From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #235 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 Wednesday, December 15 1999 Volume 01 : Number 235 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 11:01:01 -0800 (PST) From: marylia@earthlink.net (marylia) Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) DOE wants BIGGER nuke program Thanks. This one is herald-ang.com. Peace, Marylia >Thanks, Marylia, for sending this important information. If you could remember >to include the URL for the article you copy/paste into your message, it's >helpful for me in doing NucNews, where I try to give full reference to the >author/publisher, including website, so people can doublecheck. Sometimes >Reuters and AP stories have been cut down by various papers, and it's useful to >know which site you get them from. > >Thanks again... > >Ellen Thomas > >>Peace, Marylia Please read the article... >> >>[Image] >> >> Saturday, December 11, 1999 >> >> DOE commits to refurbish aging nuclear >> weapons >> >> Revival of some phased-out research >> recommended >> >> FROM STAFF REPORTS >> >> LIVERMORE — Nuclear bombs aren't aging as well as >> the Energy De partment thought they would. > > ___________________________________________________ > > Today's Newspapers: http://prop1.org/nucnews/links.htm > Subscribe NucNews: mailto:prop1@prop1.org (NucNews-Subscribe) > NucNews Archives: http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm > Submit URL/Article: mailto:prop1@prop1.org (NucNews-Editor) > About NucNews: http://prop1.org/nucnews/nucnews.htm > > Distributed without payment for research and educational > purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. > > > >
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> 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 international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of 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: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 15:13:55 -0800 From: "David Crockett Williams" Subject: (abolition-usa) On The Vision of Paradise on Earth [http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html] December 13, 1999 "The Vision of Paradise on Earth", by David Crockett Williams http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html This fairly long article was written at the request of Ms. Mayumi Mori, President of a Global University for Peace in Japan for her translation and publication in the Japanese language for an upcoming conference there. It represents a summary of my last 25 years of work as a global peace, environment, social justice activist, and as a scientist (specializing in the theoretical chemical physics of human consciousness) and spiritual practitioner. This document outlines my reasoning and comprehensive plan for the creation of true peace, harmony among all life and free natural abundance as paradise on Earth. It has been posted as this December 13, 1999, version which may be updated at above website from time to time, so after your first visit to this site please update your browser each subsequent visit to get the latest updated version whose date will corrected above. "We are approaching the sunrise of a new dawn of human thinking in harmony with nature and the natural law that describes the oneness of all life, the relationship of humankind to all life, the "All My Relations" of our family of life whereby all matter and energy and mind are understood as related by the operation of consciousness itself." David Crockett Williams gear2000@lightspeed.net The Vision of Paradise on Earth http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html Global Emergency Alert Response http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000 Global Peace Walk 2000 http://www.globalpeacenow.org http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html Urge your Congressperson to support H.R. 2545 Global Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act Details at http://www.prop1.org Sample Letter at http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm Easy indexed site to email Congresspeople & Media http://congress.nw.dc.us/wnd (copy and paste your letter to media and congress) - - 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: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 20:03:11 -0800 (PST) From: marylia@earthlink.net (marylia) Subject: (abolition-usa) TVC's website. NEW INFO! Dear peace and environmental advocates: Tri-Valley CAREs' web site has important new information just in time for your holiday "surfing." And, we promise you an E-commerce Free Zone! Just the facts, nothing to purchase. Check it out at -- http://www.igc.org/tvc - -- and you will find: (1) Our December newsletter, Citizen's Watch, with info regarding: * The National Ignition Facility's serious technical problems. A great read! * NIF undergoes a public hearing and comment period (through December 20). Find out how you can write or email your comments and help us stop this nuclear weapons project. * The debut of the nationwide "Back From the Brink" campaign to take nuclear weapons off alert -- with information about how you can help to achieve this worthy objective. * Print Bites on subcritical nuclear tests, Gofman, Vanunu, WIPP and much, much more. (2) Our latest press releases, our links and other web features. We are updating (and upgrading) the site regularly. Your feedback is welcome! Peace, Marylia 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 international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of 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: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 19:32:07 -0700 From: "bob kinsey" Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) SF hospitality African Peacewalkers Is this walk coming through Denver? or anyplace in Colorado. whaat do = we have to do to prepare for it??? ************************************************* Bob Kinsey Peace and Justice Task Force Rocky Mountain Conference, United Church of Christ bkinsey@peacemission .org 6555 Ward Road, Arvada, Colorado, 80004 "Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God" -- Jesus of Nazareth - ----- Original Message ----- From: David Crockett Williams To: GlobalPeaceWalk eGroup ; BayAreaActivistList ; Activist Mailing Lis= t ; Abolition Caucus ; Abolition 2000 USA ; a RainbowList agr ; FoodNotBombs List ; SEAC Announce Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 1:21 PM Subject: (abolition-usa) SF hospitality African Peacewalkers > Please let me know if you can help with hospitality and networking > arrangements for two peacewalkers coming from Africa (representing a peace, > environment, and social justice NGO called ONG Daruis, in Togo) to San > Francisco area during the two weeks before they will join the Global Pe= ace > Walk 2000 departing SF January 15th. > > We have faxed an invitation letter to them for visas to the US and they > would like to arrive on December 29th so there is a great opportunity during > those 17days to offer a global perspective on related issues by their > meetings with activists and groups in the Bay area to share information= , > messages and global fellowship. > > If you or your group would like to host them for all or part of this ti= me > and/or invite them to speak and meet with your interested associates, m= ore > details on them and their work are below. Please let me know directly= at > gear2000@lightspeed.net if you can help with this so we can soon confir= m to > them invitations for this arrival date. > > From: ONG Daruis > To: gear2000@lightspeed.net > Subject: Walk at 15 Jan 2000 > Date: Thursday, December 09, 1999 4:02 AM > > Dear David, > > Can you arrange the invitation letter,shelter for our organization?The > delegation is me and the program coordinator: > > -CODJIE Kodzo Dodzi > the president > > -Mr.TOURE RUFAI Mouroutala > program coordinator > > Peace, > CODJIE Kodzo Dodzi > > > From: ONG Daruis > To: gear2000@lightspeed.net > Subject: Walk at 15 Jan 2000 > Date: Saturday, December 04, 1999 9:36 AM > > Dear DAVID > > Thank you to communicating with us.We are looking forward to collaborat= ing > and to know how we transform and live on the earth each other.See the > information below about the human-right. > Peace > CODJIE Kodzo Dodzi > > > The human rights organization Amnesty International has launched a > blistering account of extra judicial killings by Togo's security forces over > the past eight years. It comes in response to an earlier annoucement by the > Togolese Government that it intends to sue the human rights lobby grou= p for > slander and libel. > > The reaction of most countries to reports by Amnesty International of > alleged human rights abueses, is either to keep quiet or to issue blank= et > denials. > > Togo's Government, led by the longest serving President in Africa, has > tried this tactic. But it has also gone on the offensive, taking the highly > unusual step of employing a top French lawyer to sue Amnesty over > allegations that hundreds of people were killed in a wave of repression= by > the security forces during last year's elections. > > Now Amnesty has gone on the counter-offensive against the threat to sue= , > saying the plan confirms that the regime of President Gnassingbe Eyadem= a > appears unwilling to prosecute people for odious crimes including tortu= re > and extra-judicial killings. > > In its report released on Tuesday, Amnesty does not go into further details > about last year's alleged extra-judicial executions. It merely re-state= s > that hundred of people were killed by the security forces during this > period. > > The Togolese Government appears to think that it can plausibly deny the= se > particular killings - hence the threat to sue the human rights organisation. > But Amnesty also has a long and detailed list of other human rights abu= ses > allegedly committed by the regime since 1991. This list includes the killing > of almost 150 people by the security forces. > > Amnesty International has called on FrenchPresident Jacques Chirac, who= is > due to visit Togo last week, to put pressure on the Togolese Goverment = to > bring the alleged killers to justice, and to allow a United Nations > investigation in the Human rights watch-dog Amnesty International has > accused the President Eyadema administration of killing opponents and > dumping their bodies in the sea from planes. > > Yours Sincerely, > > The President > NGO DARUIS > CODJIE Kodzo Dodzi > 65, rue des Filaos Prolong=E9e > Tokoin-Habitat > P.O Box 54 > Phone / Fax number 00228-21-16-61 > Lom=E9 - Togo. > > ______________________________________________________ > > From: ONG Daruis > To: gear2000@lightspeed.net > Subject: Walk at 15 Jan 2000 > Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 7:12 AM > > Dear David, > > Thank you for your message my name is CODJIE Kodzo Dodzi(President) and our > organization is ONG DARUIS(Peace,environment and social justice)from > West-Africa.The Republic of TOGO is a brutal military regime,undemocrat= ic > and non respect of Human right,people suffer(poverty). We would like to > attending and work as volunteer and we need an invitation,shelter to coming > at U.S. > > My best wishes to you in our common endeavor is to create more peaceful and > just world. I speak french fluently than english. > > Best Regards > CODJIE Kodzo Dodzi > ______________________________________________________ > > From: ONG Daruis > To: Gear2000@lightspeed.net > Subject: collaborating with you > Date: Monday, November 29, 1999 9:26 AM > > Dear Colleagues > > Our organization is 0351 C status with the TOGO government tax > exempt.The goals is to promote social welfare;to eliminate the causes > of violent conflict,nuclear weapons, and in working to create a culture= of > peace for > the new century;organizing on the local;regional and international > levels;safe environment for anti-war and coordinated effort to raise > concerns on political prisoners throughout the world. > > I am really looking forward to working with all of you. > > Yours sincerely > the president > NGO DARUIS > P.0. Box 54 > 65;rue des filaos prolongee > Tokion-Habitat > Tel/Fax 00 228 21 16 61 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > THANK YOU VERY MUCH, > > David Crockett Williams gear2000@lightspeed.net > Global Emergency Alert Response > http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000 > > Global Peace Walk 2000 > http://www.globalpeacenow.org > http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html > > > > > - > 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. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:16:15 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) Perhaps not quite the end of the word but bad 'nuff anyway - TOPOL-M deployment CONTAINS: EXPRESS 'RED - ALERT' ITEM DETAIL OF TOPOL-M FROM FAS WEBSITE Dear All, If you read this item, posted by me yesterday without comment, carefully you will observe that it does NOT in fact say that Russia has gone to the equivalent of DEFCON-4, or whatever would precede a full scale nuclear exchange. We are NOT about to experience a missile crisis. Not immediately anyway. The deployment of these missiles is in fact well behind scedule and in any other situation would be seen as routine. That said, Yeltsin has chosen the worst possible moment to deploy these agents of destruction, especially in combination with his recent remarks. (Note that according to TASS, Prime Minister Putin was present at the inauguration of these new toys, and presented the missile control officers present with nice new watches.) Things are not yet terminal, and we have a way to go before they get to that stage. But they don't look too good. We are getting together a letter which specifically adresses his recent remarks, and which will with luck, be given in hard copy to