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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Blue Angels: ‘Adrenaline-Pumping’ for Some, Health Issues for Others
by Glen Milner, Originally published by SOUTH SEATTLE EMERALD ON AUGUST 4, 2023 The Blue Angels’ F/A-18E/F Super Hornets are returning to Seattle for a second year in this weekend’s Seafair air show over Lake Washington. Air show promoters are touting the newer jets as “heart-stopping,” “adrenaline-pumping,” and “the ultimate thrill-seeker’s dream come true.” The Super Hornets are 25% larger than the legacy Hornets they replaced, and they unleash a more powerful pressure wave than its predecessor. Records released through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) show the potentially destructive force of the new Blue Angel jets. On Jan. 21, […]
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Activists Blockade Trident Nuclear Submarine/Weapons Base for Mother’s Day
Activists blockaded the entrance to the US Navy’s west-coast nuclear submarine base, which is home to the largest operational concentration of deployed nuclear weapons, in a nonviolent direct action the day before Mother’s Day. Eight peace activists from the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, holding banners reading “The Earth is Our Mother Treat Her With Respect” and “Nuclear Weapons are Immoral to Use, Immoral to Have, Immoral to Make,” briefly blocked all incoming traffic at the Main Gate at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Silverdale, Washington as part of a May 13th Mothers Day observance. Traffic was diverted as the 15 […]
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Exercising the right of free speech (in court)!
Court Report on Tuesday, October 25th hearings in Kitsap County District Court prepared by Mary Gleysteen This was one of the most amazing hearings yet before Judge Pro Tem Susan Caulkins. Two of those who risked arrest at the Bangor Trident base Main Gate on August 8th during Ground Zero Center’s vigil and nonviolent direct action appearing in Kitsap County District Court. Susan Delaney and Elizabeth Murray were two of the last to testify on this day. At the end of the hearings they presented their written statements the Judge along with a copy of the October 2022 Ground Zero […]
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Ground Zero calls on Congressional Progressive Caucus to stand by its Ukraine diplomacy letter
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a news release sent on October 25, 2022 Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action is shocked and saddened by today’s news that the Congressional Progressive Caucus has withdrawn its letter, signed by 30 House members and sent to the White House on yesterday, urging President Biden to negotiate directly with Russia to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. According to the Washington Post, the letter “triggered fierce pushback from many Democrats, as well as from Ukrainian officials, who argued that it was unrealistic to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin,” and “could create more pressure on […]
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