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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Peace activists join at Trident submarine base in honor of Dr. King
35 peace activists join at the Trigger Ave. entrance to the Trident submarine base in Bangor, WA, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Members of the Resist US-Led War Movement and Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action were present, on January 13, at the demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. Due to severe cold weather, which caused mechanical difficulties with equipment, the Main Gate at Bangor was closed. About 35 demonstrators braved the 20 degree weather and voiced their desire for a nuclear weapons-free world to drivers and passengers in backed-up traffic entering the […]
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GZ 2023 Annual Meeting – Saturday October 14th
Please join us for our 2023 Annual Meeting! Facilitated meeting to discuss our goals for 2024, get to know each other, and fill important positions. Bring your energy, ideas and something to share for a potluck lunch! Saturday, Oct. 15, 2023 10 am – 3:30 pm 16159 Clear Creek Rd. NW, Poulsbo, WA For more info contact: marygleysteen@gmail.com
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U.S. Coast Guard unlawfully establishes “no-protest” zone at Seafair as Peace Activists prepare to meet the U.S. Navy fleet on Tuesday, August 1, in Elliott Bay
Contact: Glen Milner (206) 365-7865 Mary Gleysteen (360) 265-1589 Day of the event (206) 979-8319 The U.S. Coast Guard, in its July 31 announcement in the Federal Register, unlawfully established a temporary “no protest” zone in Elliott Bay, blocking peace activists from entering or leaving Bell Harbor Marina at Seafair. This Coast Guard no-protest zone is in response to the annual Peace Fleet! event during the U.S. Navy Fleet arrival. The Peace Fleet event on August 1 will mark the twenty-second year for demonstrations for peace, and the protest of military recruitment and the glorification of war at Seafair. The no-protest zone is unlike any other […]
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Activists Blockade Trident Nuclear Submarine/Weapons Base for Mother’s Day
Activists blockaded the entrance to the US Navy’s west-coast nuclear submarine base, which is home to the largest operational concentration of deployed nuclear weapons, in a nonviolent direct action the day before Mother’s Day. Eight peace activists from the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, holding banners reading “The Earth is Our Mother Treat Her With Respect” and “Nuclear Weapons are Immoral to Use, Immoral to Have, Immoral to Make,” briefly blocked all incoming traffic at the Main Gate at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Silverdale, Washington as part of a May 13th Mothers Day observance. Traffic was diverted as the 15 […]
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