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Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #463
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abolition-usa-digest Thursday, September 13 2001 Volume 01 : Number 463
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Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 11:31:49 -0400
From: Karl Grossman <kgrossman@hamptons.com>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Star Wars Returns Press Conference Monday 2 P.M.
"STAR WARS RETURNSö PRESS CONFERENCE
The latest U.S. moves to make space a new arena of war--the return of
Star Wars--will be outlined at a press conference beginning at 2 p.m. Monday,
September 10 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
The press conference will feature Alice Slater, president of the Global
Resource Action Center for the Environment, a member of the Board of Advisors
of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power In Space and founder of
Abolition 2000, and Karl Grossman, author of the just-published book
ôWeapons In
Spaceö and writer and narrator of the television documentary ôStar Wars
Returnsö which is now airing throughout the U.S.
Slater will show how ômissile defense is a misnomer,ö that the U.S.
space military program is a ôprovocative, aggressive program by the United
States to weaponize space and dominate the world.ö And she will explain how
the program can be stopped.
Grossman will distribute U.S. military and government documents
acknowledging the U.S. plan is to ôcontrol spaceö and from there ôdominateö the
earth below, explain the roles of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and General
Richard Myers, just-named chairman of the chiefs of staff and former U.S. Space
Command commander-in-chief, detail connections between the Bush administration
and aerospace corporations promoting Star Wars and explain how the plan
violates the intent of the basic international law on space, the Outer Space
Treaty.
The ôStar Wars Returnsö press conference is sponsored by the Institute
for Public Accuracy (IPA). For further information, contact Sam Husseini at IPA
@ 202-347-0020.
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Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 12:46:34 +0100
From: Sally Light <sallight1@earthlink.net>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NDE's "Monday Night Series" begins Sept. 10th in Berkeley
"MONDAY NIGHT SERIES" STARTS SEPTEMBER 10th FEATURING INDIVIDUAL
PRESENTATIONS BY EXPERTS ON ALL ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR
AND MISSILE DEFENSE/"STARWARS" ISSUES.
Sponsored by Nevada Desert Experience. All are welcome to these free
presentations
followed by Q & A sessions and discussion. Come get answers to your
burning
questions on these issues! Refreshments will be provided.
WHERE: Nevada Desert Experience's Berkeley office located in the Wesley
Methodist Student Center, 2398 Bancroft Way (at Dana), directly across
from the UC
campus.
WHEN: 6 - 9 pm. On alternate Mondays from Sept. 10 '01 through April
22 '02.
September schedule:
Sept. 10 - Patrice Sutton from Western States Legal Foundation. A
medical
researcher and long-time anti-nuclear activist, Patrice will speak on
"Public Health & Nuclear Weapons"
Sept. 17 - Cade Bursell - A prizewinning filmmaker and artist, she
focuses on the
inner journeys and experiences of cancer patients undergoing radiation
treatment.
October schedule:
Oct. 1 - Maurice Campbell from Community First Coalition at Hunters
Point. A brilliant
community strategist, Maurice will speak on the amazing story now
emerging from
Hunters Point, the largely African American community in San Francisco
that has
suffered decades of radioactive and toxic contamination from the secret
US lab at
Hunters Point Naval Ship Yard (&other projects there).
Oct. 22 - Ernest Goitein, retired engineer, authority on nuclear power
and well-known
anti-nuclear activist. His presentation on nuclear powerplants will
answer all your
questions about NPP and its risks to public health.
Oct. 29 - Jackie Cabasso andAndy Lichterman from Western States Legal
Foundation. Internationally recognized, they will present on the legal
perspectives of
nuclear weapons, including the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the
Comprehensive Test Ban
Treaty, the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, and a recent advisory opinion
of the World
Court.
For the full schedule of presentations running through April 2002,
please contact Sally
Light, ExecutiveDirector of Nevada Desert Experience at (510) 527-2057.
