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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 11:53:23 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Correction to NucNews 00/10/13

Correction from ASlater <[e-mail]> -

Hi Ellen,
Could you please announce that tickets are available at the box office at
Madison Square Garden--doors open at 7, program at 8PM.  The two numbers you
posted today for the Nader Rally at Madison Square Garden are busy,
interminably.  A good sign!!  Many thanks.

>    New York City, NY Friday, October 13, 2000:
    8:00 PM - Madison Square Garden- SUPER RALLY, Ralph Nader with Special
Guests Eddie Vedder, Ani DiFranco, Bill Murray, Susan Sarandon,, Tim
Robbins, Ben Harper, Phil Donahue, Michael Moore, and more.  Doors Open at
7:00 PM. Tickets available now:
1) The Madison Square Garden Box Office, [phone]
2) The local greens office [phone], [phone]

______________________________________________________________

*   Peace Through Reason - http://prop1.org - Convert the War Machines!  *
        Online Petition - http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html
            NucNews - Today and Archives -
http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm
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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 11:02:32 -0500
From: Kevin Martin <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Rehearsing Doomsday on CNN this Sunday night

To: Peace and Disarmament activists
Fr: Kevin Martin, Director, Project Abolition
October 13, 2000

Here's a final reminder of the George Crile documentary "Rehearsing
Doomsday" which will air on CNN this Sunday night at 10:00 eastern, 7:00
pacific time.  CNN's website has additional information, including a
chat room discussion after the show.  Go to
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/democracy/index.html.

More information on the show and how to use it as an organizing tool
follows.  Please excuse duplicate messages.
***

Rehearsing Doomsday documentary to air on CNN October 15

Rehearsing Doomsday, a documentary produced by George Crile whose
notable documentary =93The
Missiliers=94 aired last February on =9360 Minutes II,=94 gives an
unprecedented look at the nuclear
arsenals of both the United States and Russia.  Unlike any yet produced,
this documentary will
take us on a journey to meet the generals and commanders responsible for
nuclear weapons, the
missiliers charged with firing them, and the politicians who craft our
policies.

We all know that the Russians are eager to reduce their nuclear
stockpile and that a string of
former US generals and cabinet secretaries, haunted by their actions,
have become
abolitionists.  This documentary is different.  Rehearsing Doomsday will
expose the hypocrisy
of current nuclear policy with portraits of Senators, frustrated by
their lack of access to
knowledge, and missiliers, gravely concerned as they watch the American
people sleepwalk toward
armageddon.

Rehearsing Doomsday will be broadcast Sunday, October 15 at 10:00 p.m.
eastern, 7:00 pacific
time on CNN (The documentary may also air on another date, we=92ll let yo=
u
know as soon as we
find out). Thanks and kudos are due to the Global Security Institute,
headed by former U.S.
Sen. Alan Cranston, for working with George Crile and CNN to get this
show on the air.

Let=92s put this much-anticipated documentary to good use in the election
season.  Here are some
suggestions for peace and disarmament activists:

1. Organize a Rehearsing Doomsday watch party in a private home, church
or place of worship,
college campus, or other community meeting center.  Last spring, Project
Abolition, the Global
Security Institute, and the Disarmament Clearinghouse organized over 100
watch parties around
the country for the live CBS television re-make of the anti-nuclear
thriller Fail Safe.  Please
contact Project Abolition at 219/535-1110 or [e-mail]
for a house party
organizing kit.  If the broadcast times are inconvenient, you can
videotape the show and hold
your watch party on another day and time.  Be sure to invite your local
media to your watch
party.

2. Bird-dog congressional candidates and demand to know how they will
work to reduce the
nuclear threat if they are elected or re-elected.  Show up at candidate
debates, rallies or
town meetings prepared to ask tough questions of the candidates. You can
also bring your local
peace group=92s literature to hand out attendees.

3. Use the broadcast of Rehearsing Doomsday to raise nuclear abolition
as an issue with your
local media.  Project Abolition will provide sample letters to the
editor.  You can also
contact your local newspaper=92s television critic and encourage her or
him to preview or review
Rehearsing Doomsday.  After the broadcast, you can refer to the show and
the concerns it raises
in encouraging your local media to cover the nuclear issue and to raise
it with candidates in
editorial board meetings or candidate debates.


