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abolition-usa-digest    Tuesday, November 28 2000    Volume 01 : Number 401




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Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 08:07:56 -0800 (PST)
From: marylia@earthlink.net (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) DOE draft long-term enviro stewardship study

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dear peace and environmental advocates,

attached is a pdf file of a dept. of energy invitation to the public. you
are invited to a "stakeholder forum" during the public comment period on
doe's draft long-term stewardship study. many of you will recall the
multi-year lawsuit brought by 39 plaintiff organizations across the country
on both doe cleanup and weapons activities. some of you were plaintiffs.
this study is one of the outcomes of that lawsuit.

the stakeholder forum will be held in san francisco on thursday, december
14, 6 pm at the argent hotel, 50 third street. to get a copy of the draft
study from the web, go to www.em.doe.gov/lts. or, call doe at
1-800-736-3282. if you have trouble getting a copy, call us at tri-valley
cares 1-925-443-7148. please note that the doe letter also details a
washington, dc public hearing and ways to coment by mail. all manner of
comments will count.

this study looks at what happens when sites are so polluted there will be
contamination for many, many, many, many decades. what is the interface
between long-term stewardship and active cleanup? how will long-lived
radioactive and chemical wastes be kept from continuing to migrate through
the environment. etc., etc., etc.

these are important questions for communities and the nation. please speak
up on this. thanks. --marylia



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Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
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<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - 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
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Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
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Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 17:13:14 -0500
From: "david rush" <rushd@mediaone.net>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fissile materials in Russia

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Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 17:32:08 -0800
From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" <abolition2000@hotmail.com>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Marshall Islanders planning to return to (contaminated?) Rongelap

Hello and Greetings from Hawaii, FYI:

Some of the Marshall Islanders displaced by testing are desperate to return 
to their islands. But it is difficult to say all will be well as the 
cleaning methods used supposedly only "reduce radiation exposue."

Richard Salvador
Honolulu, Hawaii



http://pidp.ewc.hawaii.edu/pireport/2000/November/11-21-07.htm

Tuesday, November 21, 2000

PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT

Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center
Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai'i at Manoa


RONGELAP: ISLANDERS' RETURN IMMINENT?

Leaders Prepare For Phase Two Of Atoll's Clean-Up

MAJURO, Marshall Islands (Nov. 3, 2000 - Marshall Islands Journal)---With 
the $15 million phase one nuclear cleanup and rehabilitation project coming 
to a close at Rongelap Island, leaders are already planning for phase two 
developments on the northern atoll. The final work on phase one - a new dock 
and paving of the runway - are already under way, with completion expected 
by the end of 2001, Rongelap Mayor James Matayoshi said this week.

Phase two - and the future return of Rongelap islanders to their home atoll 
- - depends heavily on the results of model areas on Rongelap that have used a 
"combined" cleanup method to reduce radiation exposure:

     § for future residential area, scraping soil and then replacing it with 
coral pebbles.

     § for agriculture areas, dousing the ground with potassium fertilizer, 
which at Bikini has been shown to prevent uptake of radiation by coconuts 
trees.

Although Matayoshi and Rongelap islanders are awaiting official reports from 
both independent and Department of Energy scientists on the results of the 
phase one remedial work, early indications from a broad spectrum of 
scientists is that Rongelap Island can be safely resettled, he indicated.

"Based on the radiological information from the model areas on Rongelap that 
we're using as a trial, if radiation is reduced to a safe level, then in 
phase two we can extend (the mitigation work) to the entire island," 
Matayoshi said.

Just what constitutes a "safe" level may be a sticking point. A 1994 
rehabilitation agreement between the U.S. Department of Energy and the 
Rongelap Atoll Local Government stated the goal of reducing exposure to 100 
millirem exposure per year or less. Recently, however, the Nuclear Claims 
Tribunal has adopted a more stringent 15 millirem exposure limit for all 
cleanup areas in the Marshall Islands.

