From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #460 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, August 29 2001 Volume 01 : Number 460 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 21:09:47 -0400 From: Ellen Thomas Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews Briefs - 01/08/24 - --=====================_172339603==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" NucNews archives are caught up to date and posted through August 19, 2001 at http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm. All praise to Tantara. I have recently returned from the marvelous experience of being an Overseas Delegate to the World Conference Against A & H Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. My report, which will continue to develop, is at http://prop1.org/japan/japanlv.htm. Depleted uranium news today: WHO Team Will Study A Weapon's Toll in Iraq By Colum Lynch Special to The Washington Post Friday, August 24, 2001; Page A20 http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A54710-2001Aug23?language=printer UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 23 -- The World Health Organization will send a team of physicians to Iraq Monday to determine whether depleted uranium shells used by U.S. troops during the Persian Gulf War have caused an increase in Iraqi cancer rates. The eight-member team hopes to lay the groundwork for the first major international study since the Gulf War into Iraqi patterns of cancer, kidney diseases and other congenital disorders, according to WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl. "The Iraqis have been saying for a while that there has been an increase in cancers caused by depleted uranium," Hartl said. "If we have determined there has been an increase, then we will look at possible causes." The United States used depleted uranium in tens of thousands of munitions during the 1991 Gulf War and the 1999 NATO air campaign against Yugoslavia. The metal's extreme density helps projectiles penetrate armor. The Pentagon maintains that depleted uranium, which is only 40 percent as radioactive as naturally occurring uranium, poses no radiation threat to humans. Hartl said the WHO has found no evidence linking leukemia to depleted uranium. But he said the U.N. health organization, which is based in Geneva, would try to determine whether Iraq's concerns about an upswing in cancer are legitimate. He said the team would seek to establish a national cancer registry to obtain accurate statistics on cancer victims. Then, he said, the WHO might examine a wide range of possible causes, including Iraqi lifestyle, diet and environmental factors. The success of the study, which could take years to complete, hinges on the agency's ability to secure funding from donor countries and gain complete access to health facilities from Iraqi authorities, he said. - ------ For your information, stories are collected and posted under the following headings (and others, when pertinent): Under "Nuclear" - asia australia britain canada china depleted uranium europe france germany india / pakistan israel japan korea missile defense russia treaties ukraine u.s. nuc weapons u.s. nuc facilities - by state, including (most frequently): california colorado idaho kentucky nevada new mexico new york ohio pennsylvania south carolina tennessee utah washington us nuc politics us nuc waste Under "Military" - africa asia arms sales balkans biological weapons business china colombia drug war iran iraq israel nato puerto rico space u.n. u.s. Under "Other" - alternative energy death penalty energy environment genetics health human rights imf / world bank police / prisoners spying terrorism Under "activists" - upcoming events reports on events by participants news stories from around the world Ellen Thomas ___________________________________________________ Today's News and Archives: http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm Submit URL/Article: mailto:NucNews@onelist.com OneList Archives: http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews (subscribe online) Other Excellent News-Collecting Sites - DOE Watch - http://www.egroups.com/group/doewatch Downwinders - http://www.egroups.com/group/downwinders Quick Route to U.S. Congress: http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm (Senators' Websites) http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html (Representatives' Websites) http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search) Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html Subscribe to NucNews Briefs: mailto:prop1@prop1.org Distributed without payment for research and educational purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. - --=====================_172339603==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" NucNews archives are caught up to date and posted through August 19, 2001 at http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm. All praise to Tantara.

I have recently returned from the marvelous experience of being an Overseas Delegate to the World Conference Against A & H Bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  My report, which will continue to develop, is at http://prop1.org/japan/japanlv.htm.

Depleted uranium news today: 

WHO Team Will Study A Weapon's Toll in Iraq

By Colum Lynch
Special to The Washington Post
Friday, August 24, 2001; Page A20

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A54710-2001Aug23?language=printer

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 23 -- The World Health Organization will send a team of physicians to Iraq Monday to determine whether depleted uranium shells used by U.S. troops during the Persian Gulf War have caused an increase in Iraqi cancer rates.

The eight-member team hopes to lay the groundwork for the first major international study since the Gulf War into Iraqi patterns of cancer, kidney diseases and other congenital disorders, according to WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl.

