From: Abolition 2000 Subject: (abolition-usa) US Report Transatlantic Security Strategies for the 21st Century Date: 05 Dec 2000 17:49:12 -0800 US Report Transatlantic Security Strategies for the 21st Century The US Department of Defense (DoD) Strategy Report for Europe and NATO was released on 1 December 2000. The report, entitled "Strengthening Transatlantic Security" outlines US plans to prepare itself and Allies, NATO states in particular, to meet challenges in the Translatlantic and global communities in the 21st century. The document underlines that the fundamental point of US strategy is to maintain NATO as the preeminent organization of American engagement in Europe. NATO enlargement is clearly a US objective and the report stresses US support for the Membership Action Plan (MAP) as a means to outreach to potential members. Of notable interest is a reiteration of US reliance on deterrence as a cornerstone of security and a commitment to US nuclear forces remaining in Europe (see section below on NATO and US Nuclear Forces). The document also includes arguments for ballistic missile defenses as a viable means of protection from states of concern (see below). Below are excerpts from sections of interest to those working in nuclear weapons abolition. The full report can be downloaded in pdf format at: Http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/eurostrategy2000.pdf US, NATO and Globalization "In this era of globalization, America and Europe have common interests in dealing with security challenges on the periphery of the European continent and beyond that can have important ramifications for democracy and prosperity within our transatlantic community. Globalization and the information revolution bring enormous benefits to the transatlantic community, including its security structures, but they also increase its vulnerabilities. They facilitate efforts by potential adversaries-both hostile states and increasingly sophisticated terrorists-to develop or acquire nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) weapons and the means to deliver them. Humanitarian disasters beyond Europe can have an important impact on transatlantic interest and require joint US-European responses." (Pg. 3) European Cooperation "The defense of North America remains inextricably tied to the defense of Europe. The United States tried and failed to isolate itself from the devastating wars in Europe during the 20th century, which were fought with weapons that are markedly primitive by today's standards. We could not isolate ourselves at all from the catastrophic effects of an attack against Europe in the 21st century, especially if it involved weapons of mass destruction (WMD)... "The United States seeks to prevent the proliferation of NBC weapons and the means to deliver them, since such proliferation directly threatens our security and that of our Allies... "The US military presence in Europe plays a critical role in protecting our economic interests, as well as facilitating US military deployments for both crisis and non-crisis missions to assist allies and friends in neighboring regions." (Pgs 7-8) "Secretary Cohen also reiterated that, in the face of NATO's conventional military superiority, hostile states are looking to NBC weapons and increasingly long-range and accurate ballistic and cruise missiles to offset that superiority. NATO, therefore, needs to develop and field the capabilities, doctrine and plans to deal effectively with these growing threats." (Pg. 14) Defense Budgets "As we encourage our Allies to improve their defense capabilities, we are also taking important steps to improve our own capabilities and reform our national policies to facilitate the sharing of technology... "Over-all, the United States has embarked on its largest sustained increase in defense spending in 15 years. "We have provided commanders and staffs with policy, strategy, and doctrinal guidelines for the planning and execution of joint and multi-national military operations in NBC environments. The guidelines effect not only passive defense capabilities, such as medical capabilities, but also active defense and counterforce capabilities to enable US military forces to survive, fight, and win in NBC-contaminated environments. "In addition, the United Kingdom, Canada and others have announced increases in defense spending, in real terms, over the next several years-the first such increases since the end of the Cold War. Still, many Allies have indicated that their current plans are to implement fully a disappointingly small number of Force Goals. Moreover, some Allies are headed in the wrong direction, either seriously considering or carrying out real reductions in defense spending. This trend will have to be reversed." (Pgs. 16-17) NATO and Russia "The transatlantic community cannot be truly secure if its enormous nuclear-armed neighbor, with its rich human and natural resources, withdraws behind a new curtain of hostility and authoritarian rule or collapses economically." (Pg. 33) The US Strategy toward the Russian Federation: "First, we seek to minimize Russian perceptions of the United States and NATO as potential threats to Russia's national security... "Second, we seek to expand programs of practical cooperation with the Russian Federation on security-related issues... "Third, when Russia's actions or policies raise serious concerns about its commitment to values important to the transatlantic and wider international communities, we will not remain silent." "In the bilateral arena, the US commitment to stabilizing reductions in each side's strategic nuclear forces testifies to our desire not to return to the dangerous nuclear competition of the Cold War era. These reductions will be accompanied by nuclear-related confidence building measures (for example, the recent agreement to establish a joint US-Russian center in Moscow to exchange information on ballistic missile launches) that demonstrate our desire to work with Russia to avoid possible misunderstandings. High-level consultations between American and Russian defense and military officials also serve as a primary vehicle to improve each side's understanding of the other's military doctrines and policies... "For example, under the Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative, the United States is enhancing and enlarging existing programs that over the past eight years have helped the Russians to: deactivate thousands of nuclear warheads; destroy hundreds of missiles, bombers and ballistic missile submarines; improve security of nuclear weapons and materials at dozens of sites; prevent the proliferation of biological weapons and associated capabilities; begin safe destruction of the world's largest stocks of chemical weapons; and provide opportunities and inducements for thousands of former Soviet weapons scientists to participate in peaceful commercial and research activities. "As part of our strategy, we seek to improve our ability to cooperate with Russia in crisis response operations by arranging joint US-Russian exercises and by cooperating with Russia on theater missile defense technologies... "In the final analysis, our ability to work with Russia to reduce Cold War arsenals, prevent the proliferation of WMD, and ease the transformation of its political, economic and social institutions toward more democratic and free market practices will depend heavily on decisions made by Russia." (Pg. 33-36) NATO and US Nuclear Forces "In addition to its formidable conventional capabilities to respond to any aggression directed against NATO, the United States maintains non-strategic nuclear weapons, under highly secure conditions, at storage sites in several NATO countries. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States, in consultation with its Allies, has dramatically reduced the numbers and types of US non-strategic nuclear weapons in Europe. For example, all nuclear artillery and ground-launched short-range nuclear missiles have been eliminated. Together with Allies, we also have modified the readiness criteria for forces with a nuclear role and terminated standing peacetime nuclear contingency plans. The fundamental purpose of US nuclear forces based in Europe is-and will remain-to preserve peace and prevent coercion. They pro-vide an essential political and military link between the European and North American members of the Alliance, as well as linkage to US strategic nuclear systems. They make the risks of aggression against NATO incalculable and unacceptable in a way that conventional forces alone cannot. The participation of non-nuclear Allies in NATO's nuclear posture demonstrates Alliance solidarity, determination, and willing-ness to share the risks and responsibilities of collective defense. The circumstances in which any use of nuclear weapons might have to be contemplated by NATO are extremely remote, but prudent security planning dictates that we maintain an appropriate mix of conventional and nuclear capabilities for the foreseeable future." 15 The UK and France maintain independent nuclear forces. Like the United States, they have reduced the size of their respective nuclear forces since the end of the Cold War. (Pgs. 47-48) Deterrence "The United States deters threats and potential threats to its national security, including those from NBC weapons states, by maintaining powerful nuclear and conventional forces. Those who would threaten America or its allies in Europe or elsewhere with NBC weapons should have no doubt that any attack on us would meet an overwhelming and devastating response. DoD also has undertaken a comprehensive program to equip, train, and prepare US forces to prevail in conditions in which an adversary threatens to use or actu-ally uses these weapons against our populations, territories, or military forces. This combination of offensive and defense capabilities both strengthens deterrence and ensures that we will prevail should deterrence fail." (Pgs. 50-51) Ballistic Missile Defense Theater Missile Defense "As part of broader efforts to enhance the security of the United States, Allied and coalition forces against ballistic missile strikes and to complement our counterproliferation strategy, the United States is pursuing opportunities for TMD cooperation with NATO Partners. The objectives of United States cooperative efforts are to provide effective missile defense for coalition forces in both Article 5 and non-Article 5 operations against short to medium range missiles. In its Strategic Concept, NATO reaffirmed the risk posed by the proliferation of NBC weapons and ballistic missiles, and the Alliance reached general agreement on the framework for addressing these threats. As part of NATO's DCI, Allies agreed to develop Alliance forces that can respond with active and passive defenses from NBC attack. Allies further agreed that TMD is necessary for NATO's deployed forces. "Several Allies currently field or will shortly acquire lower tier TMD systems. For example, Germany and the Netherlands both field the PAC-2 missile and naval forces of several Allies are considering cooperation with the United States to field maritime missile defenses. An important development in the operational TMD area was the creation in December 1999 of a trilateral US-German-Dutch Extended Air Defense Task Force. The Alliance is undertaking a feasibility analysis for a layered defense architecture. As the ballistic missile threat to Europe evolves in the direction of longer ranges, the Alliance will need to consider further measures of defense incorporating upper-tier TMD and/or a defense against longer-range missiles." (Pg. 53) National Missile Defense "Iran, Iraq, Libya, and North Korea do not need long-range missiles to intimidate their neighbors; they already have shorter-range missiles to do so. Instead, they want long-range missiles to coerce and threaten more distant countries in North America and Europe. They presumably believe that even a small number of missiles, against which we have no defense, could be enough to inhibit US actions in support of our Allies or coalition partners in a crisis. "Based on our assessment of these trends, the United States has concluded that we must counter this threat before one of these states attempts to blackmail the United States from protecting its interests, including commitments to our Allies in Europe and elsewhere. Thus, the United States is developing a NMD system that would protect all 50 states from a limited attack of a few to a few tens of warheads. "NATO's Strategic Concept recognizes that "(t)he Alliance's defense posture against the risks and potential threats of the proliferation of (nuclear, biological, and chemical) weapons and their means of delivery must continue to be improved, including through work on missiles de-fenses." As the US. NMD effort progresses, we need to continue close consultations with our Allies on relevant policy and technical issues. "Although Moscow argues to the contrary, the limited NMD system the United States is developing would not threaten the Russian strategic deterrent, which could overwhelm our defense even if Russian strategic forces were much lower than levels foreseen under existing US-Russian strategic arms reduction agreements. Moreover, the US proposal to modify the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty include measures of cooperation and transparency that would give Russia confidence that the NMD system was not being expanded beyond its limited scale. China has a more modest nuclear force than Russia, but has a multi-faceted nuclear modernization program that predates NMD. Our NMD system is not designed to neutralize China's strategic capabilities. NMD is a complement to our policies of deterrence and prevention, not a substitute. We will continue to rely on diplomacy, arms control and traditional deterrence-the credible threat of an overwhelming and devastating response-to dissuade states of concern from attacking or coercing their neighbors or anyone else.17 But today, when a state of concern might attempt to coerce the United States or it Allies, it is not prudent to rely exclusively on deterrence by overwhelming response, especially when we have the option of a limited, but effective defense. "The NMD we envisage would reinforce the credibility of US security commitments and the credibility of NATO as a whole. Europe would not be more secure if the United States were less secure from a missile attack by a state of concern. An America that is less vulnerable to ballis-tic missile attack is more likely to defend Europe and common Western security interests than an America that is more vulnerable. As consultations proceed with our Allies on NMD, we realize that Allies will continue to consider the appropriate role of missile defenses in their respective national security strategies. In keeping with the fun-damental principle of the Alliance that the security of its members is indivisible, the United States is open to discussing possible cooperation with Allies on longer-range ballistic missile defense, just as we have with our discussions and cooperation in the area of TMD. As President Clinton said in May 2000, "every country that is part of a responsible inter-national arms control and nonproliferation regime should have the benefit of this protection." "In September 2000, President Clinton announced that while NMD was sufficiently promising and affordable to justify continued develop-ment and testing, there was not sufficient information about the techni-cal and operational effectiveness of the entire NMD system to move forward with deployment. In making this decision, he considered the threat, the cost, technical feasibility and the impact on our national security of proceeding with NMD. The President's decision will provide flexibility to a new administration and will preserve the option to deploy a national missile defense system in the 2006-2007 time frame." 17 Similarly, the independent British and French nuclear deterrents would not be undermined by the NMD capabilities allowed under the US proposal to modify the ABM Treaty. (Pgs. 54-55) -- Carah Lynn Ong Coordinator, Abolition 2000 "He aha te nui mea o te ao? He tangata, he tangata, he tangata" (A Maori saying) Translation: "What is the most important thing in the world? It is the people, the people, the people." PMB 121, 1187 Coast Village Rd, Suite 121 Santa Barbara, California 93108 Tel: (805) 965-3443 Fax: (805) 568-0466 email: admin@abolition2000.org URL: http://www.abolition2000.org - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: marylia@earthlink.net (marylia) Subject: (abolition-usa) DOE Long-Term Stewardship/article+comments Date: 06 Dec 2000 23:48:26 -0800 DOE Releases Long-Term Environmental Stewardship Study by Peter Strauss and Marylia Kelley from Tri-Valley CAREs' December 2000 newsletter, Citizen's Watch On October 31, DOE released its draft study on long-term environmental stewardship, in accordance with a 1998 Settlement Agreement with the NRDC and other plaintiffs, including Tri-Valley CAREs. Long-term stewardship (LTS) is generally defined by DOE as the physical controls, institutions, information and other mechanisms needed to protect people and the environment at sites where the Department has "completed" its active cleanup efforts. The DOE's stewardship concept includes such things as land-use controls, long-term monitoring, maintenance and information management over long periods of time, so long as there are significant hazards left in the ground. Community groups have understood for some time that many DOE sites will not be cleaned up, in the usual sense of the word, even after DOE declares it has finished with remediation measures. For example, how do you "clean up" after many hundreds of nuclear bomb tests in Nevada? At numerous DOE sites, dangerous radioactive and chemical contaminants will remain in the soil and groundwater for hundreds and even thousands of years. Moreover, in many cases, "remedies" chosen during active cleanup may include landfills containing wastes with radioactive half-lives in the thousands of years. These dumps, even the newly-lined ones, will fail after 50 years or so. They, too, are therefore future candidates for long-term stewardship. In sum, the unprecedented magnitude and complexity of the environmental mess caused by nuclear weapons activities has motivated groups to urge DOE to grapple with issues of long-term environmental stewardship. On the other hand, how can communities ensure that DOE will aggressively remediate all pollutants that can be cleaned up? How do we make sure DOE does not merely "transition" sites into long-term stewardship, which essentially baby-sits the wastes, when a little more money and effort applied today would result in a permanent remedy? What is the appropriate interface between active cleanup and long-term stewardship? How will the public be brought into decision-making in a meaningful way over the long haul? First, the draft study is very readable and comprehensive. It lays out the very complex issues involved in the long-term stewardship program and shows the reader the choices facing DOE. However, the study lacks a community-based perspective -- which differs from the agency-based analysis, and can contribute a whole different set of values, insights and recommendations to the long-term stewardship effort. While it states the problems very well, the DOE' draft study only suggests paths and policies needed to establish this program that will affect many generations to come. Below are some of Tri-Valley CAREs' comments on the Draft Long-Term Stewardship Study. Feel free to use them as "talking points" for the Dec. 14th public meeting or incorporate them into your written comments. (See below for details.) * THE HIGHEST PRIORITY SHOULD BE PLACED ON SELECTING REMEDIES THAT PROTECT THE LONG-TERM SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITY AND OF THE ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING THE DOE FACILITY. All aspects of establishing, maintaining and funding long-term stewardship activities should be considered during the remedy selection process that is part of active cleanup. Wherever possible, we prefer that DOE facilities are cleaned up to a level that allows unrestricted use and avoids the need for long-term stewardship. Where cleanup to such a level is not practical due to current technical constraints, we want commitments inserted into final remedy decision documents detailing the stewardship plan and funding. * DOE SHOULD DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO LOOK FOR SOLUTIONS THAT WOULD MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR LONG-TERM STEWARDSHIP. We are aware that some contaminants will have to be "stored" in place or at the site for long periods of time. This may be true for many radionuclides and some chemicals, often when they are in the form of dense-non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs). We also believe that once decisions are made to leave a contaminant in place, it is difficult to get funding to monitor it while simultaneously continuing research on how the contaminant could be safely treated. Still, developing a remedial treatment that destroys a chemical contaminant, for example, should remain a high priority, as it avoids the need for long-term stewardship measures. We propose that DOE form a dedicated program that keeps an eye towards the future, and continually looks for solutions to these problems. In short, DOE should continue to develop new and better remediation technologies for sites that are in the long-term stewardship mode, and then to move them back to active cleanup when it is technically feasible to do so. * WE STRONGLY ADVISE THAT DOE DEVELOP A MECHANISM WHERE LOCAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE INVOLVED IN LONG-TERM STEWARDSHIP DECISIONS. This should include involvement in initial long-term stewardship activities and any changes to those activities that may occur as a result of re-evaluation or modification of the remedy. The community should also be involved in periodic reviews, such as the five-year review cycle under CERCLA (the Superfund law) to re-evaluate the effectiveness and performance of long term stewardship activities. Additionally, independent technical expertise should be provided to communities to assist them in wading through the many technical documents that form the basis for key decisions. * DEVELOP CONTINGENCY PLANS AT THE TIME CLEANUP DECISIONS ARE MADE. The National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council recommended that "DOE should plan for uncertainty and fallibility" of some aspects of the long-tern stewardship program; including developing plans "to maximize follow-through on phased, iterative and adaptive long-term institutional management approaches at sites where contaminants remain." We believe that these plans should be developed concurrent with cleanup decisions, and should be periodically revisited. * DEVELOP FIRM FUNDING COMMITMENTS FOR LONG-TERM STEWARDSHIP. Funding for stewardship activities must be adequate. When the final remedy is agreed upon at a site, full funding for stewardship activities should be defined, including the role of the parties who will manage the funding and the funding sources. * PERIODICALLY RE-EVALUATE THE REMEDY. DOE (or subsequent federal managers) should implement a systematic process for re-evaluating and if needed, modifying existing LTS activities to ensure that developments in science, technology and performance are incorporated. This reevaluation should consider the following: changes in health standards associated with contaminants that are left in place, changes in technology that were not available at the time when initial cleanup decisions were made but if implemented would eliminate the need for long-term stewardship activities, and performance of the remedy in place. The community should be involved in these re-evaluations. * A RELIABLE, UP-TO-DATE RECORD MANAGEMENT FACILITY ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY IS REQUIRED. DOE must fully characterize, document, and disclose all environmental contamination at its sites in case failures occur. At a minimum, DOE needs to develop a record management system that will always be accessible at or near the location of the stewardship activities. * DEVELOP POLICY AND REGULATIONS ON PROPERTY TRANSFERS. One of the more difficult aspects of this program is deciding how to handle property transfers and the obligations of DOE and the new owner after the transfer. We strongly advise that this be addressed as policy and specific regulation, which contains the premise that DOE is responsible for a site in perpetuity unless the new owner has altered the property (e.g., drills through a landfill), violated a legal deed restriction, or contaminates the environment. * AVOID TRANSFERRING OR RELOCATING HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES. This practice adds the complication of transportation and reclamation of the former site, while still maintaining the burden of long-term stewardship activities. We are also concerned that some locations with lax standards could become the dumping ground for many long-lived hazardous materials. * ALL CLEANUPS THAT FALL UNDER THE LTS PROGRAM SHOULD USE THE CERCLA REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. There are many cleanups conducted pursuant to non-CERCLA authority. We propose that DOE take the initiative to form a consistent regulatory mechanism for the LTS program, and that CERCLA is the method that provides the most opportunity for community involvement in decision making. * WHEN CONTAMINANTS ARE LEFT IN PLACE, DOE SHOULD COMPENSATE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. Compensation to fund protective equipment, emergency preparedness, and sophisticated record keeping should be available to all local governments where LTS activities fall under their jurisdiction. We invite your comments and perspectives, and we hope you will participate in this and future opportunities to hold DOE's feet to the fire on key environmental issues. ***** "Stakeholder Workshop" THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. ARGENT HOTEL, 50 THIRD STREET, SAN FRANCISCO (just one block south of the Montgomery BART station) Copies of the Draft Study can be requested by telephone at 1-800-736-3282. The Draft Study and its supporting technical documents also are also available at www.em.doe.gov/lts. Comments can also be submitted during the public comment period (which ends December 15, 2000) to Steven Livingstone, Project Manager, Office of Long Term Stewardship, (EM-51), Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy, P.O. Box 45079. Washington, D.C. 20026-5079, phone: 202-586-9280. Comments may also be submitted to Stephen.Livingstone@em.doe.gov or by fax to 202-863-7036. Marylia Kelley Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment) 2582 Old First Street Livermore, CA USA 94550 - is our web site, please visit us there! (925) 443-7148 - is our phone (925) 443-0177 - is our fax Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink campaign to get nuclear weapons taken off hair-trigger alert. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) RE: [abolition-caucus] 1945 (359 words) Date: 07 Dec 2000 12:58:07 -0600 Dear Friends: If you are interested I did an extensive analysis of the illegality of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in my book The Future of International Law and American Foreign Policy (1989, Amazon.com) I wrote that study to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the bombings. It reviewed all of the historical literature that had come to light at that time and concluded that the bombings were war crimes in accordance with United States War Department Field Manual 27-10 (1940) and other general sources of international law in existence at that time and accepted by the United States government, including the Nuremberg Charter. Those few additional facts that have come to light since 1989 can be found in Gar Alperovitz, The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb, who kindly cites my study in the footnotes. My conclusion, and his conclusions, have not changed. 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 -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 1:34 AM Hi all, We have had some angry, name-calling opposition to our annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration Day. Here is our reply. mws ...................................................................... Editor, "A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom." Thomas Payne "Common Sense" 1776 In early 1945, scientists working on plutonium production at the "Metallurgical Project" laboratory at the University of Chicago debated whether the atomic bomb should be used against Japan. A committee chaired by Nobel laureate James Franck urged the United States to demonstrate the new weapon on a barren island. Conversely, another all-civilian group named the "Interim Committee", chaired by Secretary of War Henry Stimson advised that the weapon be used directly. However, Stimson also stated "I am inclined to think that there is enough such chance to make it well worthwhile our giving them a warning of what is to come and a definite opportunity to capitulate. We have the following enormously favorable factors on our side, factors much weightier that those we had against Germany: Japan has no allies; Her navy is nearly destroyed and she is vulnerable to a surface and underwater blockade which can deprive her of sufficient food and supplies for her population; She is terribly vulnerable to our concentrated air attack upon her crowded cities, industrial and food resources; She has against her not only Anglo-American forces but the rising forces of China and the ominous threat of Russia." President Truman's private journal and correspondence written at the time of the bombings indicate that contrary to his public justification of the bombings as the only way to end the war without a costly invasion of Japan, Truman had already concluded that Japan was about to capitulate. Whether or not he was correct in this estimate of when the war would end, the fact that he held this view at the time he made his decision to use the atomic bombs is clearly set down in his own hand. "The use of the atomic bombs was precipitated by a desire to end the war in the Pacific by any means before Russia's participation. I'm sure if President Roosevelt had still been there, none of that would have been possible." Albert Einstein Michael W. Stowell, chairperson Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Commission Arcata, CA 822-0153 http://www.arcatacityhall.org/nukefree/index.html ____________________________________________________________________________ _________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com -------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~> eLerts It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! http://click.egroups.com/1/9699/0/_/91925/_/976212628/ To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, send an email from the account you wish to be subscribed to: "abolition-caucus-subscribe@egroups.com" Do not include a subject line or any text in the body of the message. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: marylia@earthlink.net (marylia) Subject: (abolition-usa) Print Bites/nuclear secrets, UC contract, NIF etc. Date: 07 Dec 2000 15:09:38 -0800 Greetings peace and environmental colleagues: Here are a few short items for your reading pleasure... MK Print Bites: All the News That Fits to Print by Marylia Kelley from Tri-Valley CAREs' December 2000 newsletter, Citizen's Watch ** Taking the Initiative. On November 13, even as the U.S. debated who had won its presidency, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the two nations negotiate drastic cuts in their long-range strategic nuclear weapons. Putin had previously proposed that each nation limit its long-range arsenal to 1,500 weapons-a number the U.S. summarily rejected as too low. Now, Putin has put himself on the record as favoring an even deeper cut. Will the U.S. please wake up and just say yes? ** It's the Mission, Stupid. Six top positions at Livermore Lab are now vacant, more at one time than anyone can recall in the history of the Lab. Robert Kuckuck, Livermore Lab's second-in-command, announced his retirement in Nov. Already vacant are 4 of 10 Associate Director positions and the director's post for LLNL's University Relations Program. Still, remaining Lab managers tout NIF and nuclear weapons as the wave of the future. That wave has passed, Livermore. It's high time - at long last - to transition to a socially constructive, environmentally friendly "Green Lab" at Livermore. ** Speaking of Mission. On Nov. 15, the regents of the University of California voted to negotiate contract extensions for the 3 DOE labs it manages-Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos and Lawrence Berkeley. According to U.C., the contracts will be "fast-tracked" and may be completed by the end of the year. No mention that the mission of Livermore Lab is part of the management contract. No discussion of any meaningful changes. No open process. Just more of the same, which will beget more of the same. Shame. ** Clinton Gets One Right. The CIA wanted it. The Senate Intelligence Committee marked it up in a secret session. Tri-Valley CAREs railed against it in the Nov. edition of Citizen's Watch. "It" is legislation that could have meant prison terms for whistle blowers or anyone else "leaking" information the government deemed secret. Written overbroadly, the bill would have become, in essence, the first U.S. "official secrets act." Existing law makes it a crime to release classified information that might expose a foreign agent, assist a foreign power or threaten national security. The new bill would have greatly expanded the kinds of secrets for which criminal penalties might be imposed. Press reports indicated Clinton was poised to sign it into law. And then, on Nov. 4, he... vetoed it. Hooray, a small cheer rises up from the populace. (Well, at least a sigh of relief.) ** Advice and Dissent. Recently, the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB) finalized another in a long line of under-skeptical reviews of NIF. Yawn. However, three SEAB members livened up the process by offering a written dissent. Instead of racing ahead with construction of all 192 laser beamlines, they reasoned, why not hit the pause button upon completion of the first "bundle" (consisting of 8 beams) in 2004. Those beams should then be tested to determine whether they met NIF's original performance criteria, said the three members. However, the majority on the SEAB was unwilling to seriously contemplate any pause in construction. The board voted to transmit its report "as is" to Secretary Richardson-along with a letter outlining the dissenting view. ends Marylia Kelley Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment) 2582 Old First Street Livermore, CA USA 94550 - is our web site, please visit us there! (925) 443-7148 - is our phone (925) 443-0177 - is our fax Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink campaign to get nuclear weapons taken off hair-trigger alert. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ellen Thomas Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/12/07 - Important stuff Date: 07 Dec 2000 20:06:11 -0500 Some important items have come our way which I feel the need to share with you. Still working hard scraping windows etc., still collecting the news, but still short-handed and unable to disseminate as in the past. This too shall pass. Check out the NucNews archives at http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm - thanks to Guin and Troy, we're catching up! Meanwhile, here are some political nuggets.... EXECUTIVE ORDER - - - - - - - PROVIDING COMPENSATION TO AMERICA'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS WORKERS http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2R?urn:pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/2000/12/7 /7.text.1 THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release December 7, 2000 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including Public Law 106-398, the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-398, the "Act"), and to allocate the responsibilities imposed by that legislation and to provide for further legislative efforts, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Since World War II, hundreds of thousands of men and women have served their Nation in building its nuclear defense. In the course of their work, they overcame previously unimagined scientific and technical challenges. Thousands of these courageous Americans, however, paid a high price for their service, developing disabling or fatal illnesses as a result of exposure to beryllium, ionizing radiation, and other hazards unique to nuclear weapons production and testing. Too often, these workers were neither adequately protected from, nor informed of, the occupational hazards to which they were exposed. Existing workers' compensation programs have failed to provide for the needs of these workers and their families. Federal workers' compensation programs have generally not included these workers. Further, because of long latency periods, the uniqueness of the hazards to which they were exposed, and inadequate exposure data, many of these individuals have been unable to obtain State workers' compensation benefits. This problem has been exacerbated by the past policy of the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessors of encouraging and assisting DOE contractors in opposing the claims of workers who sought those benefits. This policy has recently been reversed. While the Nation can never fully repay these workers or their families, they deserve recognition and compensation for their sacrifices. Since the Administration's historic announcement in July of 1999 that it intended to compensate DOE nuclear weapons workers who suffered occupational illnesses as a result of exposure to the unique hazards in building the Nation's nuclear defense, it has been the policy of this Administration to support fair and timely compensation for these workers and their survivors. The Federal Government should provide necessary information and otherwise help employees of the DOE or its contractors determine if their illnesses are associated with conditions of their nuclear weapons-related work; it should provide workers and their survivors with all pertinent and available information necessary for evaluating and processing claims; and it should ensure that this program minimizes the administrative burden on workers and their survivors, and respects their dignity and privacy. This order sets out agency responsibilities to accomplish these goals, building on the Administration's articulated principles and the framework set forth in the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Energy shall be responsible for developing and implementing actions under the Act to compensate these workers and their families in a manner that is compassionate, fair, and timely. Other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall assist in this effort. Sec. 2. Designation of Responsibilities for Administering the Energy Employees' Occupational Illness Compensation Program ("Program"). (a) Secretary of Labor. The Secretary of Labor shall have primary responsibility for administering the Program. Specifically, the Secretary shall: (i) Administer and decide all questions arising under the Act not assigned to other agencies by the Act or by this order, including determining the eligibility of individuals with covered occupational illnesses and their survivors and adjudicating claims for compensation and benefits; (ii) No later than May 31, 2001, promulgate regulations for the administration of the Program, except for functions assigned to other agencies pursuant to the Act or this order; (iii) No later than July 31, 2001, ensure the availability, in paper and electronic format, of forms necessary for making claims under the Program; and (iv) Develop informational materials, in coordination with the Secretary of Energy and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to help potential claimants understand the Program and the application process, and provide these materials to individuals upon request and to the Secretary of Energy and the Attorney General for dissemination to potentially eligible individuals. (b) Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall: (i) No later than May 31, 2001, promulgate regulations establishing: (A) guidelines, pursuant to section 3623(c) of the Act, to assess the likelihood that an individual with cancer sustained the cancer in the performance of duty at a Department of Energy facility or an atomic weapons employer facility, as defined by the Act; and (B) methods, pursuant to section 3623(d) of the Act, for arriving at and providing reasonable estimates of the radiation doses received by individuals applying for assistance under this program for whom there are inadequate records of radiation exposure; (ii) In accordance with procedures developed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, consider and issue determinations on petitions by classes of employees to be treated as members of the Special Exposure Cohort; (iii) With the assistance of the Secretary of Energy, apply the methods promulgated under subsection (b)(i)(B) to estimate the radiation doses received by individuals applying for assistance; (iv) Upon request from the Secretary of Energy, appoint members for a physician panel or panels to consider individual workers' compensation claims as part of the Worker Assistance Program under the process established pursuant to subsection (c)(v); and (v) Provide the Advisory Board established under section 4 of this order with administrative services, funds, facilities, staff, and other necessary support services and perform the administrative functions of the President under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App.), with respect to the Advisory Board. (c) Secretary of Energy. The Secretary of Energy shall: (i) Provide the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health access, in accordance with law, to all relevant information pertaining to worker exposures, including access to restricted data, and any other technical assistance needed to carry out their responsibilities under subsection (b)(ii) and section 4(b), respectively. (ii) Upon request from the Secretary of Health and Human Services or the Secretary of Labor, and as permitted by law, require a DOE contractor, subcontractor, or designated beryllium vendor, pursuant to section 3631(c) of the Act, to provide information relevant to a claim under this Program; (iii) Identify and notify potentially eligible individuals of the availability of compensation under the Program; (iv) Designate, pursuant to sections 3621(4)(B) and 3622 of the Act, atomic weapons employers and additions to the list of designated beryllium vendors; (v) Pursuant to Subtitle D of the Act, negotiate agreements with the chief executive officer of each State in which there is a DOE facility, and other States as appropriate, to provide assistance to a DOE contractor employee on filing a State workers' compensation system claim, and establish a Worker Assistance Program to help individuals whose illness is related to employment in the DOE's nuclear weapons complex, or the individual's survivor if the individual is deceased, in applying for State workers' compensation benefits. This assistance shall include: (1) Submittal of reasonable claims to a physician panel, appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services and administered by the Secretary of Energy, under procedures established by the Secretary of Energy, for determination of whether the individual's illness or death arose out of and in the course of employment by the DOE or its contractors and exposure to a toxic substance at a DOE facility; and (2) For cases determined by the physician panel and the Secretary of Energy under section 3661(d) and (e) of the Act to have arisen out of and in the course of employment by the DOE or its contractors and exposure to a toxic substance at a DOE facility, provide assistance to the individual in filing for workers' compensation benefits. The Secretary shall not contest these claims and, to the extent permitted by law, shall direct a DOE contractor who employed the applicant not to contest the claim; (vi) Report on the Worker Assistance Program by making publicly available on at least an annual basis claims-related data, including the number of claims filed, the number of illnesses found to be related to work at a DOE facility, job location and description, and number of successful State workers' compensation claims awarded; and (vii) No later than January 15, 2001, publish in the Federal Register a list of atomic weapons employer facilities within the meaning of section 3621(5) of the Act, Department of Energy employer facilities within the meaning of section 3621(12) of the Act, and a list of facilities owned and operated by a beryllium vendor, within the meaning of section 3621(6) of the Act. (d) Attorney General. The Attorney General shall: (i) Develop procedures to notify, to the extent possible, each claimant (or the survivor of that claimant if deceased) whose claim for compensation under section 5 of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act has been or is approved by the Department of Justice, of the availability of supplemental compensation and benefits under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program; (ii) Identify and notify eligible covered uranium employees or their survivors of the availability of supplemental compensation under the Program; and (iii) Upon request by the Secretary of Labor, provide information needed to adjudicate the claim of a covered uranium employee under this Program. Sec. 3. Establishment of Interagency Working Group. (a) There is hereby established an Interagency Working Group to be composed of representatives from the Office of Management and Budget, the National Economic Council, and the Departments of Labor, Energy, Health and Human Services, and Justice. (b) The Working Group shall: (i) By January 1, 2001, develop a legislative proposal to ensure the Program's fairness and efficiency, including provisions to assure adequate administrative resources and swift dispute resolution; and (ii) Address any impediments to timely and coordinated Program implementation. Sec. 4. Establishment of Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. (a) Pursuant to Public Law 106-398, there is hereby established an Advisory Board on Radiation and Health (Advisory Board). The Advisory Board shall consist of no more than 20 members to be appointed by the President. Members shall include affected workers and their representatives, and representatives from scientific and medical communities. The President shall designate a Chair for the Board among its members. (b) The Advisory Board shall: (i) Advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the development of guidelines under section 2(b)(i) of this order; (ii) Advise the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the scientific validity and quality of dose reconstruction efforts performed for this Program; and (iii) Upon request by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, advise the Secretary on whether there is a class of employees at any Department of Energy facility who were exposed to radiation but for whom it is not feasible to estimate their radiation dose, and on whether there is a reasonable likelihood that such radiation dose may have endangered the health of members of the class. Sec. 5. Reporting Requirements. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Energy shall, as part of their annual budget submissions, report to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on their activities under this Program, including total expenditures related to benefits and program administration. They shall also report to the OMB, no later than March 1, 2001, on the manner in which they will carry out their respective responsibilities under the Act and this order. This report shall include, among other things, a description of the administrative structure established within their agencies to implement the Act and this order. In addition, the Secretary of Labor shall annually report on the total number and types of claims for which compensation was considered and other data pertinent to evaluating the Federal Government's performance fulfilling the requirements of the Act and this order. Sec. 6. Administration and Judicial Review. (a) This Executive Order shall be carried out subject to the availability of appropriations, and to the extent permitted by law. (b) This Executive Order does not create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity by a party against the United States, its agencies, its officers or employees, or any other person. WILLIAM J. CLINTON THE WHITE HOUSE, December 7, 2000. ---------- ALSO (in case you missed it): - Gore Comes Out Against Using Nuclear Power November 15, 2000 by Reuters http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/111600-01.htm THE HAGUE - The nuclear power industry's hopes for a major new role in combating global warming were shaken Tuesday by the distribution of comments by Vice President Al Gore that he opposed such a move. In a letter dated Nov. 3 Gore, who is still awaiting the result of the presidential election that could put him in the White House, said nuclear should not be used as a means of cutting ``greenhouse gases.'' ``I have disagreed with those who would classify nuclear energy as clean or renewable,'' Gore said in a letter to Harvey Wasserman of the Ohio-based Nuclear Information and Resources Center. Gore said proposed U.S. legislation on restructuring the electricity sector excluded nuclear and large scale hydro electricity. ``It is my view that climate change policies should do the same,'' he added. The comments will be warmly welcomed by environmentalists who fear world governments meeting at a ``climate summit'' during the next two weeks might allow nuclear power to be promoted in developing countries as a way of combating global warming, because it does not emit the carbon dioxide which comes from fossil fuels. Canada and Japan are pushing for such a policy. The leader of the U.S. delegation at the talks, David Sandalow, told a news briefing: ``The United States is open to discussion on this issue. ``We have expressed concerns. We have noted the challenges of cost, public acceptance, non-proliferation, waste and safety,'' he said. Some 180 countries are meeting in The Hague to finalize the rules on implementing a 1997 United Nations agreement on cutting six gases believed to contribute to global warming. - PUBLICATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Just what every astute activist and policy prognosticator needs for the holidays: Fill their stockings with critical, credible, well written and exciting reports on U.S. arms sales, the enduring Military Industrial Complex, and National Missile Defense. 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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: NRC Lies To Congress & The American Public Date: 11 Dec 2000 10:41:39 -0500 >Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 10:01:11 -0500 >Subject: NRC Lies To Congress & The American Public Again-Again-Again >To: nucnews@egroups.com, nukenet@envirolink.org, doewatch@egroups.com, downwinders@egroups.com >From: "smirnowb@ix.netcom.com" > > > > > "The NRC is supposed to be regulating the nuclear industry, not the >other >way around." -Wenonah Hauter, Director, Public Citizen's "Critical Mass" > > > > http://www.geocities.com/mothersalert/nrccongress.html > For Immediate Release: > Contact: James Riccio (202) 546-4996 > Angela Bradbery (202) 588-7741 > March 9, 2000 > > Inspector General Finds Nuclear > Agency Misled Congressman > > Nuclear Regulator Allowed Industry - Not Public - to Review Commission > Policy Paper > > WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An Inspector General report finding that the U.S. > Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) invited a nuclear industry group to >help > shape policy and later misled a congressman about the matter reinforces >the > widespread contention that the agency does the bidding of the industry at > the expense of the public, Public Citizen said today. > > The report, released today, found that the NRC misled Rep. Edward J. >Markey > (D-Mass) regarding the release of an internal commission policy paper to >the > Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI). The NRC shared the paper, which addressed > the NRC's policy governing generic communications, with the NEI and >provided > the institute with an exclusive opportunity to review and comment on it. >The > NRC told Markey's office that the draft was simultaneously made available >to > the public when in fact it wasn't, the report said. In fact, the NRC never > solicited public comment on the document. > > "The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has abdicated its regulatory >responsibil- > ity to the nuclear industry and excluded the public from the process," >said > Wenonah Hauter, director of Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project. > "The NRC is supposed to be regulating the nuclear industry, not the other > way around." > > Because these policy papers are the primary decision-making tool of the > commission, Public Citizen believes that it is improper for the nuclear > industry to have an exclusive opportunity to review and alter their > contents. Allowing NEI to review and alter NRC's policy papers is in >direct > conflict with at least two of the NRC's "principles of good regulation," > which include independence and openness, Hauter said. At the very least, >the > NRC should withdraw the document unless and until all interested parties > have an opportunity to review it and provide comment, she said. > > "The NRC gives little more than lip service to the notion of public > participation while simultaneously leaking internal commission documents >to > the nuclear industry and then proceeds to lie about it to Congress," said > James Riccio, senior analyst with Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy > Project. "It is no wonder that the NRC has garnered the disdain and >mistrust > of the public it is supposed to represent and protect." > > The IG report, entitled "Misleading NRC Response to a Congressional >Request > for Information Concerning Circumstances Surrounding the Release of Draft > SECY - 99-143," states that "information contained in a July 19, 1999, > letter signed by Chairman Dicus to Congressman Markey was inaccurate and > misleading." The letter from interim NRC Chairman Greta Dicus >"inaccurately > depicts that between April 7 and 22, 1999, the NRC staff simultaneously > provided the draft SECY to NEI and the public." > > The report determined that the inaccurate information given Markey's >office > was "built on erroneous information" supplied by someone involved in the > development of the draft document. The information was not verified before > being sent to Markey's office. Further, more accurate information was > available but was not given to Markey. The report determined that NRC >staff > "did not exercise due care" in ensuring the accuracy of the information. > > "Unfortunately, the NRC is neither independent nor open, and neither > objective nor unbiased," Riccio said. "This investigation reinforces the > public's perception that the NRC has been thoroughly corrupted and >captured > by the industry it is supposed to regulate." ### > > For more information about consumer issues, please visit Public Citizen's > Web site at http://www.citizen.org. > > To be removed from the CMEP list send an email to cmep@citizen.org with >the > words "unsubscribe cmep" in the subject. > > Questions about the CMEP-list can be directed to cmep@citizen.org > - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) Protest Against Jaduguda Uranium Mine Date: 13 Dec 2000 12:04:10 +1000 >From: "kritikashri@yahoo.com" > > > hi alice, >i am shriprakash from india, >this is an urgent message to all anti neculear group >and people. >in jadugoda(uranium mine in india) there is a protest >movement is going on aganst UCIL uranium corporation >of india , > government did not fulfill the demands of the >movement.. >so JOAR (jharkhandi organisation aganst radiation) to >protest and went for a fress movement .. > so this is there program >10 to 15 dec they are doing protest dharna(nonviolence >blocked ) >16 to 22 dec consecutive hunger strike >on 22 dec there will be a mass meeting >after 23dec people will stop the uranium nuclear waste >which is coming from >haydrabad and other part of the country by raiway. and >they also stope the >mill and mine waste which is dumped in the third >tailing pond. >please spread this massage as soon as possible to >other group. >shriprakash >kritika >30 randhir pd. street >upper bazar ranchi 834001 >india > - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" Subject: (abolition-usa) "Islands in the Steam" Date: 13 Dec 2000 16:43:23 -0800 Honolulu Weekly www.honoluluweekly.com December 13, 2000 "Honolulu Diary" Islands in the Steam In 1983, the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu became the first to declare itself nuclear free, refusing landing rights to American naval vessels and banning the dumping of nuclear waste. Now Vanuatu is once again in the vanguard, having declared the intention to base its entire economy on renewable energy. In September, the country's president, John Bani, asked for help from the international community in preparing a feasibility study for a hydrogen- and geothermal-based renewable energy economy. Bani's government has expressed its hope of becoming entirely dependent on renewables by 2020. Known as New Hebrides until it gained its independence in 1980, Vanuatu is one of the least developed nations in the world. Consisting of 83 islands and having a population of 190,000, its economy depends heavily on tourism, fish and meat processing and exports of copra, coconuts, coffee and cocoa. In 1997, the island's total electricity demand was 32 megawatts. --Environment Hawai'i _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles F Hilfenhaus Subject: (abolition-usa) Oboe 6 Date: 13 Dec 2000 20:06:14 EST The U.S. Department of Energy has scheduled the 12th in a series of subcritical nuclear experiments for Thursday, December 14, 2000 at the Nevada Test Site. Subcritical experiments produce scientific and technical information about nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal. The replaced underground nuclear tests, which were halted in 1992. This subcritical test is named Oboe 6. More information to follow tomorrow. Charlie Hilfenhaus Alliance of Atomic Veterans Director, Atomic Workers Division chilfenhaus@juno.com - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sally Light Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: Oboe 6 Date: 13 Dec 2000 20:23:58 +0000 Hi Charlie, Several weeks ago, Derek Scammell of NTS emailed me stating that "Oboe 6" would be in late January 2001. I've sent him an after-hours memo to confirm your information. Did you get a fax from NTS announcing the 12/14 detonation? Thanks, Sally Light Charles F Hilfenhaus wrote: > The U.S. Department of Energy has scheduled the 12th in a series of > subcritical nuclear experiments for Thursday, December 14, 2000 at the > Nevada Test Site. > Subcritical experiments produce scientific and technical information > about nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal. The replaced underground > nuclear tests, which were halted in 1992. > This subcritical test is named Oboe 6. More information to follow > tomorrow. > Charlie Hilfenhaus > Alliance of Atomic Veterans > Director, Atomic Workers Division > chilfenhaus@juno.com - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles F Hilfenhaus Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: Oboe 6 Date: 14 Dec 2000 09:00:17 EST My source of confirmation, among others was an anouncement printed in the 12-13 Las Vegas Review Journal, Derek must not have bothered to inform you of the change. He works in public affairs, not on the technical side so he is not always in the loop. Charlie Hilfenhaus Alliance of Atomic Veterans Director, Atomic Workers Division chilfenhaus@juno.com On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:23:58 +0000 Sally Light writes: >Hi Charlie, > >Several weeks ago, Derek Scammell of NTS emailed me stating that "Oboe >6" >would be in late January 2001. I've sent him an after-hours memo to >confirm your information. Did you get a fax from NTS announcing the >12/14 >detonation? > >Thanks, > >Sally Light > >Charles F Hilfenhaus wrote: > >> The U.S. Department of Energy has scheduled the 12th in a series of >> subcritical nuclear experiments for Thursday, December 14, 2000 at >the >> Nevada Test Site. >> Subcritical experiments produce scientific and technical information >> about nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal. The replaced underground >> nuclear tests, which were halted in 1992. >> This subcritical test is named Oboe 6. More information to follow >> tomorrow. >> Charlie Hilfenhaus >> Alliance of Atomic Veterans >> Director, Atomic Workers Division >> chilfenhaus@juno.com > > > > >-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor >-------------------------~-~> >eGroups eLerts >It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free! >http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/0/_/91925/_/976767917/ >---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> > >To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, send an email from the >account you wish to be subscribed to: >"abolition-caucus-subscribe@egroups.com" > > >Do not include a subject line or any text in the body of the message. > - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sally Light Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: Oboe 6 Date: 14 Dec 2000 08:00:11 +0000 Dear all, I just got an email from Derek. As you know, he's involved in DOE publicly announcing the "subcritical" nuclear tests 24-48 hours before the detonations. He states that two weeks ago, the January date he gave me was the correct info., but that they subsequently changed it to 12/14/00. He never volunteers information - I always contact him. Over the last several years of "subcritical" testing, he's generally been very reliable about the "subcritical" timeframes, but I believe that DOE has just neatly trumped our attempt to get many people to the demonstration we always do at Bechtel in San Francisco on test days. Sally Light Executive Director Nevada Desert Experience Charles F Hilfenhaus wrote: > My source of confirmation, among others was an anouncement printed in the > 12-13 Las Vegas Review Journal, Derek must not have bothered to inform > you of the change. He works in public affairs, not on the technical side > so he is not always in the loop. > Charlie Hilfenhaus > Alliance of Atomic Veterans > Director, Atomic Workers Division > chilfenhaus@juno.com > > On Wed, 13 Dec 2000 20:23:58 +0000 Sally Light > writes: > >Hi Charlie, > > > >Several weeks ago, Derek Scammell of NTS emailed me stating that "Oboe > >6" > >would be in late January 2001. I've sent him an after-hours memo to > >confirm your information. Did you get a fax from NTS announcing the > >12/14 > >detonation? > > > >Thanks, > > > >Sally Light > > > >Charles F Hilfenhaus wrote: > > > >> The U.S. Department of Energy has scheduled the 12th in a series of > >> subcritical nuclear experiments for Thursday, December 14, 2000 at > >the > >> Nevada Test Site. > >> Subcritical experiments produce scientific and technical information > >> about nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal. The replaced underground > >> nuclear tests, which were halted in 1992. > >> This subcritical test is named Oboe 6. More information to follow > >> tomorrow. > >> Charlie Hilfenhaus > >> Alliance of Atomic Veterans > >> Director, Atomic Workers Division > >> chilfenhaus@juno.com > > > > > > > > > >-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor > >-------------------------~-~> > >eGroups eLerts > >It's Easy. It's Fun. 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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erippy@jps.net Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: [globenet] Re: Oboe 6 Date: 14 Dec 2000 09:06:10 -0800 On 13 Dec 00,, Sally Light wrote: > Did you get a fax from NTS announcing the 12/14 > detonation? -- I just spoke with Dave Schwagler @ Livermore & he sez the shot is set for 1:05 PM PST Ed Rippy - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sally Light Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Re: [globenet] Re: Oboe 6 Date: 14 Dec 2000 09:14:45 +0000 Dear all, I've spoken with NTS public relations and they've stated that it was Livermore Lab that decided to detonate "Oboe 6" today, 12/14/00 and that NTS was also given very short notice by Livermore Lab of this decision. Sally Light Executive Director Nevada Desert Experience erippy@jps.net wrote: > On 13 Dec 00,, Sally Light wrote: > > > Did you get a fax from NTS announcing the 12/14 > > detonation? > > -- I just spoke with Dave Schwagler @ Livermore & he sez the shot > is set for 1:05 PM PST > > Ed Rippy > > - > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Karina Holyoak Wood Subject: (abolition-usa) nuclear abolition in fashion! Date: 14 Dec 2000 14:46:33 -0600 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------8DA4A7F9BD6FB35568E03F80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net id PAA32339 Hi abolitionists, I want to alert you to some great mainstream media on our issue! The January edition of the women's fashion magazine Marie Claire (U.S. edition) features a four page article on nuclear weapons abolition. It's part of their ongoing "Peace on Earth" campaign. You can read the article by going to their website:=20 http://marieclaire.com/mc/articles/11peac11.htm The website provides a link to Project Abolition's website where people can read the Appeal for Responsible Security -- a simple, two-paragraph statement calling for immediate deep reductions in U.S. nuclear weapons, leading to their complete elimination, launched in October with a full-page ad in the New York Times featuring high-profile signatories such as Maya Angelou, Harrison Ford, and Corretta Scott King. Sign up for an organizing packet today! http://www.projectabolition.org/articles/appeal.html Project Abolition is getting a good response from people who have been inspired by this article to take action on abolishing nuclear weapons. Many thanks to the folks at the Global Security Institute and Fenton Communications for getting this into print! (By the way, the fist website link in Marie Claire's article to Frank Gaffney's pro-nuclear site is nothing to do with us! Hopefully it won't detract readers from the anti-nuclear message of the rest of the article.) 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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles F Hilfenhaus Subject: (abolition-usa) Oboe 6 detonated Date: 14 Dec 2000 18:55:17 EST The U.S. Department of Energy conducted the subcritical nuclear weapons test at 3:30 p.m. PST at the LYNER facility in Area 1 of the Nevada Test Site. This is the twelfth subcritical nuclear weapons test since the U.S. suspended underground testing in 1992. FYI Icecap -- Icecap was to be the next nuclear test in 1992 when the U.S. testing program was terminated. It has been held in a state of low readiness ever since. Over the past two weeks significant activities have restarted at the Icecap site and substantial numbers of new workers have been added at LYNER (Low Yield Nuclear Experiment Research) underground facility. Given the trial balloons about mini-nukes and problems with stockpile stewardship published recently, I take this activity seriously. Charlie Hilfenhaus Alliance of Atomic Veterans Director, Atomic Workers Division chilfenhaus@juno.com - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow" Subject: (abolition-usa) Protest at NSA Menwith Hill, UK Date: 15 Dec 2000 11:56:44 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01C0668E.182F0DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Ffriends On the night of Wednesday 13 December Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy = (Co-Coordinators of the CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN = BASES (CAAB) quietly held up American cars trying to come out of NSA = Menwith Hill by standing in front of them and refusing to move. They = carried the 'Stars and Stripes' with STOP STAR WARS written on and a = placard saying 'George W Bush? Oh dear!' =20 =20 They were at MHS to witness and protest at the role of NMD at Menwith = Hill and the pending 'election' of George W Bush as the new US = President. They were arrested and charged with 'obstruction of the highway' at the = Main Entrance to the base by the Ministry of Defence Police who act for = the Americans at MHS. An Injunction made Permanent in 1996 was brought = by the Secretary of State for Defence to prevent Lindis from entering = MHS. =20 It is even more important than ever before because of the 'election' to = rigorously oppose the use of MHS and Fylingdales in the American NMD = programme. NMD cannot function without the formal consent of the UK = government. Both bases are crucial in the proposed NMD programme. =20 CAAB will continue to organise a variety of peaceful actions at MHS and = Fylingdales. The UK government are apparently anxious about the possible = rekindling of grass-roots activity (The Guardian 12 December 2000). So = they should be! =20 Contact: Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN BASES (CAAB)=20 8 Park Row, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1HQ, England, U.K. Tel/fax no: +44 (0)1943 466405 0R +44 (0)1482 702033 email: caab.lindis_anni@virgin.net Website: http://www.gn.apc.org/cndyorks/caab/ =20 "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can = change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever does." = Margaret Mead=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0044_01C0668E.182F0DE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Dear Ffriends
 
