I think the Salvation Army = General is=20 still Paul Rader from the USA. =

When the Pope, the = General and=20 the Dalai Lama all seem to agree on the issue - why is there still a = problem?=20

Ross=20 Wilcock

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- ------=_NextPart_000_0026_01BECFD4.1F1FD9B0-- - - 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, 17 Jul 1999 21:13:48 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) CAN ANYONE HELP? CONGRESSIONAL SIGNATURES FOR DE-ALERTING LETTER Dear People, I am looking for people who might be able to get congressional signatures for the Y2K De-Alerting letter that I have been circulating. It isn't possible to do so via congressional email because all that happens is that you are auto-spammed by the autoresponders. There is no human response whatsoever, and it is hopeless. As I am physically located in Australia it is hardly possible to do it by fax and phone. I need someone who is willing to take on the task of getting as many congresional signatures to this important letter, well before the date of Aug 6th, when it is to be released to media. I hope to hear from someone soon! I am sending up the letter be separate email. - - 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, 17 Jul 1999 21:00:08 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) LETS GET DE-ALERT CAMPAIGN GOING John Hallam Friends of the Earth Sydney, 17 Lord street, Newtown, Fax(61)(2)9517-3902 ph (61)(2)9517-3903 nonukes@foesyd.org.au http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd Dear Everybody, Some thoughts on a de-alerting campaign. The possibility that Y2K-Related computer failure might possibly give rise to an accidental nuclear war is both real and frightening. Lets put it clearly. If what BASIC and others are saying is correct, there is a significant risk, however remote, that Y2K related computer failure over the rollover period could lead to an accidental nuclear exchange or accidental nuclear war. Even if the risk of this were very small it's not a risk that the planet should be subjected to. And it's a risk that CAN be eliminated or minimised by taking N-weapons off hairtrigger alert. But on the whole, the people out there in middle- Australia, middle America, middle -Japan,or middle Russia still have no real idea that it is a possibility. When I explain this stuff to people I meet, they usually look a bit stunned, and are either silent, or just say 'Oh', or use an expletive, and then they ask what they can do to help. When I explained it on a national telephone hookup of antinuke groups, there was a sort of silence, followed by a soft collective groan. People know it's serious but can't quite get their minds around it. Is that why there's not more of a focus on it? It needs to be much more of a campaign priority than it seems to be. As far as I can see at the moment, while Rennie Drielsma and Operation de-Alert, and the Boston de-Alerting Committee are devoted to de- alerting, and there have been some new initiatives with the World Atomic Safety Holiday (WASH) idea coming out of Japan, and the NIRS Y2K campaign (which is more reactor - focused), and while PGS, TVC, and everyone on this list are doing things, there is not a strong focus on this topic. People agree that it's important, and the Y2K problem gives it extra urgency, but the actual time- bounded and time- urgent nature of the problem is not, to my mind getting enough attention. The letter to Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin that I have been circulating, which many of you have signed, is to be released on Aug 6th. By then it will have been faxed a number of times to Bill'n Boris, and to their respective defence secretaries, as well as by email to all heads of state and the UN. But that is only the start of any de-alerting campaign. In Australia, we will be looking at getting Senate resolutions up on de- alerting. I hope that the same thing may be possible with the EP. But we really need a much more concentrated focuss on this issue to make a difference, with pressure especially in the US and if we can manage it, in Russia. I hope that in the next 1-2 months this will be possible. If people are doing work on de- alerting on any level - grass roots congress, duma, or kremlin or white house - can they gat in touch with me? And can people sign and circulate the de-alerting letter to others to sign, and think what steps to take beyond letters? get in touch with me on the above adress. John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Sydney, Australia. - - 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, 17 Jul 1999 21:30:22 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) Sign-on Letter re Y2K De-alerting of Strategic Nukes to Yeltsin, Clinton. This letter is now soliciting signatures - especially congressional ones. FROM: FRIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EL SALVADOR, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH UKRAINE, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FINLAND, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FRANCE, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CYPRUS, FRIENDS OF THE EARTH JAPAN SIBERIA PROGRAM AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE, MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WAR, PAX CHRISTI N.S.W., WAYSIDE CHAPEL, UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA, PITT STREET UNITING CHURCH, PITT ST, SYDNEY, CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DISARMAMENT (CICD) AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE, PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, N.S.W., WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA, THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY, AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION, ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY, ARID LANDS ENVIRONMENT CENTRE, BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE, ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A., CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY, S.A., PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA, EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE LISMORE, EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE GOLD COAST, PACIFIC CONNECTIONS, TWO BILLION VOICES FOR PEACE PROJECT, UNITED TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL SA., UNITED FIREFIGHTERS UNION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE S.A., CFMEU, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BRANCH, A.M.W.U., SA. 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OF AUCKLAND, NZ, PACIFIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF NGOS, BELAU., MALAYSIAN PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR, GREEN ACTION KYOTO, WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY, SENDAI, JAPAN, SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NAGERCOIL, INDIA, INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY, ECODEFENSE KOENIGSBERG/MOSCOW, WISE-KALININGRAD, ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION MOSCOW, PLATAN YOUTH GROUP, KALININGRAD, EDUCATIONAL COMITTEE KALININGRAD REGIONAL DUMA, COMMITTEE OF 100, FINLAND, PEACE UNION OF FINLAND, NORWEGIAN PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW) PEACE MOVEMENT OF ESBJERG, DENMARK, WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (FRANCE), MOUVEMENT DE LA PAIX, FRANCE, GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR IMMEDIATE DISARMAMENT, SWITZERLAND, DARMSTAEDTER FRIEDENSFORUM, GERMANY, NUCLEAR-FREE AWARD, GERMANY, ELIZABETH SCHROEDTER, MEP, CENTRE FOR ENCOUNTER AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA, IPPNW AUSTRIA, ANTI-ATOM INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRIA, COORDINATION OFFICE OF AUSTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GROUPS, INDEPENDENT SALZBURG PLATFORM AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS, FOR MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, GHENT, BELGIUM, MDB ENERGY PROJECT, NETHERLANDS, FOR MOTHER EARTH NETHERLANDS, CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NETHERLANDS, ITALIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, GLOBAL RESOURCE ACTION CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (GRACE) N.Y U.S., NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS, NUCLEAR-FREE NEW YORK, TRI-VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, U.S., SAVE WARD VALLEY, CALIF, U.S., METRO-BOSTON COMMITTEE TO DE-ALERT NUCLEAR WEAPONS, NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIA, U.S., PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, U.S.A, LIVERMORE CONVERSION PROJECT, OAKLAND, CALIF., ACTION SITE TO STOP CASSINI FLYBY, PROPOSITION-1 COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON DC, US., HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS, TECOPA, CALIF, U.S., UNITING CHURCH OF CHRIST ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE TASK FORCE, METHODISTS UNITED FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE, USA., INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, US, WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE, NY, USA., PEACE RESOURCE CENTRE OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF, U.S., GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE, WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS, CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH, OREGON, USA, CITIZENS PROTECTING OHIO, CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY NEW MEXICO, PEACE ACTION USA., METRO NEW YORK PEACE ACTION COUNCIL, USA., PAX CHRISTI U.S.A., PAX CHRISTI NEW YORK, PAX CHRISTI, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ, USA., PAX CHRISTI TEXAS, PAX CHRISTI ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA, FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN, ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION ON NUCLEAR POWER, CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR SURVIVAL, ATOMIC MIRROR, CALIF, U.S., NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A PEACE TAX FUND, BILL BLAIKIE MP, HOUSE LEADER, NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CANADA, SVEND ROBINSON MP, HOUSE OF REPS, CANADA, VETERANS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, CANADA, PHYSICIANS FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL, CANADA, NEW GREEN ALLIANCE, CANADA, PACIFIC CAMPAIGN FOR DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY, BC, CANADA., THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, VANCOUVER, B.C., PLOUGHSHARES, CALGARY, CANADA, PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, KRASNOPRESENSKAYA-2, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, +7-095-205-4219, +7-095-206-5173 +7-095-205-4330, PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, US, +1-202-456-2461, +1-202-456-2883. WILLIAM COHEN, US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE, +1-703-695-1149, BILL RICHARDSON, US SECRETARY OF ENERGY, +1-202-586-9987. IGOR SERGEYEV, DEFENCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA, Znamenka-19, 103160, Moscow, Russia, +7-095-293-33-13, 247-2795, 247-2722, 293-3323. FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA, +7-095-244-3276, +7-095-244-2203, CC ALL HEADS OF STATE (BY EMAIL) ALL UN MISSIONS (BY EMAIL) Dear Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton, Defence Ministers and Defence Secretaries, Heads of State and UN Missions, The organisations above, representing millions of people worldwide, are writing to convey their extreme concern over the possibility that Year 2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead to an unacceptable risk of nuclear war by accident or miscalculation. In the current political situation this is most especially the case. According to Alexandr Arbatov, of the Defence Committee of the Russian State Duma, US-Russian relations are at 'the worst, most acute, most dangerous juncture since the US-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises.' The danger during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility that spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to mistakenly authorise the launches of nuclear weapons. Events similar to this have already occurred. For example: In the US in 1980, a malfunctioning computer chip sent spurious alert signals; In 1983 in Russia, satellites mistook glare off the tops of clouds for a US missile launch, (and disaster was averted by the refusal of the local commander to believe the warnings were real); In 1995, a Norwegian research rocket prompted a full-scale Russian alert. If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate early warning data, or if communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous. There should therefore be a 'safety first ' approach to Y2K and nuclear arsenals. Because none of the nuclear weapons states can guarantee that their nuclear- related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible solution is for them all to stand down nuclear operations. This approach should include taking nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles. The stakes involved in any nuclear exchange between Russia and the US are such that they dwarf any other considerations. The future of life itself on earth could be in doubt. In light of this, we strongly urge that you remove all strategic and tactical nuclear weapons from 'hair trigger' alert, and place them in a status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to launch them. The Canberra Commission in August 1996, noted that terminating nuclear alert status would: - --Reduce dramatically the chances of accidental or unauthorised nuclear missile launch. - --Help set the stage for intensified cooperation on a more far- reaching disarmament agenda - --Have a very positive influence on the political climate between nuclear weapon states. This last is especially relevant in the current tension between Russia and NATO, which has prompted Russia to withdraw from cooperation with the US on Y2K problems. According to the Canberra Commission, "Taking nuclear forces off alert could be verified by national technical means and nuclear weapon state inspection arrangements. in the first instance, reduction in alert status could be adopted by the nuclear weapon states unilaterally" If both sides are verifiably de-alerted, it will not be possible for either to launch a disarming first strike. The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the Y2K computer problem must take precedence over all other considerations of politics and national security. Signed Kevin Dunion, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International, John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia, Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador, Viktor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine, Jan