Contact: Leonard Eiger (425) 445-2190 or Glen Milner (206) 365-7865 Silverdale, Washington: Local peace activists staged a water-based nonviolent protest and witness for peace in Hood Canal at the Trident nuclear submarine base on August 9th marking the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. The activists travelled along the Bangor waterfront where nuclear warheads and Trident missiles are loaded onto submarines and where submarines are resupplied for ballistic missile patrols in the Pacific Ocean. On August 8th activists staged a vigil and nonviolent direct action in which some activists blocked the entrance gate to the same Naval base. The August 9th peace flotilla, named “Boats by Bangor,” […]
READ MOREPeace flotilla to visit waterfront of Trident nuclear submarine base in Hood Canal on August 9th
Media/Press Contacts: Leonard Eiger (425) 445-2190 Mary Gleysteen (360) 265-1589 Glen Milner (206) 365-7865 Day of the event (206) 979-8319 Local activists will stage a water-based nonviolent protest and witness for peace in Hood Canal at the Trident nuclear submarine base. Peace activists will travel along the Bangor waterfront where nuclear warheads and Trident missiles are loaded onto submarines and where submarines are resupplied for ballistic missile patrols in the Pacific Ocean. The witness for peace at the nuclear submarine base marks the 71st commemoration of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan. What: Peace activists at nuclear submarine base waterfront. This is the first year for the […]
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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