‘Richland’ delves into Hanford’s lasting legacy: an overwhelming radioactive cleanup challenge. by Glen Milner The International Uranium Film Festival (IUFF) — dedicated to nuclear issues worldwide — runs from Friday, April 12, to Sunday, April 14, at the Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) at 1515 12th Ave. The festival’s 2024 U.S. tour began on March 7 in Window Rock, Arizona, the capital of the Navajo (Diné) Nation, with respect for the Native American Peoples who are suffering most from the consequences of uranium mining and nuclear testing. The IUFF is showing films in over 10 U.S. cities and in Vancouver, B.C. The selection […]
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Choose Life: Abolish Nuclear Weapons (a Good Friday reflection)
by Leonard Eiger March 29, 2024 TRIDENT IS GENOCIDE CHOOSE LIFE NOT TERROR On March 13, 2024 Ray Towey of Catholic Peace Action in the United Kingdom marked the Ministry of Defence building in London with the sign of the cross and those words. Why would someone, particularly a person of faith, do such a thing? Let’s take a step back and take a walk down memory lane in order to answer that question. In his message to the First Meeting Of States Parties To The Treaty On The Prohibition Of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on June 21, 2022 Pope Francis […]
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Stand Against War with Mothers Everywhere!
Please join us at the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action on Saturday, May 11th and Sunday, May 12th for our Mother’s Day Weekend of Action. All are welcome! Scroll down for the full weekend events schedule. Click the first image below to download and print/share the 2-page event poster/flier. Please help us to circulate it widely. In these challenging times, it is important to do whatever we can for peace, and to continue building community with others working for peace. We will be updating our website soon with more detailed information on the schedule, plus information on transportation and […]
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Pacific Northwest Peace Pagoda Update
The current status and progress of the construction of the Ground Zero-Pacific Northwest Peace Pagoda, February 21, 2024 By Senji Kanaeda In February 2024, we started building the niche in front of the pagoda that houses the Buddha statue. It is the figure of the Buddha who first preaches after attaining enlightenment. When visitors come in from Clear Creek road to Ground Zero Center, it faces southeast so that it heads straight to the front and is at its sunniest. The conductor of all the construction is Jim Lyman, a local builder who met Fujii Guruji, the founder monk of […]
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Abolishing Nuclear Weapons – No Utopian Dream
By Leonard Eiger & Glen Milner January 28, 2024 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) went into effect three years ago (on January 22, 2021) making nuclear weapons illegal under international law for the first time in history. The TPNW is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons, with the goal of leading towards their total elimination. It specifically prohibits countries from producing, testing, acquiring, possessing or stockpiling nuclear weapons. It also outlaws the transfer of the weapons and forbids signatories from allowing any nuclear explosive device to be stationed, installed or deployed […]
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