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		<title>NEW PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR 2nd EXPLOSIVES HANDLING WHARF</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new public comment period is open for the second Explosives Handling Wharf at Bangor.  This may be our last opportunity to enter comments before the Final EIS and an important time to address new issues with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
This involves three different types of environmental reviews and two different agencies. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gzcenter.org/2012/02/16/new-public-comment-period-for-2nd-explosives-handling-wharf/</link>
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		<title>Markey Introduces SANE Act to Cut Bloated Nuclear Weapons Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congressman joined by 34 co-sponsors on legislation to cut $100 billion over next decade from outdated nuclear weapons programs.
Read About SANE ACT 2012
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		<link>http://www.gzcenter.org/2012/02/16/markey-introduces-sane-act-to-cut-bloated-nuclear-weapons-budget/</link>
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		<title>Local News &#124; Activist priest, ailing in detention, ends hunger strike after 2 weeks &#124; Seattle Times Newspaper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Father William &#8220;Bix&#8221; Bichsel, a Tacoma Jesuit priest, had been fasting to protest &#8220;nuclear weapons, inhumane treatment at prisons and the separation of policy from conscience,&#8221; according to his attorney. The ailing 83-year-old broke his fast Wednesday because he felt himself weakening.
Read Seattle Times Article.
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		<link>http://www.gzcenter.org/2012/01/29/local-news-activist-priest-ailing-in-detention-ends-hunger-strike-after-2-weeks-seattle-times-newspaper/</link>
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		<title>Peace activists occupy nuclear sub base entrance to honor MLK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On January 14, 2012 activists from a local peace group blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base for nearly a half hour in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons.
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action held a peaceful vigil and nonviolent direct action at the main [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gzcenter.org/2012/01/16/peace-activists-occupy-nuclear-sub-base-entrance-to-honor-mlk/</link>
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		<title>Local News &#124; Plan for new Navy wharf at Bangor fires up nuke debate &#124; Seattle Times Newspaper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is the nuclear-sub fleet a &#8220;Cold War relic&#8221; or a modern deterrent? The Pentagon nears a decision on building a $715 million munitions wharf on Hood Canal.
Read Seattle Times Article.
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		<link>http://www.gzcenter.org/2012/01/09/local-news-plan-for-new-navy-wharf-at-bangor-fires-up-nuke-debate-seattle-times-newspaper/</link>
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		<title>Activists have their say in court for abolition of nuclear weapons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peace activists made their case for the abolition of nuclear weapons, specifically the Trident nuclear weapons system, while on trial in a Kitsap County courtroom on January 4th and 5th for blocking the entrance to a local nuclear weapons base.
The ten defendants in two separate trials were charged with being “pedestrians on Roadway Unlawfully,” a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gzcenter.org/2012/01/07/activists-have-their-say-in-court-for-abolition-of-nuclear-weapons/</link>
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		<title>MLK (Occupy Trident) Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“OCCUPY TRIDENT: The billions spent on nuclear weapons are needed to house, feed and care for each other – not threaten the world with annihilation” is the theme as Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action honors Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy with a vigil and nonviolent direct action on Saturday, January 14, 2010 at Bangor, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gzcenter.org/2012/01/04/mlk-events/</link>
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		<title>Stepping out of our comfort zones into the New Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
As we move into a new year it is natural (and important) to reflect on the previous year.  At Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action we had a full year in resistance to Trident and working to abolish nuclear weapons.  It was a year of joys and sorrows.
We held our three major [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gzcenter.org/2012/01/03/stepping-out-of-our-comfort-zones-into-the-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Dorli Rainey &#8211; on being pepper-sprayed by Seattle police, importance of activism</title>
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Dorli Rainey on Keith Olbermann
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KEITH OLBERMANN: Let&#8217;s go to Seattle, where Occupy protesters were pepper sprayed last night. Among them, political activist and Occupy Seattle supporter Dorli Rainey. It&#8217;s a great pleasure to have you on the program tonight.
DORLI RAINEY: Thank you, Keith. It is a pleasure to be here.
OLBERMANN: Now, before we get into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.gzcenter.org/2011/11/04/dorli-rainey-on-being-pepper-sprayed-by-seattle-police-importance-of-activism/</link>
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