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When We Resist Trident, We Deploy Love

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Approximately thirty nuclear disarmament activists took part in a spirited rally at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor on Saturday, May 11th in the spirit of the original antiwar message of Mothers Day, which calls for the abolition of war and mlitarism (and of course nuclear weapons). The Ground Zero Center activists were accompanied by the Seattle Peace Chorus. Also participating was Chicago-based peacemaker Kathy Kelly of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, whose keynote address at Ground Zero Center was titled: “Deploying Love in a Permanent Warfare State.” Earlier in the day, Tacoma-based attorney Blake Kremer briefed the activists on their legal rights while […]

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Trident Resister’s Handbook

We are grateful to Robert “Bob” Aldridge for his many, and significant, contributions to our work in resisting Trident and working for a nuclear weapons-free world. His Trident Resister’s Handbook, published in 1993, has been an important reference and research tool to us since then, and is still relevant today. This historic document has, for the first time, been digitally scanned and is now accessible to everyone. We have uploaded each chapter individually to make it easier for you to download and read. If you would like the Trident Resister’s Handbook in a single PDF document, click here. Trident Resister’s […]

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Trident Resisters Block Nuke Base in Remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings

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Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action remembered the anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with a silent vigil and nonviolent direct action at the Main Gate of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, home to the largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons in the U.S. Approximately 25 people gathered at Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action early Monday morning, August 10, 2020. After a blessing by Reverend Jessica Starr Rocker of the Kitsap Unitarian Universalist Church and the collective reading of the Pledge of Nonviolence, those gathered walked to the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor Main Gate, led by Senji Kanaeda and […]

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Resisters symbolically close Trident base ahead of Mothers Day

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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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Thirteen nuclear resisters arrested at Bangor Trident base

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Photo by Fumi Tosu The Pacific Life Community returned to Washington state for their annual gathering, concluding with a blockade of the main gate into the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. The base is the Pacific homeport of the Trident nuclear ballistic missile submarine fleet.Watch movie online The Transporter Refueled (2015) A two-day program at a nearby retreat center built on the legacy of now-retired Raymond Hunthausen. As Archbishop of Seattle in 1984, he declared that “Trident is the Auschwitz of Puget Sound.” Hunthausen’s wages were garnished when he publicly refused to pay the war tax percentage in protest. Snow and rain […]

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