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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 11:56:50 -0800
From: Abolition 2000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Very Important Message RE: A2000 Statement

13 October 2000

Dear Friends and Activists,

    The Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee would like to bring
a proposal to your attention regarding the amendment of the Abolition
2000 Statement.  After consulting with the Global Council, the ACC
would like to propose the deletion of the phrase "by the year 2000"
from the Abolition 2000 Statement with a footnote explaining that
this was removed in the year 2000.

The Statement currently reads:

1.  Initiate immediately and conclude by the year 2000 negotiations
on a nuclear weapons abolition convention that requires the phased
elimination of all nuclear weapons within a timebound framework, with
provisions for effective verification and enforcement.*


Under the proposed changes the Statement would read:

1.  Initiate immediately and conclude negotiations on a nuclear
weapons abolition convention that requires the phased elimination of
all nuclear weapons within a timebound framework, with provisions for
effective verification and enforcement.* *

*The phrase "by the year 2000" was removed from this Statement at the
end of the year 2000.


    In November, Abolition 2000 will have a strategic planning
meeting during the Nagasaki Global Citizens Assembly for the
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.  During this time a final decision
will be made on this proposal.  The Abolition 2000 Coordinating
Committee and Global Council welcome your feedback on this proposal.
If you will not be able to attend the Nagasaki Assembly, please let
the ACC and other members of Abolition 2000 know whether or not you
agree with this proposal by posting a message to the Abolition Global
Caucus at <[e-mail]>.   Thank you for your
continued support and work for a nuclear free future.

In peace and solidarity,

The Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee

Janet Bloomfield (UK), John Burroughs (US), Jackie Cabasso (US),
David Krieger (US), Lars Pohlmeier (Germany), Alice Slater (US), Hiro
Umebayashi (Japan), Alyn Ware (Aotearoa/New Zealand), Ross Wilcock
(Canada), Carah Ong (US/Coordinator)

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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 17:33:11 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Meditation is Good

Subject: A Special NGO Rate!

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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 14:40:40 -0800
From: Abolition 2000 <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter October 2000 Vol. II  Number 7

Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter
October 2000
Vol. II  Number 7

*********************
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 Day of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space

    7 October 2000 was designated the International Day to Stop
the Militarization of Space by the Global Network Against Weapons and
Power in Space.  The Global Network urged individuals and
organizations to organize an action at a military base, Department of
Energy Laboratory, NASA facility, US Embassy, aerospace corporation,
or academic institution working on military space.  More than 63
actions in 16 countries and 38 US cities were held to demand that the
US stop all plans to put weapons into space and that all nations
support a treaty calling for a global ban on weapons in space.

    Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator of the Global Network Against
Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, attended an action held at
Vandenberg Air Force Base in California where testing of the proposed
National Missile Defense (NMD) system is conducted.  Approximately
200 people gathered at the main gate to practice their US
Constitutional first amendment rights and oppose US plans to deploy
any anti-ballistic missile system, a Trojan horse strategy by the
Pentagon and aerospace corporations to weaponize and militarize Outer
Space.  In his speech, Gagnon compared the Nazi slogan "Deutchland
uber allen" (Germany over all) to the self-proclaimed title "Master
of Space" of the US Space Command.  Other speakers at the rally
included Medea Benjamin, Green party candidate for US Senate in
California, Lawrence Turk representing Greenpeace, actor Martin Sheen
and Carah Ong, Coordinator of the Abolition 2000 Global Network to
eliminate nuclear weapons.

