Contact: Glen Milner (206) 365-7865 Mary Gleysteen (360) 265-1589 Day of the event (206) 979-8319 The U.S. Coast Guard, in its July 31 announcement in the Federal Register, unlawfully established a temporary “no protest” zone in Elliott Bay, blocking peace activists from entering or leaving Bell Harbor Marina at Seafair. This Coast Guard no-protest zone is in response to the annual Peace Fleet! event during the U.S. Navy Fleet arrival. The Peace Fleet event on August 1 will mark the twenty-second year for demonstrations for peace, and the protest of military recruitment and the glorification of war at Seafair. The no-protest zone is unlike any other […]
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13 people cited at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor marking the 77th Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings
Editor’s Note: This is the news release sent on August 10, 2022. Approximately 40 people were present on August 8th at a flash mob demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. The demonstration was in the roadway, and blocked traffic entering the Main Gate of the Trident nuclear submarine base during rush hour traffic. Thirteen demonstrators were detained and cited by authorities. Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor is homeport to the largest concentration of deployed nuclear warheads in the U.S. The nuclear warheads are deployed on Trident D-5 missiles on SSBN submarines and are stored in an underground nuclear weapons storage […]
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Nine people cited in Mother’s Day demonstration at Trident nuclear submarine base at Bangor, WA
Over 50 people were present on May 7, at the demonstration against Trident nuclear weapons at the Bangor submarine base. Nine demonstrators blocked the main highway entrance into the base for about 10 minutes and were cited by the Washington State Patrol. At around 2:15 pm on Saturday, the nine demonstrators entered the highway carrying a large banner stating, “THE EARTH IS OUR MOTHER—TREAT HER WITH RESPECT” and blocked all incoming traffic at the Main Gate at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. They were removed from the highway by the Washington State Patrol. All nine demonstrators were cited for violating RCW 46.61.250, […]
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Peace Fleet! 2021
BY GLEN MILNER Five Peace Fleet sailors entered Elliott Bay on August 4 around 11:45 am in one sailboat and one kayak. The weather was good on the water, sunny, about 80 degrees and with a slight breeze. For the second year in a row, no U.S. Navy warships were present, no Blue Angels or other military aircraft, and no Canadian military vessels. All boats were launched from Bell Harbor Marina near Pier 66. The Port of Seattle was accommodating for yet another year. Rodney Brunelle was self-propelled in his own hand-crafted kayak, with his PEACE flag and disarming spirit. […]
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Never Again!
GZ Nonviolence E-News August 9, 2018 Dear Friends of a nuclear weapons-free world,Today, August 9th, marks the 73rd anniversary of the day the United States dropped an an atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki, Japan. This was the second bomb used by the US, against a primarily civilian population, before the Japanese government could fully grasp what had happened at Hiroshima just three days before. History books in the US tell us that the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were necessary to end the war, and few ever question this narrative. Yet the truth is far from the accepted […]
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