Written by Glen Milner In August people traveled from across the U.S. and Japan to Poulsbo, Washington, to celebrate the ground purification ceremony for what will be the first peace pagoda on the West Coast by the Nipponzan Myohoji Order. The 150 attending the ceremony witnessed a living prayer for peace; with a soft breeze moving the many colorful flags, and sunlight illuminating the grass, the trees, and the opened earth for the peace pagoda. The pagoda project is being led by Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist nuns, monks, and their supporters. The ground purification ceremony or Jichin-sai, is a traditional Buddhist […]
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Turning Swords into Plowshares: Resistance and Action in the New Year
Oh, what a year it’s been! As we move into a new year, nearly three-quarters of a century into the Nuclear Age, it is sobering to know that the threat of nuclear war looms as large as ever thanks to the hubris of the nuclear high priests who refuse to recognize the folly of their reliance on nuclear weapons as the ultimate source of power. The United States and Russia are poised to fall into the abyss of a renewed nuclear arms race that raises a new specter of nuclear holocaust. And the other nuclear-armed nations are following their lead […]
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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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Which Would You Prefer―Nuclear War or Climate Catastrophe?
By Lawrence Wittner [Dr. Lawrence Wittner (https://www.lawrenceswittner.com/ ) is Professor of History Emeritus at SUNY/Albany and the author of Confronting the Bomb (Stanford University Press).] To: The people of the world From: The Joint Public Relations Department of the Great Powers The world owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi, Boris Johnson, and other heroic rulers of our glorious nations. Not only are they hard at work making their respective countries great again, but they are providing you, the people of the world, with a choice between two opportunities for […]
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They came to stop a crime
Instead, seven Catholic peacemakers were convicted and now await sentencing By Jack Cohen-Joppa, The Nuclear Resister “…You are the hope you have arrived to find.” So ended a brief message that Fr. Steve Kelly wrote from jail last month to be read to more than 100 friends and supporters. We had travelled from across the United States for a Festival of Hope on the eve of the trial of the Kings Bay Plowshares in coastal Brunswick, Georgia. While many of us hoped for their acquittal, Steve reminded us that hope in the nuclear age comes first from building community, and hope […]
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