    Following the rally, the demonstrators, led by Bruce Gagnon
and Bud Boothe, walked across the street to deliver a letter to the
base Commander, sing and hold hands in front of the entrance to the
base, which was blocked by storm troopers carrying batons.  A portion
of the letter to the base Commander read:
    "We are tired of being misled. We are tired of seeing our
hard earned tax dollars promoting the bad seed of war, greed, and
environmental degradation. We are tired of seeing $100 million
national missile defense system tests at Vandenberg while Iraqi
children die by the millions from starvation and preventable disease.
We are tired of hearing that $60 billion will be wasted on National
Missile Defense (NMD) and $30 billion more will now be thrown away on
testing the space-based laser program, the real Reagan-era Star Wars
plan.
    We are here at Vandenberg on October 7, and at the places
around the world, in a real celebration of liberation. We are
liberating ourselves from the corrupt political system that steals
from the people. We are liberating ourselves from the self serving
politicians and political parties that guard the gates to the Space
Command bases and aerospace corporation factories.
    We call for justice. We call for peace. We call for democracy
- - not a shallow democracy of empty slogans and flag waving - but a
true democracy that promotes human development and kindness, not a
new arms race in the heavens.
    We pledge ourselves to work toward building a nation and a
global community that views the moon and the stars with wonder, not
as places to put military bases and weapons of 'control and
domination.'"

    23 people, including TV president, actor Martin Sheen, were
arrested.  Some of those arrested were grabbed off the sidewalk by
military personnel.  All the arrestees were read their rights and
interrogated before being released with trespass citations and
letters banning them from the base for one year.

    Reports from other actions around the world are available at
the website of the Global Network Against Weapons and Power in Space
at:
Http://www.space4peace.org

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Update on Nagasaki Global Citizens Assembly

Abolition 2000 Review and Strategy Meeting in Nagasaki
November 17-18
Nagasaki, Japan
17 Fri. 10:00-18:00
18 Sat. 9:00-12:00
(20 Mon. 17:00-20:00 *ACC/GC only meeting)

Background:
    The Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee (ACC), in
cooperation with the members of its Global Council (GC) in Japan,
would like to convene the Abolition 2000 Review and Strategy Meeting
as above, taking the opportunity of the Global Citizens' Assembly for
the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in Nagasaki (Nagasaki Assembly) to
be held on Nov. 17-20.  All those planning to attend the Nagasaki
Assembly are encouraged to participate in this meeting.  Please refer
to the website at <http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~gca.naga/> for the program
and other details of Nagasaki Assembly.  Also, please refer to the
Nagasaki Update on the Abolition-caucus listserve issued by Japan
Year 2000 Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon.  Apart from this
Abolition 2000 Review and Strategy Meeting, Abolition 2000 activities
will be introduced and discussed in the formal plenary and workshop
sessions of Nagasaki Assembly.

Aims:
    At the very end of the year 2000, it would be very important
to review the past five years of the Abolition 2000 global network as
well as to discuss our strategies and action programs for the future.

Draft program:
In the consultation among ACC, the following program and items are
suggested for the meeting. Please feel free to offer opinions and
make suggestions.
1) Introduction and history
2) Review and explain the Abolition 2000 Statement and each of its 11
points and Moorea Declaration
3) Abolition 2000 report card
4) Strengths and weaknesses of the network -- A2000 turning point after 5 ye=
ars
5) Strategy discussion

Some items to be included in the strategy discussion:
1) National Missile Defense (NMD), Theater Missile Defense (TMD) and
militarization of space
2) NPT 2000 Review Conference 13-point commitment; how to push for
implementation
3) the Nuclear Weapons Convention
4) support for Kofi Annan's proposal for an international conference
5) Nuclear Weapon Free Zones
6) Follow-up to the International Court of Justice advisory opinion
on nuclear weapons

Languages:
    Official languages of this meeting are English and Japanese.
Simultaneous interpretation will be available.

Logistics:
    Those who want to participate in the Nagasaki Assembly must
register in advance by Oct. 20.  For details, contact the Organizing
Committee at <[e-mail]>. They will provide you the
accommodation information.  The Abolition 2000 meeting begins at 10
am on Nov. 17, so the participants of the meeting from overseas are
suggested to arrive at Osaka (Kansai) or Tokyo (Narita) preferably in
the morning of Nov. 16.

