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 […]
READ MORE
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 […]
READ MORE
Bob Aldridge, Presente!
Editor’s Note: Our dear friend and colleague Bob Aldridge joined the Cloud of Witnesses on April 31st. The following offerings, including two from Ground Zero co-founders Jim and Shelley Douglass, are an introductory tribute to Bob. There will be more to come. Check back at the Ground Zero home page for other posts. **************** We wouldn’t be here without Bob Aldridge! By Leonard Eiger It is no hyperbole to say that Bob Aldridge is the reason that Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action exists and continues to resist Trident. Bob’s story is one of faith, awareness, family and courage. Ground Zero co-founder […]
READ MORE
Nine people cited in Mother’s Day demonstration at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, WA
Over 50 people were present on May 7, at the demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. Nine demonstrators blocked the main highway entrance into the base for about 10 minutes and were cited by the Washington State Patrol. At around 2:15 pm on Saturday, the nine demonstrators entered the highway carrying a large banner stating, “THE EARTH IS OUR MOTHER—TREAT HER WITH RESPECT” and blocked all incoming traffic at the Main Gate at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. They were removed from the highway by the Washington State Patrol. All nine demonstrators were cited for violating RCW 46.61.250, […]
READ MORE
Peace & Environmental Activists Protested at major DOD Fuel Depot for Earth Day
On April 23, over 20 peace activists and environmental activists joined for Earth Day at Manchester fuel depot, known formally as the Manchester Fuel Department (MFD), to protest hydrocarbon use by the U.S. Navy and the Department of Defense. Activists with Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, 350 West Sound Climate Action, Earth Care Not Warfare and other peace and environmental groups met at noon at Manchester State Park. From there, they walked to the Manchester fuel depot, the Department of Defense’s largest single-site fuel terminal in the United States, and demanded that the U.S. military reduce its carbon footprint […]
READ MORE