Today is the International Day of Nonviolence (and YES, it’s pretty ironic, considering the tremendous amount of violence around the world)!!! The International Day of Nonviolence (initiated by the United Nations) is observed each year on October 2nd, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence, and is an occasion to “disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness”. The resolution reaffirms “the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence” and the desire “to secure a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence”. In a […]
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Former Nuclear Submarine Commander Speaks Out About Nukes!
Text of Tom Rogers address to the September 24th Seattle Rally for Nuclear Abolition Thank you. It’s an honor to be here. I had a 32 year career in the navy as a submarine officer. When I commanded a nuclear submarine, I was directly responsible for nuclear weapons. I understand that nuclear weapons are an existential threat to humanity. If I fail to oppose a national security strategy based on the threat of nuclear annihilation, then I am complicit. So, I’ve been a member of Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action for about 20 years. I’m often surprised that local […]
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Rocket Scientist Turned Satyagrahi Publishes The Goodness Field
Editor’s Note: Sometimes it really does take a “rocket scientist!” Many years ago Bob Aldridge was working at what is now Lockheed Martin working on a new missile for the OHIO Class “Trident” ballistic missile submarines. When he realized that he was designing more than a “defensive” weapon, and that the missile was being designed to be used as a first-strike weapon, he quit his job and ultimately helped form a community of nonviolent resistance that grew into the Pacific Life Community and Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action. Bob wrote many inspiring works along the way, and his book […]
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Tipping Point – A Father’s Day Meditation
Editor’s Note: Doug Milholland wrote this meditation that he will read in front of the gate leading into the U.S. Navy’s Weapons Transfer Depot on Indian Island during a Quaker style Father’s Day gathering on Sunday, June 19th. Click here to read the original document with footnotes. Tipping Point – A Father’s Day Meditation Douglas Milholland 6/15/2022 Martin Luther King, Gandhi, led people to freedom, enjoining non-violent fearless hearts, doing the impossible – Being Peace, connecting with the Innate Worth of all concerned, inviting “the Better Angels of our Nature” to dwell amongst us, helping us mature from power over […]
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Nuclear weapons aren’t an investment!
Editor’s Note: This is a Letter to the Editor from a Ground Zero member. It was published on May 27, 2022 in the Kitsap Sun newspaper. ***************** Nuclear weapons aren’t an investment ‘New subs will bring new investments'( Kitsap Sun, May 24) seems like a deal with the devil. An investment in instruments of mass destruction and the infrastructure with which to maintain them strikes me as unsound, immoral, and illegal under international law and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. We, the taxpayers of the United States, are being told to spend $1.2 trillion, desperately needed for […]
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