=46or those who are not able to come to Nagasaki:
    Those who are not able to come to Nagasaki this time are
encouraged to contribute to this meeting by raising discussion and
offering suggestions via email to the abolition-caucus listserve
<[e-mail]> or send a message directly to Hiro
Umebayashi <[e-mail]> and Akira Kawasaki
<[e-mail]>.  Also, Abolition 2000 will have a booth to
display information at the Assembly.  Member organizations of
Abolition 2000 are welcome to ship materials, including brochures,
documents, posters, and buttons to the following address (Please do
not ship too much; The number of the participants of the Assembly is
estimated about 500, most of whom cannot enjoy English without
assistance.):

To: Hirotami Yamada
c/o Hisaikyo
8-20, Okamachi, Nagasaki 852-8115, Japan
Tel:[phone]  Fax:[phone]

Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee:
Janet Bloomfield (UK); John Burroughs (US); Jacqueline Cabasso, (US);
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)

Global Council Members in Japan:
Akira Kawasaki; Akihiko Kimijima; Satomi Oba

Host of the meeting in Nagasaki:
Hirotami Yamada

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Gensuikyo Makes Progress in Campaign to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons

    On Tuesday, 3 October 2000, The Japan Council against A and H
Bombs (Gensuikyo)
submitted 6,770,215 signatures in support of the "Appeal from
Hiroshima and Nagasaki" to the National Diet, urging them to adopt a
total ban and the elimination of nuclear weapons as a national
policy.  One day prior, the total number of the signatures collected
nationwide surpassed the goal of 60 million, representing roughly 50
percent of the Japanese population.  An additional 4,844,509
signatures were submitted earlier this year on 14 July to the Prime
Minister's Office.

    During two days of action on 3-4 October, representatives of
Gensuikyo local groups visited the headquarters of all the political
parties that were ready to receive them, to ask their MPs to support
the petition.  Simultaneously, Gensuikyo leaders visited the Prime
Minister's Office, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of
Health and Welfare and a number of embassies of declared and
non-declared nuclear weapons states, New Agenda Coalition and
Non-Aligned Movement member Governments, and those that opposed last
year the UNGA resolutions for abolition of nuclear weapons.

    At the foreign ministry, Gensuikyo leaders met Yukio
Takenouchi, director-general of Foreign Policy Bureau, and urged him
that the Japanese Government should not cast an abstention vote any
longer on the resolutions standing for the abolition of nuclear
weapons as priority during this ongoing UN Millennium General
Assembly.  He admitted that it would not press for the "abolition as
an ultimate goal", but did not promise that it would work together
with New Agenda Coalition or any other Governments that stand for the
abolition of nuclear weapons.  Nor did he clearly say that Japan
would support Non first use, Negative Security Assurance or any other
urgent measures on nuclear weapons issues in the current disarmament
discussions at the UN.

    Gensuikyo further urged that since the Three Non-Nuclear
Principles, i.e., not manufacturing, not possessing and not allowing
nuclear weapons to be brought in the Japanese territories, were the
principle adopted by the National Diet, Foreign Ministry should
appreciate Kobe and other local Governments for their practice.  They
urge all visiting foreign warships to submit a certificate of
non-presence of nuclear weapons on board prior to their port-call,
thus loyally implementing the national principle, which the Japanese
Government, the foreign ministry in particular, has long neglected to
implement.  The director general did not refute this argument, but
refrained from thanking the local governments mentioned above.

    Gensuikyo will continue its intensive campaign, including
further collection of signatures, lobbying Japanese Government
Agencies and diplomatic missions, sending a delegation to the
permanent missions in New York and many sorts of grassroots actions
until 30 October 2000.

=46or more information, please contact:
Hiroshi Taka
Japan Council against A & H Bombs
(Japan Gensuikyo)
E-mail: [e-mail]
URL:  Http://www.twics.com/~antiatom/
=46ax: [phone]

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Nix Mox Day in Russia

    29 September 2000 was the 43rd anniversary of a terrible
explosion of Mayak facility.  In the entire nuclear history of the
USSR, it was the only comparable accident to the Chernobyl
catastrophe.  As a result of Mayak explosion, tens of thousands of
people were resettled from contaminated areas and many thousands died
as direct consequence of contamination.

    Ozersk, the city where the Mayak facility is located, has a
population of approximately 8 000.  Every family remembers the
explosion and at least one member of each family died because of it.
On the anniversary this year, no officials even briefly mentioned the
catastrophe publicly nor did the local media remind the people of the
incident.  However, one radio station allowed an activist time to
speak out against the proposed South-ural nuclear plant, which would
bring a new generation of plutonium production.  Now is a time for
disarmament and plutonium disposition, not plutonium production.

