By Glen Milner The Floyd Schmoe Peace Scholarship was awarded to three recipients in the Seattle Peace Park on July 1, 2021. Elsabeth Assaye (Roosevelt High School) Nelson Kuang (Franklin High) Aviv Pinker (Garfield High School) Each of the students received an award and $2,000. All three recipients have been involved in numerous activities for the social good as well as in school programs involved in social issues. Elsabeth Assaye will be attending New York Institute School. Nelson Kuang will be attending the University of Washington Aviv Pinker will be attending Yale University. The Floyd Schmoe Peace Scholarship was established […]
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Frida Berrigan, Living with World’s End in Plain Sight
GZ Editor’s Note: The following article by Frida Berrigan was originally published in TomDispatch on June 24, 2021, and provides a sobering alternative to the jingoistic revelry of July 4th. Frida lives in the shadow of General Dynamics Electric Boat, which built the first generation of Trident submarines, and is building the next generation (12 New Tridents!!!) as you read this. I have included Tom Englehardt’s introduction. If you aren’t familiar with TomDispatch, you will find truly independent journalism and hard-hitting writing about the waning days of The American Empire. Just the thing for the Fourth of July! ************ Frida Berrigan, Living […]
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Open Letter to Presidents Putin and Biden: No First Use!
At their Summit Meeting in Geneva on June 16th, US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin adopted a U.S.-Russia Presidential Joint Statement on Strategic Stability in which they reaffirmed ‘the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought’ and announced that they will embark together on an integrated bilateral Strategic Stability Dialogue in the near future. ‘Through this Dialogue, we seek to lay the groundwork for future arms control and risk reduction measures.’ This agreement advances key points in an Open Letter to Presidents Biden and Putin in Advance of their June 16, […]
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ACTIVISM FOR LIFE: “Wake Up, the World is Dying,” Now Do Something About It
By Leonard Eiger Longtime activist Angie Zelter, in the preface to her newest book, ACTIVISM FOR LIFE, says “It is 50 years since I left university, started my real education and began thinking how I could help create a better world.” That introduction sets the stage for 50 years of activism for the sake of that world she seeks. Lest you think ACTIVISM FOR LIFE might be just another memoir, that would be an injustice. Angie not only reflects on the campaigns around the world in which she has been involved – Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, SOS Sarawak, Trident […]
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Five people cited in Mother’s Day demonstration at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, WA
30 people were present on May 8th, at the demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. Five demonstrators blocked the main highway entrance into the base for over 20 minutes and were cited by the Washington State Patrol. At around 2 pm on Saturday, the five demonstrators entered the highway carrying two large banners stating, “CONGRESS WANTS $1 TRILLION FOR NUKES–What will be left for our children” and “TRIDENT THREATENS ALL LIFE ON EARTH” and blocked all incoming traffic at the Main Gate at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. They were removed from the highway by the Washington State […]
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