CONGRESS MEMBERS SUE OBAMA TO END LIBYA WAR

On Wednesday in federal court, 10 members of the U.S. Congress sued President Obama in an attempt to end U.S. involvement in a war in Libya.

These are the plaintiffs: Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Duncan (R-TN), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), John Conyers (D-MI), Ron Paul (R-TX), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Tim Johnson (R-IL), and Dan Burton (R-IN).

According to a statement from Congressman Kucinich:

"The lawsuit calls for injunctive and declaratory relief to protect the plaintiffs and the country from (1) the policy that a president may unilaterally go to war in Libya and other countries without a declaration of war from Congress, as required by Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution; (2) the policy that a president may commit the United States to a war under the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in violation of the express conditions of the North Atlantic Treaty ratified by Congress; (3) the policy that a president may commit the United States to a war under the authority of the United Nations without authorization from Congress; (4) from the use of previously appropriated funds by Congress for an unconstitutional and unauthorized war in Libya or other countries; and (5) from the violation of the War Powers Resolution as a result of the Obama Administration’s established policy that the President does not require congressional authorization for the use of military force in wars like the one in Libya."

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RIGHT-WING AGENDA AT STATE LEVEL

WHO WILL SPEAK FOR THE ROCKS, THE CRABS & THE CORAL?

The crabs are an endangered species along the coast and will be buried alive when they pour the cement for the piers to dock the U.S. warships at the Navy base.

Discussion is now underway to send a delegation from the U.S. to Jeju Island for a week during the July 21-28 period. It would be good to have people from several countries to go to Gangjeong village during this time. Please let me know if you would be interested.



Dredging the floor of the sea has begun and will destroy the endangered soft coral reefs.

REACHING THE HEARTS OF EMBASSY WORKERS

Giant "Tetra pods" being set up as Navy base takes shape on Jeju Island
People praying for a miracle as resistance to Navy base grows worldwide

I've heard nothing new today from Gangjeong village on Jeju Island in South Korea. Our GN board member MacGregor Eddy went to visit Sung-Hee Choi who sits in a Jeju City jail but its a long trip from the village to the jail.

Last night I did a 20-minute interview about the Jeju situation on popular progressive WBAI radio in New York City. The show is called Asia Pacific Forum and I had a chance to ask listeners to call the South Korean mission at the United Nations. You can hear the interview here

Friends from New York City to Arkansas to Seattle have been passing on my email appeal that I sent out yesterday to their local email lists. We've heard back from so many people who told us the South Korean embassy or consulate would ask them their name and contact info when they called and then say "We'll have someone contact you" even before the caller had said why they were calling! When the caller would say, "Let me tell you why I am calling" the South Korean representative would quickly add, "You are calling about Jeju. We are getting many, many calls."

I've had some behind the scenes dialogue with one overseas South Korean staffer who told me today in a private email, "The Kangjeong village in which the people try to stop a naval base is designated as one of the most beautiful marine area in the world. What a sad reality! I understand that you feel frustrated when you call the Embassy and receive a cold shoulder for your call. I am sorry about it but please also understand that this is a government entity and the person who answers the phone cannot do anything for such a sensitive issue. I have same dilemma that my personal view and political stance are not in accord with those of my government and the people (in conservative wing) but I just work for the embassy to support my family."

So it is clear that as a result of these calls to various South Korean offices all over the world many of the staffers are in quiet agreement with us and they are very sad about what their government is doing to the people of Gangjeong village. I can promise you that these office workers at these embassies and consulates are indeed passing on our messages up the "chain of command" because they often are in deep sympathy with our calls. So if you haven't yet made a call please do. They are a big help.

Global Network board member Regina Hagen (Germany) arrived at our home yesterday for a short visit before we head south on Thursday to Andover, Massachusetts for our 19th annual space organizing conference. People are still registering and it is looking to be a great event. I took Regina for a kayak paddle in the slight rain today along a tidal estuary that flows into the sea near Georgetown. It was very quiet in this place and only the birds could be heard. I stopped paddling and just drifted with a breeze blowing on my back and my thoughts went to those in Gangjeong village who are fighting so hard to save their sacred coastal community.