    Activists will continue to speak out against plutonium
production as well as the import of nuclear waste, which the Russian
government recently "principally approved." For more information,
please contact:
Vladimir Slivyak in Moscow,
Nadezhda Kutepova in Ozersk <[e-mail]>

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=46ree Vanunu Vigil Held in Tel-Aviv

    On 4 October 2000, about 20 supporters of Mordechai Vanunu
held a vigil outside the Perres Center for Peace in Tel-Aviv, Israel.
The activists were calling for the release of the nuclear
whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu and for the abolition of all weapons
of mass destruction in Israel.  The vigil, an annual event, was
hosted by the Israeli Committee for Mordechai Vanunu to mark the 14th
anniversary of Vanunu's abduction by Israel.

    Demonstrators held signs and banners that read "Peres Center
for Nuclear Holocaust", "Free Vanunu", "A New Middle East Without the
Bomb" and "Dismantle the Dimona Reactor."  Vigilers stood for two
hours at of the busiest intersections in the country during rush hour
to reach a captive audience of many thousands.  Demonstrators also
had the opportunity to leaflet and speak with commuters and
passers-by.

    The anniversary of Vanunu's imprisonment was unfortunately
overshadowed by the ongoing violence and bloodshed in Israel and the
Occupied Territories.  The Israeli army and police suppressed
Palestinian protests, leaving more than 50 people dead and thousands
wounded.

    Many Israeli peace activists were attending protest actions
that were held at the same time and some vigilers had come directly
from a rally in Jaffa.  Public tension and fears of the ongoing
violence were evident with some passers-by shouting "You want to
destroy our only line of defense" or "Why aren't you protesting the
riots?."  On a positive note, the nuclear issue seems to no longer be
as taboo as it once was as even a policeman who was sent to keep
order took a leaflet and also stayed to discuss the issues.

    Rayna Moss stated about the action to free Mordechai Vanunu,
"While unquestionably ending the bloodshed and acting in solidarity
with the Palestinian people is the major task of Israeli peace
activists at the moment, we must also remember Mordechai Vanunu,
imprisoned and silenced for 14 years, who is once again being
subjected to the inhuman punishment of indefinite solitary
confinement, and the terrible danger that Israel's nuclear arsenal
poses to the entire Middle East."
=46or more information, please contact:
Rayna Moss <[e-mail]>

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Waste Ban in Argentina May Lead to Nuclear Waste Dump in Australia

    On Tuesday, 10 October 2000, the Australian Conservation
=46oundation (ACF) called for a Senate Inquiry to investigate whether
the Argentinean nuclear company INVAP falsified their bid to build a
planned new reactor in Sydney.  The bid included a contract that
would transfer radioactive waste produced in Australia to Argentina
for reprocessing.  However, according to the ACF, the entry of
radioactive waste to Argentina is prohibited under the country's
Constitution.

    David Noonan, an ACF campaigner, stated, "Sydneysiders face
the threat of new reactor waste in their backyard.  The reactor's
radioactive waste dump has been rejected by SA [South Australia] and
WA [West Australia] Premiers.  Argentina bans this waste.  This means
Senator Minchin is left pointing the radioactive waste threat
squarely at Sydney and at outback NSW."

    Article 41 (1994) of Argentina's Constitution reads:
"The entry to the national territory of waste currently or
potentially hazardous, and of those radioactive, is prohibited."  The
people of Argentina are only now finding out that INVAP has contrived
to transfer Australian radioactive waste to their country.

    INVAP has yet to face public scrutiny over their plans for
the radioactive waste because the Industry Minister refused to
publicly release the contract, under terms of commercial
confidentiality.  A Senate Inquiry into the INVAP Reactor Contract
has just begun.  ACF and the National Environmental Defenders group
of Argentina (FUNAM) will present evidence on INVAP and on the
failure of the contract tender process in Australia.

