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JANUARY 12: Deadline for Peace and Freedom articles on DISARMAMENT.
JANUARY 17: Say NO to Complex 2030. Deadline for comments on plans for rebuilding the entire nuclear weapons complex
JANUARY 22 - MARCH 30: Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, first of three sessions. This is the sole official body for negotiation of disarmament treaties.
Jan 20-21: DISARM Team members MacGregor Eddy and Linda Richards attend for DISARM the Citizens Hearing on the Iraq War in Tacoma, WA.JANUARY 22: MacGregor Eddy attends for DISARM the trial of Ground Zero protestors at Trident Nuclear Submarine site for the DISARM committee. Defense argued on the basis of World Court decision declaring nuclear weapons illegal and international law.
JANUARY 25-26: Carol Urner attends for DISARM the NGO/legislative staff retreat on nuclear weapons issues in D.C.
JANUARY 27-29: Join UFPJ in Washington D.C. to insist on an end to U.S. occupation of Iraq. Or join an action in your own community. JANUARY 29: With UFPJ visit Senators and Representatives in D.C., or their staffs at home. Insist on withdrawal from Iraq . FEBRUARY 5: 2008 Budget request presented to Congress. Summary and analysis of Pentagon and Nuclear weapons budgets will be available to NGOs that same week. MARCH 5 to 9: DISARM lobbying in D.C. MARCH 8: International Women's Day. ( Geneva seminar expected to focus on the world's military expenditure vs unmet human needs for peace and freedom.) What are your plans? MARCH 23-24: Global Network organizing conference in Darmstadt, Germany. Who can attend for WILPF? APRIL 22-25: Alliance for Nuclear Accountability D.C. Days. APRIL 30-MAY 11: Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty Prepcom in Vienna, Austria. (Attend if you can or follow it on WILPF's Reaching Critical Will). JUNE 18-22: (Tentative). DISARM lobbying in D.C. (cancelled due to demands of USSF planning. Next lobbying week is September 11-14.) JUNE 27- JULY 1: United States Social Forum in Atlanta. DISARM Team members should prepare and submit proposals for workshops on Nuclear Weapons Abolition (Carol and others); Space Militarization (MacGregor Eddy with help from Carol and Linda Richards); Bioweapons (Claire Gosselin with help from Boston team and Carol Urner); and Mil-Corp and ending war profiteering. Hopefully these can be done as a series of inter-related workshops on US military/foreign policy and the Untied Nations. JULY 21-27: International WILPF Congress in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. AUGUST 6 to 10: Hiroshima-Nagasaki week. Encourage participation by all WILPF Branches and members. SEPTEMBER 11-14: DISARM lobby in D.C. OCTOBER:: First Committee of the General Assembly debates disarmament issues for the entire month. OCTOBER 7 to 13?: Keep Space for Peace Week. Urge participation by all WILPF Branches. OCTOBER 4 to 10: UN World Space Week (now co-sponsored by aerospace corporations involved in space militarization). OCTOBER 24: United Nations Day. DISARM will high light disarmament issues. OCTOBER 24 to 30: World Disarmament Week. What can WILPF Branches do to high light this week in their communities? Prepare and distribute our fliers on UN Disarmament Treaties: Status and U.S. Positions NOVEMBER 5-9: DISARM lobby in D.C. NOVEMBER: First Intersessional Meeting on the Biological Weapons Convention in Geneva. DECEMBER 10: Human Rights Day. Human Rights are unattainable without Disarmament. Disarmament is impossible without Human Rights. DISARM! Dismantle the War Economy Committee (email: carol.disarm@gmail.com or web site: www.disarm.wilpf.org) |
