - war poverty and the
environment - all wrapped up in the resolution."

=46or more information about the Northampton resolution, please contact:
=46rances Crowe
Tel:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail].


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ABOLITION 2000 ORGANIZATIONS IN THE YEAR 2000
******************************************************************

Liga Internacional de Mujeres Pro Paz y Libertad, Costa Rica (WILPF)
Mitzi Stark
Apartado 8295
1000 San Jose
Costa Rica
Email:  [e-mail]

    La Liga Internacional de Mujeres Pro Paz y Libertad (LIMPAL)
ha sido muy activa durante este ano.  LIMPAL ha colectado mas de 1500
firmas en la petici=F3n de Abolici=F3n 2000.  Costa Rica es comitido al
disarme nuclear y en 1997 present=F3 la Convenci=F3n Modela de las Armas
Nucleares (CMAN) a la Asemblea General de las Naciones Unidas.
Ahorita, la CMAN es un documento oficial de las Naciones Unidas.  En
mayo, Mitzi Stark, la contacta regional de Abolici=F3n 2000 en Costa
Rica, habl=F3 en la radio de la Conferencia Repaso del Tratado de
Non-Proliferaci=F3n.  Tambi=E9n, Kim Alphandari, Radio por Paz
Internacional, intereg=F3 el Ministerio de Relaciones Internacionales
sobre la posici=F3n de Costa Rica y prospectos por el futuro de disarme
nuclear.  Durante el principio del a=F1o, Oscar Arias, ganador del
Nobel Peace Prize, firm=F3 la petici=F3n de Abolici=F3n 2000.

    The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
(WILPF), Costa Rica Chapter, has been very active during the year.
WILPF has collected more than 1500 signatures on the Abolition 2000
petition.  Costa Rica is committed to nuclear disarmament and in 1997
it introduced the Model Nuclear Weapons Convention (MNWC), now an
official United Nations document, to the UN General Assembly.  In
May, Mitzi Stark, the Abolition 2000 regional contact in Costa Rica,
spoke on the radio about the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review
Conference.  Also, Kim Alphandari, Radio for Peace International,
interviewed the Minister of Foreign Relations concerning Costa Rica's
position on nuclear disarmament and prospects for the future of
nuclear disarmament.  At the beginning of the year, Oscar Arias,
former President of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace Prize winner, signed
the Abolition 2000 petition.

***********************
ANNOUNCEMENTS
***********************

Mondialisons la Paix / Globalization of Peace

    Tout le monde parle de mondialisation, et si l'on
mondialisait la Paix?  Ces demi=E8res dix ann=E9es ont vu de terribles
massacres, de vraies guerres et de v=E9ritables g=E9nocides:  Rwanda,
Bosnie, Sri Lanka, Soudan, Afganistan, Angola...pour se limiter aux
pires conflits.  Mais ces dix ann=E9es ont aussi =E9t=E9 des ann=E9es
d'actions pour la paix et de progr=E9s dans certaines directions:
trait=E9 sur les mines terrestres, Tribunal P=E9nal International,
d=E9cision de la Cour Internationale de justice sur les armes
nucl=E9aires, r=E9glements pacifiques en Afrique du Sud, en Irlande, au
Guatemala, affaire Pinochet...  Le mouvement pacifiste a
consid=E9rablement =E9largi son horizon:  il agit non seulement dans le
domaine du d=E9sarmement et de la r=E9solution des conflits, mais aussi
des droits humains, du d=E9veloppement durable, de la justice, de la
d=E9mocratie, des normes internationales...  Toutes ces questions,
d'autres encore font =E0 juste titre l'objet de toutes sortes de
r=E9flexions et d'actions non violentes.  Nous ne constiuons plus un
mouvement pacifiste unique, mais nous faisons partie d'une famille de
mouvements et de r=E9seaux.

