b u z z k i l l salt lake's new and improved anarchist weekly ############### nuke dump threatens utah, indians to blame!!! the nuclear power industry is in a real bind. lacking any adequate storage facility capable of handling spent fuel rods, the industry has been forced tostick this highly radioactive waste into largely unregulated swimming pools and other convenient dumping grounds across the country. the U.S. department of energy is hoping to help out by establishing a permanent nuclear waste facility at yucca mountain, nevada. in the meantime, however, as swimming pools begin to fill up and overflow, the government needs a good dupe to hang on to the deadly shit until yucca mountain can be secured. towards this end the DOE recently offered $100,000 to local governments willing to study the possibility of building a monitored retrievel storage (MRS) facility that could hold spent rods for up to forty years, after which they would be shipped to their permanent home in nevada, remaining highly radioactive for the next 250,000 years in close proximity to a major fault line. realizing that most intelligent citizens would be somewhat at odds to the idea of storing some of the most dangerous substances on the planet in their own backyards, the feds looked primarily to those communities that are systematically kept in dire economic need in case of just such an emergency, namely indigenous populations. twenty local government institutions across the country took up the chance to blow $100,000 in a phase one study of the feasibility of such a project, the majority of them reservations. of those twenty, most apparently used the money to determine that it was a stupid idea, a few, however, are still interested. san juan county, utah, hoped to move on to the phase two study with a new and bigger federal grant to the tune of $200,000, but was stopped at the state level. the skull valley band of goshutes would have, in all likelihood, suffered the same setback, especially as utahrds don't like their state being polluted needlessly when the only people making any money off the thing are injuns. yessir, we in the land of zion like our polluters strong,white and christian, and then it seems we can't get enough of the damn stuff. but the last thing this state needs is a bunch of wagon burners getting a foothold in utah's fastest growing industry, black death toxics. unfortunately, the federal government has decided to part with tradition and honor native american sovereignty just this once. the goshutes have now become the second in the country to receive the second phase grant. while the goshutes may just be fucking around with the state government, trying to scare us all a little and get some attention, the lack of competition may lead the feds to declare skull valley the winner by default, and honoring the goshutes' sovereingty may no longer seem like such a good idea to uncle sam. i say fuck 'em if they can't take a joke, i'd rather see the stuff dumped in the redskins' lap anyhow. throw it all out there in tooele, the place can't possibly get much worse than it is already. but seriously, folks...the threat of a nuclear dump in utah is real, it can't be stopped at the state level, and probably shouldn't be anyway. maybe if we all had given a shit about the economic condition of the goshutes a little earlier we wouldn't be in this mess today. nationally, native americans are fighting the threat of nuclear dumps on reservations, working together we may still have a chance. ########################### REVOLUTIONARY LETTER #1 I have just realized that the stakes are myself I have no other ransom money, nothing to break or barter but my life my spirit measured out, in bits, spread over the roulette table, I recoup what I can nothing else to shove under the nose of the maitre de jeu nothing to thrust out the window, no white flag this flesh all I have to offer, to make the play with this immediate head, what it comes up with, my, move as we slither over this go board, stepping always (we hope) between the lines Diane Di Prima ################################## ALF claims verified, government officials dishonest as usual last november, when the animal liberation front bombed an ADC research facility at utah state university and claimed research included stealing coyote pups from their mothers at 8-10 days old, keeping coyotes in leg-hold traps for 18 hour stretches and exposing coyotes to radioactivity, the claims were denied by government officials. but government officials often have a habit of lying, and further investigation proved this to be the case. the project did indeed inlude kidnapping pups, bottle feeding them "so they are better adjusted to humans" and then reinforcing their trust in the ultra-benevolent race by holding them in leg traps equipped with tranquilizers for 18 hours, this being "the standard amount of time it takes trappers to check their traps." the coyotes were later exposed to radioactive isotopes and 3600 pounds of carcasses were hastily disposed of before receiving NRC approval. "sure hope we don't have to dig up, repackage and dispose of two tons of carcasses three weeks from now." researcher Fred Knowlton assures us, however, that none of the coyotes had broken bones, as the ALF claimed. and given his record of honesty, how can we doubt him? ########################### from the propaganda department... coleslaw is dead, long live buzzkill...also the long awaited, long overdue, outdated and almost irrelevant now second issue of bootleg may soon hit the streets...for subscriptions to buzzkill send at least 25 cents a copy...this does not mean you cannot send more...subscribe now and receive the second issue of