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PILGRIMAGE TO STOP WORLD DESTRUCTION

The Increasing Dangers of a Nuclear War,
Threats to NPT and New Zealand’s Nuclear Free Law

Larry Ross, Founder of the New Zealand Nuclear Free Peacemaking Association
will speak on these issues during May 24 to August 11, 2005

Larry has worked 50 years for peace, against nuclear weapons & war, and for a neutral, nuclear-free peacemaking New Zealand, and a just world.

Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It ties in with the International Peace Walk to the UN in support of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to be reviewed on May 2005. We must maintain the NPT and New Zealand’s Nuclear Free Law and other legal barriers against nuclear weapons.

New Zealand can help reverse the increasing dangers of nuclear war that could start by accident or intent; then quickly expand and destroy mankind.

It is factual and not anti-American to document that major nuclear war threats (but not all) come from the Bush Administration. These include:

1. Withdrawal from the ABM & other treaties
   
   
2. Developing Star Wars weapons for world domination
   
   
3. Developing new nuclear weapons, such as “bunker busters”
   
   
4. Threatening pre-emptive use of nuclear weapons
   
   
5. Inventing lies and doctrines to justify wars, then illegally invading Iraq with bombing, imprisoning, torturing.
   They killed 100,000 (Lancet)
   
   
6. Threatening Iran, Syria, and North Korea with war.
   
   
7. Creating new fears & risking a new nuclear arms race.
   
   
8. A total of 9 nuclear weapon states are a threat to humanity.

HISTORIC NZ LAW BANS NUCLEAR WEAPONS, WARSHIPS, WAR

N.Z.’S 1987 law bans Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Warships and co-operation with those who “control nuclear weapons” It is one of the few laws that prevent New Zealand from being drawn (1) into ANZUS (2) into the US nuclear infrastructure (3) into U.S.- led wars as the UK and Australia have been. The UK and Australia repeat Bush’s lies to justify joining the US in waging illegal war on Iraq. They also support Bush’s nuclear doctrines sanctioning the use of nuclear weapons against both non-nuclear, and nuclear- weapon states.
Sane allies - New Zealand, Canada, Germany and France have said “no” to Bush’s illegal war policies and the killing of 100,000 Iraqi civilians. (Lancet study)

NEW ZEALAND’S REPUTATION AS A DISARMAMENT LEADER, AND ‘BEACON OF HOPE’
IN A NUCLEAR-MAD WORLD, IS UNDER ATTACK.

Some New Zealand parties wish to support US wars, rejoin nuclear ANZUS and, like the U.S., scrap New Zealand’s Nuclear Free law. We must continue to educate strongly against pro-nuclear domestic and US pressures. Concerned citizens can give all New Zealand parties & MPs the evidence why We Should Keep NZ Nuclear Free, Independent, and War-Free. New Zealand must continue as a nuclear-free example, and as a peacemaker and disarmament leader. Help publicise the New Zealand Nuclear Free message.

Book Larry to speak on these issues during May 24 to August 11,

You can contact Larry at: nuclearfreenz@lynx.co.nz or 03-337-0118

He will speak during the South and North Island Pilgrimages, from Invercargill to Whangarei, wherever booked. If time permits, other issues can be covered such as ‘9/11 Questions and Doubts’ ‘ US 2004 Election Fraud’ ‘The Neo-Conservative War Agenda’ ‘The Power & Dangers of Armageddon Fundamentalism’ ‘The NZ Nuclear Research Centre’

Your Financial Support is Requested to Help Ensure That This Proposed Nuclear Free New Zealand Peace Pilgrimage Does Happen

We must raise funds to finance the pilgrimage and increase NZNFPA educational efforts. Costs include petrol, car allowance, ferry transport, phone, some accommodation, postage, computer, NZNFPA office etc. Your own donations and/or raising funds for NZNFPA, will make this Pilgrimage happen. Donations may be sent to NZNFPA addresses below. Receipts sent with a KEEP NZ NUCLEAR FREE bumper sticker.

Communicate with Larry Ross at New Zealand Nuclear Free Peacemaking by:

(1) email nuclearfreenz@lynx.co.nz   (2) Phone: 03-337-0118

(3) Donations to: NZNFPA, P.O. Box 18541, Christchurch, NZ or

(4) Larry Ross, 51A Parklands Drive, Huntsbury, Christchurch, NZ

Learn more about the issues at: http://www.nuclearfree.org.nz

It is essential that we know of your interest as soon as possible, but no later than March 20, 2005.

We need time to plan locations, dates, budget, issue a pilgrimage itinerary, and promotional posters for each venue, giving time for local publicity people to inform others about the talk and venue, put up posters, and raise pilgrimage funds.

Ideas on Helping: Meet, appoint and help a local pilgrimage organiser; ask me for dates in your location. After I confirm date(s), you arrange hall, send me time,Hall, its address. I email you poster, you photocopy as needed. Start local publicity, contact potentially interested people, organizations, media for interviews, host for Larry; Send financial support to NZNFPA; This allows it to happen. For unbooked locations en route, Larry will allow time to stop at local media. Stories & photos resulted from past tours, reaching both rural and urban people. They will be displayed at talk.

Costly if bought, but free during tours, because newspapers liked an interesting story about why New Zealand should be kept Nuclear-Free. Your support will make it possible to get the relevant message out again to rural people, to their MP’s, and to urban people.

Start Now. Forward this email, print it, make photocopies, give it to people.

Print version in word HERE      See: Preliminary Itinerary

Documents and details of the TREATY ON THE NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS [NPT]

Disarmament Minister Marian Hobbs will be advocating for a strengthened nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty when she represents New Zealand at the five-yearly NPT review conference in New York in May.
It is 20 years today since former Prime Minister David Lange won the 1985 Oxford Union debate arguing that nuclear weapons were morally indefensible. Today Marian Hobbs reiterated that nuclear disarmament remains New Zealand's ultimate goal.