Ivanov thursday. In the meantime, I suggest strongly that you keep the faxes to both Yeltsin (+7-095-205-4330) to US Defence secy Cohen (1-703-695-1149) and to Clinton (1-202-456-2461). This is terribly important, so if you haven't faxed anyone please do, if you've faxed the US but not Ruussia please fax Russia and if you've faxed Russia but not the US do please fax the US. Get your friends to do it. Remember, HANDWRITTEN is best. And it doesn't have to be anywhere near as long as the sample letters. Immediately after this item is detail of the capabilities of the TOPOL-M, from the FAS website. [The Express] 11 December, 1999 Yeltsin puts missiles on red alert =46rom Will Stewart in Moscow [Discuss] Boris Yeltsin put his most powerful nuclear missiles on full alert last night in what was seen as a dramatic warning to the West over Chechnya. The Kremlin deployed ten new Topol-M missiles - its newest, most sophisticated and deadliest weapons - in a state of combat readiness. The move coincided with President Yeltsin's return to Russia after a trip to China, during which he hit back at criticism of his campaign in Chechnya and warned the West to keep its nose out. "Russia is a great power that possesses a full nuclear arsenal," he thundered in Beijing. "It is us who will dictate." The West was told in advance of Russia's deployment, as dictated by nuclear treaty commitments. But the timing and the rarity of such a move amounts to a dramatic show of force designed to back Yeltsin's message. The intercontinental missiles - with a 6,200 mile range and capable of striking Britain or America - were put in readiness in the Saratov region, 400 miles south-east of Moscow. Russia publicly portrayed the move as a scheduled test of a new weapon, which replaces its SS-19 missiles, dating to the 1970s. But observers last night said the provocative timing could only be linked to the Chechen crisis - and Yeltsin's anger at the West's hostile reaction to his bloody military purge in the troubled region. Many Russian politicians and analysts say Yeltsin is too ill to rule Russia and have his finger on the trigger of the world's second largest nuclear power. In televised comments yesterday, even his wife Naina admitted that he had "never been in such a bad state as he is now" after a bout of pneumonia which followed a succession of health problems, including heart trouble. While putting Russia's missiles on alert is seen as posturing bluster, Britain's foremost independent nuclear expert, John Large, warned it was a foolish manoeuvre, particularly in relation to the millennium bug, for which it is feared Russia is still ill-prepared. "There was an unwritten agreement for both Russia and the US not to deploy nuclear weapons before the Y2K period," he said. "Even if the weapons themselves are OK - which I very much doubt since their testing system has been effectively down and out for three years - they would have to work within the strategic defence system there which is full of Y2K glitches. There is no real need for it - it is a risk they don't need to take. "I am not suggesting that these nuclear bombs will go off on their own, but we do expect to see the defence systems playing up a bit." The Topol-M missile is relatively small and can be transported on a mobile launch pad, meaning it would be hard to locate and take out in the first strike of a nuclear confrontation. "Of the five nuclear powers, none of the others will match these weapons in the next few years," bragged Colonel-General Vladimir Yakovlev, Russian forces commander. "Topol-M is able to breach any anti-missile system that exists in the world and any which will be built in the near future." The deployment came 24 hours ahead of today's deadline - set by Russia a few days ago - for people in the Chechen capital Grozny to "flee or perish". Moscow yesterday appeared to have extended the deadline for residents to get out of the ruined city. But the Kremlin immediately stung the West by implying a new ultimatum to wipe out Grozny was on the way. The missile manoeuvre also came as Europe's leaders gathered for an EU summit in Helsinki. They were last night preparing to fire off a salvo of condemnation for the Russian offensive in Chechnya, which has seen thousands of civilians killed and tens of thousands of refugees spilling across the borders into neighbouring Ingushetia. "It can't be business as usual while Russia continues with these actions in Chechnya," a British source said at the Helsinki summit. "I imagine there will be some words of condemnation." But little hard action was expected to back up the words. The West is aware that, in practical terms, there is little it can do to halt the Russian offensive, though the EU is likely to shelve a science and technology agreement and a =A31.5 billion aid package to Russia in protest over the action in Chechnya. The nuclear deterrent on both sides of the old Iron Curtain is credited with maintaining peace since the end of the Second World War. But in recent months the post-Cold War nuclear consensus has collapsed and Russia and the US seem on the verge of a new arms race. =A9 Express Newspapers, 1999 RT-2PMU? - Topol-M SS-27 The single-warhead Topol-M is an advanced version of the silo-based and mobile Topol intercontinental ballistic missile. The SS-25 Topol is generally similar to the American Minuteman-2, while the more sophisticated SS-27 Topol-M is comparable to the American Minuteman-3. The solid-propellant three- stage Topol-M missile complex, with a standardized (silo and mobile) missile, is to become the foundation of the Russian strategic nuclear forces in the 21st century. It is planned to accommodate Topol-M both on self-propelled launchers as well as in silos. High survivability of the mobile complex is achieved by the capability of offroad movement, of a continuous change in location and of a missile launch from any point along the movement route. The Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering (MIT) State Enterprise is the only plant in Russia building such missiles today. The modernized 45-ton Topol-M is the first strategic missile to be built by Russia without the participation of Ukraine and CIS countries. The flight and design testing of the Topol-M was successfully completed in 1995, and joint flight-testing is continuing, leading to a decision to commence series production. All the launches have been a success, but large-scale serial production has not started due to a shortage of funds. On 08 July 1997 the fourth launch of a Topol-M ICBM was successfully made from the Strategic Missile Forces' Plesetsk State Test Site within the framework of joint flight-testing. The eighth test of the Topol-M missile was conducted on 03 September 1999. The missile was launched from Plesetsk, north of Moscow, and landed thousands of kilometers east at the Kura testing site on Kamchatka. Work on the new Topol-M ICBM is lagging seriously behind the