[CivilSoc] ISAR journal: Give & Take on Nuclear Safety

Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:12:44 -0400

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ISAR Announces the Spring/Summer Double Issue of
Give & Take: A Journal on Civil Society in Eurasia
ISAR: INITIATIVE FOR SOCIAL ACTION AND RENEWAL IN EURASIA, a US-based NGO,
is pleased to announce the Spring/Summer issue of its quarterly publication=
,
Give & Take: A Journal on Civil Society in Eurasia.
The Russian Duma's recent decision to pass a bill allowing the import of
spent nuclear fuel was met with great indignation by environmental groups
and individuals across Russia.  This issue of Give & Take shares those
voices of protest with a western audience.  Andrei Talevlin, an
environmental lawyer in Chelyabinsk, discusses his partially successful
lawsuit to stop the nuclear production facility, Mayak, from dumping
radioactive waste into reservoirs and Lake Karachai.  Grassroots
environmental activists from Mailu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan; Nikopol, Ukraine;
Atyrau, Kazakhstan; and Vilyuchinsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula, all describ=
e
their efforts to raise a voice of protest against the hazardous nuclear
industry, which they feel operates behind a veil of secrecy while claiming
to represent the public interest.
Likewise, American environmental activists who have experienced the same
bureaucratic indifference to worker and citizen health near US facilities i=
n
Los Alamos, NM; Paducah, KY; Oak Ridge, TN; and Brookhaven National
Laboratory on Long Island have contributed their points of view to this
issue of Give & Take.  As participants in ISAR's Women's Leadership
Antinuclear Exchange Program, Russian and US grassroots activists have been
sharing information and strategies with each other on how to be heard by th=
e
US Department of Energy and Russia's Ministry of Atomic Energy (Minatom).
Joshua Handler of Princeton University contributes a piece on activist
repression, of which he has first-hand experience; Tom Carpenter of the
Government Accountability Project, writes about the Tom River=B9s
radioactivity levels, which are 30,000 times above the norm; and Alexey
Yablokov describes Minatom's dual strategy of creating its own pro-nuclear
NGO, and decrying the Socio-Ecological Union as a "raving" group bent on
befuddling the public.
ISAR is very proud of the diverse group of authors in this issue, who have
demonstrated that civil society is very much alive in the former Soviet
Union, especially when it comes to the Russian people's distrust of
hazardous nuclear technologies.
Give & Take draws on ISAR's grassroots contacts and 17 years of experience
encouraging citizen initiatives in the countries of the former Soviet Union=
.
The journal blends stories about local NGO activity with analysis of the
trends affecting civil society development.
TO RECEIVE GIVE & TAKE:
For a copy of the latest issue, or to order back-issues, please contact
Tamara Kowalski ([email protected]) or send $5.00 (checks drawn on US bank
only) to:
ISAR, 1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite #301, Washington, DC 20009
GIVE & TAKE ON THE WEB:
Give & Take is also available on-line and in .pdf format at
<http://www.isar.org>. The website includes information on ISAR programs, a=
s
well as archived articles from Give & Take, ISAR in Focus (ISAR=B9s newslette=
r
on field office activities), and from Surviving Together, ISAR's previous
journal.=20
BECOME A MEMBER!=20
Your tax-deductible membership of $35 ($45 for organizations/institutions)
supports our programmatic work and public outreach efforts.  Membership
includes a one-year subscription to Give & Take: A Journal on Civil Society
in Eurasia and ISAR's newsletter, ISAR in Focus, as well as invitations to
our forums and brown-bag lunches.
Please send your name, mailing address and e-mail, along with your check
made payable to ISAR to: Membership Program, at the address above.