    Dave Sweeney, of ACF, stated, "Its time to call a halt to
this discredited INVAP Reactor Contract, for the Federal Government
to disclose all of the contract documents and provide all the answers
on how they propose to deal with radioactive wastes from the new
reactor.  NSW [New South Whales] politicians have to now stand up and
defend their communities from the risks posed by reactor operations
and the hazards of radioactive wastes that have nowhere to go and
effectively last forever."
=46or further information, please Contact:
David Noonan, ACF Campaign Officer
Tel:  [phone] a/h [phone]
Dave Sweeney:  [phone] or [phone]
or
Irene Gray
Australian Peace Committee (SA Branch)Inc.
11 South Tce, Adelaide SA 5000 Australia
Ph: [phone]  Fax: +61 (08)  83642291
URL:  Http://www.peacecourier.com
Email: [e-mail]

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Vigil Commemorates Tokaimura Accident

    On Saturday, 30 September 2000, approximately ten activists
held a vigil at the Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima City,
Japan to commemorate the first anniversary of the Tokaimura accident.
Not even rain could deter the vigilers from standing under one of the
big trees at the dome, to light a candle and say a prayer to honor
the two victims and suffering residents and workers exposed to
radiation at the Tokaimura power plant last year.  After one minute's
silent prayer, a moving litany, written by Ms. Fumiko Saito was given
with the music of Mozart in the background.

    Those in attendance also honored all the victims and
survivors affected by the nuclear fuel cycle, as well as those who
died from or survived the A bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  Concern
was also expressed for the nuclearization and weaponization of Outer
Space.

=46or more information, please contact:
Satomi Oba
Director of Plutonium Action Hiroshima
Email:  [e-mail]

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Nuclear Horror Picture Show

    Marking the Nuclear Weapons Abolition Day on 1 October 2000,
=46orum Voor Vredesactie and Voor Moeder Aarde (For Mother Earth) in
Belgium invited photographers to join their citizens=92 war crimes
inspection at Kleine-Brogel, Belgium.  The purpose was to obtain
photographic evidence of the presence of the NATO B-61 nuclear
weapons stored at the base.  In addition to a mass citizen's
inspection on 1 October, an action camp was set up near the base
beginning on 27 September, which enabled activists to make a series
of unannounced inspections of the base.

    Over three days, at least 20 groups of inspectors entered the
base.  As with previous actions at Kleine-Brogel, the inspectors
included parliamentarians, celebrities, people from a range of
backgrounds and anti-nuclear activists from several European
countries.  There were also a number of activists who joined the
inspection en-route from the protests  against the IMF in Prague.

    Inspectors photographed F-16 jets, the hardened concrete
aircraft hangars (which contain the vaults used to store the nuclear
weapons), and several radio antennas inside a heavily guarded
compound.  However, the police confiscated all cameras that were
taken into the base.  Activists at the action camp were able to take
advantage of the lower levels of security in the days before the mass
action, and generally managed to get further into the base.  Two of
these groups remained undetected for over two hours.  In total, 80
arrests were made for "trespassing on a military base" and
"photographing a military base", with  68 of these arrests as a
result of the mass inspection.  A number of those arrested were
blindfolded and forced to lie on the floor of police vehicles as they
were driven off the base.  Several activists were also beaten or
kicked.  The political nature of the offenses means that any court
case would have a high profile in Belgium, and the authorities could
not afford the publicity that a trial would give to the presence of
these "secret" weapons.

    Despite violence and intimidation from the police, the mood
after the mass inspection remained defiant.  The time spent waiting
to be released from police custody was used to share personal
experiences of arrest, as well as the information about the base that
had been gathered during the inspection.  Details of police brutality
were also compiled, in order to submit a formal complaint.  Planning
is now underway for the next mass inspection at Kleine-Brogel,
"Bomspotting III" on 16th April 2001.

=46or more details, contact:
Voor Moeder Aarde
Maria-Hendrikaplein 5-6
9000 Gent, Belgium
Europe
Tel[phone]
=46ax [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
or
=46orum Voor Vredesactie
Patriottenstraat 27
2600 Antwerpen, Belgium
Europe
Phone [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]

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Nuclear Free Zone Resolution Passed at University of Hawai'i

    On 2 October 2000, the newly elected Senate of the Associated
Students of the University of Hawai'i (ASUH) in the Senate Assembly
(undergraduate student government) passed a resolution making the
campus a nuclear free zone.  The First Nuclear Free Zone resolution
was passed by ASUH in March 2000.  Additionally, the University of
Hawaii Graduate Student Organization passed a Nuclear Free resolution
in March 2000.