Kunnas, Friends of the Earth Finland, Amis de la Terre, Paris, France, Loukia Pavlidou, President, Friends of the Earth Cyprus, Oleg Svistunov, Friends of the Earth Japan Siberia Program, Denis Doherty, Secretary, Pax Christi NSW, Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Uniting Church in Australia, Julie Marlow, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Committee, Irene Gale, Australian Peace Committee, SA Branch, Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee, National Committee, Susan Wareham, President, Medical Association for the Prevention of War, IPPNW Regional Vice-President, Aust., Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament, Peter Jones, War Resisters International, Australia., Peter Garrrett, President, Australian Conservation Foundation, Alec Marr, National Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society, Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory, Ian Dixon, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore, Deborah Matters, Arid Lands Environment Centre, Alice Springs, NT., Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A., Cherie Hoyle, Centre for Urban Ecology, SA., Isabelle Whyte, Everyone for a Nuclear-free Future, Lismore, Robin Taubenfeld, Everyone for a Nuclear-Free Future, Gold Coast, Chris White, Secretary, United Trades and Labour Council, SA, Paul Martinella, State Secretary, CFMEU, SA, Trevor Smith, National Secretary, CFMEU, Forests and Forests products Division, SA, Stephen Smith, Secretary, CFMEU, Furnishing trade Division, SA, Helen Caldicott, MD, Mick Doyle, United Firefighters Union of SA, Paul Noak, Secy, A.M.W.U. SA Office. Martin O' Malley, Secy, CFMEU, SA Branch. Stephen Spence, Secretary, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, SA., Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria, Senator Meg Lees, Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader of the Australian Democrats, Senator Vicky Bourne, Democrat Senator for NSW., Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats, Senator Andrew Bartlett, Democrat Senator for Queensland, Senator Bob Brown, Green Senator for Tasmania, Senator Dee Margetts, Green Senator for Western Australia, Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW., Senator Margaret Reynolds, ALP, Anthony Albanese. ALP, Federal member for Grayndler, Tanya Plibersek, ALP, Federal member for Sydney, Jann Mc Farlane, Federal member for Stirling, W.A., Jill Hall, M.P., Federal member for Shortland, NSW, Cheryl Davenport MLC., W.A., Ian Cohen, MLC, Greens, NSW, Lee Rhiannon, MLC, Greens, NSW, Sandra Kanck, MLC,Democrats, S.A., Ian Gilfillan, MLC, Democrats, SA, Robyn Geraghty MP, Member for Torrens, SA., Frances Bedford, ALP State MP for Florey, S.A., Dr Louise Crossley, National Convenor, Greens, Australia, Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western Australia., Zohl D' Ishtar, Pacific Connections, Richard Goode, 2 Billion Voices for Peace Project, Commander Robert Green RN (Ret'd), Chair, World Court Project UK, Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, Sweden, Martin Butcher, British-American Security Information Centre, US/UK, Stephanie Mills, Greenpeace International Nuclear and Disarmament Campaign, Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, (IALANA), The Hague, Neth., Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K., Janet Bloomfield, Former Chair CND, Abolition UK, Saffron Walden Group Against Nuclear Weapons, Bruce Kent, Vice-President, CND, Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands CND, Birmingham, UK, Tigger Mc Gregor, Youth and Student CND, U.K., Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND., UK., Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for Accountability of US Bases, UK., Gillian Reeve, Director, MEDACT (IPPNW UK), Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares 2000, Norwich, Norfolk, UK., Di Mc Donald, Network Information Project, Southampton, UK, Dr Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre, *Marion Hancock, Aoteoroa/NZ Peace Foundation, Auckland, NZ.,* Gerry Coates, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ, Keith Locke, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, NZ Greens, Llelwyn Richards, National Consultative Committee on Disarmament, NZ, Barbara Frame, Peace Action Dunedin, NZ., John Urlich, Peace Council of New Zealand, Rev. John Murray/Dame Laurie Salas/Robin Halliday, Abolition-2000, New Zealand, Ian Prior, IPPNW New Zealand, Richard S. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Belau, Chris King, Veterans for Peace New Zealand, Derek Wilson, Architects Against Nuclear War, NZ, Robert E. White, Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of Auckland, NZ., Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, Aileen Mioko Smith, Director, Green Action Kyoto, Japan., Hiroshi Taka, Assistant Secretary, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs (Gensuikyo), S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, South India, Nana Suhartana, Indonesian National Network Forum Anti-Nuclear Society, Vladimir Sliviak, Ecodefense, Russia, Galina Raghouzhina, World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Kaliningrad, Alexandra Koroleva, Educational Committee, Kaliningrad Regional Duma, Mikhail Trofimov, Ecodefence! International, Kaliningrad, Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign of Social-Ecological Union, Moscow, Pavel Malyshev, Platan Youth Group, Kaliningrad, Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland, Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland, Bjorn Hilt, Chair, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW) Poul Eck Sorensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark, Felicity Hill, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva/NY Daniel Durand, Secretary, Mouvement de La Paix, France, Solange Fernex, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, France. Dr Roland Schutzbach, Global Initiative for Immediate Disarmament, Switzerland, Xanthe Hall, Assistant Director, IPPNW Germany, Berlin, Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany, Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Award, Germany, Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Germany. Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl, Austria, Dr Klaus Renoldner, President, IPPNW Austria, Claudia and Margit, Anti-Atom International, Claudia and Margit, Coordination Office of Austrian Environment Organisations, Heinz Stockinger, Independent Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear Dangers,(PLAGE), Salzburg, Austria, Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium, Ophelia Cowell, MDB Energy Project, Netherlands, Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands, David Boerma, Coordinator, Pacific Region, Centre for Indigenous Peoples, Netherlands., Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, University of Bari, Italy, Dr Joachim Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment, NY., USA., Grace Thorpe, National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans, Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, US, Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, California, US. Molly Johnson, Coordinator, Save Ward Valley, Calif, USA., William F. Santelmann, Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif, US. Dr Robert W. Tiller, Physicians for Social Responsibility, U.S.A., Dr Lachlan Forrow, Past Chair, IPPNW, Jonathan Mark, Action Site to Stop Cassini Flyby, Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif, USA. Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Washington DC, US., Robert Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force, Uniting Church of Christ, Rocky Mountains Conference, Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice, Washington, USA., Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Coordinator, Healing Global Wounds, Tecopa, CA, USA., Karen Talbot, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, San Francisco, California, US., Chris Ney, War Resisters League, NY, USA., Jasmina Arsova, War Resisters League,, NY. 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Johnsrud, Central Pennsylvania Citizens for Survival, Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, Calif, USA., Tom Keirans, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund, Senator Doug Roche, Canadian Parliament, Bill Blaikie MP, House Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada, Svend Robinson MP, House of Representatives,Canada, Dr David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Vancouver, Canada, Dr Barbara Birkett, President, Physicians for Global Survival, Ottawa, Canada., Dr Ross Wilcock, Physicians for Global Survival, Canada, Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatoon, Canada, Patti Willis, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security, B.C., Canada, Prof Eric Fawcett, Physics Dept, University of Toronto, Canada, Dr Jennifer Allen Simons, The Simons Foundation, Vancouver, B.C., Sally Hodges, Chair, Ploughshares, Calgary, Canada, - - 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, 17 Jul 1999 14:24:46 -0400 From: Norm and Karen Cohen Subject: (abolition-usa) Hiroshima/nagasaki events Apologies for any double posting. below are 2 press releases, one for the= Coalition for Peace and Justice Event on August 7th, and one for the NJ Hibakusha-Abolition 2000 Tour. Please atte= nd the events nearest you and forward this information to your friends an= d contacts. peace norm COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE 321 Barr Ave., Linwood NJ 08221 > 609-601-8583/8537 > norco@bellatlantic.net > http://members.bellatlantic.net/~norco/ > Date: 07/16/99 > For Immediate Release and Community Calendars: > > A-BOMB SURVIVORS TO