At our meeting this weekend I'm going to ask the Global Network board to approve us sending another one of our leaders to Jeju as soon as possible. I think we need to keep encouraging others to go there so they can experience the beauty and sorrow of this special place. For me Jeju Island is a place that connects the space organizing work we do with the important need to protect our natural environment from the evils that come from greed, power, and war.

MORE FROM COAL COUNTRY CONTROVERSY

A CONVERSION FOR THIS MILITARY MAN

Lawrence Wilkerson is a retired United States Army soldier and former chief of staff to United States Secretary of State Colin Powell. Wilkerson is an adjunct professor at the College of William & Mary where he teaches courses on US national security. He also instructs a senior seminar in the Honors Department at the George Washington University entitled "National Security Decision Making."

YOUR HELP NEEDED ONCE MORE

The banner reads: Keep Gangjeong, Keep Peace

Mr. Ko, chair of the Committee to Stop the Naval Base, in Gangjeong village on Jeju Island, South Korea. This machine is the one that lifts the huge cement tetrapods into the ocean to widen the piers to dock U.S. warships. This is what they must do every day in one way or another to stop the Navy base construction.

Call South Korean Embassy - No Navy Base on Jeju Island

The latest word from Jeju Island is that Professor Yang has resumed his hunger strike and has left the hospital in Jeju City and has been taken to a Buddhist monastery. Sung-Hee Choi is still in jail (waiting for her trial to resume on June 22) and she is hunger striking again in solidarity with Professor Yang.

We ask you now to please make another round of phone calls to South Korean embassies in your country. This time Mr. Ko (in the photo above) asks that you give feedback to the village on the response you get when you call. Even if they refuse to talk with you please pass that information to me at globalnet@mindspring.com and I will send it to MacGregor Eddy who is now in Gangjeong village and she will give it to Mr. Ko.

We ask that you tell the South Korean embassy that you want them to stop building the Navy base because it is leading to the destruction of the soft coral reefs offshore and will destroy the farming and fishing village of Gangjeong. The Navy base, which will be a port of call for U.S. Navy destroyers and other warships, will become a lightening rod for conflict with China.

In the U.S. you can call the South Korean Embassy in Washington DC at 202-939-5600 and/or you can call the South Korean office at the United Nations in New York City at 212-439-4000.

Thanks very much for your effort. I am certain the villagers will be encouraged to know you have made the call.

GROWING COST OF WORLD WAR III

Is there any doubt the U.S. has World War III underway right now?

Iraq-Afghanistan-Pakistan-Libya-Yemen......more certainly on the way. Supremacy in space technology, the U.S. Space Command says, "enables the war fighter" at sea, in the sky, and on the ground. All being done to the benefit of corporate globalization.

The UK's Mail Online reports:

The cost of the U.S. campaign in Libya is set to exceed the $750 million Pentagon estimate set out in March, according to a leaked Department of Defence Memo.

The 'eyes-only' DoD dossier said the U.S. had already spent $664 million in Libya by mid-May - a running cost of $60 million a month since the bombing began in March.

At the current rate of spending, the U.S. will have to shell out at least an extra $274 million till the end of the current 90 day no fly zone.

One of the architects of the current U.S. strategy is former Naval War College instructor Thomas Barnett. During the Bush II administration he was described as Donald Rumsfeld's "strategy guy". He is the author of several books including "The Pentagon's New Map". The video below is a segment from his standard presentation which was given to high levels of military and CIA brass, Congressional leaders, and other elite opinion makers during recent years.

He identifies part of the world as the "Non-Integrating Gap" and outlines a strategy to bring the gap into line with a "global investment climate" - corporate globalization.