    A portion of the resolution states:

    "BE IT RESOLVED by the 88th Senate of the Associated Students
of the University of Hawaii at Manoa (ASUH), the elected body
representing over 9,000 full-time classified undergraduate students
declares itself a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone and supports the further
development of Nuclear Weapon Free Zones throughout the world;

BE IT RESOLVED that the 88th ASUH stands in solidarity with the
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation for the Abolition 2000 Global Campaign
introduced by Richard Salvador, Ph.D. candidate, Political Science,
University of Hawaii at Manoa;"

    The next GOAL is to SHUT DOWN Pearl Harbor Nuclear storage
facilities!  For more information, please contact:
Richard Salvador
Email: [e-mail]

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

13 October 2000

Dear Friends and Activists,

    The Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee would like to bring
a proposal to your attention regarding the amendment of the Abolition
2000 Statement.  After consulting with the Global Council, the ACC
would like to propose the deletion of the phrase "by the year 2000"
from the Abolition 2000 Statement with a footnote explaining that
this was removed in the year 2000.

The Statement currently reads:

1.  Initiate immediately and conclude by the year 2000 negotiations
on a nuclear weapons abolition convention that requires the phased
elimination of all nuclear weapons within a timebound framework, with
provisions for effective verification and enforcement.*

Under the proposed changes the Statement would read:

1.  Initiate immediately and conclude negotiations on a nuclear
weapons abolition convention that requires the phased elimination of
all nuclear weapons within a timebound framework, with provisions for
effective verification and enforcement.**

*The phrase "by the year 2000" was removed from this Statement at the
end of the year 2000.

    In November, Abolition 2000 will have a strategic planning
meeting during the Nagasaki Global Citizens Assembly for the
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.  During this time a final decision
will be made on this proposal.  The Abolition 2000 Coordinating
Committee and Global Council welcome your feedback on this proposal.
If you will not be able to attend the Nagasaki Assembly, please let
the ACC and other members of Abolition 2000 know whether or not you
agree with this proposal by posting a message to the Abolition Global
Caucus at <[e-mail]>.  Thank you for your
continued support and work for a nuclear free future.

In peace and solidarity,

The Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee

Janet Bloomfield (UK), John Burroughs (US), Jackie Cabasso (US),
David Krieger (US), Lars Pohlmeier (Germany), Alice Slater (US), Hiro
Umebayashi (Japan), Alyn Ware (Aotearoa/New Zealand), Ross Wilcock
(Canada), Carah Ong (US/Coordinator)

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Peace Movement Aotearoa
The national networking peace group
PO Box 9314, Wellington, Aotearoa / New Zealand.
Tel:  [phone], Fax:  [phone], Email:  [e-mail]
URL:  Http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/
Internet Peace Gateway  Http://www.peace.org.nz

Kia ora,

    You are invited to send a message to the "Saying NO to
militarism and war" message board at <http://www.peace.org.nz/sayno>
The message board is for you to share your vision of a world in which
there is no militarism or war.

    "Saying NO to militarism and war" (17 October*) is the
international day of "Saying NO to Violence" Week (YWCA Week Without
Violence) which will take place in Aotearoa / New Zealand from 15 to
22 October 2000.  The day is coordinated by Peace Movement Aotearoa
and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
(Aotearoa). Fore more information, please visit:
Http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/sayno.html

* 17 October is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
and the final day of the World March of Women in the Year 2000.  Time
to stop preparing for war and start preparing for peace.