Matayoshi says Rongelap isn't bound by any standard as it reviews the 
scientific data. "If the 15 millirem standard is safer, then there's a 
reasonable basis for us to follow it," he said, adding that the real issue 
for Rongelap and other atolls needing nuclear cleanup funding support will 
be their ability to "sell" the cleanup costs to the U.S. Congress.

Matayoshi said that Rongelap islanders need to "take up the debate on the 
radiation issue" and carefully consider the information that is developing 
from the phase one work.

The attitude among many Rongelap people is that Rongelap is contaminated and 
the U.S. owes billions of dollars, he said. The question is, Matayoshi said, 
if all the scientists (including Rongalap's independently hired scientific 
advisors) are saying Rongelap is safe, will people go back?

Matayoshi added that while the local government is moving forward with the 
phase one and phase two project work at Rongelap, it is not pressuring 
people to return home. "If people decide to take up the opportunity to 
resettle in the future, the local government will make assistance 
available," he said.

Matayoshi said that if the scientific information about Rongelap's safety is 
correct, it will be more cost effective for the local government to focus on 
building a single community, rather than attempting to maintain several 
different locations.

While some of the plans for phase two works are dependent on scientific 
findings coming out of phase one, the basic concept for phase two is to 
build the infrastructure necessary for a community on Rongelap Island, 
Matayoshi said. I addition to what's already in place, this will include a 
school, more community facilities and an initial 50 homes. It will require 
additional funding from the U.S. to accomplish phase two, Matayoshi said, 
adding that he is hopeful that the cleanup work can be extended to other 
islands in Rongelap, so that people "can safely resettle the islands and 
safely use resources on other islands."

A lot of information needs to be shared with the communities on Rongelap's 
new radiological situation, he said. "It takes time to digest the 
information," he said.

The local government's plan is to submit a request for phase two funding to 
the U.S. Congress in the early part of the new year.

The Marshall Islands Journal, Box 14, Majuro, Marshall Islands 96960
E-mail: journal@ntamar.com













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Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:52:32 -0500
From: Kevin Martin <kmartin@fourthfreedom.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Peace Links conference in DC this weekend

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Dear Friends,

Peace Links is sponsoring "The Conference of Women for Responsible
National Security" this coming weekend in Washington, DC. Now more than
ever, the voices of women working for peace and disarmament need to be
heard, and this conference promises to help raise many women's voices.

Attached to this email you will find the conference agenda as well as a
sign-up
form. The form can be emailed or faxed to the listed numbers ASAP!

Peace,

Kevin Martin
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heard, and this conference promises to help raise many women's voices.</tt>
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Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 10:53:42 -0500
From: Kevin Martin <kmartin@fourthfreedom.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) There they (the Dr. Strangeloves) go again

Dear Friends,

In case you had any doubt the nuclear weapons establishment wants to
resume full-scale testing, read the cover story of the Science Times
section of today's New York Times.  The url is
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/28/science/28BOMB.htm

Let's swamp the Times with letters in reaction to this article, which is
surely a trial balloon by the Dr. Strangeloves as they campaign to
resume full-blown nuclear testing.  The email address is
<letters@nytimes.com>.  Keep your letters short, you're lucky if you get
200 words in the Times.  A few points to consider making in a letter:

*The Stockpile Stewardship Program is not really about the "safety and
reliability" of existing nuclear warheads, they want to use the
technology to develop new types of nuclear weapons.

*Stockpile Stewardship, the desire to resume testing, and the drive to
deploy Star Wars missile defense signal to the rest of the world the
U.S. is not committed to non-proliferation and disarmament. In fact, we
are prepared to violate or abrogate the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty, the cornerstone agreements preventing global nuclear anarchy.

*The question shouldn't be whether Stockpile Stewardship can keep our
nukes "safe and reliable", it should be why do we need nuclear weapons
at all?

Have at it!

