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abolition-usa-digest Thursday, October 4 2001 Volume 01 : Number 476
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Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 20:08:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: Daniel Moss <sustainablesnail@sasmail.net>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Please sign on -- Letter to Senator Paul Wellstone
add Daniel Moss, Nuclear Free Australia
in Melbourne Australia to the endorements if you want
- --- "Harry Rogers" <cprcrogers@mindspring.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Harry Rogers</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nuclear Issues Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carolina Peace Resource Center</FONT></DIV>
><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Columbia SC</FONT></DIV>
><BLOCKQUOTE
>style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
> <DIV
> style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
> <A title=prop1@prop1.org href="mailto:prop1@prop1.org">Ellen Thomas</A> </DIV>
> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=NucNews@onelist.com
> href="mailto:NucNews@onelist.com">NucNews</A> </DIV>
> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 04, 2001 7:35
> PM</DIV>
> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> (abolition-usa) Please sign on
> -- Letter to Senator Paul Wellstone</DIV>
> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Century>Hi. I'm writing to ask you please to
> sign yourself and/or your organization on to the following letter in support
> of U.S. House of Representatives bill HR-2503, the "Nuclear Disarmament and
> Economic Conversion Act." Please see <A
> href="http://prop1.org/prop1/prop1.htm"
> eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org/prop1/prop1.htm</A> for more
> information.<BR><BR>If you support this concept, no matter where you're from,
> please hit the reply button and give us your endorsement. This could
> help a great deal.<BR><BR>Last year we received endorsements from 43
> organizations on a letter to the Senators. See <A
> href="http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm"
> eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm</A>. Hopefully we will do
> as well or better with this year's effort to get the idea introduced into the
> Senate. We also need to get HR-2503 out of the U.S. House International
> Relations and Armed Services Committees, and onto the floor for discussion and
> vote. Your help is much needed.<BR><BR>Thanks for a quick
> reply....<BR><BR>Ellen Thomas<BR><BR>------------ Letter to Senator Paul
> Wellstone of Minnesota, for Sign-On -----------<BR><BR>September,
> 2001<BR><BR>Senator Paul
> Wellstone<X-TAB> </X-TAB><X-TAB> </X-TAB><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Fax:
> 202-224-8438<BR>Secretary of Energy <BR>717 Hart
> SOB
> <X-TAB> </X-TAB><BR>Washington, D.C.
> 20510<X-TAB> </X-TAB><BR><BR>Dear Senator Wellstone:<BR><BR>We found it
> surprising when one of your aides said recently that he thinks introducing a
> Senate version of HR-2503, the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion
> Act," is an "impractical" idea. See <A
> href="http://prop1.org/prop1/hr2503.htm"
> eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org/prop1/hr2503.htm</A>. <BR><BR>Last year one
> of your aides said that you would probably support Delegate Norton's "Nuclear
> Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act" if Jesse Helms weren't Chairman of
> the Foreign Relations Committee. He said that you were concerned about
> veterans' issues, primarily, but might be convinced that this bill was worth
> co-introducing with other Senators. Jesse Helms is no longer Chairman of
> the Foreign Relations Committee. If we can tell other Senators that you
> will co-introduce with them, this will help us get further support.<BR><BR>To
> respond to the aide's dismissal that the idea is "impractical": 187
> countries, including the U.S., promised in May, 2000, to abolish nuclear
> weapons, but haven't set a date. Our purpose here is to make it happen,
> to make global nuclear disarmament the LAW. Treaties aren't enforceable
> unless backed by national laws. National laws rarely happen without
> regional or local initiatives. We have proven that most people from
> every region of the country and the Earth favor global nuclear
> disarmament. This is do-able. It requires visionary thinking, a
> touch of faith, and a large portion of hope. What else is America
> about?<BR><BR>Let me explain how HR-2503 would work. It would be a
