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[Via Communist Internet... http://www.egroups.com/group/Communist-Internet ] [Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ] . . ----- Original Message ----- From: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Bruce K. Gagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 5:23 PM Subject: SPACE ALERT NEWSLETTER GLOBAL NETWORK SPACE ALERT NEWSLETTER # 12 WINTER 2002 STAR WARS RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: KEY ISSUE IN 2002 Following the September 11 terrorist attacks on the U.S., George W. Bush's request for $8.3 billion in 2002 for Star Wars research and development (R & D) easily passed the Congress. Even Democrats, who prior to 9-11 were inclined to cut $1 billion from the request, folded under pressure and handed Bush and his aerospace corporation allies a 40% increase over the previous year. With the new funds, the Bush team wants to dramatically expand the number and kind of tests for Star Wars. It is now moving to upgrade testing facilities in Alaska and Hawaii in addition to those already in California, Florida, and the Marshall Islands. "The focus is on testing, and lots of it," says Lt. Col. Rick Lehner, a spokesman for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), which manages the Pentagon's program. Secretary of War, Donald Rumsfeld, wants to build a "layered system" - a combination of "missile defense" systems. Some would be designed to attack a ballistic missile in the boost phase of its flight where it is easiest to detect, others in the descent phase, and still others in midcourse. These new systems would be based on land, at sea, in space, and aboard aircraft. All of this will require massive annual appropriations of R & D funds. Many Democrats are saying they oppose deployment but at this time there is nothing to deploy, so this is a safe position to take. But the majority of Democrats are also supporting a "robust" R & D program for Star Wars. Unless this position of the Democratic Party changes, we will not be able to prevent a new arms race from moving into the heavens. PENTAGON BUDGET GROWS The Pentagon will get more than $343 billion in fiscal year 2002. Over the next 10 years, Bush plans to spend over $3.5 trillion on the military. In order to cover the increases in Pentagon spending Bush intends to cut funds in other government departments in 2002: Agriculture, Commerce, Energy (non-military), Interior, Justice, Labor, Transportation and Environmental Protection. State governments are now running a combined deficit of $25 billion and are anticipating a shortfall of $11.3 billion in education funds in 2002. America is crumbling from within. KUCINICH SPACE BAN BILL Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) announced in Cleveland, OH on October 13 that he has introduced HR 2977, "The Space Preservation Act of 2001." The bill calls upon the U.S. to ban all research, development, testing, and deployment of space-based weapons and mandates the U.S. to enter into formal negotiations to create a global ban on weapons in space. At a Keep Space for Peace conference organized by the Global Network (GN) and Cleveland Peace Action, Rep. Kucinich told the assembled that, "We need to believe in ourselves and our ability to change things. We have to work on transforming the consciousness of the country..What could be more conservative than to want to conserve the planet?" Already well over 200 local, national, and international organizations have endorsed the Kucinich bill. People are urged to contact their Congressional delegations immediately and urge their co-sponsorship of the bill. A full copy of the legislation can be found on the home page of the GN website. BUSH/PUTIN TEXAS DEAL The recent Bush/Putin meeting in Crawford, Texas seemed to deliver an agreement on nuclear weapons cuts. Bush is reluctant to sign any treaties or agreements, though he promised to draw down U.S. nuclear weapons to somewhere between 2,200-1,700 operational warheads. (The U.S. presently has around 7,500.) Putin promised similar cuts as Russia is anxious to unload the enormous costs of maintaining its vast but crumbling nuclear arsenal. Bush and the military want to move much of the money now spent on nukes into "21st Century weapons technologies," meaning Star Wars weapons that could actually be used. Putin has come under attack in Russia for being much too cozy with the U.S. In particular, many Russians fear that a shift is underway to a policy defined by the interests of the Russian oligarchs who are very closely connected with western multi-national corporations. Many Russians fear that, since their economy has become totally privatized, Russia's foreign policy is now for sale as well. ABM & ARMS CONTROL On December 13, George W. Bush announced that the U.S. will withdraw from the ABM Treaty in six months time. Previously Bush and his administration had called the 1972 treaty with Russia "ancient history." Bush defense guru Richard Perle scoffed at "the nostalgia for arms control," saying an assessment of its history showed its security benefits were nil. On December 17 Russian President Putin responded by saying