Kevin Martin
Director, Project Abolition

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Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 13:08:35 -0500
From: ASlater <aslater@gracelinks.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Thanksgiving ATRC email update

>Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 12:49:08 -0500
>Subject: Thanksgiving ATRC email update
>X-FC-MachineGenerated: true
>From: "BerrigaF@newschool.edu" <BerrigaF@newschool.edu>
>
>
>22 November 2000
>
>Dear Friends,
>
>Somehow we are managing to continue working despite the stalemate in
>Florida. As we truck on we send warm Thanksgiving greetings to you, along
>with:
>
>NUCLEAR REPORT CARD
>PRESIDENT CLINTON GRILLED ON WBAI
>COLOMBIA: MORE MONEY, MORE WEAPONS, MORE DRUGS
>
>After the holiday we HOPE to bring you our analysis of the new president
>elect, and the most expensive presidential campaign in history, our take
>on pending arms sales, and much much more!!
>
>Stay Tuned,
>
>Bill Hartung
>Michelle Ciarrocca
>Dena Montague
>Frida Berrigan
>
>
>NUCLEAR REPORT CARD:=20
>Abolition 2000 issued its "Annual Progress Toward a Nuclear Free World"
>report card late last month, announcing an abysmal total grade of 20 out
>of a possible 120 points. I would be afraid to bring those grades home to
>mother. The report card tracks progress on Abolition 2000's eleven points.
>On many key issues, namely ceasing to produce and deploy new nuclear
>weapons, ratification of a Comprehensive Test Ban treaty, prohibitions on=
=20
>new nuclear research and testing in the laboratory, countries were given a
>0 out of 10 grade.=20
>
>On a few issues, the nations of the world made progress and were rewarded
>with higher grades. Progress was made in recognizing and upholding the
>1996 World Court decision on the illegality of the use or threat of use of
>nuclear weapons, and for that a 6 of 10 grade was given. The report
>concludes with a quote from Albert Einstein, "For there is no secret and
>no defense, there is no possibility of control except through the aroused
>understanding and insistence of the peoples of the world." Abolition
>2000's report card is a great tool for arousing that understanding.=20
>
>You can download the Report Card at
>http://www.abolition2000.org/reports/reportcard2000.html or email Pamela
>Meidell at Atomic Mirror to request a PDF file info@atomicmirror.org
>
>
>PRESS FOR CONVERSION:
>The current issue of this Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT)
>publication is centered around the theme "Nonviolent Resistance to War and
>Injustice." There is not enough room to list all the great articles and
>resources in this issue, but suffice it to say it is worth picking up.
>People's historian Howard Zinn has an article entitled "A Noble Tradition
>of U.S. Nonviolent Resistance," Gener Sharp from the Albert Einstein
>Institute writes on "Methods of Nonviolent Action." If you'd like to learn
>more visit COAT's website at www.ncf.ca/coat or contact Richard Sanders at
>613-231-3076 ad207@ncf.ca=20
>
>PRESIDENT CLINTON GRILLED ON WBAI:=20
>One of the most exciting post-election web gleanings is the transcript of
>Democracy Now host Amy Goodman's impromptu half hour interview with
>President Bill Clinton. She "caught" Clinton as he was making election day
>tree shaking calls to radio stations. The full transcript can be read or
>listened to at http://www.democracynow.org.=20
>
>President Clinton answered a barrage of questions on the death penalty,
>the Middle East violence, but finally lost his temper when Goodman
>suggested that he was partly responsible for Green Party candidate Ralph
>Nader's popularity "for having driven the Democratic Party to the right."=
=20
>"Now you listen to this," Clinton fumed, "the other thing that Ralph Nader
>says is that he is as pure as Caesar's wife on the environment," and
>proceeded to rattle off the administration's accomplishments. Goodman then
>countered with questions on the administration's passage of NAFTA and its
>continued support of sanctions against Iraq. The questions came fast and
>heavy, and were challenging, well informed and refreshingly "combative,"
>suggesting that Amy Goodman would have been a breath of fresh air as
>moderator of the Bush/Gore debates.=20
>
>COLOMBIA: MORE MONEY, MORE WEAPONS, MORE DRUGS