> statement to the world that the U.S. is serious about global nuclear
> disarmament. It is a promise that the U.S. will get rid of its nuclear
> weapons IF everyone else does; and will use the money saved to shut down and
> clean up the nuclear weapons industries, and to begin converting other war
> industries into something good for society. For example, instead of
> building missiles and bombs, factories could be retooled and people could be
> paid to mass-produce solar panels, windmills, hydrogen fuel cells ... an
> entirely new, massively profitable industry which can transform all our
> societies. No one need lose. HR-2503 is entirely a win-win
> idea. <BR><BR>I would like a personal meeting, as a fellow Minnesotan,
> to discuss this.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Ellen Thomas<BR>Executive
> Director<BR></FONT><FONT face=Century size=2>PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE<BR>PO
> BOX 27217, WASHINGTON, DC 20038 USA<BR>202-462-0757-- (voice) |
> 202-265-5389 -- (fax)<BR>prop1@prop1.org -- (e-mail) | <A
> href="http://prop1.org/" eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org</A> --
> (World-Wide-Web)<BR>___________________________________________________________<BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
> face=Century size=4>I agree with this letter:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT
> face=Century>Name<X-TAB> </X-TAB>/
> Organization /
> City/State/Country / Email
> Address / Website<BR></FONT><FONT
> face=Century
> size=2>___________________________________________________________________________________<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT>
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Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 22:12:40 +0000
From: Carol Wolman <cwolman@mcn.org>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Please sign on -- Letter to Senator PaulWellstone
The Nuclear Peace Action Group endorses this letter. Peace, Carol Wolman
Daniel Moss wrote:
> add Daniel Moss, Nuclear Free Australia
> in Melbourne Australia to the endorements if you want
>
> --- "Harry Rogers" <cprcrogers@mindspring.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Harry Rogers</FONT></DIV>
> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nuclear Issues Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Carolina Peace Resource Center</FONT></DIV>
> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Columbia SC</FONT></DIV>
> ><BLOCKQUOTE
> >style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
> > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
> > <DIV
> > style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
> > <A title=prop1@prop1.org href="mailto:prop1@prop1.org">Ellen Thomas</A> </DIV>
> > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=NucNews@onelist.com
> > href="mailto:NucNews@onelist.com">NucNews</A> </DIV>
> > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, September 04, 2001 7:35
> > PM</DIV>
> > <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> (abolition-usa) Please sign on
> > -- Letter to Senator Paul Wellstone</DIV>
> > <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=Century>Hi. I'm writing to ask you please to
> > sign yourself and/or your organization on to the following letter in support
> > of U.S. House of Representatives bill HR-2503, the "Nuclear Disarmament and
> > Economic Conversion Act." Please see <A
> > href="http://prop1.org/prop1/prop1.htm"
> > eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org/prop1/prop1.htm</A> for more
> > information.<BR><BR>If you support this concept, no matter where you're from,
> > please hit the reply button and give us your endorsement. This could
> > help a great deal.<BR><BR>Last year we received endorsements from 43
> > organizations on a letter to the Senators. See <A
> > href="http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm"
> > eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm</A>. Hopefully we will do
> > as well or better with this year's effort to get the idea introduced into the
> > Senate. We also need to get HR-2503 out of the U.S. House International
> > Relations and Armed Services Committees, and onto the floor for discussion and
> > vote. Your help is much needed.<BR><BR>Thanks for a quick
> > reply....<BR><BR>Ellen Thomas<BR><BR>------------ Letter to Senator Paul
> > Wellstone of Minnesota, for Sign-On -----------<BR><BR>September,
> > 2001<BR><BR>Senator Paul
> > Wellstone<X-TAB> </X-TAB><X-TAB> </X-TAB><X-TAB> </X-TAB>Fax:
> > 202-224-8438<BR>Secretary of Energy <BR>717 Hart
> > SOB
> > <X-TAB> </X-TAB><BR>Washington, D.C.