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Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 11:09:01 -0400
From: David Culp <david@fcnl.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Missile Defense: Next Steps in Congress
Missile Defense: Next Steps in Congress
Defense Authorization Bill - House
The House Armed Services Committee completed the annual defense
authorization bill in early August. The Committee provided missile defense
funding of $8.2 billion, compared with the administration's request of $8.3
billion. The bill goes to the full House floor Tuesday, September 11, with
debate on floor amendments expected to last through Thursday. Rep. Ike
Skelton (D-MO), the ranking Democrat on the Committee, and Rep. John Spratt
(D-SC) will offer an amendment to cut missile defense by $1 billion. Success
will require a dozen or so moderate Republicans supporting the amendment.
Defense Authorization Bill - Senate
The Senate Armed Services Committee finished its version of the bill last
Friday. The committee reduced the missile budget by $1.3 billion. More
important, the committee "adopted a provision that provides for an expedited
congressional vote if the administration determines that any of the
activities funded in this bill are in conflict with the requirements of the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Another provision ensures that the [Defense]
Department completes a robust testing program before significant investments
are made in a national missile defense system." (committee press release,
September 7, 2001, p. 18) The provision was drafted by committee chairman
Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) and subcommittee chairman Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI).
In the committee markup, Sen. John Warner (VA), the ranking Republican,
tried to restore $1 billion to the missile defense budget. All 12
Republicans voted for restoring the funds and the 13 Democrats opposed the
increase. Similarly a Warner amendment to strike the requirement for a vote
on activities that conflict with the ABM Treaty failed on a 12-13 party-line
vote. The sharp divisions over missile defense resulted in another 13-12
party-line vote on adopting the final defense bill.
Senate floor debate on the defense authorization bill is slated to begin
Monday, September 17, with voting on floor amendments to begin Wednesday,
September 19. Sen. Warner is expected to offer amendments to restore most of
the missile defense cuts and to strike the Levin restriction on testing
activities. With a 51-49 party split in the Senate, the Warner amendments
may be decided by only a few votes.
Among Republicans, Sen. Lincoln Chafee (RI) is the most likely to vote
against missile defense. Democrat Senators Lincoln (AK), Miller (GA), Akaka
and Inouye (HI), Bayh (IN), Breaux (LA), Edwards (NC), and Hollings (SC) are
considered uncertain in their vote. Inouye and Hollings are the most likely
to support the Warner amendments.
The Defense Department has already issued a veto threat over the missile
defense provisions in the bill.
Defense Appropriations Bill
The House and Senate have yet to begin drafting the annual defense
appropriations bill. Work on the bill has become entangled in the larger
congressional debate on the budget, described below. Given the veto threat
over the defense authorization bill, the defense appropriations bill may set
missile defense policy for next year.
Missile Defense and the Budget
Washington is moving toward one of its end-of-session mud fights over the
spending. The budget resolution drafted last spring allowed the House and
Senate budget chairmen to increase defense spending, if they did not dip
into the Social Security surplus. Since then, Republicans lost the Senate
Budget Committee chairmanship, the budget surplus has vanished, and the
economy is sputtering.
Granting the Pentagon's summer request of an additional $18.3 billion is
likely to require dipping into Social Security funds, which would take 60
Senate votes to waive the budget rules. Negotiations over the budget numbers
may not be completed until mid-November. For the first time in over a
decade, the Defense Department's budget request is in trouble on Capitol
Hill. This is putting pressure on the missile defense, which is one of the
biggest ticket items in the Pentagon budget.
Summary
Important floor votes on the missile defense will occur in the House and
Senate over the next few weeks. These votes will set the parameters for the
missile defense provisions that likely to be included in a final spending
package that Congress adopts, perhaps in November.
David Culp, Legislative Representative
Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers)
245 Second Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20002-5795
Tel: (202) 547-6000, ext. 146
Toll free: (800) 630-1330, ext. 146
Fax: (202) 547-6019
E-mail: david@fcnl.org
Web site: www.fcnl.org
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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 19:48:47 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <prop1@prop1.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Report from DC
Reporting from Washington DC after the World Trade and Pentagon attacks:
Vigilers outside the White House are safe, but banished two blocks away
from their signs. I listened to C-Span radio call-in all day; many
Americans are truly ignorant ("nuke Iran/Afghanistan/Iraq" - "fall down on
your knees and pray to God, then retaliate"). A few made sense: "Don't
jump to conclusions, we don't know who did this" - "Put them in jail;
violence begets violence." One woman called to point out that the U.S. had
been bombing Iraq, but C-Span cut her off. The ignorant were allowed to
say their piece.
