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Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:01:27 -0700
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Post-traumatic stress reordering, Linus Pauling, Nichidatsu Fujii, "freedom" and "God"

bcc: Dan Smith's "Post-traumatic stress reordering" thread cc list

Thanks, Steven, for the important message you sent below,

"signed[by]:  Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Percy Bridgman,
Herman Muller, Cecil Powell, Joseph Rotblat, Frederic Joliot-Curie,
Leopold Infeld, Hideki Yukawa, Max Born, Linus Pauling."

See below reference/links to speeches/message by the man Gandhi called his
spiritual teacher, or "Guruji", the late most venerable Nichidatsu Fujii on
whose 60th birthday the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and who was a
key religious leader whose efforts helped convene the first and second
special sessions on disarmament at the United Nations, 1978 and 1982.

Yes, I think it must be Linus Pauling because as a chemist I know his name
as a famous chemist and peace activist and at least we can check further and
see if anyone knows (if so tell me now) for sure if Pauling delivered a
somewhat famous speech on July 15, 1956, (~11th anniversary of first atomic
bomb test at Los Alamos) which is the American scientist's speech date
referenced in Nichidatsu's August 6, 1956, speech now being translated.
I'm also quite sure that the below Russell-Einstein Manifesto is one of the
messages from famous scientists to which Nichidatsu refers in that speech,
especially since he prominently mentions several times therein Hideki Yukawa
whose name until now I was not aware of.

The confusion may have originated in the difference between Japanese and
English namings where the family name is usually listed first in Japanese
and last in English names, so a Japanese reference to Linus Pauling could
easily have been referenced as (Dr.) Linus instead of (Dr.) Pauling, and
given the variations in phonetics I can see where "Linus" could be
heard/rendered as "Lindu" in the original Japanese transcription of this
speech which so far, on reviewing initial translation drafts, has sent
shivers up my spine because of its timely relevance to what is going on
right now since 9-11.

When, hopefully soon, the translation is finalized I will post it to the
nuclear abolition and other lists, meanwhile readers may want to review the
amazing speech of July 1978 by the most venerable Nichidatsu Fujii at the
end of the Longest Walk at the US Capitol, archived with four others at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/global-peace-walk/message/554 and more info on
him and his relationship with Mahatma Gandhi and the native American people
is at http://www.indiano.org/pagoda/fujii.htm

I especially like the Longest Walk speech because I was there to hear it and
was witness to the rolling thunder all around the Capitol while he spoke as
though punctuating his remarks which include the only time I have
seen/heard/read of a Buddhist Monk discussing the nature of God.  His
message is especially timely now that we are embarking on an modern day
"American Judeo-Christian Crusade" targeting "Islamic terrorists" and for
its insightful description of the Machiavellianism connected to what in an
earlier translation was called the "myth of the sovereign power of the
state" as compared to the "religioius civilization" at the core of "the
spiritual civilization" which will inevitably manifest to save humanity from
otherwise certain destruction.

An elder American Indian in the 1800's, I forget his name, after reflecting
on the destruction of his people and the mentality of the American
government towards the Indians and the land, etc., responding late in his
lifetime to his younger generation wondering why the Great Spirit had
allowed such atrocities, he wisely offered the succinct observation that the
answer to that question was in understanding what the White Men really mean
by "freedom" and "God".

In his Longest Walk speech Nichidatsu eloquently addresses the nature of God
and in the one now being translated he ever so eloquently addresses the
American notion of "freedom".

Next spiritual walk across America carrying Guruji's message and prayer
practice starts January 15, 2002, the Hiroshima Flame Walk 2002
http://www.dharmawalk.org  focusing on "Stop Star Wars", and since 9-11 I'm
sure, "Stop WWIII".  Please alert folks to help with outreach and support
especially those on the route shown at that site.  An updates/messages and
coordination list has been set up with public archives at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/star-wars-dharma-walk

Much appreciate your timely response.