> > 20510<X-TAB> </X-TAB><BR><BR>Dear Senator Wellstone:<BR><BR>We found it
> > surprising when one of your aides said recently that he thinks introducing a
> > Senate version of HR-2503, the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion
> > Act," is an "impractical" idea. See <A
> > href="http://prop1.org/prop1/hr2503.htm"
> > eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org/prop1/hr2503.htm</A>. <BR><BR>Last year one
> > of your aides said that you would probably support Delegate Norton's "Nuclear
> > Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act" if Jesse Helms weren't Chairman of
> > the Foreign Relations Committee. He said that you were concerned about
> > veterans' issues, primarily, but might be convinced that this bill was worth
> > co-introducing with other Senators. Jesse Helms is no longer Chairman of
> > the Foreign Relations Committee. If we can tell other Senators that you
> > will co-introduce with them, this will help us get further support.<BR><BR>To
> > respond to the aide's dismissal that the idea is "impractical": 187
> > countries, including the U.S., promised in May, 2000, to abolish nuclear
> > weapons, but haven't set a date. Our purpose here is to make it happen,
> > to make global nuclear disarmament the LAW. Treaties aren't enforceable
> > unless backed by national laws. National laws rarely happen without
> > regional or local initiatives. We have proven that most people from
> > every region of the country and the Earth favor global nuclear
> > disarmament. This is do-able. It requires visionary thinking, a
> > touch of faith, and a large portion of hope. What else is America
> > about?<BR><BR>Let me explain how HR-2503 would work. It would be a
> > statement to the world that the U.S. is serious about global nuclear
> > disarmament. It is a promise that the U.S. will get rid of its nuclear
> > weapons IF everyone else does; and will use the money saved to shut down and
> > clean up the nuclear weapons industries, and to begin converting other war
> > industries into something good for society. For example, instead of
> > building missiles and bombs, factories could be retooled and people could be
> > paid to mass-produce solar panels, windmills, hydrogen fuel cells ... an
> > entirely new, massively profitable industry which can transform all our
> > societies. No one need lose. HR-2503 is entirely a win-win
> > idea. <BR><BR>I would like a personal meeting, as a fellow Minnesotan,
> > to discuss this.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR><BR>Ellen Thomas<BR>Executive
> > Director<BR></FONT><FONT face=Century size=2>PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE<BR>PO
> > BOX 27217, WASHINGTON, DC 20038 USA<BR>202-462-0757-- (voice) |
> > 202-265-5389 -- (fax)<BR>prop1@prop1.org -- (e-mail) | <A
> > href="http://prop1.org/" eudora="autourl">http://prop1.org</A> --
> > (World-Wide-Web)<BR>___________________________________________________________<BR><BR><BR></FONT><FONT
> > face=Century size=4>I agree with this letter:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT
> > face=Century>Name<X-TAB> </X-TAB>/
> > Organization /
> > City/State/Country / Email
> > Address / Website<BR></FONT><FONT
> > face=Century
> > size=2>___________________________________________________________________________________<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT>
>
> _____________________________________________________________
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Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 21:00:49 +0000
From: Joan Russow <jrussow@coastnet.com>
Subject: (abolition-usa) KOFI ANNAN HAS FAILED TO STRESS THE RULE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
KOFI ANNAN HAS FAILED TO STRESS THE RULE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has again too quickly accepted
the use of force as a solution to "international Peace and security"
.Rather than advocating the bringing of the matter of terrorism to the
international Court of Justice, he has interpreted "the right to defend" in
section 51 of the Charter as being the right to use force. (Interview,
Radio International, October 3, 2001)
It is well known that the United States was strongly opposed to Bhoutros
Bhoutos Ghali's continuing as Secretary General of the United Nations, and
that the United States came out strongly in support of Kofi Annan.
Eric Rouleau (1996) in an article entitled "the US and world hegemony why
Washington wants rid of Mr Boutros-Ghali", stated:
""Prior to the 1991 elections, President Bush was warned by a psychological
profile contained in a CIA report that Mr Boutros-Ghali [a professor of
international law] was 'uncontrollable' and 'unpredictable'. He was quite
the opposite of the kind of person the US administration wanted to see
heading a United Nations..".
Rouleau also noted that "....Mrs Albright said that the Secretary-General
was trying to increase his powers. His proposals, especially for a system
of "preventive diplomacy" to avert confrontations... were considered
completely out of place. æMr Boutros-Ghali would do better to confine
himself to acting as the UN's chief administrative officerÆ, Mrs Albright
venomously warned in a speech on 25 June 1995. In other words, all-powerful
America only wanted to deal with an ordinary bureaucrat, who would, by
definition, have to obey or resign".
Boutros Boutros Ghali also appeared to perceive the United Nations as an
international force not subservient to NATO
It would appear, on the other hand, that Secretary General Kofi Annan has
perpetuated the notion of partnership with NATO rather than recognize that
NATO as a military organization ( with a first strike nuclear policy-an
anathema to the prevention of the scourge of war), must be subservient to
the United Nations and to the rule of international law.
