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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.
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oF
rEF
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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 :
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
$hat
cnables you
to
recognize
a
mislake
lhen
you
nrake
it
again,
(Ear1
l
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NlJCl,lliAR Yrr.R
'lhe pievention
of
any human behivior
necessarily
implirls
the substitutioo
of
another behavior
in its pl-ace,
and
prevcnting nuclear
xar
is
no different'
Besides
prevcnting the
existing
thre.t bt$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-