initial timetable. Defense state order financing for the next decade provides that by 2003 there will be on the order of 250-300 Topol-M missiles in service. A total of 1.5 trillion [old] rubles were included in the 1997 budget for the development of the Topol-M missile complex. The Russian Missile Troops are permitted to have 300 Topol RS-12M mobile missiles under the START II Treaty, and the RVSN must acquire two Topol-M regiments annually up to 2001, which will cost 3.7 billion new rubles. A total of R700 billion would be required to place 450 Topol-M missiles in service by 2005 to maintain parity under START II. But the present 55 percent funding will permit production of at the very most 10-15 missiles at this facility each year year. As a result the Strategic Missile Troops would have a total of approximately 350-400 ICBM warheads, not the 800-900 which are permited within the framework of the START II Treaty. On 15 April 1998 Acting Prime Minister Sergey Kiriyenko approved a schedule of monthly budget appropriations for the Topol-M, which he noted would make up the core of Russia's strategic nuclear forces. In December 1997, the first two Topol-M systems were put on alert for a trial period with the Taman Division at Tatischevo in the Saratov region. As of late July 1998 two more Topol-M launch sites were completed and were awaiting acceptance trials. Russia put a regiment of 10 Topol-M missiles on duty in 1998, with plans for a second regiment by December 1999. The Topol-M missile system is being commissioned in the Russian strategic nuclear forces' grouping regardless of whether heavy missiles are stood down from combat alert duty or not. It is intended that the Topol-M ICBM grouping will comprise an equal number of mobile and silo-launched missiles. Some 90 of the 360 launch silos vacated by the RS-20 ICBM's, which are being stood down from combat alert duty, need to be converted for the latter. Apart from Saratov Oblast the Topol-M systems will be deployed in Valday, the southern Urals, and the Altay. Although deployed with a single warhead, the Topol-M could be converted into a multiple-warhead missile, which was prohibited by the un-ratified START II treaty. Topol-M could carry at least three and perhaps as many as six warheads. The Topol-M missiles could be transformed into missiles with multiple reentry vehicles [MIRV's], since their throw weight allows accommodating 3-4 warheads on a missile. The warheads could be taken from some of those ground-based and naval missiles which will be withdrawn from the order of battle in coming years. The Topol-M can carry a maneuverable warhead, which was tested in the summer of 1998. Topol-M also has a shorter engine-burn time, to minimize satellite detection on launch. Sources and Resources * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ =46AS | Nuke | Guide | Russia | ICBM |||| Index | Search | Join FAS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/icbm/rt-2pmu.htm Maintained by John Pike Updated Monday, November 22, 1999 7:02:59 AM - - 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: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 19:55:35 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) LETTER RESPONSE TO YELTSIN COMMENTS PLS SIGN IN NEXT 24 HOURS LETTER RESPONSE TO YELTSIN COMMENTS PLS SIGN IN NEXT 24 HOURS Dear All, A copy of this letter is to be given to Russian foreign minister Ivanov in the next 24 hours. It is adressed to Ivanov and Sergeyev rather than Yeltsin himself, as those individuals are more likely to be in control and may be more reasonable. It is now open to organisations signatures. (Individuals, please send your own faxes direct to US defence secy Cohen and Sergeyev and Clinton on +1-703-695-1149 (Cohen) +7-095-205-4330 (Sergeyev) +1-202-456-2461 (Clinton)) It's been revised in accordance with comments from a number of people and the text is now frozen unless someone picks up some absolutely egregious error. Please do sign both this and if you have not already done so, the large 'Bill and Boris' sign on which now has 460+ organisations signed on to it. That letters text can be found on http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd/nuclear/bbletter.html Y2K WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY INTERNATIONAL Y2K WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY TOKYO Y2K CITIZENS NETWORK JAPAN WORLD COURT PROJECT, U.K., INTERNATIONAL PEACE BUREAU, GENEVA WOMEN FOR PEACE, BERLIN, GERMANY, GLOBAL ANTI-NUCLEAR ALLIANCE, NETH., WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY NEW YORK, NUCLEAR- FREE NEW YORK, NUCLEAR INFORMATION AND RESOURCE SERVICE (NIRS) USA, TRI - VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, USA, Y2K WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY USA, PHYSICIANS FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL CANADA, SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION, MOSCOW, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE, C.I.C.D., MELBOURNE, ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN COALITION, SYDNEY, DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY CENTRE, NZ., ATTN IGOR SERGEYEV, DEFENCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA, 7-095-247-2722, 7-095-293-3323 IVAN IVANOV, FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA, 7-095-244-3276, 7-095-244-2203, cc WILLIAM S. COHEN, UNITED STATES SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE +1-703-695-1149 PRESIDENT CLINTON +1-202-456-2461 Dear Igor Sergeyev and Ivan Ivanov, We are writing to you as co-organisers of the international campaign to take nuclear weapons off hairtrigger alert before the Dec. 31/Jan 1 Y2K 'rollover', and as co-organizers of the large letter, now signed by over 460 organizations, which has been faxed to you many times, asking for nuclear weapons to be taken off hairtrigger alert over the Y2K period. We read with considerable alarm, statements by President Yeltsin recently that the US should remember that 'Russia is a great power that possesses a full nuclear arsenal', combined with a deployment of ten new Topol-M missiles. It is especially alarming to read that these new missiles are being put on full alert status, when the world is demanding that nuclear weapons be taken off alert status especially over the Y2K period. There is, we think, no doubt in anyone's mind as to the capability of either Russia or the US to wreak irreparable destruction to the life systems of the entire planet. The use of all or a portion of the 5,600 warheads in land - based ICBM systems in the US and Russia will in all probability mean the complete annihilation of both sides of the exchange and the end of human civilization. No conceivable political or military purpose would be served by such catastrophic destruction. Neither Russia nor the US is threatened in any fundamental way. However, any nuclear exchange, accidental or otherwise, would bring about