In Jan 1999 rather than calling for use of the International Court of
Justice, and respect for the international rule of law, Kofi Annan,
legitimized the use of force by saying " The bloody wars of the last decade
have left us with no illusions about the difficulty of halting internal
conflicts - by reason or by force - particularly against the wishes of the
government of a sovereign state. But nor have they left us with any
illusions about the need to use force, when all other means have failed. We
may be reaching that limit, once again, in the former Yugoslavia"
Kofi Annan was in the Hague when the former Yugoslavia took ten of the NATO
countries to the International Court of Justice in May 1999 for violation
of international law. Two well respected international lawyers, Ian Bromley
(the Oxford Professor who won the case for Nicaragua against the US's use
of land mines-a decision that the US refused to respect) and Jean Puy,
former legal adviser to the Secretary General of the United Nations acted
on behalf of the former Yugoslavia.. Both lawyers were arguing that NATO
was in violation of international law as a result of its actions in the
former Yugoslavia. The NATO countries, including the United States, Canada,
France, Germany, Spain .. all stood before the Court and refused to accept
its jurisdiction. Kofi Annan was in The Hague at the same time when he
spoke at the Peace Conference and mentioned nothing about the importance of
respecting the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.
Kofi Annan who had previously served as a Special Envoy to NATO, has
stated that he ôgreatly valued the bonds between the two organizationsö
and has maintained his long standing support of NATO. NATO, with its
first strike nuclear policy contravenes the decision of the International
Court of Justice that the use or the threat to use nuclear weapons was
contrary to international humanitarian law and on that basis alone the
disbanding of NATO would be justified.
Kofi Annan though calling for Peace has often treated NATO which only
represents 19 states as being on an equal footing with the United Nations
that represents 183 states and as being above the rule of international law:
Kofi Annan appears to be misinterpreting the UN Charter by stating that
Article 51 which does support the right for a state to defend itself that
this Article justifies military intervention by the US or the collective
force of NATO. Again Kofi Annan has failed, as he did in the case of the
former Yugoslavia, to call for adherence to the most fundamental principle
in the Charter of the United Nations: the prevention of the scourge of war.
Kofi Annan should have above all demanded that the United States go to the
International Court of Justice.
Joan Russow PhD
Global Compliance Research Project
1 250 598-0071
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Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 08:35:35 -0500
From: "Boyle, Francis" <FBOYLE@LAW.UIUC.EDU>
Subject: (abolition-usa) LACKEY ANNAN HAS FAILED TO STRESS THE RULE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
In his memoirs on Bosnia, Richard Holbrooke brags that the United States
government got Annan the job because he did what they told him to do on
Bosnia--Lackey Annan. Apparently, he is up for the Nobel Peace Prize. I
certainly hope that someone brings Joan's post to the attention of the Nobel
Committee. This guy deserves a booby prize.fab.
Francis A. Boyle
Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
Champaign, IL 61820 USA
217-333-7954(voice)
217-244-1478(fax)
fboyle@law.uiuc.edu <mailto:fboyle@law.uiuc.edu>
- -----Original Message-----
From: Joan Russow [mailto:jrussow@coastnet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 4:01 PM
To: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com
Subject: (abolition-usa) KOFI ANNAN HAS FAILED TO STRESS THE RULE OF
INTERNATIONAL LAW
KOFI ANNAN HAS FAILED TO STRESS THE RULE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has again too quickly accepted
the use of force as a solution to "international Peace and security"
.Rather than advocating the bringing of the matter of terrorism to the
international Court of Justice, he has interpreted "the right to defend" in
section 51 of the Charter as being the right to use force. (Interview,
Radio International, October 3, 2001)
It is well known that the United States was strongly opposed to Bhoutros
Bhoutos Ghali's continuing as Secretary General of the United Nations, and
that the United States came out strongly in support of Kofi Annan.
Eric Rouleau (1996) in an article entitled "the US and world hegemony why
Washington wants rid of Mr Boutros-Ghali", stated:
""Prior to the 1991 elections, President Bush was warned by a psychological
profile contained in a CIA report that Mr Boutros-Ghali [a professor of
international law] was 'uncontrollable' and 'unpredictable'. He was quite
the opposite of the kind of person the US administration wanted to see
heading a United Nations..".
