From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #83 Reply-To: abolition-usa-digest Sender: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk abolition-usa-digest Tuesday, February 23 1999 Volume 01 : Number 083 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 17:41:49 -0500 From: Coalition for Peace Action Subject: (abolition-usa) Municipal Resolution on Abolition Passes On Tuesday night, February 16, the Lawrence Township, NJ municipal council became the seventh municipality in New Jersey to adopt a resolution in support of the Abolition Treaty 2000 Campaign. The vote was 4 in favor, 1 abstention. Seventeen members of the Coalition for Peace Action were present in support of the resolution. Copies will be sent to our Representative, Senators, members of the N.J. Assembly and Senate, and to President Clinton. Over the past year, six other New Jersey municipalities passed resolutions: Roosevelt, Princeton Borough, Princeton Township, Lambertville, Trenton and Cherry Hill. If anyone wants a sample resolution and/or a list of suggestions based on our experience, contact me as indicated below. - -- Rev. Robert Moore, Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action 40 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 (609) 924-5022 voice, (609) 924-3052 fax cfpa@cyberenet.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. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:19:36 -0500 From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Correction: NO Navajo Nuclear Free Zone >Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 18:16:46 -0500 >Subject: NO Navajo Nuclear Free Zone >To: bobschaeffer@igc.org, bananas-ana@igc.org, > bcostner@emeraldnet.net, aslater@gracelinks.org, > allister@snakeriveralliance.org, healls@aol.com, > dm4stand@arn.net, healtm@aol.com, > mstewart@snakeriveralliance.org, tn4stand@arn.net, > pa4stand@arn.net, tomc@whistleblower.org, dallas41@hotmail.com, > cprcrogers@mindspring.com, gmello@lasg.org, > lovenature@ednet.co.uk >From: sric@igc.apc.org (sric@igc.apc.org) > >In a last-minute change that isn't fully explained, the Navajo Nation >president did NOT sign the Nuclear Free Zone Declaration! Ostensibly, it's >because the Navajo Acting Attorney General raised some legal questions >about >some of the implications -- including the impact of calling radiation >exposure "a number one" public health problem when the Nation is going to >sue the tobacco industry. > >Anyway, there's a great newspaper article, entitled "Nuclear War!" about >how >the president "is poised to sign a sweeping proclamation that would declare >nuclear radiation as the Navajo Nation's number one environmental and >health >problem." But it hasn't happened. Once again, the press is not always >right! > >It appears that it's either possible or likely that a "toned down" version >will be signed eventually, and one that leaves out opposition to >transportation to WIPP, Yucca Mountain, etc. > >So stay tuned! Sorry about giving some of you glad tidings and now giving >you a letdown! >Don Hancock >Southwest Research and Information Center >PO Box 4524 >Albuquerque, NM 87106 >505/346-1455 >505/346-1459 - Fax >http://www.sric.org > 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 GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to eliminate 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. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 19:11:15 EST From: LCNP@aol.com Subject: (abolition-usa) Mar 1 book launch at UN on nuclear effects On March 1, Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy and the Marshall Islands Mission to the United Nations will be launching the book "Pacific Women Speak Out" at the United Nations in New York. This coincides with the opening day of the Commission on the Status of Women. "Pacific Women Speak Out" describes the catastrohpic effects of nuclear testing, uranium mining and nuclear waste dumping on the peoples of the Pacific, and calls for a nuclear free world. It is dedicated to Darlene Keju- Johnson from the Marshall Islands who died of cancer at the age of 45. Darlene said "The story of the Marshallese people since the nuclear weapons tests has been sad and painful. Allow our experience to save others such sadness and pain." The launch will include presentations from Kate Dewes (Aotearoa-New Zealand), Tonya Gonnella Frichner (American Indian Law Alliance) and a delegate from a Pacific Island State, and video footage from Pacific Women including Darlene Keju-Johnson. It will take place from 1:30 - 3 pm at the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium. If you would like to go and need a UN pass, please contact lcnp@aol.com as soon as possible. Peace Alyn Ware - - 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. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 19:11:16 EST From: LCNP@aol.com Subject: (abolition-usa) Mar 1 book launch at UN on nuclear effects On March 1, Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy and the Marshall Islands Mission to the United Nations will be launching the book "Pacific Women Speak Out" at the United Nations. This coincides with the opening day of the Commission on the Status of Women. "Pacific Women Speak Out" describes the catastrohpic effects of nuclear testing, uranium mining and nuclear waste dumping on the peoples of the Pacific, and calls for a nuclear free world. It is dedicated to Darlene Keju- Johnson from the Marshall Islands who died of cancer at the age of 45. Darlene said "The story of the Marshallese people since the nuclear weapons tests has been sad and painful. Allow our experience to save others such sadness and pain." The launch will include presentations from Kate Dewes (Aotearoa-New Zealand), Tonya Gonnella Frichner (American Indian Law Alliance) and a delegate from a Pacific Island State, and video footage from Pacific Women including Darlene Keju-Johnson. It will take place from 1:30 - 3 pm at the Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium. If you would like to go and need a UN pass, please contact lcnp@aol.com as soon as possible. Peace Alyn Ware - - 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. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 20:49:29 -0500 From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: FWB: Nuclear Y2K Symposium March 8th in Washington, D.C. >From: Scott >Subject: Nuclear Y2K >Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 14:40:20 -0500 > >NUCLEAR Y2K SYMPOSIUM >Monday, March 8, 1999 >9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m >Canon Caucus Room (Room 345) >Canon House Office Building >"Probably one out of every five days I wake up in a cold sweat thinking Y2K >is much bigger than we think, and then the other four days I think maybe we >are on top of it. Everything is so interconnected, it's very hard to know >with any precision that we have got it fixed." --John Hamre, Deputy >Assistant Secretary of Defense, October, 1998. > >There is wide-ranging uncertainty about the degree to which nuclear power >facilities and nuclear arsenals will be impacted by the erroneous >information generated by computer systems at the turn of the year (the Y2K >problem). The Nuclear Y2K Symposium will discuss potential and predicted >computer problems involving both nuclear power