David

David Crockett Williams
an American Peace Movement member
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/an-american-peace-movement

Science and Technology in Society and Public Policy
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dcwilliams


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Starr"
To: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [abolition-caucus] Einstein, Russell, & (Lindu?)


> Dear David,
>
> This probably won't be of any help, but here is the text of the
> Russell-Einstein Manifesto, followed by the signatories.  It was broadcast
> at the very end of 1954, so possibly it is the 1955 statement being
referred
> to.  I tried to see if I could match any of the names of the Nobel Prize
> winners who signed this document, but it didn't seem obvious to me that
any
> of them were the person who you are looking for (Linus Pauling?).
>
> Steven Starr
>


The following is a statement written by Bertrand Russell, and signed by
Albert Einstein and nine other Nobel Prize winners (it was the last public
statement made by Einstein, who died shortly after its broadcast on the BBC
on December 23, 1954).  It is incredibly profound, considering it was
written only a few years after the United States exploded the first
thermonuclear weapon, vaporizing a small island in the South Pacific.  Here
is the text:

"In the tragic situation which confronts humanity, we feel that scientists
should assemble in conference to appraise the perils that have arisen as a
result of the development of weapons of mass destruction, and to discuss a
resolution in the spirit of the appended draft.

We are speaking on this occasion, not as members of this or that nation,
continent or creed, but as human beings, members of the species man, whose
continued existence is in doubt.  The world is full of conflicts; and,
overshadowing all minor conflicts, the titanic struggle between Communism
and anti-Communism.

Almost everybody who is politically conscious has strong feelings about one
or more of these issues; but we want you, if you can, to set aside such
feelings and consider yourselves only as members of a biological species
which has had a remarkable history, and whose disappearance none of us can
desire.

We shall try to say no singe word which should appeal to one group rather
than to another.  All, equally, are in peril, and, if the peril is
understood, there is hope that they may collectively avert it.

We have to learn to think in a new way.  We have to learn to ask ourselves,
not what steps can be taken to give military victory to whatever group we
prefer, for there no longer are such steps; the question we have to ask
ourselves is:  What steps can be taken to prevent a military contest of
which the issue must be disastrous to all parties?

The general public, and even many men in positions of authority, have not
realized what would be involved in a war with nuclear bombs.  The general
public still thinks in terms of the obliteration of cities.  It is
understood that the new bombs are more powerful than the old, and that,
while one A-bomb could obliterate Hiroshima, one H-bomb could obliterate the
largest cities, such as London, New York and Moscow.

No doubt in an H-bomb war great cities would be obliterated.  But this is
one of the minor disasters that would have to be faced.  If everybody in
London, New York and Moscow were exterminated, the world might, in the
course of a few centuries, recover from the blow.  But we now know,
especially since the Bikini test, that nuclear bombs can gradually spread
destruction over a very much wider area than had been supposed.

It is stated on very good authority that a bomb can now be manufactured
which will be 2,500 times as powerful as that which destroyed Hiroshima.

Such a bomb, if exploded near the ground or under water, sends radioactive
particles into the upper air.  They sink gradually and reach the surface of
the earth in the form of a deadly dust or rain.  It was this dust which
infected the Japanese fishermen and their catch of fish.

No one knows how widely such lethal radioactive particles might be diffused,
but the best authorities are unanimous in saying that a war with H-bombs
might quite possibly put an end to the human race.  It is feared that if
many H-bombs are used there will be universal death--sudden only for a
minority, but for the majority a slow torture of disease and disintegration.

Many warnings have been uttered by eminent men of science and by authorities
in military strategy.  None of them will say that the worst results are
certain.  What they do say is that these results are possible, and no one
can be sure that they will not be realized.  We have not yet found that the
views of experts depend in any degree upon their politics or prejudices.
They depend only, so far as our researches have revealed, upon the extent of
the particular expert's knowledge.  We have found that the men who know most
are the most gloomy.

