‘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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Former Nuclear Submarine Commander Speaks Out About Nukes!
Text of Tom Rogers address to the September 24th Seattle Rally for Nuclear Abolition Thank you. It’s an honor to be here. I had a 32 year career in the navy as a submarine officer. When I commanded a nuclear submarine, I was directly responsible for nuclear weapons. I understand that nuclear weapons are an existential threat to humanity. If I fail to oppose a national security strategy based on the threat of nuclear annihilation, then I am complicit. So, I’ve been a member of Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action for about 20 years. I’m often surprised that local […]
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Peace & Environmental Activists Protested at major DOD Fuel Depot for Earth Day
On April 23, over 20 peace activists and environmental activists joined for Earth Day at Manchester fuel depot, known formally as the Manchester Fuel Department (MFD), to protest hydrocarbon use by the U.S. Navy and the Department of Defense. Activists with Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, 350 West Sound Climate Action, Earth Care Not Warfare and other peace and environmental groups met at noon at Manchester State Park. From there, they walked to the Manchester fuel depot, the Department of Defense’s largest single-site fuel terminal in the United States, and demanded that the U.S. military reduce its carbon footprint […]
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Peace Dove Lands at Ground Zero
It was a very Good Friday at Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action as people came together to continue our work for a peaceful world free of the threat of nuclear annihilation. Tracy Powell, one of the founders of No More Bombs, installed a Peace Dove sculpture at Ground Zero Center. Tracy hand carved the dove out of Indiana Limestone; it is 15″ x 20″ x 17″, and weighs at least 150 lbs. The Peace Dove is a gift from Tracy to Ground Zero Center and the Pacific Northwest Peace Pagoda. Indiana limestone, like all limestone, is a rock primarily […]
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Activists around Puget Sound are Bannering for Nuclear Abolition Now!
Peace activists from grass-roots organizations in and around the Puget Sound region of Washington State will be bannering this week on and around the International Day of Peace (September 21st) and the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (September 26th). The International Day of Peace was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly. Two decades later, in 2001, the General Assembly unanimously voted to designate the Day as a period of non-violence and cease-fire. The 2021 theme for the International Day of Peace is “Recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world.” The UN General […]
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