"The Iraqis have been saying for a while that there has been an increase in cancers caused by depleted uranium," Hartl said. "If we have determined there has been an increase, then we will look at possible causes."

The United States used depleted uranium in tens of thousands of munitions during the 1991 Gulf War and the 1999 NATO air campaign against Yugoslavia. The metal's extreme density helps projectiles penetrate armor.

The Pentagon maintains that depleted uranium, which is only 40 percent as radioactive as naturally occurring uranium, poses no radiation threat to humans.

Hartl said the WHO has found no evidence linking leukemia to depleted uranium. But he said the U.N. health organization, which is based in Geneva, would try to determine whether Iraq's concerns about an upswing in cancer are legitimate.

He said the team would seek to establish a national cancer registry to obtain accurate statistics on cancer victims. Then, he said, the WHO might examine a wide range of possible causes, including Iraqi lifestyle, diet and environmental factors.

The success of the study, which could take years to complete, hinges on the agency's ability to secure funding from donor countries and gain complete access to health facilities from Iraqi authorities, he said.

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 - --=====================_172339603==_.ALT-- - - 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, 27 Aug 2001 11:35:51 -0400 From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: [abolition-caucus] Global Cops program and registration Dear Friends, The conference in Ottawa during the NATO parliamentary assembly, is co-sponsored by the Abolition 2000 Military-Industrial Working Group,= convened by Steve Staples. This is a breakthrough for our nuclear abolition= organizing as we are making the links to the leadership in the anti-corporate globalization movement. We must all understand that nuclear weapons are the ultimate enforcers of the will of the elite hegemony of NATO and some of its other allies like Japan and Australia. That's what nuclear weapons are= for!!=20 To terrorize the world into bowing to NATO's will. I hope you will all try to come to Ottawa for the teach in and the demonstration the following day.= Let's have a Seattle in Ottawa!! (The city of Victoria in Canada, already= rejected the NATO meeting since they didn't want to be hassled by us. Let's make= sure lots of us show up in Ottawa!!) Regards, Alice Slater At 07:42 AM 8/25/2001 -0400, nonukes@foesyd.org.au wrote: >Dear Andrew, >> >>It may be that I owe you an apology, or half of an apology - This came >>after a number of people had posted material that really either has >>nothing >>at all to do with the abolition agenda, or else that is actually >>antipathetic to that agenda. >> >>However, I really do feel that -even though the relationships you point to >>undoubtedly exist - that the issues of globalisation and corporate >>control, >>important as they are, really should not be dealt with on this list. >> >>I am particularly aggrieved that people such as Bill, whose posts are >>(mostly) clearly within the abolition agenda have been taken to task for >>the sheer volume of their posts. >> >>Others seem to be allowed to get away with almost any kind of post. I >>think there is an real double standard. >> >>I really do think that we need to be less critical of those whose posts >>have been truly useful in promoting the abolition agenda, and try to keep >>the focus of the group. >> >>Posts that are basically to do with other issues really shouldn't be here. >>Posts that reflect the core purpose of the abolition caucus SHOULD be >>here, >>and we could have done with a whole lot less criticism of them a few >>months >>back. >> >>Perhaps as you say there is a relationship between what was advertised and >>the abolition agenda, but it really looked just like another >>globalisation/militarism thing. >> >> >>At 4:51 PM +1000 25/8/2001, Andrew Lichterman wrote: >>> The conference announced in the message you see as inappropriate is >>an attempt to increase our collective understanding >>of the connections between corporate globalization and the continuing >>pursuit of high-tech weapons, and of nuclear >>weapons, ballistic missile defense, and weapons operating through and from >>space in particular. It also addresses the >>intensified repression we are seeing in response to emerging global >>movements, which already is being experienced >>directly by anti-nuclear protesters in the U.S. and elsewhere. Abolition >>2000 will be well represented at this event, >>and nuclear weapons issues will be featured on at least one of the panels >>(as should be clear if one