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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:43:46 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Archival Article (http://libpub.dispatch.com/cgi-bin/documentv1?DBLIST=cd00&DO

>Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:27:16 -0400
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>TRUCK CARRYING RADIOACTIVE WASTE STRUCK; NO CONTAMINATION FOUND=20
>Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2000=20
>Section: NEWS=20
>Page: 04C=20
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>Health officials found no contamination yesterday after a tractor-trailer
>hauling low-level radioactive waste was rear-ended yesterday afternoon
>near I-270 and Rt. 33 on the Southeast Side.
>
>The crash occurred just after noon when a garbage truck struck the rear
>end of a flatbed trailer hauling radioactive sludge. Neither driver was
>injured.
>
>The truck was hauling three large steel crates filled with radioactive
>sludge, including uranium and thorium compounds, said Jim Colleli, a
>health physicist with the Ohio Department of Health.
>
>The shipment, from the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, was traveling
>to the Alaron company in Pennsylvania, where it was to be processed.
>
>A liquid, thought to be water, was found leaking from the side of one of
>the crates and health officials were notified. They found no
>radioactivity, Colleli said.
>
>Eastbound traffic on I-270, which runs parallel to stretches of the Big
>Walnut Creek, was backed up for more than seven hours.
>
>The Portsmouth plant produces enriched uranium used as fuel for the
>nuclear-power plants that supply about 20 percent of the country's
>electricity.=20
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Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 18:55:55 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Public mtg. on nuclear transport regs

Dear colleagues: Here is a short news article on the upcoming public
meeting (in Oakland, CA) on the question of changing nuclear transportation
safety standards. For more information, see the web address below or
contact the NRC at [phone]. Peace, Marylia

Tri-Valley Herald - Wednesday, September 20, 2000
=46orum to review shipping rules for nuke materials

Oakland public reviews nuclear shipping rules
By Glenn Roberts Jr.
STAFF WRITER

Nuclear regulators will host a meeting in Oakland next week to collect
public comment on a proposal for shipping and packaging radioactive
materials.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission meeting will be held from 6-10 p.m. at
the Edward R. Roybal Auditorium and Conference Center in the Oakland
=46ederal Building, 1301 Clay St.

The NRC is considering some major revisions that would make transportation
and packaging regulations more compatible with the International Atomic
Energy Agency, which helps set radiation transportation standards for the
world's nuclear community.

Testing requirements for radioactive materials packaging, package design
for transport by aircraft and containment standards for plutonium shipments
are among the topics that will be discussed at the meeting.

The impact of the proposed changes on radiation exposure and transportation
and packaging costs will also be open for comment.

NRC's Oakland meeting is the third and final meeting planned across the
nation on the new rules. The proposed changes to nuclear policy are
available on the Web at
http://ruleforum.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/rulemake/source=3DIAEA--RFC.

Written comments can be submitted electronically at the Web site or
addressed to: Rulemaking and adjudications staff, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, D.C., 20555.

General Electric's Vallecitos Nuclear Center in Sunol accepts some highly
radioactive shipments of spent fuel rods, taken from the core of nuclear
reactors for study. Vallecitos workers also work with radioactive
pharmaceuticals and maintain a small nuclear reactor for research.

Proposed changes in NRC regulations could impact shipments to and from the
Vallecitos center and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.
        -------------------------------------------------------------
             =A9 2000 by MediaNews Group, Inc. and ANG Newspapers

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 08:58:54 -0400
From: Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/09/21 -  Daybook; Presidential Candidates; Activist Announcements

Washington Times Daybook, September 21, 2000, Agence France Presse=20
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200092121136.htm

    9 a.m. =97 House Armed Services' military procurement subcommittee holds=
 a
hearing on the Defense Department chemical agents and munitions destruction
program. Location: 2118 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact:=
 202/225-4151.

        1 p.m. =97 Energy hearing =97 The House Government Reform Committee=
 holds a
hearing to seek answers from top government officials and affected=
 businesses
about soaring energy prices. The witnesses include Energy Secretary Bill
Richardson; Carol Browner, Environmental Protection Agency administrator;=
 and
James Hoecker, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission chairman. Location: 2154
Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-5074.

     2:30 p.m. =97 Senate Armed Services's personnel subcommittee holds a=
 hearing
to receive testimony on the recruiting initiatives of the Defense Department
and the military services and to receive an update on the status of=
 recruiting
and retention goals. Location: 222 Hart Senate Office Building. Contact:
202/224-3871.

     8:45 a.m. =97 Military strategies conference =97 Georgetown University=
 hosts a
day long conference, "Alternative U.S. Military Strategies." Location:
Intercultural Center Auditorium, Georgetown University, 37th and O streets=
 NW.
Contact: 202/687-4328.