the prompt and complete destruction of both parties and the rest of the world. In addition, the International Court of Justice in 1996 declared that the use or threat of nuclear weapons is contrary to international law. It is arguable that under international law, even the imminent destruction of a nation cannot justify recourse to nuclear weapons. There is nothing in current US/Russian relations that cannot be solved by a willingness to talk and to make mutual accommodations in good faith. With the approach of the Y2K rollover, the chances of an accidental nuclear war, due to Y2K related computer problems in command and control systems, are greater than ever. We note that Russia and the US have established a joint Y2K strategic stability centre, but it is also essential that both sides refrain from provocative statements and actions over this sensitive period. The strategic stability centre, while absolutely essential, is inadequate by itself to ensure strategic stability. That can only be done by nuclear weapons systems being placed in a status such that immediate launch, or launch on warning, is no longer possible. This move has been termed "de-alerting" and has been called for now by two resolutions last year in the United Nations General Assembly, two resolutions this year in the UN, by the Australian Senate and by the European Parliament last Nov. 18th. The safety and stability of the world depends on Russia and the US taking the necessary technical measures to ensure prevention of a nuclear launch. We are well aware that recent moves by NATO and the US, especially with regard to the ABM treaty may be viewed as provocative, but no political goal and no strategic interest is important enough to risk the possibility of ending human civilization and possibly all human life. We call on you therefore to place your nuclear forces in a de-alerted configuration in which immediate launch or launch on warning is impossible. We ask that you make the year 2000, already designated by the UN as the International Year of the Culture of Peace, the first year of a millennium free from the threat of nuclear destruction. Yours Sincerely, Yumi Kikuchi, World Atomic safety Holiday International, Gen Morita, Y2K Citizens Network, Kamogawa, Commander Robert Green, RN (retd.), Chair, World Court Project, UK, Colin Archer, International Peace Bureau, Geneva, Eva Quistorp,(former MEP) Women for Peace, Berlin, Germany, Ak Malten, Global Anti-Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Netherlands. Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, World Atomic Safety Holiday, NY., Mary Olson, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Y2K-WASH, USA, Mary Beth Branagan/James Heddle, Y2K WASH, USA, Sally Light, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, USA, Alan F. Phillips, MD, Physicians for Global Survival Canada, Vladimir Slivyak, International Nuclear Campaigner, Social-Ecological Union, Moscow, Kate Dewes, Director, Disarmament and Security Centre, Christchurch, NZ., Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Development, Melb, Australia, Dennis Doherty, Sydney Anti-Bases Campaign Committee, John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth John Hallam Friends of the Earth Sydney, 17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, Fax(61)(2)9517-3902 ph (61)(2)9517-3903 nonukes@foesyd.org.au http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd/nuclear/bbletter.html - - 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: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 22:02:24 -0800 From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Subject: (abolition-usa) Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter December 1999 (apolopies for any mutiple postings due to crossovers on lists) Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter December 1999 Vol. I Number VI ************************ In This Edition... ************************ I. Introduction II. New Organizations III. Articles IV. Commentary V. Actions You Can Take VI. Calendar Events VII. Resources VIII. Letter from the Editor ************************ Introduction ************************ Organizational endorsements continue to arrive daily via mail and email. Currently, the Network is comprised of 1,415 organizations in 90 countries and 239 Municipalities have endorsed the Abolition 2000 Municipal Resolution. We are seeking your support to help us reach our goal. Please join me in wishing a warm welcome to the following organizations and municipalities which have recently endorsed the Abolition 2000 statement and joined the network. I urge you to support those within the network and continue building relationships with like-minded individuals and organizations. Please set a goal of enrolling at least one new organization during the month of January. Thank you for your continued support. ************************ New Organizations ************************ Activist San Diego, La Jolla/California American Women's Work, Seattle/Washington Bill Motto VFW Post 5888, Santa Cruz/California California Physician Alliance, Sun Valley/California Christchurch Episcopal, Franktown/Colorado Citizens for Overt Action, Seattle/Washington Community Centered School Facilitation, New York/New York Fellowship of Reconciliation, Seattle Chapter/Washington First Mennonite Church of San Francisco, San Francisco/California Fundacion Solar, Guatemala City/Guatemala International Club for Peace Research, Yaounde/Africa International Association of Educators for World Peace, Tanzania Invest in Kids, Walnut Creek/California Just 1 World, Toronto/Canada New York Gray Panthers, New York New York Women of Vision and Action, New York/New York Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Methodist Federation for Social Action, Bellingham/Washington Pathways to Peace, San Rafael/California Rainforest Action Network, San Francisco/California Save Heritage and Rehabilitate the Environment (SHARE), Sierra Leone Sisters of the Holy Names, Iowa Sisters of the Holy Names, Santa Clara/California Spira Grace Project, Lititz/Pensylvania Summit Monthly Meeting, North Plainfield/New Jersey Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility, Seattle/Washington ************** Articles ************** Oppose Nuclear Reactor Construction in Tamil, India! Friends of the Tender Earth in Tamil, India is fighting against a proposed nuclear reactor at Koodankulam in Tamilnadu. The reactor will be supplied by the Russian government and construction is expected to be complete by the year 2001 . The land for the reactor was acquired by a nuclear power corporation in September of 1999. The reactor will require 1 cubic foot of water per second for cooling and other operations, but no such source exists in Koodankulam. The nuclear power corporation plans to pump water from the Patchiparai Dam in the neighboring Kanyakumari district. Using water from the dam will divert the