that his government was "prepared for certain modifications of the treaty." The ABM withdrawal was particularly disappointing to Russia after its cooperation with the U.S. in the Afghanistan war. "As soon as the campaign was won, the U.S. policy became like this: 'Thank you, but even in issues that concern both you and us, we will do as we please,' " complained Vladimir Lukin, the Russian Duma deputy speaker. A world without arms control treaties will enable Bush to exercise maximum control as the U.S. continues to move from diplomacy to global domination. HARDLINERS RETURN "It's taken us 13 years to get here, but we've arrived," crowed Frank Gaffney, head of the Center for Security Policy during its recent "Keepers of the Flame" dinner at an exclusive Washington hotel. Featured guests of the hawkish think tank were Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz. All of Washington has been abuzz about how the hardliners have captured control over U.S. military and foreign policy decision making. Secretary of State Colin Powell has been left to playing the "good cop" as the "bad cops" have taken over. The Rumsfeld-Wolfowitz team forced their own man, John Bolton, into the position as Undersecretary of State for Arms Control, Non-Proliferation, and International Security, despite Powell's strenuous objections. Bolton opposes multilateral arms control agreements on principle. Richard Perle, known as Ronald Reagan's "prince of darkness" for his distaste of disarmament treaties now chairs the Bush defense policy board. Wolfowitz is the foremost proponent of intensifying the war with Iraq. GLOBAL WAR "This is a global war on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction," Gen. Richard Myers, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, said in October. (Myers was a recent commander of the U.S. Space Command.) "So, Afghanistan is only one piece. So, of course, we're thinking very broadly. I would say since World War II we haven't thought this broadly about a campaign." As corporate globalization grows, with a lowering of wages and standards of living around the world, there will be more uprisings as workers protest cutbacks in salaries and government services. This new "global war" in the end will be about protecting corporate "interests and investments" and suppressing dissent. The Space Command will give the Pentagon the ability to hear everything, see everything, and to target everything on the Earth. The war in Central Asia ultimately goes way beyond terrorism. A quick review of the world atlas reveals that Central Asia is loaded with oil and natural gas, and following the dismantling of the former Soviet Union there is now a political vacuum in the region. Whoever controls Central Asia militarily, will be able to build the pipelines to move the resources to market. "Projecting power" thus means controlling resources. Fighting terrorism will become the broad sales pitch to convince the American people and the world that this "global war" is about freedom. However, the only real freedom involved is freedom for Bush-Cheney oil and weapons corporations' interests to operate at full throttle with taxpayer subsidy. CHINA CARD As the U.S. searches for a new, big enemy to justify Star Wars and massive increases for the Pentagon, China becomes the wild card. Christian fundamentalist churches across America are now spreading the gospel that the Chinese are the new "evil empire" out to take over the world. China, which today has 20 nuclear weapons capable of hitting the U.S., is also being touted as a potential "rogue" state that might launch a nuclear strike at U.S. cities along the Pacific coast. The truth is that China is going "capitalist" and U.S. super stores are their best customers. China remains staunchly opposed to U.S. Star Wars plans and continues to call for a global ban on weapons in space. According to Yan Xuetong, head of the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University, "The U.S. is the world's only superpower, pulling out of the ABM shows that they know they don't need to care about what others say." If Washington goes ahead with Star Wars, China will follow by modernizing its limited nuclear arsenal in an effort to maintain its "strategic credibility," Yan said. Another Chinese scholar, Ma Min, wrote the following in a recent issue of the Chinese publication World Affairs: "In order to realize its goal of a unipolar world, the U.S. continues to penetrate the countries of Central Asia formerly controlled by the Soviet Union..and to limit the growth of China's influence" as its economy expands. "ROGUE STATES" Iraq should be "the principal next target" the military goes after, says Richard Perle, who chairs Bush's Defense Policy Board. Perle, who has long advocated action against Saddam Hussein, says more than airpower will be needed, suggesting that American ground troops should be utilized. Perle and others in the administration are also exaggerating North Korean missile capabilities and are attempting to sabotage reunification efforts between North and South Korea. In June, George W. Bush said North Korea could "not be trusted." He also implied that North Korea had cheated