plants and nuclear weapons. >It seeks to educate elected officials, the public and the media on the >integrity of nuclear safety systems. > >PRELIMINARY PROGRAM >Unconfirmed presentations are italicized >MORNING SESSION (9:00 - 1:00) >* OVERVIEW OF Y2K AS A MANAGERIAL AND TECHNICAL PROBLEM >Introduction: Ed Markey (Moderator) U.S. House of Representatives >Speaker: Bill Ulrich President, Political Strategy Group, Inc. >* THE NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY: THE CONSEQUENCES OF COMPUTER-GENERATED >FAILURES FOR SAFETY AND BACK-UP SYSTEMS >Speakers: David Lochbaum Union of Concerned Scientists >Michio Kaku Professor of Theoretical Physics, CUNY >Rick Cowles President, CS America >Paul Gunter Nuclear Information and Resource >Service Presenter to be announced: Nuclear Regulatory Commission > >Panel: Michael Murphy: Nuclear Engineer, Pennsylvania Dept. of >Environmental >Protection >Judith Johnsrud, Director, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power >LUNCH BREAK (1:00-2:00) >AFTERNOON SESSION (2:00 - 5:30) >* Y2K AND NUCLEAR ARSENALS: WEAPONS AND OPERATIONS >Moderators: Sam Nunn, CSIS Year 2000 Taskforce, and Tom Harkin, U.S. >Senate >Speakers: Tom Harkin (Introductory Remarks) > Sam Nunn (Introductory Remarks) >Ted Taylor Visiting Fellow, Princeton University Center >Energy and Environmental Studies >Bruce Blair, Brookings Institution >Michael Kraig, British American Security Information Council >Stephen Young, British American Security Information Council >Presenter to be announced Department of Defense > >* QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION PERIOD: 5:00-5:30 > > >At 04:41 AM 1/17/99 -0600, you wrote: >>>------Begin forward message------------------------- >>> >>>Y2K ALERT 1/13/1999 >>>WAITING FOR YOU IN TODAY'S ALERT... >>>___________________________________ >>> >>>* The majority of America's 103 nuclear power plants have not >>>even finished the assessment stage (step one) >>>* 20 out of 66 nuclear power plants are expected to miss the >>>June 30 remediation deadline >>>* Both the NERC and the NEI are avoiding the term, "compliant." >>>* US Secretary of Energy is concerned about lagging power >>>utilities >>>* Rick Cowles says the industry is painting a (false) rosy >>>picture >>>* The power industry is on a 15-70-15 curve. That means 85% >>>would have problems >>>* Isolating from the power grid can cause blackouts in some areas >>>* Going back to manual operation of most power plants is >>>impossible >>>* Supplies of critical replacement parts are backlogged, and >>>some companies might not get them in time >>>* Emergency response technicians will be spread thin when power >>>failures occur in 2000 >>>* Power in other countries is likely to be worse-off than the >>>United States >>>* The NRC will be forced to shut down nuke plants if they can't >>>certify safe operation >>>* Y2K will likely bankrupt some electric utilities >>>* The Y2K-related loss of electricity will definitely have some >>>economic impact >>> >>>Find it all at: >>>http://www.y2knewswire.com/19990113.htm >>> >>>Get ready for Y2K, read the Y2K Sourcebook >>>Only offered through January 15th >>>http://www.y2ksupply.com/index.asp?pageid=sourcebook >>> >>>Tell a friend about the free Y2KNEWSWIRE.COM e-mail alert: >>>http://www.y2knewswire.com/tellafriend.htm >>>_____________________________________________ >>>This e-mail message is subject to the following disclaimer: >>>http://www.y2knewswire.com/Index.asp?pageid=disclaimer >>> >>>To be removed from this e-mail list, simply go to >>>the following web address: >>>http://www.y2knewswire.com/u.asp?E=smirnowb@ix.netcom.com >>>Or: http://www.y2knewswire.com/remove.htm >>> >>>HOW TO REACH US: >>>If you have a hot tip for us (anonymity assured): >>>tips@y2knewswire.com >>> >>>If you have a compliment: >>>compliments@y2knewswire.com >>> >>>If you want to be added to the subscription list (free!), visit >>>http://www.y2knewswire.com and enter your e-mail address in the >>>sign up box located at the upper-left corner of the page. >>> >>>If you have a complaint: >>>complaints@y2knewswire.com >>> >>>For questions about ordering: >>>service@y2knewswire.com >>> >>>For any other comments: >>>comments@y2knewswire.com > 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 GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to eliminate 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. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 12:07:59 -0800 From: Shundahai Network Subject: (abolition-usa) Anti-nuke activists fined, must help homeless Hello Friends,=20 We just wanted to thank everyone for their well wishes regarding our "Nevada= Sweethearts" Federal Court trial and give a brief report. Overall we thought the trial was a very positive and emotional experience.= We were surrounded by over 20 of our close friends and family.They all said= it was an amazing experiencea nd we apreciate the support of everyone= there. Before the trial we were blessed with a prayer by Corbin Harney, a= Newe Spiritual Leader and founder of Shundahai Network.=20 We had over 50 pieces of evidence that we wanted to submit to the court= during our trial that detailed U.S. violations of international, national= and Nevada state laws through its ongoing nuclear weapons programs at the= Nevada Test Site. The judge stopped us, but did allow us to enter the= Treaty of Ruby Valley, A map of Newe Sogobia (Western Shoshone Nation) that= shows the Nevada Test Site clearly within traditional Newe terretory as= laid out under the treaty. We were also able to enter in the Department of= Energy's own Environmental Impact Statement for the Stockpile and= Stewardship and Management program (of which the subcritical nuclear= weapons tests at NTS are an important part) which clearly detailed present= contamination to the ground water to the largest aquifer in Southern Nevada= and the possible impacts of the subcritical tests. Corbin took the stand and testified that the Newe are an independent Nation= governed by the Western Shoshone National Council and that there has never= been any money taken or transfer of any sovereignty of Newe Sogobia to the= U.S. Government and that the Nevada Test Site, the nuclear weapons program= and other military bombing and test ranges are in direct violation of the= Treaty of Ruby Valley and are an act of Genocide against the Newe. (We had= evidence that the Western Shoshone Nation has petitioned the United Nations= Human Rights Commission to investigate ongoing acts of U.S. genocide= against the Western Shoshone but the judge cut us off at this point.)= Corbin was able to express his understanding of the damage to Mother Earth= and all life through the nuclear weapons. Susi and I both testified at length about our motivation for our nonviolent= direct action to stop the subcriticals. In our closing statements we were= able to cover pretty much all of the topics that were not allowed during= the trial naming exact laws and environmental regulations that are being= broken by the tests.