[GPSCC-chat] Fwd: Fwd: START THE NUCLEAR ABOLITION PROCESS NOW!

fred fredd at freeshell.org
Wed Mar 31 11:51:29 PDT 2010 


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Subject: 	Fwd: START THE NUCLEAR ABOLITION PROCESS NOW!
Date: 	Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:36:14 -0700
From: 	fred <fredd at freeshell.org>
To: 	South SF Bay Discuss at CA Greens <sosfbay-discuss at greens.org>



Green Party Friends,

Here is an opportunity to add your voice to the movement to abolish 
nuclear weapons.

Please click on "We need your help!" below to sign the petition.

On-trigger nuclear weapons are real.

Fred Duperrault

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Subject: 	START THE NUCLEAR ABOLITION PROCESS NOW!
Date: 	Wed, 31 Mar 2010 07:20:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: 	United for Peace and Justice <listmaster at unitedforpeace.org>
Reply-To: 	listmaster at unitedforpeace.org
To: 	fredd at freeshell.org




*START THE NUCLEAR ABOLITION PROCESS NOW!*

* *
*Dear UFPJ member group,*
* *

You've probably seen the news that Presidents Obama and Medvedev have 
reached agreement on a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) to be 
signed on April 8. While this represents a modest step towards 
reestablishing traditional arms control, its value is mainly symbolic. 
The reductions will apply only to deployed (ready to launch) strategic 
(long-range) warheads. It will not affect warheads held in reserve or 
non-strategic (battlefield) warheads. According to analyst Hans 
Kristensen 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=W498zseUNyKN3dF%2B04o4QpSZWYESc6K0>, 
the new limit of 1,550 deployed strategic warheads could represent an 
actual decline of only 100 - 200 U.S. weapons -- seven years after the 
treaty enters into force! (And Senate ratification is by no means a sure 
thing.) More importantly, it will not reduce the role of nuclear weapons 
in U.S. policy. According to Defense Secretary Robert Gates 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=pFB6Vt2lscvWhO3MyTfmvZSZWYESc6K0>: 


"America's nuclear arsenal remains an important pillar of the U.S. 
defense posture, both to deter potential adversaries and to reassure 
more than two dozen allies and partners who rely on our nuclear umbrella 
for their security. But it is clear that we can accomplish these goals 
with fewer nuclear weapons. The reductions in this treaty will not 
affect the strength of our nuclear triad. Nor does this treaty limit 
plans to protect the United States and our allies by improving and 
deploying missile defense systems…. As the number of weapons declines we 
will have to invest more heavily in our nuclear infrastructure in order 
to keep our weapons safe, secure and effective. I look forward to 
working with the Congress to make sure that Departments of Defense and 
Energy have the funding necessary to properly accomplish this mission."

Indeed, while our country's leader has pledged to rid the world of 
nuclear weapons, his FY 2011 budget request for nuclear weapons is 14% 
higher than the 2010 budget - a greater percentage increase than planned 
for any other government agency, and the largest budget /ever/ for 
nuclear weapons activities 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=oOgPqS8%2FYaRUundTsFiaF5SZWYESc6K0>! In 
a time of twin global economic and environmental crises and growing 
competition over natural resources, the dangers of conflicts among 
nuclear-armed states are increasing. /We can't afford to wait decades 
more for the elimination of nuclear weapons./

*It's time to START the process of abolishing nuclear weapons! *As we 
continue our efforts to end the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and to 
redirect military spending to meet human and environmental needs, UFPJ 
is working with hundreds of international and U.S. partner groups to 
bring pressure to bear on the U.S. and other nuclear powers to do more 
than just talk about a nuclear weapons-free future, but to create it. 
*We need your group's help 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ogJ1opy67fcJCSuCr8zFOpSZWYESc6K0>*! 


The May Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference is 
widely seen as a make-it-or-break-it point for the long term viability 
of the nuclear nonproliferation regime. Non nuclear weapon states are 
rightly expecting the nuclear weapon states to finally make good on 
their NPT disarmament obligation, in force since 1970.  The outcome of 
this Review Conference will put to the test the reality behind President 
Obama's nuclear disarmament rhetoric.