Here, then, is the problem which we present to you, stark and dreadful and
inescapable:  Shall we put an end to the human race; or shall mankind
renounce war?  People will not face this alternative because it is so
difficult to abolish war.

The abolition of war will demand distasteful limitations of national
sovereignty.  But what perhaps impedes understanding of the situation more
than anything else is that the term "mankind" feels vague and abstract.
People scarcely realize in imagination that the danger is to themselves and
their children and their grandchildren, and not only to a dimly apprehended
humanity.  They can scarcely bring themselves to grasp that they,
individually, and those whom they love are in imminent danger of perishing
agonizingly.  And so they hope that perhaps war may be allowed to continue
provided modern weapons are prohibited.

This hope is illusory.  Whatever agreements not to use the H-bombs had been
reached in time of peace, they would no longer be considered binding in time
of war, and both sides would set to work to manufacture H-bombs as soon as
war broke out, for, if one side manufactured the bombs and the other did
not, the side that manufactured them would inevitably be victorious.

Although an agreement to renounce nuclear weapons as part of a general
reduction of armaments would not afford an ultimate solution, it would serve
certain important purposes.

First: Any agreement between East and West is to the good in so far as it
tends to diminish tension.  Second: The abolition of thermonuclear weapons,
if each side believed that the other had carried it out sincerely, would
lessen the fear of a sudden attack in the style of Pearl Harbor, which at
present keeps both sides in a state of nervous apprehension.  We should,
therefore, welcome such an agreement, though only as a first step.

Most of us are not neutral in feeling, but, as human beings, we have to
remember that, if the issues between East and West are to be decided in any
manner that can give any possible satisfaction to  anybody, whether
Communist or anti-Communist, whether Asian or European or American, whether
white or black, then these issues must not be decided by war.  We should
wish this to be understood, both in the East and in the West.

There lies before us, if we choose, continual progress in happiness,
knowledge and wisdom.  Shall we, instead, choose death, because we cannot
forget our quarrels?  We appeal, as human beings, to human beings:  Remember
your humanity and forget the rest.  If you can do so, the way lies open to a
new paradise; if you cannot, there lies before you the risk of universal
death.

Resolution:

     In view of the fact that in any future world war nuclear weapons will
certainly be employed, and that such weapons threaten the continued
existence of mankind, we urge the governments of the world to realize, and
to acknowledge publicly, that their purposes cannot be furthered by a world
war, and we urge them, consequently, to find peaceful means for the
settlement of all matters of dispute between them."

signed:  Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Percy Bridgman, Herman Muller,
Cecil Powell, Joseph Rotblat, Frederic Joliot-Curie, Leopold Infeld, Hideki
Yukawa, Max Born, Linus Pauling.


Here is a quote from a book entitled, "Breakthrough", written by a group of
Soviet and Western scholars in 1989, published by Walker & Co., NY,NY.  Here
are the first few paragraphs:

"War is the issue.

War, and the root causes of war.  War, which at any time could escalate to
total holocaust, end billions of years of development of our life-support
system, end all children, all culture, all love, and all life.

War is the challenge to the modern mind as the collapse of slavery and
serfdom were the challenges for Americans and Russians a century ago.
Today, the failure of war calls us to change our view of the world even more
profoundly than the discovery that the Earth is round five centuries ago.

War is the issue for this generation.  War, indiscriminate and brutal, which
destroys the fragile civil processes it is designed to protect, wastes and
ravages everything in its path, and twice in our century has decimated a
generation of young men.  War, which after a long evolution of its own, has
come to its last chapter in human history.

War has been made obsolete by the total, suicidal, destructive power of
nuclear weapons.  It has been made obsolete by the gradually increasing
consciousness that cannons cannot produce social justice; only justice can
produce justice; only compassion can produce compassion; only brotherhood
can produce brotherhood.

War is the issue for this generation, and global thinking is the challenge.