=20 The judge found us guilty of Nonconformity with Direction of a Federal= Officer and not guilty of Disturbance since we were on the roof of entrance= and not blocking the entrance itself. We were each sentenced to a $10 fine= and 12 hours of community service. All in all I felt the judge and indeed= even the rest of the court was sympathetic. I feel that many hearts were= touched and perhaps changed during this trial. We had articles in both daily newspapers and articles coming up in the two= leading alternative weeklies. Here are the two articles from our daily= papers. Again thank you to everyone who sent their prayers and positive energy to= us, and to the many people who sent in legal advice before the trial,= special thanks to Joey Turco, for all his help. Peace, Reinard and Susi <<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<>=20 Thursday, February 18, 1999 Copyright =A9 Las Vegas Review-Journal Anti-nuke activists fined, must help homeless=20 A couple had wanted to stop subcritical nuclear experiments By Keith Rogers=20 Review-Journal=20 Two demonstrators who climbed on top of an overhang Sept. 8 at the Foley Federal Building to protest U.S. nuclear weapons experiments were found guilty Wednesday of disobeying orders but were cleared of a second misdemeanor charge, disrupting the performance of government workers.=20 U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert Johnston said the government's representative in the case, Federal Protective Services officer Linda Glowacki, provided no evidence that the protesters, Reinard Knutsen and Susi Snyder, disrupted the duties of federal employees.=20 Glowacki arrested the two Las Vegans after she ordered them to come down from their perch atop the awning of the building's main entrance. When they refused, she summoned a ladder truck from the Las Vegas Fire Department to reach them while police blocked part of Las Vegas Boulevard in front of the building.=20 Johnston, after listening to two hours of testimony and the examination of one witness -- Western Shoshone spiritual leader Corbin Harney -- fined Knutsen and Snyder $10 each and ordered them both to complete 12 hours of community service at homeless shelters.=20 Knutsen, a member of the Shundahai Network, an international anti-nuclear organization based in Las Vegas, claimed he scaled the building with his "sweetheart," hoping to stop subcritical nuclear experiments at the Nevada Test Site.=20 The experiments, which the Energy Department continues to conduct, use small amounts of plutonium but don't erupt into nuclear chain reactions like what occurred during full-scale tests.=20 Glowacki argued that the protesters' actions could have diverted firefighters from being available to respond to emergencies.=20 In his closing statement, Knutsen, referencing the threat posed by nuclear weapons, said, "I was responding to an emergency that would make a burning building look like a grain of sand on a big beach.=20 "The subcritical nuclear testing does have a direct effect on preparing for nuclear war," he said. <<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<> Today: February 18, 1999 at 11:18:08 PST=20 Anti-nuclear sweethearts convicted of lesser misdemeanor after September protest By Ed Koch=20 < LAS VEGAS SUN A pair of lovebird anti-nuclear activists who locked themselves together to= the awning of the Foley Federal Building were found innocent of that act but guilty of refusing to come down from their perch when ordered by= federal agents. U.S. Magistrate Robert Johnston, following a two-hour trial Wednesday on= four misdemeanor charges, sentenced Reinard Knutsen and his "partner and sweetheart" Susi Snyder to 12 hours each of community service= at area homeless shelters for their Sept. 8 actions. They also were ordered to each pay $10 court assessment fees. Unable to pay= the $20, the couple turned to their two dozen supporters in the audience, who passed around a hat and collected enough to not only cover the= fees that go to a fund for crime victims but also pay for dinner for the couple to celebrate their half-victory. The trial was longer than the average misdemeanor trial, because Johnston= gave the couple some latitude in airing their protests against the U.S. government's subcritical nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site. Although that was the motivation for their protest, it had little to do with= the charges for which they were found guilty: not conforming to a direction given by a federal authority. They were acquitted of a charge each= of disturbance that impedes the operation of government. The couple, volunteer members of the Shundahai Network, an international= nonprofit anti-nuclear organization known for its numerous protests and subsequent arrests at the Test Site, had faced up to six months in jail= and $5,000 fines for each count. "I am surprised that we were found not guilty," Knutsen said after the= trial. Federal officer Linda Glowacki of the General Services Division, who acted= as the prosecutor and sole witness against the couple, proved to Johnston that Knutsen and Snyder refused to come down from the concrete= awning after both she and a Metro Police sergeant had asked them to do so. She was unable, however, to meet the burden of proof that the couple impeded= the operation of the government, given that federal agents called the fire department, shut down the street and closed off the front= entrance to the building. Johnston also didn't buy the argument that the commotion caused government= employees to stop working and look out the window, further impeding operations. "I hope the workers did look out the window and hear that weapons tests need= to be stopped and went home and talked about it," Snyder said in her closing comments after testifying that subcritical tests poison= underground water and cause risks of birth defects. Subcritical experiments are tests that are done without a nuclear chain= reaction, which is prohibited by a moratorium since 1992. Supporters say subcritical testing is necessary so that scientists can study= how aging plutonium reacts in an explosion so that the U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons can be safely kept. <<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<><<> = =20 =20 =20 ><<><< ><<><< ><<><< ><<><< ><<><< ><<><< ><<><< ><<><< ><<><< ><<><< ><<><< ><<><< SHUNDAHAI NETWORK "Peace and Harmony with all Creation" out,out5007 Elmhurst St., Las Vegas, NV 89108-1304 =20 Phone:(702)647-3095 (FAX)647-9385 =20 Email: shundahai@shundahai.org 0000,0000,fefehttp://www.shundahai.org Shundahai Network is proud to be part of: Healing Global Wounds Alliance, a multi-cultural alliance to=20 foster sustainable living and break the nuclear chain; and Abolition 2000: A Global Network to Eliminate 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. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 19:10:10 -0500 From: Peace through Reason Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Anti-nuke activists fined, must help homeless At 12:07 PM 2/20/99 -0800, you wrote: > > The judge found us guilty of Nonconformity with Direction of a Federal > Officer and not guilty of Disturbance since we were on the roof of entrance > and not blocking the entrance itself. We were each sentenced to a $10 fine > and 12 hours of community service. All in all I felt the judge and indeed > even the rest of the court was sympathetic. I feel that many hearts were > touched and perhaps changed during this trial. Congrats. I'm still having a hard time figuring out how you disobeyed a "lawful order" if your actions weren't interferring with any substantial government interest. Thomas ____________________________________________________________ * Peace Through Reason - http://prop1.org -Convert the War Machines! * ____________________________________________________________ - - 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. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 17:48:23 -0500 From: Peace through Reason Subject: (abolition-usa) Vet Appeals for Help - Results of DU Exposure (Forward) Reply To: Mitchell Lambert To All: I am a Persian Gulf Vet, considered by DOD as Level II for exposure to DU. I do not wish do discuss the specifics of my exposure, suffice it to say that DU was inhaled as well as absorbed trans-dermally. As a result, I have a number of undiagnosed or unexplained ailments, the most significant of which is a large number of subcutaneous tumors. VA initially diagnosed these as Neurofibromatosis-1, a hereditary/genetic disease. I insisted on a gene test to either prove or disprove this theory. I received the results from the test yesterday, needless to say they can find no genetic defect. The physician I have been dealing with at VA now believes that these tumors were/are caused by exposure to DU and further believes that the tumors will cease appearing/growing after the DU has been completely secreted from my system. He has also indicated that there is nothing else that either can or should be done, I beg to differ. I would appreciate any suggestions or assistance concerning where I should go from here. I am 26 years old, I have a wife and a 20 month old son. For their sake, I must pursue this to the very end. Please help. Sincerely, Mitchell J. 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Check out http://prop1.org/prop1/azantink.hm _____________________________________________________________ - - 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. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 17:46:54 -0500 From: "John M. Miller" Subject: (abolition-usa) Action Alert: Resist Military Recolonization of Philippines Below is a revised version of the Action Alert we sent out earlier this month on the Visiting Forces Agreement between the U.S. and Philippine governments. Letter and faxes are still needed to wavering Filipino Senators. Please note our friends in the Philippines have asked us to target one additional Senator. For those wanted additional background an article prepared by Prof. Roland Simbulan, "Why the Senate Should Reject the VFA," is available on the web at http://www.boondocksnet.com/sctexts/simbulan99a.html I have an additional speech by R. Francisco "Dodong" Nemenzo which I can e-mail. Just put VFA Speech in the subject line. Feb. 21, 1999 Friends, We have received an appeal from the Nuclear Free and Independent Philippines Coalition to assist them in their campaign to turn back U.S. efforts to recolonize the Philippines. For those of you who have not followed these developments, under the guise of a "Visiting Forces Agreement" (An Access/Bases agreement by yet another name), the return of U.S. military forces was negotiated between the U.S. and the Philippines in the last days of the Ramos government. The VFA has been scheduled for Senate debate in March with voting expected March 22-24. The agreement will allow the U.S. to return to the Philippines, expanding its access to 2 ports across the nation (initially to number 22!) As with the new "Guidelines" for U.S.-Japan Military Cooperation, the U.S. will have access to the entire nation during "crises". The air and sea port at General Santos in Mindinao (near Indonesia and the strategic Malacca Strait), built with U.S. AID money, is larger than were the U.S. bases at Subic Bay and Clark Airfield - COMBINED. The nuclear-free provisions of the Philippine constitution require that this agreement be ratified by the Philippine senate if it is to go into force. The U.S. has been exploiting both the regional/global economic crisis and the recent escalation of Chinese claims to the Spratley Islands to win ratification. The outcome of the Philippine Senate vote is in doubt. After several tactical victories, the Philippine anti-bases movement is mobilizing to defend the independence and nuclear freedom regained after four centuries of Spanish and U.S. military colonialism. Our friends and counterparts in the Philippines are urging people to write to four undecided Philippine senators (of whom Juan Ponce Enrile is the most critical) urging them to vote against the VFA. Please send letters to: Senator Juan Ponce Enrile Room 401 Marsman Bldg. Muelle de San Francisco Gage 1, Port Area Manila, Philippines Fax: (632) 527-4837 Senator Anna Dominique M.L. Coseteng Room 1202, Sunset View Tower 2230 Roxas Blfd Pasay City, Philippines Fax: (632) 891-7783 Senator Teofisto T. Guingona Fax: (632) 721-4805 or (632) 721-5923 Senator Vincente C Sotto III Room 306 Diplomat Bldg. Roxas Blvd., Baclaran Paranaque, Philippines Fax: (632) 831-4194 Added: Sen. Robert Jaworski 5th Floor GSIS Financial Center PICC Complex, Pasay City PHILIPPINES Telephone/fax: (632) 552-6776 Thank you, Joseph Gerson fbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbp John M. Miller Internet:fbp@igc.apc.org Foreign Bases Project PO Box 150753 Brooklyn, NY 11215-0014 USA Phone: (718)596-7668 Fax: (718)222-4097 NOTE NEW PHONE & FAX NUMBER fbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbpfbp - - 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. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 18:11:56 -0500 From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Santa Barbara Report, US Abolition Campaign REPORT FROM SANTA BARBARA MEETING ON US NUCLEAR ABOLITION CAMPAIGN Dear Friends, In Santa Barbara, on February 12-14, about 60 organizations working for nuclear weapons abolition gathered in Santa Barbara, California to continue the work begun in New York and Chicago last year to launch a US Nuclear Weapons Abolition Campaign. The Chicago group, in October, agreed to broaden our diversity before making any decisions for the Campaign and it was worth waiting for! An Interim Coordinating Committee was set up in Chicago to plan the Santa Barbara meeting and we raised some funds that enabled us to include more indigenous peoples, Afro-Americans, and downwinders who made enormous contributions to our understanding. Not to mention the wonderful sunrise service on St. Valentine’s Day conducted by Corbin Harney, the spiritual leader of the Western Shoshone Nation, which only the week before endured the abuse of yet another US sub-critical test on their land. We adopted a mission statement and a related "Santa Barbara Declaration" which follows. Participants volunteered to be the contact people for twelve working groups to develop a number of strategies that were discussed during the meeting Those groups are listed below and you are invited to join them. There was a sense of urgency at the meeting to begin immediate work to halt the development of Clinton’s $6.6 billion proposal for son of Star Wars, which, if it goes ahead will make our efforts to abolish nuclear weapons even more difficult. Additional people volunteered to serve with those original members of the Interim Coordinating