Editor’s Note: The following opinion piece was originally published in the Seattle Times online edition on September 27, 2016, and in the print edition on September 28, 2016. ****************** We are looking for leaders who understand that nuclear weapons are immoral and must never be used. Nuclear weapons threaten genocide on a scale that decision-makers refuse to talk about. By David Hall and Leonard Eiger Special to The Times HAVE you seen the Seattle bus ads? They read: “20 miles west of Seattle is the largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons in the U.S.” In light of recent media attention on who should have their […]
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Abolish Nuclear Weapons? Follow the Golden Rule
By Leonard Eiger On July 16, 1945 the United States government detonated the first atomic device in the test named Trinity. Less than one month after the Trinity test, the United States dropped two atomic bombs – on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – that killed over 100,000 people in less time than it took to type a few of these words. As many as 220,000 were dead from the effects of radiation by the end of 1945. Even today, 64 years later, survivors and subsequent generations suffer the effects of radiation. On August 24, 1949, the Soviet Union […]
READ MOREThe Golden Rule at Ground Zero: A Meditation Interrupted
Essay by Gerry Condon* I am sitting in the middle of the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action on the Hood Canal near Poulsbo, Washington. It is a large and beautiful piece of property, partly forested. There is a beautiful, ample house, with a sprawling lawn and garden space, protected by tall pine and cedar trees. At the far end of the lawn is a large stone marker engraved with a Buddhist prayer for peace. As I scan this idyllic scene, small bunny rabbits come into focus on the lawn. Enjoying this space all by myself for a few hours […]
READ MOREHiroshima & Nagasaki: An Apology
EDITOR’S NOTE: People will join the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, Pax Christi Metro-DC, Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach, Isaiah Project and the Sisters of Mercy—Institute Justice Team in two nonviolent acts of public witness at the White House and the Pentagon to repent for the U.S. nuclear bombings of Japan on August 6 and August 9, 1945 and to call for the abolition of all nuclear weapons in the U.S. and worldwide. They are also circulating an “Apology Petition” (see below) regarding the U.S. nuclear bombings of Japan. Groups sponsoring the petition include: Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, Hiroshima Nagasaki Peace Committee of […]
READ MOREGround Zero Newsletter is Hot Off the Presses!
The Ground Zero Newsletter July 2016 edition is at the printer, and you can read it here right now. Our editor has put out another great issue full of information on what we’ve been doing and what is yet to come. Click here to read it cover to cover!
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