on its 1994 agreement with the U.S. to freeze its nuclear weapons program, even though U.S. and international inspectors have found no evidence of such cheating. In August, Colin Powell cancelled a meeting with North Korea's foreign minister at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations regional forum. North Korea is ready for an opening with the U.S. and South Korea, but feels it cannot afford the appearance of bowing to superpower pressure, especially when the U.S. deliberately escalates tensions. Only making matters worse, Seoul's Yonhap news agency announced in November that the U.S. plans to build a new Star Wars radar base in South Korea. The Pentagon plans to build an X-Band radar between 2010-2015 which will surely antagonize North Korea even more and possibly prompt them to renew efforts to build nuclear weapons. BEACONS, BUT NO DUMMIES Recent "missile defense" tests have shown mixed results. A July 14 "successful" test was able to destroy a warhead in space because a beacon on the target missile signaled its location during the flight. A December 3 "successful" intercept again called out its location via beacon. Up to this point the Pentagon has not tried to deploy dummy warheads in space that would confuse the "hit-to-kill" mechanism in what would be a real-world scenario. The next test is slated for mid-February, otherwise it will be delayed to May, 2002. Each of these tests cost taxpayers over $100 million. Given enough time and money, the military just might make some elements of the Star Wars system work. Opponents of "missile defense" must oppose this new testing expansion as costly and destabilizing. Any inclination to support testing, as most Republicans and Democrats do, only keeps the money flowing into the pipeline and gives the program life. VANDENBERG ACTIONS Vandenberg AFB, CA has been in the news a lot this past year. Regular non-violent civil disobedience actions have taken place there to protest the launching of "missile defense" tests. Beginning October 7, 2000 when 23 activists were arrested for a front gate protest, GN coordinator Bruce Gagnon was sentenced on December 6, 2001 to two years supervised probation and a $1,000 fine for that action. Several others in the group were also found guilty and received one year probation and fines ranging from $100 - $500. Several had their charges dropped and one man was found not guilty. A six person affinity group from the Los Angeles Catholic Worker house were found guilty and spent several months in jail this summer for refusing to pay fines after being sentenced for a May 20, 2001 back country action at Vandenberg. And a group of 17 Greenpeace activists are now scheduled for trial on felony conspiracy and trespassing charges for attempting to disrupt a Star Wars test at the base on July 14. But Vandenberg's troubles go beyond just protests. On June 29, a Minuteman 3 missile transporter traveling at unsafe speeds on the base rolled over, injuring two airmen and causing $2.3 million in damage. As a result, the commander of the 576th Flight Test Squadron at the base was fired because of "loss of confidence" by his superiors. Then on December 13, a prototype "missile defense" system booster rocket went awry and had to be destroyed just 30 seconds into flight. The $21 million incident led to the closing of several beaches along the Pacific Ocean as flaming pieces of the three stage rocket rained down upon the water, spilling its toxic fuels one mile off the coast of Vandenberg. What effect the accident had on wildlife in the area is unreported. ALASKA LAUNCH SITES The Pentagon is now clearing land at Fort Greeley in Alaska for a second "missile defense" launch site in that state. The military is already launching Star Wars tests on Kodiak Island. On November 9, a test from Kodiak exploded immediately after launch. (The military first told the media that it had intentionally destroyed the rocket, but word leaked out that this was untrue.) The Kodiak launch complex has experienced a 20% failure rate to date. On November 23, it was reported that the Kodiak launch facility had applied for an "incidental harassment permit" for Stellar Sea Lions. This request for an "exemption" to the Marine Mammal Protection Act indicates that the military expects to have many more exploding rockets on pristine Kodiak Island in coming years. The Pentagon will also build new silos and missile storage facilities for about five "missile defense" interceptors at Fort Greeley ($275 million has been appropriated for construction.) The Bush team is considering declaring Fort Greeley a working "missile defense" site as early as 2004. Greeley is already a contaminated site from previous military nuclear operations at the base. A coalition of environmental groups have filed suit demanding new environmental impact statements before any more work is done at either Greeley or Kodiak Island. The Pentagon says there is no need for new studies because there will be no environmental impacts from the launch sites. ALTERING EARTH'S IONOSPHERE >From a remote site in Alaska, the Air Force and the Naval Research Laboratory are aiming a massive series of antennas at the farthest