He outlines two forces that would be used to "shrink" the gap. One is the overwhelming military force of "Leviathan" and the other "Systems Administration". Leviathan would smash opposition to corporate control and Sys Ad forces, that Barnett says "will never come home", will remain in country to remake and refashion the offending nation in the image of a corporate client state.

There is no doubt there is a world war underway. Obama is the latest water carrier for this corporate agenda. All we need now is for people to wake up and see that the cutbacks in social progress in America (and allied countries) is the way that the corporations intend to pay for Leviathan and Systems Administration, which in the final result means endless global war.

SUNDAY SONG

SEND A BANNER TO JEJU ISLAND

If your group wants to have a banner of support put up in Gangjeong village on Jeju Island send the text and organization's logo to me at globalnet@mindspring.com and the villagers will print the banner. Send a donation of $30 for the banner to the Global Network using the secure Donate Now! button on our website. MacGregor Eddy will make all the arrangments to print the banner right there in the village.

MacGregor says, "It is very important to the people here. It is hard to describe what life is like. Every single day, 24 hours a day, the villagers are on watch around the clock."

Let's send symbols of our support. Send a banner with your messsage.

THE ARROGANCE OF AIPAC

On May 22, thousands of supporters of America’s most powerful pro-Israel lobbying group, the America-Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, converged on Washington for the group’s annual conference. For two days they watched Democratic and Republican congressional leaders pledge their undivided loyalty to the state of Israel, and by extension, to AIPAC’s legislative agenda. Speeches by President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlighted the conference, with Obama attempting to clarify his statement demanding that 1967 borders be the “starting point” for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

Max Blumentahl interviews AIPAC supporters.

CONNECTING THE NAVY SHIP BUILDING DOTS

MacGregor Eddy and Sung-Hee Choi's mom at the jail
New Secretary of War Leon Panetta appears before Congressional committee with CodePink activists protesting behind him holding Bring Our War $$ Home signs. This photo appeared in the Los Angeles Times

• MacGregor's news from Jeju Island this morning is disturbing. She reports:

High points. Sung-Hee first lawyer would not do as Sung-Hee wanted. She is changing attorneys today. She is fasting again. Her mother, Yune, Mr Ko and I all visited her. She looks terrible. It is shocking. Weeping mother begged her to eat. Professor Yang is also fasting again. He looks skeletal.

We just came from the blocked gates . The Daemin construction company brought equipment in in the pouring rain at 3 am. After taking down all the banners, and opening the gate, they carefully hung all the banners back up!

Every day is a constant effort to block the construction. By both sea and land. The Jeju Island Council (Congress) voted to stop the construction of the base yesterday. Now it is up to the governor. The governor is on tour, he will be in Japan on June 12 -17 in Osaka.

We are all over the tweets, People who speak no English were showing me my own photo on Twitter.

If your group wants to have a banner of support put up here in Gangjeong village send the text and emblem to Bruce, and the villagers will make the banner. I have some money from GN with me, just send the donation of $30 for banner to the Global Network on the website. I can give the money for that and any other group that wants to make a banner. It is very important to the people here. It is hard to describe what life is like. Every single day, 24 hours a day, the villagers are on watch around the clock.

Sung Hee was very glad to see me. She is only allowed 10 minutes for all four of us, so most of the time was for her mother who lives in Inchon, and is leaving today. She got my letter that I wrote last week. Tell everyone to write her. Address in jail is:

Choi Sung-Hee, No. 36, Jeju prison, 161 Ora-2-dong, Jeju City, South Korea

Please get others to call the South Korean embassy or consulate in your country. These calls are more important than ever.

• Last Thursday Obama's new Secretary of War Leon Panetta was questioned by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) during his nomination hearings in Washington. Collins pressed Panetta about Navy shipbuilding plans and urged him to support growing the fleet from the present 285 ships to reach the Navy's goal of 313 ships.

