By Glen Milner The annual Pacific Northwest Interfaith Peace Walk started the day on Friday August 6, 2021 in Lake Forest Park for the 76th year remembrance of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. Rev. Senji Kanaeda of the Nipponzan Myohoji Buddhist Temple on Bainbridge Island conducted a short ceremony for peace at the Peace Pole on the corner of Bothell Way NE (SR 522) and Ballinger Way NE (SR 104). The ceremony in Lake Forest Park is called すべての核犠牲 者の為の「慰霊祭」or Subete no kaku giseisha no tame no Irei-sai (memorial, or spirit-consoling, service for all nuclear victims.) The Peace Walk […]
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Mother’s Day Weekend Nuclear Resisters Have Their Day in Court
Reporting and court photos by Mary Gleysteen Four people cited in a Mother’s Day weekend demonstration at the Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, Washington appeared before a judge in Kitsap District Court on July 27th. Five activists had entered the highway on May 8th carrying two large banners stating,“CONGRESS WANTS $1 TRILLION FOR NUKES–What will be left for our children” and “TRIDENT THREATENS ALL LIFE ON EARTH” and blocked all incoming traffic at the Main Gate at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor for about 20 minutes before they were removed from the highway by the Washington State Patrol. They were cited for violating […]
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Frida Berrigan, Living with World’s End in Plain Sight
GZ Editor’s Note: The following article by Frida Berrigan was originally published in TomDispatch on June 24, 2021, and provides a sobering alternative to the jingoistic revelry of July 4th. Frida lives in the shadow of General Dynamics Electric Boat, which built the first generation of Trident submarines, and is building the next generation (12 New Tridents!!!) as you read this. I have included Tom Englehardt’s introduction. If you aren’t familiar with TomDispatch, you will find truly independent journalism and hard-hitting writing about the waning days of The American Empire. Just the thing for the Fourth of July! ************ Frida Berrigan, Living […]
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ACTIVISM FOR LIFE: “Wake Up, the World is Dying,” Now Do Something About It
By Leonard Eiger Longtime activist Angie Zelter, in the preface to her newest book, ACTIVISM FOR LIFE, says “It is 50 years since I left university, started my real education and began thinking how I could help create a better world.” That introduction sets the stage for 50 years of activism for the sake of that world she seeks. Lest you think ACTIVISM FOR LIFE might be just another memoir, that would be an injustice. Angie not only reflects on the campaigns around the world in which she has been involved – Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp, SOS Sarawak, Trident […]
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Five people cited in Mother’s Day demonstration at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, WA
30 people were present on May 8th, at the demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. Five demonstrators blocked the main highway entrance into the base for over 20 minutes and were cited by the Washington State Patrol. At around 2 pm on Saturday, the five demonstrators entered the highway carrying two large banners stating, “CONGRESS WANTS $1 TRILLION FOR NUKES–What will be left for our children” and “TRIDENT THREATENS ALL LIFE ON EARTH” and blocked all incoming traffic at the Main Gate at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. They were removed from the highway by the Washington State […]
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