bootleg and a charming set of knives at no extra cost...send us letters, artwork, propaganda and anything else you think deserves a spot on our pages...donations are still needed, don't stop that overwhelmingly huge flow of money that has poured through the mail in recent weeks...let's all chip in and overthrow the government today... ########################### troops out now...solidarity international is an autonomous anarchist movement for worldwide self-determination in solidarity with victims of U.S. foreign policy everywhere...the invasion and occupation of somalia is not a humanitarian mission but a war for oil...SI is working to arrange teach-ins and lectures on U.S. intervention in somalia and renewed military attacks in the persian gulf, and may have the chance to help bring speakers from the african national congress to salt lake, as well as distributing literature on these and other struggles for self- determination...smash the corporate dictatorship...U.S. troops out of everywhere... ########################### every wednesday is... radiation suit wednesday... nationally, rad wednesday kicked off last october to increase awareness of and call attention to the diminishing ozone layer and the corporate slime that is responsible... wild utah earth first! demonstrated at the university of utah and will be demonstrating again on wednesday, february 3 at crossroads plaza...meet at paisley park at 4 p.m. (on first south across the street from the mall)...radiation suits are available, at cost, for five dollars each...remember, the earth is not dying, she is being killed, and the people killing her have names and addresses... Earth First! join the dietary revolution...you can make good peanut butter in your own kitchen...just roast peanuts, don't allow them to scorch or burn...shell and skin...fill food processor about half full (less in a blender) and pulse until chopped finely...process until desired consistency, more for smooth less for chunky...add salt and sugar if you want it to taste like skippy or jiff...since homemade pb has no preservatives it will last longer if you refrigerate or freeze it...since it has no stabilizers it will separate, stir in the oil before use... accidents happen...utah activist network is researching the numerous outrageous "accidents" at magcorp pumping hundreds of tons of chlorine above and beyond the legal limit into tooele county's otherwise oh-so- healthy atmosphere...research indicates tooele county may implode at any minute, simply collapse in upon itself in a soup of toxic pollution leaving a gaping black hole that utahrds would have to drive around on the way to wendover...representatives of the steelworkers local at magcorp may be speaking at a future uan meeting on the effects these chemicals have on the men and women forced to work in them and magcorp's all-around fucked up labor practices...UAN is co-sponsoring, with the business alliance for commerce in hemp, a screening of "hemp for victory" and "reefer madness" followed by a discussion of marijuana prohibition and the many uses of hemp on february 21, 7 p.m., at the YWCA.. ############################# (movement news...) no nukes is good nukes...utah peace test is organizing another mother's peace day action at hercules on mother's peace day, may 9, protesting the production of trident nuclear missile systems...an affinity group is forming to look into the possibility of a blockade of the trains carrying trident 2 missile motors out of hercules maybe sometime around the mother's day action, maybe later...UPT is still holding vigils on the first and third friday of each month, from 3:30 to 4:30 at hercules' main gate...american peace test is calling for nationwide demonstrations, vigils etc. between now and the expiration of the nine month moratorium, culminating in direct action, sit-ins, blockades, occupations, rallies, marches, pickets and so on on july first if there is no executivce order or legislation ending nuclear testing by then...APT will host an organizer's training conference in las vegas, march 17-20, sliding scale fee of $50...diana hirschi will be a UPT panelist speaking on grassroots fundraising...anyone is welcome and all are urged to attend...APT is also organizing an action at lawrence livermore labarotories in california, the major lobbyists for a resumption of testing, on the first weekend of june, three and a half weeks before the U.S. testing moratorium ends...test peace not nuclear weapons... ********************************** buzzkill classifieds buzzkill meetings are every sunday evening, call 486-7657 for time and place. send donations, letters, poetry, submissions etc. to: buzzkill, 360 E Edith Ave., SLC, UT 84111 Utah Activist Network meets every monday, 7 p.m. at Cafe Mediterranean (542 E 400 S). call 534-3322 Wild Utah Earth First! also meets every monday, 7 p.m., at Cafe Mediterranean (542 E 400 S). 575-6331, p.o. box 510442, SLC, UT 84151 call 486-7657 for more info on Solidarity International salt lake IWW meets on the third saturday of each month. call 485-1969 for more info. p.o. box 520514, SLC, UT 84152-0514 Utah Peace Test meets on the third thursday of each motnh, 7:00, at the Quaker meeting house (161 E 2nd Ave) call 596-1905 for more info, p.o. box 11416, SLC, UT 84147 call 486-7657 for more info on the local Food Not Bombs Leonard Peltier Support Group/SPIRIT meets on the first and third monday of each month, 7 p.m., at Cafe Mediterranean (542 E 400 S) call 272-9128 for more info, p.o. box 9401, SLC, UT 84124 Queer Nation and ACT-UP meetings are every other tuesday, 7 p.m., at the Stonewall Center (450 S 900 E) for more info email msbenefi@cadehp0.eng.utah.edu, or call above #.