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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Peace activists join at Trident submarine base in honor of Dr. King
35 peace activists join at the Trigger Ave. entrance to the Trident submarine base in Bangor, WA, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Members of the Resist US-Led War Movement and Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action were present, on January 13, at the demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. Due to severe cold weather, which caused mechanical difficulties with equipment, the Main Gate at Bangor was closed. About 35 demonstrators braved the 20 degree weather and voiced their desire for a nuclear weapons-free world to drivers and passengers in backed-up traffic entering the […]
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Martin Luther King: Beyond Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan…
By Leonard Eiger April 4th is a day of remembrance – the day this nation lost a great prophet and truth teller, and a leader in the ways of nonviolence. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on that day in 1968 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered an extraordinary and prophetic speech titled “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence” at Riverside Church in New York City. Dr. King is known for many powerful speeches and sermons, and yet Beyond Vietnam […]
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Dr. King: LOVE is the Answer!
By Leonard Eiger We should all be very clear that our nation and the whole world are at or near an existential tipping point. The question is, Which way will it go – to the light or towards the extreme darkness that those in power (and who exert force to their own, selfish ends) foolishly push humanity. At a time when we honor the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a quote that could have come from Dr. King, yet is from another prophet (and poet), comes to mind: “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, […]
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MLK: Going to the Heart of Nonviolence
Every year Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action honors the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. around the anniversary of his birthday. Just what does an organization working to abolish nuclear weapons have in common with Dr. King? Perhaps this quote from Dr. King sums it up best: “When scientific power outruns moral power, we end up with guided missiles and misguided men”. Dr. King speaks to the root – or what could be called the taproot – of violence in the hearts of human beings that spurs “scientific power” to “outrun moral power,” thereby holding all humanity under the […]
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