Committee who wished to continue on a Facilitation Committee to help move our organizing efforts ahead in the next six months when we will to meet again. We prepared a timeline of events, and discussed various structure and strategy proposals and names for the Campaign. Listed below are reports and information from various participants with special thanks to David Krieger, Susan Gordon, Kathy Crandall, Lori Beckworth, and Andy Lichterman for forwarding the various sections of this report. Peace, Alice Slater Mission Statement To ensure a just, secure, healthy and sustainable world for our children, grandchildren, all future generations and all living things, we aim to educate public opinion and mobilize persistent popular pressure to move the United States government to take prompt and unequivocal actions to eliminate nuclear weapons. These actions must include halting continued development of new and modified nuclear weapons, de-alerting nuclear forces, addressing the environmental degradation and human suffering arising from testing, production, deployment and use of nuclear weapons, and undertaking negotiations with other countries on a treaty for their elimination. Our objective is nothing less than the universal, complete, verifiable, and enduring abolition of nuclear weapons. SANTA BARBARA DECLARATION From all corners of this land, representing diverse constituencies and traditions, including indigenous nations, we have come together in common cause, determined to end the threat to all life posed by nuclear weapons. We recognize that nuclear weapons and the nuclear fuel cycle have caused widespread suffering, death and environmental devastation. We further recognize that resources used for nuclear arms need to be redirected to meeting human and environmental needs. The United States bears special responsibility as the only country to use nuclear weapons in war. It continues to spend vast sums on its massive nuclear weapons complex, and its current policies would upgrade and maintain a huge nuclear arsenal far into the future. The conference has initiated a campaign tailored to address the unique obstacles in the United States to achieving nuclear weapons abolition. Our campaign builds upon the foundations laid by Abolition 2000 and other efforts to abolish nuclear arms. We commit our hearts, our spirits, and our energy to achieving a world free of nuclear weapons and invite all people of good will to join us. Santa Barbara, February 14, 1999 Facilitators Group (See Below For Contact Information For All Participants) John Burroughs, Lawyers Committee for Nuclear Policy Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation Gordon Clark, Peace Action Kathy Crandall, Disarmament Clearinghouse Alan Cranston, World Forum Matteo Ferreira, Shundahai Network Joe Gerson, American Friends Service Committee Anthony Guarisco, Alliance of Atomic Veterans Alan Haber, Michigan Coalition of Peace and Environmental Organizations Jan Harwood, WILPF Steven Kent, Kent Communications Pelulaw Khus, Coastal Band of Chumash Nation David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Sally Light, TriValley Cares Mark Mebane, Fourth Freedom Forum Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror Robert Musil, Physicians for Social Responsibility Claudia Peterson, Utah Downwinders Joe Peterson, Nebraskans for Peace Clayton Ramey, Fellowship of Reconciliation Dave Robinson, Pax Christi Jonathan Schell, The Nation Institute Susan Shaer, Women’s Action for New Directions Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Center for the Environment Jonathan Granoff, Lawyers Alliance for World Security Working Groups STAR WARS/ABM (URGENT) Kathy Crandall: disarmament@igc.org; (202)898-0150 ext. 232 NATO 50TH ANNIVERSAY MEETING, APRIL 23 (URGENT) Mark Mebane: mmebane@fourthfreedom.org; 219-543-3402 INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS AND ISSUES Richard Salvador:salvador@hawaii.edu; (818)956-8537 or 3691 Alice Slater:aslater@gracelinks.org; (212)726-9161; David Krieger: wagingpeace@napf.org; (805)965-3443 AFFECTED COMMUNITIES Joseph Gerson: Jgerson@afsc.org; (617)661-6130 RESEARCH FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX Arjun Makhijani: ieer@ieer.org; (301)270-5500 CIVIL SOCIETY CAMPAIGN TO ENROLL ORGANIZATIONS IN A BRIEF ABOLITION STATEMENT AND CITY DIALOGUES ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WITH PROMINENT MOVERS AND SHAKERS Pamela Meidell: pmeidell@igc.org; (805)985-5073 Ed Aguilar: (610)668-5470 CONGRESS/ADMINISTRATION FOCUS Alan Haber: od4life@aol.com; (734)761-7967 MEDIA/CAMPAIGN LAUNCH Steve Kent: kentcom@highlands.com; ((914)424-8382 YOUTH/CAMPUSES Odile Haber: od4life@aol.com; (734)761-7967 DIRECT ACTION Matteo Ferreira: shundahai@shundahai.org; (702)647-3095 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ORGANIZING AND CONCERNS Pilulaw Khus:(805)771-8922 Michele shundahai@shundahai.org; (702)647-3095 Richard Salvador: salvador@hawaii.edu; (818)956-8537 BOTTOM UP ORGANIZING (LOCAL MOVEMENT BUILDING AND MAKING THE CONNECTION TO OTHER ISSUES) -- Andrew Lichterman: alichterman@igc.apc.org; (510)839-5877 AFTER MARCH 1 alichterman@worldnet.att.net STRUCTURE DISCUSSION (notes from Kathy Crandall) A total of 5 structure proposals were made 1)To ask for organizations to volunteer to serve on a U.S. Abolition Campaign Committee. ******************************************************************* 2) From Peace Action, PSR, WAND, Disarmament Clearinghouse & Susan Gordon Campaign Structure Proposal We are proposing that the emerging US nuclear abolition campaign have a 12 member Coordinating Committee, that is broadly representative of the organizations that are focused on nuclear disarmament. We will probably struggle to identify who will fill these seats, but this can be accomplished. This Committee should include diverse representation of national grassroots membership organizations, geographic diversity, people of color, and be conscious of gender balance. National membership groups should hold half of the seats on the committee, and organizations with verifiable constituencies should hold the other half of the seats on the committee. The Committee would have two co-chairs to convene meetings and share the work-load. This body would meet together twice a year, face-to-face, to share one year time-lines, identify actions and hopefully move toward agreement on coordinated efforts and messages. This would allow each organization to continue to do their work but increase opportunities to amplify messages and actions, coordinate targets, and serve as beginning steps in working together. The Coordinating Committee would be looking out one year at a time, but working specifically on coordinated actions during the next six months. They would not be able to dictate decisions, rather they would be recommending message and actions. At one of the meetings each year, the broader community would be invited for a separate day of activities. We could provide training workshops on issues, organizing, campaign actions, fund-raising, etc. This would help to build relationships, serve to broaden the base, and help to amplify the campaign. The Coordinating Committee would be responsible for setting agendas for meetings, for developing and forwarding any grant proposals or funding