Compelled by the threat of a nuclear Armageddon, humans must now raise
themselves to a new dimension, a new level of consciousness beyond war.
They must move to a new and sunlit plain of human maturity.  That is the
challenge to change.  It is a challenge to every human being to make a shift
of evolutionary proportions.

The evidence is overwhelming that if we do not do this, the species will
have a short tenure on this planet. . . . "



  on 09/25/2001 12:02 AM, David Crockett Williams at [e-mail]
wrote:

> I am trying to help the Japanese-English translator of Nichidatsu Fujii's
> important speech delivered August 6, 1956, and we are at a loss as to who
> this person named therein really is.  Phonetically, the name might be
> spelled "Lindu", or "Rindu" or something close.  Anyone out there old or
> wise enough to know or remember who this person is from context of
paragraph
> below?  Might it be one of the American scientists involved in the a-bomb
> project?  We need correct spelling of his name.
>
>
> "Those who showed the greatest surprise, the greatest fright, the greatest
> regret and the greatest emaciation, in light of the appalling disaster
> caused by nuclear weapons that could lead to total annihilation, were the
> members of the scientific circle that discovered and manufactured the very
> nuclear weapons.  This is evidenced firstly in Albert Einstein's
reflection
> in his last years, and more recently in the statements issued by Bertrand
> Russell on July 9th of last year, and Lindu (?) on July 15th the same
year."
>
>
> please respond/advise to [e-mail]
>





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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 09:41:22 -0400
From: John Burroughs <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Response to September 11: Law, Justice, and the ICC

Below is an LCNP press statement plus a Washington Times article concerning
current discussions concerning the International Criminal Court and its
implications for terrorism.

Press statement of Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
September 25, 2001
NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court press briefing
New York

Any military action to prevent further terrorist attacks and bring to=
 justice
the perpetrators and planners of the September 11 attacks should be done=
 under
the authority of the Security Council to maintain international peace and
security.

The Security Council already, in its September 12 resolution, found the
attacks
to be a "threat to international peace and security". But it did not=
 authorize
or require any use of force - it only "expressed its readiness to take all
necessary steps". Thus it clearly was not an action resolution.

A robust multilateralism, centered on the United Nations, is the only way to
give legitimacy to the response to September 11 and therefore to make it
effective in addressing the threat of terrorism.

No matter under what authority it is carried out, any military action must
meet
legal requirements including necessity, proportionality, and discrimination
 or
not be done at all. Necessity requires that the least violent course of=
 action
be taken to prevent further attacks and to bring planners and perpetrators=
 to
justice. Proportionality requires that military action must not be
excessive in
relation to the initial attacks and to the action's objectives.=
 Discrimination
requires that civilians not be attacked and that they not be
disproportionately
injured or killed by attacks on legitimate military targets. Military action
must also not inflict unnecessary suffering, harm neutral nations, or cause
widespread and severe damage to the environment. These requirements are
imposed
by international treaty and custom, set forth in US military manuals on the
law
of war, and recognized by the United States and the United Nations as=
 binding
law governing their conduct of military operations.

Of special importance is that, according to relief workers, millions of
Afghanis already face starvation. Attacks that exacerbated this situation=
 and
caused mass starvation could not meet the requirements of proportionality=
 and
discrimination. Also important is that, as Pentagon sources confirm,
desperately impoverished Afghanistan has hardly any targets of military
significance. To meet the requirement of necessity, attacks must be=
 reasonably
aimed at achieving a concrete military advantage; they may not be carried=
 out
for the sake of revenge or a demonstration effect or any other non-military
reason. If there=92s nothing to attack, don=92t attack.

If persons suspected of planning and perpetrating the September 11 attacks=
 are
extradited or apprehended, an option worth considering is the establishment=
 of
an ad hoc tribunal, by the Security Council or interested states. The United
States certainly would have jurisdiction to try suspects, but it may prove
much
easier for countries in the Middle East to surrender suspects to an
international tribunal than to the United States.