Rouleau also noted that "....Mrs Albright said that the Secretary-General
was trying to increase his powers. His proposals, especially for a system
of "preventive diplomacy" to avert confrontations... were considered
completely out of place. 'Mr Boutros-Ghali would do better to confine
himself to acting as the UN's chief administrative officer', Mrs Albright
venomously warned in a speech on 25 June 1995. In other words, all-powerful
America only wanted to deal with an ordinary bureaucrat, who would, by
definition, have to obey or resign".
Boutros Boutros Ghali also appeared to perceive the United Nations as an
international force not subservient to NATO
It would appear, on the other hand, that Secretary General Kofi Annan has
perpetuated the notion of partnership with NATO rather than recognize that
NATO as a military organization ( with a first strike nuclear policy-an
anathema to the prevention of the scourge of war), must be subservient to
the United Nations and to the rule of international law.
In Jan 1999 rather than calling for use of the International Court of
Justice, and respect for the international rule of law, Kofi Annan,
legitimized the use of force by saying " The bloody wars of the last decade
have left us with no illusions about the difficulty of halting internal
conflicts - by reason or by force - particularly against the wishes of the
government of a sovereign state. But nor have they left us with any
illusions about the need to use force, when all other means have failed. We
may be reaching that limit, once again, in the former Yugoslavia"
Kofi Annan was in the Hague when the former Yugoslavia took ten of the NATO
countries to the International Court of Justice in May 1999 for violation
of international law. Two well respected international lawyers, Ian Bromley
(the Oxford Professor who won the case for Nicaragua against the US's use
of land mines-a decision that the US refused to respect) and Jean Puy,
former legal adviser to the Secretary General of the United Nations acted
on behalf of the former Yugoslavia.. Both lawyers were arguing that NATO
was in violation of international law as a result of its actions in the
former Yugoslavia. The NATO countries, including the United States, Canada,
France, Germany, Spain .. all stood before the Court and refused to accept
its jurisdiction. Kofi Annan was in The Hague at the same time when he
spoke at the Peace Conference and mentioned nothing about the importance of
respecting the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice.
Kofi Annan who had previously served as a Special Envoy to NATO, has
stated that he "greatly valued the bonds between the two organizations"
and has maintained his long standing support of NATO. NATO, with its
first strike nuclear policy contravenes the decision of the International
Court of Justice that the use or the threat to use nuclear weapons was
contrary to international humanitarian law and on that basis alone the
disbanding of NATO would be justified.
Kofi Annan though calling for Peace has often treated NATO which only
represents 19 states as being on an equal footing with the United Nations
that represents 183 states and as being above the rule of international law:
Kofi Annan appears to be misinterpreting the UN Charter by stating that
Article 51 which does support the right for a state to defend itself that
this Article justifies military intervention by the US or the collective
force of NATO. Again Kofi Annan has failed, as he did in the case of the
former Yugoslavia, to call for adherence to the most fundamental principle
in the Charter of the United Nations: the prevention of the scourge of war.
Kofi Annan should have above all demanded that the United States go to the
International Court of Justice.
Joan Russow PhD
Global Compliance Research Project
1 250 598-0071
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Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 09:41:39 -0400
From: ASlater <aslater@gracelinks.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: NYC Labor Against War Press Conference--Thursday Noon
>Resent-Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 22:18:05 -0400
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>From: "Michael Letwin" <letwin@alaa.org>
>Subject: NYC Labor Against War Press Conference--Thursday Noon
>Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 15:45:12 -0700
>
>
>Labor Against War welcomes all supporters at this event.
>
>Thanks!
>------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> PRESS ADVISORY
>
> For immediate release: October 3, 2001
> Contact: Michael Letwin 212.343.0708 or Ray Laforest
>212.219.0022
>
> NYC LABOR AGAINST WAR
>
> WHAT: NYC labor press conference against war, and in
>support of October 7 antiwar rally, 3 p.m., Union Square
>
> TIME: Thursday, October 4, 12 Noon.
>
> PLACE: Union Square, north side of 14 Street.
>
> WHO: Labor Against War, an ad hoc coalition in response to
>the September 11 tragedy, supported by more than 100 union members
>(in their individual capacity) in New York City, including the
>following eight union presidents: Larry Adams, National Postal Mail
>Handlers Union Local 300; Barbara Bowen, Professional Staff Congress-
>CUNY/AFT Local 2334; Arthur Cheliotes, Communication Workers of
>America Local 1180; Michael Letwin, Association of Legal Aid
>Attorneys/UAW Local 2325; Jill Levy, Council of Supervisors and
>Administrators, NYS Federation of School Administrators, American
>Federation of School Administrators Local 1; Maida Rosenstein, UAW
>Local 2110; Brenda Stokely, AFSCME Local 215, DC 1707; Jonathan
>Tasini, National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981.
