Do you want to live with the threat of nuclear war? I would guess that most people would answer with a rousing “NO!” And yet, humanity has been living under the threat of nuclear annihilation for most of the decades following World War II during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. Even now, nearly three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the United States and Russia still stand poised to destroy each other’s nations (many times over), and take the rest of the world with them. What’s more, the two Superpowers, through their […]
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MLK: Way Beyond Vietnam
Editor’s Note: Although this essay is a tribute to the life of a great prophet, it is even more a call to action. I invite each of you reading this to dedicate or rededicate yourself to Dr. King’s vision articulated in his essay, The World House, in which calls on us to “1) transcend tribe, race, class, nation, and religion to embrace the vision of a World House; 2) eradicate at home and globally the Triple Evils of racism, poverty, and militarism; 3) curb excessive materialism and shift from a “thing”-oriented society to a “people”-oriented society; and 4) resist social injustice […]
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GZ New Year E-News: Get Involved/Take Action
Dear Friends of a world free of nuclear weapons, Welcome to the Mad, Mad, Mad world of 2018! A world that could be reduced to cinders in less time than it would take to watch the movie Dr. Strangelove, a film that is ironically, to quote Daniel Ellsberg in his new book, The Doomsday Machine, “essentially, a documentary.” The ultimate madness of the past 70-plus years is that those responsible for nuclear war planning knew all along (or should have known) that they were planning for the probable extinction of life on Earth. Nearly a quarter century since the beginning of the nuclear age, […]
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Nobel Peace Prize: No time to rest on our laurels
Greetings Friends of a Better World, This is a time of grave danger (to all of humanity). Never has it been more evident how few people have so much control over the fate of humanity. We quite literally live in (as author Elaine Scarry calls it) a “Thermonuclear Monarchy.” I have felt for many years that the story of the nuclear abolition movement has been something akin to the fable of the Little Dutch Boy who holds his finger in the dike to keep it from flooding the city. However, in our version of the story, the boy (or girl) […]
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Ground Zero Center Annual Letter
November 4, 2017 Dear Friends, This is our annual report of activities, and an appeal for funds for Ground Zero. Thank you for your past contributions and for keeping us in your thoughts. We especially appreciate your support at Ground Zero events throughout the year. Please join us whenever you can. Nonviolent direct action is the tool that harnesses the light within us. When we act, we inspire ourselves and others to join us. In these times of constant noise and confusion, we can break through the noise when we stay focused and stay on point with our message. Please […]
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