“Letter to a Trident Crew Member” was written by James Douglass, and originally published in the Ground Zero Newsletter, Fall 1986, Vol. 5, No. 3. Dear Friend, I write to you in the hope that you are open to reading a letter from someone who believes in you but rejects Trident as a crime against God and humanity. I believe in you as a person of conscience, at the same time as I am deeply troubled by the power you have to destroy the world. I believe and hope in you, but I hate what lies within the Trident missiles […]
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Happy (40th) Anniversary Ground Zero Newsletter!
Forty years ago this month, in February 1979, the people of Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action published their first newsletter, Ground Zero, Volume 1, Number 1. The inaugural newsletter represented a much different era (technologically) than the one we know today. And yet the spirit behind, and within, it remains much the same. Ground Zero’s Glen Milner puts it in perspective: “Mimeograph machines were a modern technology in the 1970s. Technologies change but a lot of things haven’t.” Ground Zero co-founder Shelley Douglass remembers that the newsletter was “typed on a stencil if I’m remembering correctly” (and I’m pretty […]
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Trump’s Got His New Nuke: And it’s on Trident!
By Leonard Eiger Theses are dark days for the Republic and for the world, and not just because we have an out of control president who believes he can do whatever he chooses and is accountable to no one, but because that same president has a new nuclear weapon at his disposal, and it is a nuclear weapon that he just might use one day. Here’s the story. In a gift to the Grinch, the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) went from being opposed by every House Republican in July (2019) to being overwhelming approved by both Republicans and […]
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Ground Zero Center’s Annual Appeal
Dear Friends, This is our annual appeal for funds for Ground Zero. Thank you for your financial contributions and for keeping us in your thoughts during these challenging times. We especially appreciate your support at our demonstrations throughout the year. Please join us when you can. Ground Zero is funded mostly by small donations, which in many cases represent significant sacrifices by the donor. We are mindful of our donors and of the many sacrifices that have been made for Ground Zero as we continue our work. The 2019 Hiroshima/Nagasaki demonstration showed our strong commitment to nonviolent direct action and our willingness to try new […]
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11 people cited at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, marking the 74th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombing
60 people were present on August 5th at a flash mob demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. The demonstration was in the roadway at the Main Gate of the Trident nuclear submarine base during rush hour traffic. To see flash mob performance and related videos, please see https://www.facebook.com/groundzerocenter. At around 6:30 AM on Monday, over thirty flash mob dancers and supporters entered the roadway carrying peace flags and two large banners stating, “We can all live without Trident” and “Abolish Nuclear Weapons.” While traffic into the base was blocked, dancers performed to a recording of War […]
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