On Earth Day 2023, peace activists and environmental activists came together at the Pentagon’s largest gas station to bear witness to the madness of burning massive amounts of fossil fuels in the name of National Security while the world is on fire due to global warming/climate change. Organized by Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, activists gathered on April 22nd 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. The Manchester depot is located near Port Orchard in Washington State. The Manchester depot is the largest fuel […]
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Addressing the threats to Planetary Survival!
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action is a signatory to the Earth Day 2020 sign on statement from members of the Abolition 2000 global network to eliminate nuclear weapons: “Addressing the threats to Planetary Survival” The year 2020 marks the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day[i] and finds the planet facing existential threats like never before in human history. The threat from climate change is manifesting itself more and more strongly as the years go by through extreme weather events, forest fires on a vast scale, the bleaching of coral reefs, and receding glaciers, among others. This year also sees the […]
READ MOREApril Ground Zero Newsletter, and much more…
Greetings Friends of Ground Zero Center, As I sit here contemplating the seemingly endless cycle of global violence and the reactive, shortsighted reactions that continue this madness I find myself working hard to stay centered, and I am all the more grateful for the huge community of people who are working on many levels for a nonviolent world at peace with justice for all. We know that war is NOT the answer, and yet the rush to violent “solutions” and war has become the norm. Concepts like diplomacy become meaningless in such a context. We are continuously fed the false […]
READ MOREUS Nukes at the “Top of the Pack” (and that’s not good)
Greetings friends of Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, Nuclear weapons have certainly figured prominently in the news lately, and almost none of it has been good news. Insisting the U.S. has fallen behind in terms of nuclear weapons, President Trump recently told Reuters that he wants to strengthen the US nuclear arsenal to ensure it’s at “the top of the pack.” His mouthpiece, Sean Spicer, said that the US will not “yield its supremacy” in nuclear capabilities. As President-elect, Trump said that he didn’t mind an arms race because it would only benefit the US. Besides the ongoing and […]
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