The ICC itself cannot be used for this purpose, because the Statute has not
yet
come into force, and when it does in the next year or two will only apply to
crimes committed thereafter. But an ad hoc tribunal statute could be
written to
include crimes as humanity as defined in the Rome Statute. Under the Rome
Statute, murder and other inhumane acts intentionally causing great=
 suffering
or serious injury, when committed as part of a widespread or systematic=
 attack
against any civilian population in furtherance of a state or organizational
policy, constitute crimes against humanity. Thus acts committed by members=
 of
terrorist groups or networks found to have sufficient longevity and=
 coherence
to qualify as an organization could come under the definition.

- -----------------------------------------------------------
U.N. SAYS ATTACKS SHOW NEED FOR GLOBAL COURT
Betsy Pisik=20
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
September 26, 2001
- -----------------------------------------------------------
NEW YORK =97 Legal experts converging on the United Nations=20
this week to hammer out details of a global criminal court=20
said yesterday that the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks=20
demonstrate the need for a tribunal to prosecute the worst=20
humanitarian crimes.
"We emerge more convinced than ever of the need to=20
strengthen the international legal order and the fight=20
against universal crimes," said Dutch Foreign Minister=20
Jozias van Aartsen, referring to the destruction of the=20
World Trade Center's twin towers.
"Where better to begin our renewed effort than in that,=20
the same city of New York?" he said.
Legal experts attending a long-scheduled meeting about=20
the proposed International Criminal Court (ICC), which would=20
hear charges of atrocities committed around the world, said=20
the attacks on New York and Washington would fit the=20
definition of "crimes against humanity."=20
The proposed ICC would not be created until at least=20
2002, and its jurisdiction will not be retroactive.=20
Nonetheless, Mr. van Aartsen said, "Universal crimes deserve=20
a universal answer."=20
On Monday, the participants in the preparatory=20
commission meeting stood for a moment of silence, and=20
individual speakers offered their condolences from the=20
podium.
The United States opposes the court, fearing it would=20
be used to target American soldiers who participate in=20
international peacekeeping missions and other operations.
Prospects of U.S. military strikes in the war on=20
terrorism, sparked by the attacks on New York and the=20
Pentagon, appear likely to stiffen U.S. opposition to the=20
court.
Nevertheless, lawyers at yesterday's conference spoke=20
enthusiastically of the court as a potential weapon against=20
the spread of global terrorism.
"The bombing, and subsequent calls for a global=20
alliance against terrorism, has shaken Washington off its=20
anti-multilateral course," said David Donalcattin, a lawyer=20
with Parliamentarians for Global Action.
"The great news for us [is] that American isolationism=20
is finished," Mr. Donalcattin said. "This attack has shown,=20
and the White House seems to hear, that no nation can do it=20
alone."=20
President Bush has rejected the treaty, and proposals=20
in Congress would prevent the United States from cooperating=20
with it.
Various U.N. bodies are grappling with terrorism this=20
week, with the Security Council beginning to discuss a=20
separate U.S. anti-terror initiative, and the General=20
Assembly preparing for a public debate on terrorism Monday.=20
In addition, the secretariat is weighing the value of=20
helping states draft an umbrella anti-terrorism treaty=20
combining elements of the 12 existing conventions and=20
treaties.=20
Legal experts say there is a widespread recognition=20
that whoever planned and executed the Sept. 11 attack has=20
committed a crime against humanity, as defined under the=20
Rome Statute creating the ICC. More than 139 nations have=20
accepted that definition, which includes in part:=20
"Murder and other inhumane acts intentionally causing=20
great suffering or serious injury, when committed as part of=20
a widespread or systematic attack against any civilian=20
population in furtherance of a state or organizational=20
policy."

Copyright (c) 2001 News World Communications, Inc. All=20
rights reserved.


