Disarmament News May 1982

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DWAfiJUtnWJV

Ngws

t?62

brflsMourrx

voLl

MARCH

MARCH

Americans

and at lcast

that

many

Russians.

because

military spndlng

is

inflationary

andcrates

the lewsl jobs

per dollar

spnt.

because

as long as nuclar

weapons xist

anyconflid

can lead

to

a

nuclear exchange.

because

Presidnt

Reagan

is

building

the

Nufton bomb

Trident

Submarine,

and Cruise Missile.

because

military spending

is

laking

money away from fo

housing,

educadon and

healthcare.

because

Alexander

Haig says

that a nuclar

war

is

winna

To

Freeze

and Beverce

the Noclear Atmc Race.

To Redtfect

Fu''d.

Ftom

the

rlt

tary

Eudt t

to

li..t Hlr',m.n

N..d..

In

Soltd.ng

Wth

fre Europe.n

Dhatmament

Movemerl

New York

City

Unlted

Nations

&

Central Park

yORK

Cfry-ture1

Bz Tlerz.

At

tfre

NATIONS SPCIAL

6S'SION

ON D|SART{AN,|

March

for

MABCH because the world

nuclear stockpile

contains

50,000

weapons and

is

growing

rapidly.

MARCH because

billions of

dollars continue

to

be cut from

socialprograms

to

pay

for

new

weapons

systems.

MARCH

because all out nuclear

war could

kill 150,000,000

Nuclear

and

NeedS

MARcH

June

12

MARCH

MARCH

MARCH

MARCH

MARCH

June

12

R.lly

Commlttee

E53 Broadway.

Sulte

2109

New

York,

X.y.

fbOOg

(212)460-8980


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Urg6I

at

rfte

U. N.

Dcspite

itr

\ eakncs\cs,

the

Unircd Nurn)nsdcser'-es

credit for thc litk)wing:

I Dr'nrk ircrr

Jr\(r'lly

rrJ.uhirnrirl,l^unr)

among

its lncnrbcrs. it

has

su.vilccilbr morc

lhan

l0

)ears.

rhus dcnrcnslrating

widcsprerd

ru.o:-'n,r.,'n,'llh,

ncuJI',rr l'hul,'r: ntz ti

r

l.

Thc

Ccneral Asrenrbly

p.ovidcs x lbnm

wherc

rn)

nrll,)n

F'q(rlul

('r

$(Jk

cr1

,'r.e

rl.

aspirarion\. concems.

rnd complainls, thus

bring;ng

3

d$irrbl,.: and

hcrlthy. bur olien

rbu\cd.

openners

to

inlcrnrli(rnul alirirs.

l.

Allcmari c.rpproache\

to

world

problcms

rre

ircqu ntl)

innirrcd

wnhin

the

U.N.

\y\lenr:

Inuhilalcrul acrn)n.

nonmilirary iniriarives.

and

third

pany

interventions.

.t.

Thc United Nrtions systcm

p.omotes Md lests

mcrhoJ\ oicoopcralion among

nrtion

slalcs

by

rdl:rling wcrknesser as

uell

as

slrcngths

and

pointing

the

way

to

neded

reiorms.

5.

Finally,

th

United

Nadons

occaionallyencour-

ages

member-states to nse

above narrow na-

tional

interests and act

in th cornjnon long-term

'

interests

ofthe

worldcommunity.

wirhout

rhe United Nalions

world cooperalion

qould

ne much lc\; rJ\ Jn,eJ. II

rhe

Unrre.l

)JLon.

lvere

suddenly to

vanish.

a

great

clamo.would

arise

flo.

a subsrirute.

Dc\pire rhe.c

$

urrlnred credl'.

rhe

l-nire,l Narion..

includins ils family ofspecialized asencies and

reSional

orsanizalions.

is

iailing

miserably lo deal

adequarely

rnd

promptlywirhlhe

issues

confronting ir.

Hence rhc urgency

of not only continuing bul intensi-

tying

elibns

ro

improve

the

capaciiy ol

worldo.gan'

izalion

to de.rl

whh

globalproblms.