SPEAK IN SEAVILLE ON 8/7 > > Two Hibakusha, or survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic b= ombs, will speak at the Coalition for Peace and Justice=92s annual Hirosh= ima Day Commemoration, to be held at 7:30 PM at the Seaville Friends Meet= inghouse, Route 9 in Seaville, about one half mile south of the Route 50 = and Route 9 intersection. There will also be a short slide show on the me= dical effects of nuclear bombs and the Abolition 2000 Campaign to abolish= nuclear weapons worldwide. This event is co-sponsored by the Seaville Fr= iends Meeting. > Chiyono Yoneda, and Masao Tamaru are the two Hibakusha who will sp= eak. Chiyono Yoneda, 72 years old, now lives in Yokohama, Japan. She was = present at the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th, 1945. She has been a J= apanese peace activist and member of Hidanyko, the Japanese atomic bomb v= ictims association for many years. She will describe her experiences both= during the bomb blast itself and in the days following the attack. > Masao Tamaru, 68 years old, lives in Higashikurume, a suburb of To= kyo. He was present on August 6th, 1945, when the Hiroshima atomic bomb w= as dropped. Tamaru is the Executive Director of the Tokyo branch of the a= tomic bomb victims association. > Since neither Tamaru nor Yoneda speak English, they will be accompa= nied by Manami Shintaku, a student from American University in Washington= DC, who will act as the interpreter. > Our three visitors will be housed by Ocean City residents Bill Bar= low and Karen Stone, who have graciously offered their home for our guest= s. Earlier on Saturday, our Japanese visitors will be taken on a tour of = the Leamings Run Gardens, in Clermont. > Said Norm Cohen, Executive Director of the Coalition for Peace and= Justice, =93This is the first time in many years that we in Cape May Cou= nty are to be honored with a visit from the Hibakusha. It is important fo= r the future of this planet that their testimony and witness not be forgo= tten. As time continues to lessen the impact of the horrors of the atomic= bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is important that we listen to th= ese A-bomb survivors so that we remember what devastation and destruction= these weapons caused.=94 > Cohen continued, =93This tour is part of the Abolition 2000 Campaig= n, a campaign that demands that the nuclear nations of the world get seri= ous about abolishing nuclear weapons, which they are required to do as si= gnatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. With India and Pakista= n now nuclear weapons states, and with the continued warfare between thes= e two countries, with the Russian military falling apart, it is more nece= ssary than ever that the world begin to move towards abolishing all nucle= ar weapons.=94 > The visit from the Hibakusha is part of the 1999 New Jersey and De= laware Hibakusha-Nuclear Weapons Abolition Tour, which is being coordinat= ed by the Coalition for Peace and Justice. Other stops in the tour includ= e: Wednesday, August 4th, from 7 to 9 PM at the St. George Serbian Orthod= ox Church, 654 S. Broad St., in Elizabeth, NJ, sponsored by the New Jerse= y Hiroshima Day Remembrance Committee and NJ Peace Action; Thursday, Augu= st 5th, at Princeton University=92s Woodrow Wilson School plaza, > at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action; Fri= day, August 6th, > 7:30 PM at the Moorsetown Friends Meeting, sponsored by South Jersey Ca= mpaign for Peace and Justice; Sunday, at 11:30 PM at, and sponsored by, = the Woodstown Friends Meeting; and also on Sunday, at 7:00 PM, in Wilming= ton, Delaware, sponsored by Pacem-in-Terris. the oldest and largest peace= group in Delaware. > All events are free and open to the public, who are urged to attend= this rare opportunity to meet people who can give testimony to the awful= destruction caused by atomic and nuclear bombs. This program is not aime= d at making any judgments or placing blame on any side of World war II. R= ather, we bring the Hibakusha to our area to remind people that we can ne= ver again use nuclear weapons in any war, for any reason, because the des= truction these weapons will cause is just too great. > > CONTACTS: Norm Cohen: 609-601-8583/8537 > Chiyono Yoneda: 045-983-4755 (Japan) > Masao Tamaru: 0424-75-2620 (Japan) > Sylvia Zisman (Elizabeth NJ) 973-376-5629 > L. L. Morgan (Princeton) 609-924-5022 > Rick Walnut (Moorsetown) 609-859-2785 > Diane Metz (Seaville Friends) 609-465-5567 > Shirley Lock (Woodstown Friends) 856-769-8906= > Sally Milbury-Steen (Wilmington) 302-656-2721 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------= - --- > COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE > 321 Barr Ave., Linwood NJ 08221 > 609-601-8583/8537 > norco@bellatlantic.net > http://members.bellatlantic.net/~norco/ > Date: 07/16/99 > For Immediate Release and Community Calendars: > > A-BOMB SURVIVORS TO TOUR NEW JERSEY > Two