            John Burroughs, Executive Director=20
            Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy=20
            211 E. 43d St., Suite 1204=20
            New York, New York 10017 USA=20
            tel: [phone] fax: [phone]=20
            e-mail: [e-mail]
            website: www.lcnp.org=20
            Part of the Abolition 2000 Global=20
            Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons=20


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Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 09:57:00 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) San Francisco Labor Council statement

>Here is a resolution by the San Francisco Labor Council opposing the drive
to war.  Also find a statement by the former head of the International
Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)  (The ILWU also issued a strong
resolution).  You will note that the SF Labor Council endorsed the September
nationwide actions against war and racism--one of which will take place in
San Francisco Saturday.
>
>>Karen Talbot, International Center for Peace and Justice (ICPJ)
>>------------------
>>
>>1) San Francisco Labor Council Statement on the Tragic Events of
>>September 11, 2001 (adopted on Monday, Sept. 24, 2001)
>>
>>2) San Francisco Labor Council Endorses September 29 Antiwar Rallies
>>(resolution adopted on Monday, Sept. 24, 2001)
>>
>>3) Former ILWU President Brian McWilliams' Remarks on the Tragic
>>Events of September 11, 2001 (presented to the ILWU Pacific Coast
>>Pensioners Association Convention in Seattle, Wash., on September 18,
>>2001)
>>
>>********************
>>
>>(1) S.F. LABOR COUNCIL STATEMENT ON THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
>>
>>[Note: The following statement was adopted by the S.F. Labor Council
>>at its delegates meeting on Monday, September 24, 2001. The statement
>>was submitted to the Labor Council by the Executive Board of OPEIU
>>Local 3. It was adopted following one friendly amendment from the
>>floor.]
>>
>>The San Francisco Labor Council (AFL-CIO) joins the nation and the
>>world in mourning the devastating loss of life resulting from the
>>vicious attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, as well
>>as the crashed plane in Pennsylvania. We condemn the criminality of
>>those attacks and those responsible.
>>
>>Many of those killed were union members and other workers killed on
>>the job. Our hearts go out to our sisters and brothers and their
>>loved ones. We particularly honor the rescue workers who continue to
>>risk their lives to save others.
>>
>>No one, in this country or any other, should suffer the fate of the
>>victims in these attacks. We demand that the perpetrators of these
>>crimes be brought to justice. The United States has a responsibility
>>to establish with irrefutable facts the identity of those who were
>>behind these attacks. The tragic attacks of September 11 should be
>>treated as a heinous crime rather than an act of war.
>>
>>As we mourn this tremendous loss of life, we declare our resistance
>>to efforts to use this tragedy to engage in military actions that can
>>lead only to more carnage and senseless loss of life. We reject the
>>idea that entire nations should be punished for the actions of a few.
>>Bombing raids and military strikes will only fuel an endless cycle of
>>revenge that can only bring the deaths of more innocent civilians,
>>both here and around the world.
>>
>>In the face of such sorrow, we urge all people, particularly members
>>of the labor family, to stand united against prejudice, hatred and
>>intolerance wherever it arises. Within our own borders, we call upon
>>all in our communities to join us in immediately confronting any
>>anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, anti-Sikh or other anti-immigrant hate speech
>>or acts of violence, whether in our neighborhoods, our workplaces, or
>>in the media. We strongly oppose efforts to curtail the rights of
>>immigrants and refugees, including expulsion of suspect foreign
>>nationals without due process.
>>
>>We also declare our resistance to efforts to use this tragedy to
>>curtail our civil liberties. Militarization of our society inevitably
>>leads to erosion of civil liberties and workers' rights. We must
>>remain vigilant in the defense of our democratic principles,
>>including the protection of our civil liberties. Already proposals
>>have been put forward to allow increased federal surveillance of
>>private activities, and there is a strong push for greater use of
>>racial profiling. In the past, national security has often been used
>>to justify interference with our rights to freedom of association, to
>>organize, to strike and to picket. We must redouble our efforts to
>>fight for justice, and must not allow those who oppose our goals to
>>use a national crisis as an excuse to assault our civil and economic
>>rights.
>>
>>We encourage open discussion as to the origins of this crisis and the
>>most appropriate response to the atrocities that have taken place -
>>particularly about the need for a foreign policy that is based on
>>economic and political justice.
>>
>>A century ago, Samuel Gompers, first President of the AFL, said that
>>labor wants more justice and less revenge. Our greatest memorial to
>>our fallen sisters and brothers will be a world of peace, justice,
>>tolerance and understanding, underscored by the solidarity of working
>>people.
>>
>>********************
>>

