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abolition-usa-digest      Thursday, July 26 2001      Volume 01 : Number 454




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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 14:25:01 -0700
From: Pamela Meidell <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Delayed posting of Los Alamos Solidarity Action

Dear US Abolitionists,

For some reason, this message was not posted to this list as intended.
Trinity Day has come and gone, but nuclear weapons are still with us. So I
forward this letter that was intended to reach you before yesterday. I am
always struck by the short time period between the first atomic test on
July 16 and the first use in war of the atomic bombs on August 6 and 9. It
is a mere three weeks. Perhaps we could use this three-week time period to
harness our energies more intensively for nuclear abolition given the
current administration's initiatives in the opposite direction.

In peace,
Pamela Meidell


Dear Abolition Friends,

Monday, July 16 is "Trinity Day," the 56th anniversary of the first nuclear
test in history, and the fiery birth of the Nuclear Age on Mescalero Apache
land in southern New Mexico.  Many nuclear abolition advocates are gathered
in Santa Fe, New Mexico for five days, educating and energizing each other
for the task ahead of us. We are participating in the US Network (formerly
Campaign) to Abolish Nuclear Weapons annual general meeting, and the Peace
Action New Mexico conference and rally. We invite you to pause and join us,
wherever you are on Monday, to remember the beginning of the Nuclear Age,
and to recommit yourselves to our mutual work of nuclear abolition.

We offer this litany of remembrance for your reflection and use. Last year,
members of the US Campaign (now Network) to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, read
out this litany in our nation's capital in a downpour. We will do so again
this year in Los Alamos, rain or shine. We hope you will join us. (Please
feel free to circulate widely. Apologies for duplicate postings, if you are
on several lists. We would appreciate hearing from you any observances you
organize on this day, or other ways you use the litany.)

Thank you!

Litany of Remembrance for the Nuclear Age
July 16, 2001

In the year 2001, the people of the earth remember the beginning of the
Nuclear Age on July 16, 1945.

We remember each child born since the dawn of the Nuclear Age, the miracle
and sacredness of each living being.

We remember the image of the first mushroom cloud of the Trinity atomic
test, rising above the earth near Alamogordo, New Mexico.

We remember the words of Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Manhattan
Project, "I am become Death, the Shatterer of Worlds."

We remember "Little Boy," and "Fat Man," the atomic bombs that destroyed
the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945.

Today, we remember the terrible destructive power and violence latent
within us, and made manifest in the bomb. We look into our hearts and draw
from the deep wells of beauty, creativity, and humanity's spiritual
traditions, to nurture a culture of peace and health.

We remember the visionaries who have come before us, calling us to our
best selves. We give thanks for their witness and their commitment to life.

We remember the cost to all life of our commitment to death.

We remember the Indigenous peoples of the Earth, on whose lands we mine
for uranium, test our nuclear weapons, and fill with our nuclear waste.

We remember the Hibakusha, the Downwinders, the Atomic Veterans, the
children of Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, knowing that in a global
community, we are all Hibakusha, we are all Downwinders.

We remember the deserts of New Mexico, Nevada, Lop Nor, Maralinga,
Algeria, Rajasthan, and Kazakhstan, where the atomic violence creates
deserts in
our hearts and souls.

We remember the islands of Bikini, Christmas, Eniwetok, Fangataufa,
Johnston, Monte Bello, Moruroa, and Novaya Zemlya, where the atomic
destruction makes us islands unto ourselves.

We remember the plants and animals of the earth, whose waters, soil, and
air, we contaminate in the name of "national security."

We remember our children and grandchildren and all beings of the future,
and ask their forgiveness for the radioactive legacy we leave to them.

Today, we remember our nuclear history so that we will not repeat it.

Copyright 2000 by the Atomic Mirror. Permission to use or reprint is freely
granted.