(Irom

par?hlet:

Ul'l

Reforn

and

G 1ol^

a1

;,:ana-enert by

C.

:.ax?eI1

SlalTetf-

Srrtfrnatbna'l

?e.ace

Aadcmg

AyEDtARDSCXUIIAGHER

:

EE nclional

sceDano

i rclved

tu iffili6

rb.r sh.red

a

nE, h

a disFrte over

w.ter

:-

riahs,

dre

coutry

lnvadd

$.

othc

aild slired

a dah lbal

w.s

-Ili

Li $rd.nlr

sere ro

prerdd

Lhey

Y6 Ed a5

ol tie

Udt.d Nations

Sdnty

C@cil

and

th"ir

assigtuneot

was

ro lind a

peactul

solutim

io the

crisk

Th

xerci*

6igft sen

o.dr

nar-v

enft8n.

except

lor

@e thing:

the

sludenF

wer

real

UDiled Nanons

drP

lomat

pan'crpahng in a

weklong

sminar

on hot

to

mate

pace

Thesennar

was

give

by

the

lnter.

nalional

Peace

Academy,

ehrcb, ac-

cordiry

ro

diplornab

and

$holaE.

is

rh.

oly orEani4tion

of i5 kind

-

orc

Urat

teaches

lop

drploftats

and mili.

tary nen

aroud

h

eorld

th

ans ol

p.acemaling

od

peacekePiq.

lr sminaE

aE Elect. is

publica-

tio6

are

requi.d

radtnt

in mdy

toimrn

nt ,

and

its

actiitiB

have

made

it th.

uollicial

f.ining

ifftirut

lor

Unit.d

Natio6

Fackeping

iorca.

In 10

taF,

th

academy

has

.@red a cor. ol

moE rbar

2,000

alunni

n uppr levels

ol

gov.hrcnts

who sp2k the sam

laryuage

ald

u-

drstand

lh

same

proces.es

in trying

'Th.

lnrcrn tlond

Peace

Ald.my

fi{s tlF

t

p

btweD

shlt

*e

do

oft

cirlly i.rc

ar thc

united Nations

and

rhat

tov.mm.f,ts

do ollicially

in

their

o*n colltries," said Briau E. urqu.

brn,

U

l.d

N.rioor Undcr S...tary

G.ci ] lor sFcid Politid atlaiF.

UAINL

THE

5T6NE5

NELT

I

don't ?,ant to

run

or.r the

moltnlains

onltmare;

I

'ont to

nake

o

big ttedtlt. . .

. I uiLI

keep

tr

uard

until the stones

mlt.

.

. .

God marle

the uhite

nnn

a1ln

Ga.l

1r.a,lc

thc Apn.he,

nnd the Apnche

has

just

ns

mtch

right

to

tlrc

.alottA as

the thitc

].nnn.

I

uanL

to

nake a

beatlt

that

uiLL

last,

so lhdt bath

cdn trarel

otet

the coltnlty

and hdue

na trouble.

-Iltls',rr

oF

rEF

ToNrD

A..\drLs


3/20

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3.

Other

Activities

Relating

To

SSD

l. Cultural

-

Cultural

Task

Force

1212-749-66201

*,June

5, 6, 7:

Theater for

the New

City-

a

series of disarma[nt

plays

and

theatrical productions.

*June

6:

Bread

and

Puppet Pageant and

the

InternatJona'l Orchestra

and

Choruses-

A

collaboration

effort

between

musical

and

theatrical

groups.

Pageant/puppet

show

to

the

iast

rovenent

of

Beethoven,s

9th

Synphony.

Cast

of 450,

songsheets

provided.

*All

night

dance

fe

stival

for disarmarcnt-

Battery

Park

(date

to

be

announced)

International

(International

Task Force

21?-749-3810)

rJune

4-5: International

Symposium

on

the Morality

and Lega'lity

of

l{uclear

lJeapons-

Lawyers

Comi

ttee

-on

Nuclear

Policy

and

InternatJonal

Peace

Bureau

(212-877

-8952\

*June

7:

International

rEeting

to

fornulate

proposals

for

the

U.N.

Special

Session

on

DJ

sarnamnt.