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Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 07:54:19 -0400
From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) No more funds for nuclear weapons programs

NO MORE FUNDS FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAMS

A few senators are proposing to add more than $300 million to the nuclear
weapons budget. A floor vote in the Senate could occur next week (week of
Oct. 1).

Sens. Domenici (NM), Reid (NV) and Bingaman (NM) have filed an amendment,
Senate Amendment 1671, to increase the nuclear weapons budget of the Energy
Department by $339 million. They could offer the amendment as a floor
amendment to the defense authorization, as soon as Monday, October 1.


ACTION

Please call the Washington offices of your two Senators. Ask them to oppose
Senate Amendment 1671 by Sen. Domenici, which would increase the nuclear
weapons budget in the defense authorization bill.

The U.S. should not be spending more money on nuclear weapons development
and testing. This is the wrong message to send to the world following the
tragedy of September 11. Instead, the Senate should increase funding for
non-proliferation programs-such as the "Nunn-Lugar" threat reduction
initiative--to safely and securely dismantle and dispose of nuclear,
chemical and biological weapons in the U.S., Russia, and elsewhere, and fund
initiatives to de-alert nuclear weapons within the next year.

To find your Senators' Washington telephone numbers, either call the Capitol
Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or use the Legislative Action Center on FCNL's
web site. Just click on the link below, select your state and click on <Go>,
then select your member and click on <Go>. Here is the link:
http://capwiz.com/fconl/dbq/officials/


BACKGROUND

The Bush administration requested $5.30 billion for the nuclear weapons
activities budget at the Energy Department for fiscal year 2002, which
begins October 1. The budget funds the work of the Los Alamos (NM), Sandia
(NM), and Lawrence Livermore (CA) nuclear weapons labs. It also funds a half
dozen nuclear weapons production sites scattered across the country and the
Nevada Test Site. These facilities are used to maintain the U.S. nuclear
arsenal. None of these funds are for non-proliferation programs.

Earlier this year, the Senate Armed Services Committee recommended spending
$5.45 billion for the nuclear weapons account, higher than the Bush
administration's request. Sens. Domenici, Reid and Bingaman are now seeking
to boost that by $339 million.

Some Senators have been suggesting that the U.S. should develop new nuclear
weapons, especially a "mini-nuke." While this amendment does not
specifically authorize development of a new nuclear weapon, it is a
significant increase for the nuclear weapons budget.



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

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Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:20:12 -0500
From: Lisa Ledwidge / IEER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) A Call for Gatherings on Oct. 2, Gandhi's Birthday

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To: Supporters of non-violent responses to September 11 tragedies
From: Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
Re: A Call for Gatherings on October 2, Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday, to
Reflect on Non-Violent Responses to the September 11 Tragedy

The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks cry out for a global response to
help make the world as secure as we can from the threats of war, terrorism
and mass destruction.  We must find a peaceful, non-violent way to respond
to the attacks, and to ultimately reduce the inequity and violence in our
world which breed such terrorism.

Mahatma Gandhi launched India's nonviolent independent movement, inspired
in part by U.S. history in the acts of Henry David Thoreau in the
mid-nineteenth century to resist an unjust war and slavery.  In turn, the
civil rights struggle led by Martin Luther King, Jr. was partly inspired by
Gandhi's example.