On the night of Wednesday 13 December Anni = Rainbow=20 and Lindis Percy (Co-Coordinators of the CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY = OF=20 AMERICAN BASES (CAAB) quietly held up American cars trying to come = out of=20 NSA Menwith Hill by standing in front of them and refusing to = move.  They=20 carried the 'Stars and Stripes' with STOP STAR WARS written on and a = placard=20 saying 'George W Bush?  Oh dear!' 
 
They were at MHS to witness and protest at the = role of NMD=20 at Menwith Hill and the pending 'election' of George W Bush as the new = US=20 President.
 
They were arrested and = charged with=20 'obstruction of the highway' at the Main Entrance to the base by = the=20 Ministry of Defence Police who act for the Americans at MHS. = An Injunction=20 made Permanent in 1996 was brought by the Secretary of State for = Defence to=20 prevent Lindis from entering MHS.    
 
It is even more important than ever before = because of=20 the 'election' to rigorously oppose the use of MHS and Fylingdales in = the=20 American NMD programme. NMD cannot function without the formal = consent of=20 the UK government. Both bases are crucial in the proposed NMD=20 programme.
 
CAAB will continue to organise a = variety of=20 peaceful actions at MHS and Fylingdales. The UK government are = apparently anxious about the possible rekindling of grass-roots = activity=20 (The Guardian 12 December 2000).  So they should be!  =
 
Contact: Lindis Percy and Anni = Rainbow
CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF = AMERICAN=20 BASES (CAAB) 
8 Park Row, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 = 1HQ,=20 England, U.K.
Tel/fax no: +44 (0)1943 466405 0R +44 (0)1482=20 702033
email: caab.lindis_anni@virgin.net
Website: http://www.gn.apc.org/cndyo= rks/caab/
 
"Never doubt that a small group = of=20 thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed it's the = only thing=20 that ever does."     Margaret=20 Mead 