precious resource from many farmers. In addition, the nuclear power corporation plans to dump the nuclear waste in the Bay of Bengal (also called the Gulf of Mannar). The waste will harm the delicate balance of the coastal ecosystem which houses a variety of coral reefs and abundant arrays of fish. This sensitive coastal area is the livelihood of many fisherman and their families and they export marine food to many "developed" nations. Even though the Atomic Energy Regulation Board has not given any permission to build the reactor, project development has continued. The nuclear power corporation which is sponsoring the construction is also known for its many failures around the world. Please join the Friends of the Tender Earth in Tamil in their opposition to the construction of the reactor. For more information and to send a message of solidarity, please contact: S.M. Prithiviraj at prithvi14@yahoo.com Abolition 2000 Working Group on Corporate Issues Co-Hosts Successful Forum on the World Trade Organization The forum sponsored by the Abolition 2000 Working Group on Corporate Issues, Pacific Northwest Disarmament Coalition (US) and End the Arms Race (Canada) was a success! The public forum was held in conjunction with the civil society events surrounding the World Trade Organization on November 28, 1999. The discussion examined the links between globalization and militarism. Among other speakers, Steve Staples, convenor of the Abolition 2000 Working Group on Corporate Issues and Chair of the International Network on Disarmament and Globalization, discussed how the WTO promotes war economies by protecting military spending and the arms industry, creating a global war system to be used as the "invisible fist behind the so-called invisible hand of the free market." He also noted the ability of corporations to use the "rules" of the WTO to dispute panels and block peace-building economic strategies. Alice Slater, a member of the Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee and director of GRACE, spoke on how nuclear weapons are defending US corporate interests. She also highlighted the US Space Command vision to control and dominate outerspace in order to defend US interests and investments. The full text of the speech can be viewed at the Abolition 2000 website at Http://www.abolition2000.org. For more information: End the Arms Race: Http://www.peacewire.org Project Ploughshares: Http://www.ploughshares.ca Center for Defense Information: Http://www.cdi.org International Network on Disarmament and Globalization: Http://www.indg.org Back from the Brink De-Alerting Campaign Launched Despite the end of the Cold War more than ten years ago, more than 4,400 nuclear weapons in the US and Russian arsenals remain in "launch-on warning" posture. It is essential to de-alert nuclear weapons in order lessen the risk of an accidental missile launch due to human error or miscalculation. De-alerting can also be carried out in conjunction with disarmament initiatives. Back from the Brink, launched its national campaign to de-alert nuclear weapons at a national press conference in Washington, DC on Thursday, December 9, 1999. The campaign is sponsored by Former Senator Dale Bumpers, Director of the Center for Defense Information; Representative Edward J. Markey; Dr. Bruce Blair, Brookings Institution and former US missile launch officer; Beatrice Brailsford, Program Director, Snake River Alliance; and Dr. Arjun Makhijani, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. As part of a nation-wide effort to de-alert US nuclear weapons, Back from the Brink has released a fifteen minute video on de-alerting, along with a toll-free phone number and a website. To obtain more information about de-alerting or the Back from the Brink campaign, please visit the website at: Http://www.dealert.org or call toll free 1-877-55-BESAFE Peace Delegation Summons NATO Defense Ministers On December 2, 1999, a delegation of twenty peace campaigners handed summons to NATO defense ministers as they entered a ministerial meeting. The summons condemned the illegal nuclear policy used by NATO. To the peace campaigners' dismay, the non-violent demonstration was almost immediately stopped by a Brussels police force. The summons handed to the Defense Ministers noted the illegality of NATO to retain its option to use nuclear weapons first in future conflicts. The summons also condemned the resistance of NATO member nuclear weapons states to pursue negotiations leading to the global elimination of nuclear weapons. In addition, NATO States violate Articles I and II of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) because the US maintains nuclear weapons in European NATO countries and trains European citizens for their delivery. Mala Spotted Eagle, a Shoshone Native American who joined the peace movement delegation in Brussels stated, "The Western Shoshone Nation has been suffering for a long time now of the effects of over 900 US and British nuclear tests on our treaty lands in Nevada (USA). Today however all life on our Mother Earth is suffering from the consequences of the nuclear tests. It makes no sense to continue to threaten the world populations with such immoral and monstrous weapons." For more information, please contact: For Mother Earth International/Voor Moeder Aarde vzw, Gents Ecologisch Centrum Maria-Hendrikaplein 5-6 9000 Gent, Belgium Tel: +32-9-242 87 52 Fax +32-9-242 87 51 E-mail: pol@motherearth.org URL: Http://www.motherearth.org/ *************** Commentary *************** Below is an excerpt from "The Strengths of Unanimity and Good Faith" by Harold Evans, LL.M., Q.S.O., a member of the Abolition 2000 committee in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The paper was a proposal and Parliamentary Initiative in Aotearoa/New Zealand to appeal to member states of the United Nations and especially Nuclear Weapons States, to join Aotearoa/New Zealand in accepting and "in fulfilling the obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects under strict and effective international control." The Parliamentary document was entitled "Nuclear Disarmament and Abolition 2000" and was used as a means to gain support from the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Public Advisory Committee on Disarmament and Arms Control. To obtain information about the status of the document or to become actively involved in the Abolition 2000 Wellington Committee, please contact: Chris King Abolition 2000 c/o Department of Public Health Wellington School of Medicine P.O. Box 7343 Wellington South, Aotearoa/New Zealand Tel: (04) 385-5999 ext. 6050 Fax: (04) 389-5319 "The Strengths of Unanimity and Good Faith" by Harold Evans, LL.M., Q.S.O. "And yet the case for their [nuclear weapons] total elimination, even if classed as a dream is firmly based on human need. The safety, security, health and well-being of all people are dependent upon the dream becoming a