“Based on Mr. Panetta’s response to my questions, I believe that he fully appreciates the number of ships we need in order for the Navy to accomplish its mission and to support our shipbuilding industrial base,” Collins said in a statement issued Thursday night to The Times Record. “During our private meeting in my office last month, we discussed the need for consistent shipbuilding funding in order for the Pentagon to achieve its plan for a stronger Navy.”

“I strongly believe the Navy has to project our force throughout the world and that the Navy is obviously crucial to that mission,” Panetta replied to Collins. “I agree with the ship numbers that have to be developed for the Navy in order to be able to do that.”

Collins and Panetta talk about these ships defending the nation and U.S. troops deployed overseas. They have to publicly maintain the myth about the Pentagon's mission being one of "defense". But we know otherwise.

Collins is most interested in destroyers because that is what they build at Bath Iron Works here in Maine. And destroyers are not about defense. They are vital instruments in the overall U.S. planning for first-strike attack and are being used today to help militarily encircle Russia and China.

This growth in Navy shipbuilding, even when the U.S. economy is collapsing, provides further evidence that America's role under corporate globalization of the world economy will be "security export". It is our job here in the U.S. to build and sell weapons and to attack and occupy any country that does not comply with the dictates of the global corporate agenda.

As these additional ships are built the Navy needs more ports in and around Russia and China. Thus the recent visit to a Romanian port on the Black Sea by a U.S. Aegis destroyer carrying "missile defense" interceptors onboard. And thus, sadly, the pressure by the U.S. government on South Korea to build the Navy base on Jeju Island - one more port of call for this growing fleet of warships. In this case within easy reach of the Chinese mainland.

WAR DEPARTMENT - NO REAL CHANGE

The current Director of the CIA and former Congressman is set for Senate approval, but some insiders believe the confirmation hearing of Leon Panetta as the new Pentagon chief could highlight plans to rein in federal military spending.

Defense-industry officials, lobbyists and Congressional aides and Washington insiders have all predicted Panetta will either accelerate or possibly increase US military and Pentagon spending cuts over the next 10 years.

Current Defense Secretary Robert Gates has stuck up for stable military spending. Panetta on the hand comes from a background of cutting waste and decreasing spending.

Those weary of defense cuts are worried Panetta's background as Clinton's budget director added to the anti-spending climate in Congress could lead to large program cuts.

Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern explained many activists had great hopes for Panetta and his reform ideas to make the CIA more open and transparent, but in the end he continued much of the status quo.

This has some worried that Panetta will not make enough changes at the Pentagon.

“If you’re looking for him to cut real spending from the defense budget, I’d say look very carefully. There’s lots of fat there, he’ll probably be able to cut some but he will not do anything to alienate the affections of his former colleagues in Congress,” McGovern said.

He explained that Panetta is a ‘man of congress’ and likely to make policy that keeps the mainstream happy, as opposed to issuing massive cuts and changing the funding of US programs.

“I see no difference between him and Robert Gates,” noted McGovern.

MORE FROM JEJU ISLAND

Professor Yang Yoon-Mo left his hospital bed to join a news conference where many South Korean peace, justice, and reunification groups declared their support for the Gangjeong villagers in their effort to halt construction of the Navy base.

MacGregor Eddy reports from Jeju Island:

I am exhausted. In court Sung-Hee appeared thin and more distressing to her friends, quiet and passive. Next court date June 22 [so trial not over yet]. Professor Yang is skeletal but smiling. He left the hospital for the court and the community center bus returned him to the hospital.

There are banners all over the village. The head of the ssociation to stop the Navy base has asked that the GN send a banner to display. The construction of the naval base and destruction of the coral reef has been stopped today.

I started a water only fast at 8 am this morning at the blockade of the base construction entrance. Most villagers have to go to work, but if the Navy or the construction company start work a siren will go off and they will come to help.

Skip a meal today and use the time to call the nearest Korean embassy or consulate. Please send Bruce and me what they say exactly, and get the name of the person you talk to. This is very, very important.

Below video is Gangjeong Mayor Kang speaking. You can get a view of the scene along the coast.