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------=_NextPart_000_0044_01C0668E.182F0DE0-- - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erippy@jps.net Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: "Oboe 6" subcritical nuclear test on 12-14-00 Date: 15 Dec 2000 07:18:30 -0800 On 14 Dec 00,, Sally Light wrote: > DOE has surprised us with the sudden decision > Unfortunately, this means that we have insufficient time to organize a > demonstration at Bechtel Corp in San Francisco -- Well, I did get out there & handed out a dozen flyers -- that's all I had time to print. But this isn't working. Waiting until there's a test is just letting DOE jack us around all the more & preventing us from getting any large number of people out. I just spoke w/ Jackie Cabasso she agrees we need to set a date (anniversary of something) & have a major protest. Yes, it's great to go out to Bechtel when they have a shot & I'll continue to do so whenever I can but we need something w/ more lead time. BTW Jackie also tells me that every subcritical there's a sit-in by Hibakusha in Hiroshima. Anyway I propose we pick a date in Feb or Mar '01 & plan a major set of demos. Any takers? Ed Rippy - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sally Light Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Re: "Oboe 6" subcritical nuclear test on 12-14-00 Date: 15 Dec 2000 09:03:51 +0000 Dear Ed & other abolitionists, Having a demonstration at Bechtel that's not tied to the day of a "subcritical" nuclear test has been discussed for a long time. The Northern Calif. groups that convene for quarterly meetings of the No. Cal. regional Abolition 2000 have all supported this I believe we need both a planned event as well as demonstrations on the test days. We have been able to turn out a good number of people for noontime protests on test days in the past, even with only 24-48 hours notice from DOE. The "Oboe 6" situation caught us short in that it was the only time that a "subcritical" nuclear test was done 6 weeks before the unofficially given test date. The Japanese reporters that called me yesterday discussed the obvious speculation that the sudden decision for yesterday's test might be tied to the resolution of the Bush-Gore campaigns, i.e., a strong pro-nuclear, pro-militaristic message. I am glad that you were able to be there. NDE also had a vigil at the Las Vegas DOE office. Sally Light Executive Director Nevada Desert Experience erippy@jps.net wrote: > On 14 Dec 00,, Sally Light wrote: > > > DOE has surprised us with the sudden decision > > > > Unfortunately, this means that we have insufficient time to organize a > > demonstration at Bechtel Corp in San Francisco > > -- Well, I did get out there & handed out a dozen flyers -- that's all I > had time to print. But this isn't working. Waiting until there's a test > is just letting DOE jack us around all the more & preventing us from > getting any large number of people out. I just spoke w/ Jackie > Cabasso she agrees we need to set a date (anniversary of > something) & have a major protest. Yes, it's great to go out to > Bechtel when they have a shot & I'll continue to do so whenever I > can but we need something w/ more lead time. BTW Jackie also > tells me that every subcritical there's a sit-in by Hibakusha in > Hiroshima. Anyway I propose we pick a date in Feb or Mar '01 & > plan a major set of demos. Any takers? > > Ed Rippy > > - > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Abolition 2000 Subject: (abolition-usa) Nuclear Insanity on the Internet Date: 15 Dec 2000 10:38:56 -0800 Dear All, A bit of nuclear insanity on the internet....A Coalition of Citizen organizations to support US plans to deploy BMD systems and sponsored by the Heritage Foundation. I encourage everyone to visit the website and see for yourself the propaganda they are feeding US and other citizens. Of particular note is the Missile Threat Calculator at http://www.protectamericansnow.com/showzipinfo.cfm Best, Carah Ong Citizen's Petition to Protect Americans Now Whereas China and Russia have threatened the U.S. with nuclear attack, and rogue nations such as Iraq, North Korea and Iran have acquired or are acquiring missiles equipped with weapons of mass destruction; Whereas the United States currently cannot stop even one missile after it is launched; Whereas the Administration has declared that it must have the permission of the Russian government before deciding to deploy any missile defense for the United States; Whereas the limited, land-based missile defense system the Administration says it may decide later this year to deploy will not be able to protect our families until 2005 at the earliest; Whereas the United States Navy could be ordered to immediately begin the process of deploying a sea-based defense that would provide some missile protection several years before 2005; Whereas senior Pentagon officials have judged that a comprehensive missile defense with a combination of land-, sea-, air-, and space-based components would offer the American people the most effective protection against missile attack; and Whereas the Administration is currently engaged in treaty negotiations with Russia that would prohibit the United States from deploying sea-, air- or space-based defenses; Therefore I, , of , , call upon my elected representatives and candidates for public office to pledge to my family and all of the families of the United States to support immediately beginning the process of deploying a sea-based missile defense as the first layer of protection for America's families; and further to pledge to reject the notion that any other nation may exercise a veto of the U.S. military's ability to offer the American people the most effective protection available. Your Email: Date: December 15, 2000 - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JGG786@aol.com Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Nuclear Insanity on the Internet Date: 15 Dec 2000 13:32:15 EST --part1_a4.d7b20ba.276bbdaf_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We should do a similar petition stating the ineffectiveness of the system, the destabilizing effect on international affairs and the rule of law, the waste of money, the opening for space weaponization (Vision 2020 and Full Spectrum Dominence), the utter ridiculousness of a system that does not address the cheap, accurate and technoligically proven surreptitious means of delivering wmd without a return address etc. and get that petition around the country and the world. I think Jack Mendelsohn of LAWS and John Burroughs of LCNP and Jonathan Schell would be the best people to draft it. I just cannot get to it as an original drafter in necessary time since utterly overbooked but this is my thought, but I would be willing to review and work on a draft, Jonathan Granoff --part1_a4.d7b20ba.276bbdaf_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We should do a similar petition stating the ineffectiveness of the system,
the destabilizing effect on international affairs and the rule of law, the
waste of money, the opening for space weaponization (Vision 2020 and Full
Spectrum Dominence), the utter ridiculousness of a system that does not
address the cheap, accurate and technoligically proven surreptitious means of
delivering wmd without a return address etc. and get that petition around the
country and the world. I think Jack Mendelsohn of LAWS and John Burroughs of
LCNP and Jonathan Schell would be the best people to draft it. I just cannot
get to it as an original drafter in necessary time since utterly overbooked
but this is my thought, but I would be willing to review and work on a draft,
Jonathan Granoff --part1_a4.d7b20ba.276bbdaf_boundary-- - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JGG786@aol.com Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Nuclear Insanity on the Internet Date: 15 Dec 2000 13:32:56 EST --part1_f6.5a96a39.276bbdd8_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Oh yes, Alice Slater and Merav Datan are also very skilled writers, Jonathan Granoff --part1_f6.5a96a39.276bbdd8_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Oh yes, Alice Slater and Merav Datan are also very skilled writers, Jonathan
Granoff --part1_f6.5a96a39.276bbdd8_boundary-- - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sally Light Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Nuclear Insanity on the Internet Date: 15 Dec 2000 10:46:44 +0000 Dear all, I forwarded this web site to Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. He should probably also be involved with any efforts to circulate a petition, etc., about this issue. Sally Light Executive Director Nevada Desert Experience Abolition 2000 wrote: > Dear All, > > A bit of nuclear insanity on the internet....A Coalition of Citizen > organizations to support US plans to deploy BMD systems and sponsored > by the Heritage Foundation. I encourage everyone to visit the > website and see for yourself the propaganda they are feeding US and > other citizens. Of particular note is the Missile Threat Calculator > at http://www.protectamericansnow.com/showzipinfo.cfm > > Best, Carah Ong > > Citizen's Petition to Protect Americans Now > Whereas China and Russia have threatened the U.S. with nuclear > attack, and rogue nations such as Iraq, North Korea and Iran have > acquired or are acquiring missiles equipped with weapons of mass > destruction; > Whereas the United States currently cannot stop even one missile > after it is launched; > Whereas the Administration has declared that it must have the > permission of the Russian government before deciding to deploy any > missile defense for the United States; > Whereas the limited, land-based missile defense system the > Administration says it may decide later this year to deploy will not > be able to protect our families until 2005 at the earliest; > Whereas the United States Navy could be ordered to immediately begin > the process of deploying a sea-based defense that would provide some > missile protection several years before 2005; > Whereas senior Pentagon officials have judged that a comprehensive > missile defense with a combination of land-, sea-, air-, and > space-based components would offer the American people the most > effective protection against missile attack; and > Whereas the Administration is currently engaged in treaty > negotiations with Russia that would prohibit the United States from > deploying sea-, air- or space-based defenses; Therefore > I, , of , , call upon my elected representatives and candidates for > public office to pledge to my family and all of the families of the > United States to support immediately beginning the process of > deploying a sea-based missile defense as the first layer of > protection for America's families; and further to pledge to reject > the notion that any other nation may exercise a veto of the U.S. > military's ability to offer the American people the most effective > protection available. > Your Email: Date: December 15, 2000 > > - > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: [Mike's Message] A Simple Q & A That Every American Date: 15 Dec 2000 12:13:30 -0500 >Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 21:50:59 -0500 >Subject: [Mike's Message] A Simple Q & A That Every American Should Read >Priority: non-urgent >X-FC-MachineGenerated: true >To: michaelmoore-l@cloud9.net >From: "mikemail@cloud9.net" > >December 14, 2000 evening > >Dear friends, > >Please take a few moments and read this excellent piece on the Supreme >Court's decision that made Bush "president." Pass it around to all your >friends. It's the best thing I've seen. > >Yours, > >Michael Moore >mmflint@aol.com >www.michaelmoore.com > >A LAYMAN'S GUIDE TO THE SUPREME COURT DECISION IN BUSH V. GORE >by Mark H. Levine, Attorney at Law. > > Q: I'm not a lawyer and I don't understand the recent Supreme Court >decision in Bush v. Gore. Can you explain it to me? > > A: Sure. I'm a lawyer. I read it. It says Bush wins, even if Gore >got the most votes. > > Q: But wait a second. The US Supreme Court has to give a reason, right? > > A: Right. > > Q: So Bush wins because hand-counts are illegal? > > A: Oh no. Six of the justices (two-thirds majority) believed the >hand-counts were legal and should be done. > > Q: Oh. So the justices did not believe that the hand-counts would >find any legal ballots? > > A. Nope. The five conservative justices clearly held (and all nine >justices agreed) "that punch card balloting machines can produce an >unfortunate number of ballots which are not punched in a clean, complete >way >by the voter." So there are legal votes that should be counted but can't >be. > > Q: Oh. Does this have something to do with states' rights? Don't >conservatives love that? > > A: Generally yes. These five justices, in the past few years, have held >that the federal government has no business telling a sovereign state >university it can't steal trade secrets just because such stealing is >prohibited by law. Nor does the federal government have any business >telling >a state that it should bar guns in schools. Nor can the federal government >use the equal protection clause to force states to take measures to stop >violence against women. > > Q: Is there an exception in this case? > > A: Yes, the Gore exception. States have no rights to have their own >state >elections when it can result in Gore being elected President. This >decision >is limited to only this situation. > > Q: C'mon. The Supremes didn't really say that. You're exaggerating. > > A: Nope. They held "Our consideration is limited to the present >circumstances, or the problem of equal protection in election processes >generally presents many complexities." > > Q: What complexities? > > A: They don't say. > > Q: I'll bet I know the reason. I heard Jim Baker say this. The votes >can't be counted because the Florida Supreme Court "changed the rules of >the >election after it was held." Right? > > A. Dead wrong. The US Supreme Court made clear that the Florida Supreme >Court did not change the rules of the election. But the US Supreme >Court found the failure of the Florida Court to change the rules was wrong. > > Q: Huh? > > A: The Legislature declared that the only legal standard for counting >vote >is "clear intent of the voter." The Florida Court was condemned for not >adopting a clearer standard. > > Q: I thought the Florida Court was not allowed to change the >Legislature's >law after the election. > > A: Right. > > Q: So what's the problem? > > A: They should have. The US Supreme Court said the Florida Supreme >Court should have "adopt[ed] adequate statewide standards for determining >what is a legal vote" > > Q: I thought only the Legislature could "adopt" new law. > > A: Right. > > Q: So if the Court had adopted new standards, I thought it would have >been overturned. > > A: Right. You're catching on. > > Q: If the Court had adopted new standards, it would have been overturned >for changing the rules. And if it didn't, it's overturned for not >changing the rules. That means that no matter what the Florida Supreme >Court >did, legal votes could never be counted. > > A: Right. Next question. > > Q: Wait, wait. I thought the problem was "equal protection," that some >counties counted votes differently from others. Isn't that a problem? > > A: It sure is. Across the nation, we vote in a hodgepodge of systems. >Some, like the optical-scanners in largely Republican-leaning counties >record >99.7% of the votes. Some, like the punchcard systems in largely >Democratic-leaning counties record only 97% of the votes. So approximately >3% of Democratic votes are thrown in the trash can. > > Q: Aha! That's a severe equal-protection problem!!! > > A: No it's not. The Supreme Court wasn't worried about the 3% of >Democratic ballots thrown in the trashcan in Florida. That "complexity" >was >not a problem. > > Q: Was it the butterfly ballots that violated Florida law and tricked >more >than 20,000 Democrats to vote for Buchanan or Gore and Buchanan. > > A: Nope. The Supreme Court has no problem believing that Buchanan got >his highest, best support in a precinct consisting of a Jewish old age home >with Holocaust survivors, who apparently have changed their mind about >Hitler. > > Q: Yikes. So what was the serious equal protection problem? > > A: The problem was neither the butterfly ballot nor the 3% of Democrats >(largely African-American) disenfranchised. The problem is that somewhat >less than .005% of the ballots may have been determined under slightly >different standards because judges sworn to uphold the law and doing their >best to accomplish the legislative mandate of "clear intent of the voter" >may >have a slightly different opinion about the voter's intent. > > Q: Hmmm. OK, so if those votes are thrown out, you can still count the >votes where everyone agrees the voter's intent is clear? > > A: Nope. > > Q: Why not? > > A: No time. > > Q: No time to count legal votes where everyone, even Republicans, >agree the intent is clear? Why not? > > A: Because December 12 was yesterday. > > Q: Is December 12 a deadline for counting votes? > > A: No. January 6 is the deadline. In 1960, Hawaii's votes weren't >counted >until January 4. > > Q: So why is December 12 important? > > A: December 12 is a deadline by which Congress can't challenge the >results. > > Q: What does the Congressional role have to do with the Supreme Court? > > A: Nothing. > > Q: But I thought --- > > A: The Florida Supreme Court had earlier held it would like to complete >its >work by December 12 to make things easier for Congress. The United States >Supreme Court is trying to help the Florida Supreme Court out by forcing >the >Florida court to abide by a deadline that everyone agrees is not binding. > > Q: But I thought the Florida Court was going to just barely have the >votes >counted by December 12. > > A: They would have made it, but the five conservative justices stopped >the >recount last Saturday. > > Q: Why? > > A: Justice Scalia said some of the counts may not be legal. > > Q: So why not separate the votes into piles, indentations for Gore, >hanging >chads for Bush, votes that everyone agrees went to one candidate or the >other >so that we know exactly how Florida voted before determining who won? Then, >if some ballots (say, indentations) have to be thrown out, the American >people will know right away who won Florida. > > A. Great idea! The US Supreme Court rejected it. They held that such >counts would likely to produce election results showing Gore won and Gore's >winning would cause "public acceptance" and that would "cast[] a cloud" >over >Bush's "legitimacy" that would harm "democratic stability." > > Q: In other words, if America knows the truth that Gore won, they won't >accept the US Supreme Court overturning Gore's victory? > > A: Yes. > > Q: Is that a legal reason to stop recounts? or a political one? > > A: Let's just say in all of American history and all of American law, >this >reason has no basis in law. But that doesn't stop the five conservatives >from creating new law out of thin air. > > Q: Aren't these conservative justices against judicial activism? > > A: Yes, when liberal judges are perceived to have done it. > > Q: Well, if the December 12 deadline is not binding, why not count the >votes? > > A: The US Supreme Court, after admitting the December 12 deadline is not >binding, set December 12 as a binding deadline at 10 p.m. on December 12. > > Q: Didn't the US Supreme Court condemn the Florida Supreme Court for >arbitrarily setting a deadline? > > A: Yes. > > Q: But, but -- > > A: Not to worry. The US Supreme Court does not have to follow laws it >sets >for other courts. > > Q: So who caused Florida to miss the December 12 deadline? > > A: The Bush lawyers who first went to court to stop the recount, the mob >in >Miami that got paid Florida vacations for intimidating officials, and the >US >Supreme Court for stopping the recount. > > Q: So who is punished for this behavior? > > A: Gore, of course. > > Q: Tell me this: Florida's laws are unconstitutional, right? > > A: Yes > > Q: And the laws of 50 states that allow votes to be cast or counted >differently are unconstitutional? > > A: Yes. And 33 of those states have the "clear intent of the voter" >standard >that the US Supreme Court found was illegal in Florida. > > Q: Then why aren't the results of 33 states thrown out? > > A: Um. Because...um.....the Supreme Court doesn't say... > > Q: But if Florida's certification includes counts expressly declared >by the US Supreme Court to be unconstitutional, we don't know who really >won the election there, right? > > A: Right. Though a careful analysis by the Miami Herald shows Gore won >Florida by about 20,000 votes (excluding the butterfly ballot errors). > > Q: So, what do we do, have a re-vote? Throw out the entire state? >Count all ballots under a single uniform standard? > > A: No. We just don't count the votes that favor Gore. > > Q: That's completely bizarre! That sounds like rank political >favoritism! Did the justices have any financial interest in the case? > > A: Scalia's two sons are both lawyers working for Bush. Thomas's wife is >collecting applications for people who want to work in the Bush >administration. > > Q: Why didn't they recuse themselves? > > A: If either had recused himself, the vote would be 4-4, and the Florida >Supreme Court decision allowing recounts would have been affirmed. > > Q: I can't believe the justices acted in such a blatantly political way. > > A: Read the opinions for yourself: > http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/supremecourt/00-949_dec12.fdf >(December 9 stay stopping the recount), and > http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/00pdf/00-949.pdf >(December 12 final opinion) > > Q: So what are the consequences of this? > > A: The guy who got the most votes in the US and in Florida and under our >Constitution (Al Gore) will lose to America's second choice who won the >all important 5-4 Supreme Court vote. > > Q: I thought in a democracy, the guy with the most votes wins. > > A: True, in a democracy. But America is not a democracy. In America, in >the year 2000, the guy with the most US Supreme Court votes wins. > > Q: Is there any way to stop the Supreme Court from doing this again? > > A: YES. No federal judge can be confirmed without a vote in the Senate. >It takes 60 votes to break a filibuster. If only 41 of the 50 Democratic >Senators stand up to Bush and his Supremes and say that they will not >approve >a single judge appointed by him until a President can be democratically >elected in 2004, the judicial reign of terror can end... and one day we can >hope to return to the rule of law. > > Q: What do I do now? > > A: E-mail this to everyone you know, and write or call your senator, >reminding him that Gore beat Bush by several hundred thousand votes (three >times Kennedy's margin over Nixon) and that you believe that VOTERS rather >than JUDGES should determine who wins an election by counting every vote. >And >to protect our judiciary from overturning the will of the people, you want >them to confirm NO NEW JUDGES until 2004 when a president is finally chosen >by most of the American people. > >-- MarkLevineEsq@aol.com > - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" Subject: (abolition-usa) Christmas Island Nuclear Bomb Tests site Date: 16 Dec 2000 06:28:01 -0800 Aloha from warm Hawaii, FYI: Christmas Island Nuclear Bomb Tests http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/janeresture/christmas_bombs/index.htm Richard Salvador Honolulu, Hawaii _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erippy@jps.net Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Re: "Oboe 6" subcritical nuclear test on 12-14-00 Date: 16 Dec 2000 07:13:23 -0800 On 15 Dec 00,, Sally Light wrote: > I believe we need both a planned event as well as demonstrations on the test > days. We have been able to turn out a good number of people for noontime > protests on test days in the past, even with only 24-48 hours notice from DOE. -- Agreed. > The "Oboe 6" situation caught us short in that it was the only time that a > "subcritical" nuclear test was done 6 weeks before the unofficially given test > date. -- True, but the last one (or maybe the one before that) also got by us -- I showed up w/ my recording gear & was the only one besides the cops (everyone else was on their way back from Vandenberg or collapsed from overwork there). Another time the DOE postponed the test @ the last minute & messed us up. Lately, I notice, they've given us less notice & switched dates etc., etc. . . . whether through incompetence or by intent they're jacking us around. I'll still go out there every test that I can but I feel strongly that we need to do something besides dance to their tune. Ed Rippy - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sally Light Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Re: "Oboe 6" subcritical nuclear test on 12-14-00 Date: 16 Dec 2000 08:29:23 +0000 Ed, Carah Ong recently reposted the Abolition 2000 listserves rules of etiquette, which ask, out of respect for others, that discussions of a more local or personal nature be carried out elsewhere. I agree with this, and ask that you contact me and others in Northern Calif. directly, rather than post dialogues such as this on the national listserve. Thanks. Sally Light Executive Director Nevada Desert Experience erippy@jps.net wrote: > On 15 Dec 00,, Sally Light wrote: > > > I believe we need both a planned event as well as demonstrations on the test > > days. We have been able to turn out a good number of people for noontime > > protests on test days in the past, even with only 24-48 hours notice from DOE. > > -- Agreed. > > > The "Oboe 6" situation caught us short in that it was the only time that a > > "subcritical" nuclear test was done 6 weeks before the unofficially given test > > date. > > -- True, but the last one (or maybe the one before that) also got by > us -- I showed up w/ my recording gear & was the only one besides > the cops (everyone else was on their way back from Vandenberg or > collapsed from overwork there). Another time the DOE postponed > the test @ the last minute & messed us up. Lately, I notice, they've > given us less notice & switched dates etc., etc. . . . whether through > incompetence or by intent they're jacking us around. I'll still go out > there every test that I can but I feel strongly that we need to do > something besides dance to their tune. > > Ed Rippy > > - > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: gear2000@lightspeed.net Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd. RE: illegal disposal/dumping of a nuclear reactor/testing cell by Shell Date: 16 Dec 2000 09:41:20 +0800 A forwarded post for your consideration... My name is John Alfred Dyer. For the last thirteen years I have been researching the alleged illegal disposal/dumping of a nuclear reactor/testing cell by Shell, in 1968. Briefly my research is that: 1. In 1968, Shell, hired known criminals (with a history of illegally disposing of nuclear 'waste'), to decommission its (secret) nuclear rector/testing cell. 2. That Shell paid the said 'criminals' a six-figure CASH sun (at today's prices). 3. That Shell's reactor/testing cell decommissioning did not go to plan. 4. That huge amounts of nuclear materials/waste (thousands of tons, yes thousands of tons) were illegally dumped (onto an urban population), as part, consequence. In 1993, my research resulted in the commissioning of a TV programme for Carlton Television-. A matter of days before the said programmes proposed transmission Shell produced an extensive 2900 word Narrative, to explain away my research. The said Narrative resulted in the TV programme being abandoned. (Shell 'explained/claimed' that I had got it wrong, for it was not a nuclear reactor/testing cell that had been decommissioned, rather, Shell claimed, it was a Cobalt-60 labyrinth- i.e. 'harmless' nuclear facility/waste) However, I have established that the Shell's Native was a (known) tissue of leis from start to finish. Shell's legal head Richard Max Wiseman, was wheeled-out in light of my supplied evidence, to concede that the said Narrative was a 'mistake'. As I state, and supply the evidence for my assertion(s), in my WEB site www.nuclearcrimes.com the Narrative was no 'mistake'; rather, it was a deliberate fraudulent sham Narrative to cover up Shell's wholesale nuclear dumping crimes. You will see that I have invited Shell-following two years of correspondence with the most senior Shell directors- its Chairman and Legal Head- to sue me, if my allegations and/or evidence is incorrect/untrue. Despite specific prior threats to sue, Shell has refused to issue, or embark on any legal process. Shell, aware of the truth will not risk court action, hence no 'writs' despite Shell's lawyers threats In response to my WEB site, Shell has called in its scientific staff, and others, at Thornton Research Centre, Cheshire. They refused to refute my allegations, contenting themselves with repeating the lie that I have refused to call in the 'Health & Safety'. Shell have used its muscle once to get my site shut down-see nuclearcrimes site-now after threatening, my 'new' ethical web host, and failing to get my 'him' to close down my site, Shell is presently endeavouring to get the entire domain closed. John Dyer. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow" Subject: (abolition-usa) Protest at NSA Feltwell, UK Date: 16 Dec 2000 22:57:06 -0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C067B3.83464000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Ffriends On Saturday 16 December Lindis Percy (CAAB) was arrested outside NSA = Feltwell by the Ministry of Defence police (MDP) for 'Obstructing the = Highway'. She was witnessing and protesting at the probable use of the = Near and Deep Space Tracking Facility at NSA Feltwell in the American = National Missile Defense (NMD) programme. She was holding a 'Stars and = Stripes' flag with the words 'STOP STAR WARS' written on it at the Main = Entrance to the base. Lindis was taken to Thetford Police Station and charged with 'Using = threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly = behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused = harassment, alarm or distress which was racially aggrevated in = accordance with Section 3 (1)(c) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 = contary to Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 as amended by the = Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994' Bail conditions were imposed not to go within 500 yards of the American = bases at Feltwell, Mildenhall and Lakenheath - Lindis had witnessed at = all three bases during the day. Lindis' witness was quiet and peaceful and CAAB will continue to quietly = and peacefully witness and protest against the American NMD system and = the lack of accountability of American bases. Contact: Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN BASES (CAAB)=20 8 Park Row, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1HQ, England, U.K. Tel/fax no: +44 (0)1943 466405 0R +44 (0)1482 702033 email: caab.lindis_anni@virgin.net Website: http://www.gn.apc.org/cndyorks/caab/ =20 "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can = change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever does." = Margaret Mead=20 =20 ------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C067B3.83464000 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
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On Saturday 16 December Lindis = Percy (CAAB)=20 was arrested outside NSA Feltwell by the Ministry of Defence police = (MDP) for=20 'Obstructing the Highway'.  She was witnessing and protesting at = the=20 probable use of the Near and Deep Space Tracking Facility at NSA = Feltwell in the=20 American National Missile Defense (NMD) programme. She was holding a = 'Stars and=20 Stripes' flag with the words 'STOP STAR WARS' written on it at the Main = Entrance=20 to the base.
 
Lindis was taken to Thetford Police Station and = charged=20 with 'Using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or = disorderly=20 behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused=20 harassment, alarm or distress which was racially aggrevated in = accordance with=20 Section 3 (1)(c) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 contary to Section 5 = of the=20 Public Order Act 1986 as amended by the Criminal Justice and Public = Order Act=20 1994'
 
Bail conditions were imposed not to go within = 500 yards of=20 the American bases at Feltwell, Mildenhall and Lakenheath - Lindis=20 had witnessed at all three bases during the day.
 
Lindis' witness was quiet and peaceful and CAAB = will=20 continue to quietly and peacefully witness and protest against the = American NMD=20 system and the lack of accountability of American bases.
 
