Peace activists from grass-roots organizations in and around the Puget Sound region of Washington State will be bannering this week on and around the International Day of Peace (September 21st) and the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (September 26th). The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly. Two decades later, in 2001, the General Assembly unanimously voted to designate the Day as a period of non-violence and cease-fire. The 2021 theme for the International Day of Peace is “Recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world.” The UN General […]
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Welcoming the people of the Marshall Islands to Ground Zero Center
Welcoming the people of the Marshall Islands – Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day Weekend at Ground Zero Ctr. and the Pacific Northwest Peace Walk July 24- August 9, 2021 By Senji Kanaeda, Nipponzan Myohoji Na Mu Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo On August 7, 2021, the day after the Hiroshima Day Lantern Ceremony in Seattle, special visitors were received at the Ground Zero Center for nonviolent action (founded in 1977). These special visitors were 25 people from the Marshall Islands. The United States military conducted 67 tests of nuclear and hydrogen bombs in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific over a period of […]
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8 people cited at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, Washington, marking the 76th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings
31 people were present on Monday, August 9th at a demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base in Silverdale, Washington. The demonstration, organized by the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, was at the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor Main Gate during morning rush hour traffic. At around 7:15 AM, after “peacekeepers” entered the roadway and safely stopped traffic, eight demonstrators set themselves and their banners on the roadway blocking entry into the Main Gate. Mack Johnson, Silverdale; George Rodkey, Tacoma; and Denny Duffell, Seattle carried a banner reading “Hiroshima Nagasaki Never Again.” Michael Siptroth, Belfair, Mark Sisk, Seattle; […]
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August 6th Peace Ceremony in Lake Forest Park
By Glen Milner The annual Pacific Northwest Interfaith Peace Walk started the day on Friday August 6, 2021 in Lake Forest Park for the 76th year remembrance of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. Rev. Senji Kanaeda of the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Temple on Bainbridge Island conducted a short ceremony for peace at the Peace Pole on the corner of Bothell Way NE (SR 522) and Ballinger Way NE (SR 104). The ceremony in Lake Forest Park is called すべての核犠牲 者の為の「慰霊祭」or Subete no kaku giseisha no tame no Irei-sai (memorial, or spirit-consoling, service for all nuclear victims.) The Peace Walk […]
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Peace Fleet! 2021
BY GLEN MILNER Five Peace Fleet sailors entered Elliott Bay on August 4 around 11:45 am in one sailboat and one kayak. The weather was good on the water, sunny, about 80 degrees and with a slight breeze. For the second year in a row, no U.S. Navy warships were present, no Blue Angels or other military aircraft, and no Canadian military vessels. All boats were launched from Bell Harbor Marina near Pier 66. The Port of Seattle was accommodating for yet another year. Rodney Brunelle was self-propelled in his own hand-crafted kayak, with his PEACE flag and disarming spirit. […]
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