PUNISHED BY ISRAEL FOR FISHING

Cultures of Resistance: Fishing Under Fire from Cultures of Resistance on Vimeo.

The Israeli government's ongoing siege of Gaza has had particularly devastating consequences for Gaza's roughly 3,000 fishermen. Although permitted by international law to fish within 20 miles of the Gaza coast, these fishermen are currently restricted to 3 miles by the Israeli navy, and as a direct result many have fallen into poverty. In addition, the fishermen report being frequently harassed by the Israeli navy.

MACGREGOR CHECKS IN FROM JEJU

On little sleep, Global Network board member MacGregor Eddy has arrived on Jeju Island and is already in the fray. Construction workers have moved out into the ocean to begin the process of dredging the sea bottom in order to make it possible for the big U.S. warships (aircraft carriers and Aegis destroyers) to visit the port. The endangered soft coral reefs will surely be destroyed.

It's time to call the Korean embassy in your country again. Make two points: Stop the dredging of the sea bed and release Sung-Hee Choi from jail now (she goes on trial June 10). In the U.S. please call 718-726-8688 .

MacGregor reports:

I am stunned to be here. Please spread the word. These brave Koreans are stopping the construction. There is no news media here except local.

Protesters went in a inflatable boat to ask the ship not to destroy the soft coral reef. They are being arrested, and possibly they were beaten, it is hard to see. More members are going out in boats. Greenpeace has Seoul office, but will not help, not even to publicize what is happening. Can Helen or someone talk to them right away?

People are cheerful and determined. The crew of the work boat did rough up the peaceful protesters, but no injuries. Dr Song is the hero. He made an agreement with the police and crew. No arrests today. No work on the construction of base and destruction of reef today.

Greenpeace was on Jeju Island last month. They were here to protect tuna. They refused to address the Naval base issue. What happened to The Rainbow Warrior of the past?

Here on the shore it is well organized and peaceful, there are groups of people chanting on the platform. They gave me a cup of tea and I gave messages of support.

BIG PLANS FOR OCTOBER PROTESTS NATIONWIDE

In Maine we are making plans for a 30-day Bring Our War $$ Home caravan through the state during September 11 - October 10. We are asking local groups to organize events during that period so that we can capture the public's imagination and build consciousness about the cost of war spending (now $2 billion per week in Afghanistan). While we have been successful in getting Reps. Pingree and Michaud to vote against war spending, our two senators from Maine are not with us. By concentrating on the public, and moving them from neutral into gear, we might be able to change that. We must at least do our best to try.

We are asking every peace group in Maine, and our allies in the social justice world, to send a representative to our next meeting that will be held on Saturday, June 25 from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm at the Railroad Square Cinema (17 Railroad Sq) in Waterville. Following the meeting Lisa Savage will be showing the film (Cultures of Resistance: a film by Lara Lee) at 12:45 pm. Bring your own lunch or there are lunch places just next door.

Let's make sure that Maine is moving in sync with the rest of the nation in October.

VIGILING AT RAYTHEON

This is Arthur Brien who vigils each week outside the Raytheon plant in Andover, Massachusetts. He goes there in the rain, snow, and wind. Sometimes a few others join him. Often he stands alone.

The sign he holds refers to the "missile defense" systems (PAC-3 and SM-3) made by Raytheon that are being deployed by the Obama administration in Japan, South Korea, Romania, Poland and on-board Navy Aegis destroyers. The PAC-3 is the third generation Patriot interceptor and the SM-3 is the interceptor that is on the Aegis warships.

Because the SM-3 has had pretty good test results Obama has decided to also put these missiles on ground-based launchers (the Aegis ashore program they call it) and will use them to encircle Russia.

These PAC-3 and SM-3 missile offense systems are key elements in U.S. first-strike attack planning. Their job would be to take out Russian or Chinese nuclear missiles that would be fired in retaliation after an initial U.S. attack. Don't think for a minute that Russia or China falls for the "missile defense" rhetoric. They know these systems are for attack.