/Momentum is building/. On the eve of the NPT Review Conference, 
thousands of people from around the world will gather in New York City 
for a weekend of inspiring and powerful activities to demand that 
President Obama and the leaders of the other nuclear-armed nations 
commence negotiations on a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons /within 
our lifetimes/.

*Disarm Now! For Peace and Human Needs 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1r39UdukW1a4cd2lLY3tM5SZWYESc6K0>*

*If your group hasn't already done so, please endorse the Disarm Now! 
Call to Action 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=vsBksx%2B9COTTMd2VexSBiZSZWYESc6K0> 
for the 2010 NPT Review Conference. We encourage you to send a 
representative delegation to New York!*

*On Saturday May 1**, join us for an international conference, *For a 
Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World* 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jMQugGbFN8N9b2yjtoPWt5SZWYESc6K0>**, 
at the Riverside Church, where Martin Luther King delivered his 
prophetic "Beyond Vietnam" speech. (Note: due to limited seating, 
registration is restricted to endorsing organizations.)*

On *Sunday, May 2*, join us for an *international rally 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=qiu8U1xtwXcQNyPE%2B62NzpSZWYESc6K0>* 
in Times Square, followed by a march to the United Nations and a *peace 
and music festival 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OLoESNcgKSIksFCJ45ixv5SZWYESc6K0>* 
in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza.

Help us spread the word! Download fliers here 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=8H0voUFHXMZkxJJHfaqY0pSZWYESc6K0> 


Reserve a table here 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zwClPtCkv7xM3yWVmpnkDZSZWYESc6K0> 


Sign up to volunteer here 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=0dPPTRjUt9LpQxzdk%2BTa%2FpSZWYESc6K0>*/
/*

Even if you can't get to New York, there are a number of important 
actions you can take in your own community, wherever you live, to 
support our efforts for a peaceful and just world free from the threat 
of nuclear disaster.

*YOUR group **can help us by adding a Disarm Now! **button to your 
website. Click here 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=MA8irzYveLF8I83aIeGBQJSZWYESc6K0>.* 
*
*

*YOUR group** can help us by contacting local officials, such as your 
City Council or Boards of Selectmen/women or Aldermen/women and asking 
them to pass a resolution calling for a nuclear weapons free world. 
Click here 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=FcDoOot%2FGPVaf0uZdLGKG5SZWYESc6K0>. 
**
*

*YOUR group* can support the *Mayors for Peace* "/Cities Are Not 
Targets/" recruitment drive by enrolling your mayor in Mayors for 
Peace. As of March 1, Mayors for Peace had 3,680 members in 135 
countries and regions; 156 in the U.S. Is your mayor one of them 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WFh%2Fb626sb8hbn%2FmATRxNpSZWYESc6K0>? 
Help Mayors for Peace reach 5,000 members by May! Click here 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=CSzjVm9JMy1f42JJWLbdSZSZWYESc6K0>.

*YOUR group* canj*oin the millions around the world who are signing and 
circulating petitions for the abolition of nuclear weapons *to be 
delivered to the White House and the United Nations during the NPT 
Review Conference.  We encourage you to table with the petition on Tax 
Day (April 15) and throughout the month of April. Download the paper 
petition here 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2B1iz8UPh8w43thSyhFmwrpSZWYESc6K0>. 
Sign online here 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fddSbRT2aTxHUzbbAt5BKZSZWYESc6K0>.

*/ /*
*Disarm Now! For Peace and Human Needs 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=gozgIa1p2OReQjcCxGVRo5SZWYESc6K0>*
*/ /*

One thing that distinguishes this campaign from previous efforts is that 
we are making a real effort to highlight the connections between nuclear 
weapons and a host of other pressing issues. To that end, we have 
adopted the following mission statement. /Nuclear disarmament should 
serve as the leading edge of a global trend towards demilitarization and 
redirection of resources to meet human needs and restore the environment. /

UFPJ helped initiate this dynamic and growing new movement for the 
abolition of nuclear weapons. *Please support our ongoing efforts by 
making a donation to UFPJ 
<http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=JL1K6NCd3AnBdyAmyhzY25SZWYESc6K0>*

*To join the UFPJ Nuclear Disarmament/Redefining Security working 
group*, contact its convener, Jackie Cabasso: wslf at earthlink.net 
<mailto:wslf at earthlink.net>; (510) 839-5877.


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