>
> PRINCIPLES:
>
> =95NO WAR. It is wrong to punish any nation or people for the
>crimes of individuals=97peace requires global social and economic
>justice.
>
> =95JUSTICE, NOT VENGEANCE. An independent international
>tribunal to impartially investigate, apprehend and try those
>responsible for the September 11 attack.
>
> =95OPPOSITION TO RACISM=97DEFENSE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES. Stop
>terror, racial profiling and legal restrictions against people of
>color and immigrants, and defend democratic rights.
>
> =95AID FOR THE NEEDY, NOT THE GREEDY. Government aid for the
>victims' families and displaced workers=97not the wealthy. Rebuild New
>York City with union labor, union pay, and with special concern for
>new threats to worker health and safety.
>
> =95NO LABOR "AUSTERITY." The cost of September 11 must not be
>borne by working and poor New Yorkers. No surrender of workers'
>living standards, programs or other rights.
>
> SEE FULL TEXT BELOW
>
> -30-
>
> New York City Labor Against War
> September 27, 2001
>
> September 11 has brought indescribable suffering to New York
>City's working people. We have lost friends, family members and
>coworkers of all colors, nationalities and religions=97a thousand of
>them union members. An estimated one hundred thousand New Yorkers
>will lose their jobs.
>
> We condemn this crime against humanity and mourn those who
>perished. We are proud of the rescuers and the outpouring of labor
>support for victims' families. We want justice for the dead and
>safety for the living.
>
> And we believe that George Bush's war is not the answer.
>
> No one should suffer what we experienced on September 11.
>Yet war will inevitably harm countless innocent civilians, strengthen
>American alliances with brutal dictatorships and deepen global
>poverty=97just as the United States and its allies have already
>inflicted widespread suffering on innocent people in such places as
>Iraq, Sudan, Israel and the Occupied Territories, the former
>Yugoslavia and Latin America.
>
> War will also take a heavy toll on us. For Americans in
>uniform=97the overwhelming number of whom are workers and people of
>color=97it will be another Vietnam. It will generate further terror in
>this country against Arabs, Muslims, South Asians, people of color
>and immigrants, and erode our civil liberties.
>
> It will redirect billions to the military and corporate
>executives, while draining such essential domestic programs as
>education, health care and the social security trust. In New York
>City and elsewhere, it will be a pretext for imposing "austerity" on
>labor and poor people under the guise of "national unity."
>
> War will play into the hands of religious fanatics=97from Osama
>bin Laden to Jerry Falwell=97and provoke further terrorism in major
>urban centers like New York.
>
> Therefore, the undersigned New York City metro-area trade
>unionists believe a just and effective response to September 11
>demands:
>
> **NO WAR. It is wrong to punish any nation or people for the
>crimes of individuals=97peace requires global social and
>economic justice.
>
> **JUSTICE, NOT VENGEANCE. An independent international
>tribunal to impartially investigate, apprehend and try those
>responsible for the September 11 attack.
>
> **OPPOSITION TO RACISM=97DEFENSE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES. Stop
>terror, racial profiling and legal restrictions against people of
>color and immigrants, and defend democratic rights.
>
> **AID FOR THE NEEDY, NOT THE GREEDY. Government aid for the
>victims' families and displaced workers=97not the wealthy. Rebuild New
>York City with union labor, union pay, and with special concern for
>new threats to worker health and safety.
>
> **NO LABOR "AUSTERITY." The cost of September 11 must not be
>borne by working and poor New Yorkers. No surrender of workers'
>living standards, programs or other rights.
