MLK: Going to the Heart of Nonviolence

Every year Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action honors the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. around the anniversary of his birthday. Just what does an organization working to abolish nuclear weapons have in common with Dr. King? Perhaps this quote from Dr. King sums it up best: “When scientific power outruns moral power, we end up with guided missiles and misguided men”. Dr. King  speaks to the root – or what could be called the taproot – of violence in the hearts of human beings that spurs “scientific power” to “outrun moral power,” thereby holding all humanity under the […]

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Nonviolence NOW more than EVER!!!

Dear Friends of a world free of nuclear weapons, This is a dark day in the history of our young and fragile experiment in democracy. The insurrection that has paralyzed Washington, D.C., was incited by the President of the United States, and is meant to distract us from the fact that millions of Americans turned out to reject the last four years of divisive, racist policy.
 President Trump and his supporters in Congress have empowered those who are now committing vigilante violence in an effort to stop the lawful certification of the election. Whether or not the President’s acts are treasonous will […]

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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 […]

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RESIST, RESIST, RESIST!

“Voting is civic hygiene – both essential and insufficient. And voting alone has never been enough to protect anything – least of all the vote itself.” – (Ta-Nehisi Coates) Dear Friends, I first saw the photo above in an article by our colleague Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space; it is an image I have never forgotten. I can only hope that this boat, and all the refugees onboard, found a safe shore on which to land. Humanity, of course, does not have any lifeboats – no magic escape pods. There is no […]

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