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<FONT FACE=3D"Verdana"><H2>“NGOs and Nuclear Safety” <BR>
ISAR Announces the Spring/Summer Double Issue of<BR>
<I>Give & Take: A Journal on Civil Society in Eurasia <BR>
</I></H2><BR>
ISAR: INITIATIVE FOR SOCIAL ACTION AND RENEWAL IN EURASIA, a US-based NGO, =
is pleased to announce the Spring/Summer issue of its quarterly publication,=
 <I>Give & Take: A Journal on Civil Society in Eurasia</I>.<BR>
<BR>
The Russian Duma's recent decision to pass a bill allowing the import of sp=
ent nuclear fuel was met with great indignation by environmental groups and =
individuals across Russia.  This issue of <I>Give & Take</I> shares=
 those voices of protest with a western audience.  Andrei Talevlin, an =
environmental lawyer in Chelyabinsk, discusses his partially successful laws=
uit to stop the nuclear production facility, Mayak, from dumping radioactive=
 waste into reservoirs and Lake Karachai.  Grassroots environmental act=
ivists from Mailu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan; Nikopol, Ukraine; Atyrau, Kazakhstan; and=
 Vilyuchinsk on the Kamchatka Peninsula, all describe their efforts to raise=
 a voice of protest against the hazardous nuclear industry, which they feel =
operates behind a veil of secrecy while claiming to represent the public int=
erest.  <BR>
<BR>
Likewise, American environmental activists who have experienced the same bu=
reaucratic indifference to worker and citizen health near US facilities in L=
os Alamos, NM; Paducah, KY; Oak Ridge, TN; and Brookhaven National Laborator=
y on Long Island have contributed their points of view to this issue of <I>G=
ive & Take</I>.  As participants in ISAR's Women's Leadership Antin=
uclear Exchange Program, Russian and US grassroots activists have been shari=
ng information and strategies with each other on how to be heard by the US D=
epartment of Energy and Russia's Ministry of Atomic Energy (Minatom).  =
Joshua Handler of Princeton University contributes a piece on activist repre=
ssion, of which he has first-hand experience; Tom Carpenter of the Governmen=
t Accountability Project, writes about the Tom River’s radioactivity l=
evels, which are 30,000 times above the norm; and Alexey Yablokov describes =
Minatom's dual strategy of creating its own pro-nuclear NGO, and decrying th=
e Socio-Ecological Union as a "raving" group bent on befuddling th=
e public.<BR>
<BR>
ISAR is very proud of the diverse group of authors in this issue, who have =
demonstrated that civil society is very much alive in the former Soviet Unio=
n, especially when it comes to the Russian people's distrust of hazardous nu=
clear technologies.<BR>
<BR>
<HR ALIGN=3DCENTER SIZE=3D"3" WIDTH=3D"95%"><I>Give & Take </I>draws on ISAR'=
s grassroots contacts and 17 years of experience encouraging citizen initiat=
ives in the countries of the former Soviet Union. The journal blends stories=
 about local NGO activity with analysis of the trends affecting civil societ=
y development.<BR>
<BR>
TO RECEIVE <I>GIVE & TAKE</I>:<BR>
For a copy of the latest issue, or to order back-issues, please contact Tam=
ara Kowalski ([email protected]) or send $5.00 (checks drawn on US bank only) =
to:<BR>
<BR>
ISAR, 1601 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite #301, Washington, DC 20009 <BR>
<BR>
<I>GIVE & TAKE</I> ON THE WEB:<BR>
<I>Give & Take</I> is also available on-line and in .pdf format at <=
http://www.isar.org>. The website includes information on ISAR programs, =
as well as archived articles from <I>Give & Take, ISAR in Focus</I> (ISA=
R’s newsletter on field office activities), and from <I>Surviving Toge=
ther</I>, ISAR's previous journal. <BR>
<BR>
BECOME A MEMBER! <BR>
Your tax-deductible membership of $35 ($45 for organizations/institutions) =
supports our programmatic work and public outreach efforts.  Membership=
 includes a one-year subscription to <I>Give & Take: A Journal on Civil =
Society in Eurasia</I> and ISAR's newsletter, <I>ISAR in Focus,</I> as well =
as invitations to our forums and brown-bag lunches<I>.<BR>
</I><BR>
Please send your name, mailing address and e-mail, along with your check ma=
de payable to ISAR to: Membership Program, at the address above.<BR>
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