    9:30 a.m. =97 Debt relief news conference =97 Members of Congress hold a=
 news
conference on debt relief for Third World countries. Treasury Secretary
Lawrence H. Summers, White House chief economic adviser Gene Sperling and
musician Bono of U2, participate. Location: Capitol, House Triangle.=
 Contact:
202/225-5355 or 202/226-7270.

    9:45 a.m. =97  Hunger Relief Tax Incentive Act news conference =97 Sens.
Richard G. Lugar, Indiana Republican, and Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont=
 Democrat,
host a news conference to urge passage of the proposed Hunger Relief Tax
Incentive Act to encourage family farmers, small businesses and restaurant
owners to donate food otherwise wasted to food banks for the poor. Location:
Capitol, Room S-207. Contact: 202/224-2079 or 202/224-7435.

    10:30 a.m. =97 Debt reduction news conference =97 Members of Congress=
 hold a
news conference to discuss recent House initiatives on reducing the debt and
the repeal of the tax on telephones. Location: Capitol, House Triangle.
Contact: 202/225-5107.

- -- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

- - George W. Bush - Unknown

- - Al Gore -=20
        10:30 a.m. =97 Discusses energy independence, Burch Oil, 45370=
 Clarke's
Landing Road, Hollywood, Md.

- - Ralph Nader - Thursday, Sept 21 -
        12:30 PM - Ann Arbor, MI - Rally with Ralph Nader and Michael Moore,
Michigan Theatre, 603 East Liberty; For more information: Michigan Greens=
 (248)
398-8104
        5:00 PM - Flint, MI - Rally with Ralph Nader and Michael Moore, =
 James
H. Whiting Auditorium, Doors Open at 4:00 PM, 1241 East Kearsley St.
        7:00 PM - East Lansing, MI - Rally with Ralph Nader and Michael=
 Moore,
Michigan State University Auditorium at Farmlane and Auditorium Road, For=
 more
information: [phone]

- - You Met Nader--Meet Harry Browne-Libertarian 4 Prez - Thursday, September=
 21=20
Marriott Crystal Gateway*, 1700 Jefferson Davis Hwy. (Rt. 1), Arlington, VA
(hotel fronts Eads St.) - 7:00-7:30 p.m.: Reception/Cash bar=20
7:30-9:30 p.m.: Harry Browne: "Libertarians Want You to Be Free."
Which candidate will end US imperialism (bring home all the troops, end
military aid to rich democracies and poor dictatorships alike*), totally gut
big corporate welfare and privileges (including monopolistic privileges),=
 give
100% tax credits for all money spent on or contributed to health benefits,
social welfare/charity contributions, end the social security scam against=
 the
younger generation, abolish the IRS/FBI/ BATF/DEA/etc. and federal support=
 for
militarization of law enforcement, totally end the war on drugs, and lots of
other good things? It's Harry Browne, the Libertarian Party candidate. Meet=
 him
this week in Arlington.  [From: Carol Moore=
 <mailto:[e-mail]?]

- -- ANNOUNCEMENTS --

- - ACTION ALERT! THE US SENATE IS SET TO APPROVE A $300 MILLION/YR INCREASE=
 IN
TAX SUBSIDIES FOR ARMS EXPORTS AS PART OF A $4 TO $6 BILLION CORPORATE=
 WELFARE
GIVEAWAY.
The Foreign Sales Corporations Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion=
 Act
of 2000 (H.R. 4986) which passed the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday,
September 19, is an example of the worst kind of corporate welfare, and a
substantial threat to public health and safety. Your Senators need to hear=
 that
you OPPOSE H.R. 4986 AND ITS EGREGIOUS=20
SUBSIDIES for the tobacco, pharmaceutical, and defense industries. =20
        H.R. 4986: *Doubles the available tax benefit for arms exporters-
amounting to a $300 million dollar increase in subsidies. Though the US=
 already
corners the market on arms sales, this bill would encourage greater sales of
weapons abroad, strengthening military dictatorships and threatening global
stability...."
        At present it appears that H.R. 4986 may come up for a floor vote
in the
Senate as early as this week. H.R. 4986 is a flawed response to a WTO ruling
that our current FSC scheme is an unfair trade practice. Although the EU,=
 the
complainant in the original suit, has already stated that it will not accept
this new legislation, proponents of the bill are using a putative WTO Oct 1
deadline to pressure Congress into passing the bill without any amendments.=
 In
fact, the US and EU are now engaged in negotiations that have thus far=
 resulted
in the EU effectively rescinding the Oct 1 deadline....
[From: "Jim Bridgman" <mailto:[e-mail]>]

- - Congrats! Clinton says "NO" to Star Wars!
Recently, President Clinton announced that the US would NOT move forward in
constructing a Star Wars anti-missile system that could provoke a news arms
race with Russia and China. Because of growing public concern and its faulty
technology, the President made the right move. Congratulations! You helped=
 make
this happen.  Your help, however, is still needed. Star Wars is not over=
 yet!
In fact, the President left the door open for his successor to either put an
end to this dangerous program - or deploy it as soon as possible. Please=
 send a
free postcard to presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore at:
www.DontBlowIt.org =20
[From: "DontBlowIt.org" <mailto:[e-mail]>]