Contact: Lindis Percy and Anni = Rainbow
CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF = AMERICAN=20 BASES (CAAB) 
8 Park Row, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 = 1HQ,=20 England, U.K.
Tel/fax no: +44 (0)1943 466405 0R +44 (0)1482=20 702033
email: caab.lindis_anni@virgin.net
Website: http://www.gn.apc.org/cndyo= rks/caab/
 
"Never doubt that a small group = of=20 thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: indeed it's the = only thing=20 that ever does."     Margaret=20 Mead 

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------=_NextPart_000_003D_01C067B3.83464000-- - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles F Hilfenhaus Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: "Oboe 6" subcritical nuclear test on 12-14-00 Date: 16 Dec 2000 20:09:35 EST Sally, I am suprised that you of all people would send a message like this. As you were the one to question my cerditability by using old communications with DOE PR flacks AND sending them out to all lists!!! I STRONGLY OBJECT TO YOUR PROPOSAL TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSIONS IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LIST ONLY. If you don't want the imput of those of us near ground zero thats up to you. Charlie Hilfenhaus Alliance of Atomic Veterans Director, Atomic Workers Division chilfenhaus@juno.com On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:29:23 +0000 Sally Light writes: >Ed, > >Carah Ong recently reposted the Abolition 2000 listserves rules of >etiquette, which >ask, out of respect for others, that discussions of a more local or >personal nature >be carried out elsewhere. I agree with this, and ask that you contact >me and others >in Northern Calif. directly, rather than post dialogues such as this >on the national >listserve. > >Thanks. > >Sally Light >Executive Director >Nevada Desert Experience > >erippy@jps.net wrote: > >> On 15 Dec 00,, Sally Light wrote: >> >> > I believe we need both a planned event as well as demonstrations >on the test >> > days. We have been able to turn out a good number of people for >noontime >> > protests on test days in the past, even with only 24-48 hours >notice from DOE. >> >> -- Agreed. >> >> > The "Oboe 6" situation caught us short in that it was the only >time that a >> > "subcritical" nuclear test was done 6 weeks before the >unofficially given test >> > date. >> >> -- True, but the last one (or maybe the one before that) also got by >> us -- I showed up w/ my recording gear & was the only one besides >> the cops (everyone else was on their way back from Vandenberg or >> collapsed from overwork there). Another time the DOE postponed >> the test @ the last minute & messed us up. Lately, I notice, >they've >> given us less notice & switched dates etc., etc. . . . whether >through >> incompetence or by intent they're jacking us around. I'll still go >out >> there every test that I can but I feel strongly that we need to do >> something besides dance to their tune. >> >> Ed Rippy >> >> - >> To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to >"majordomo@xmission.com" >> with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. >> For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages >send >> "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > > > > >- > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to >"majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: erippy@jps.net Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Re: "Oboe 6" subcritical nuclear test on 12-14-00 Date: 16 Dec 2000 17:28:36 -0800 On 16 Dec 00,, Sally Light wrote: > Carah Ong recently reposted the Abolition 2000 listserves rules of etiquette -- My apologies to the list if I have transgressed. Ed Rippy - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sally Light Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Re: "Oboe 6" subcritical nuclear test on 12-14-00 Date: 16 Dec 2000 19:47:59 +0000 Dear Charlie, The discussion Ed was pursuing was about how to organize the Bechtel demos. in San Francisco, something that the groups in Northern Calif. have had an ongoing dialog on via both local email (not just my e-loop, by the way) and meetings. This is probably similar to the discussions that the Las Vegas area groups have when planning their actions & demos, and I haven't seen any of THAT back-and-forth on the abolition-usa listserve. By the way, I am very surprised at your thinking that I'm not interested in your input. Just the opposite - for example, I would have appreciated hearing more from you re: the "Oboe 6" dry runs that someone said you detected in the week before the test was done. Whatever you have is certainly welcome in this quarter. I also believe that your criticism re: "DOE PR flacks" is a bit over the top. It's a contact that's worked a lot of the time even though I certainly do not implicitly trust it, DOE being what it is. I suggest that you & I discuss this further, preferably by phone or email on the side. Charlie - I really appreciate all that you. Don't know how you would think otherwise. Peace... Sally Light Executive Director Nevada Desert Experience Charles F Hilfenhaus wrote: > Sally, > I am suprised that you of all people would send a message like this. As > you were the one to question my cerditability by using old communications > with DOE PR flacks AND sending them out to all lists!!! I STRONGLY OBJECT > TO YOUR PROPOSAL TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSIONS IN THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA > LIST ONLY. If you don't want the imput of those of us near ground zero > thats up to you. > Charlie Hilfenhaus > Alliance of Atomic Veterans > Director, Atomic Workers Division > chilfenhaus@juno.com > > On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 08:29:23 +0000 Sally Light > writes: > >Ed, > > > >Carah Ong recently reposted the Abolition 2000 listserves rules of > >etiquette, which > >ask, out of respect for others, that discussions of a more local or > >personal nature > >be carried out elsewhere. I agree with this, and ask that you contact > >me and others > >in Northern Calif. directly, rather than post dialogues such as this > >on the national > >listserve. > > > >Thanks. > > > >Sally Light > >Executive Director > >Nevada Desert Experience > > > >erippy@jps.net wrote: > > > >> On 15 Dec 00,, Sally Light wrote: > >> > >> > I believe we need both a planned event as well as demonstrations > >on the test > >> > days. We have been able to turn out a good number of people for > >noontime > >> > protests on test days in the past, even with only 24-48 hours > >notice from DOE. > >> > >> -- Agreed. > >> > >> > The "Oboe 6" situation caught us short in that it was the only > >time that a > >> > "subcritical" nuclear test was done 6 weeks before the > >unofficially given test > >> > date. > >> > >> -- True, but the last one (or maybe the one before that) also got by > >> us -- I showed up w/ my recording gear & was the only one besides > >> the cops (everyone else was on their way back from Vandenberg or > >> collapsed from overwork there). Another time the DOE postponed > >> the test @ the last minute & messed us up. Lately, I notice, > >they've > >> given us less notice & switched dates etc., etc. . . . whether > >through > >> incompetence or by intent they're jacking us around. I'll still go > >out > >> there every test that I can but I feel strongly that we need to do > >> something besides dance to their tune. > >> > >> Ed Rippy > >> > >> - > >> To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to > >"majordomo@xmission.com" > >> with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > >> For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages > >send > >> "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > > > > > > > > > >- > > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to > >"majordomo@xmission.com" > > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > - > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sally Light Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: Wishing you good luck...] Date: 17 Dec 2000 08:40:12 +0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------8502C676A457D2C1F8F9AA6D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear friends, I'm passing this on to you, just in case you missed Alice Slater's forwarded message from Sriprakash. If you can, please send messages of solidarity to him and the others involved in the JOAR hunger strike now going on. Peace... Sally Light Executive Director Nevada Desert Experience --------------8502C676A457D2C1F8F9AA6D Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from web3603.mail.yahoo.com (web3603.mail.yahoo.com [204.71.203.98]) by emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with SMTP id CAA28228 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 02:24:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <20001217102441.28849.qmail@web3603.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [210.212.17.113] by web3603.mail.yahoo.com; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 02:24:41 PST MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii dear friend thanks for your support for the people of jadugoda.. now we are receiving solidarity from all world.... as from my first mail you know about the program of the JOAR STRUGGLE. from 16th now people of jaugoda were in hunger strike serially . I will try to send the photograph of the situation in other mail.. ghanshyam biruli tilai tand jadugoda jharkhand India ph 0091 657 730009 shriprakash 30 randhir pd. street upper bazar, ranchi India you will find some information about the jadugoda here http://www.jca.apc.org/~hiroko/jadugoda/jadugoda-j.html shriprakash --- Sally Light wrote: > Dear Shriprakash, > > Alice Slater passed your message onto the Abolition > 2000 groups via > email. Thank you for alerting us to your December > activities. > > I know that many people and groups worldwide > completely support your > efforts in India. Please tell everyone with your > group that, although > we may not be able to come to India to be with you > this December, > nevertheless we will keep you all in our thoughts > and prayers, wishing > you the best possible outcome. > > If you can, please send me updates as things > develop. > > In solidarity for a nuclear-free future. > > In peace... > > Sally Light > Executive Director > Nevada Desert Experience > USA > > p.s. Nevada Desert Experience is an anti-nuclear > group that has > organized people for peaceful demonstrations and > direct actions at the > Nevada Test Site for the last 20 years. We are part > of Abolition 2000 > Global Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the US > Campaign to Abolish > Nuclear Weapons, the Global Network Against Weapons > & Nuclear Power in > Space, and so on. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/ --------------8502C676A457D2C1F8F9AA6D-- - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: David Culp Subject: (abolition-usa) "Back from the Brink" National Call-In Days Date: 18 Dec 2000 09:47:29 -0500 The Back from the Brink Campaign and its allied organizations are promoting NATIONAL CALL-IN DAYS TO THE WHITE HOUSE, February 5-6, 2001 to urge President-elect George W. Bush to reduce the danger of accidental nuclear war by working with the Russians to TAKE ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS OFF HAIR-TRIGGER ALERT. We can remind the President that the Republican Platform of 2000 stated "... the United States should work with other nuclear nations to remove as many weapons as possible from high-alert, hair-trigger status-another unnecessary vestige of Cold War confrontation-to reduce the risks of accidental or unauthorized launch." We are calling on President-elect George W. Bush to take concrete actions to honor this platform pledge within his first 100 days in office and we want to flood the White House with phone calls to 202-456-1414. The Campaign has several resources available to promote the Call-In Days: printed flyers available FREE in bulk or downloadable flyers in .pdf format; a text announcement available via e-mail, along with ideas on how to mobilize your organizations, friends and community to take part in this important day. Contact or call 202-545-1001 for more information, to order your supplies, and to let us know how you are participating. Thanks. Esther Pank Back from the Brink Campaign 6856 Eastern Avenue, NW, # 322 Washington DC 20012 202.545.1001 ph 202.545.1004 fax mailto:brinkprogram@backfromthebrink.net - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Abolition 2000 Subject: (abolition-usa) Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter Date: 18 Dec 2000 13:57:11 -0800 Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter December 2000 Vol. II Number 8 ********************* IN THIS EDITION ********************* I. Articles II. Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000 III. Announcements IV. Calendar Events V. Resources ************* ARTICLES ************* Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace formed in India On 13 November, the landmark National Convention for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace, held in New Delhi, India, announced the formation of a Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace. The broad-based Coalition is the culmination of two and half years of grassroots protest across all of India against the Pokharan-II nuclear tests conducted in May 1998. It emerges as the result of a growing and sustained campaign for the complete abolition of nuclear weapons worldwide, and South Asia in particular. The three day convention was sponsored by 110 organizations and brought together more than 600 delegates from India, Pakistan, Northeast and Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace gives India's peace movement an organized national presence and profile for the first time ever. The Convention elected a 40- member Coordination Committee and adopted a Charter for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace. The Charter outlines the Indian peace movement's opposition to nuclear weapons and rejects the reliance on nuclear weapons for security. The Charter demands a complete roll-back of India's and Pakistan's nuclear weapons and missile programs. It also calls for the cessation of all testing and fissile material acquisition and concrete steps for global nuclear disarmament. =46or more information or a copy of the Charter, please contact: c/o Delhi Science Forum B-1, 2nd Floor, LSC.J Block Saket, New Delhi - 110017 India Tel: +91-11-6524324 Email: natcon2000@fnmail.com ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< Nagasaki Global Citizens' Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons From 17-20 November, a Global Citizens' Assembly for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons was held in Nagasaki, Japan. The Assembly had several unique features in that it was the last anti-nuclear NGO conference of the 20th century and was held in the last city bombed by an atomic weapon. Anti-nuclear non-governmental organization (NGO) leaders from around the world joined world citizens to generate a new vision for the 21st century based on activities and experiences of the past. At the conclusion of the Assembly, the Nagasaki Appeal was adopted. An excerpt from the Appeal reads: "During our conference, we have learned from the stories of many who have suffered from the nuclear age: the hibakusha and downwinders from Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Semipalatinsk, Nevada, and Moruroa; Chernobyl and Tokaimura. The world's citizens must now be mobilized to form a potent global movement, and it is this force that will compel governments to fulfill their promises. All sectors of the global community must be involved including women, youth, workers, religious communities and indigenous peoples." The full text of the Nagasaki Appeal is available at: Http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/documents/nagasaki-appeal11-00.html Abolition 2000 also held a Review and Strategy Meeting prior to the conference and Abolition 2000 activities were also introduced and discussed during the formal plenary and workshop sessions. Notes from the Abolition 2000 meetings and follow-up will be mailed out to member organizations in January. An electronic version will also be available on the website in mid-January. For more information about the Assembly in Japanese or English, please visit: http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~gca.naga/ ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< Conference in Japan Urges End to Anti-Missile Defenses On 30 November, the World Conference on Religion and Peace (WCRP) called on world leaders to halt the development of ballistic missile defense systems being developed by the US. A statement was released by a newly formed WCRP Standing Commission on Disarmament and Security, which met during the week in Kyoto. The WCRP also released plans to strengthen conflict prevention and peace initiatives. Twenty-three representatives from religious and disarmament organizations from 14 countries attended the two-day meeting. Members of the commission stated that the use of nuclear weapons contradicts their shared moral and spiritual beliefs, and they should be eliminated. In particular, the commission voiced concern over the development of missile defense systems that would require renewed testing of nuclear weapons and intensify resistance to further reductions in existing nuclear arsenals. The commission stated that missile defense legitimizes nuclear weapons as an important factor in international relations, and it reaffirmed the importance of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. It also called on world leaders to realize their commitment to eliminate nuclear weapons. (4 December 2000, The Yomiuri Shimbun) ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< Protest at NSA Menwith Hill, UK On 13 December Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Co-Coordinators of the Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases (CAAB) quietly prevented American cars from coming out of NSA Menwith Hill by standing in front of them and refusing to move. They carried the "Stars and Stripes" with "STOP STAR WARS" written on it and a placard which read, "George W Bush? Oh dear!" Rainbow and Percy were at MHS to witness and protest at the role of NMD at Menwith Hill and the pending "election" of George W Bush as the 43rd US President. Both were arrested and charged with "obstruction of the highway" at the Main Entrance to the base by the Ministry of Defense Police who act for the Americans at MHS. A permanent injunction was brought by the Secretary of State for Defense in 1996 and prevents Percy from entering MHS. Rainbow and Percy believe it is even more important than ever before to speak up and protest American plans to deploy an National Missile Defense (NMD) program, especially in light of Bush's "election." NMD cannot function without the formal consent of the UK government. Both MHS and Flyingdales bases are crucial in the proposed NMD program. CAAB will continue to organize a variety of peaceful actions at MHS and Flyingdales. The UK government is apparently anxious about the possible rekindling of "grass-roots activity" (The Guardian 12 December 2000). And they should be! Contact: Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN BASES (CAAB) 8 Park Row, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1HQ, England, UK Tel/fax no: +44 (0)1943 466405 0R +44 (0)1482 702033 email: caab.lindis_anni@virgin.net Website: http://www.gn.apc.org/cndyorks/caab/ ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< Uranium Mining Protest in India There is a mass protest movement developing in India as a result of the government's failure to fulfill the demands of the people to stop uranium mining in Jadugoda, India. From 16-22 December, the JOAR (Jharkhandi Organization Against Radiation) is sponsoring a hunger strike. On 23 December, the people participating in the movement plan to stop shipments of uranium nuclear waste being shipped by railway throughout the country. The people of JOAR and protesters need YOUR support. Please send a message of solidarity to: Shriprakash Kritika 30 Randhir pd. Street Upper Bazar Ranchi 834001 India Email: kritikashri@yahoo.com *********************** ANNOUNCEMENTS *********************** December 2000 Dear Abolition 2000 Global Network Members and Friends, As the new millennium rapidly approaches, I am writing to request your urgent support of the Abolition 2000 Global Network and its efforts to achieve a nuclear free future. This year, we reached our goal of 2000 member organizations and municipalities and Abolition 2000 is now the third largest NGO network in the world. In order to continue developing our influence throughout the world, Abolition 2000 needs your help and that of all the other major groups in the network. As an active member of Abolition 2000, I am writing to urge you to make a generous gift to support the Network. With a donation from each endorsing member, Abolition 2000 could rely on its own members to provide the basic resources necessary to sustain its critically important work. Please give as generously as you can. Make your check payable to Abolition 2000 and return it in care of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. I thank you for all of your work for abolition, and also for responding to the important financial challenge we are facing. My best wishes to you in our common work for a more just, secure, and nuclear weapons-free world. Sincerely, Carah Ong Coordinator PMB 121, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1 Santa Barbara, California USA 93108-2794 Email: admin@abolition2000.org Http://www.abolition2000.org ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< 7 November 2000 Dear Colleague: The Arcata (CA) Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Commission is currently engaged in an outreach and coalition-building mission. The Arcata City Council would like to establish and maintain contact with other nuclear weapon free zones across the world, and with other advocacy groups whose mission is to abolish nuclear weapons. Perhaps by building coalitions among us we can become more effective in our efforts to promote nuclear disarmament from the municipal and grass roots level. Although polls indicate that a large majority of Americans favor the total abolition of nuclear weapons, we are currently witnessing bipartisan political support for a national Missile Defense System that will inevitably signal the start of a new international nuclear arms race. We invite you to look at our web site (http://www.arcatacityhall.org/nukefree/index.html) and request that you contact us, so that we may work together on the goal of influencing national nuclear policy from the municipal level. We will soon be posting on our website a revised list of nuclear weapons contractors, free for downloading, so that municipalities may more effectively monitor those corporations. We hope that you will respond to this outreach attempt by writing us at: Arcata Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Commission, P. O. Box 4444, Arcata, CA 95518. Please share with us your ideas and projects, so that we may work together for a nuclear weapons-free world. Thank you, Connie Stewart Mayor of Arcata, California, US ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< Dear Friends I am writing from the Women Building Peace campaign which was launched in May 1999 by International Alert and over 100 NGO's. The campaign has five themes: 1. to include women in peace negotiations as decision makers 2. put women at the heart of reconstruction and reconciliation 3. strengthen the rights and protection of refugee and displaced women 4. end impunity for crimes committed against women and ensure redress 5. give women and women's organizations the support and resources they need to build peace The campaign aims to raise global awareness of women's experiences and perspectives of peace and conflict, and to help women better realize their potential as peace-builders from the village to the international level. It seeks to influence and affect the implementation of global policies and international standards on peace, security and development to ensure that gender perspectives are integrated and women's needs are met. During October 2000 we engaged in a series of activities including working with a coalition of US based NGOs to ensure that UN SC Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security was adopted. International Alert believes that women and women's groups specifically play a critical role in the peacebuilding process and that their work should be highlighted and strengthened and should be supported as widely as possible by all actors in the international community. To further raise awareness of women's peacebuilding activities and to celebrate their achievements in this field we launched the first ever Millennium Peace Prize for women. We are currently collecting 250,000 signatures to present to Kofi Annan on International Women's Day 2001, to strengthen public awareness of the importance of women and their peacebuilding role and to encourage the international community to adhere to the pledges they made at the Beijing Conference in 1995. As the campaign is being taken forward by thousands of organizations and individuals from around the world it would be fantastic if you would consider circulating the petition amongst your organization or if perhaps it may be possible to have an insert in any publication or newsletter you may have - any help you can give us with this would be extremely appreciated. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have need further information or have any suggestions about possible ways of working together. Many Thanks and Best Wishes, Bethan Cobley International Alert Email: bcobley@international-alert.org Http:// www.international-alert.org/women ********** EVENTS ********** 2001 January 26-29 Remember Operation Ranger-50th Anniversary of nuclear bombing at the Nevada Test Site. For more information, please contact Charles Hilfenhaus of the Alliance of Atomic Veterans at or call Marc Page of Nevada Desert Experience at +1 702 646 4814 =46ebruary 10 A protest vigil, sponsored by the Global Network Against Weapons and Power in Space, will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico from 12:00 to 3:00 pm during the 18th Annual Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion. For more information, please contact Bruce Gagnon at P.O. Box 90083, Gainsville, Florida 32607 or by email at . 5-6 The Back from the Brink Campaign and its allied organizations are promoting NATIONAL CALL-IN DAYS TO THE WHITE HOUSE, to urge President-elect George W. Bush to reduce the danger of accidental nuclear war by working with the Russians to TAKE ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS OFF HAIR-TRIGGER ALERT. Email for more information. 28 Lenten Desert Experience at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site, a day of prayer and action, contact: Nevada Desert Experience (NDE), Tel: +1 (702) 646-4814, or visit: Http://www.NevadaDesertExperience.org March 16-18 National Space Organizing Conference and Protest in Huntsville, Alabama sponsored by the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space. For more information, please contact Bruce Gagnon at P.O. Box 90083, Gainsville, Florida 32607 or by email at . 