requests and provide oversight for staff. It would not be able to speak on behalf of other groups. The Campaign will only have organizational members, not individual members. The Web page would be primarily a link to organizations participating in the Campaign. No newsletter is needed. A single staff person would serve in a coordinating role that would support the campaign and work to aid communication between the participating organizations, coordinate meetings, maintain the web page and convene conference calls. Fund-raising efforts will focus on projects that will collectively help our work and is not something that any individual organization can do on its own, i.e.: media campaigns, postcard campaigns, etc. The campaign will coordinate its fund-raising with and be supportive of fund-raising efforts of its constituent organizations. ********************************************************** 3) -From the Floor Geographically Based - -regional offices (existing orgs.) responsible for Campaign in region - -regional offices represented on Coordinating Committee ********************************************************* 4) -From the Floor (Marylia Kelley) - -Would operate as described in proposal #2 -with the below modifications- 12 member Facilitators Group - a "Board" - -Limited Mandate -Business -Coordinator -Communication -fund-raising - -Working Group Structure - -self-selected - -open membership - -susbtantive programs/ projects ******************************************************************** 5. From the Floor (Dave Robinson) 1. Coordinating Committee (12 is ok) 2. Coordinator for Campaign (one) and work groups 3. Coordinator & Committee raise money to convene "congress" (once or twice per year.) This money may come from groups in network and/ or independent sources 4.Member groups at "Congress" are part of determining priorities, actions and messages ****************************************************** Following discussion, we then discussed strategy, and on Sunday morning / and afternoon we came up with the following interim structure: A Facilitation Committee will continue for 6 months. All of the former ICC members are welcomed to participate in the continuing ICC (Susan Gordon noted that she will not continue on the ICC). In addition several others volunteered to join. (SEE LIST OF FACILITATORS, ABOVE) The tasks of the Facilitation Committee will be to 1)Formulate a longer-term structure, 2)Bring forward strategic activities 3) Suggest a name for the campaign 4) Plan the next meeting Following further strategy discusstion working groups were also formed to begin work in different strategy areas. ******************************************************************** STRATEGY (Andrew Lichterman) A number of proposals for both general approaches and particular campaigns were put forward, but there was little time available for discussion of strategy by the group as a whole. Most the meeting was occupied by other matters, including drafting of a mission statement, choice of a name, and structure for continuing the process of forging a national campaign. No conclusions on strategy were reached by the gathering, but preliminary working groups were identified to facilitate the development of strategy proposals for the next meeting. There was a small group break out and report back on Saturday which produced a number of good ideas about strategy, but there was no time available for further general discussion on Saturday. On Sunday afternoon those who remained, recognizing that many had left and that hence no substantive decisions could be made, divided the remaining time among various matters. Strategy issues were sent to a small group to develop a list of subjects which could be the focus of working groups. These working groups would then be able to continue to develop strategy initiatives between now and the next general meeting. Unfortunately, there was time only for a report back without further general discussion. The report back included both a list of possible working groups and some general ideas about the relationship between the working groups and the program set forth in the previously agreed upon Mission Statement. The strategy small group used the Mission Statement (which was agreed upon by the entire meeting) as a guide for its discussions. It generally concluded that the purpose of the working groups would be to implement the substantive goals set forth in the mission statement, including seeking a more just world, commencement of negotiations with other countries on a treaty for abolition, halting the development of new and modified nuclear weapons, and addressing the continuing ecological and human toll of nuclear weapons testing, production, and deployment. Other areas not specifically addressed in the mission statement identified by the strategy group included raising awareness of the dangers of current nuclear weapons policies and of the impact on the economy of nuclear weapons spending and of the nuclear weapons industry. Some working groups by their nature would work on particular aspects of the general program expressed in the mission statement, while others (for example, those which focus on particular venues or means of communication, like the "media" and "legislative/federal government" groups) would likely work on using particular means to advance all facets of the campaign program. The strategy small group also identified some general themes, particularly the need to give the campaign a "human face," for example by focusing on the people affected by a half century on the nuclear road, from atomic veterans and downwinders in the United States to the indigenous peoples worldwide whose land and communities have been devastated from one end of the nuclear weapons cycle to the other, from uranium mining to nuclear weapons testing. It was also noted that this "human face" should include the "whodunnit," the people who have made and sustained the nuclear weapons complex. Because of the short time available for discussion and the fact that the group remaining Sunday afternoon was not empowered to make decisions, the set of working group topics settled upon is preliminary. The topics range from particular campaign proposals which had attracted interest to more general approaches. For each working group at least one individual present Sunday afternoon agreed to be the initial convener so that the groups could get going. These groups will exist only to the extent that people and organizations participate, so contact the convener of groups you are interested in. The future shape of these groups is in the hands of those who choose to participate. This list is not exhaustive; there could be others if people want to constitute them. Conveners might wish to circulate descriptions of their current visions for the various working groups. WORKING GROUPS: LISTED ABOVE 1999 TIMELINE OF UPCOMING ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS (Susan Gordon) (not complete listing of all activities, but a pretty good start) FEBRUARY Feb 19 Briefing for House staff on de-alerting and abolition by Nuclear Weapons Working Group Feb 20 IPPNW delegation to India & Pakistan Feb 22 STOP the STAR WARS REVIVAL Action & Resource kit- distribution by Disarmament Clearinghouse (202)898-0150 ext. 232 Senate