Downtown DC was surreal this morning, as all the federal buildings sent
their people home. Otherwise peaceful.
Really worried about our friends in New York. Please let us know you're okay.
Love and forgiveness,
Ellen Thomas
Proposition One Committee
PO Box 27217, Washington DC 20038
202-462-0757 -- fax 202-265-5389
prop1@prop1.org -- http://prop1.org
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Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 23:28:35 +0100
From: Sally Light <sallight1@earthlink.net>
Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: Fw: Deepest sympathy from Russia]
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Our dear American friends and colleaques!
The Center for Russian Environmental Policy join with people round the =
world to express our utter horror at the terrible violence and =
devastation in America yesterday. We send our deepest sympathy to all =
who have been so affected.
World to-day is unsafety place even in USA. We have to join to stop =
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 17:51:56 -0400
From: David Culp <david@fcnl.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) FCNL: Statement on the Attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pen tagon, and Civilian Aircraft
FCNL SPECIAL STATEMENT (INFO LINE)
The following is a special announcement from FCNL. To learn more about the
FCNL INFO LINE, please see the end of this message.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Call: Ned Stowe, 202-547-6000 ext. 117 or
September 12, 2001 Kathy Guthrie, ext. 144
Statement on the Attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and
Civilian Aircraft
Our hearts go out today to the victims of Tuesday's terrible attacks on the
World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the people in the four civilian
aircraft. We call on Friends and others across the U.S. to offer prayers,
solace, friendship, and aid to the survivors, families, and friends of the
victims. We commend the heroic efforts of public safety personnel and the
many others who, at great personal risk, are working to rescue and treat the
victims of these tragedies.
We join with people across the country and around the world in expressing
the hope that those who planned and orchestrated these terrible acts will
soon be brought to justice under the rule of law.
We are concerned, however, about how the U.S. government responds now.
First, we are concerned that the U.S. not avenge these attacks with attacks
upon other innocent people who may happen to be of the same nationality,
faith, or ethnic group as the alleged perpetrators. This concern extends to
protecting the safety and rights of people here at home. Many in this
country of the Islamic faith or of Middle Eastern descent are worried that
they may now become the unwarranted focus of suspicion in their communities
or, worse, the subjects of unjust persecution.
Second, many in the administration and Congress have declared that a state
of war now exists. We are concerned that these public statements may be
stirring the popular will and expectation for war. We wonder: War against
whom? Cooler heads must prevail in the U.S. government during this time of
crisis. War will only compound the tremendous assault on humanity that has
already occurred. War is not the answer. The people who committed these
acts struck with hatred. They saw the people in the World Trade Center, the
Pentagon, and the aircraft as faceless enemies. They denied the humanity of
their victims. The U.S. must not commit the same sin by compounding the
hatred, violence, and injustice of these attacks with its own acts of terror
and war against another people, most of whom are innocent of these crimes.
Finally, the people who planned these suicide attacks were able to draw
volunteers from a growing number of people around the world who harbor deep
resentment and anger toward the U.S. It is important that we in the U.S.
try to hear and understand the sources of this anger. If we in the U.S. do
not seek to understand and address the roots of this anger--poverty,
injustice, and hopelessness--then the violence may well continue, no matter
what the U.S. does to try to prevent it.
As members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) we witness to that
spirit of love which takes away the occasion of war. Out of darkness and
tragedy, may God show us the path of true and lasting peace.
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 19:05:56 -0600
From: Carah Lynn Ong <admin@abolition2000.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) On Activism and Terrorism
From: "Martin Eder" <activist@home.com>
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject: On Terrorism and Activism
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 10:04:26 -0700
On Activism and Terrorism
Social devastation, social chaos and social change.
There are those who will want to paint activists and terrorist with the
same brush. Perhaps both have identified similar injustices, identified
similar culprits and both set out to make social change. From that point on
the similarities begin to dissolve.