Japanese survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki A-bombs will= be touring New Jersey as part of the 1999 New Jersey and Delaware Hibaku= sha-Nuclear Weapons Abolition Tour. The tour is coordinated by the South= Jersey based Coalition for Peace and Justice. Stops in the tour include:= Wednesday, August 4th, from 7 to 9 PM at the St. George Serbian Orthodox= Church, 654 S. Broad St., in Elizabeth, NJ, sponsored by the New Jersey = Hiroshima Day Remembrance Committee and NJ Peace Action; Thursday, August= 5th, at Princeton University=92s Woodrow Wilson School plaza, at 6:00 P= M to 8:00 PM, sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action; Friday, August= 6th, 7:30 PM at the Moorsetown Friends Meeting, sponsored by South Jerse= y Campaign for Peace and Justice; Saturday, August 7th, at 7:30 PM at the= Seaville Friends Meeting, sponsored by the Coalition for Peace and Justi= ce, and Sunday, August 8th, at 11:30 PM at, and sponsored by, the Woods= town Friends Meeting; and also on Sunday, at 7:00 PM, in Wilmington, Dela= ware, sponsored by Pacem-in-Terris. the oldest and largest peace group in= Delaware. > The Elizabeth appearance also includes: Sarah Flounders, Co-direc= tor of the International Action Center, Bennett Zurofsky and the Solidari= ty Singers, Ray Corona, singer-songwriter, Susan Morehead, soprano and gu= itarist, and Paula Borenstein, who will present a children=92s program on= the story of Sadako and the thousand cranes. The Princeton event will al= so include: the Solidarity Singers, Susan Tenney Dancers, and others. > Chiyono Yoneda, and Masao Tamaru are the two Hibakusha w= ho will speak on the Hibakusha Tour. Chiyono Yoneda, 72 years old, now li= ves in Yokohama, Japan. She was present at the bombing of Nagasaki on Aug= ust 9th, 1945. She has been a Japanese peace activist and member of Hida= nyko, the Japanese atomic bomb victims association for many years. She wi= ll describe her experiences both during the bomb blast itself and in the = days following the attack. > Masao Tamaru, 68 years old, lives in Higashikurume, a suburb of To= kyo. He was present on August 6th, 1945, when the Hiroshima atomic bomb w= as dropped. Tamaru is the Executive Director of the Tokyo branch of the a= tomic bomb victims association. > Since neither Tamaru nor Yoneda speak English, they will be accompa= nied by Manami Shintaku, a student from American University in Washington= DC, who will act as the interpreter. > Said Norm Cohen, Executive Director of the Coalition for Peac= e and Justice, =93We are honored to be able to coordinate this Hibakusha = Tour. It is important for the future of this planet that their testimony = and witness not be forgotten. As time continues to lessen the impact of t= he horrors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is import= ant that we listen to these A-bomb survivors so that we remember what dev= astation and destruction these weapons caused.=94 > Cohen continued, =93This tour is part of the Abolition 2000 Campaig= n, a campaign that demands that the nuclear nations of the world get seri= ous about abolishing nuclear weapons, which they are required to do as si= gnatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. With India and Pakista= n now nuclear weapons states, and with the continued warfare between thes= e two countries, with the Russian military falling apart, it is more nece= ssary than ever that the world begin to move towards abolishing all nucle= ar weapons.=94 > All events are free and open to the public, who are urged to a= ttend this rare opportunity to meet people who can give testimony to the = awful destruction caused by atomic and nuclear bombs. This program is not= aimed at making any judgments or placing blame on any side of World war = II. Rather, we bring the Hibakusha to our area to remind people that we c= an never again use nuclear weapons in any war, for any reason, because th= e destruction these weapons will cause is just too great. > > CONTACTS: Norm Cohen: 609-601-8583/8537 > Chiyono Yoneda: 045-983-4755 (Japan) > Masao Tamaru: 0424-75-2620 (Japan) > Sylvia Zisman (Elizabeth NJ) 973-376-5629 > L. L. Morgan (Princeton) 609-924-5022 > Rick Walnut (Moorsetown) 609-859-2785 > Diane Metz (Seaville Friends) 609-465-5567 > Shirley Lock (Woodstown Friends) 856-769-8906= > Sally Milbury-Steen (Wilmington) 302-656-2721 - -- Coalition for Peace and Justice and the UNPLUG Salem Campaign 321 Barr Ave, Linwood, NJ 08221;609-601-8537 or 609-889-8583 (8583 for fa= x and answer machine) UNPLUG SALEM WEBSITE: http://members.aol.com/robvfp/page4/index.htm COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE WEBSITE: http://members.bellatlantic.net= /~norco/ The Coalition for Peace and Justice is a chapter of Peace Action Hibakusha (Hiroshima Survivors) Tour Coming to New Jersey, August 4-8. - - 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. 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