- - 384 reactor accidents in Russia
http://www.time.com/time/europe/magazine/2000/0918/russianukes.html
A confidential report prepared by a group of experts earlier this year for=
 the
Russian government said that during the past 50 years there have been 384
reactor accidents with release of radiation, causing 58 deaths and 214 cases=
 of
acute radiation poisoning - and that does not count the Aug. 12 sinking of=
 the
nuclear submarine Kursk.
[TIME EUROPE September 18, 2000, Vol. 156 No. 12]

- - This is an exceptionally good op-ed on Pentagon waste and corporate=
 welfare,
I urge you to reprint it and forward it and generally get it out there.=20
Van Gosse, Peace Action <mailto:[e-mail]>
The Defense Contractor Welfare King=20
http://commondreams.org/views/092000-104.htm=20
Published Weds., September 20, 2000 in the Seatlle Post-Intelligencer

- - Am-Bushed on Oprah (September 20, 2000)
Greetings from Chicago, where Voices members visited with Oprah Winfrey's
audience before the show and then were able to pose questions to George W.
Bush. Below are Danny Muller's and Andrew Mandell's accounts which we'd be=
 glad
to circulate further with your help. Also, should you need talking points in
response to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's recent remarks about=
 Iraq,
please visit the commondreams.org website which has posted "Through the=
 Looking
Glass," - our response to Ms. Albright's suggestion that those who protest
economic sanctions against Iraq hold "Alice in Wonderland" fantasies.=20
Kathy Kelly
- --

Am- Bushed on Oprah
Or What Time Do you get up in the Morning?
        September18- Five AM is early. Early enough to make you really=
 question
what merits getting out of bed at such an ungodly hour. But today was
different. I was surrounded by others who felt called to provide a voice for
children half way around the planet who are being ravaged by the effects of=
 our
sanctions and our bombs. People who feel that our foreign policy in Iraqis
genocide and that it must change.=20
        Andrew Mandell and I had tickets for the Oprah show today, an event
that
would not normally be on our list of events to attend. But George W. Bush=
 was
being interviewed in the aftermath of his call for increased militarism and=
 a
vow that he would "get tougher on Iraq." As we stood in line to enter,=
 members
of the Voices affinity group offered each audience member a rose affixed to=
 a
postcard, urging that the flower be worn to commemorate children who have=
 died
due to economic sanctions on Iraq. The cards also suggested questions to=
 raise
with Mr. Bush. We felt gratified that so many people took the rose, read the
card, thought for a minute and then pinned the rose on their clothing as=
 they
waited to enter the studio.=20
        But other forces were also in motion. As we stood to pass through=
 the
metal detector, a bewildered voice, in an almost apologetic tone, announced
that everyone must remove their flowers "for some reason, don=92t ask me."=
 An
image I will not forget for a long time was people lining up to hand over=
 their
roses as they approached the metal detector. In a society where free speech=
 and
free expression are so prized, the regular infringement on the right to free
speech is almost as surprising as the complacency of those who are prevented
from speaking.
        Three hundred Oprah fans and a couple of non-complacents sat down to
watch Oprah interview Bush on a variety of topics. None of these topics
addressed the roots of problems affecting most of the world=92s population,=
 like
hunger. Or poverty. Or trying to fall asleep as warplanes screech across=
 night
skies, over villages that lay in rubble and filth, with children condemned=
 to
death by people they will never know. And I wonder What is more frightening?
The few who profit from US policy toward Iraq, the handful who set the=
 rules,
sell the guns, dominate the oil sales=97or the millions who stand by and=
 pay,
through their taxes and their silence, for crimes that afflict children?=
 Will
any of those who excuse governments for their crimes at least understand why
people get up at 5AM for any other reason than to laugh on cue to rehearsed
answers to even more rehearsed questions...
        Standing up, about halfway through the show, I asked "Mr. Bush,=
 would
you continue the Democrats=92 policy of bombing and sanctions that kill=
 5,000
children a month in Iraq?"    Cutting to commercial on cue, Bush was spared
having to answer. But he was not spared the question. Andrew stood and asked
about what Iraqi children burdened by sanctions can expect, a reference to
Bush=92s earlier remarks about great expectations for those who support his
campaign. Mr. Bush stared directly at Andrew while Ms. Winfrey rebuked me,
saying "You can=92t do this." I explained to Ms. Winfrey that I felt=
 compelled to
speak, that after traveling to Iraq and witnessing children die for lack of
medicine, I needed to act. The room was silent. Ms. Winfrey gave me a=
 momentary
look of concern before I was escorted out. In the fleeting moments of what=
 many
might perceive as a stark confrontation, Andrew and I locked eyes with Ms.
Winfrey and Mr. Bush, and I felt that there was a chance we reached two=
 people
who wield tremendous influence in our society.
        To see people who create nonviolent change by creating beauty and
asking
questions that are not asked is a lesson in nonviolence. I hope we as a=
 country
can learn this lesson before it is too late. After our action, though, what
lingers is sorrow. Sorrow and overwhelming sadness. That good people, like=
 the
audience members today, can remain complacent in the face of tremendous=
 evil.
That people like the beautifully attired young Bush supporter outside the=
 Oprah
show could say, when she was asked whether Bush, if elected president, would
support the murderous sanctions regime, "Oh, I don=92t know anything about=
 that,
I=92d need to know more." Sorrow that disruption is necessary to address=
 basic
facts about mortality rates and body totals that we are responsible for.=
 Sorrow
that the other 300 people in that room were not on their feet, that millions=
 of
Americans joined them on their couches and not on the streets speaking a=
 simple
message - do not kill our brothers and sisters in Iraq and around the world.=
=20
        So with 6 weeks before we vote in this democracy of ours, if life=
 were
an Oprah show, would you sit or would you stand?=20
        - Danny Muller