Left-progressives begin with assumption about the inherent value of all
life. We begin with the assumption, that the vast majority of humanity
yearns to live in peace, full equality and dignity... and we wholeheartedly
believe that better societies create better human beings. Just and
cooperative societies with relative social equality produce cooperative
citizens striving for common the good. We invest our lives in the quest for
a new social order based on the human dignity for all. Our methods are
education, persuasion and social activism. While never passive in the face
of repression, we seek to build participatory, democratic organizations,
which reflect the very ideals we seek in a new society. As Che said "true
revolutionaries are guided by great feelings of love."
Terrorism is born of hopelessness. It is an unnatural state of affairs. A
social order that has closed the doors on dignity and the possibility of
democratic participation is a breeding ground for individualistic and
suicidal desperation. A society full of cruelty will produce cruel
offspring. A society based on class hierarchies, racial divisions,
religious discrimination and national oppression will have no peace. There
is peace born of justice and equality. There is also the peace of
repression and dictatorship, but this is always a temporary peace.
Social justice activists make no apologies for terrorism, but we do
understand it roots causes. The irony is that the results of terrorism will
mean greater repression on all forms of democratic participation and
increased military retaliation - retaliation by those who never wanted
social equality in the first place. We will have either greater global
equity or greater global atrocity. This as true as any mathematical
formula.
Rather than despair over the devastation, let us redouble our efforts to
create a world of peace with justice, equality and self-determination.
After all is said and done it is social justice, which will end to both
repression and its terrorist stepchild. May we stand united for social
justice worldwide.
Martin Eder for Activist San Diego
Activist@home.com
www.ActivistSanDiego.org
September 11, 2001
ASD is a non-profit, social justice network that survives overwhelmingly on
individual donations. Join us or one of the many other local or national
organizations.
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Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 23:06:20 +0100
From: Sally Light <sallight1@earthlink.net>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Hunters Point Whistleblower Program 9/30/01
Friends,
On 9/30/01 at 9:30 pm California time, a local community cable TV
station (Ch 29 in San Francisco) will air an interview with Tom Olson,
a whistleblower re: the emerging, major story of the Hunters Point Naval
Ship Yard (HPNSY) in San Francisco.
Tom was born and raised at Hunters Point, a largely African American
community that was originally brought there to work in the ship yard
during WWII. He spent all his working years in the ship yard and is
now suffering major health problems. The Hunters Point Naval Ship
Yard is a "Superfund" site containing many toxic and radioactive
substances that have been exposed to the surrounding community
for decades. Very little cleanup has yet been done there.
In May of this year, the S.F. Weekly newspaper ran an extremely
well-researched expose about the facility and its affects on the
community, as well as about the secret US project, the Naval
Radiological
Defense Laboratory, that was located there during the 40s, 50s and 60s.
You may find this story by reporter Lisa Davis, called "Fallout," at the
paper's web site which is www.sfweekly.com.
Major pieces of the US' nuclear and missile programs are being added to
our
knowledge as more facts about HPNSY's many projects are revealed.
Tom's detailed knowledge and sharp recall are very valuable in this
process.
Please watch this program if you are able.
"60 Minutes" has also interviewed Tom for a future program, but the
show's
air date is unknown at this time.
In peace...
Sally Light
Executive Director
Nevada Desert Experience
Member, Global Council, Abolition 2000
Member, Coordinating Committee, US Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Member, Board, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
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Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 10:40:53 -0700
From: marylia@earthlink.net (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) Peace Vigil-Livermore
Dear friends, colleagues and fellow Tri-Valley CAREs members:
We staffers working in the TVC office grieve the horrific events that
unfolded on Tuesday, even as we struggle to carry on the organization's
daily work and commitments. Interwoven with our thoughts and prayers for
the dead and dying are our fears that the U.S. will retaliate in a manner
that will perpetuate -- and not ameliorate -- the cycle of violence. Each
of us expresses our feelings in our own language, but, out of our common
concern, we prepare for -- and invite you to -- a vigil we all hope will
never need to happen. Please read the text of the flyer we are placing
around town...
In Peace, Marylia