Pamela Meidell
Director
The Atomic Mirror
"Reflecting and Transforming our Nuclear World through the Arts"
P.O. Box 220
Port Hueneme, CA 93044
tel: [phone]
fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail]

"Politics is the art of the possible,
Creativity is the art of the impossible."
Ben Okri

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Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 15:00:04 -0700
From: Pamela Meidell <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) ALERT: Bush II and International Treaties

Dear Friends,

A British activist colleague who has worked for years on nuclear issues has
the following article printed in the Guardian today. Definite food for
thought and seeds for creative action. Please consider how you can get
involved and speak out if you haven't already!

In peace,
Pamela Meidell

Doomsday=20
Bush Has Been Ditching Treaties Since He Came To Power.=20
He Must Be Stopped Before It's Too Late.=20
by Rebecca Johnson=20


They pulled out of the Kyoto treaty, and I did not speak out, because I
thought global warming wouldn't affect me personally. Then they trashed the
anti-ballistic-missile treaty, but I did not speak out, because it was an
old, bilateral agreement from 30 years ago.=20

Then they put private, commercial interests above implementing and
verifying the treaties banning chemical, biological and toxin weapons, but
I did not speak out because such weapons are too complicated for media
coverage. Then they threatened the nuclear test ban treaty, and I did not
speak out, because the United States is a major ally that I did not want to
offend.=20

Then the international arms control and non-proliferation regimes
collapsed. Americans weren't bothered at first, for hadn't the government
promised a super-sophisticated force field round the whole nation that no
terrorist or missile would ever penetrate? So nuclear testing resumed in
Nevada for new warheads to improve the kill prospects of missile
interceptors and to penetrate deep into enemies' bunkers.=20

India had been waiting for just such a go-ahead, and Pakistan soon
followed; both raced to test warheads to fit on to missiles, upping the
tension in Kashmir and along the borders with China. Free now to resume its
own testing, China boosted its program to modernize and increase the size
of its small nuclear arsenal. Somewhat reluctantly, Russia followed. Moscow
suspended all further reductions and cooperative security and safety
programs for its still-large nuclear arsenal and facilities.=20

Within a few short years, the nuclear nonproliferation treaty was just
another discarded agreement. Many governments with nuclear power programs
developed nuclear weapons as well, while others fitted anthrax or sarin on
to weapons, just in case. Most hadn't wanted to, but fearful that their
neighbors would, all felt compelled.=20

Regional rivalries grew quickly into major international problems.
Alliances collapsed amid suspicion and recriminations. The burgeoning arms
races even spread into outer space, threatening military surveillance, as
well as public communication, entertainment and navigation. No one knew who
had what.=20

Deterrence was empty, as defense analysts calculated the advantages of the
pre-emptive strike. In that terrified atmosphere of insecurity and
mistrust, someone launched first. And then it was too late to speak out.
The Republicans hadn't yet managed to get missile defense to work.=20

Such a doomsday scenario is not so fanciful. On July 7, the New York Times
announced that President Bush wants to ditch the comprehensive test ban
treaty. A week before, the administration asked nuclear laboratories to
work out how quickly the US could resume testing after its nine-year
moratorium.=20

If Bush were to back out of the test ban treaty or break the moratorium on
nuclear testing - undertaken with China, Russia, Britain and France - he
would also explicitly breach agreements made last May, when 187 countries
negotiated measures to strengthen and implement the non- proliferation
treaty.=20

The test ban is no outdated cold war instrument, but a fundamental tool to
prevent new, destabilizing developments in nuclear weapons. Over several
decades, from the Arctic to the Pacific, from the capitals of Europe to the
deserts of Nevada, people have marched, petitioned, demonstrated and even
sailed or hiked into test sites. Many have been imprisoned, and some even
lost their lives trying to stop the nuclear weapons governments from
polluting our oceans and earth with radioactivity from nuclear explosions,
conducted for one purpose only - to make "better" nuclear bombs.=20

It took three arduous years to complete negotiations on the comprehensive
test ban treaty. It isn't perfect. No product of compromise ever is. The
verification system is very thorough, but it also had to be affordable,
financially and politically.=20

The treaty stopped short of closing and dismantling the known test sites or
banning laboratory testing, which the weapon states said they needed to
assure the safety and reliability of weapons in the stockpiles (pending
achievement of their other treaty obligations to eliminate the nuclear
arsenals completely). But it does ban all nuclear test explosions in all
environments.=20