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    The Abolition Journal is an on-line, interactive website
dedicated to eliminating nuclear weapons.  SPEAK UP!  Share your
information, insights, or personal story about nuclear weapons, their
control and their abolition.  Email articles to
<[e-mail]>.  All writings will be reviewed for
accuracy and relevance and published expeditiously on the website.
Brief comments are also welcome.  Visit:
Http://www.abolitionjournal.org/

**********
EVENTS
**********
October

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

30-31  Ballistic Missile Proliferation 2000 Conference "Political and
Military Threats and Responses" at the Copthorne Tara Hotel, London.
=46or FREE conference information, please contact Jane's Events
Department at
Email:  [e-mail]
Tel:  [phone]
=46ax:  [phone]
URL:  http://www.conference.janes.com


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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.
=46or 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]

17-18  The Second Nuclear Age and the Academy A Conference at the
Graduate Center, CUNY.  For more information, please contact:
Education and Public Programs, The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, Suite 8111
New York NY 10016-4309.
Tel:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail].
URL:  http://web.gc.cuny.edu/cepp/

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

January 2001

26-29  Remember Operation Ranger-50th Anniversary of nuclear bombing
at the Nevada Test Site.  For more information, please contact
Charles Hilfenhaus of the Alliance of Atomic Veterans at
<[e-mail]> or call Marc Page of Nevada Desert Experience
at [phone]

***************
RESOURCES
***************

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. 50, September 2000)
is now available on the website of the Acronym Institute at:
Http://www.acronym.org.uk

New UK-based email groups:

[e-mail]
=46or those interested in issues relating to ionizing radiation in the UK an=
d
Europe. The premise of the group is that current dose-risk estimates do not
accurately reflect the real effect of internalized radionuclides.
URL: http://www.egroups.com/group/rad-uk

[e-mail]
=46or women active in grassroots peace activism in the UK. Stories and
messages relating to the women's peace camps at Aldermaston, Menwith Hill,
Burghfield and Sellafield.
URL: http://www.egroups.com/group/peacewomen

[e-mail]
=46or members of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom base=
d
in the UK.
URL: http://www.egroups.com/group/ukwilpf

Information on the World Day of Actions in Japan can be found in
Japanese and English at:
http://ha5.seikyou.ne.jp/home/tokebi


VIDEO

"Nevada Desert Experience in the Nuclear Age" is a new video about
the contemporary faith-based resistance to weapons testing.  The
video features comments from June Stark Casey, Ibrahim Abdil Mu'id
Ramey, Joanna Macy, John Dear, sj, Sally Light, Greg Mello, St.
Rosemary Lynch, osf, Jackie Cabasso, Louis Vitale, ofm, Nancy Lynch,
David Buer, ofm, Rabbi Mel Hecht, Dr. Rosalie Bertell, and Jonathan
Schell.  The video exposed the history of nuclearism, reminds us of
the nonviolent activism to stop the foolish nuclear industries.  It
also explains the purpose and activities of the Nevada Desert
Experience in the context of the movement to abolish nuclear weapons.
To order, please contact:
The Nevada Desert Experience
P.O. Box 46645
Las Vegas, Nevada  89114-6645  USA
[e-mail]


BUDDHA WEEPS IN JADUGODA, duration 55 min. format Beta PAL, English subtitle=
=2E
=46or more information about the film, please contact:
Shriprakash Kritika
30 Randhir pd street upper bazar
Ranchi 834001
India
ph + 91(0) 651 317461
[e-mail]

BOOKS

How Did That Sun Get Out

by Roger Burkholder
Suggested Price: $22.95
ISBN: 0-595-00257-9
Pub. Date: Aug-2000

"Deeply moving. Well worth reading." Hanna Newcombe, Peace Research

    Belonging to the first generation of collegiate students
never to have experienced a time without the possibility of nuclear
holocaust, C. J., Jack, and Leah, in their sometimes assured and
other times hesitant movements toward each other, are struggling in
the direction of a future they have always known they may not have.
Then a crisis is inadvertently brought to all three lives by a
psychiatrist involved in a lonely pursuit of definitions of global
sanity. It is a crisis the psychiatrist himself comes to share and
which soon begins to give voice to what have been silences central to
our time. Respectfully nonviolent, this coming-of-age novel builds
into an insightful and feelingly true exploration of quandaries basic
to our era and ultimately touching all our lives, if only indirectly.

To order, please visit:
<http://www.iuniverse.com/marketplace/bookstore/book_detail.asp?isbn=3D0%2D5=
95%2D00257%2D9>

**********
EDITOR
**********

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."

PMB 121, 1187 Coast Village Rd, Suite 121
Santa Barbara, California  93108
Tel:  [phone]  Fax:  (805)  568-0466
email:  [e-mail]
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