Roses in September
        We brought flowers in the name of the lost children of Iraq. The
lady in
front of me carefully attached one to her dress. Her companion was much too
enlightened for that. She knew that this sort of thing was "politically
motivated" and therefore suspect. One has to be careful when rallying behind
dying children. There is no telling whose they might be. The flowers didn=92=
t
make it in. At the doorway into America=92s living room, which looked
surprisingly like a common metal detector, these red roses were collected=
 and
bagged. They, as well as the questions on the hearts of the Iraqi people,=
 were
not part of the script.
        Bush is speaking about forgiveness. Not regarding the offering of=
 grace
on any international scale or even in regards to the domestic questions that
seem to swirl around the hanging governor from Texas. He stays on the=
 receiving
end of forgiveness and even there leaves any detail aside. "I am running for
President" is his excuse for this ducking of substance. Like the knowing,
well-trained acting troupe the room feigns amusement and puts on its best=
 "we
know what it takes to rule the world" face. Danny is going to interrupt as=
 it
seems clear now that this head-to-head confrontation is a long commercial=
 for
the discerning impaired. First, a commercial break and then a video clip of
George W. offering to be the pilot of our Great Expectations. This is the=
 last
straw. Dickens=92 rolls in his grave and when we return to the show Danny=
 Muller
stands up and asks Mr. Bush about the children of Iraq and their=
 expectations.
I try to follow up but the risk of empathy is avoided by a commercial break.
The crowd is of course shocked. Not because our policy and economic=
 sanctions
are crushing a civilian population against a tyrant but because anyone might
consider such everyday activities the basis to interrupt the grown- ups. My
daughter understood the interruption if not the response, when she hears us
speak of the suffering in Iraq. She writes letters in crayon to the leaders=
 and
in all faith asks them to intervene. I have to go home and tell her that not
only does the next-in-line refuse to imagine anything higher than the price
offered so coldly by Ms. Albright, but that George W Bush cannot be bothered=
 by
such questions. They are not "part of the format". I never liked grown-ups.=
=20
        -Andrew Mandell

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(Please send other sites of qualified candidates.)

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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 11:22:11 -0500
From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) on-line poll for presidential debates

Dear Friend of Project Abolition:

The Commission on Presidential Debates is conducting a Harris on-line
poll to help determine the topics addressed at the debates.  Now that
the
presidential debates proposed by the commission are back on, this is an
excellent opportunity to help put nuclear weapons on the national screen
via
cyber-organizing. The poll is at www.debates.org.

Please note: mid-way through the poll you will be asked to pick 3 (out
of six) broad topics that are most important to you.  You will only be
allowed to comment in-depth on those three topics, so be sure to pick
Foreign
Policy and Defense if you want to register your opinion on nuclear
weapons
elimination.

There is no option immediately given for nuclear weapons, but if you
select "Other" within the Foreign Policy and Defense list, you'll be
allowed to
write-in.  Missile defense is listed as a topic.

The "What question would you ask if you were moderator?" section is also

a good spot to bring up nuclear issues.

There does not appear to be any limit as to the number of times you can
take the survey.

For your convenience and reference, a list of possible nuclear "comment
points" follows for the write-in section.  Feel free to call the Global
Security Institute (415 561 6686) or Project Abolition (219 535 1110)
for elaboration on any of these points.

Tyler Stevenson
Global Security Institute

Kevin Martin
Project Abolition

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD AND RE-POST!
- --------------

Pax and facts -- samples for you to use and adapt:

1. U.S. obligation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty obligation,
reaffirmed this May, to the "unequivocal undertaking" of nuclear weapon
elimination.