>New Report from GAO Highlights Difficulties with Plan Colombia
>
>In October of 1999, at the urging of the U.S., Colombian President Andres
>Pastrana unveiled his ambitious $7.5 billion counternarcotics effort known
>as Plan Colombia, with hopes of reducing drug production by 50% over 6
>years.  Pastrana indicated that Plan Colombia would also focus on
>advancing the peace process, improving the economy, reforming the judicial
>system, and supporting democratization and social development. But as the
>Center for International Policy has pointed out, while Pastrana has stated
>only 25% of Plan Colombia would benefit Colombia's armed forces, so far
>75% of the US contribution has been targeted for the military.
>
>The Colombian government pledged $4 billion of its budget to the plan
>(which, considering Colombia's economic situation is an astronomical
>figure), and pleaded with other governments to assist with the remaining
>$3.5 billion.  Now, more than a year later, the U.S. has agreed to provide
>$1.3 billion for counter-drug activities, of which $862 million will go to
>Colombia, while European nations have pledged, at best, $200 million in
>aid. =20
>
>Yet despite record increases in U.S. military assistance to Colombia over
>the past five years, a new report from the General Accounting Office (GAO)
>reveals that coca cultivation and production have more than doubled during
>the same time period and Colombia has also become a leading producer of
>heroin. As for Plan Colombia, "the total cost and activities required to
>meet the plan's goals remain unknown, and it will take years before drug
>activities are significantly reduced." Winifred Tate, senior fellow at the
>Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), points out, "Instead of
>learning from past decades of misguided military follies, U.S. policy
>towards Colombia continues to focus on expanding military operations."
>
>The GAO report focuses on the U.S. aid package for Plan Colombia (and
>previous counternarcotics efforts) and details the difficulties and
>problems encountered.  Some of the report's findings include: (see link to
>report below in resources)
>
>=B7 U.S. assistance has been of limited utility because of long-standing
>problems in planning and implementing this assistance.  For example,
>helicopters provided to the National Police and the military have not had
>sufficient spare parts or the funding to operate and maintain them to the
>extent necessary for conducting counternarcotics operations.
>=B7 The Colombian government has not demonstrated that it has the detailed
>plans, management structure, and funding necessary to effectively
>implement its programs and achieve stated goals.
>=B7 The challenge of reducing drug-related activities has become more
>difficult as the two largest insurgent groups (FARC and ELN) and
>paramilitary groups have expanded their involvement in drug trafficking.=20
>=B7 U.S. Embassy officials stated that the National Police have not always
>provided necessary documents, such as budgetary and planning documents, to
>determine if the National Police are using the resources in accordance
>with eradication and interdiction plans.
>=B7 According to U.S. Embassy officials, despite extensive training and
>other efforts to have the Colombian National Police develop a management
>program that would ensure a more effective aerial eradication program,
>little progress has been made. =20
>
>The report's findings are nothing new: a multi-billion dollar military aid
>package is unlikely to make more than a dent in Colombia's drug
>production, but will continue deepening U.S. involvement in Colombia's
>40-year civil war, which has claimed 35,000 lives in the past ten years
>alone. While the GAO report examined the financial and logistical issues
>plaguing U.S. efforts to stem drug production in Colombia, an article in
>the Fall 2000 World Policy Journal by William LeoGrande and Kenneth Sharpe
>delves into the deeper reasons why Plan Colombia will fail. =20
>
>First, despite administration's assurances that the U.S. aid package to
>Colombia is to combat drug trafficking, "no one in Colombia believes that,
>and no one in Washington ought to either."  Beefing up the Colombian armed
>forces is premised on the notion that a stronger Colombian army will force