:

International Peace

Activists

Conference-

Delegates

from

peace

organlzations

around

the wor'ld

Internati

ona

I

0pen

Air

Gathering

(Religious

Task Force 212-858-5882)

International

Religious

Convocation- Inter-rellgious

celebra on

bringing

together

spiritual

leaders

fron

around

ihe

world

to

pray

with

one

voice

for future

generations.

*June

8-10:

International

Religious

Conference- A

conference

of

religious

leaders,

congregation

nembers,

and

religious

activists

c;n.ing

together

to

share, worship,

and strategize

towards

bui'lding;

massive,

international

religious

peace

npvenent.

*llitness

For

Survival:

local religious

events

in

the inner

cJty corrnuni

ty

led by

local reiigious

leaders

with international

delegates

to link nilitary

spending

and

hunan needs.

4. orqani

zation

Events

*June

2-4i

.lomn

of

the

I'lor'ld in

Action

for

peace-

l,lofin

fron the

U,S. and

around

the wor'ld

will

met to

discuss

the

concerns

of

wo[n

and

to

fornulate

wonenrs

denands

for

peace,

(lJomen's

Int,l

League

for Peace

and Freedon,

215-583-7liO)

*June

7:

Plowshares

Coffee

House-

lpeting

p'lace,

speakers,

programs,

literature.

(Fellowship

of

Reconciliation,

glC-SSS-+OO])

*June

7:

llelcom Rally

for llorld

Peace llarchers- All

day

vigil at the U.N.

The

five different

walks

will

arrive

in

NYC

(212-864-2030)

5.

Clvil

Disobedience: June

14-

Elockade

the Bonbmkers-

blockade

at

the U. .

missions

of

ure s

nuitiir-niiions

iwi

iii-emprri

s ii

on

ir,e

U.S.)

to.disrupt

nuclear

diplonacy

as

usual

(C.0.

Task

Force

212-228-0450).

*June

8- l l

*June

l3:

Reliaious

*June

I

I :


4/20


5/20

UNMP|oVMNT

AND

fte

PeFffAfroN

DUDGT

Conrr;rry rc

pop l.r

itrd lonBicld bclicfr, a rjg,

lerc I ot mi itoty

spcDdi nq

c

rea

res

u

nem

playmen

t.

.\..

.n.rL\.,.,r

tr:,.)(-. traErr.,,u.f 97t.

rr.

c.ttct

1i\t

t ntl on uol

iob

loss tlattunhi.le, when

rllc nlilitdty buJgct areraqtd ubout

SE]

bi io", vas

about 8.iA,000

iohs.

This

rcsrlL

conrcs

from

a

rr. ilstical rnaL ris of

lhc

ncq.iL

vc

imp.rct oI mi it:rr.} sp0ndin upon

lnrior

r\,..r,-,/

(Ir".rt.

_,.,.t.,

.u..

durrb

e

g ol\,

risidcit

rl

.Lnd

norr-resjlcntiil

cod.

rtru.t on nitl

,rn{]

o.,rl

govcrnmcnt

0xpenlilurcs,

.(

.i.J..

('.'

r'.

r

r'L

tu

.h, c..

-

d

rr,.1...,

.

,',11.

r..Dr1,n

.I lr $.\'

.-r,

lhdr

whcn \pcrrdifr

or thc nrilit.rl w.nt

up,

.xpcnditurc

ul

rr.

.

.i .

-

c-r(;

-c, \c

r.l

{n

1\ cc ,i-

dcfi.irc

pcrccflr.rc\.

Thc

prc5cdr.rnulfs

lrinr

atcs

lhc

Lr\pcndrt r0\ l(rOilonc bcr\vccn 1968

Jncl 1972

trcc.dis.

ol tir. S80 bjlllo,r mjlitJr)

budScts

ln o

iobs

lorcrorlc

(lu.ir

thcrc v rr\.

Thc

e\lrfr

(n

rh

loL)

o5rc5

$'Js ud.\poctcd.

t\ r rt\.si\

n,rlcs,

c{,fL.r nitr8

60li of thc

US

pc,p LJ-

tio r, ore rrotu

lob'

th. i thcy

Bain.