2. The Cold War level of weapon readiness (hair-trigger), targeting
(thousands in Russia alone), and the danger of accidental launch.

3. Continued existence of nuclear weapons, especially with deteriorating

command-and-control in Russia, makes nuclear terrorism an increasing
likelihood.

4. At any given point in the past ten years, in any given country on
earth, well over half the population has supported nuclear weapon
abolition.

5. Aggregate nuclear weapon spending in the United States alone is $35
billion annually, or $1000 every second.

6. Some of our most powerful and loyal allies--Ireland, Brazil, Sweden,
New Zealand, Mexico, South Africa, and Egypt--have formed a New Agenda
Coalition to urge international disarmament.

7. A major overhaul in U.S. leadership is needed to recover from the
disastrous Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty rejection in the U.S. Senate
last October.

8. The current debate over National Missile Defense misses the point:
the only true security from nuclear ballistic missiles is the
elimination of
nuclear weapons.  In the meantime, our government is pandering to
defense industry lobbyists and soundbite populism in its willingness to
construct a missile defense that doesn't work, costs AT LEAST $60
billion, and
antagonizes our allies and enemies alike.

9. The use of nuclear weapons, or threat thereof, is anathema to every
religious, moral, and legal norm on the planet.  They are unworthy of
the United States or any nation.

ALL OF THIS MEANS FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT: The United States should take a

leadership role in the multilateral, transparent, verifiable, and
irreversible elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide.


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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:27:02 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: on-line poll for presidential debates

>Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 12:22:11 -0400
>Subject: on-line poll for presidential debates
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>Dear Friend of Project Abolition:
>
>The Commission on Presidential Debates is conducting a Harris on-line
>poll to help determine the topics addressed at the debates.  Now that
>the
>presidential debates proposed by the commission are back on, this is an
>excellent opportunity to help put nuclear weapons on the national screen
>via
>cyber-organizing. The poll is at www.debates.org.
>
>Please note: mid-way through the poll you will be asked to pick 3 (out
>of six) broad topics that are most important to you.  You will only be
>allowed to comment in-depth on those three topics, so be sure to pick
>Foreign
>Policy and Defense if you want to register your opinion on nuclear
>weapons
>elimination.
>
>There is no option immediately given for nuclear weapons, but if you
>select "Other" within the Foreign Policy and Defense list, you'll be
>allowed to
>write-in.  Missile defense is listed as a topic.
>
>The "What question would you ask if you were moderator?" section is also
>
>a good spot to bring up nuclear issues.
>
>There does not appear to be any limit as to the number of times you can
>take the survey.
>
>For your convenience and reference, a list of possible nuclear "comment
>points" follows for the write-in section.  Feel free to call the Global
>Security Institute (415 561 6686) or Project Abolition (219 535 1110)
>for elaboration on any of these points.
>
>Tyler Stevenson
>Global Security Institute
>
>Kevin Martin
>Project Abolition
>
>PLEASE FEEL FREE TO FORWARD AND RE-POST!
>--------------
>
>Pax and facts -- samples for you to use and adapt:
>
>1. U.S. obligation under the Non-Proliferation Treaty obligation,
>reaffirmed this May, to the "unequivocal undertaking" of nuclear weapon
>elimination.
>
>2. The Cold War level of weapon readiness (hair-trigger), targeting
>(thousands in Russia alone), and the danger of accidental launch.
>
>3. Continued existence of nuclear weapons, especially with deteriorating
>
>command-and-control in Russia, makes nuclear terrorism an increasing
>likelihood.
>
>4. At any given point in the past ten years, in any given country on
>earth, well over half the population has supported nuclear weapon
>abolition.
>
>5. Aggregate nuclear weapon spending in the United States alone is $35
>billion annually, or $1000 every second.
>
>6. Some of our most powerful and loyal allies--Ireland, Brazil, Sweden,
>New Zealand, Mexico, South Africa, and Egypt--have formed a New Agenda
>Coalition to urge international disarmament.
>
>7. A major overhaul in U.S. leadership is needed to recover from the
>disastrous Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty rejection in the U.S. Senate
>last October.
>
>8. The current debate over National Missile Defense misses the point:
>the only true security from nuclear ballistic missiles is the
>elimination of
>nuclear weapons.  In the meantime, our government is pandering to
>defense industry lobbyists and soundbite populism in its willingness to
>construct a missile defense that doesn't work, costs AT LEAST $60
>billion, and
>antagonizes our allies and enemies alike.
>
>9. The use of nuclear weapons, or threat thereof, is anathema to every
>religious, moral, and legal norm on the planet.  They are unworthy of
>the United States or any nation.
>
>ALL OF THIS MEANS FOR THE NEW PRESIDENT: The United States should take a
>
>leadership role in the multilateral, transparent, verifiable, and
>irreversible elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide.
>