2-4 Lenten Desert Experience at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site, a weekend retreat and action, contact: Nevada Desert Experience (NDE), Tel: +1 (702) 646-4814, or visit: Http://www.NevadaDesertExperience.org April 6-13 Lenten Desert Experience at the Nevada Nuclear Test Site, Desert Peace Walk and Action, 65 miles in 5 days, includes Desert Seder meal and Nuclear Stations of the Cross, contact: Nevada Desert Experience (NDE), Tel: +1 (702) 646-4814, or visit: Http://www.NevadaDesertExperience.org May 4-6 International Conference and Membership Meeting of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, hosted by the Yorkshire Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. For more information, please contact Bruce Gagnon at P.O. Box 90083, Gainsville, Florida 32607 or by email at . *************** RESOURCES *************** WEB *Abolition 2000 Global Network Visit the website and find out why Abolition 2000 was ranked "Number 4 Watchdog Organization on the Internet" by InfoSeek/Go.com and "One of the best informational sites on the internet" by Encyclopedia Britannica. The website has recently been updated. If you have any suggestions for improvement or comments, please send to Carah Ong at admin@abolition2000.org URL: Http://www.abolition2000.org The latest edition of Disarmament Diplomacy is now available on the website of the Acronym Institute at: Http://www.acronym.org.uk Janet Bloomfield and Pamela Meidell issued the year 2000 "Annual Progress Toward a Nuclear Free World" on United Nations Day in October, announcing an abysmal total grade of 20 out of a possible 120 points. The report card tracks progress on Abolition 2000's eleven points. On many key issues, namely ceasing to produce and deploy new nuclear weapons, ratification of a Comprehensive Test Ban treaty, prohibitions on new nuclear research and testing in the laboratory, countries were given a 0 out of 10 grade. You can download the Report Card at http://www.abolition2000.org/reports/reportcard2000.html or email Pamela Meidell at Atomic Mirror to request a PDF file info@atomicmirror.org "Plutonium for everybody," a new report that will answer every question you have about plutonium in a clear and easy to understand manner, is now available from NVMP, the Dutch affiliate of IPPNW. The report is available at: Http://www.antenna.nl/nvmp Or contact Hans van Iterson at NVMP at nvmpsecr@antenna.nl Http://www.antenna.nl/nvmp On 3 November 2000 IPPNW-Netherlands, Parliamentarians for Global Action and PENN-Netherlands, organized an important meeting called 'Non-Proliferation Treaty and NATO nuclear policy'. The meeting focused on the paradox between the NPT-promises and the current role of nuclear arms within NATO/the "paragraph 32" process. The report of this seminar is now on-line for your information! http://www.antenna.nl/nvmp/nptnato5.htm VIDEO BUDDHA WEEPS IN JADUGODA, duration 55 min. format Beta PAL, English subtitle= =2E =46or more information about the film, please contact: Shriprakash Kritika 30 Randhir pd street upper bazar Ranchi 834001 India ph + 91(0) 651 317461 kritikashri@yahoo.com 2001 CALENDARS Housmans Peace Diary & World Peace Directory 2001 The Housmans Peace Diary & World Peace Directory is produced as a non-profit service to campaigning groups and activists around the world; the 2001 edition is now published. The attractively-produced Housmans Peace Diary for the year 2001 includes a feature on the UN's International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence. Its pocket format combines a week-to-a-view Appointments section with the uniquely authoritative World Peace Directory. The Appointments section includes a new selection of thoroughly-researched anniversary dates, and a quote or campaigning note each week. The World Peace Directory is fully re-compiled and lists 2000 organizations in over 150 countries working for Peace and Conflict Resolution, for the Environment, and for Human Rights. Web and e-mail addresses are included, in addition to post, phone and fax details, as well as a key to each organization's areas of concern. This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date directory of its kind published anywhere in the world. The 2001 Peace Diary (printed on recycled paper) is on sale in selected bookshops in many countries at stlg5.95 or equivalent*. It is also available direct from Housmans [see Note 1 below]. ISBN: 0 85283 255 9 ISSN: 0957-0136 48th Edition Cat Lovers Against the Bomb 2001 is now available from the Nebraskans for Peace. The calendar is a cat odyssey throughout the coming year, filled with thought-provoking quotations, catchy slogans, and important daily information on cat history and peace activities. To order, send US$7.95 + $1.25 postage each to: CLAB-PN P.O. Box 83466 Lincoln, Nebraska 68501 Tel: +1 402-475-4620 Email: catcal@aol.com BOOKS Stories of Victories for Peace: Inspiration, Encouragement and Empowerment "Peace is possible" contains frank, lively, short and readable personal accounts from 32 authors - most of them new articles, written for this book by men and women who were at the center of the action, Dalai Lama, Gorbachev, Jody Williams, Scilla Elworthy, Joseph Rotblat, Daniel Ellsberg, Howard Zinn, Nelson Mandela, Richard Falk, Mordechai Vanunu, Joanna Macy, Howard Zinn =8A.. Together they offer a wide panorama of the efforts that create hope for a safe and peaceful world order. "Peace is Possible", just published by the PB with the support of UNESCO, is a great gift to yourself and everyyone concerned with saving this marvellous green planet of ours. More information - how to order: "Peace is possible" is easy to order at Http://www.ipb.org or use this direct link: http://home.c2i.net/norpeace/peaceispossible.html Price US$20 (US$ 15 for IPB members and low income. Also bulk rates). Available already in 4 languages: Bangla, English, Finnish, Norwegian. =46orthcoming: Hindi and Marathi. ********** EDITOR ********** Carah Ong -- Carah Lynn Ong Coordinator, Abolition 2000 PMB 121, 1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 1 Santa Barbara CA 93108 Phone (805) 965 3443 FAX(805) 568 0466 Email: admin@abolition2000.org Website http://www.abolition2000.org Join the Abolition-Global Caucus listserv to receive regular updates about the Abolition movement. 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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kevin Martin Subject: (abolition-usa) job announcement Date: 19 Dec 2000 17:03:54 -0500 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------61807A3A6006821C153F38C8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by elk1.elkhart.net id RAA14701 Dear friends of Project Abolition and the Disarmament Clearinghouse: Below is a job announcement for the Disarmament Clearinghouse Coordinator in Washington, DC. Please re-post and circulate to appropriate listservs and to individuals you think might be interested. Thanks, Kevin Martin Director, Project Abolition ***** Job Opening =96 Project Abolition/Disarmament Clearinghouse Project Abolition, a national coalition of non-profit citizens organizations working to build a powerful grassroots movement to abolish nuclear weapons worldwide, seeks a Coordinator for its Disarmament Clearinghouse office in Washington, D.C. The Disarmament Clearinghouse Coordinator will help give grassroots opinion a united voice in the nation=92s capital, working for pro-disarmament positions with allies in Congress. The position will specifically entail: 1. Congressional and Executive Branch education on nuclear abolition and steps toward that goal, including proactive strategizing with member groups on priorities and new initiatives. 2. Providing assistance to grassroots member groups and unaffiliated groups in organizing Congressional/Executive Branch interaction. 3. Providing information and legislative analysis from Washington, DC-based organizations as a basis for grassroots field work. The successful candidate will possess excellent communications skills (verbal, written and computer), at least two years=92 experience with progressive citizen activist organizations and strong organizational skills. Knowledge of nuclear disarmament issues and of Congress and the legislative process are strongly preferred. Starting salary in low to mid $30,000=92s DOE. Good benefits include health insurance, retirement plan and paid vacation. To apply, please send resume, three references, and a writing sample to: Project Abolition, 109 E. Clinton St., Suite 10, Goshen, IN 46528 or by electronic mail to . Deadline for applications is January 12. Interviews will be conducted in Washington, DC. 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For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: ATRC December Update, Part 2 Date: 20 Dec 2000 13:41:13 -0500 >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:26:39 -0500 >Subject: ATRC December Update, Part 2 >X-FC-MachineGenerated: true >From: "BerrigaF@newschool.edu" > >December 18, 2000 > >TO: FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES OF THE > ARMS TRADE RESOURCE CENTER > >FROM: FRIDA BERRIGAN, MICHELLE CIARROCCA, > DENA MONTAGUE, AND BILL HARTUNG > >RE: ATRC UPDATE >================================================================ > >IV. THE MILITARY-MOVIE-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX > >V. SHORT TAKES, CAMPAIGNS, AND UPCOMING EVENTS > >VI. RESOURCES > >================================================================ > >V. SHORT TAKES, CAMPAIGNS, UPCOMING EVENTS > >NMD POLL: > >If finding out that the Pentagon and Corporate America are both >cheating you of tax dollars is not your idea of sensational scoop, try >this. AMERICANS DON'T WANT MISSILE DEFENSE. It is official. According >to a new Zogby/Reuters poll, 47% of those polled prefer building a >system >that stays within our commitments to the Anti-Ballistic Missile >Treaty. > >The text of the questionnaire read: >``Thinking of national defense, which course of action is best for >America? >Statement A: Build an expansive missile defense system of land-, sea- >and space-based weapons to protect Americans from the threat of a >nuclear attack by a rogue nation. >Statement B: Build a limited defense system that would provide America >with some level of protection, but would also abide by the now defunct >Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.'' > >What is your answer? Okay, 47% is not an earth shattering majority, >but with Bush/Cheney calling for the expansive system described in >Statement A, it is an important step and needs to be trumpeted. > > >PENTAGON SWEATSHOPS: > >Truth is stranger than fiction. The Pentagon was recently caught >supporting sweatshops in Nicaragua. An arm of the Pentagon, which runs >1,400 stores on military bases around the world, has a huge contract >for apparel from the Nicaraguan based Chentex. Chentex recently fired >150 >union supporters who were organizing to change working conditions. >Workers complain of low pay, monitored bathroom breaks, mandatory >overtime, verbal and physical abuse. Workers are paid 20 cents per >pair of jeans that retail for at least $30. Workers are demanding 8 >cents >more per pair of jeans. The Pentagon's stores made $7 billion in sales >last year. The United States spent ten years and billions of dollars >to defeat the Sandinista revolution, one of the main aims of which, >was >to ensure decent and livable working conditions for the Nicaraguan >people. > >For more information on the Chentex Campaign visit the National Labor >Committee at www.nlcnet.org/sweatingforkohls/thefacts.htm > > >SCHOOL OF THE AMERICAS, NEW NAME SAME SHAME: > >You might have seen the headlines, "Controversial U.S. Army School to >Close." But do not be fooled by the finality of the tone. The SOA, >which has trained 63,000 Latin American soldiers and police in its 37 >year >history, will reopen in mid January with an innocuous new name-- the >Western Hemispheric Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC)-- but >very few substantive changes. > >The School has graduated notorious human rights abusers Manuel Noriega >and Roberto D'Abussion as well as assassins and killers of every >stripe. School of the Americas Watch founder Roy Bourgeois describes >the >change as "taking a bottle of poison and labeling it penicillin. It is >still >deadly." > >For an analysis of the new WHISC, visit >www.soaw.org/Articles/legislative/critique.htm. Opponents of the SOA >are calling for an International Day of Action on January 17th, 2001 >to draw attention to the lack of REAL change at the School of the >Assassins. For more information email SOA Watch at >soawatch@knight-hub.com or call 202-234-3440. > > >HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: >WORLD REPORT 2001 > >Human Rights Watch released its comprehensive World Report 2001 last >week to coincide with International Human Rights Day. The report >begins with a charge that, "The scope of today's global human rights >problems far exceed the capacity of global institutions to address >them." > >Along with its profiles of human rights conditions in 70 countries, >this report also tracks important thematic concerns like the Global >Economy, International Financial Institutions, and North-South >Collusion. The section on the Global Economy criticizes the current >system of global commerce regulation for leaving "little or no room >for human rights or other social values," pointing out that "a world >integrated on commercial lines does not necessarily lead to human >rights improvements." As examples HRW cites China, where increased >international trade has not lessened repression of political >opposition and the Sudan, where revenue from international investment >in oil >extraction has allowed the government to double its military budget, >all of which is being allocated to fighting a brutal civil war. > >In their section on Arms, HRW calls attention to U.S. foot dragging on >compliance with the Land Mine Ban Treaty and allocation of millions of >dollars for the development of "smart" land mine technology. > >It is impossible for us to give you a complete overview here, but as >this report is an invaluable resource for journalists, activists and >policy makers alike, please access it on the web at >www.hrw.org/wr2k1/contents.html or call 212-216-1813 to order your >very own copy. > > >THE GOOD NEWS: >WE, THE WOMEN CAMPAIGN > >"We, the women of the United States of America, representing 53% of >the population, share an increasing concern about our national >priorities >and the ongoing development and reliance on nuclear weapons. We >proclaim our resolve to end the nuclear shadow that continues to loom >over all of our lives." > >With this preamble, women from around the country gathered in >Washington, DC, December 2-3, 2000 for the Women for Responsible >National Security Conference organized under the auspices of Peace >Links. The conference was the catalyst for the "We, the Women" >campaign, a 2-year nationwide effort for public education about >nuclear weapons policy, which will include grassroots organizing, >regional conferences, and a Congressional lobbying effort. > >While Peace Links founder Betty Bumpers said, "you don't have to be an >expert to question public policy," and she's right-- there was no >shortage of dynamic women experts who spoke throughout the weekend. >Stand out presentations came from State Senator Susan Castillo of >Oregon, a member of WAND's legislative lobby who connected military >spending to lack of adequate health services for the women she >represents; Claudia Peterson, a down winder from Cedar City, Utah, who >reminded us of the suffering wrought by nuclear weapons-- she listed >more than 40 people from her town who have died of cancer in the last >few years. Only a few were over 60. Alice Slater, president of GRACE, >called for a Bronx project to clean up nuclear waste that would rival >the Manhattan Project in energy, resources, brain power and elbow >grease. The slogan of the Bronx Project would be, "shut it down, clean >it up, tell the truth!!!!" > >The highlight of the weekend was the panel, "Enlisting the >Younger Generation of Women," where five young women-- high school and >college aged-- gave their suggestions and critiques of how to give the >message of nuclear disarmament a broader hearing among young people. >Ali Fisher of the U.S. Student Association asked, "Why do you want to >engage young women? For cheap labor or a for different perspective? As > >paper filers or informed activists?" She went on to remind the greying >members of the audience that involving young women on a decision making >level >means changing the way decisions are made, meetings are facilitated >and resources are allocated. She also asked the mostly white audience >to >think about what they meant by "young women"-- did it mean college >students, women without children, women with the resources to afford >unpaid internships, or were they willing to take the extra steps >necessary to make opportunities more accessible? Those questions >deserve a conference unto themselves. > >Frida presented as part of the "Corporate Influence in U.S. Defense >and Foreign Policies" workshop along with TRW whistleblower Dr. Nira >Schwartz, and Pat Birnie from the GE Stockholders' Alliance for a >Sustainable Nuclear-Free Future. If you would like a copy of Frida's >remarks, entitled "Dick Cheney: The One Man Military Industrial >Machine," please email berrigaf@newschool.edu. Frida was also >(unbeknownst to anyone) pictured in a slightly inaccurate but still >quite extraordinary article on nuclear weapons which appeared in the >January 2001 issue of Marie Claire, a high fashion magazine. Uma >Thurman is on the cover, but Frida is pictured on the highly coveted >page 84 of the magazine. Check it out >http://marieclaire.com/mc/articles/11peac11.htm (no picture of Frida >on the website, you have to buy the magazine for that). > >For more information about the "We, the Women" campaign visit >www.peacelinks.org/wrnf_campaign/index.html > >UPCOMING EVENTS: > >SMALL ARMS PREPCOM > >The United Nations is holding its second Preparatory Committee for the >UN Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all >its Aspects in New York, January 8-19, 2001. A third PrepCom will be >held March 19-30, followed by the main conference July 9-20. > >This is an opportunity for arms control activists to call attention to >U.S. weapons sale policy. HRW World Report 2001 has a section on arms >sales policy highlighting the United States' inadequate efforts to >stem the proliferation of small arms. The report cites a GAO study as >finding that between 1996 and 1998, the U.S. authorized transfers or >delivered $3.7 billion in small arms, primarily to close allies (Turkey >was a >top recipient), and acknowledged that some of these weapons had ended >up on the black market. > >Media attention will be focused on the conference, and it is a great >opportunity for activists to write letters-to-the-editor and op-ed >pieces voicing their concern and raising public awareness about the >devastation wrought by small arms and light weapons. If you'd like to >co-author an op-ed for your local paper or need ideas or feedback >please contact us. > >The World Policy Institute will be hosting a panel discussion during >the PrepCom on Wednesday, January 10 at the UN - stay tuned for more >details about speakers and time. > >For more information visit the UN Department for Disarmament Affairs >www.un.org/Depts/dda/CAB/smallarms/ and the International Action >Network on Small Arms www.iansa.org for background, official country >statements, documents and reports on the 2001 conference. > > >PROTEST AT FORT BRAGG: >Peace Plan Colombia, a North Carolina-based network of concerned >citizens opposed to the Clinton administration's current "Plan >Colombia," is leading a national protest for a non-violent >solution to the Colombian Crisis at Fort Bragg, NC, February 10-11. >Fort Bragg, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is the staging ground for >much of the military training component of the U.S. aid program. The >action is designed to attract the media to the overwhelming opposition >to this policy and to convince legislators to end a cynical, >non-effective, and immoral campaign of terror in Colombia. > >See www.peaceplancolombia.org for more information or contact Phil >Blank at peacecolombia@hotmail.com, (919) 928-9828, 605 Old >Fayetteville Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27516 > >VI. RESOURCES: > >WPI PANEL: >For those of you who couldn't make it to our lively and informative >November 30 panel, LINGERING NUCLEAR DANGERS: A CRITIQUE OF U.S. >POLICY >AT THE DAWN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM, with Gordon Mitchell and Natalie >Goldring, audio tapes are now available for $5 (to cover shipping and >handling). Please contact Frida if you'd like one: >berrigaf@newschool.edu. > >STRATEGIC DECEPTION: >Gordon Mitchell's book Strategic Deception: Rhetoric, Science, and >Politics in Missile Defense Advocacy, is now available. To order call >Michigan State University Press at 517-355-9543 or order online at >www.msupress.msu.edu/rhetoric/strategic.html. > >Book review from MSU Press: >The Cold War's legacy has been characterized by a systematic pattern >of threat inflation, a relentless stream of surplus weapons >development, >and a predilection for a brand of secret science that lines the >pockets of defense contractors and swells the war chests of hawkish >politicians-things that fray the fabric of democracy. There is perhaps >no military project more representative of this legacy than ballistic >missile defense (BMD). Since Ronald Reagan's "Star Wars address" in >1983, taxpayers have spent more than $100 billion on BMD projects. >Close examination reveals that many of these programs were of dubious >value. > >Politically seductive but scientifically elusive, the notion of >missile defense has given rise to waves of runaway rhetoric featuring >technical claims that have outstripped supporting scientific data. > >Many expected that such instances of strategic deception would crumble >with the Berlin Wall, but interlocking military and industrial >interests have invented sophisticated new forms of deception to keep >BMD >projects alive. In this work, Gordon Mitchell examines the technical >and >political dimensions of the recurrent BMD controversies from a >rhetorical perspective. His analysis yields original insights into the >origins and dynamics of Reagan's Star Wars proposal, the postmodern >complexities of strategic deception on Patriot missile accuracy in the >1991 Persian Gulf War, as well as fresh perspectives on Theater High >Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) and National Missile Defense (NMD). > >Mitchell believes that, as the episodes of strategic deception in >missile defense advocacy recur perennially, the democratic pedigree of >American society erodes. > > >PRIVATE WARRIORS: > >We've been meaning to encourage you for some time to get a copy of Ken >Silverstein's excellent new book, Private Warriors (New York and >London: >Verso Press, 2000), a highly readable and informative profile of the >"generals, gunrunners, and national security staffers who were cast >adrift at the end of the Cold War and who now operate in the private >sector." Each chapter is built around a different person/institution >and a different aspect of the military lobby, from arms dealers, to >so-called "private military companies" (i.e., corporate mercenaries), >to >an excellent closing chapter, "Phantom Menace: Frank Gaffney and the >Star Wars Crusade." The Star Wars chapter hits on some connections >that >readers of ATRC will be familiar with, but it goes further, >particularly >in sketching out the historical ties between the 1970s ideologues of >the >Committee on the Present Danger who set the stage for Reagan's >military >buildup and the 1990s Star Wars boosters like Frank Gaffney of the >Center for Security Policy. > >Let's give a year end sales boost to Silverstein's book, which should >be available in fine book stores everywhere, or, in a pinch, on >amazon.com. > > > >Frida Berrigan >Research Associate, >World Policy Institute >66 Fifth Ave., 9th Floor >New York, NY 10011 >ph 212.229.5808 x112 >fax 212.229.5579 > - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Reid vows to block possible energy pick Date: 20 Dec 2000 16:17:25 -0500 >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 09:58:16 -0500 >Subject: YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Reid vows to block possible energy pick >Priority: non-urgent >X-FC-MachineGenerated: true >To: susi_snyder@yahoo.com, bananas@lists.speakeasy.org, downwinders@egroups.com, nevadanetwork@egroups.com, nukenet@envirolink.org, nuke-waste@igc.topica.com >From: "kalynda@hotmail.com" > > > >Wednesday, December 20, 2000 >Copyright =A9 Las Vegas Review-Journal > >YUCCA MOUNTAIN: Reid vows to block possible energy pick >Louisiana Democrat proponent of nuclear power industry > > >DONREY WASHINGTON BUREAU > > >WASHINGTON -- Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday he would try to block= =20 >Senate confirmation of J. Bennett Johnston, the former Louisiana senator >and=20 >nuclear power champion who is being mentioned as a possible energy >secretary=20 >under incoming President George W. Bush. > >When Reid saw Johnston mentioned in a newspaper report as a possible >member=20 >of the Bush Cabinet, "the name leaped out so hard I couldn't wait to get >to=20 >the office this morning to call him to see if this was a serious matter." > >"He told me he was thinking about it," Reid recalled. "I told him, `I like= =20 >you a lot, but I'm going to do everything I can to prevent it.' " > >Johnston, 68, a Democrat who served in the Senate from 1973 to 1996, was=20 >closely associated with energy interests and was the major booster of >plans=20 >to locate a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, 100 miles >northwest=20 >of Nevada. > >As chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, he was=20 >considered the engine behind what came to be known as the 1987 "Screw=20 >Nevada" bill that designated Yucca Mountain as the only site the >government=20 >would study for a repository. > >Reid said he put his staff to work on the matter, put in calls to other=20 >lawmakers and began Tuesday to build a coalition of environmentalists who= =20 >share his view of Johnston. > >"We want to nip this one in the bud," Reid said. > >"I'm very distressed to hear that Bennett Johnston is a candidate for >energy=20 >secretary. It would be a declaration of war on the environment and=20 >environmentalists across the country," said Michael Mariotte, executive=20 >director of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service. > >Johnston is partner of a Washington lobbying firm, Johnston and >Associates,=20 >whose clients include the Nuclear Energy Institute, Entergy Corp., SBC=20 >Communications, Northrop Grumman and the University of New Orleans,=20 >according to Washington Representatives, a lobbyist guidebook. > >Johnston did not respond to calls for comment on Tuesday. > >Bush has said he plans to have Democrats in his Cabinet, and last week=20 >discussed the energy post with Sen. John Breaux, D-La. Breaux turned him=20 >down but recommended Johnston, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. > >"If (Bush) is responding by appointing Bennett Johnston, we should all be= =20 >afraid," Reid said. > >Others who have been mentioned as possible energy secretaries include Sen.= =20 >Slade Gorton, R-Wash., who was defeated for re-election last month, and=20 >Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles, a Democrat who supports drilling in the Arctic=20 >National Wildlife Refuge. > >But on a radio talk show on Tuesday, Knowles laughed at the idea and said >he=20 >has plenty of work to do in Alaska, according to his spokesman Bob King.