>
>Signers (list in formation)(All affiliations and titles listed for
>identification only)
>
>UNION PRESIDENTS
>=95Larry Adams, President, National Postal Mail Handlers Union Local 300
>=95Barbara Bowen, President, Professional Staff Congress-CUNY/AFT Local
>2334
>=95Arthur Cheliotes, President, CWA Local 1180
>=95Michael Letwin, President, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys/UAW
>Local 2325
>=95Jill Levy, President, Council of Supervisors and Administrators, NYS
>Federation of School Administrators, American Federation of School
>Administrators Local 1
>=95Maida Rosenstein, President, UAW Local 2110
>=95Brenda Stokely, President, AFSCME Local 215, DC 1707
>=95Jonathan Tasini, President, National Writers Union/UAW Local 1981
>
>OTHERS
>=95Ervand Abrahanian, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Tristin Adie, Shop Steward, CWA Local 1109
>=95Marilyn Albert, RN, SEIU Local 1199
>=95George Albro, Sec'y-Treasurer, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Anthony Arnove, NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Sylvia Aron, Human Services Providers Advisory Committee, NYC
>Central Labor Rehabilitation Council; Past President, AAUP, Adelphi
>Chapter
>=95Stanley Aronowitz, University-Wide Officer & Executive Council, PSC-
>CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Daniel Ashworth, Delegate, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Harold Bahr III, Chair, GLTGC, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Thomas Barton, Shop Steward, AFSCME Local 768, DC 37
>=95Nicholas K. Bedell, Grievance Representative, CWE/UFT
>=95Dorothee Benz, Communications Director, CWA Local 1180
>=95Carl Biers, Executive Director, Association for Union Democracy
>=95Peter Blum, Acting Vice-President/CAB, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Ian Brand, UNITE! Local 169
>=95Caroline N. Brown, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Robert Bomersbach, Organization of Staff Analysts
>=95Bill Bradley, Delegate, SEIU Local 32B-J
>=95Renate Bridenthal, Chair, International Committee, PSC-CUNY, AFT
>Local 2334
>=95Rachel Burd, labor consultant, NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Chris Butters, AFSCME Local 1070, DC 37
>=95Maria J. Chiu, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Kimberly Christensen, UUP
>=95Patricia Clough, Queens College Chapter Officer, PSC-CUNY, AFT
>Local 2334
>=95Antonia Codling, Chair, ACLA, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Hillel Cohen, Delegate, SEIU Local 1199
>=95Thelma C. Correll, SEIU Local 1199, Retirees Chapter Executive
>Committee; Association for Union Democracy Advisory Bd.; PHANYC
>=95Jackie DiSalvo, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Claire Crosby, GSEU/UAW Local 2110
>=95Robert E. Dow, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Bryce Dowd, Organizer, SEIU Local 1199
>=95Steve Downs, Executive Board member, TWU Local 100
>=95Phyllis Eckhaus, NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Madeleine M. Egger, CWA Local 1101
>=95Hester Eisenstein, Queens College Chapter, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Hugh English, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Hillary Exter, LSSA/UAW Local 2320
>=95Samuel Farber, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Josh Fraidstern, TWU Local 100
>=95Lew Friedman, UFT
>=95Eric Fruman, AFT
>=95Nanette Funk, Brooklyn College Chapter, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Pam Galpern, Shop Steward, CWA Local 1101
>=95Gary Goff, Recording Sec'y, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Marty Goodman, Executive Board, TWU Local 100
>=95Winston A. Gordon, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Mark Grashow, former Chapter Chairperson, UFT
>=95George Gulifield, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Larry Hanley, City College Delegate, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Bill Henning, Vice-President, CWA Local 1180
>=95Lucy Herschel, Delegate, SEIU Local 1199, Legal Aid Chapter
>=95Ed Hilbrich, SSA/SEIU Local 693
>=95Carol Hochberg, Vice-President/JRD, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Norman Hodgett, AFSCME Local 371, DC 37
>=95Nina Howes, RN, Delegate, SEIU Local 1199
>=95Carolyn Hughes, UFT
>=95Lisa Jessup, Organizer, UAW Local 2110
>=95Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, Director, Queens College Worker Education
>Extension Center; PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Christine Karatnytsky, Executive Board member, New York Public
>Library Guild, AFSCME Local 1930; Editor, Local
>1930 Update
