Editor’s Comment: Here is one of those Congressional press releases that just reeks of the kind of patriotic fervor that precedes the end of the world… or at least pouring a ton of money into preparations for said omnicidal event (aka: nuclear war; euphemistically phrased “strengthen national security”). As for the numbers, he’s only asking for $115 million for the work that will accommodate the “aging” existing Trident submarines until all of their replacements are built and ready to prowl. Kings Bay is already undergoing a major renovation that will cost over $1 billion to prepare the base for the […]
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Legendary Jazz musician & composer, John Coltrane in Nagasaki
Editor’s Note: This essay was written by Rev. Senji Kanaeda, a Buddhist Monk from the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Temple at Bainbridge Island in Washington State. The monks of the Bainbridge Island temple are facilitating an effort to build the Pacific Northwest Peace Pagoda, the first peace pagoda in the Western United States. This major effort is nearing completion thanks to the collective efforts of many people. The peace pagoda is being built at Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, which is adjacent to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Pacific homeport for the U.S. Navy’s OHIO Class “Trident” ballistic missile submarines. Click here […]
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Honoring Glen Anderson, bannering for nuclear abolition
On July 5, 2024, Rodney Brunelle and Tom Krebsbach held banners and signs on the N 92nd St. I-5 overpass—facing incoming traffic to Seattle on I-5. Between 3 pm to 4 pm, their displayed messages were Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Renounce Militarism—Defund the Pentagon, and Defund Militarism. Responses from passing motorists were positive, and two curious Seattle Police officers stopped to hear Rodney Brunelle explain the statement, “Defund Militarism.” Today, Brunelle and Krebsbach honored our friend and colleague Glen Anderson, a life-long Olympia peace activist, knowing that we honor all our sisters and brothers, every time we hold a banner or […]
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Donald Trump’s Reckless Infatuation with Nuclear Weapons
How the nuclear arms race intensified during Trump’s presidency EDITOR’S NOTE: THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN. BY LAWRENCE S. WITTNER Over the last decade and more, nuclear war has grown increasingly likely. Most nuclear arms control and disarmament agreements of the past have been discarded by the nuclear powers or will expire soon. Moreover, there are no nuclear arms control negotiations underway. Instead, all nine nuclear nations (Russia, the United States, China, Britain, France, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea) have begun a new nuclear arms race, qualitatively improving the 12,121 nuclear weapons in existence or building new, much faster, and deadlier […]
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Transformation or Annihilation?
Editor’s Introduction: Those who continue to keep the dream alive at Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action are grateful for Jim and Shelley Douglass, who were instrumental in co-creating and gently guiding us along the way in this experiment with truth throughout the years. This essay by Jim and Shelley was just published in the July 2024 Ground Zero Newsletter and offers a brief history of Ground Zero and of the Peace Pagoda being built there. Yet far beyond (and embedded deeply within) that history it offers an invitation – a universal invitation to transformation. As Jim wrote in his […]
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