=20 >Knowles said on the radio program he had not been contacted by the Bush=20 >transition team. > >Reid said he believed Gorton is not interested in the job. > >Another person mentioned was Don Evans, a Bush friend, his presidential=20 >campaign manager and chief executive of Tom Brown Inc., a Denver-based oil= =20 >and gas company with an office in Midland, Texas. But Evans was expected >to=20 >be named head of the Commerce Department. > > > > >This story is located at: >http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2000/Dec-20-Wed-2000/news/15073682.html > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > =20 - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) fighting back Date: 20 Dec 2000 16:26:36 -0500 www.Democrats.com "Democrats.com is the largest independent community of Democratic activists -- on the internet or anywhere else." No Surprises in Electoral College, But Get Ready for Fireworks on January 6 December 19, 2000 Despite eloquent appeals from Democratic activists, all 271 Republican Electors cast their votes today for W. But that's NOT all, folks! As Reuters reports, when Congress meets on January 6 to count the Electoral College votes, all it takes is 1 Representative and 1 Senator to challenge any state's Electors. And we at Democrats.com plan to spend the next 18 days exposing SEVERAL illegal and invalid slates and persuading Democrats to challenge and oppose them. We know we're taking on the mighty powers of the Republican Party and the corporate media, but we also know that truth is on our side, and you'll be there with us. So stay tuned for some awesome fireworks, because Democrats.com will not let W get away with the crime of the millenium! ___________________________________________________________ - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) fighting back Date: 20 Dec 2000 16:26:36 -0500 www.Democrats.com "Democrats.com is the largest independent community of Democratic activists -- on the internet or anywhere else." No Surprises in Electoral College, But Get Ready for Fireworks on January 6 December 19, 2000 Despite eloquent appeals from Democratic activists, all 271 Republican Electors cast their votes today for W. But that's NOT all, folks! As Reuters reports, when Congress meets on January 6 to count the Electoral College votes, all it takes is 1 Representative and 1 Senator to challenge any state's Electors. And we at Democrats.com plan to spend the next 18 days exposing SEVERAL illegal and invalid slates and persuading Democrats to challenge and oppose them. We know we're taking on the mighty powers of the Republican Party and the corporate media, but we also know that truth is on our side, and you'll be there with us. So stay tuned for some awesome fireworks, because Democrats.com will not let W get away with the crime of the millenium! ___________________________________________________________ - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "M.W. Stowell" Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) fighting back Date: 20 Dec 2000 21:18:48 -0800 Wasn't it the Democrats that committed that war crime in Yugoslavia? Reply-To: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com bweida@earthlink.net,dianehatz@gracelinks.org,cretine@plains.net, DBRUBAK@aol.com,khudson@elmnet.net,aslater@gracelinks.org, jarrettsranch@plains.net,MPCORGI@aol.com,dayna@gracelinks.org, dba@gracelinks.org www.Democrats.com "Democrats.com is the largest independent community of Democratic activists -- on the internet or anywhere else." No Surprises in Electoral College, But Get Ready for Fireworks on January 6 December 19, 2000 Despite eloquent appeals from Democratic activists, all 271 Republican Electors cast their votes today for W. But that's NOT all, folks! As Reuters reports, when Congress meets on January 6 to count the Electoral College votes, all it takes is 1 Representative and 1 Senator to challenge any state's Electors. And we at Democrats.com plan to spend the next 18 days exposing SEVERAL illegal and invalid slates and persuading Democrats to challenge and oppose them. We know we're taking on the mighty powers of the Republican Party and the corporate media, but we also know that truth is on our side, and you'll be there with us. So stay tuned for some awesome fireworks, because Democrats.com will not let W get away with the crime of the millenium! ___________________________________________________________ - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Lorraine Krofchok Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) fighting back Date: 21 Dec 2000 09:08:51 -0800 Send your Time and Newsweek covers back to them! ASlater wrote: > > www.Democrats.com > "Democrats.com is the largest independent community of Democratic activists > -- on the internet or anywhere else." > > No Surprises in Electoral College, > But Get Ready for Fireworks on January 6 > December 19, 2000 > > Despite eloquent appeals from Democratic activists, all 271 Republican > Electors cast their votes today for W. But that's NOT all, folks! As > Reuters reports, when Congress meets on January 6 to count the > Electoral College votes, all it takes is 1 Representative and 1 Senator > to challenge any state's Electors. And we at Democrats.com plan to > spend the next 18 days exposing SEVERAL illegal and invalid slates and > persuading Democrats to challenge and oppose them. We know we're > taking on the mighty powers of the Republican Party and the corporate > media, but we also know that truth is on our side, and you'll be there > with us. So stay tuned for some awesome fireworks, because > Democrats.com will not let W get away with the crime of the millenium! > ___________________________________________________________ > > - > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) fighting back Date: 21 Dec 2000 15:29:46 -0500 Hey folks--I'm not supporting the Democrats. I worked for Ralph Nader and the Greens. But the group below is a group that is fighting the theft of an election, the murder of democracy, a fast track for star wars, an arms race with China and probably Russia, and an enormous block to nuclear abolition. After all the "nice-nice" talk from the Democratic "leadership" about harmony and unity, I thought y'all would like to know that there's some fight left against the outrage from the Court, Bush, Gore"s "gracious" concession, etc. Alice At 11:18 PM 12/20/2000 -0500, you wrote: >Wasn't it the Democrats that committed that war crime in Yugoslavia? > > >From: ASlater >Reply-To: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com >To: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com,HELAINELER@aol.com, >bweida@earthlink.net,dianehatz@gracelinks.org,cretine@plains.net, >DBRUBAK@aol.com,khudson@elmnet.net,aslater@gracelinks.org, >jarrettsranch@plains.net,MPCORGI@aol.com,dayna@gracelinks.org, >dba@gracelinks.org >Subject: (abolition-usa) fighting back >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:26:36 -0500 > > >www.Democrats.com >"Democrats.com is the largest independent community of Democratic activists >-- on the internet or anywhere else." > >No Surprises in Electoral College, >But Get Ready for Fireworks on January 6 >December 19, 2000 > >Despite eloquent appeals from Democratic activists, all 271 Republican >Electors cast their votes today for W. But that's NOT all, folks! As >Reuters reports, when Congress meets on January 6 to count the >Electoral College votes, all it takes is 1 Representative and 1 Senator >to challenge any state's Electors. And we at Democrats.com plan to >spend the next 18 days exposing SEVERAL illegal and invalid slates and >persuading Democrats to challenge and oppose them. We know we're >taking on the mighty powers of the Republican Party and the corporate >media, but we also know that truth is on our side, and you'll be there >with us. So stay tuned for some awesome fireworks, because >Democrats.com will not let W get away with the crime of the millenium! >___________________________________________________________ > > >- > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to >"majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > >- > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ellen Thomas Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/12/21 - Petition to GE et al; DU International Date: 21 Dec 2000 17:10:47 -0500 Dear friends, I've missed sending daily NucNews briefs during the epic restoration project that keeps me away from the computer, and hope you have too. We're blessed that Guin continues to collect stories (as do several of you -- thanks!), and that Troy helps to prepare them for loading on the website, so the NucNews archives can stay reasonably up-to-date. There are a couple of items sent our way which need action -- (1) petition to nuclear contractors -- GE, WESTINGHOUSE, HITACHI, TOSHIBA, MITSUBISHI, BNFL, SIEMENS, JNF, COGEMA AND ALL NUCLEAR RELATED COMPANIES, and (2) announcement about an international week of actions to ban depleted uranium weapons. (Someone reported hearing Dick Cheney say that "perhaps" depleted uranium weapons aren't such a good idea after all. Perhaps the new administration will address this issue, if people are vocal enough. The "inaugurauction" in D.C. on January 20 might be a good time to have some banners and creative signs.) (3) My holyday poem to you -- ------------ (1) PETITION ADDRESSED TO GE, WESTINGHOUSE, HITACHI, TOSHIBA, MITSUBISHI, BNFL, SIEMENS, JNF, COGEMA AND ALL NUCLEAR RELATED COMPANIES We the undersigned organizations and individuals express our extreme concern that nuclear power related technologies and products are being manufactured and exported to countries in Asia, South America, and Africa. This, in spite of the fact that the trend in most advanced nations, which are also manufacturers of nuclear power, is to phase out this energy resource within their own boundaries. Even without mentioning Chernobyl, which was an unacceptable catastrophe under any circumstances, accidents happen. In fact, the number of accidents is increasing as more nuclear power plants are constructed all over the world and as older reactors age. We have to prevent future nuclear catastrophes by any and all means and this requires prompt and dramatic action. Moreover, it is contrary to the interests of nuclear related companies to continue with their current practices. Selling products might bring profits for a short-term period if no large accident happens in the near future, but considering the problems of waste, maintaining aging power plants, the constant release of deadly "low-level" radiation, decommissioning plants, and the possible occurrence of major accidents, this industry cannot bring benefits in the future. We believe that related companies are already well aware of this fact. Before it is too late, you should seriously address the problems immediately. It is also contrary to the interests of countries that require sustainable, clean, mostly decentralized, low-cost energy systems, adapted both to their needs and their use of capital, resources and labor. Also it is feared that all the importing countries, due to limitations of structural and technical capabilities that exist to various degrees, cannot handle nuclear facilities in a proper manner. This is also the case of advanced nations. Nuclear power is also contrary to global environmental issues such as global warming and pollution problems [http://www.geocities.com/mothersalert/globalwarming2.html]. The vast amount of waste hot water from nuclear power plants is raising the temperature of rivers, lakes and seas in areas near nuclear facilities. Radioactive emissions from facilities, even under permissible levels, have and will continue to accumulate in the environment world wide. There is no safe level of any ionizing radiation. Dr. John Gofman, world reknown nuclear health expert states that there is no safe level of ionizing radiation: http://www.geocities.com/mothersalert/gofman.html Dr.Gofman has testified in court in the USA that "acceptable" radiation levels constitute "planned deaths" by the nuclear industry. There are a number of cases of nuclear facility workers exposed to radiation, and some experts even state that the rate of children who develop eukemia [http://www.geocities.com/mothersalert/childrencancers.html] went up around some of these facilities. In particular Joseph Mangano of "The Radiation and Public Health Project has discovered a sharp decrease in infant mortality around 5 reactors shortly after these reactors ceased operating. See: http://www.geocities.com/mothersalert/infant.html & http://www.radiation.org At the same time, there is no concrete measure established for controlling high-level nuclear waste in any country in the world. Geological disposal is a possible option right now but many geologists have great doubts whether highly toxic radioactive material could be contained for more than tens of thousands of years. Even if they can the radioactivity of much of this nuclear waste will be lethal for more than one million years. Additionally, earthquake prone countries and their neighboring area might see an irreversible catastrophe caused either by the geological disposal/storage of nuclear waste, transportation of fuels/waste or normal operation of nuclear power plants in conjunction with violent seismic activity. The impact of radiation contamination goes beyond generational and national boundaries, and can bring eternal suffering and damage to all living creatures and the environment. Shortsighted economic interests or business aspirations should not supercede the chain of life on Earth, which is unrecoverable once damaged by a radioactive catastrophe or catastrophes. Therefore, we the undersigned organizations and individuals call upon all nuclear related industries and companies to immediately stop operating, transporting and manufacturing their products and halt exporting these technologies and products to other nations. NAME: ORGANISATION: FULL ADDRESS: E-MAIL ADDRESS: Again, please send Sign-Ons to: mari999@jk9.so-net.ne.jp. Please dissemenate widely. Thanks! --------- (2) International Week of Actions calling for a BAN on Depleted Uranium Weapons, planned for the week of January 15th through 21st, 2001 December 7, 2000 Dear Friends, I am writing today in the hopes that your organization can participate in MTP's International Week of Actions calling for a BAN on Depleted Uranium Weapons, planned for the week of January 15th through 21st, 2001. This week marks the tenth anniversary of the Persian Gulf War. As many of you know, there are many veterans and civilians suffering from mysterious ailments, which have been dubbed "Gulf War Syndrome". The Gulf War also marks the first time depleted uranium weapons, which are both radioactive and toxic, were used in warfare by the U.S. and the United Kingdom. Most recently, NATO used depleted uranium munitions in Yugoslavia. MTP believes depleted uranium may be one of the sources responsible for Gulf War Illnesses and the increased rates of cancers (especially in children) in southern Iraq and we are calling for an International Ban on DU weaponry. The U.S. Department of Defense estimates approximately 315 tons (630,000 pounds) of DU were fired in the Gulf in 1991. This firing resulted in the release of large amounts of DU dust, which contaminated thousands of tanks, vehicles and land. Depleted uranium dust can be transported by wind or water or can enter the body via wound contamination or injection (as in fragments), inhalation or ingestion. Depleted uranium has a half-life of 4 1/2 billion years. Among the short and long term health effects of inhaled or ingested depleted uranium particles are kidney and liver problems, immune system dysfunction, reproductive problems, birth defects and cancer. DU weapons may impose on a nation a burden of health care and environmental cleanup costs that is expensive to address. In the United States, not only are veterans suffering from the impacts of DU weapons, but the health and environment of communities and workers are being compromised by exposure to uranium throughout the whole life cycle of DU weapons production. The mining and milling of uranium, the enrichment of uranium, the production and manufacturing of DU weapons, and DU weapons testing are all activities which have caused widespread contamination and health problems. The price of clean up of 152,000 pounds of depleted uranium fragments and dust on 500 acres at Jefferson Proving Ground in Indiana (where DU rounds were tested) has been estimated at $4 to $5 billion dollars. The costs to human health are incalculable. Depleted Uranium weaponry should be an international concern as the proliferation of these weapons continues. At least 16 countries including the U.S., the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, Iran, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Pakistan, Thailand, and Taiwan now have depleted uranium penetrators in their arsenal. Other sources assert that the weaponry has proliferated to Iraq, Oman, Jordan, Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates. The United Nations Human Rights Commission has taken up the issue of depleted uranium weaponry through its Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities. The Sub-Commission adopted resolutions in 1996 and 1997 (resolution 1996/16 and 1997/36), which included depleted uranium weaponry among "weapons of mass or indiscriminate destruction", incompatible with international humanitarian or human rights law. MTP organized with two other groups, the LAKA Foundation of the Netherlands and the Campaign Against Depleted Uranium of England, a workshop on depleted uranium at the Hague Appeal for Peace Conference in May of 1999. It was there that the International Campaign to Ban Depleted Uranium Weaponry was launched. One of the most important aspects of the international campaign was for each group to develop a national strategy to get their perspective governments to support the ban. As we know with nuclear issues, the Campaign to Ban Landmines, and other very important issues, the United States is the most difficult government to get to do the right thing. We need your help and the help of every major organization fighting for justice in the United States to be on board in support of the ban. There are several ways your organization can get involved in the efforts to ban DU: Participate in and get the word out about the International Week of Actions from January 15 through January 21, 2001, marking the tenth anniversary of the Persian Gulf War. We would greatly appreciate any support your organization can give us to make this week of actions a success. We would also like your organization to take a position in support of an international ban on depleted uranium weaponry. Your organization can pass a resolution calling for a ban, participate in the petition drive to ban DU, and write letters to the editor and your members of Congress in support of the ban. I am enclosing MTP's Call to Action packet, which includes; a flyer on the International Week of Actions, a blank petition, sample resolutions and a map of the US which highlights some of the most egregious examples of how DU adversely impacted the health and environment. Please let us know if your organization supports the ban and if you will be participating in the International Week of Actions. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call toll free 1-877-783-5091 or visit MTP's Website at www.miltoxproj.org Sincerely, Tara Thornton, National Organizer Military Toxics Project --- For inquiries regarding Depleted Uranium testing and the Uranium Medical Project see the website at www.umproject.org or email mailto:ump @umproject.org ---------- (3) My holiday poem to you: I can't just settle for store-bought thoughts, no time to conjure a finely-wrought poem of praise or a flan flambe. I must scrape windows and paint today. Yesterday I sanded, too -- much of the time, my thoughts on you. I know it's Christmas - I hear the tunes on radio in the afternoons as I putty glass in old wood frames and think of trees and lights and games. What can I offer with so little time besides my thoughts, and this silly rhyme? Well, a wise old man had a few things to say which might lift your spirits this wintry day..... http://prop1.org/2000/0012card.htm Remember, I love you, and always will. And now I'll go scrape the windowsill. May 2001 be surprisingly peaceful for all.... Ellen Thomas ___________________________________________________ Today's News and Archives: http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm Submit URL/Article: mailto:NucNews@onelist.com OneList Archives: http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews (subscribe online) Other Excellent News-Collecting Sites - DOE Watch - http://www.egroups.com/group/doewatch Downwinders - http://www.egroups.com/group/downwinders Quick Route to U.S. Congress: http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm (Senators' Websites) http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html (Representatives' Websites) http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search) Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html Subscribe to NucNews Briefs: mailto:prop1@prop1.org Distributed without payment for research and educational purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Tom Condit Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) fighting back Date: 21 Dec 2000 15:04:20 -0800 Ummm .... But Gore was a *stronger* supporter of fast-tracking star wars than Bush. Bush wants to save the money for building up conventional forces to intervene around the world. Of course, Bush also lost the election but got picked anyway. At 03:29 PM 12/21/00 -0500, you wrote: >Hey folks--I'm not supporting the Democrats. I worked for Ralph Nader and >the >Greens. But the group below is a group that is fighting the theft of an >election, the murder of democracy, a fast track for star wars, an arms race >with China and probably Russia, and an enormous block to nuclear abolition. >After all the "nice-nice" talk from the Democratic "leadership" about harmony >and unity, I thought y'all would like to know that there's some fight left >against the outrage from the Court, Bush, Gore"s "gracious" concession, etc. >Alice > >At 11:18 PM 12/20/2000 -0500, you wrote: > >Wasn't it the Democrats that committed that war crime in Yugoslavia? > > > > > >From: ASlater > >Reply-To: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com > >To: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com,HELAINELER@aol.com, > >bweida@earthlink.net,dianehatz@gracelinks.org,cretine@plains.net, > >DBRUBAK@aol.com,khudson@elmnet.net,aslater@gracelinks.org, > >jarrettsranch@plains.net,MPCORGI@aol.com,dayna@gracelinks.org, > >dba@gracelinks.org > >Subject: (abolition-usa) fighting back > >Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:26:36 -0500 > > > > > >www.Democrats.com > >"Democrats.com is the largest independent community of Democratic activists > >-- on the internet or anywhere else." > > > >No Surprises in Electoral College, > >But Get Ready for Fireworks on January 6 > >December 19, 2000 > > > >Despite eloquent appeals from Democratic activists, all 271 Republican > >Electors cast their votes today for W. But that's NOT all, folks! As > >Reuters reports, when Congress meets on January 6 to count the > >Electoral College votes, all it takes is 1 Representative and 1 Senator > >to challenge any state's Electors. And we at Democrats.com plan to > >spend the next 18 days exposing SEVERAL illegal and invalid slates and > >persuading Democrats to challenge and oppose them. We know we're > >taking on the mighty powers of the Republican Party and the corporate > >media, but we also know that truth is on our side, and you'll be there > >with us. So stay tuned for some awesome fireworks, because > >Democrats.com will not let W get away with the crime of the millenium! > >___________________________________________________________ > > > > > >- > > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to > >"majordomo@xmission.com" > > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > > > > > >- > > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > > > >- > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: The true Florida vote Date: 22 Dec 2000 12:55:43 -0500 >Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 20:19:26 -0500 >Subject: The true Florida vote >To: ross@cal.votenader.org, josh_morsell@hotmail.com, agallivan@psr.org, cwolman@mcn.org, hcaldic@cci.net.au, jeanna@votenader.org, nukepres@mcn.org, ungerk@earthlink.net, leurenmoret@yahoo.com, marylia@earthlink.net, mitchc@mcn.org, lanlaction@aol.com, rmgould1@yahoo.com, slbaker@calpoly.edu, tom@votenader.org, ahochschild@mcimail.com, megiddo@umich.edu, panthers@mcn.org, beadgame@mcn.org, wmangrum@aol.com, globalnet@mindspring.com, campaignupdate@gore2000.org, cj@mcn.org, misscleo@mcn.org, infospec@cinti.net, dsg@phoenixdsl.com, fmacy@igc.apc.org, gdaly@mcn.org, hannahvc@usa.net, heens@impop.bellatlantic.net, jeff@specialr.com, jdwolman@msn.com, steiner_king@earthlink.net, "jcs\"\"\""@west.net, > josh.baumgartner@e2ecorp.com, advocatenews@mcn.org, ljc.pfp@humboldt1.com, mdubrow@humboldt1.com, psrnatl@psr.org, wfoenterprizes@geocities.com, rosalinajewett159@passport.com, scottym@mcn.org, tamaraba@hotmail.com, teaac@hotmail.com, tw@mcn.org, appleanniesat137thst@yahoo.com, susan@cal.votenader.org, mcenviro@pacific.net, aslater@gracelinks.org, dbear39@hotmail.com, angelgabriel84@hotmail.comg, stoffwechseldd@gmx.net, whalton@ix.netcom.com, macplace@mcn.org, hruhs@mcn.org, mandersn@mcn.org, rafa@saber.net, clopinto@webtv.net, stewartb@mcn.org, kthall@hotmail.com, haapanen@mcn.org, moxie@mcn.org, rkarch@mcn.org, hincker@mcn.org, johnnychicago13@yahoo.com, brucehering@pacific.net, fas@fas.org, bobevans@mcn.org, jag@mcn.org, > barney@fiobera.unam.edu.ar >From: "cwolman@mcn.org" > >Dear friends, A statistical analysis of the Florida vote was done by >the Miami Herald. They found that if all votes were correctly counted, >Gore would have won by 23,000 votes. > >The heaviest undercounts were in the urban counties- Only one of every >40 ballots was rejected in precincts Bush won, while one of every 27 >ballots was rejected in > precincts Gore won. Nearly half of Gore's margin, more than 11,000 >extra votes, would come from Palm Beach County alone. The other counties >that would give him more than 1,000 new votes are Broward, Miami-Dade, >Duval and Pinellas. Palm Beach, home of the infamous butterfly ballot, >and Duval, where candidates' names were spread across two pages, had 31 >percent of the uncounted ballots, but only 12 percent of the total votes >cast. > >To read the article, go to http://www.herald.com/ > >One possible redress is suggested by Zev Greenberg, publishing >athttp://www.indymedia.org/ This online newspaper, for those of you >who don't know it, is the CNN of the new left activists. Anyone can >publish, most publications are responsible, and there is a chance to >comment. > >PETITION CONGRESS TO REJECT FLORIDA ELECTORAL VOTES > by zev greenberg 2:12am Fri Dec 22 '00 > > Citizen action needs to begin now in an >effort to prevent > counting of Florida Elecoral Votes. > Congress meets January 5, 2001 to accept >electoral votes > Act now! > > PETITION CONGRESS TO REJECT FLORIDA'S ELECTORAL >VOTES > > PETITION TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES > > Whereas, the Congress has power to Reject electoral >votes of any state; and > > Whereas, recount data demonstrates that Al Gore won >plurality in Florida, (as well as nationwide by more than 500,000 votes) >and is thereby entitled to Florida’s 25 electoral votes; and > > Whereas, Bush’s road to the Presidency has been >characterized by illegality, fraud, threats, nepotism, abuse of power, >legal manipulation, orchestrated mob intimidation, resulting in denial >of equal protection under the law and injury to > the Presidency of Al Gore; and (Wm. A Ruha, Democrats.com); and > > Whereas, documented violation of Voting Rights Act >of 1965 disenfranchised thousands of Florida minorities, thereby >denying them ‘equal protection under the law’ > > Whereas, the Supreme Court's specious reasoning, >misinterpreted law, and protrusive partisan politics collectively >''departs from the rules of judicial restraint." (Justice Stevens), >and thereby violated Democratic voters’ and Al Gore’s ‘equal >protection under the law’; and > > Whereas, Congress is not obligated to accept the >Supreme Court's decision, but has in the past used its assigned powers >to correct erroneous Supreme Court rulings, using the same rights the >Florida legislature assumed in overruling the Florida Supreme Court; >and > > Whereas, inauguration of an unelected President is >destructive to the principles of democracy, violates the equal >protection of the law regarding citizens' votes, and creates the >conditions for social unrest and probable physical, psychic, and >financial harm to American citizens whose protests are compelled by >violation of their right to equal protection under the law; and > > Whereas, So strongly do the undersigned feel that >their rights under the law have been abridged, that we enjoin all >Senators & Representatives to reject Florida's Republican electoral >votes, and will target for recall any who violate the trust of the >people by failing to reject Floridas' votes; > "The patronage of public office should no longer be >confided to one who uses it for active opposition to the national >will." --Thomas Jefferson, 1804 > > Therefore, Be It Resolved that the Republican >electoral votes of Florida be judged invalid and rejected in the >United States Congress, causing the Presidency to be awarded to Albert >Gore, the winner of the 2000 Presidential election. > - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. 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CAAB will continue working for accountability at NSA Menwith Hill, = Fylingdales and other US Bases and peacefully opposing the American NMD = proposals.=20 As this very busy year comes to a close we would like to wish you all a = hope and joy filled Christmas and renewed strength and faith in the = continuing struggle for a peaceful future! May a strong, just and gentle Spirit embrace us all as we strive to make = our world a better place, free from war and unnecessary want. 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So many times your actions have inspired me and feel certain that many others feel the same.  I certainly return your message of appreciation and hope for the new year.

