News Release July 18, 2024 Contact: Glen Milner (206) 365-7865 Mary Gleysteen (360) 265-1589 Helen Jaccard, Golden Rule coordinator (206) 992-6364 Day of the event (206) 979-8319 Local activists will stage a water-based nonviolent protest against the glorification of weapons of war at the Seattle Seafair festival. Peace activists will meet the U.S. Navy fleet in Elliott Bay. The entire Seafair Fleet Week, featuring militarism and weapons of war, is sponsored by the Boeing Company, the second largest military contractor in the U.S. This year the Peace Fleet will be joined with the original peace ship, the Golden Rule, that […]
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Protect Freedom of Expression: Free Julian Assange Now!
Editor’s Note: The following statement was issued as a news release on February 26, 2024. For press inquiries, please contact Leonard Eiger at outreach@gzcenter.org or at 360-375-3207. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action supports Julian Assange for exposing war crimes committed by the United States (US) government, and calls on the government of the United Kingdom (UK) release him immediately and facilitate his safe return to Australia. Last week in London, lawyers for imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange asked the British High Court of Justice to grant him a new appeal, which would likely be his last chance to avoid […]
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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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Seattle Area Billboards Send Message From Pope Francis: Nuclear Weapons Immoral!
NEWS RELEASE: August 25, 2023 Contacts: Leonard Eiger (360) 375-3207; Rodney Brunelle (425) 485-7030; Glen Milner (206) 365-7865 On August 21, and continuing for four weeks, billboards in Seattle and Tacoma are displaying the following paid advertisement: THE USE… AND POSSESSION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS IMMORAL. – Pope Francis. Get them out of Puget Sound! The billboards serve as a public service announcement—informing the reader of the immorality of nuclear weapons and the grave threat they pose to humanity. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action joined with Pax Christi USA to purchase the four billboards with a message from Pope Francis, declaring […]
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Kitsap County Billboard informs citizens of Nuclear Weapons stockpiled in their Back Yard
NEWS RELEASE: August 23,2023 Contacts: Glen Milner (206) 365-7865; Rodney Brunelle (425) 485-7030; Pat Moriarity, artist, cartoondepot@earthlink.net On August 21, and continuing for four weeks, a billboard will display the following paid advertisement: Did You Know, We’re only 15 Miles from the Largest Concentration of Deployed Nukes in the USA! Let’s Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Included in the advertisement is a map showing the proximity of Gorst, Washington to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, homeport for 8 of the Navy’s 14 Trident nuclear-powered submarines. The billboard is near the intersection of highways SR 16 and SR 3. The billboard serves as a public […]
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