>the guerrilla groups to the peace table.  As LeoGrande and Sharpe point
>out, this didn't work in El Salvador, why does the U.S. think it will work
>in Colombia's 40-year war?  Instead, "a billion dollars of US aid turned
>that [El Salvadoran] army into a large, well-equipped, politically
>powerful force that murdered noncombatant civilians with impunity for over
>a decade . . . the war ended when the army finally recognized that it was
>unwinnable - a conclusion it reached when the US cut military assistance
>by 50 percent, threatened to end it entirely, and threw its full
>diplomatic weight behind the peace process."
>
>Secondly, LeoGrande and Sharpe note that the U.S. aid package doesn't take
>into account the problem of the paramilitary groups, which are heavily
>involved in drug trafficking and have links to the army.  Like in El
>Salvador when the Reagan administration tolerated the death squads because
>they were viewed as being "an essential weapon in its war against the
>left," the article speculates that in Colombia too, it is likely that the
>U.S.'s focus on the war against the guerrillas will cause Washington to
>turn a blind eye to the "army's other partner in this dirty war."
>
>Although we're still waiting to see who will be the next president of the
>United States, one thing is certain, neither candidate is likely to stray
>from the failed and favored military approach to dealing with the drug
>problem.  The issue did not generate any attention during the three
>presidential debates and neither candidate has been outspoken on the
>issue.  Both Bush and Gore support Plan Colombia and an increase in U.S.
>assistance to Colombia.  On a positive note, both candidates have
>acknowledged the need for more domestic drug treatment and prevention
>programs, yet how they would advance this idea in a resistant Congress is
>unclear. =20
>
>But, the question of who will take over for Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey when
>he officially resigns his post on January 6, 2001 will have an even
>greater impact on the future of U.S. drug policy.  McCaffrey's repeated
>claims that we're winning the drug war are wearing thin.  The situation in
>Colombia notwithstanding, domestically, drug use by junior high students
>has increased by 300%, prevention and treatment programs are constantly
>shortchanged, and the prison population is exploding with more than
>400,000 non-violent drug offenders in prison.  The list goes on.
>
>The U.S. should be encouraging the peace process in Colombia, not fanning
>and fueling the war. As LeoGrande and Sharpe aptly put it, "Even if the
>United States defoliates every acre given over to growing coca, burns
>every laboratory, and destroys every last gram of Colombian cocaine, it
>will have won a hollow victory. The drug business will simple move
>elsewhere, as it always does. But it is the people of Colombia who will
>pay the price for the inability of the United States to face the fact that
>its 'war' on drugs can only be won at home."
>
>COLOMBIA RESOURCES:=20
>World Policy Journal, Fall 2000, "Two Wars or One? Drugs, Guerrillas, and
>Colombia's New Violencia," by William M. LeoGrande and Kenneth E. Sharpe
>(www.worldpolicy.org/journal/leogrande.html) - Join the online interactive
>discussion.
>
>The Center for International Policy is an invaluable resource for
>activists wanting to learn more about US aid to Colombia
>(www.ciponline.org/colombia/aid/). =20
>
>NACLA, September/October 2000,  'Report on Colombia' - includes articles
>on Colombia's two major guerrilla groups (FARC and ELN), the
>paramilitaries connections to both the drug traffickers and Colombia's
>armed forces, the ongoing peace process, displaced Colombians, and
>biowarfare in Colombia, - www.nacla.org=20
>
>State Department's September 11 report to Congress on progress toward
>human rights goals (required by the aid package law) at
>www.ciponline.org/colombia/aid/091101.htm=20
>
>General Accounting Office - New report: US Assistance to Colombia Will
>Take Years to Produce Results - www.gao.gov/new.items/d0126.PDF=20
>
>
>
>Frida Berrigan
>Research Associate,
>World Policy Institute
>66 Fifth Ave., 9th Floor
>New York, NY 10011
>ph 212.229.5808 x112
>fax 212.229.5579
> =20

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