reality. To this the law of Rome added its own vision. Looking to the same human needs and using the inclusive word 'salus', Cicero (106-44 BC) declared that it was the chief duty of the law to safeguard them: 'Salus populi suprema est lex.' Moreover the most basic instincts of Homo Sapiens - self-preservation, coupled nowadays with the protectiveness felt towards Planet Earth and all life pertaining to it, are in themselves a case for elimination of these horrendous weapons... All in all, therefore, the men and women of 'Abolition 2000', in starting along the road towards nuclear disarmament, total and universal, have surely done right. They know the journey will entail the long and formidable task of persuading the nations of the world into an agreement for the elimination of nuclear weapons. In this task they will need all the help they can get from international and humanitarian law and enlightened leadership everywhere. And the point here and now to be made is that such help has become available, help of a very specific kind." ************************ Action You Can Take ************************ Abolition 2000 Needs Your Support! Now, more than ever, your action and support are needed to make a difference. As the year 2000 quickly approaches, we must unite in our common endeavors to create a more peaceful and just world, free from the threat of nuclear weapons. Although our different organizations are unique and have a variety of priorities and agendas, we all are striving for the same end...nuclear abolition. Here are three things you can do to unite and strengthen the Network: 1. Enroll Commit to enrolling at least one other organization in the month of December. 2. Circulate the Abolition 2000 International Petition among your friends, family and in your community and introduce the Municipal Resolution to your local government. 3. Donate Please commit to making a donation, however large or small to forward our common work and goals for this upcoming critical year. Global Peace Now! The Year 2000 Global Peace Walk will begin on January 15, 2000 at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in San Francisco, California. Peace Walkers will embark on a nine month journey across the US, carrying petitions and messages of peace. Among other survival issues, the Global Peace Walk has agreed to carry the Abolition 2000 message and petition. The journey will conclude in Washington, DC on October 8, 2000 (Indigenous People's Day) and the various petitions and messages will be delivered to governmental leaders. Support from Abolition 2000 members is needed to help carry the message of disarmament to various communities. If you are interested hosting activities surrounding the Year 2000 Global Peace Walk in your city or in becoming a financial or moral supporter, please contact: Global Peace Walk P.O. Box 170245 San Francisco, CA 94117-0245 Tel: (415) 863-2084 E-Fax: (413) 895-8588 Email: GPZONE2000@aol.com or Gear2000@lightspeed.net URL: Http://www.globalpeacenow.org Fax a Letter to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons! Continue faxing letters to US President Bill Clinton and US Secretary of Defense William Cohen asking them to take nuclear weapons off "hair-trigger" alert to prevent a global nuclear catastrophe. Fax numbers: President William Clinton FAX (202)456-2461 or (202)456-2883. US Secretary of Defense William Cohen FAX (703)695-1149. Sample letters and background information can be found at the Abolition 2000 website at Http://www.abolition2000.org. Free internet faxing is available at Http://www.fax4free.com. ************************ Calendar of Events ************************ December 23 A Dedication to Nonviolence and Candlelight Vigil, sponsored by the Brandywine Peace Community, will take place at 5 p.m. across the 30th Street Bridge at Market Street in Philadelphia, PA. For more information, please contact the Brandywine Peace Community at: P.O. Box 81 Swarthmore, PA 19081 Tel: (610) 544-1818 Email: brandywine@juno.com Http://www.craftech.com/~dcpledge/brandywine 30-January 2 The Nevada Desert Experience is announces "Walking the Ways of Peace", a non-violent demonstration that will be held at Bishop Gormon High School, Las Vegas and the Nevada Test site. Join a candlelight procession onto the Test Site at midnight on December 31st. For more information, please contact the Nevada Desert Experience at: Telephone: (702) 646-4814 Email: nde@igc.apc.org URL: http://www.shundahai.org/nde 31 Join peace & justice advocates from around the Southeastern US in a historic and memorable Millennium - New Year's 2000 observance. "Peacemaking in the 21st Century" will be held at Crooked River State Park and will celebrate the past, envision the future and build community. For more information, please contact John & Martina Linnehan of the Metanoia Community at: 12230 Flynn Woods Road Jacksonville, FL 32223 Tel: 904-262-5071 Email metanoia@juno.com January 15-October 8 Year 2000 Global Peace Walk will journey from San Francisco to Washington, DC, carrying petitions and messages of peace. For more information visit: Http://www.globalpeacenow.org 17 Resist Lockheed Martin on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by participating in a nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience sponsored by the Brandywine Peace Community. The event will take place at noon at Lockheed Martin on Mall Blvd. For more information, please contact Brandywine Peace Community at: P.O. Box 81 Swarthmore, PA 19081 Tel: (610) 544-1818 Email: brandywine@juno.com Http://www.craftech.com/~dcpledge/brandywine 31 A protest vigil sponsored by the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space will be held from 10 am to 1 pm in front of the Hyatt Regency in New Mexico during the 17th Annual Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion. For more information visit: Http://www.globenet.free-online.co.uk/ April '00 13 The UK and Irish Local Authorities announce the third annual conference on nuclear hazards. Themes for the conference include: - - "Getting to Zero: Implementation of the OSPAR agreement to cut radioactive discharges from nuclear plants to the marine environment" - - "Polluter or Remediator?: Can the Sellafield nuclear complex convert to clean up?" - - "Protecting the Public: Controlling the circulation of radioactive scrap and preventing its incorporation into consumer goods." - - "Managing Nuclear Waste: Review of progress with the rundown of highly active liquid wastes at Sellafield and the outlook for UK policy." For detailed information about the conference, please contact the Nuclear Free Local Authorities Secretariat at: Town Hall Manchester, M60 2LA, UK Email: nfznsc@gn.apc.org URL: Http://www.gn.apc.org/nfzns/ 24-28 Auckland, New Zealand College of Humanities and Social Sciences Massey University (at Albany) is holding a conference entitled "Enhancing the prospect of peace within pluralistic societies