Evcry rnJior

ifdu.lrlr nrlc ;n thc

nr

on

wl h thc otrly

cxc0ptions

01

TJ\,rt

JNd

Ctrllidn

r

lost

iobs

nron vcry hcnvily.

\c\

Yo

I

llofc

r fcrcd

.r

nct

lo\r

of.126,000

iobs.

\li.hl ,.rn,

Ll i.o

s,

Jnd Ohio logcrhcr lo 1

492,000

Itrb\.

Uoll

Lril

Ncw

En,.:.r.d, all of lhc Midd c Arlanric

S JLcs,

rnd

Jll

of

h.

North

Ccntra

stales

lon hcavil\,.

'lhi\

\vrs

in soltc of thc fict

thit some

of

these srrles

h.r.l subsrintitrj

militrrr

conrrnctr:ud

hrge

bases.

fh. neqatiw tntpact of Pentdgon

spending upon

theit

induttrial

bast tar aur\reighe.l the

iob\

the)

goined

thrcuqh nlilitd,\' t an tructt

ond

bascs.

l-n,

"',i,-

r

.

.'n,r.r.

)

.p(rd;r;.ho$'

rr.

orher sidc \vhcn

\

ou

lool r r

m p. Thc Sourh rnd

West

gdin

hcrvjlv. Lcss ifdLrllrialircd, on thc wholc,

lhorc iLllc

\ hich

hilc

both

militar)'indunry

and

arSc

basc

g i,r

mrny

morc

iobs

lhan

thcy losc.

Tcxas,

Gcor,t

a,

;,nd

Ciliidnla

lo8crhcr

show

a

nct

Srin

of

285,000

iobs.

(

l'ro:1

Feport:

T..e Er,ptt/

pork

:arre.

by ..,rjon

Andercoi-J-

Everyone

ie

j.nvolved

when

supply

the

Jobs.

(

Siefan

Once

the

toothDaate

i6 out

1n

aca1n.

(H.R.

Haldenan

)

tNulear

Madness

by Dr.

Helen Caldicon,

D.

L

BanaE

Books,

1980.

CopyriSht

l9?8,

l98O

bv Heten

M.

C,ldi.;F

j.t

comes

to

deterninine the

markets

that

Paeti

)

of

the tube,

j.tie

h8.rd

to

get

it

back

*o.vtr

nr

D

""a,' ""r*"ott

writes:

Ae

a

phyeician,

I contend

that nuclea

technology threatens

life

on

our

plan

with

extinction.

If

present

tten&

continue, the

air

we

breathe,

the

foo

*e

eat,

and the

water

we

drink

will

soon b

contaminated

with

enough

radioactive

pollutant

to

1106

a

potential

health

hazard

far

greater

th

any

plague

humanity

hat

ever

experi

enced.

Unknowingly

exposed

to these

radioactive

poirons,

rcme

of

ue

may

b

developing

cancer

right

now.

Othero

may

be pasoing

damaged

genes,

the ba

chemical

units

which

tranrmit

hcieditary

characteristica,

to

fu

ture

geaerationr.

And

more

of ul

will

inevitably

be

affected

unleso we bring

about a &astic

teveroal

of our

goverrt'

ment'e

pronuclear

policiear

4L

All ought

to

be

nade

to

taste

the

soup.


6/20

call

to

arms

limitation

'

Thousqnds

at

U.S,

Colleges

Open

an

Antinuclear

Dtiue

\l

ASHINGTON, Nov.

U-Tboulsrds

Fltdsr.pTrrr

ol

students

and

la4ulB member3

rt

l5l

Dsvid

D.

Brunll,

dirctor of the arhs

college

campus.

amund

the cnrntry

contml

proJd

rl

llre sclentilts' unlon,

tap-

a relch-in

today on

lhe thftat

ol

called

th.

pm8r.m

1'$

lirst stp in

nuc-iearwar,

o bingwhat

tcplarulql

al

leallnha

to bring

qle

44ttqtra[evel

of

r

mdnulm nrtton

l

educstion

pI -

-concem

about

tfie

DrBDct ofnuirle5r

rram

to

ge;etate popdar

aedarlds

lor

w-a-r-lroo

li

Enceiifol

tie

ipputclig{t

-

ultharjlonrlnuclesramsrducdon.

diito3ybeot

y5Drcent-lo,say,I)

utharionrr

nucl;liams

rducdon.

g

it

o3lDeqnly

5

*rcerit

-- o,

sat,3x)

PlaDrung

ior

h

'Convocauon

on the-

or5oprc.t."