Wishing you all the best,

Sally Light
Executive Director
Nevada Desert Experience

Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow wrote:

  Dear Ffriends and Supporters We take this opportunity to thank you all for the hard work you do and the inspiration and support you give. CAAB will continue working for accountability at NSA Menwith Hill, Fylingdales and other US Bases and peacefully opposing the American NMD proposals. As this very busy year comes to a close we would like to wish you all a hope and joy filled Christmas and renewed strength and faith in the continuing struggle for a peaceful future! May a strong, just and gentle Spirit embrace us all as we strive to make our world a better place, free from war and unnecessary want. Love and Peace Anni and LindisCAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN BASES(CAAB)8 Park Row, Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1HQ, England, U.K.
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For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Oak Ridge, INEEL, Los Alamos to Produce Pu-238 Date: 26 Dec 2000 15:14:17 -0500 >Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 13:55:37 -0500 >Subject: Oak Ridge, INEEL, Los Alamos to Produce Pu-238 >Priority: non-urgent >X-FC-MachineGenerated: true >To: bananas@lists.speakeasy.org >From: "bobschaeffer@earthlink.net" > > OAK RIDGE MAY PRODUCE PLUTONIUM > The Tennesseean -- December 25, 2000 > > OAK RIDGE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Oak Ridge National Laboratory is >expected to be tapped next month to help in plutonium production for the >space program, a development that would bring $34 million for >renovations to the nuclear lab. > The U.S. Department of Energy has identified Oak Ridge as one of two >sites under consideration to help produce plutonium-238 and serve as the >primary processing facility of radioactive material. > Oak Ridge's High Flux Isotope Reactor and the Advanced Test Reactor >at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab would split the >production role, according to the latest DOE proposal. > For Oak Ridge, the new project would mean long-term work for about >70 people, and it would help solidify the lab's nuclear mission. Once >the decision is final, plans will proceed for upgrades to the >Radiochemical Engineering Development Center, a two-building nuclear >complex. > Gordon Michaels, director of nuclear technology programs at Oak >Ridge, said the staff is excited about the new work, which would bring >"an interesting and challenging scientific operation." > NASA needs plutoniuim-238 to fuel probes in deep space. > Oak Ridge workers would purify the plutonium, which then would be >shipped to Los Alamos National Laboratory where it would be formed into >pellets used in space power systems. > Oak Ridge has never handled plutonium in large quantities, but the >lab has experience in handling other highly hazardous. If approved, Oak >Ridge is expected to begin plutonium production in late 2006 or early >2007. > - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: BEIR VII study extension Date: 27 Dec 2000 15:41:45 -0500 >Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 14:04:59 -0500 >Subject: BEIR VII study extension >To: edouple@nas.edu >From: "rjostes@nas.edu" > > >The BEIR VII study has been extended two years in order that new >information on >the doses to the Japanese atomic >bomb survivors can be developed and analyzed. The new anticipated date for >completion of the study is October, 2003. > >Rick Jostes >National Academy of Sciences >2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. >Washington, D.C. 20418 > >rjostes@nas.edu >Phone [202] 334-2840 >FAX [202] 334-1639 > - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: BEIR VII study extension Date: 27 Dec 2000 15:41:45 -0500 >Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 14:04:59 -0500 >Subject: BEIR VII study extension >To: edouple@nas.edu >From: "rjostes@nas.edu" > > >The BEIR VII study has been extended two years in order that new >information on >the doses to the Japanese atomic >bomb survivors can be developed and analyzed. The new anticipated date for >completion of the study is October, 2003. > >Rick Jostes >National Academy of Sciences >2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. >Washington, D.C. 20418 > >rjostes@nas.edu >Phone [202] 334-2840 >FAX [202] 334-1639 > - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: Peltier Poll on vote.com] Date: 28 Dec 2000 11:51:28 -0500 >Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2000 07:56:09 -0500 >Subject: [Fwd: Peltier Poll on vote.com] >X-FC-MachineGenerated: true >From: "jsteinbach@igc.org" > > >Friends- Sorry to have to keep sending you Peltier material, but the FBI >is still busy trying to bury Cointelpro and Leonard. Keep on calling >Clinton at 202-456-1111 (Push O to bypass menu) >Louise is recovering nicely from her abdominal surgery. Happy Holidays >Louise & John >-------- Original Message -------- >Subject: Peltier Poll on vote.com >Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 16:39:41 -0600 >From: "LPDC" >To: jsteinbach@igc.org > >Dear friends, > >The website http://www.vote.com has a poll up with the question "Should >President >Clinton Pardon Leonard Peltier, Who Was Convicted Of Killing Two FBI >Agents?" >The current total is about 6,500 votes no and 350 votes yes. Clearly the >FBI >found out about the poll before we did, but we can fix that! > >For each person that votes, "vote.com" sends an email to President Clinton, >telling him how he/she voted. > >[Vote.com was created by Dick Morris (who was President Clinton's chief >strategist and advisor in the 1996 campaign. He's now a commentator on the >Fox News Channel and writes a weekly column in the New York Post) and >Eileen >McGann is an attorney and former public interest lobbyist.] > >We are asking all Peltier supporters to go to this website an vote in >support for Clemency for Leonard Peltier. > >In solidarity, > >--- LPDC > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >To subscribe, send a blank message to lpdc-on@mail-list.com >To unsubscribe, send a blank message to lpdc-off@mail-list.com >To change your email address, send a message to lpdc-change@mail-list.com > with your old address in the Subject: line > > > >This message was launched into cyberspace to jsteinbach@igc.org > - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sally Light Subject: (abolition-usa) [Fwd: DOE lacks funds for Test Site nuke storage] Date: 28 Dec 2000 09:52:25 +0000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------818ACF99C2FF8CBF320D8759 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------818ACF99C2FF8CBF320D8759 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from hotmail.com (f191.law10.hotmail.com [64.4.15.191]) by hummingbird.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA20253; Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:32:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Thu, 28 Dec 2000 08:32:33 -0800 Received: from 24.234.124.184 by lw10fd.law10.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 28 Dec 2000 16:32:33 GMT X-Originating-IP: [24.234.124.184] nukenet@envirolink.org, nuke-waste@igc.topica.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 28 Dec 2000 16:32:33.0635 (UTC) FILETIME=[C7B24B30:01C070EB] Las Vegas SUN December 27, 2000 DOE lacks funds for Test Site nuke storage By Mary Manning LAS VEGAS SUN If Congress next year approves temporarily storing nuclear waste in Nevada, the Department of Energy won't have funds for developing a storage facility at the Test Site. The DOE had $85 million of taxpayers' money tucked away in the Defense Department fund to pay for temporary high-level nuclear waste storage near Yucca Mountain, the nation's only site under study as a permanent radioactive waste dump. The money, which was dedicated for temporary storage, was the Defense Department's share earmarked for nuclear weapons waste. But during this year's prolonged budget negotiations, $75 million of the funds were stripped from the DOE's budget, leaving $10 million for completing a site recommendation report next year. Congressional staffers credit Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., the second most powerful Democratic senator, for removing the bulk of the funds. Congress first attempted to approve a plan to ship thousands of tons of highly radioactive waste to Nevada for temporary storage in 1996. The money was set aside in one of two funds, but never spent, because President Clinton vetoed any temporary storage bill that managed to pass. Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., who was not in Congress at the time the original legislation was passed, said the remaining funds should go for transmutation, the process that converts deadly nuclear wastes into less harmful materials, or for recycling research, "either of which benefit the environment and the health of Nevada citizens." The $85 million was contingent on Congress passing a temporary storage bill, said Michael O'Donovan, spokesman for Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., who opposed the funding. Instead of having the money ready to construct the temporary facility, Congress must appropriate it again, giving Nevada's congressional members another area to fight the project. Without the money sitting in the fund, the process will be further delayed even if Congress gives the OK. Transmutation did receive $4 million, given to UNLV for further research. Reid secured the funding in the Senate while Berkley protected the funding in the House. The DOE has been under pressure from nuclear utilities to remove spent nuclear fuel from reactor sites. Nuclear power plants have generated more than 40,000 tons of waste, most of it sitting in storage pools near nuclear power reactors at 76 sites in 34 states. In addition to the 2,000 tons of waste generated each year by utilities, 100,000 gallons of nuclear waste from defense activities are stored in Idaho, Washington and South Carolina. The DOE missed a 1998 deadline to take nuclear wastes off power plant sites, resulting in 13 lawsuits. A recent federal appeals court ruling allows the utilities to sue the DOE. Although the DOE still has not completed studies for a permanent nuclear waste tomb at Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, the $85 million was set aside so environmental studies at the site could begin immediately if and when Congress approves temporary storage in Nevada. The money for nuclear waste management is collected in two funds. In order for the money to go to temporary storage, Congress must request it on an annual basis. The first fund is fed by nuclear power customers, who pay one-tenth of a cent per kilowatt hour on their monthly utility bills. As of this year, $9.1 billion was available from nuclear electricity consumers. The second fund comes from taxpayer dollars and covers radioactive wastes from Defense Department activities that contractors are cleaning up at hundreds of former nuclear weapons sites across the country. A total of $1.1 billion has accumulated in that fund to date. The DOE cannot spend these funds without annual congressional approval for studies at Yucca Mountain, the proposed permanent nuclear repository for 77,000 tons of highly radioactive waste, or for temporary nuclear waste storage. Congress has attempted to send nuclear waste from commercial reactors to either the Nevada Test Site or to a location nearby Yucca Mountain since 1996, although interim storage is against current federal law in a state under study as a permanent waste repository. For the past five years Nevada's congressional delegation blocked temporary nuclear waste storage, so the $85 million stayed in the defense fund, the DOE's annual reports to Congress said. Congress has considered how much money to give the DOE each year for its nuclear waste activities. For 2001 the DOE has roughly $351 million for scientific studies at Yucca Mountain. Kalynda Tilges Nuclear Issues Coordinator Citizen Alert - Las Vegas P.O.Box 17173 Las Vegas, NV 89114 702-796-5662 702-796-4886 fax Kalynda@hotmail.com Citizen Alert - "A voice for the land and people of Nevada" _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com --------------818ACF99C2FF8CBF320D8759-- - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Rumsfeld's corrupt record Date: 29 Dec 2000 10:47:39 -0500 Rumsfeld, Bush's pick for Defense Secretary, headed the infamous Congressional Rumsfeld Commission whose tainted conclusions are driving the push for Son of Star Wars. The Commission predicted that North Korea would be such a threat by 2005 that the US had to deploy NMD by last summer. Thankfully we were able to get Clinton to "delay" a decision on deployment--but not on continuing research and testing. See Bill Hartung's report, The Tangled Web for the sordid,sorry story of how Rumsfeld got to chair the Commission during the Gingrich Congress, and the disgraceful corporate corruption which played such a heavy handed role. www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms (click on reports) Tangled Web: the Marketing of Missile Defense 1994-2000 by William Hartung and Michelle Ciarrocca, June 2000. Alice Slater Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) 15 East 26th Street, Room 915 New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 726-9161 fax: (212) 726-9160 email: aslater@gracelinks.org http://www.gracelinks.org GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network for the elimination nuclear weapons. - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Rumsfeld: Star Wars Booster Date: 29 Dec 2000 15:03:59 -0500 >Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2000 16:36:03 -0500 >Subject: Rumsfeld: Star Wars Booster >To: palist@peace-action.org >From: "gclark@peace-action.org" > > > A taste of what is ahead of us with our incoming Secretary of Defense. He >is also an opponent of the CTB, CWC and Start II. Get your activist engines >running... > > But first, my best wishes on behalf of the national office and org for a >happy, healthy and prosperous New year! > > - Gordon > > > > >Institute for Public Accuracy >915 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045 >(202) 347-0020 * http://www.accuracy.org * ipa@accuracy.org >___________________________________________________ > Friday, December 29, 2000 > > Rumsfeld: Star Wars Booster > >WILLIAM HARTUNG, cell: (917) 923-3202, (212) 229-5808 ext. 106, >hartung@newschool.edu, >http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports.html >Senior research fellow at the World Policy Institute and co-author of the >recent report "Tangled Web: The Marketing of Missile Defense, 1994-2000," >Hartung said today: "Donald Rumsfeld has a reputation as a moderate, dating >back to his days as secretary of defense in the Ford administration in the >mid-1970s, but during the 1990s he has become a darling of right-wing >Republicans and a member in good standing of the Star Wars lobby. As Newt >Gingrich and Trent Lott's handpicked chairman of a congressionally-mandated >commission on Third World ballistic missiles that bore his name, Rumsfeld >grossly exaggerated the ballistic missile threat to the United States posed >by so-called rogue states such as Iran and North Korea. At the same time >that he was providing this allegedly objective assessment of missile >threats, Rumsfeld was a close associate of Frank Gaffney's Center for >Security Policy, a corporate-financed, ideologically driven think tank that >serves as the nerve center of the missile defense lobby. He also served on >the board of Empower America, which ran misleading, pro-Star Wars ads >against Democratic senators who opposed the plan during the 1998 mid-term >elections. Before Rumsfeld is confirmed as secretary of defense, he needs >to answer some tough questions about whether he has the temperament and the >objectivity to be entrusted with decisions about a National Missile Defense >system that could cost hundreds of billions of dollars and spark a new >nuclear arms race in the bargain." > >KARL GROSSMAN, (631) 725-2858, cell: (516) 551-8941, >kgrossman@hamptons.com, http://www.globenet.free-online.co.uk >Author of the forthcoming "Weapons In Space" and professor of journalism at >the State University of New York/College at Old Westbury, Grossman said >today: "Star Wars has received a huge push with the assumption of power by >the Bush-Cheney administration, intimately linked to corporate interests >committed to expanding space military activities. The goal, as U.S. >military documents state [e.g., http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace], is to >have the U.S. 'control space' and from space 'dominate' the Earth below. >That's why, in November 2000, some 160 nations voted in the United Nations >-- the U.S. abstained -- to reaffirm the Outer Space Treaty, the basic >international law on space, enacted in 1967 to keep war out of space. Now >the U.S. would push full-speed-ahead to make space a new arena of war. >Spearheading the drive will be Rumsfeld and Richard Cheney, a former member >of the TRW board. His wife, Lynne Cheney, remains on the Lockheed Martin >board but is on a 'leave of absence.' (Lockheed Martin, the world's biggest >weapons manufacturer, and TRW are major Star Wars contractors -- and have >spent many millions of dollars lobbying for the program.) A main player, >too, will be National Security Council deputy director-designee Stephen J. >Hadley, a Star Wars advocate whose Washington law firm represents Lockheed >Martin. And they will be working from a foreign policy platform put >together at the Republican National Convention by a committee chaired by >Bruce Jackson, vice president for corporate strategy and development at >Lockheed Martin." > >For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy: >Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020 or (202) 332-5055 > - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.