>=95David Kazanjian, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Dian Killian, Organizer, Journalism Division, NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Terry Klug, Sec'y-Treasurer, TWU Local 241
>=95Lisa Maya Knauer, GSOC/UAW Local 2110
>=95Daniella Korotzer, Alternate Vice-President/CDD-Brooklyn, Health &
>Safety Representative, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Kitty Krupat, Bargaining Team, GSOC/UAW Local 2110
>=95Ray Laforest, Staff Representative, DC 1707, AFSCME
>=95Jane Latour, Director, Women's Project, Association for Union
>Democracy; Managing Ed., Hardhat Magazine; NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Tatiana Lemon, Delegate, SEIU Local 1199, Legal Aid Chapter
>=95Robert Lesko, Vice-President, AFT Local 3882
>=95Eileen A. McCann, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Patrick McCreery, GSOC/UAW Local 2110
>=95Julius Margolin, IATSE Local 52
>=95Barton Meyers, Chair, Grievance Policy Committee, PSC-CUNY, AFT
>Local 2334
>=95Aaron Micheau, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Charles Molesworth, Acting Chair, Queens College Chapter, PSC-CUNY,
>AFT Local 2334
>=95Kim Moody, NWU/UAW Local 1981; Labor Notes Policy Committee
>=95Florence Morgan, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Susan Olivia Morris, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Amy Muldoon, CWA Local 1106
>=95Ken Nash, Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report in Exile
>=95Marcia Newfield, BMCC Chapter Officer, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Daniel Nichols, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Matt Noyes, Education Coordinator, Association for Union Democracy;
>NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Tony O'Brien, Delegate, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Susan O'Malley, Executive Council, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Charlene Mitchell, Assistant to the President, AFSCME Local 371, DC
>37
>=95Chuck Mohan, President, Guyanese-American Workers United; Staff
>Representative, AFSCME DC 1707
>=95Dennis O'Neil, Legislative Director, NY Metro Area Postal Union
>(APWU)
>=95Richard L. Oeser, IATSE Local 52; Cornell Labor Studies; National
>Labor College
>=95Greg Pason, NJ Steering Committee, NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95J.P. Patafio, New Directions Caucus & Executive Board member, TWU
>Local 100
>=95Paul Peloquin, Delegate, LSSA/UAW 2320
>=95Andy Piascik, Program Coordinator, Association for Union Democracy;
>NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95John Pietaro, Delegate, SEIU Local 1199, Health Systems Division
>=95Pride at Work, NY
>=95Jim Provost, LSSA/UAW 2320
>=95Mike Quinn, High School Delegate, UFT
>=95Peter Ranis, Executive Council, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Shirley Rausher, BMCC Delegate, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Dominic Renda, CWA Local 1105
>=95Sally Ridgeway, AAUP, Adelphi Chapter
>=95Cicely Rodway, Queens College Chapter Officer, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local
>2334
>=95Jay Schaffner, Supervisor, National Contracts Dept., AFM Local 802
>=95Jose Schiffino, Organizer, UNITE! Local 169
>=95Soo Kyung Nam, UAW Local 2320
>=95Nancy Romer, Executive Council, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Trudy Rudnick, Organizer, AFT Local 3882
>=95Wendy Scribner, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Hasan Shafiqullah, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Tim Schermerhorn, Vice President, RTO, TWU Local 100
>=95Joyce Soso, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Ann Sparanese, Shop Steward, RWDSU Local 29
>=95Claudette R. Spencer, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Gibb Surette, Delegate, LSSA/UAW 2320
>=95Sean Sweeney, Director, Cornell Labor Studies
>=95Kyle Talbert, AFSCME Local 2627, DC 37
>=95Terry Taylor, IBEW Local 827, Black Telephone Workers For Justice
>=95Miriam Thompson, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Azalia Torres, Alternate Vice-President/CDD-Brooklyn, ALAA/UAW Local
>2325
>=95Mark Ungar, PSC-CUNY, AFT Local 2334
>=95Lise Vogel, AAUP/CBC
>=95Marilyn Vogt-Downey, UFT
>=95Kit Wainer, UFT
>=95Michael Ware, Shop Steward, CWA Local 1109
>=95Ron Washington, IBEW Local 827, Black Telephone Workers For Justice
>=95Edlyn Willer, Delegate, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Corinne Willinger, PEF
>=95JoAnn Wypijewski, TNGNY/CWA
>=95Ethan Young, NWU/UAW Local 1981
>=95Milton Zelermyer, Delegate, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>=95Robert Zuss, Vice-President/CDD-Brooklyn, ALAA/UAW Local 2325
>
>
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