reaches of the ionosphere in order to interfere with global communications and change the weather on a battlefield level. Called HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program), the military would be altering the power of Mother Nature. Once complete, the 10 year old program would field 180 antennas operating at 3,600 kilowatts. The radio beams would literally change the way the sky is put together. Check the GN website for more information on HAARP. MORE SYSTEMS UPDATES The Navy announced in December the cancellation of the Navy Area Missile Defense Program due to poor performance and cost overruns. Other Navy "missile defense" programs are still underway... The Pentagon is bringing back to life a program to permanently station anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons in space and plans tests in the coming years. Baker Spring, an analyst for the right-wing Heritage Foundation, recently praised the upcoming tests of a "kinetic kill vehicle" as an indication that the Pentagon may be "ready to begin using space" as an arena for warfare... Turkey is considering allowing the U.S. to build a base that would host early warning radar stations and boost-phase interceptor missiles. Located in southeastern Turkey, this base would give the U.S. the ability to counter launch capabilities from Iran or Iraq that at present do not even exist! GLOBAL HAWK As the "global war" grows, the U.S. fears the loss of troops and the support of the public. One way to lessen the chance of personnel losses has been the successful introduction of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Citing the use of UAVs in the Afghan war, George W. Bush in December stated that, "The conflict in Afghanistan has taught us more about the future of our military than a decade of blue ribbon panels and think-tank symposiums. When all of our military can continuously locate and track moving targets - with surveillance from air and space - warfare will be truly revolutionized." The Global Hawk pilot-less plane is built by Northrop Grumman in Palmdale, CA. By fitting weapons to the UAVs, the military is able to reduce the time between target identification and target destruction. Having this new technology will only encourage the Pentagon to become even more "active" around the world in coming years. MILITARY SPACE PLANE The U.S. intends to project power "to and from space." The military space plane is envisioned as the successor to NASA's space shuttle. The Air Force is now making plans to devote significant funding for a military space plane in the 2004 budget. The military space plane would allow the U.S. to circumvent the U.N.'s Outer Space Treaty that outlaws "weapons of mass destruction" in space by claiming that the space plane was not "stationed" in space. Instead it would fly into space, and then return to earth delivering "precision strikes on terrestrial targets." The space plane would also deploy war-fighting satellites in space. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL is now working with the Air Force on creation of the military space plane. SBIRS TROUBLES The new Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellites are the key to making the Pentagon's "missile defense" system work. SBIRS Low (more than 20 satellites in low Earth orbit) and SBIRS High (four spacecraft in geo-synchronous orbit) are both seriously over budget. SBIRS Low has gone from $10 billion to $23 billion over the past year. Both programs are now expected to delay their inaugural missions by several years. On December 18 Congress decided to allow the military to choose whether it wants to continue work on the SBIRS satellite-based missile tracking systems or switch to another option. The Air Force Space Aggressor Squadron has requested $13 million in 2002 to practice attacking satellites in space in order to "disrupt" their operations. Jay Garner, president of SY Technology says, "I think this will help us hone our skills on how we control space." The cost and technological obstacles of Star Wars are becoming more and more clear. In the meantime, the aerospace industry gets richer and the politicians get more kickbacks via campaign contributions. EUROPEAN SPACE Europeans are increasingly growing fearful of U.S. plans for control and domination of space. A recent poll in England revealed that 70% of the public believes U.S. Star Wars plans will create a new arms race and make their country more vulnerable. In June, Donald Rumsfeld went to Europe to meet with NATO Foreign Ministers hoping to win their support for Star Wars. He failed. The U.S. is working hard to get NATO to agree to deploy a Europe-wide Theatre Missile Defense (TMD) system. Such a deployment in Europe would divert scarce funds from human needs programs and move Europe away from support for arms control treaties and into a posture of escalation to handle perceived threats. And more importantly, European participation in TMD would make it impossible for them to challenge the U.S. larger Star Wars plans. Spain and Italy, both now with right-wing governments, are working with the U.S. to create TMD systems. A U.S. Army study, released on November 9, concludes