reads the entire >>announcement). >> >> Many of us believe that nuclear weapons abolition will not be >>possible without addressing broader issues of >>militarism, and the fundamental economic and political forces which are >>leading to renewed arms racing as we enter the >>21st century. This is a legitimate perspective for expression on this >>list, which after all is intended in part to >>promote strategic discussion. >> >>Andrew Lichterman >>Program Director >>Western States Legal Foundation >>1504 Franklin St. Suite 202 >>Oakland, CA 94612 >>USA >> >>phone: +1 (510) 839-5877 >>fax: +1 (510) 839-5397 >>web site: www.wslfweb.org >> >>FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign wrote: >>> >>> This may be interesting and worthy, but it is not within the focus of=20 >the >>> abolition caucus list. >>> >>> Please do not post material such as this, which is not directly related >to >>> the abolition of nuclear weapons and/or the nuclear fuel cycle. >>> >>> Please respect the central focus of this list. >>> >>> At 4:33 AM +1000 23/8/2001, Peacewire wrote: >>> >Global Cops Program >>> >The Corporate Security State=EDs Assault on Democracy >>> >Go to Peacewire http://www.peacewire.org to register and to get more >>> >information. >>> > >>> >October 5, 2001 >>> >Ottawa Canada >>> >St. Joseph's Parish >>> >151 Laurier Avenue East >>> > >>> > >>> >Global Cops - The Corporate Security State=EDs Assault on Democracy >>> >http://www.peacewire.org >>> >DRAFT AGENDA >>> > >>> >Co-Chairs Mel Watkins, Science for Peace and Arciris Garay, Campaign >for >>> >Nuclear Phaseout >>> > >>> >9:00 am The Military Enforcer of the Free Market >>> > * Tony Clarke, Polaris Institute >>> > * Steve Staples, The Council of Canadians and the International >Network >>> >on Disarmament and Globalization >>> > * Diana Johnstone, Researcher and author >>> > >>> >10:00 am Corporate Economic Warfare >>> > * Maude Barlow, The Council of Canadians >>> > * Chief Art Manuel, Shuswap Nation Tribal Council >>> > * Jerry Mander, Public Media Center >>> > >>> >11:00 am Private wars: Defending Corporate Interests >>> > * Emmanuel Rozental-Klinger, The Canada Columbia Solidarity Campaign >>> > * Owens Wiwa, AFRIDA >>> > * TBA >>> > >>> >1:00 pm Subversion of Popular Movements >>> > * Aziz Choudra, APEC Monitoring Group >>> > * TBA >>> > * TBA >>> > >>> >2:00 pm The Criminalization of Dissent >>> > * Lyndsay Poaps, Check Your Head >>> > * Jaggi Singh, Researcher and Activist >>> > * TBA >>> > >>> >3:00 pm NATO: The World Police & the Global War System >>> > * James Bissett, Former Ambassador to Yugoslavia >>> > * Senator Doug Roche, Author and Former Ambassador to Disarmament >>> > * TBA >>> > >>> >4:00 pm Master of Space with a Nuclear Fist >>> > * Karl Grossman, Author of Weapons in Space, Investigative reporter >>> > * Alice Slater, Global Resources Action Center on the Environment >>> > * Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation >>> > >>> >Evening Panel 7:00 pm >>> >The Corporate Security State >>> > * Maude Barlow, The Council of Canadians >>> > * Jean-Claude Parrot, Canadian Labour Congress >>> > * Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons in Space >>> > * TBA >>> > * TBA >>> > >>> >Saturday morning (Round table 9:00 am to 12:00 noon) >>> >Strategy for a historic era: the Global Democracy Movement >>> >Tony Clarke, Polaris Institute (Chair) >>> > * This is an historical moment >>> > * Building the movement for the long-term >>> > * Protecting ourselves from corporate state violence--protecting >>>human and >>> >social rights, and the environment; creating economics for people; and >a >>> >time to end war. >>> > >>> >REGISTRATION >>> >End the Arms Race >>> >405 =F1 825 Granville Street >>> >Vancouver BC V6Z 1K9 >>> >Canada >>> >toll free 1.866.559.5527 >>> >fax 604.687.3277 >>> >phone 604.687.3223 >>> > >>> >ear@peacewire.org >>> >http://www.peacewire.org/ >>> > >>> >Sliding scale for the full day $20 to $60 >>> >Evening panel only $5 >>> >Subsidies available >>> >Early Registration closes October 1, 2001 >>> > >>> > >>> >"Sponsors: End the Arms Race, GRACE (Global Resource Action Center on >the >>> >Environment, The Council of Canadians, The International Forum on >>> >Globalization, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Coalition to Oppose the >Arms >>> >Trade, Canadian Labour Congress, Ottawa and District Labour Council, >>> >Canadian Union of Public Employees, National Union of Public and >Government >>> >Employees, Canadian Auto Workers, Ontario-PIRG Ottawa, Canadian Union >of >>> >Postal Workers, Canadian Voice of Women, Women=EDs International League >for >>> >Peace and Freedom-Canada, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear >Power in >>> >Space, Abolition 2000 Military Industrial Working Group, Science for >Peace, >>> >and International Network On Disarmament and Globalization." >>> > >>> >++++++++++++++ >>> >End the Arms Race >>> >Suite 405 - 825 Granville Street >>> >Vancouver BC V6Z 1K9 Canada >>> >604/ 687-3223 fax 604/ 687-3277 >>> >ear@peacewire.org http://peacewire.org >>> > >>> >To subscribe to Peacewire send an email to >peacewire-request@peacewire.org >>> >containing: SUBSCRIBE peacewire "Your name" your_email@domain.net ; >>> >as the first and only line in the message body. Make sure your name is >>> >within the quotation marks. >>> > >>> >For problems email the list administrator Peter Coombes at >>> >pcoombes@peacewire.org >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, send an email from the >>> >account you wish to be subscribed to: >>> >"abolition-caucus-subscribe@egroups.com" >>> > >>> > >>> >Do not include a subject line or any text in the body of the message. >>> > >>> >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to >http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >>> >>> >>> To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, send an email from the >>>account you wish to be subscribed to: >>>"abolition-caucus-subscribe@egroups.com" >>> >>> Do not include a subject line or any text in the body of the message. >>> >>> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to >http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >> >>-- >>Andrew Lichterman >>Program Director >>Western States Legal Foundation >>1504 Franklin St. Suite 202 >>Oakland, CA 94612 >>USA >> >>phone: +1 (510) 839-5877 >>fax: +1 (510) 839-5397 >>web site: www.wslfweb.org >> >> >>To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, send an email from the >>account you wish to be subscribed to: >>"abolition-caucus-subscribe@egroups.com" >> >> >>Do not include a subject line or any text in the body of the message. >> >>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > >------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> >FREE COLLEGE MONEY >CLICK HERE to search >600,000 scholarships! >http://us.click.yahoo.com/zoU8wD/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/7XSolB/TM >---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > >To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, send an email from the >account you wish to be subscribed to: >"abolition-caucus-subscribe@egroups.com" > > >Do not include a subject line or any text in the body of the message.=20 > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/= =20 > =20 Alice Slater Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) 15 East 26th Street, Room 915 New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 726-9161 fax: (212) 726-9160 email: aslater@gracelinks.org http://www.gracelinks.org GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network for the elimination nuclear weapons. =20 - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 21:21:30 -0700 From: marylia@earthlink.net (marylia) Subject: (abolition-usa) thwartnuke 1.0 tech difficulty resolved Ladies and Gentlemen, We are happy to introduce a working version of our anti-nuclear video game "Thwartnuke 1.0 : Einstein Saves the World from the Stockpile Stewardship Program." Fatal technical difficulties, appearing in the previously announced version of this game, have been resolved according to our test players. You will find the game on Tri-Valley CAREs' web site at http://www.igc.org/tvc. The game is downloadable and playable on PCs (not Macs, unless you have a compiler). Please let us know what you think of it -- and whether you saved the earth. Let the games begin... Peace, Marylia Kelley and Issac Trotts (game designer and producer) ______________ Marylia Kelley Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment) 2582 Old First Street Livermore, CA USA 94550 - is our web site, please visit us there! (925) 443-7148 - is our phone (925) 443-0177 - is our fax Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink campaign to get nuclear weapons taken off hair-trigger alert. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:39:59 -0400 From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Request to Endorsers for Solidarity Messages to Festival of NonViolence >X-Sender: ad207@pop.ncf.carleton.ca >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) >Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:06:14 -0400 >To: ad207@freenet.carleton.ca >From: Richard Sanders >Subject: Request to Endorsers for Solidarity Messages to Festival of > NonViolence >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by freenet.carleton.ca id KAA20961 >X-Loop-Detect: 1 > >Dear friends, > >We would very much like to receive from you a brief message of solidarity >that we can share with the participants in our "No to NATO: Festival of >Creative NonViolence" on October 6 in Ottawa. > >These expressions of support and solidarity from around the world will be a >great encouragement to everyone who attends! It is also an opportunity for >you to convey a message to the crowd concerning your support for >nonviolence and/or your opposition to NATO. > >These messages -- from representatives of endorsing NGOs -- will be printed >into a booklet and distributed at our event. Some of the solidarity >statements will also be read from the stage. We will also post all the >messages on our website afterwards and make them available to the media. > >The statements can be anything from a few sentences in length to a maximum >of 150 words. > >Thanks for your role in arranging for the endorsement of your organization. > We really appreciate your support and solidarity for this event. > >Looking forward to reading your message! > >In solidarity! >Richard Sanders >Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade > >----------------------------------------------------- >Here is the list of endorsing NGOs (as of August 28): > >Antiwar.com, USA >Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates for Children - France >Association of Serbian Women >Australian Peace Committee (S.A. Branch), Australia >Australians for a Free East Timor, Australia >Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation >Befriending the Earth >Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, UK >Bethune Institute for Anti-Fascist Studies >British Columbia Voice of Women >Canadian Auto Workers >Canadian Federation of Students >Canadian Voice of Women for Peace >Central Alberta Raging Grannies >Centre for Peace Studies (McMaster University) >Centre for Social Justice >Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade >Council of Canadians >Defence of Canadian Liberty Committee >Enviro-Clare >Father’s Day Coalition for Peace >Fellowship of Reconciliation, USA >Fredericton Raging Grannies >Friends of Gabriola Island >Gerald and Maas >Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, USA >Global Resource Action Center for the Environment, USA >Green Party of Ontario >Guideposts for a Sustainable Future >Hamilton Action for Social Change >Homes not Bombs - Toronto >Illinois Peace Action, USA >Industrial Workers of the World - Ottawa-Outaouais >International Institute of Concern for Public Health >International Society for Peace and Human Rights >International Volunteers for Peace, Australia >Island Catholic News >Jonah House, USA >Kashmiri-Canadian Council >Latin American Circle for International Studies, Mexico >Le Centre de Ressources sur la Non-Violence >Lethbridge Network for Peace >M.K.Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, USA >MAMA TERRA / For Mother Earth - Romania >Mauritius Action for Disarmament and Peace, Mauritius >Nanoose Expropriation Objectors >National Union of Public and General Employees >New Democratic Party - Canada >Nicaragua-United States Friendship Office, USA >Nuclear Free Philippines Coalition, Philippines >Nukewatch USA >Ontario Public Interest Research Group - Carleton >Ontario Public Interest Research Group - McMaster >Ontario Public Interest Research Group - Windsor >Peace & Disarmament Working Group/Social Responsibility > Cttee., of the First Unitarian Congregation, Ottawa. >Peace Alliance Winnipeg >Peaceful Parks Coalition >peacemedia >Project Peacemakers >Project Ploughshares - Edmonton >Project Ploughshares - Fraser Valley >Project Ploughshares - Saskatoon >Raging Grannies - Ottawa >Rainforest Raging Grannies - Vancouver >Science for Peace >Sierra Youth Coalition >Social Justice Committee of Montreal >Social Justice Ministry Group at First United Church >St. Clare’s Multifaith Housing Society >Students for a Free Tibet - Canada >Sunshine Coast Peace Group >The Atomic Mirror, USA >The Canadian Orthodox Church >The Centre for Peace in the Balkans >The Nuclear Resister, USA >Third World Forum >Toronto Action for Social Change >Vancouver Island Earth Works Society >Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group >Veterans Against Nuclear Arms >Veterans Against Nuclear Arms - Manitoba >Voices in the Wilderness, USA >Washington Peace Center, USA >Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom - Canada >Woodstock Raging Grannies >Zero Tolerance Network > > > Richard Sanders > Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) > > A national peace network supported by > individuals and organizations across Canada > > 541 McLeod St., Ottawa