India panicked, because the treaty would close off its nuclear options. It
refused to sign, and then let off a string of nuclear explosions in May
1998. Pakistan followed, to prove it could. Even so, the treaty held.
Neither government has felt able to keep testing, which means their options
for further developments were curbed.=20

Bush has embarked on a very slippery slope that could potentially put at
risk the future of the citizens of even the most advanced military nation.
Mumbling and grumbling won't keep us safe. It is time to speak out.=20

Rebecca Johnson is executive director=20
of the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy=20
Published on Tuesday, July 17, 2001 in the Guardian of London=20

  =A9 Guardian Newspapers Limited 2001 =20



Pamela Meidell=20
Director
The Atomic Mirror
"Reflecting and Transforming our Nuclear World through the Arts"
P.O. Box 220
Port Hueneme, CA 93044
tel: [phone]
fax: [phone]
email: [e-mail]

"Politics is the art of the possible,
Creativity is the art of the impossible."
Ben Okri

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Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 08:45:45 -0400
From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Good news from Congress on nuclear testing

To: Interested Persons


1.  Nevada Test Site Readiness Request Denied.

Currently it would take the Energy Department two to three years of
preparations to conduct a nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site. The Bush
administration had proposed that the readiness period be shortened to six
months. However, the Appropriations Committees have rejected the request.

The Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee barred any funds
"to increase the readiness for underground nuclear testing" in its energy
and water appropriations bill. The strong language from the subcommittee
chairman, Rep. Sonny Callahan (AL), is at the bottom of this message. The
Senate Appropriations Committee also rejected the administration's request
in its version of the bill.


2.  Full Funding for Nuclear Testing Monitoring Organization.

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) was created as an
international body to monitor compliance with the nuclear testing
moratorium. The Bush administration budget request for fiscal year 2002
includes the U.S. dues payment to the CTBTO of $20 million, similar to
previous requests. Some Senators have been urging that the U.S. terminate
its payments to the organization. In a March 12 letter to the State
Department, Sen. Jesse Helms stated: "I believe that it is time ... to
terminate funding to CTBT organizations."

However, Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee this week
provided full funding for the CTBTO in the foreign operations appropriations
bill. Credit goes to Rep. Jim Kolbe (AZ), the foreign operations
appropriations subcommittee chairman.

Sen. Patrick Leahy (VT), a strong supporter of arms control, chairs the
Senate Appropriations subcommittee that handles the foreign operations bill.
Thus CTBTO funding is secure for fiscal year 2002.

However, the Bush administration is currently reviewing whether the U.S.
should continue payments to the CTBTO and may decide not to request further
funds for the organization in the fiscal year 2003 budget, which will be
submitted in February 2003.


Thanks to those of you of that contributed to these victories. We can expect
both issues to be back next year.


David Culp, Legislative Representative
Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers)
245 Second Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.  20002-5795
Tel: [phone], ext. 146
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Website: www.fcnl.org

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Report on the House Energy and Water Appropriations Bill, FY 2002
House Report 107-112, pp. 125-126.


Underground Nuclear Testing.--The Department of Energy was slow to provide
detailed justification for its supplemental appropriations funding request
for fiscal year 2001 to the Committee. The information it provided to the
Committee was informal and on an ad-hoc rather than a formal basis. After
the Committee had made its funding recommendations for the bill, DOE
submitted formal justification material to justify its request. The formal
material mentions funding to increase the state of readiness of underground
nuclear testing.

If the Nation were to decide to invest funds to restore underground nuclear
testing to a higher level than presently, this could only be done: (1) once
the Secretary of Defense concluded his strategic review; (2) once the
President made a recommendation to the Congress; (3) once it was approved by
the Armed Services Committees of the House and the Senate; and (4) only if
it were subsequently approved by Congress. None of these activities has
occurred. It is not the Committee's intent to provide funding in this Act,
the supplemental appropriations Act for fiscal year 2001, or any prior Act
for activities to increase the readiness for underground nuclear testing.
None of the funds in such Acts may be used for that purpose.