Thrlt

ot Nucle.

War"

wt5 bgutr

or

y

At

llllFllllotvedlb'.-r(hrc--about.

ttu motrrb

a8o by

tbe

prtncipal

sDon-

L 0

peoplc_ 4q:d.d

a.neeftA

d.l

sor,

th.

UDlo[ ol

conc.med

sci.nilsts,

5

Ecribd

a the l,argest

10

the East,

tso

BosloFbrled

smup

with

100,q)(l

mem-

Nobl

laullts, Italls Bth and Roard

bers rhlt

was

lormd

in

lgf

and

oI}

HoffEair. $d m othr m.mbts oI

Dcs

Ducl.ar

Dosr.

thc

taculry

tldorsd lh corNoctttoo.

-

Smksmen

lor

the

smup,

whlch also

Both ttl Eood

lnd

tlle

rnebrtc

wr

has

[ ofltce

hr,

satd

the

wid6presd

ootably

d|lersnt

lmm tll.

1960'3 tu-

Darticilatlon by

cdpus

SEoups

in:t

rtdtleddmo rrauofi

aSalIEt

contir-

arat.

riven

or

y

the

broaalest

3u8-

uiDa Ole

s.t

tn

Vl.ham.

Pttt.

Kodrll,

rsted

send.,

indlclted

a

growtng

vho tescn

.

phy{c

at

Malsachl3.tts

iw.rns

lhat

the

lhlat ot

nucl.lr

Institut of

Tchnologr,

called thce

wsrbnsbr.

deEolrtl8ddl r

"modl,"

bul

there

Tom

Ayra.

me

ot

tb

coodlnatod

ol

wa

plaLnly

an.flort bday to mal6 ar-

rhe cani

nc.rhg ,

sald

h.

could

Auarents

lor

contmlot Ncllrw.apora

make

Do

csdmste

ol total

annalorc.

ac.DtrhletoElddlcAssdcai .

u,rril IDort

ver

tel.ptroned

tn tomor

Abourhalftle

particlparis

at Eany of

iow a[(i

Frtday.

But

Eory

w.

Kerdall

th s.slons wer ond rc be

"noF

rho |rstkated

plarning

lor

rh8

day

a

cougepeople"olmiddlesgeandolder.

Dnstderd

ollh

scleftilB'

8roup,

caued

ihe

turnout

a

"nmaway

success."

'US

agency

urged

campaign

to counter

antinuke

thysteria'

mothers and

slf'rlghteously

indlgnant

clergymen

agalnst

a

mushroom

cloud

backqround.'

the ACDA

memo

Predlcled

To- counteract

thls

publiclty.

ACDA

DroDosed

a

series of

op'ed arllcles

and

ietevtsron

appearances

by frlends

of

the

Administratton

and

statemenis

by Ad-

minlslration

offlclals.

The

memo

pro-

posed

that thes

appear

daily

from April

l7 to

26,

starting

before and

nding

?fter

Ground Zero

Wek activities.

The

White

Hous

apparently

rlected

the speclfic advlce contalned

ln

the.Ros-

tow

memorandum,

chmslng

not to

rJact

extenslvely

to Cround

zero

wcek

Some

of

the

general

ideas

the

memo containd

-

for examplc,

ushg

vlc Presldent

C,eorge

Bush

as

an Admlnlstration

spokesnlan

to

respond

to thc antlnuclear

wca.pons

movement

-

werc usd.

