EDITOR’S NOTE: The author of the following poem, Phil J. Davis, is shown standing in the foreground of the featured photo (above) taken during the recent (May 9, 2020) vigil at the Bangor Trident base Main Gate. Phil was cited by the Washington State Patrol for intentionally blocking traffic entering the nuclear weapons base during a previous vigil. Phil wrote the poem as his mitigation hearing statement, which he read to the Judge on September 26, 2019 in the Kitsap District Court in Port Orchard, Washington. As Phil describes it: For past hearings after an arrest or traffic citation, I have carefully […]
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Resisters symbolically close Trident base ahead of Mothers Day
Editor’s Note: The following news of Saturday’s Ground Zero Center Mother’s Day vigil and nonviolent direct action is from this morning’s news release. Silverdale, WA, May 12, 2018: Fourty-two activists were present at the Bangor Trident submarine base to celebrate the true meaning of Mothers Day for Peace and to protest nuclear weapons. Ten activists symbolically closed Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor for about 20 minutes by blocking the road to the Main Gate in a nonviolent direct action on the Saturday before Mothers Day. They held two banners across the inbound lanes. One read “The Earth is our Mother. Treat her […]
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Why Did I Stand In The Road?
Editor’s Note: The following is the statement that Susan Delaney read at a mitigation hearing on November 7, 2017 at Kitsap District Court. Susan and others had entered the roadway carrying banners during a protest vigil at the Bangor Trident nuclear submarine base in August. All were cited for being in the roadway illegally and released. Some of the resisters, including DeLaney, appeared in Kitsap District Court to mitigate their charges. Why Did I Stand In The Road? I was born in Seattle 70 years ago and in all those years I have been a follower of rules and a […]
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Rally, March & Hearings for Mothers Day Nuclear Resisters July 25th
Join us on July 25, 2017 for a rally and march to support the activists who were arrested for blocking the gate to Bangor Naval Base on May 13, 2017. Their mitigation hearings take place at the Kitsap District Court 614 Division Street Port Orchard, WA 98366. The rally begins at noon in the park at Givens Community Center, 1026 Sydney Road Port Orchard 98366. We will march a short distance from there to the Kitsap District Court, arriving there by 1:00 pm. Hearings begin at 1:30 pm. All are welcome to witness the court proceedings. Your supportive presence and […]
READ MOREApril Ground Zero Newsletter, and much more…
Greetings Friends of Ground Zero Center, As I sit here contemplating the seemingly endless cycle of global violence and the reactive, shortsighted reactions that continue this madness I find myself working hard to stay centered, and I am all the more grateful for the huge community of people who are working on many levels for a nonviolent world at peace with justice for all. We know that war is NOT the answer, and yet the rush to violent “solutions” and war has become the norm. Concepts like diplomacy become meaningless in such a context. We are continuously fed the false […]
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