    Cette conference est un =E9v=E9nement important dans la mise en
oeuvre de l'Appel de la Haye pour la Paix (mai 1999) et aussi une
contribution =E0 l'Ann=E9e internationale pour une Culture de la Paix.
Contact a Paris:
Anick Sicart
Appel des Cent pour la Paix
17-19 place de l' Argonne
75019 Paris
Tel:  [phone]
=46ax:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]

    Everyone is talking about globalization, but the
globalization of peace?  The last ten years have seen terrible
killing and some serious wars and acts of genocide:  Rwanda, Bosnia,
Sri Lanka, Sudan, Afganistan, Angola...to name only the worst.  But
they have also seen ten years of peacemaking and progress in certain
areas:  the landmines treaty, criminal court, the World Court
decision of 1996 on the legality of nuclear weapons, peace
settlements in South Africa, Ireland, Guatemala, the Pinochet case,
etc..., not only covering disarmament and conflict resolution, but
also human rights, sustainable development, justice, democracy,
global governance...all these and more are rightly the subject of
reflection and non-violent actions of all kinds.  We can no longer
say we have one peace movement, rather, we belong to a family of
movements and networks.

    This conference is a major follow-up event to the Hague
Appeal for Peace (May 1999) and also a contribution to the
International Year for a Culture of Peace.  There will be
English-French interpretation in plenaries and hopefully all
workshops.  For more information, please contact:
Colin Archer, International Peace Bureau
41 rue de Zurich
1201 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel:  [phone]
=46ax:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]

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International Conference on US National Missile Defense

    The Annual Conference and Meeting of the Global Network
Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space will be held 4-6 May 2001
in Leeds, UK.  The Conference will include a protest, inspiring
speakers and discussion.  There will also be a chance to talk, eat
and enjoy entertainment together.

Conference themes:
1. The reality of National Missile Defense
2. The context of National Missile Defense and further development of space
weaponization.
3. The issues and campaigns addressed around the world.
4. The alternatives to Missile Defense.

=46ull details of the program and registration fees will be available
in the near future.

To register your interest please contact Yorkshire CND email:
[e-mail]

=46or information on the Global Network please visit the website at:
Http://www.space4peace.org

=46or information on visa's to visit the UK please visit website
http://visa.fco.gov.uk


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EVENTS
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September

1-4  "Walk for Saner Solutions" to END nuclear weapons production,
nuclear power and nuclear dumping and to bring international
attention to the desecration of the land and people in New Mexico.
=46or more information, please contact:
Citizens for Alternatives to Nuclear Dumping (CARD)
144 Harvard SE
Albuquerque, NM  87106
Tel:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]

6-8  Millennium Assembly of the United Nations in New York.

19  International Day of Peace Http://www.worldpeace.org/peaceday
       Special Millennium Day of Peace sponsored by Pathways to Peace
Http://pathwaystopeace.org

28  San Francisco  Noon to 1 p.m.  Vigil at the Israeli Consulate,
456 Montgomery Street in downtown San Francisco, to mark the 14th
anniversary of Vanunu's kidnapping by Mossad. For more information
contact Jeanie Shaterian at [phone] or visit our web site at
www.nonviolence.org/vanunu.

26 - 28  Washington, DC  Three days of support for Israel's nuclear
whistle-blower sponsored by the US Campaign to Free Mordechai Vanunu.
Includes a conference, a vigil, and an action. Speakers include
Daniel Ellsberg; Mary and Nicholas Eoloff, Mordechai's adoptive
parents; Rabbi Philip Bentley, president of the Jewish Peace
=46ellowship; Bishop Thomas Gumbleton; and Elizabeth McAlister, nuclear
resister and Jonah House co-founder. For more information contact Sam
Day at [phone] or visit our web site at
www.nonviolence.org/vanunu.

October

7  International Day of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space
     Demonstration at Vandenberg Air Force Base

6-9  Nuclear Free Great Basin Peace Camp.  For more information,
please contact:
Shundahai Network
Tel:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]

9   Nuremberg Day (Leaders held to account for crimes against peace,
war crimes and crimes against humanity, 1946)

12-15  International Peace Bureau Triennial Assembly on
"Globalization of Peace" at Nanterre Town Hall, near Paris France.
=46or more information, contact:
International Peace Bureau
Tel:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]

16  A Day without the Pentagon. Regional nonviolent direct actions.
In Las Vegas, NV there will be an event at Nellis Air force Base
including prayers for peace and safety and a Citizen Inspection Team.
=46or more information please call Nevada Desert Experience (702)
646-4814

19  Indigenous Peoples' Day (Indigenous peoples have suffered
disproportionate effects of nuclear mining and testing)

20-21  Asia-Europe Meeting III (ASEM III) will be held in Seoul,
South Korea.  For more information, please contact:  Gyung-Lan Jung
[e-mail]