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Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 10:41:55 +0800
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) will Aboliton 2000 movement target 2000th Christmas 12/25/01 date for nuclear abolition?

From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>

On Friday, July 13th, I visited with David Krieger at the Nuclear Age Peace

Foundation in Santa Barbara to report that his and the Abolition 2000
messages submitted last year to the Global Peace Walk 2000 had been
delivered, along with many other global peace messages in Washington DC and

to the United Nations last October, and to suggest a resetting of the
Abolition 2000 Coalition's nuclear abolition target date for December 25th
this year, the traditionally recognized "2000th Christmas" birth anniversary

of Jesus.

When I explained that I was organizing a peace walk from Bethlehem to
Jerusalem for that day to end with a "Jerusalem Peace Council" to present
messages for global peace accumulated between now and then on the internet,

and suggested that "nuclear abolition would be a great 2000th birthday
present to offer Jesus" his eyes lit up with a twinkle and he said "it sure

would be".

He explained that the Abolition 2000 theme had been changed before the end
of last year from getting a nuclear abolition framework established by the
end of last year to the achieved goal of enrolling over 2000 organizations
endorsing nuclear abolition.

If each of these organizations and their networks are alerted to this idea
of a new target date goal to obtain a nuclear abolition framework by the
2000th Christmas, this could capture the imagination and cooperation at deep

levels among the public and leaders around the world, especially the United

States, and perhaps more tangible and immediate progress towards this goal
could be thereby achieved.

This could also add impetus and greater support for the bill again submitted

to Congress last week by DC Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, the Nuclear

Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act which needs additional Congressional

co-sponsors to have any hope of making it to a vote in Congress. Before
December 25th this year would be an inspirational target date by which such

Congressional floor vote might take place http://www.prop1.org

Please forward this idea to your networks for their consideration and
request for their submissions of messages along these lines to the Jerusalem

Peace Council list website
http://www.groups.yahoogroups.com/group/jerusalem-peace-council

Financial support for this project and the Bethlehem to Jerusalem Global
Peace Walk may be sent to

David Crockett Williams  (661-822-3309) [e-mail]
PO Box 147
Tehachapi, CA 93581



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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 08:21:44 +0100
From: Sally Light <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: [abolition-caucus] Serge Levillayer trial]

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Dear friends,

Serge Levillayer, a well-known french activist against nuclear weapons
is brought to trial this tuesday, July 24th in France.

His crime: painting on the ground in front of the Cherbourg arsenal and
basis of nuclear submarines in Britany (Brest, France) the statement of
the International Court of Justice of The Hague against the use or
threat of nuclear weapons.

For sure, letters to the Court will be helpfull to show the
international support to his action. See below a proposal of letter, in
french, to send by fax to the number:

33 2 33 01 61 74

Thank you for your support,




Dominique lalanne,
Stop-Essais/Abolition of nuclear weapons




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Affaire Serge Levillayer
Audience du 24 juillet, 16 h




Monsieur le Pr=E9sident du Tribunal
15, rue des Tribunaux
50100 CHERBOURG


Monsieur le Pr=E9sident,

Serge Levillayer est appel=E9 =E0 compara=EEtre devant votre tribunal, le 2=
4
juillet prochain =E0 16 heures pour y r=E9pondre de ses actes. Le pr=E9venu
est poursuivi pour avoir inscrit sur la chaussee et le parking de
l'arsenal de Cherbourg l'Avis de la Cour internationale de Justice de La
Haye (CIJ) sur la lic=E9it=E9 des armes nucl=E9aires.

M. Serge Levillayer rappelle que la France commet une infraction=20
caract=E9ris=E9e au droit international en poursuivant la modernisation de =
son=20
armement nucl=E9aire. En effet, le 8 juillet 1996, la Cour de La Haye affir=
ma=20
en toute ind=E9pendance, et ce malgr=E9 les pressions exerc=E9es sur elle p=
ar les 5=20
grandes puissances, que "la menace et de l'usage des armes atomiques sont e=
n=20
g=E9n=E9ral contraires aux r=E8gles qui r=E9gissent les conflits arm=E9s".