Nonc

of the spe-

crftc events dscrlbd

ln

the

proirogd

schedule

that

follows occurred.

asTer-as

the

Washlngton

Post corrld

determlnc.

warn

N-danger

H. Stewart

i

Kenneth

J.

cooPer

Staff

warnings

that

the

world

closer

to uuclear

devas'

a

catl

for

public support

lor

control

echoed

from l5l

cam-

across

the

nation

Yesterday.

hoped

rhe

nuclear'

fashroned

after

the

anil-

war

teach-ins

of

the

\rould

Drovlde

the

lmpetus

;ove'nent

aimed at

the

bullduP

of

nuclear

ponry.

4atherlngs

ln

42

states

as

and

Europ'

spe-

sDoke

at

semhars

and de-

desiened

to edDcate

the

PUb_

the

danqers

Inherent

ln

an

aling

a r;s

race

betwen

the

-

the-Sovit

Union

scintists

who

have

flg-

in

the

develop-

Amerlca

s

nuclear

arsnal

lolned

bY

mllltary

officers

cler$tmen'

students

and

even

The;allonal

event

was

orAa-

bv

the

Cambrldge-based

o'f

Concerned

Sclentlsis.

DurDoselv

selected

Veteran

s

-

kno;n

a; Almlstic

DaY

un

i9

-

for

the nattonal

convoca-

A

sDokesman

for the

orgatriza-

said

a

telePhone

Poll

would

b

of th

DarticlPatlng

cam_

todav io

determlne

how

peopf were attracted

to the

convocatlons

natlonwlde'

ti,iany

speakers as

well

as

the

of

the convocations'

ex-

ihe

hope

that

Yesterday

s

stlmulatea

Public

d_

on tbe

lssue

of nuclear

escala-

''Publlc

lnvolvement

n

the

ar@

utm"

.o

ntioll"--csst"u"L_Ln"s

Sdt

LacBle,alrllhs-l)ast

'-inslsted

Paul

warnke

negotrator

in

the

SALT

Il

in

the

Carter

Admlnlstmtlon

Page

l0

WASHINGTON

-

'lhe

Arms Control

and Dlsarmament Agency

lasi

monlh

proposd

totheWblte

House

that the

Ra-

gan

Administration should

begtn an im-

mdlate media campaign

to

deal with

''the

growing

stridency

and

hysterla

ot-

the

antlnuclear

weapons

movement.

In a memorandum

liom

Eugene

v.

Rostovr,

dlrector of

ACDA, to

wllllam

P.

Clark,

the natlonal scurity

adviser,

the

agency

sald

that

Cround Zero

Week.

a

nat,ohal

educatlonal campalgn

on

the

dangers

of

nuclear

war. would

produce

an

"eruption

of the lssue of

nuclear war.

'

A copy

of the memorandum

was

snt

anonymously

to the

washhgton

Post,

and

ltsauthentlclty

wasconfirmed

by

the

agcncy.

Portlon6 of

it

follow.

"Thc

press

and electronlc

mdla

wlll

be

full

of demagoguery

and emotlon

as

Journatlsts

hungrlly

lntervlew tearful.


7/20

,dADINC

ANAI,YSN

IS

CAI,I,ED I,ACKINO

Study

Finds Students

Failing

to Go Beyond

a

Superficial

Assessment

of Content

|,leltrrral

o(

NLifrciaL

VoLc

-

So therers.tone,

of

affcct, or

feel-i.ng of

th

voicc,

anil thatrE

connected

very rnuch

with-the

rhv

of

the fanguagc

--whc

ther

it'r

a natural

rhythn

of

languagc

or whethe itrs

a

forccd

artificial_

bure

cratic

dry rhythn

affccted by the

nulttple

nachln

alfected

by

itr b"Lng

pasred

through

nany typeyri

wh"thcr itrs

an

authcntic hunan

peieonal

vo-iie

ta

or

whcther

ltrs

a

voj.ec

that

has bcen

flltercd

thr

so

nany nachincc

that

thc hunan

rhythrn has bcen

lo

li{o6t

pub11c

cpecch

is

pscudo-cvcnt

ln the

en

that

it.i not

the

product

of

a

litcral

hunan

bcln

itrs litcrelly

non-hunan.

