Editor’s Note: This guest column by Ground Zero Center’s Glen Milner originally appeared in the Kitsap Sun newspaper on Sunday, July 19, 2021. The purpose of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is to ensure the public’s right to know what their government is doing and how its actions affect them. The law is based upon the principle that an informed citizenry is essential for a democratic society. However, for the seventh year in a row, the Department of Defense (DOD) is attempting to insert regulations in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would create unnecessary and overbroad secrecy […]
READ MORETag Archives: Naval Base Kitsap Bangor
Five people cited in Mother’s Day demonstration at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, WA
30 people were present on May 8th, at the demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. Five demonstrators blocked the main highway entrance into the base for over 20 minutes and were cited by the Washington State Patrol. At around 2 pm on Saturday, the five demonstrators entered the highway carrying two large banners stating, “CONGRESS WANTS $1 TRILLION FOR NUKES–What will be left for our children” and “TRIDENT THREATENS ALL LIFE ON EARTH” and blocked all incoming traffic at the Main Gate at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. They were removed from the highway by the Washington State […]
READ MORE
Only Rogue States Have Nuclear Weapons
By David Swanson, Executive Director of World BEYOND War, and Elizabeth Murray, of Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, originally published by Kitsap Sun, January 24, 2021 From January 18 to February 14, four large billboards are going up around Seattle that proclaim “Nuclear Weapons Are Now Illegal. Get them out of Puget Sound!” What can this possibly mean? Nuclear weapons may be unpleasant, but what is illegal about them, and how can they be in Puget Sound? Since 1970, under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, most nations have been forbidden to acquire nuclear weapons, and those already possessing them — […]
READ MORE
Ground Zero issues Appeal to Navy Personnel at Trident Base: Refuse illegal orders; Refuse to launch nuclear missiles
On Sunday, January 3rd, a full-page ad was published in the Kitsap Sun newspaper, speaking to military personnel at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. The ad is an appeal to Navy personnel to resist orders to launch nuclear weapons. The appeal with supporting signatures is posted at our website. The Appeal to Navy Personnel specifically requests that members of the armed forces – Resist illegal orders. Refuse to kill innocent civilians. Refuse the order to use nuclear weapons. Our proximity to the largest number of deployed strategic nuclear weapons puts us near a dangerous local and international threat. When citizens become aware of […]
READ MORE
Peace organizations win legal fees and the release of eleven previously court-sealed Navy records showing new explosives risk at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor
NEWS RELEASE: October 29, 2020 Click here for PDF version of release Contacts: Glen Milner 206-365-7865 Katherine George (attorney) 425-802-1052 James Lobsenz (attorney) 206-622-8020 On August 31, 2020, Judge Ronald B. Leighton ordered the release of eleven records that the Navy had provided to Plaintiffs in 2012 in the course of a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) lawsuit that were sealed later in 2012 in a secret court hearing. Judge Leighton also lifted a gag order imposed upon Plaintiffs over seven years ago. Following the ruling by Judge Leighton, on October 23, 2020, Judge Thomas S. Zilly in the […]
READ MORE