Par cette action, Monsieur Levillayer a voulu rappeler que des activit=E9s
illicites contredisent l'Avis de la plus haute juridiction
internationale. En effet, la Direction des constructions navales (DCN)
de Cherbourg a la ma=EEtrise d'oeuvre des sous-marins nucl=E9aires fran=E7a=
is
de la nouvelle g=E9n=E9ration (SNLE-NG) qui constituent l'essentiel du
dispositif de frappe nucleaire de la France. Les sous-marins nucl=E9aires
strat=E9giques sont arm=E9s de 288 ogives nucl=E9aires sur les 350 en servi=
ce.
Or, le 28 juillet 2000, le ministre francais de la D=E9fense a annonc=E9 la
construction d'un 4=E8me SNLE-NG =E0 Cherbourg. Ce nouveau programme sera
r=E9parti entre une dizaine d'=E9tablissements d=E9pendant de la DCN et va
impliquer environ 4.000 entreprises sous-traitantes mais pour 50% de sa
valeur, ce programme sera assur=E9 par la DCN de Cherbourg. En inscrivant
l'extrait de l'Avis de la CIJ sur la chaussee et le parking de
l'arsenal, Monsieur Levillayer n'a fait qu'attirer l'attention sur le
necessaire respect du droit international.

Cette course au d=E9veloppement qualitatif et non plus quantitatif - comme
durant la p=E9riode de la "guerre froide" -, jette le discr=E9dit sur
l'adh=E9sion de la France au Trait=E9 sur la non prolif=E9ration nucl=E9air=
e
ratifi=E9, le 1er juillet 1992. De ce fait la France infirme sa volont=E9
manifest=E9e =E0 New York en mai 2000, lors de la Conf=E9rence de r=E9visio=
n du
TNP, de s'engager "sans =E9quivoque =E0 r=E9aliser l'=E9limination totale d=
e ses
arsenaux nucl=E9aires".


Par les poursuites engag=E9es contre Serge Levillayer, on stigmatise un
citoyen profond=E9ment attach=E9 au caract=E8re sacr=E9 =E0 toute vie humai=
ne et
dont l'existence toute enti=E8re t=E9moigne de ses convictions
non-violentes, et on omet d'incriminer les dirigeants politiques qui
portent la responsabilit=E9 de cette situation qui menace la paix
mondiale.

Nous osons croire, Monsieur le Pr=E9sident, qu'au del=E0 du caract=E8re tr=
=E8s
peu "d=E9lictueux" des faits retenus, vous saurez reconna=EEtre la
l=E9gitimit=E9 de l'expression de Monsieur Levillayer. Depuis longtemps
Serge Levillayer - instituteur retrait=E9 et membre de l'association Stop
Essais ! et donc membre du reseau Abolition 2000- a choisi son camp,
celui des abolitionnistes qui condamnent la peine de mort inflig=E9e sans
discrimination aux non-combattants comme aux militaires par le jeu des
repr=E9sailles nucl=E9aires, le camp du "seul combat qui vaille la peine
d'=EAtre men=E9" selon Albert Camus, celui de la raison contre l'enfer.

Vous remerciant de votre compr=E9hension et de votre cl=E9mence, nous vous=
=20
assurons, Monsieur le Pr=E9sident, de notre haute consid=E9ration et de nos=
=20
salutations distingu=E9es.




Name, adresse, institution




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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 09:48:31 -0700
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Action at Livermore Lab Aug. 6

You are invited to Livermore! We look forward to seeing you! Here is the
basic info you need about the action. Please come, and please publicize the
Aug. 6 action through your contacts. Cool fliers are available from us on
request. (Additionally, if you are interested in bicycling on Aug 6 from UC
Berkeley to Livermore, let me know and I will send you David Weddingdress'
email for that event.) Peace, Marylia

What:   Rally and Nonviolent Direct Action

Title:          "Peace on Earth and in Space"

When:   Monday, August 6, 2001, beginning at 7 AM

Why:    Commemorating the 56th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan

Where:  Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab, corner of East Ave. & Vasco Rd.,
Livermore (directions, below)

Speakers:       Dr. Robert M. Bowman, President of the Institute for Space
and Security Studies, on weapons in space

                Dial Keju of the Marshall Islands, where Livermore and Los
Alamos Labs conducted above-ground nuclear testing

Music:  Members of the La Pena Chorus

Memorial:        to honor local activists who have died in 2000-2001
        Maylie Scott * Pauline Thompson * Judy Foster * Robert Heifetz
        Abe Zwickel * Dorothy Brownhold * Marie Pastrick * Jane Hutchins

Following the rally and commemoration: There will be a procession to the
gates of the Livermore Lab for a nonviolent, risk arrest action

Bring:  Banners, signs, origami, musical instruments and friends

Directions: Take I-580 to the Vasco Road exit in Livermore. Go south on
Vasco about two miles to East Ave.


For further information: Livermore Conversion Project [phone]

Cosponsored by Northern California peac groups including Tri-Valley CAREs
[phone]


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
campaign to get nuclear weapons taken off hair-trigger alert.



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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:34:56 -0700
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Aug 6 eve Benefit with Jesse Colin Young

BENEFIT CONCERT -- GREAT MUSIC, FOOD, BEER, WINE AND NO NUKES

For Immediate Release

Contact: Tom Campbell, Guacamole Fund, 310-374-4837
Danny Kennedy , Greenpeace, 415-512-9110
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs, 925-443-7148
John Hadder, Citizen Alert, 775-827-4200

JESSE COLIN YOUNG AND NO NUKES AT DOWNTOWN

Singer-songwriter Jesse Colin Young will be appearing at a "No Nukes"
evening at the Berkeley restaurant and bar, "downtown," on August 6th. This
special evening of food, libations and music featuring Jesse Colin Young
and Sons will be sponsored by Greenpeace with the proceeds going to
Tri-Valley CAREs and Citizen Alert. The event will commemorate the 56th
anniversary of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

Tickets are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law and are
$100, which includes the show with complimentary beer and wine and the
artists party following, with gourmet light fare. There are a limited
number of $250 tickets, which include a gourmet dinner and the show and
party. Tickets may be purchased at downtown, located at 2102 Shattuck
Avenue or at C'esar at 1515 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley. To order by phone,
call 800-728-6223.  The show begins at 7:00 PM.

The founder of the sixties hit group, The Youngbloods, Jesse Colin Young
went on to a successful solo career and is touring with his son and godson.
The trio will perform at downtown on Monday, August 6, 2001, playing a mix
of old songs and material from their new album, "Walk the Talk," which was
released in May.

Tri-Valley CAREs promotes global nuclear disarmament and seeks to transform
the Livermore Lab from nuclear weapons design to peaceful pursuits, ensure
the cleanup of toxic and radioactive pollution coming from the weapons lab,
and safeguard the Bay Area from the additional threats posed by the lab's
new nuclear weapons programs. A major focus of the organization is stopping
the construction of the controversial National Ignition Facility, a
football stadium-sized nuclear fusion machine being built at Livermore Lab
to blast radioactive fuel pellets with 192 laser beams. "We are deeply
appreciative that Jesse Colin Young is bringing his stellar talent to the
Bay Area to stop new nuclear weapons programs," said Marylia Kelley,
Tri-Valley CAREs' executive director. "The benefit at 'downtown' promises
to satisfy not only the ears and palates of its patrons, but also their
hearts' aspirations for a more peaceful world." Visit the group's website
at http://www.igc.org/tvc.

Citizen Alert is a 26 year old grassroots Nevada-based organization that
has been informing the public and organizing around nuclear issues since
its inception. The Department of Energy (DOE) is planning to recommend
Yucca Mountain, NV to the president this year as the appropriate place to
store the nations high-level radioactive waste. The current proposal is to
transport, by rail and truck, 77,000 tons of this waste through 43 states
- -- potentially impacting millions of people. Yucca Mountain is located 90
miles northwest of Las Vegas. Yucca Mountain is a poor choice, lying within
the highest earthquake class zone and on top of a freshwater aquifer. There
is still great uncertainty about the site and the transportation of the
waste. Even the DOE admits the site will leak; it's just a matter of when
and how much. "We need to readdress the national policy on nuclear waste
for now and for our future generations," explained John Hadder of Citizen
Alert. The group's website is http://www.citizenalert.org.

