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Abolishing Nuclear Weapons – No Utopian Dream
By Leonard Eiger & Glen Milner January 28, 2024 The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) went into effect three years ago (on January 22, 2021) making nuclear weapons illegal under international law for the first time in history. The TPNW is the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons, with the goal of leading towards their total elimination. It specifically prohibits countries from producing, testing, acquiring, possessing or stockpiling nuclear weapons. It also outlaws the transfer of the weapons and forbids signatories from allowing any nuclear explosive device to be stationed, installed or deployed […]
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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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Seattle Area Billboards Send Message From Pope Francis: Nuclear Weapons Immoral!
NEWS RELEASE: August 25, 2023 Contacts: Leonard Eiger (360) 375-3207; Rodney Brunelle (425) 485-7030; Glen Milner (206) 365-7865 On August 21, and continuing for four weeks, billboards in Seattle and Tacoma are displaying the following paid advertisement: THE USE… AND POSSESSION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS IMMORAL. – Pope Francis. Get them out of Puget Sound! The billboards serve as a public service announcement—informing the reader of the immorality of nuclear weapons and the grave threat they pose to humanity. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action joined with Pax Christi USA to purchase the four billboards with a message from Pope Francis, declaring […]
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Kitsap County Billboard informs citizens of Nuclear Weapons stockpiled in their Back Yard
NEWS RELEASE: August 23,2023 Contacts: Glen Milner (206) 365-7865; Rodney Brunelle (425) 485-7030; Pat Moriarity, artist, cartoondepot@earthlink.net On August 21, and continuing for four weeks, a billboard will display the following paid advertisement: Did You Know, We’re only 15 Miles from the Largest Concentration of Deployed Nukes in the USA! Let’s Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Included in the advertisement is a map showing the proximity of Gorst, Washington to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, homeport for 8 of the Navy’s 14 Trident nuclear-powered submarines. The billboard is near the intersection of highways SR 16 and SR 3. The billboard serves as a public […]
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