I submit this proposal in writing since I will be unable to be present with you all on June 10.

I propose that the Weapons Facilities Network initiate a 2-3 year campaign to ban weapons in space. My reasons are the following:

1) Star Wars is really a disguise for broader research and development funding for space war technologies.

2) This is a real chance for us to be on top on an issue rather than in a position of reacting after the damage is done.

3) Despite the Star Wars boycott at major universities, smaller schools like the University of Central Florida in Orlando are gladly taking Star Wars research dollars thus further militarizing the future of science.

4) Even if a Democrat is elected president, I have no faith that the weaponization of space will end without an active grassroots movement.

For those reasons I recommend that the Weapons Facilities Network undertake the following as a coordinated national campaign.

A) Continue to oppose any and all funding for Star Wars.

B) Oppose the testing of ASATS

C) Support The Outer Space Protection Act of 1988 introduced by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa).

D) Organize a national direct action campaign at key space related facilities in conjunction with Sen. Harkin's legislation.

E) Work closely with the Institute for Security and Cooperation in Outer Space (ISCOS) in Washington DC to coordinate national speaking tours of astronauts, scientists, etc on this subject.

F) Organize a series of MAKE SPACE FOR PEACE conferences across the country with ISCOS like Mobilization for Survival did years ago around the "Deadly Connections".

Polk County Citizens for Arms Reductions (Lakeland) • Boca Citizens for a Nuclear Freeze (Boca Raton) • Green Earth Peace Project (Miami) • Physicians for Social Responsibility (Miami) • Tallahassee Peace Coalition • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) (Port St. Lucie) • WILPF (Miami) • Bi-County Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament (Ft. Lauderdale) • South County Peace Coalition (Venice) • Nuclear Freeze of Pinellas (Clearwater) • Sanibel Congregational United Church of Christ • Amity House (St. Petersburg) • American Friends Service Committee (St. Petersburg) • Boward Citizens for Nuclear Disarmament (Hollywood) • BASTA of Tampa • Unitarian Universalist Social Concerns Committee (Jacksonville) • South Florida Peace Coalition (Miami) • People to Prevent Nuclear War (Daytona) • Lee County Coalition for Peace (Ft. Ayers) • Citizens Village East Citizens for Nuclear Freeze (Deerfield Beach) • Foundation for Mideast Communication (Orlando) • Tampa Coalition for Peace and Justice • Tampa Bay Pledge of Resistance • Palm Beach County Committee for Social Responsibility • Community Alliance for Peace Education (Gainesville)l • Iglesia Cristiana Dela Reunifacion Familiar (Hialeah) • PeaceNow (Hollywood) • Winter Park Friends Meeting • Pax Christi Gainesville • Jacksonville Coalition for Peace and Justice • Social Concerns Committee of St. Margaret Mary Church (Winter Park) • Unitarian Universalist Social Concerns Committee Boca Raton) • Brevardians Against Nuclear Destruction • Cape Actions Committee • West Volusia Society for a Nuclear Freeze • Diocese of St. Augustine Office of Justice and Peace (Jacksonville) • Committee for Peace in Central America (Deerfield Beach) • Presbyterian Synod of Florida • Concerned Citizens for Peace (Leesburg) • Peace and Justice Center (Sarasota) • Pasco County Nuclear Weapons Freeze • People for Nuclear Responsibility (Pensacola) • Delray Citizens for Social Responsibility • Pax Christi Florida (St. Leo) • Peace works (Orlando) . • Key West Mobilization for Survival • Immanuel House (St. Petersburg) • Sarasota Coalition for Survival • Dade County Nuclear Freeze • Peace of Highlands County • La Casa (Miami) • Orlando Fri ends Meeting

G) Use our international contacts to urge movements in other nations to join the call to ban all weapons in space. This could be done in cooperation with the existing effort to ban all nuclear weapons by year 2000.

This action effort and this legislation, is broad enough that it unifies a number of issues and agendas. Our leadership in the struggle to ban weapons in space will provide the somewhat directionless disarmament movement with a sense of purpose and a sense that we can achieve a significant victory.

I urge all of you to strongly consider this proposal for action and pledge the support of the Florida Coalition in the implementation process.

H) PTA- NEA Lobby

I) Confront Dukakis

In peace,

/s/ Bruce
Bruce K. Gagnon
Coordinator

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ISCOS