October 2 is Gandhi's birthday.  We are sending this message to ask that
you on this day gather in your community to reflect on the lessons of
nonviolent struggles led by Mahatma Gandhi (and others) against violence,
militarism, and injustice.   In doing so, you will join other groups and
people around the world in promoting global democracy, justice, equity, and
friendship.

The links below provide resources for such gatherings, including a
selection of Gandhi's quotes, sample letters to the editor, and a sample
press release.  We at IEER would be happy to help if you have any questions
on this material, and we welcome your feedback.  Also, we would like to
learn of your event so we can post it on our web site, and to hear how you
used these materials.  Please contact project coordinator Gordon Clark at
<[e-mail]> or 1-301-270-5500 with this information.

At the crossroads in history created by the dreadful, tearful ashes of
September 11, we must begin to establish a tradition of nonviolence and
justice as the normal one for the world of the twenty-first century.

Resources and contact information:
    * A Call for Gatherings on October 2 -
http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2call.html
    * Events - http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2evts.html (will be updated as
we learn of events)
    * Quotes of Gandhi - http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2quot.html
    * Sample letters to the editor - http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2ltrs.html
    * Sample press release for local meeting -
http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2prel.html
    * Holding an event? Questions? Feedback? Please contact: Gordon Clark
at <[e-mail]> or call 1-301-270-5500
Apologies for multiple postings.
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<html>
To: Supporters of non-violent responses to September 11 tragedies<br>
From: Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)<br>
Re: A Call for Gatherings on October 2, Mahatma Gandhi's Birthday, to
Reflect on Non-Violent Responses to the September 11 Tragedy<br>
<br>
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks cry out for a global response to
help make the world as secure as we can from the threats of war,
terrorism and mass destruction.  We must find a peaceful,
non-violent way to respond to the attacks, and to ultimately reduce the
inequity and violence in our world which breed such terrorism. <br>
<br>
Mahatma Gandhi launched India's nonviolent independent movement, inspired
in part by U.S. history in the acts of Henry David Thoreau in the
mid-nineteenth century to resist an unjust war and slavery.  In
turn, the civil rights struggle led by Martin Luther King, Jr. was partly
inspired by Gandhi's example. <br>
<br>
October 2 is Gandhi's birthday.  We are sending this message to ask
that you on this day gather in your community to reflect on the lessons
of nonviolent struggles led by Mahatma Gandhi (and others) against
violence, militarism, and injustice.   In doing so, you will
join other groups and people around the world in promoting global
democracy, justice, equity, and friendship.<br>
<br>
The links below provide resources for such gatherings, including a
selection of Gandhi's quotes, sample letters to the editor, and a sample
press release.  We at IEER would be happy to help if you have any
questions on this material, and we welcome your feedback.  Also, we
would like to learn of your event so we can post it on our web site, and
to hear how you used these materials.  Please contact project
coordinator Gordon Clark at <[e-mail]> or
1-301-270-5500 with this information.<br>
<br>
At the crossroads in history created by the dreadful, tearful ashes of
September 11, we must begin to establish a tradition of nonviolence and
justice as the normal one for the world of the twenty-first century.
<br>
<br>
Resources and contact information:
<ul>
<li>A Call for Gatherings on October 2 -
<a href="http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2call.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2call.html</a>
<li>Events -
<a href="http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2evts.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2evts.html</a>
(will be updated as we learn of events)
<li>Quotes of Gandhi - <a href="http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2quot.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2quot.html</a>
<li>Sample letters to the editor - <a href="http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2ltrs.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2ltrs.html</a>
<li>Sample press release for local meeting - <a href="http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2prel.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.ieer.org/latest/oct2prel.html</a>
<li>Holding an event? Questions? Feedback? Please contact: Gordon Clark at <[e-mail]> or call 1-301-270-5500
</ul>Apologies for multiple postings.</html>

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