vote on Star Wars Deployment Bill Misc. Peace Action - Now through 2000 - Gathering signatures on Abolition petitions, with plans to pressure on candidates on disarmament issues (202)862-9740 Interfaith Petition Drive - Howard Hallman, Methodists United for Peace With Justice (301)896-0013 Disarmament Clearinghouse - continue to pitch "It's Our Move Mailers” ( second run of approximately 20,000) (202)898-0150 ext 232 20/20 - postcard action alert (202)833-2020 US & Russian begin negotiations on a plutonium disposition agreement Distribution of Alliance for Nuclear Accountability De-alerting Theme Month materials (206)547-3175 Physicians for Social Responsibility Abolition slide shows & new brochures available (202)898-0150 MARCH Mar 2 Vermont Town Meetings - votes on nuclear weapons abolition resolutions House vote on Star Wars Deployment Bill Mar 6 Nebraskans for Peace Annual Conference - Bishop Thomas Gumbleton keynote, Abolition 2000 workshop - (402)556-9057 Mar 8 Y2K CongressionalBriefing on Capitol Hill by Helen Caldicott, BASIC, NIRS & STAR 516-324-0655, carrie@noradiation.org Mar 15 Dept. of Defense reports to Congress on Russian tactical nuclear weapons Mar 18 House Appr. Sub-committee on Energy & Water Hearing on Dept. of Energy's Defense programs Mar 25 10th Global Kids Conference - Human Rights - Right On! (212) 226-0130 Mar 26-Apr 12 Senate Recess - coordinated lobbying in home states misc. Possible vote in Russian Duma on START II ratification ANA De-Alerting Theme Month participation encouraged (206)547-3175 Introduction of resolution in VT State Legislature to reduce the risk of an accidental nuclear weapons attack - WAND campaign to work with state women legislators (781)643-6740 AFSC begins organizing regional & national US Hibakusha speaking tours (617)661-6130 New England Nuclear Abolition Network meets in Maine (207)772-0680 - Wells Staley-Mays APRIL Apr 2 Good Friday Action at Livermore Lab - Tri-Valley CAREs (925)443-7148 Apr 9-10 Japanese meeting in NY on nuclear non-proliferation & disarmament (closed to NGOs) Apr 12-23 Nonproliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee meeting at UN, NY New Agenda Coalition activities Y2K workshop by Helen Caldicott STAR & Abolition 2000 (212)726-9161 Apr 16-29 Megiddo Project - "Transforming Armageddon" - peace pilgrimage in Israel and Palestine(734)761-7967 Apr 23 NATO's 50th Anniversary/Conference in DC Fourth Freedom Foundation Alternative Citizens Summit in DC (800)233-6786 Apr 22 - 25 PSR Student Conference in Seattle - (206)547-2630 Apr 25-28 Interfaith Legislative Briefing - lobby days Friends Committee on National Legislation (202)547-6000 Apr 25-28 ANA DC DAYS (202)833-4668 (4 days of training & lobbying for grassroots activists) Apr 26 Chernobyl Anniversary Day Apr 26/May 14 UN Disarmament Commission Annual Meeting MAY-AUG Opportunity for grassroots activists to table at street fairs, events, etc. Disarmament Clearinghouse will have It's our Move Mailers & CTBT Flyer 20/20 plans radio call-in on CTBT Plan for house parties MAY May 1 Dept. of Def. reports to Congress on counter-proliferation programs May 7-10 Healing Global Wounds Action at the Nevada Test Site (702)647-3095 May 7-10 Nuclear Gambling: Who Wins? - Episcopal Peace Fellowship (202)783-3380 May 8-9 Mother's Day Weekend - Missiles to Sunflowers' Campaign - US, in Sarasota, CA (707)575-8902 May 10 Conference on Disarmament begins second session in Geneva May 11 Anniversary of India's nuclear weapons tests May 11- 16 Hague Appeal for Peace 1999 Conference (212)687-2623 May 13-14 Pittsburgh Coalition for Abolition 2000 is holding a simultaneous conference to coincide with Hague Appeal for Peace, Gen Butler to speak PSR - Dan & Anita Fine (724)339-2242 May 17 International NIX MOX Day - Nuclear Information Resource Service (202)328-0002 May 28 Anniversary of Pakistan's nuclear weapons tests JUNE June 10 Key CTBT Date - Kennedy Speech (encourage floor speeches on CTBT) misc. Center for Defense Information releases video on CTBT (202)862-0700 Disarmament Clearinghouse will be organizing house parties (202)898-0150 ext 232 Phila. Project, Leadership Dialogue on Nuclear Abolition Ed Aguilar, Lawyers Alliance for World Security (610)668-5470 JULY July 16 Trinity 54th Anniversary July 23-25 4th Tokyo Forum on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament July 26 Conference on Disarmament 3rd session begins AUGUST Aug 6 Hiroshima Day Mayors Letter supporting abolition to be released - -State of the World Forum (415)561-2345 WAND will be coordinating the Utah release (202)543-8505 Aug 6 Livermore Lab Action, risk arrest, Tri-Valley CARES (925)443-7148 Aug 6- 9 Peace Action National Congress, Abolition Conference and Nonviolent Protest in New Mexico. All are welcome to attend! (202)862-9740 Aug 7 2nd Missiles of Sunflowers' Campaign - US (707)575-8902 Aug 7-9 Resistance Action to Trident at Bangor Submarine Base, WA (360)377-2586 Aug 9 Nagasaki Day Aug 9 Peace Action organized Nonviolent demonstration and civil disobedience at the Los Alamos Lab in New Mexico. All are welcome to attend! (202)862-9740 SEPTEMBER Sept 24 CTBT signing anniversary Sept 27 Clinton addresses UN General Assembly in NY Sept 29/Oct 1 The first conference of the CTBT Ratification States misc. AFSC organizer packets available (617)661-6130 OCTOBER Oct 15 University Teach-in Oct 25 NGO Committee on Disarmament week symposium in NY misc. Conference on revising Entry-into-force rules of CTBT NOVEMBER DECEMBER 12/21 Mass Civil Disobedience at Nevada Test Site Upcoming fall events - Sleepwalking to Armageddon Film - The Clearinghouse has been planning to do house parties 2000 April NPT Prepcom Jun 30-Aug 9 People's Campaign for Nonviolence: A call to action - Disarmament & Justice Now (inviting all peace & justice groups/movements) just forming - contact National Fellowship of Reconciliation (914) 358-4601 PARTICIPANTS EMAIL LIST PEOPLE WITHOUT EMAIL ADDRESSES Ed Aguilar: tel: 215-248-4760 fax: 215-563-1623 435 E. Sedgwick St., Philadelphia, PA 19119 Pilulaw Khus: tel: 805-771-8922 P.O. Box 718 Morro Bay, CA 93443 Keith Bush (Loulena Miles, who has email, said she would convey any messages to him). Jane Podesta: tel: 831-423-9232 115 Majors St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 (Jan Harwood said she would convey all messages to her). wiednerb@aol.com, iio1@pge.com, marylia@igc.apc.org, JGerson@afsc.org, marylia@igc.apc.org, AFSCCT@igc.apc.org, kentcom@highlands.com, forum@worldforum.org, CNUNC@aol.com, shaer@wand.org, metropeace@aol.com, abolishnukes@igc.org, od4life@aol.com, jackisue@ix.netcom.com, wagingpeace@napf.org, wslf@igc.apc.org, jburroughs@earthlink.net, aslater@gracelinks.org, quercus@concentric.net, aav1@ctaz.com, mmebane@fourthfreedom.org, susangordon@igc.org, disarmament@igc.org, btiller@psr.org, bmusil@psr.org, pmeidell@igc.apc.org, claudiap@sginet.com, paexec@igc.apc.org, dave@paxchristiusa.org, jahn@cruzio.com, psrsm@psr.org, schellj@hotmail.com, arjun@ieer.org, geln38a@prodigy.com, stuwhis@enter.net, epank@peacenet.org, dccogan@aol.com, mccarolyn@pon.net, newpath@hotmail.com, ksmick@wenet.net, bjburkes@capecod.net, asur@mit.edu, globalkids@igc.apc.org, shundahai@radix.net, ilpeace@igc.org, quercus@concentric.net, zabarte@nevada.edu, shundahai@radix.net, salvador@hawaii.edu, a2000@silcom.com, lamiles@ibm.net, EMLECAIN@aol.com, ufwpa@aol.com, wriles@afsc.org, capazaction@igc.org, A2000@silcom.com