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Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 16:09:54 -0500
From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) update on Project Abolition activities

Dear Friends:

Here's some news from Project Abolition:

APPEAL FOR RESPONSIBLE SECURITY TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 3 IN BOSTON
BEFORE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

The Appeal for Responsible Security, a simple two paragraph statement on
nuclear abolition that will form the linchpin of Project Abolition's
civil society strategy to build mainstream support, will be released by
an impressive list of endorsers at a luncheon event in Boston a few
hours before the first presidential debate.  Details:

"Bush & Gore At The Nuclear Crossroads: Nuclear Policy, National
Security & the Next Presidency"
October 3, 12:00 Noon - 3:30 p.m.
Pre-debate luncheon briefing
Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Stanbro Room
64 Arlington St. (between St. James and Columbus), Boston, MA
Sponsored by the Global Security Institute and the Fourth Freedom Forum

Speakers will include (please note, not all of these individuals have
endorsed the Appeal for Responsible Security):
Jonathan Alter, Newsweek
Theodore Postol, MIT
Jonathan Schell, Author/Activist
Bill Joy, Sun Microsystems
Sen. Alan Cranston, Global Security Institute
Janne Nolan, Century Foundation
Ambassador Richard Butler, Diplomat in Residence at the Council Foreign
Relations
Jack Mendelsohn, Ex. Dir., LAWS
and others

Project Abolition staff and Boston area activists are also working to
organize a demonstration, possibly featuring Peace Action's 50-foot
inflatable mock missile, outside the debate venue at UMass-Boston.

CNN TO AIR SLEEPWALKING TO ARMAGEDDON DOCUMENTARY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15

Thanks in no small part to Alan Cranston and his Global Security
Institute, the much-anticipated documentary Sleepwalking to Armageddon
will air on CNN Sunday, October 15 at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 7:00 p.m.
pacific time.  The documentary, produced by Richard Crile, was excerpted
as "The Missiliers" on the CBS-TV show 60 Minutes II earlier this year.
The full-length documentary will feature much more groundbreaking
footage of Russian and U.S. nuclear sites, and should be a great
organizing tool for house parties and election-related work, such as
candidate bird-dogging and local media outreach.
CNN may also air the show earlier in the week prior to October 15, we'll
notify you when the schedule is set.
An alert with more information on the show and how to organize around it
will be forthcoming shortly via email.

SUGGESTED READING

        Jonathan Schell's "The Folly of Arms Control" is the lead
article in the September/October issue of the journal Foreign Affairs.
And, from the sublime to the, well, not ridiculous, but less sublime
anyway, yours truly along with my interns Rachel Glick, Rachel Ries, Tim

Nafziger and Mark Swier have an articled titled "The Real Rogues Behind
the Star Wars Missile Defense System" in the September issue of Z
Magazine.

SUGGESTED BROWSING

        Thanks to afore-mentioned intern and web wizard Tim Nafziger,
Project Abolition
now has its own stand-alone website at www.projectabolition.org.  It
features links to our member groups on the home page and lots of other
useful information and links.

In Peace,

Kevin Martin
Director, Project Abolition
219/535-1110


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Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 08:54:05 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/09/22 -  Daybook; Presidential Candidates; Activist Announcements

[NucNews Archives have been expanded through 9/10/00 to include subscriber
submissions at http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm.]

Washington Times Daybook, September 22, 2000, Agence France Presse=20
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000922212212.htm

    Demonstration =97 noon =97 The National Boricua Human Rights Network=
 sponsors a
demonstration to protest the U.S. Navy's continued bombing of the island of
Vieques, Puerto Rico. Location: In front of the White House. Contact:
202/223-3915, 202/721-4688 or 202/237-2598.  (See details below)

[Meanwhile ...]=20

National Puerto Rican Coalition conference =97 all day =97 The National=
 Puerto
Rican Coalition Inc. holds its annual conference.
      Highlights =97 8:45 a.m. =97 Annual membership meeting.
      Noon =97 Corporate luncheon: "The Economic, Social and Political=
 Outlook
for Puerto Rico in the 21st Century."
      5 p.m. =97 Hispanic Heritage student reception.
      6 p.m. =97 Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew M. Cuomo,=
 Life
Achievements Awards ceremony, Southeast Pavilion, Library of Congress, First
Street and Independence Avenue SE.
      9 p.m. =97 Tito Puente Jr. Orchestra, "Tribute to Tito Puente."
      Location: Washington Renaissance Hotel, 999 Ninth St. NW. Contact:
202/223-2469.