Greenpeace's "Clean Energy Now Campaign," in conjunction with local and
state-based groups, is working to reduce California's impact on the local
and global environment by helping to forge the world's largest clean energy
economy replete with good jobs and export opportunities. Greenpeace
supports the struggle for clean and affordable electricity -- which means
no nukes and no more fossil fools. Greenpeace will expose corporate
profiteering at consumers' expense, as well as use non-violent direct
action to push utilities, politicians and other decision-makers to make
choices which advance clean energy technology and protect the climate and
future generations from global warming. Go to http://www.cleanenergynow.org
for more information.

"downtown" is a recently opened restaurant and bar in Berkeley, operated by
Richard Mazzera, who managed the seminal California eatery, "Chez Panisse"
for over 25 years. According to Richard, "We are pleased to be able to
continue the same kinds of commitment and community involvement that we
experienced with 'Chez Panisse' at 'C'esar' and 'downtown'. We are looking
forward to a great evening of music with Jesse, his boys and No Nukes."

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                THE GUACAMOLE FUND
                CULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL CHANGE AND SERVICE EVENTS
                PH: 310/374-4837 * FX: 310/374-0878
                440-B PIER AVENUE, HERMOSA BEACH, CA 90254
                [e-mail]

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
campaign to get nuclear weapons taken off hair-trigger alert.



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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 18:47:13 -0400
From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Action Alert on Missile Defense

Dear Friends --

Below is FCNL's recent action alert on missile defense. Links to background
material and to sample letters to Congress are in the alert.

Feel free to use, modify or adapt the alert for your own use.

Sincerely,

David Culp
Friends Committee on National Legislation

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FCNL LEGISLATIVE ACTION MESSAGE - July 26th, 2001

The following action items from the Friends Committee on National
Legislation (FCNL) focus on federal policy issues currently before Congress
or the Administration as of July 26th, 2001.

TOPICS: MISSILE DEFENSE

MISSILE DEFENSE: Next week, the House Armed Services Committee is expected
to consider the 2002 Defense Authorization bill which includes authorization
for missile defense program activities.  The bill is likely to include
provisions authorizing activities which would violate the terms of the
Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty with Russia and accelerate research,
development and deployment of a missile defense system.  The Bush
administration has announced its intention to either terminate the ABM
treaty with Russia's consent or, barring this, unilaterally withdraw from
the treaty sometime over the next several months.  The President has also
proposed a dramatic 57% ($3 billion) increase in spending on missile defense
research, development and deployment for FY2002, which, if enacted would
raise total missile defense spending to $8.3 billion. The Senate will
consider the Defense Authorization bill in September.

ACTION: Please contact your legislators today, especially if they serve on
the House or Senate Armed Services Committee.  Urge them to oppose any
provisions in the Defense Department Authorization bill which would
authorize missile defense program activities that violate the ABM treaty.
The U.S. should not rush to deploy a missile defense system that would
undermine international arms control and disarmament efforts.  Please
contact your senators or organize delegations to meet with your senators to
discuss these concerns over the August and Labor Day recess.

You can use FCNL's web site to find out if your senators or representative
are on the Senate or House Armed Services Committees.  Click on the link
below, enter your zip code in the appropriate box, and click <Go>.  Scroll
down to the bottom of the page and find your senators and representative.
Under their names, click on <Info>.  Committee information is listed under
the heading <Other Information>.  Here is the link:
<http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/officials/>.  You can also contact Peter
Morscheck at FCNL, via email at [e-mail] or via telephone at (202)
547-6000 x 115.

