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"The nuclear bomb is the most anti-democratic, anti-national,
anti-human, outright evil thing that man has ever made. If you are religious,
then remember that this bomb is Man's challenge to God. It's worded
quite simply: We have the power to destroy everything that You have
created."
-- Arundhati Roy, The End of Imagination |
- STARS: Students Taking Action for Real Security!
STAND Member selected for the 44th annual U.S. Senate Youth Program
- If you don't know, now you know
From
the Movement in India
for Nuclear Disarmament
- Ways
to STAND and take action
Not
One More Death-Not One More Dollar
Fund
Books, Not Bombs!
- Heads
Up! On some organizations putting in some Major work
Project
YANO: A Movement to End Militarism
- On
the News
Bush in India: Just Not Welcome
The U.S.-India Nuclear Deal and Iran
Students Call for Banning of Peace Studies Class
Lab Officials Excited about New H-Bomb
- Update
from National WAND
- Announcements/Internships!
1)
STARS
STAND member Ellie Gunderson of Southfield-Lathrup High School has been selected for the 44th annual U.S. Senate Youth
Program, happening in March 2006. She is one of two Michigan
high school students selected for the program.
The program brings students from throughout the country to the
nation's capitol for a week of intensive studies in government. Gunderson
was nominated by Michigan Superintendent of Schools Michael Flanagan. The
program is sponsored by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation.
Congratulations, Ellie!! Click
here for more.
2.
If you don't know, now you know.
From the
Movement in India for Nuclear Disarmament
- Preamble
After the five nuclear
weapon tests of May 11 and 13, the BJP-led government has declared India
a nuclear weapons power. This decision in no way increases India's security and is not
in the interest of its people. By qualitatively escalating the arms race in
the subcontinent, it makes a war with our neighbors likelier and the possibility
of mutual annihilation through a nuclear exchange very real. The tests and
the consequent rhetoric by senior government leaders introduce a new spiral
of suspicions and tensions with our neighbors which will increase, not decrease,
nuclear insecurities all around.
These tests were a complete
departure from a settled national consensus. There was a national consensus
in favor of elimination of all nuclear weapons; there was a national consensus
that in the absence of any tangible movement towards global disarmament, India
must keep its nuclear option open. This consensus has now been breached in
the pursuit of narrow political ends and in the name of a fake national consensus
supporting nuclear weapons that is now belied in Parliament and on the streets.
These decisions by the Government to move towards nuclear weapons are therefore
reprehensible and deserve to be unequivocally condemned. The Indian Government’s
dangerous move towards nuclear weaponsiation has now brought forth a similar
Pakistani response which also needs to be condemned.
The tests and the dynamic
that they have initiated will also adversely affect the prospect for global
disarmament which had improved with increasing public opinion against nuclear
weapons. India, which always called for nuclear disarmament and did not wish to
be a party to a discriminatory global nuclear regime, is now seen to be only
demanding to join the Nuclear Weapons Club.
To learn more,
go to: http://www.angelfire.com/mi/MIND123/
6.
Update from National WAND
On March 20, 2005, thousands across the world turned out in protest
of their country's involvement in the war in Iraq.
As the third anniversary approaches, we are reminded of Rev. Martin
Luther King’s assertion in his speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break
Silence," that there are times when people must rise up and speak truth
to power.
Speech
delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1967, at a meeting of
Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church
in New York City
"The
truth of these words is beyond doubt but the mission to which they call us
is a most difficult one. Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth,
men do not easily assume the task of opposing their government's policy, especially
in time of war. Nor does the human spirit move without great difficulty against
all the apathy of conformist thought within one's own bosom and in the surrounding
world. Moreover when the issues at hand seem as perplexed as they often do
in the case of this dreadful conflict we are always on the verge of being
mesmerized by uncertainty; but we must move on. Some of us who have
already begun to break the silence of the night have found that the calling
to speak is often a vocation of agony, but we must speak. We must speak with
all the humility that is appropriate to our limited vision, but we must speak."
During the month of March, as thousands mark the anniversary
of a fateful day in American history, proudly stand and take part in the global
call to action as the voices of thousands unite to say No to War. Then use
your voice and the power of the pen to ask your Representative to sign the
discharge petition to get HJ Res 55 on the floor.
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Set
up a plan to leave Iraq. Support HJ Res 55.
December 05: It's time to get HJ Res 55 out of committee and onto the
floor. Ask your Rep. to sign the discharge petition this week.
Click
here to send a message. |
7.
Announcements/Internships
FCNL Young
Adult Spring Lobby Weekend 2006
"Your
Country. Your Voice."
March 31 – April
3 2006 Spring Lobby Weekend
Democracy doesn't end
on Election Day. Between elections, legislators turn ideas into laws which
affect our lives. So, what are you going to do about it? Bring your work for
peace and justice to Capitol Hill.
FCNL's expert staff works
every day on issues vital to the U.S. and the world community, working to connect
engaged citizens such as you with the halls of Congress. It's your country
- bring your voice to bear in the halls of power, and join us at FCNL's Young
Adult Spring Lobby Weekend, March 31 – April 3, 2006.
http://www.fcnl.org/young/spring_lobby06.htm
The
Southern Education Foundation (SEF) Internship Program
SEF initiated a unique program of outreach to young people.
The aim was simple: expose a new generation of highly motivated and gifted
college juniors and seniors and graduate students to the importance of improving
education for all, especially low-income people who need help the most.
By placing students in leading corporations, foundations and non-profit organizations
concerned with fairness and improvements in education policy and practice,
SEF sought to create new leaders to help the South continue its progress in
improving education opportunity.
The selection process for interns is competitive. SEF's
website, www.southerneducation.org, provides
additional information about the internship. Diversity is important
to SEF so please share information about the program with all qualified students.
www.southerneducation.org
