“Voting is civic hygiene – both essential and insufficient. And voting alone has never been enough to protect anything – least of all the vote itself.” – (Ta-Nehisi Coates) Dear Friends, I first saw the photo above in an article by our colleague Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space; it is an image I have never forgotten. I can only hope that this boat, and all the refugees onboard, found a safe shore on which to land. Humanity, of course, does not have any lifeboats – no magic escape pods. There is no […]
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Trident Resisters Block Nuke Base in Remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action remembered the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a silent vigil and nonviolent direct action at the Main Gate of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, home to the largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons in the U.S. Approximately 25 people gathered at Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action early Monday morning, August 10, 2020. After a blessing by Reverend Jessica Starr Rocker of the Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Church and the collective reading of the Pledge of Nonviolence, those gathered walked to the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor Main Gate, led by Senji Kanaeda and […]
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Remembering the Atomic Bomb Victims of Nagasaki, Japan
August 9, 2020 On this day 75 years ago, the second nuclear weapon used in warfare was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. At 11:02 am, the bomb detonated at a height of 1,640 feet above the city with an explosive yield equal to 20,000 tons of TNT. The radius of total destruction was about one mile, with fires across the northern part of Nagasaki and two miles to the south. Nearly every structure in Nagasaki was leveled in the blast radius. About 90 percent of all medical staff were either killed or disabled and remaining medical supplies quickly ran out. Most […]
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Remembering the Atomic Bomb Victims of Hiroshima, Japan
August 6, 2020 On this day 75 years ago, the first nuclear weapon used in warfare was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. At 8:16 in the morning, people were going about their usual morning activities when the bomb exploded. They never saw it coming. The bomb detonated at a height of 1,900 feet above the city with an explosive yield equal to 15,000 tons of TNT. The radius of total destruction was about one mile, with resulting fires across 4.4 square miles. Over 90 percent of physicians and nurses in Hiroshima were killed or injured; 42 of 45 hospitals were rendered […]
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Ground Zero Appeals to Navy Personnel in Newspaper PSA
Puget Sound peace activists on 75th Remembrance of Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings appeal to Navy personnel at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor: Refuse illegal orders; Refuse to launch nuclear missiles On August 2nd and August 10th, a full-page ad will be published in the newspaper of record, the Kitsap Sun, speaking to military personnel at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. The ad is an appeal to Navy personnel to resist orders to launch nuclear weapons. The appeal with supporting signatures is posted at our website. The Appeal to Navy Personnel specifically requests that members of the armed forces– Resist illegal orders. Refuse to kill innocent […]
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