USE FCNL'S WEB SITE TO MAKE LETTER-WRITING EASIER:  Start with the sample
letter posted in our Legislative Action Center, personalize the language,
then send your message as an email directly from our site or print it out
and mail it. To view a sample letter, click on the link below.  Then enter
your zip code and click <Go> in the <Take Action Now> box.   Here is the
link <http://capwiz.com/fconl/issues/alert/?alertid=44679&type=CO&azip=>.

BACKGROUND:  Last week, the Bush Administration announced that U.S. missile
defense research and development (R&D) activities over the next several
months will likely bring the U.S. out of compliance with the ABM treaty.
This week, the Administration indicated that it hopes the Russians will
agree to abandon the treaty with the U.S., but that the Administration plans
to move ahead aggressively with its missile defense program whether the
Russians agree or not.   The Administration wants to complete construction
of a missile defense interceptor site at Fort Greeley, Alaska by 2004.  It
plans to begin clearing trees at the site this fall (which would not violate
the ABM treaty), and it would begin pouring concrete next spring (which
would violate the treaty).  The treaty requires that the U.S. or Russia give
6 months formal notice to the other party before withdrawing from the
treaty.   However, the Bush Administration has not yet given this notice to
the Russians.

It is uncertain how the Russians will respond.  Last week, following the
meeting between Presidents Bush and Putin, the Russians indicated they would
be willing to negotiate a new agreement on missile defenses.  However, the
Bush Administration indicated that it had no interest in revising the treaty
or negotiating a new formal agreement. Instead, the Administration is
seeking to continue high level consultations with Russia through which they
hope to achieve informal agreement that both countries will simply withdraw
from the treaty.

The Administration is proposing to expedite deployment of a missile defense
system and expand R&D despite serious questions about the justification,
efficacy, cost, and reliability of such a  system.  For example:

* There is little credible threat of a ballistic missile attack from
countries such as North Korea, Iraq, or Iran, and these improbable threats
can be reduced further and at much less cost through bilateral and
multilateral diplomatic initiatives and verifiable arms control agreements.

* Governments around the world, especially in Europe and East Asia are
concerned that U.S. missile defense plans will undermine global arms control
and disarmament efforts.

* An accelerated missile defense program is virtually certain to lead China
to increase the number of nuclear weapons pointed at U.S. cities and may
discourage Russia from making deep cuts in its arsenal.

* After over thirty years and over $100 billion of research and development,
engineers have yet to design a missile defense system that will work under
realistic conditions.

* Finally, the Bush administration has yet to provide full details to
Congress or the American people about what it is they plan to build, how
much it will cost, or how they will pay for it.

Expensive, high-tech weapons are no substitute for effective diplomacy, arms
control, disarmament, and international cooperation.  Cooperative
international arms control and disarmament agreements will be far more
effective in advancing peace and security in the years ahead and will cost
far less than a missile shield.

The Bush Administration has tried to present missile defense as a moral
imperative for the country.  However, we at FCNL believe that the true moral
imperative is not to build yet another expensive, provocative, new weapon
system, but to reduce the threat of nuclear war and accidental catastrophe
through arms control, disarmament, and international cooperation.  U.S.
leadership is needed now to stop another arms race before it begins.

Toward that end, the U.S. should:
* immediately de-alert U.S. nuclear weapons and encourage Russia to do the
same;
* sharply reduce the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile;
* provide assistance and incentives to Russia and others to safely dispose
of weapons of mass destruction, to halt the export of related technologies
and weapons, and to redirect weapons industries to peaceful purposes;
* provide positive incentives to North Korea to permanently halt its
ballistic missile program; and
* vigorously pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures to
rapidly reduce and eliminate nuclear weapons stockpiles and other weapons of
mass destruction.

For more background information on missile defense, please see FCNL's web
site <http://www.fcnl.org/issues/nuc/nmdindx.htm>.

CONTACTING LEGISLATORS

Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121

Sen. ________
U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Rep. ________
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515

Information on your members is available on FCNL's web site:
http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/officials/

CONTACTING THE ADMINISTRATION

White House Comment Desk: 202-456-1111
FAX: [phone]
E-MAIL: [e-mail]
WEB PAGE: http://www.whitehouse.gov

President George W. Bush
The White House
Washington, DC 20500
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