peace research proposal

[J.V. Reed]

Friends,
The time has come to take strident action toward building a community of 
peace.  As debaters our research skills can be an invaluable asset to social 
movements intent on making the case against military aggression, against 
indiscriminate killings and against the economic, political and educational 
institutions intimately connected to the multi-faceted War Machine.

I would like to propose a national research consortium to identify and 
outline weapons development projects at Universities and chronicle the 
connections of the specific research programs to the broader military 
strategy of which they are a component.  The research would answer the 
questions: What are the DoD projects at colleges and universities, what are 
the specific intended uses of the weapons in development, and where do they 
fit in with long and short term military goals? We could also begin to 
assemble information about past strategies of institutional resistance and 
incorporate it with information specific to each educational institution?s  
weaknesses in order to generate possibilities for contemporary resistance 
strategy.

Although these projects could be carried out separately, a commitment to 
share information and collaborate on strategy concerning follow-up research, 
rebuttal of critical responses from university  administrators, and response 
to university reprisals could make our efforts more effective.

I have included as an attachment a preliminary article that I have written 
concerning the University of Texas at Austin?s relationship with the 
Department of Defense.  It is a work in progress, although I have already 
begun distribution at UT  because of the present, urgent circumstances.

Please contact me with thoughts and commments.  I am not on edebate, so any 
replies intended to reach me should be directed specifically to me.
Sincerely,
J.V. Reed


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