This month Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action published three paid public service announcements (PSAs) in the Kitsap Sun newspaper. January 3rd – An Appeal to Navy Personnel January 15th – Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr’s Nonviolent Legacy January 22nd – U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force A Kitsap County resident subsequently wrote a letter to the editor speaking to one or more of the January PSAs, condemning their publication as “treasonous.” That letter was published January 27, 2021 in the Kitsap Sun. Another Kitsap County resident, who is a Ground Zero member and retired […]
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Ban Treaty Goes LIVE Today!
Published on January 22nd in the Kitsap Sun newspaper, which serves the area surrounding the Bangor Trident submarine base in Kitsap County, Washington. Bangor is homeport to the largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons in the U. S. Click here for the PDF version of this Public Service Announcement.
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Ground Zero Public Service Announcement Honors Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is our Paid Public Service Announcement published in the Kitsap Sun newspaper, page 6A, on January 15, 2021, honoring the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday. Click here for a PDF version.
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Billboards around Puget Sound announce Nuclear Ban Treaty
Beginning January 22nd, four billboards around Puget Sound will display the following paid public service announcement (PSA): NUCLEAR WEAPONS BANNED BY NEW U.N. TREATY; Get them out of Puget Sound! Included in the advertisement is a U.S. Navy photo of the Trident submarine USS Henry M. Jackson returning to port following a routine strategic deterrent patrol. The ad seeks to inform citizens in the Puget Sound region of the pending entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), and also asks citizens to accept their role and responsibility – as taxpayers, as members of a […]
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The Great Evasion
By Guest Contributor, Lawrence Wittner Two related events—the 75th anniversary of the January 24, 1946 UN General Assembly Resolution 1 (which established a commission to plan for the abolition of nuclear weapons) and the January 22, 2021 entry into force of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (designed to finally implement that goal)—should be a cause for worldwide celebration. In fact, however, they are a cause for shame. The nine nuclear powers have refused to sign the treaty and, instead, today continue to engage in a nuclear arms race and to threaten nuclear war—a war capable of […]
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