Arthur Brien belongs to the group called Merrimack Valley People for Peace, one of the key groups that will be hosting our Global Network conference on June 17-19 in Andover. We will kick the weekend confab off by holding at vigil at this very spot on Friday, June 17 from 3:00-5:00 pm. I am sure that Arthur will enjoy having a crowd with him on that day.

THE BLACK DEATH

See this link for information about the March on Blair Mountain, June 4-11.

INT'L SUPPORT FOR JEJU VILLAGERS GROWS

Jeju Island supporters hold an action in Kimpo Airport in Seoul, South Korea

INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF GANGJEONG VILLAGE

We, the undersigned organizations, stand in complete solidarity with the Gangjeong villagers on Jeju Island, South Korea in their struggle to stop the construction of a Navy base.

As we can already see, the Navy base construction effort has begun the destruction of this fishing and farming community’s natural way of life. This construction process will irreparably harm the soft coral reefs, the fish, the rocks, the vegetation, the water, and other life forms.

When Gangjeong supporters have called the South Korean embassy in Washington DC they have been repeatedly told, “Call the U.S. government. They are pushing us to build this Navy base.”

It is evident that as the U.S. expands its military presence in the Asia-Pacific region it needs more ports of call for its naval arsenal. China transports 80 percent of its oil on ships that pass through the Yellow Sea alongside Jeju Island. A base on Jeju Island would give the U.S. Navy greater access, and thus, potential control, of those shipping lanes.

The people of Jeju Island wish to be an island of peace. The building of a Navy base for U.S. warships will only make Jeju Island a target and a zone of conflict.

We demand that construction of the Navy base at Gangjeong be halted and the village be left to its natural state.

· Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Maine, U.S.
· Nebraskans for Peace, Nebraska, U.S.
· Citizens for Peace in Space, Colorado, U.S.
· American Friends Service Committee-Maine, U.S.
· Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, London, United Kingdom
· Yorkshire Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Leeds, England
· Swedish Peace Council, Stockholm, Sweden
· Stop the War Machine, New Mexico, U.S.
· Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
· Greater Brunswick PeaceWorks, Maine, U.S.
· The Taos Group, New Mexico, U.S.
· SS. Francis & Therese Catholic Worker of Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
· Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, New York City, U.S.
· Peace Action Maine, U.S.
· Maine Green Independent Party, U.S.
· Oakville Community Centre for Peace, Ecology and Human Rights, Ontario, Canada
· CodePink Maine, U.S.
· Atsushi Fujioka, Professor of Economics at Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan
· Peace Not War, Tokyo, Japan
· Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition
· Lynda Williams, Physics Teacher, California, U.S.
· Makiko Sato, Global Network board member, Oita, Japan
· Granny Peace Brigade, New York City, U.S.
· CodePink National, U.S.
· OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology, Arkansas, U.S.
· Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, International, Geneva, Switzerland
· AFSC Peace & Economic Security Program, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
· WarIsACrime.org, U.S.
· Bouny Andre, president of the International Committee of Support for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange, Saint-Jean-Lespinasse, France
· Los Alamos Study Group, New Mexico, U.S.
· Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, California, U.S.
· Radio Free Maine, U.S.
· Guadalupe Catholic Worker, California, U.S.
· Nashville Greenlands, Tennessee, US
· Brandywine Peace Community, Pennsylvania, U.S.
· Nuclear Resister newsletter, Arizona, U.S.
· Military Space Transparency Project, Massachusetts, U.S.
· Oxford Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Oxford, United Kingdom
· Oxfordshire Peace Campaign, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
· Maine Veterans for Peace (Chapter 001), U.S.
· South Dakota Peace and Justice Center, U.S.
· Woodstock Peace Economy, New York, U.S.
· Darmstädter Friedensforum, Germany
· Greater Manchester & District Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, England
· Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group, England
· Veterans For Peace, Chapter 9, Smedley Butler Brigade, Massachusetts, U.S.
· CamPeace, Cambridge, England
· Peace Philosophy Centre, Vancouver, Canada
· Seal Beach Senior Patriots Against the War, Seal Beach, California, U.S.
· Australian Peace Committee, Australia
· Network for Okinawa (closethebase.org)
· ACT for the Earth, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
· Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Berkeley Branch, California, U.S.
· Holly Gwinn Graham, GN Board member, Olympia, Washington, U.S.
· Campaign for Peace and Democracy, New York City, U.S.
· NeedtoKnow
· Maine Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, U.S.
· John Rensenbrink, president of Green Horizon Foundation, Maine, U.S.
· Western States Legal Foundation, California, U.S.
· NO to Nukes and Missile Defense Campaign, Tokyo, Japan
· Gray Panthers of Greater Albuquerque, New Mexico, U. S.
· Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Aberystwyth, Cymru
· Physicians for Social Responsibility, Kansas City, Kansas, U.S.
· Peace Action, Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
· Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, assistant professor of English and director of American Racial and Multicultural Studies at St. Olaf College, Minnesota, U.S.
· Blooming Lilac Sangha, New York, U.S.
· Midcoast Peace & Justice Group, Maine, U.S.
· LEPOCO Peace Center, Pennsylvania, U.S.
· Tom Neilson Music, Greenfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
· Kaua`i Alliance for Peace and Social Justice, Hawai`i, U.S.
· Alaskans for Peace and Justice, Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
· Malu ‘Aina Center for Non-violent Education & Action, Kurtistown, Hawai’i, U.S.
· Stop the War Coalition, Manila, Philippines
· Citizens Peace Watch, Manila, Philippines
· Kickapoo Peace Circle of Viroqua, Wisconsin, U.S.
· Green Party Peace Network, U.S.
· Canadian Branch of the Registry of World Citizens
· West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Birmingham, UK
· Union Pacifiste de France
· Green Party of the United States
· Fredericton Peace Coalition, New Brunswick, Canada
· Network of Oxford Women for Justice and Peace, England
· Orono Friends Meeting, Maine, U.S.
· Merrimack Valley People for Peace, Massachusetts, U.S.
· Green Party of Florida, U.S.
· Manchester Central CND, England
· Kalamazoo Non-violent Opponents to War, Michigan, U.S.
· Foreign Bases Project, New York, U.S.
· Trident Ploughshares, UK
· Pax Christi Metro New York, U.S.
· Veterans For Peace-Korea Peace Campaign, U.S.
· Pax Christi Long Island, New York, U.S.
· Peace Action New York State, U.S.
· Social Justice & Peace Commission of Sacred Heart/St. Dominic Catholic Church, Portland, Maine, U.S.
· Church Women United of New York State, U.S.
· Pax Christi Maine, U.S.
· Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center
· Pax Christi Elmira, New York, U.S.
· DMZ-Hawai'i/Aloha 'Aina, U.S.
· Hawai'i Peace and Justice (AFSC-Hawai'i), U.S.
· Susumu Naito (Vice-representative of Kobe Office, Labor Union, Kansai, for Dispatch Laborers & Part-Timers) Hyogo, Japan
· United Coalition Council for dismantlement of military bases Central Kanagawa, Japan
· Consecutive Study Circle in Solidarity with Okinawa's struggle for dependence and liberation, and in struggle against the Security Treaty, Kanagawa, Japan
· Plutonium Action Hiroshima, Japan
· Center for Nonviolent Solutions, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
· New Zealand Peace Council
· Pax Christi Florida, U.S.
· Nevada Desert Experience, U.S.
· War Resisters League, New York, U.S.
· Boundary Peace Initiative, Grand Forks, B.C., Canada
· Union Pacifiste de France
· North Shore Coalition for Peace and Justice, Massachusetts, U.S.
· Pacific Green Party of Oregon, U.S.
· Oxford Network for Global Justice & Peace, England
· Nodutdol for Korean Community Development, New York, U.S.