- -- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

- - George W. Bush - Florida
        1:00 p.m. - One-on-one with local citizens, Kings Point Theater,=
 1900
Clubhouse Drive, Sun City Center, Florida, [phone]=20
        6:00 p.m. -  Republican Party Reception, Hyatt Regency Westshore
Ballroom, 6200 Courtney Campell Causeway, Tampa, Florida, [phone]=20
        9:00 p.m. - Miami Victory 2000 Rally, The Coconut Grove Convention
Center, 2700 South Bayshore Drive, Miami, Florida, [phone]=20

- - Al Gore - Pennsylvania
      1 p.m. =97 Discusses his plans to take action to lower oil prices, IDW
Local 712 Hall, Vanport, Pa.

- - Ralph Nader -=20
        - Friday, September 22 -
        5:30 PM - Minneapolis, MN - Reception with Ralph Nader and Winona
LaDuke, Target Center Hospitality Suite, for more info and to RSVP
(mailto:[e-mail]) - SUPER RALLY, Ralph Nader and Winona LaDuke,
with
Special Guests Michael Moore and Granny D,  600 First Avenue North (downtown
Minneapolis), Doors open 5 PM. Event begins 7 PM.
To order tickets by phone: [phone], For more info, www.MNGreens.org.
        - Saturday, Sept. 23 -
        5:30 to 7 PM. - Seattle, WA - Reception with Ralph Nader & Jim
Hightower, Private Room at Key Arena Seattle, WA, For more info
(mailto:[e-mail]). The Key Arena - SUPER RALLY,  Ralph Nader=
 with
Jim Hightower, Doors open 5 PM. Event starts 7 PM.

- -- ANNOUNCEMENTS --

- - Demonstration for Vieques, Puerto Rico, Lafayette Park, in front of White
House, 12 Noon, Friday, September 22 - Day 60 of Fast for Peace in Vieques =
=96
Day 40 on Water-only
        Long-term Faster Will Risk Arrest in Civil Disobedience - Hundreds=
 of
individuals and organizations taking part in the struggle for peace in=
 Vieques
from dozens of cities in the U.S. and from Vieques and other municipalities=
 in
Puerto Rico, will gather in Washington, DC for the National Day of=
 Solidarity
with the People of Vieques, Puerto Rico =96 September 22, 2000. This=
 mobilization
builds on the struggle to get the U.S. Navy to immediately and permanently=
 stop
bombing and leave Vieques. Future protests will take place in Vieques on
October 1, 2000 and in New York City on October 21, 2000.
        The events will start at 12:00 noon at Lafayette Park, in front of=
 the
White House, and will include an ecumenical service, a picket and
demonstration, speeches from several leaders from Vieques, Members of=
 Congress,
and other prominent figures. Plans include a powerful and peaceful act of
Nonviolent Civil Disobedience for Justice and Peace in Vieques, directly in
front of the residence of the U.S. President and Commander-in-Chief of the
Armed Forces. Members of the peace movement in Vieques seek 4 Ds:
Demilitarization of their island, Decontamination of their environment,
Devolution of their land and sustainable Development of their economy and
society.
        Andr=E9s Thomas Conteris, 39, Washington, DC member of the=
 Fellowship of
Reconciliation Task Force on Latin America & the Caribbean and United=
 Methodist
lay missioner, spent five days and nights on the Vieques bombing range in=
 early
May 2000 after the FBI and U.S Marshals evicted over 200 protesters. He and
others continued to serve as human shields, similar to the peace encampments=
 of
the previous year. Bombing resumed while protesters were still on the range.
According to Thomas Conteris, "It is utterly unconscionable that the U.S.=
 Navy
would engage in bombing with full knowledge that civilians were present."
        Thomas Conteris began fasting on liquids on July 25, 2000 and turned=
 to
a water-only, open-ended fast when the U.S. Navy renewed its bombing of the
island. He has lost 55 pounds and will continue to fast until the President
schedules the long-requested meeting. Many others are fasting in Vieques and=
 in
the U.S. on a rotating basis. Fasters urge President Clinton to meet=
 personally
with religious and community leaders of Vieques and Puerto Rico who seek a
permanent end to the bombing of the island.=20
Many protesters plan to risk arrest in a nonviolent fashion during the
activities of the National Day in Solidarity with the People of Vieques,=
 Puerto
Rico, including Thomas Conteris.
For more information: www.viequesfast.org [e-mail] 202-232-1999

- - On-line poll for presidential debates -
The Commission on Presidential Debates is conducting a Harris on-line poll=
 to
help determine the topics addressed at the debates. Now that the=
 presidential
debates proposed by the commission are back on, this is an excellent
opportunity to help put nuclear weapons on the national screen via
cyber-organizing. The poll is at http://www.debates.org. Please note:=
 mid-way
through the poll you will be asked to pick 3 (out of six) broad topics that=
 are
most important to you. You will only be allowed to comment in-depth on those
three topics, so be sure to pick Foreign Policy and Defense if you want to
register your opinion on nuclear weapons elimination.  There is no option
immediately given for nuclear weapons, but if you=20
select "Other" within the Foreign Policy and Defense list, you'll be allowed=
 to
write-in. Missile defense is listed as a topic.  The "What question would=
 you
ask if you were moderator?" section is also a good spot to bring up nuclear
issues. There does not appear to be any limit as to the number of times you=
 can
take the survey.  [From: Kevin Martin - Project Abolition
<mailto:[e-mail]>]

