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 […]
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Peace activists join with Environmental activists for Earth Day at Pentagon’s largest gas station!
Editor’s Note: This is a news release sent on April 21, 2022 Peace activists join with Environmental activists for Earth Day at Manchester fuel depot, largest Department of Defense fuel depot on the West Coast, near Port Orchard, WA Contact: Kathy Railsback (208) 949-3004 Mary Gleysteen (360) 265-1589 Glen Milner (206) 365-7865 Peace activists and environmental activists will join 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. What: Peace and environmental activists join for Earth Day. When: Saturday, April […]
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Nuclear Weapons and Cranial Winter
By Robert Koehler Originally published at Common Wonders, 13 Apr 2022 Nuclear sanity: ultimate (or, God help us, immediate) disarmament. Nuclear insanity: ongoing development and deployment, endless investment, eventual (either accidental or intentional) use. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., addressing Congress several weeks ago, made a heartfelt and powerful case for nuclear sanity, for a revamping of the system of mutually assured destruction, which gives certain national leaders “Godlike powers known as sole authority to end life on the planet as we know it . . .” He went on: “We cannot uninvent the atom, its military applications, and technological knowhow. […]
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Peace Dove Lands at Ground Zero
It was a very Good Friday at Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action as people came together to continue our work for a peaceful world free of the threat of nuclear annihilation. Tracy Powell, one of the founders of No More Bombs, installed a Peace Dove sculpture at Ground Zero Center. Tracy hand carved the dove out of Indiana Limestone; it is 15″ x 20″ x 17″, and weighs at least 150 lbs. The Peace Dove is a gift from Tracy to Ground Zero Center and the Pacific Northwest Peace Pagoda. Indiana limestone, like all limestone, is a rock primarily […]
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Ukraine Would Be Even Less Safe With Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear deterrence is supposed to provide stability. Instead, it threatens just the opposite. By David P. Barash Editor’s Note: This article was originally published at the Daily Beast on March 2, 2022. Republished here with the author’s permission. The Ukraine crisis has led many nuclear weapons enthusiasts to say “We told you so.” They claim that when Ukraine agreed to give up its Soviet-era nukes (to Russia, of all countries) the newly independent country foolishly deprived itself of a valuable deterrent. Had the leadership in Kyiv been more hard-headed and far-sighted, the argument goes, Ukraine would now be much safer. […]
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