Ontario K1R 5R2 Canada > Tel.: 613-231-3076 Fax: 613-231-2614 > Email: Web site: > >----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- > Help build opposition to NATO PA meetings in Ottawa, Oct. 5-8, 2001! > Join the "no_to_nato" list serve: > Send the message: subscribe no_to_nato to >----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- > - - 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, 29 Aug 2001 12:20:02 -0400 From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) The Press: Who's a prostitute? >From: Ann Curran [mailto:ac1m@andrew.cmu.edu] >Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 6:08 AM >To: College & University Editors >Subject: Who's a prostitute? > > >One of our alums sent me the following: > >Thanks to >- >Herein we see how they decided on what was "all news that's fit to >print". >- >In 1953 John Swinton, the former chief of staff of the New York Times >spoke to the New York Press Club. Here is what he had to say: "There is >no such thing, at this date of the world's history, in America, as an >independent press. You know it and I know it. There is not one of you >who dares to write your honest opinions, and if you did, you know >beforehand that it would never appear in print. . . .I am paid weekly >for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. >Others of you are paid similar salaries for similar things, and any of >you who would be so foolish as to write honest opinions would be out on >the streets looking for another job. If I allowed my honest opinions to >appear in one issue of my paper, before 24 hours, my occupation would be >gone. >The business of the journalist is to destroy truth; to lie outright; to >pervert; to vilify; to fawn at the feet of mammon, and to sell his >country and his race for his daily bread. You know it and I know it and >what folly is this toasting an independent press? We are the tools and >vassals for rich men behind the scenes. We are the jumping jacks, they >pull the strings and we dance. Our talents, our possibilities and our >lives are all the property of other men. We are intellectual >prostitutes." >Swinton was called by his peers the "dean" of his profession. > >Ann Curran, Editor >Carnegie Mellon Magazine >Carnegie Mellon University >Bramer House >Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213-3890 >Phone: (412) 268-2132 >Fax: (412) 268-6929 >e-mail: ac1m@andrew.cmu.edu > - - 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, 29 Aug 2001 11:03:24 -0700 From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Subject: (abolition-usa) New Research on BMD The following articles have just been published by Pacific Life Research Center about Ballisitic Missile Defense. http://www.nuclearfiles.org/plrc/0108BMD-1%20General1.pdf http://www.nuclearfiles.org/plrc/0108BMD-2%20Boost1.pdf http://www.nuclearfiles.org/plrc/0108BMD-3%20Midcourse1.pdf http://www.nuclearfiles.org/plrc/0108BMD-4%20Terminal1.pdf Each paper talks about different aspects of the actual defense systems and also provides background on the evolution of BMD. www.wagingpeace.org www.nuclearfiles.org - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 22:28:07 -0000 From: "Joan Russow" Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Request to Endorsers for Solidarity Messages to Festival of NonViolence Please add my name and organization Joan Russow (PhD) Global Compliance Research Project 1230 St Patrick St. Victoria, B.C. V8S4Y4 Canada I think that there should be a call for the disbanding of NATO for violation of International law. I circulated a petition of the 50th Anniversary of NATO calling for the disbanding of NATO; The petition is probably more than 150 words. Joan Russow 1 250 598-0071 >>X-Sender: ad207@pop.ncf.carleton.ca >>X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) >>Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 10:06:14 -0400 >>To: ad207@freenet.carleton.ca >>From: Richard Sanders >>Subject: Request to Endorsers for Solidarity Messages to Festival of >> NonViolence >>X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by freenet.carleton.ca id >KAA20961 >>X-Loop-Detect: 1 >> >>Dear friends, >> >>We would very much like to receive from you a brief message of solidarity >>that we can share with the participants in our "No to NATO: Festival of >>Creative NonViolence" on October 6 in Ottawa. >> >>These expressions of support and solidarity from around the world will be a >>great encouragement to everyone who attends! It is also an opportunity for >>you to convey a message to the crowd concerning your support for >>nonviolence and/or your opposition to NATO. >> >>These messages -- from representatives of endorsing NGOs -- will be