and the pluralistic global body, across the realms of Community, Nationality, International Relations, and Individuality". For further information on conference themes and registration, please visit the website at: http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwsocial/homepage.htm or contact: Dr. Warwick Tie (conference convenor), School of Sociology and Women's Studies Massey University, Private Bag & Helli, North Shore Mail Centre, New Zealand. Fax +64 09 443 9716 Email: W.J.Tie@massey.ac.nz 24-May 19 Mark your Calendars! The 2000 NPT Review Conference will be held at the UN in New York. Stay tuned for forthcoming information on action you can take to demand disarmament from the nuclear weapons states. May 7-13 Shoshone Walk and Run for the Damaged Land, Warm Springs to Mercury. Please call Johnnie Bobb of the Western Shoshone Nation, Yomba Tribe at (775) 964-2210 22-26 The Millennium Forum at the UN will be an important opportunity for Abolition 2000 organizations to interact with the rest of the NGO community. The Millennium Forum is part of the preparations for the Millennium Summit of the UN General Assembly that will take place in September 2000. For more information, visit: Http://www.millenniumforum.org or www.un.org/millennium June 14-18 International Network of Engineers and Scientists (INES) announces an International Conference entitled "Challenges for Science and Engineering in the 21st Century" in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information, contact the INES 2000 Conference Secretariat at: Gutenbergstr. 31,44139 Dortmund, Germany Tel: +49 231 575218, Fax: +49 231 575210, E-mail: INES2000@t-online.de URL: Http://www.ines2000.org ************************ Resources ************************ Books South Asia on a Short Fuse: Nuclear Politics and the Future of Global Disarmament, published by Oxford University Press, Delhi, is now available. The book is the first full-length analysis of the causes and consequences of the crossing of the nuclear threshold by India and Pakistan. South Asia on a Short Fuse: Nuclear Politics and the Future of Global Disarmament is approximately 400 pages and is available for 595 Rupees. The book is available in major bookstores in most Indian cities. This edition is for South Asia. The American edition is expected to be published soon under the title, New Nukes: India, Pakistan and Global Nuclear Disarmament by Interlink Publishing, Northampton, Mass, USA and differs slightly from the OUP volume in editing style and number of appendices. You can order South Asia on a Short Fuse: India, Pakistan and Global Nuclear Disarmament from any of OUP's regional offices. Their addresses in metropolitan cities are: Delhi: 2/11 Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi 110 002 Tel: (+11) 327.3841/42 / Fax: (+11) 327.7812 Mumbai: Oxford House, Apollo Bunder, Mumbai 400 001 Tel: (+22) 202.1029/1198 | Fax: (+22) 204.1268 Calcutta: Plot No. A1-5, Block GP, Sector V, Salt Lake Electronics Complex, Calcutta 700 091 Tel: (+33) 357.3739/40/41 | Fax: (+33) 357.3738 For more information on South Asia on a Short Fuse: India, Pakistan and Global Nuclear Disarmament, please contact: Bumper Stickers The bumper sticker that says it all is now available from the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action. The bright blue blackround and the yellow and gold sunflower in the center concisely and aesthetically represent the simple message, "Abolish Nuclear Weapons." The stickers can be purchased for .25 cents each or 50 stickers for $10 USD + shipping and handling. To order for yourself or for your organization, send your request to: Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action 16159 Clear Creek Rd. NW Poulsbo, WA 98370 Tel: 360-377-2586 Email: info@gzcenter.org Video The WTO and the Global War System -- Now available on the Internet in Real Video! The video highlights the public forum on globalization and militarism, held during the civil society events surrounding the Ministerial Meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle on November 28th, 1999. Part 1: Http://www.tappedintotheearth.com/ram/globalwar1.ram Martin Fleck, Physicians for Social Responsibility (Moderator) Susan George, Transnational Institute Mark Ritchie, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Alice Slater, GRACE and Abolition 2000 Part 2 : Http://www.tappedintotheearth.com/ram/globalwar2.ram Steve Staples, International Network on Disarmament and Globalization Followed by the discussion Period. **************************** Letter from the Editor **************************** December 15, 1999 Dear Friends and Activists, As 1999 comes to an end and a new year quickly approaches, I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you. I am very thankful for this opportunity to be apart of a very important movement and caring community that strives to create a more peaceful and just world. We may not be the majority, but our message is clear and salient. Now, more than ever, our efforts to achieve a nuclear free world are needed to encourage each other to continue our work with zeal and determination, to influence policy makers, to advocate change and to educate others. We must let the world know that the resolve of the nuclear weapons states to maintain their arsenals is unacceptable and we will not stand for it. We must act now to hold our governments responsible for the destruction, degradation and human suffering that they have caused in failing to reduce the nuclear danger by refusing to implement arms control and disarmament measures. If we do nothing, the devastation will affect us all. Now is not the time to be despondent or downcast. We must mobilize ourselves and others and press forward. I hope that you will join me in a commitment to further the goals of Abolition 2000 and to continue striving for a world free from the nuclear threat. Thank you for your support and endurance in our common endeavor to create a better world for our generation and future generations to come. I look forward to keeping in touch and working with each one of you in this coming year. Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions, comments or concerns. Yours In Peace, Carah Carah Lynn Ong Coordinator, Abolition 2000 1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1 Santa Barbara CA 93108 Phone (805) 965 3443 FAX(805) 568 0466 Email: A2000@silcom.com Website http://www.abolition2000.org Join the Abolition-USA or Abolition-Global Caucus list serve to regularly receive updates about the Abolition movement. Both caucus' also provide a forum for conversation on nuclear-related issues as well as they are used to post important articles and information pertaining to nuclear abolition. To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, please do one of the following: 1. Send a message to the list moderator at A2000@silcom.com 2. 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