that "emerging threats require a capability for space control to deny potential adversaries the ability to see us, target us, and attack us from space. Common access to outer space will challenge, perhaps even limit, U.S. ability to achieve strategic surprise." Reading this, some European leaders are calling for the development of their own space-based satellite system called Galileo. France, and several other governments see Galileo as a vital counterweight to the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), which has a vast number of military and civilian applications. The U.S. has reacted sharply to Galileo and U.S. Deputy Secretary of War Paul Wolfowitz has asked European leaders to "review" the security implications of the project. But President Chirac of France warned that Europeans risked "vassal status" if they abandoned this and other important space projects. The space arms race is now on. SPACE STATION CRISIS The cost of the International Space Station (ISS) has grown from $10 billion to $100 billion. Congress has decided to give NASA two years to bring spending under control or face serious cutbacks in the massive project. Officials from Europe, Japan, Russia, and Canada voiced their collective anger in December at any U.S. plans to scale back or slow down the ISS. European governments said they would freeze most non-essential spending on the ISS as they wait to see whether NASA's budget crisis will force a reduced program. NASA is weighing several options for reducing the station' s size and research capability, slowing its construction, and having fewer space shuttles be used for the ISS, resulting in delays for the European and Japanese laboratories. PLUTO AGAIN The Pluto Kuiper Express mission is back on track at NASA after Congress (under pressure from the Planetary Society) went against NASA and Bush administration wishes by including $30 million in the 2002 budget for the project. The mission would carry with it deadly plutonium generators to power the spacecraft. The $30 million is only a small down payment on what NASA estimated to be at least a several hundred million dollar undertaking. OCTOBER 13 SUCCESS For the second year in a row, the GN held its International Day of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space. This year we doubled the number of local events held world wide. Over 115 actions took place in 19 countries, many linking U.S. plans for space "control and domination" with the war in Afghanistan. Reports from London, Berlin, and Stuttgart were that they had tens of thousands of people in each place. Other large actions were held in South Korea, Japan, Australia, and throughout the U.S. Reports and photos from many of the actions can still be seen on the GN website home page. Thanks to all who endorsed the actions and helped to create a true day of global dialogue about the future of space. KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK Due to the growing success of our international day of protest, the GN has decided to call for a full week of activities in 2002. Our Keep Space for Peace Week will be held October 4-11, 2002 and we encourage groups worldwide to hold local protests at key space installations, organize visits to political leaders, hold community teach-ins, meetings with religious leaders, visits to local schools, media work, and public displays. The dates of October 4-11 were chosen to coincide with the pro-space "World Space Week" that annually promotes the aerospace industry agenda for space. SPACE NUKES PROTEST PLANNED On February 4, the GN will once again hold a protest vigil in Albuquerque, N.M. at the 19th Annual Symposium on Space Nuclear Power & Propulsion. For the past several years, the GN has rallied at the event to protest plans for nuclear power in space. The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (330 Tijeras NW) from 10:00 - 2:00 pm. "The fact that the country is willing again to consider use of nuclear energy for commercial power may imp rove the prospects of applying this technology to space exploration," said George Schmidt of NASA in a recent interview. 10TH ANNUAL INT'L CONFERENCE IN BERKELEY May 10-12, 2002 will be the dates of the GN's 10th Annual International Space Organizing Conference & Protest. Last year people from 20 countries gathered in Leeds, England for the event and similar representation is expected in 2002 when GN affiliates and friends gather in Berkeley, CA. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), the only person in Congress to vote against the Bush authorization for war in Afghanistan, will be this year's keynote speaker. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) has also been invited to promote his space weapons ban bill. Events will begin on May 10 with a protest event at the Lockheed Martin production facility in nearby Sunnyvale where a new laser test site for space weapons has been created. Registration for the event will run between $15 - $60 (pay what you can best afford within the sliding scale.) Contact us for more information. MEMBERSHIP Membership dues are the primary source of income for the GN. In 2001 our total annual budget was around $60,000, not much in comparison to the war chests of the aerospace corporations. We rely on individual and group memberships to sustain our work. Please join with us as we work to keep space for peace. Our dues are $10 - $100 per year (pay what you can within the sliding scale.) For an up-to-date list of current GN affiliates check our website. COORDINATOR'S MESSAGE In my travels throughout 2001 (27 states and 5 countries) I witnessed a level of anger and despair among progressive folks that I have never seen before. People felt as though they had been riding a roller coaster. The highs of the Seattle protests were followed by the lows of the Daisy Cutter bombings of Afghanistan. At each speaking event I heard the same question from people: What is the one thing we can do to turn this madness around? I always say that there is not one single thing - other than hard work. But there are many things we must do. We must first acknowledge reality: admit that our country has been taken over by the corporations, the fat-cats, the military. Our Congress is under the control of the rich and powerful. We' ve lost our democracy. They are now chopping back our civil liberties. The TV networks have become propaganda machines for the Pentagon. Retired generals with pointing sticks are seen constantly on CNN reviewing the latest attack strategy in "America's new war." Hardly a peaceful word is heard on the tube. The truth must be told. The time has come for a new American revolution. We have to say that the country has been hijacked by the forces that President Eisenhower warned us against. A corporate elite has taken control of the USA. All across America I've seen rage growing as education, health care, child care and other programs are cut and joblessness grows. The social security "lock box" has been broken into. The people are being bled to fund the war in Central Asia and to pay for the new arms race in space - Star Wars. Because of mechanization, computerization and robotics there are now superfluous populations. People are not needed and there is nothing more dangerous to the elite than educated, unnecessary people. We all know that ultimately there is little difference between the Democrats and Republicans today. Oh, there are surely some good politicians like Rep. Barbara Lee and Rep. Dennis Kucinich who still fight the good fight for the people. But the heart and soul of the Congress is dead. There is little inspiration in Washington. If we are to survive, if we are to have small family farms and schools for our kids, then we must support this new awakening American revolution. If we are to preserve our environment, if we are ever to have health care for all the people, then we must call for an end to the corporate monarchy. Our friends around the world are hoping and praying that the American people will find the courage to throw off the chains that bind us. The chains of TV propaganda, the chains of competition, fame and fortune, the chains of fear - they all must come off. If there is to be peace in the world the American people must throw off our addiction to power and violence. We must acknowledge that we live in a decaying society that pretends to be a glorious bastion of freedom and democracy. These are not my words. These are the things I heard people tell me over and over again as I traveled in 2001 on behalf of the Global Network. Our struggle to keep space for peace is only a part of this larger American revolution that is now in progress - simmering, growing, happening right before our eyes. A new American revolution begins when we say out loud what we are all feeling or sharing privately with friends. The new American revolution grows when we give others hope by giving voice to their growing frustration and alienation. There is no doubt that most people in America think we can't "beat city hall." How can they be expected to dream of a new revolution? People need to know they are not alone in feeling that something is terribly wrong. People are fighting for their children. They are fighting for education, and health care and clean drinking water. At the same time, they support a big military budget because they think it will protect their kids from "terrorist attacks." Our job is to create a discussion in our local communities that reaches into people's lives and shows them how Star Wars and war with Iraq are killing their children's future. They know that the corporations control the country - most of them work for one. They need to see how military spending steals from their future. Of course it will take years to unravel this tightly bound knot that keeps true democracy in the U.S. locked up and out of reach of the people. Our call for a new revolution cannot be time bound and it must be done with love. Hatred is not an option. There is no easy answer or easy path forward. We have to avoid despair and the tendency to hide until the s torm of patriotic fervor subsides. It takes determination and courage to stand up in the midst of those chanting USA! USA! USA! Help us build momentum for this new revolution that values the Earth and human dignity over hate, profit, and war. 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