It's

pasccd

through

so

nany hand

an


8/20

0u

rn,f ,fur,

zo1ron

"l

ily-.fltnl

It is fTorn thj6

conbinntion

of slrnggle

for

a

nen

otder

that

is already

on

and

th

emerging

6earch for

an

alternntive

franer.ork

of

ideas

rnd

institutions

that

can provi.de

the

ongoing

stluggle lith a

sense

of

direction

and purpose

that

a

nch

historical

epocll

is likely

to

energe,

As xas

nentioncd

earlier, it

is

going

to

be a difficult

and

lortuous slruggle.

The

conditions

may be

propitious,

but the

process

is by

no

nreans

assured.

It colls

for a liidespread

novement

for

clange--

in

the developing

countries, in thc

centres

of

industrial

and

milittry

po*cr,

in

the

variotrs

r.orld

bodies,

and

in

the

framework

of

public opinion,

attjtldes and

belie{

at

various

lcrels,

Such

a movefipnt

aiIl have to encompass both

lhc

b6sic

perception of

the

human

condition

in

our lirne

and

the slrategies

for

redisigning it.

It

xilt

involve

botl o

rlnte]lectual

Ffforl

,

itimod

at r:corienting bosic

concepts

and

interpretations

of

the objcctive real.i1y, and a political cffort,

aimed

at sltering

thc frane$ork

of

ob.iect ive rcalily itself,

frlrlhermore,

such

a

dovcnnt

ti11

have

to

be

directed pr.incipally

at

tro

major

components

of the

present

scena).io of

tension

betueen and

xithin

societies

and,

of

course,

cunulative

injustice:

(1)

lt (i

nrir race snd

the militarizatit;i\

of

reeim6

and

social structrrfes; and

(2)

th structure of

economjc

exploitation

and

fjalitical

donination,

Ihe

battle tbr denilitnriztion

and

an

ertuitable

and

just

order

nust

firsl

be

fought

and

xon

in

the

minds

of

tc.rrc,

Hithout

it,

t'hatever

gains

rnay

be

nade

l,rill

be

illusory,

or

ephenpr:,1,

cir

both.

Demilit

arizat

ion

of tlre

mind is

a

nccessary

prerequisite

of

demil.itarization

of

regions

and

regines.

liithout

it, tbere will be

no

guarantee

that even

if sodE de-escalation

of

the

arms

race took place, it $ouId

not

soon

be

reversed..

Sinilarly, the

sttuggle

for

econornic

equity

and

political

autonoov rnust

be

waged

at the

level of

consciousness and

norniative perception as ,,eIl

as

in

concrete

situations

of

encounters of

porer

and

resources.

Without it,

theie will be

no

guarantee

that

even if a

jrLet

social order

rras

cre6ted, it

rould

not

soon

be

toppled.

(

fr.on

ToLa.rds

a

Just

World

by

Rajni Kothari, p.

20)

The

loss

of

enemies dos

not

conpen6ate

us

for the

loss of

friends.

(Abrahan

Lincoln)

Cacophony

is hard to

s$allo$.

(Duke

Elfington)

Expericnce

is

$hat

cnables you

to

recognize

a

mislake

lhen

you

nrake

it

again,

(Ear1

l


9/20

IRIVENTIi{G

NlJCl,lliAR Yrr.R

'lhe pievention

of

any human behivior

necessarily

implirls

the substitutioo

of

another behavior

in its pl-ace,

and

prevcnting nuclear

xar

is

no different'

Besides

prevcnting the

existing

thre.t bt$reen the

uS

and

tle USSR tien,

it

is

also

nccessory

to begin

developing 6r)

idca for

another

"$ay

ot

living;'r

a

lday

tlarl

r.ill dispro\,e

the

nccssily

ol'protecting

resources

by

blo{ing

off

a

stli)ngrrrs

leg

arnd

tllen

laving him to die of leukenia.

There

norn

exists

an organization

called

"Soldiers

for Pcace' thel

recognizes

that

peol)l.e

all over the

iorld are

knth

tedgcable

of

a

r'av

r:rf

lil'e

rhich disprovos

the

nccessity

ol'protecting

resources

by

fc,rce.

TLis

uay

of

lifc

encourirge-

Documents

Disarmament News May 1982