- - The Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) has designed a website
<http://www.debatethis.org/> which seeks to open up the Presidential=
 Debates.
Recently updated, the website now includes A SIGN-ON LETTER TO TV NETWORKS -
visit http://www.DebateThis.org/tvalert.html and you can add your own=
 comments,
sign on to the letter and with the push of a button, your letter will be
emailed to 6 TV networks, asking that they don't bother to air the=
 presidential
debates unless they are open to third party candidates. [From: SEAC National
Office <mailto:[e-mail]>]

- - CADU International Conference on Depleted Uranium - 4- 5 November 2000 -=
=20
The CADU Steering Group met today and we all decided that we would like to
extend an open offer to all Gulf War veterans to register for the conference
free of charge in recognition of what you all are going through. Can you=
 send
this message out please on the vets' email loop? We are also hoping that the
vets will be at the Veterans' Workshop on Sunday afternoon (5 Nov) with Doug
Rokke and Malcolm Hooper, to put together strategy recommendations that will=
 go
into the final report, that groups around the world can use in their=
 lobbying
efforts.  - Campaign Against Depleted Uranium (CADU), One World Centre, 6=
 Mount
Street, Manchester, M2 5NS, UK, Tel: [phone], E-Mail:
mailto:[e-mail] -  http://www.cadu.org.uk For more information,
contact
Cat Euler, conference organiser at the CADU office. Should you wish to=
 receive
the quarterly CADU mailing by E-Mail please mailto:[e-mail]

- - Amy Goodman of Democracy Now writes:=20
If you would like to hear Danny Muller's account of what happened on Oprah=
 with
George W. Bush, go to www.democracynow.org. Mulller was on Democracy Now on
Sept. 20. That same day, Amy also replayed John Strange's questioning of
Madeline Albright two years ago on Feb. 18, 1998, as albrightbergercohen=
 held
that CNN town meeting at Ohio State University in Colombus trying to drum up
support for another Iraq bombing. [From: "Max Obuszewski"
<mailto:[e-mail]>]

- - APPEAL FOR RESPONSIBLE SECURITY TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 3 IN BOSTON BEFORE
FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
"Bush & Gore At The Nuclear Crossroads: Nuclear Policy, National=20
Security & the Next Presidency"=20
October 3, 12:00 Noon - 3:30 p.m. - Pre-debate luncheon briefing, Boston=
 Park
Plaza Hotel, Stanbro Room, 64 Arlington St. (between St. James and=
 Columbus),
Boston, MA=20
        The Appeal for Responsible Security, a simple two paragraph
statement on
nuclear abolition that will form the linchpin of Project Abolition's civil
society strategy to build mainstream support, will be released by an=
 impressive
list of endorsers at a luncheon event in Boston a few hours before the first
presidential debate. Sponsored by the Global Security Institute and the=
 Fourth
Freedom Forum Speakers will include (please note, not all of these=
 individuals
have endorsed the Appeal for Responsible Security): Jonathan Alter,=
 Newsweek;=20
Theodore Postol, MIT; Jonathan Schell, Author/Activist; Bill Joy, Sun
Microsystems; Sen. Alan Cranston, Global Security Institute; Janne Nolan,
Century Foundation; Ambassador Richard Butler, Diplomat in Residence at the
Council Foreign Relations; Jack Mendelsohn, Ex. Dir., LAWS; and others
        Project Abolition staff and Boston area activists are also working=
 to
organize a demonstration, possibly featuring Peace Action's 50-foot=
 inflatable
mock missile, outside the debate venue at UMass-Boston.  [From: Kevin Martin
<mailto:[e-mail]>]

- - CNN TO AIR SLEEPWALKING TO ARMAGEDDON DOCUMENTARY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 15 -=
 Thanks
in no small part to Alan Cranston and his Global Security Institute, the
much-anticipated documentary Sleepwalking to Armageddon will air on CNN=
 Sunday,
October 15 at 10:00 p.m. eastern, 7:00 p.m. pacific time. The documentary,
produced by Richard Crile, was excerpted as "The Missiliers" on the CBS-TV=
 show
60 Minutes II earlier this year. The full-length documentary will feature=
 much
more groundbreaking footage of Russian and U.S. nuclear sites, and should be=
 a
great organizing tool for house parties and election-related work, such as
candidate bird-dogging and local media outreach. CNN may also air the show
earlier in the week prior to October 15.  [From: Kevin Martin
<mailto:[e-mail]>]
     ___________________________________________________

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