24  Disarmament Week

24  United Nations Day

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November

4-5  International conference against depleted uranium will be held
in Manchester, UK
Register soon! Limited places available!  The conference will be
hosted by the Campaign Against Depleted Uranium.  For more
information, please contact:
CADU
One World Centre, 6 Mount St.,  Manchester, M2 5NS  England
Email:  [e-mail]
=46ax:  [phone]
Tel:  [phone]; or 834-8176

17-20  Global Citizens' Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear
Weapons will be held in Nagasaki, Japan.  The Assembly is hosted by
the Organizing Committee of Global Citizens' Assembly for the
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki (Nagasaki Prefecture,
Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Foundation for the Promotion of Peace, and
Nuclear Weapons Abolition Year 2000 Nagasaki Citizens' Council).  For
more information, please contact:
Nagasaki Foundation for the Promotion of Peace
7-8 Hirano-machi, Nagasaki, 852-8117  Japan
Tel:  [phone]
=46ax:  [phone]

December

10  Human Rights Day

12  Free world peace prayer event in Hiroshima, Japan.  For more
information, please visit:  http://www.nttl-net.ne.jp/hiroshima2001


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RESOURCES
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WEB

*Abolition 2000 Global Network
Visit the website and find out why Abolition 2000 was ranked "Number
4 Watchdog Organization on the Internet" by InfoSeek/Go.com and "One
of the best informational sites on the internet" by Encyclopedia
Britannica.  The website has recently been updated.  If you have any
suggestions for improvement or comments, please send to Carah Ong at
[e-mail]
URL:  Http://www.abolition2000.org

The latest edition of Disarmament Diplomacy (No. 49, August 2000) is
now available on the website of the Acronym Institute at:
Http://www.acronym.org.uk

VIDEO

America's Defense Monitor
"Star Wars: New Hope or Phantom Menace?"

=46or 40 years, American scientists have tried -- and failed -- to
build a system to protect the US from long-range missile attack.  The
recent successful test of a missile interceptor breathed new life
into Ronald Reagan's dream of a national shield against enemy
missiles.  But will building "Star Wars" make us any safer?

Regular Price: $39 each; INTERNET PRICE: $29
Order at 800-CDI-3334, or on the web at http://www.cdi.org/adm/1330


DIRECTORIES

NATIONAL NETWORK OF GRANTMAKERS DIRECTORY is a comprehensive guide to
social change funders with over 200 foundation profiles. Profiles
provide facts on application processes,
timelines, contact persons and budget information.  The book costs
US$50.00 + $6.00 shipping & handling.
Order by phone: [phone] (available mid-September)
Order on-line:  Print out order form and mailing w/payment to:
National Network of Grantmakers
1717 Kettner Blvd., Suite 110,
San Diego, CA 92101
=46urther info: www.nng.org


BOOKS

The Fourth Freedom Forum is pleased to announce the publication of
"In Search of the Fourth Freedom" by Howard Brembeck.  The book
offers a timely and provocative prescription for reducing the threat
posed by nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction.

Information about the book is available on the Fourth Freedom Forum's
website at:
www.fourthfreedom.org/about/insearchof.html

You may prefer instead to link to the Fourth Freedom Forum's home
page at www.fourthfreedom.org.

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    "The Women Who Knew too Much:  Alice Stewart and the Secrets
of Radiation," a new book by Gayle Green, is now available from the
University of Michigan Press.  The book recounts Stewart's long
struggle as an isolated woman scientist battling the nuclear
establishment and details the ways in which the nuclear establishment
seeks to stonewall information that challenges its public
pronouncements.  Alice Stewart is a British epidemiologist and her
discoveries about radiation have revolutionized medical practice and
challenged international safety standards.

=46or more information, please contact:
University of Michigan Press
P.O. Box 1104
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA  48106-1104
Tel:  [phone]
=46ax:  [phone]
URL:  Http://www.alicestewart.org

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EDITOR
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Carah Ong
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Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000


"He aha te nui mea o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata" (A
Maori saying)

Translation: "What is the most important thing in the world? It is
the people, the people, the people."

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Santa Barbara, California  93108
Tel:  [phone]  Fax:  (805)  568-0466
email:  [e-mail]
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