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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Subs in the Night… What Could Go Wrong?

By Leonard Eiger February 2, 2023 Imagine if you will. Down in the murky depths of the Atlantic Ocean two nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines, one British and the other French, are on patrol. These huge, yet nimble giants (roughly the length of one and a half football fields), with some of the most advanced technology available, are bristling with nuclear armed missiles (each one with enough megatonage to incinerate much of a large continent – think RUSSIA). Their crews monitor the waters around them as they cruise silently (very, very silently), deep beneath the surface. Wham!!! The next you […]

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Message of Solidarity to CND’s Stop Trident Rally

Greetings friends. Ground Zero Center’s Stewardship Council recently sent the following solidarity letter to the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in support of its upcoming (February 27th) Stop Trident national demonstration. CND expects thousands of people to come out to say SCRAP TRIDENT. We fully support CND’s wonderful work, and hope to do more to reach our hands across the pond in solidarity in our common work against the scourge called Trident. February 10, 2016 Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action 16159 Clear Creek Road Poulsbo WA 98370 USA To our abolitionist colleagues at CND; Your brothers and sisters in resistance send […]

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Three minutes to midnight no time to rebuild Trident missiles (Op-Ed)

Editor’s Note: Dr. David Hall is a longtime, active member of Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action. Dave has been a constant voice for abolishing Trident over the years, and continues to speak out against the government’s plans to build a new generation of ballistic missile submarines to replace the current Trident fleet. This guest commentary appeared in today’s Everett Herald newspaper. ****************** Guest commentary published on Saturday, January 30, 2016 in The Herald of Everett, Washington Three minutes to midnight no time to rebuild Trident missiles By David C. Hall A year ago the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved […]

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