Report Card
Schonemann, Natalie Pearson and Raoul
REPORT CARD Natalie Pearson and Raoul Schonemann Beyond Crayolas STAR WARS: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE SPACE WEAPONS DEBATE by Sandra Sedacca and Robert DeGrasse Common Cause Guides, 2030 M...
...only by disarming the weapons may we accomplish that feat...
...Guns or Butter WORLD MILITARY AND SOCIAL EXPENDITURES 1985 by Ruth Leger Sivard World Priorities, Box 25140, Washington, DC 20007...
...Grace's own company, W.R...
...52 pp...
...The tenth anniversary edition reveals that our sick world is getting sicker all the time...
...36 pp...
...Based on the assumption that "public budgets are microcosms of global priorities," these yearly reports compare worldwide expenditures on weapons and people...
...10, including postage...
...The commission, composed almost entirely of wealthy, white corporate executives, tailored its findings to Grace's wishes, the authors say...
...Corporate Con DECEIVING THE PUBLIC: THE STORY BEHIND J. PETER GRACE AND HIS CAMPAIGN by Peter Ajemian and Joan Claybrook Public Citizen, 2000 P Street NW, Suite 605, Washington, DC 20036...
...Rather than provide a comprehensive strategy to cut waste, the report simply outlined new ways for corporations to wield even greater power...
...Appointing J. Peter Grace to head a Presidential commission to snuff out waste in the Federal Government amounted to letting the fox guard the chicken coop...
...Scientists are in near-unanimous agreement that it will be impossible to deploy a fully effective population defense against nuclear weapons within the next two or three decades—if ever...
...At a time when the crayon drawing of a child is used to sell the Strategic Defense Initiative to the American public, it is essential that sophisticated yet comprehensible information about the proposed antimissile system be made widely available...
...110 pp...
...Grace, has made a fortune finding and cashing in on ways to cheat the taxpayer...
...Before any weapons are used they have already taken a human toll," Sivard writes...
...In this report, she succeeds in proving that toll far too high...
...The report also looks at the number of deaths in Twentieth Century wars, the superpowers and arms trade, advances in nuclear technology, the dangerous connection between atoms for peace and for war, and the human cost of spending our resources on weapons...
...With this publication, Common Cause provides a Star Wars primer that answers, in a clear and informative manner, basic questions concerning the SDL The picture of Star Wars drawn by authors Sandra Sedacca and Robert DeGrasse is substantially less optimistic than that of the SDI television commercial...
...They find that the "real story" of Grace and his report "is one of deception...
...And Administration plans to proceed with Star Wars research will likely start a new round in the arms race...
...This slick publication, with its color graphics and fold-out section, packs quite a punch...
...Ruth Leger Sivard performs a useful service every year when she publishes her analysis of current world priorities...
...Currently, the author reports, "fifteen wars are being fought in the Americas, Asia, and Africa, and global military expenditures have reached a new peak, after rising more than 40 per cent (in constant prices) in a single decade...
...Indeed, as Sedacca and DeGrasse explain, by upsetting the balance of nuclear forces between the two superpowers, the deployment of a Star Wars defense system might well increase the threat of nuclear war...
...And, in the event of a nuclear war, any defense short of "leak-proof would permit unprecedented destruction and loss of life...
...REPORT CARD Natalie Pearson and Raoul Schonemann Beyond Crayolas STAR WARS: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE SPACE WEAPONS DEBATE by Sandra Sedacca and Robert DeGrasse Common Cause Guides, 2030 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20036...
...This report by Peter Ajemian and Joan Claybrook of Public Citizen explores the commission report and Grace's own dubious business practices...
...Military development is shown to dwarf every other political pursuit in this century...
...With coherent and reasoned arguments, Sedacca and DeGrasse make clear that President Reagan's vision of a defense system that would render nuclear missiles "impotent and obsolete" is hopelessly flawed...
Vol. 50 • January 1986 • No. 1