PARTICIPANTS LIST WITH FULL INFORMATION Edward Aguilar LAWS 435 E. Sedgwick St. Philadelphia, PA 19119-1307 215-248-4760 fax: 215-563-1623 Bob Alpern Friends Committee on National Legislation 9280 Mill Creek Rd. Healdsburg, CA 95448 707-433-2236 mccarolyn@pon.net Lori Beckwith NAPF 1187 Coast Village Rd. #123 Santa Barbara, CA 93108 805-965-3443 a2000@silcom.com Anne Beier WSLF 1440 Broadway Suite 500 Oakland, CA 94612 530-839-5877 wslf@igc.apc.org Betty Burkes AFSC P.O. Box 653 Wellfleet, MA 02667 508-349-7988 bjburkes@capecod.net John Burroughs WSLF 1440 Broadway Suite 500 Oakland, CA 94612 530-839-5877 jburroughs@earthlink.net Keith Bush 831-457-2115 Jackie Cabasso WSLF 1440 Broadway Suite 500 Oakland, CA 94612 530-839-5877 wslf@igc.apc.org Gordon Clark Peace Action 1819 H. St. NW Suite 640 Washington, D.C. 20006 202-862-9740 paexec@igc.apc.org Doloris Cogan Peace Links 666 11th St. NW #202 Washington, D.C. 20001 202-783-7030 dccogan@aol.com Kathy Crandall Disarmament Clearinghouse 1101 14th Street NW #700 Washington DC 20005 202-898-0150 ext. 232 disarmament@igc.org Alan Cranston State of the World Forum 27080 Fremont Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 650-948-6556 forum@worldforum.org Tad Daley State of the World Forum 4350 Beryman #2 Los Angeles, CA 90066 310-2883544 CNUNC@aol.com Bob Downing United Farm Workers 18 W. Lake Ave. Watsonville, CA 95076 408-763-4904 ufwpa@aol.com Matteo Ferreira Shundahai Network 5007 Elmhurst Ln. Las Vegas, NV 89108-1304 702-647-3095 shundahai@radix.net Cecilia Freeman Santa Cruz Abolition 2000 189 Hollywood Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831-457-2275 quercus@concentric.net Peter Ferenbach California Peace Action 3127 B Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94110 415-695-9077 capazaction@igc.org Joseph Gerson AFSC 2161 Mass. Ave. Cambridge, MA 02140 617-661-6130 JGerson@afsc.org Susan Gordon ANA 1914 N. 34th St. #407 Seattle, WA 98013 206-547-3175 susangordon@igc.org Anthony Guarisco Alliance of Atomic Veterans P.O. Box 32 Topock, AZ 86436 520-768-6623 aav1@ctaz.com Alan Haber Coalition of Peace and Environmental Orgs. 531 3rd St. Ann Arbor, MI 48103 734-761-7967 od4life@aol.com Odile Haber Coalition of Peace and Environmental Orgs. 531 3rd St. Ann Arbor, MI 48103 734-761-7967 od4life@aol.com Corbin Harney Shundahai Network 5007 Elmhurst Ln. Las Vegas, NV 89108-1304 702-647-3095 shundahai@radix.net Jan Harwood WILPF 312 Elm St. Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831-471-9992 jahn@cruzio.com Esther Hilsenrad Global Kids 561 Broadway, 6th floor New York, NY 10012 212-226-0130 globalkids@igc.apc.org Jackie Hudson Ground Zero 3495 Dyes Inlet Rd. Bremerton, WA 98312 360-377-2586 Jackiesue@ix.netcom.com Marylia Kelley Tri-Valley CARE 2582 Old First Street Livermore, CA 94550 925-443-7148 marylia@igc.apc.org Steve Kent Kent Communications P.O. Box 431 Garrison, NY 10524 914-424-8382 kentcom@highlands.com Pilulaw Khus Costal Band of Chumash Nation P.0. Box 718 Morro Bay, CA 93443 805-771-8922 David Krieger NAPF 1187 Coast Village Road Suite 123 Santa Barbara, CA 93108 805-965-3443 wagingpeace@napf.org Bernice Kring Grandmothers for Peace 1724 H St. #1 Sacramento, CA 95814 916-443-4553 wiednerb@aol.com Don Larkin Santa Cruz Abolition 2000 189 Hollywood Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831-457-2275 quercus@concentric.net Eleanor LeCain 43 Samoset Street Boston, MA 02124 617-436-4875 EMLECAIN@aol.com Andrew Lichterman WSLF 1440 Broadway Suite 500 Oakland, CA 94612 530-839-5877 alichterman@worldnet.att.net Sally Light Tri-Valley CARES 2582 Old 1st St. Livermore, CA 94550 925-443-7148 marylia@igc.apc.org Arjun Makhijani IEER 6935 Laurel Ave. Takoma Park, MD 20812 301-270-3029 arjun@ieer.org Robert Manning Unity Foundation 4731 Stoetz Lane Sebastopol, CA 95472 707-874-9133 abolishnukes@igc.org Bruce Martin AFSC/CT 55 Van Dyke Ave. Hartford, CT 06106 860-522-5985 AFSCCT@igc.apc.org Kevin Martin Illinois Peace Action 202 S. State St. #1500 Chicago, IL 60604 312-939-3316 ilpeace@igc.org Mark Mebane Fourth Freedom Forum 803 North Main St. Goshen, IN 46528 219-534-3402 mmebane@fourthfreedom.org Pamela Meidell Atomic Mirror/EarthWays Foundation P.O.B. 220, Port Hueneme, California, USA 93044 805-985-5073 pmeidell@igc.apc.org Loulena Miles WILPF-USCS 615 Poplar Ave. Santa Cruz, CA 95062 831-457-2115 lamiles@ibm.net Bob Musil PSR 1101 14th St. NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20005 202-898-0150 bmusil@psr.org Inga Olson Grandmothers for Peace 1400 Commons Drive Sacramento, CA 95825 415-973-5618 iio1@pge.com Sonya Ostrom Metro New York Peace Action 475 Riverside Dr. #549 New York, NY 10015 718-377-7788 metropeace@aol.com Marion Pack WAND/Aliance for Survival 230 E. 17th St. #201 Costa Mesa, CA 92627 949-722-7574 nonukes@cris.com Esther Pank Peace Links 666 11th St. NW #202 Washington, D.C. 20001 202-783-7030 epank@peacenet.org Jonathan Parfrey PSR 1316 Third Street, Promenade, Suite B! Santa Monica, CA 90401 310-458-2694 psrsm@psr.org Claudia Peterson St. Geroge Utah Downwinder 2042 West Moonglow Pl. St. George, UT 84770 435-673-2972 claudiap@sginet.com Jo Peterson Nebraskans for Peace 4924 Aucago St. Omaha, NE 68132 402-556-9057 geln38a@prodigy.com Jane Podesta WILPF 115 Majors St. Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831-423-9232 Wilson Riles AFSC 65 Ninth St. San Francisco, CA 94103 415-565-0201 wriles@afsc.org Dave Robinson Pax Christi 532 West 8th St. Erie, PA 16502 814-453-4955 dave@paxchristiusa.org Masaaki Sakai Southern California Federation of Scientists 3318 Colbert Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90066 310-390-3898 newpath@hotmail.com Richard Salvador PIANGO 2424 Maile Way Honolulu, HI 96822 808-956-8537 salvador@hawaii.edu Jonathan Schell The Nation Institute 33 Irving Place New York, NY 202-209-5417 schellj@hotmail.com Susan Shaer Womens Action for New Directions 691 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02476 781-643-6740 shaer@wand.org Alice Slater GRACE 15 East 26th St. Rm. 915 New York, NY 10010 212-726-9161 aslater@gracelinks.org Kathryn Smick PSR-San Fransisco 2288 Fulton Street #307 Berkeley, CA 94704 925-284-7689/510-845-8395 ksmick@wenet.net William Stuart-Whistler Episcopalian Peace Fellowship 620 S. Orange St. Media, PA 19063-4012 610-567-7806 stuwhis@enter.net Abha Suhr South Asian Forum 131 Antrim Street #3 Cambridge, MA 02139 617-576-2388 asur@mit.edu Robert Tiller PSR 1101 14th St. NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20005 202-898-0150 ext. 220 btiller@psr.org Brian Watson Ground Zero 2132 NE Sunset Ln. Bremerton, WA 98310 479-698-3113 Ian Zabarte Western Shoshone National Council P.O. Box 210 Indian Springs, NV 89018 702-879-5203 zabarte@nevada.edu ACTIVE MEMBERS WHO COULDN’T ATTEND THE MEETING Alyn Ware LCNP@aol.com 211 E. 43rd St. #1204 New York, NY 10017 212-818-1857 Lachlan Forrow lforrow@igc.org 330 Brookline Ave. Boston, MA 02215 617-667-3095 Tom Roderick esrmetro@agc.com 475 Riverside Drive, Rm 554 New York, NY 10115 212-870-3318 David Cortright dcortright@fourthfreedom.org Fourth Freedom Forum 803 N. 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