printed >>into a booklet and distributed at our event. Some of the solidarity >>statements will also be read from the stage. We will also post all the >>messages on our website afterwards and make them available to the media. >> >>The statements can be anything from a few sentences in length to a maximum >>of 150 words. >> >>Thanks for your role in arranging for the endorsement of your organization. >> We really appreciate your support and solidarity for this event. >> >>Looking forward to reading your message! >> >>In solidarity! >>Richard Sanders >>Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade >> >>----------------------------------------------------- >>Here is the list of endorsing NGOs (as of August 28): >> >>Antiwar.com, USA >>Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates for Children - France >>Association of Serbian Women >>Australian Peace Committee (S.A. Branch), Australia >>Australians for a Free East Timor, Australia >>Barnard-Boecker Centre Foundation >>Befriending the Earth >>Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, UK >>Bethune Institute for Anti-Fascist Studies >>British Columbia Voice of Women >>Canadian Auto Workers >>Canadian Federation of Students >>Canadian Voice of Women for Peace >>Central Alberta Raging Grannies >>Centre for Peace Studies (McMaster University) >>Centre for Social Justice >>Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade >>Council of Canadians >>Defence of Canadian Liberty Committee >>Enviro-Clare >>Father=92s Day Coalition for Peace >>Fellowship of Reconciliation, USA >>Fredericton Raging Grannies >>Friends of Gabriola Island >>Gerald and Maas >>Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, USA >>Global Resource Action Center for the Environment, USA >>Green Party of Ontario >>Guideposts for a Sustainable Future >>Hamilton Action for Social Change >>Homes not Bombs - Toronto >>Illinois Peace Action, USA >>Industrial Workers of the World - Ottawa-Outaouais >>International Institute of Concern for Public Health >>International Society for Peace and Human Rights >>International Volunteers for Peace, Australia >>Island Catholic News >>Jonah House, USA >>Kashmiri-Canadian Council >>Latin American Circle for International Studies, Mexico >>Le Centre de Ressources sur la Non-Violence >>Lethbridge Network for Peace >>M.K.Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, USA >>MAMA TERRA / For Mother Earth - Romania >>Mauritius Action for Disarmament and Peace, Mauritius >>Nanoose Expropriation Objectors >>National Union of Public and General Employees >>New Democratic Party - Canada >>Nicaragua-United States Friendship Office, USA >>Nuclear Free Philippines Coalition, Philippines >>Nukewatch USA >>Ontario Public Interest Research Group - Carleton >>Ontario Public Interest Research Group - McMaster >>Ontario Public Interest Research Group - Windsor >>Peace & Disarmament Working Group/Social Responsibility >> Cttee., of the First Unitarian Congregation, Ottawa. >>Peace Alliance Winnipeg >>Peaceful Parks Coalition >>peacemedia >>Project Peacemakers >>Project Ploughshares - Edmonton >>Project Ploughshares - Fraser Valley >>Project Ploughshares - Saskatoon >>Raging Grannies - Ottawa >>Rainforest Raging Grannies - Vancouver >>Science for Peace >>Sierra Youth Coalition >>Social Justice Committee of Montreal >>Social Justice Ministry Group at First United Church >>St. Clare=92s Multifaith Housing Society >>Students for a Free Tibet - Canada >>Sunshine Coast Peace Group >>The Atomic Mirror, USA >>The Canadian Orthodox Church >>The Centre for Peace in the Balkans >>The Nuclear Resister, USA >>Third World Forum >>Toronto Action for Social Change >>Vancouver Island Earth Works Society >>Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group >>Veterans Against Nuclear Arms >>Veterans Against Nuclear Arms - Manitoba >>Voices in the Wilderness, USA >>Washington Peace Center, USA >>Women=92s International League for Peace & Freedom - Canada >>Woodstock Raging Grannies >>Zero Tolerance Network >> >> >> Richard Sanders >> Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) >> >> A national peace network supported by >> individuals and organizations across Canada >> >> 541 McLeod St., Ottawa Ontario K1R 5R2 Canada >> Tel.: 613-231-3076 Fax: 613-231-2614 >> Email: Web site: >> >>----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- >> Help build opposition to NATO PA meetings in Ottawa, Oct. 5-8, 2001! >> Join the "no_to_nato" list serve: >> Send the message: subscribe no_to_nato to >>----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- >> > >- > 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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