Earlier this week, and continuing for eight weeks, 14 King County Metro Transit buses began displaying the following controversial paid advertisement: 20 MILES WEST OF SEATTLE IS THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF DEPLOYED NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE US. Included in the advertisement is a map showing the proximity of Seattle to Naval Base Kitsap Bangor, home port for 8 of the Navy’s 14 Trident nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines. The statement in the ad refers to the combined number of nuclear warheads deployed on Trident D-5 missiles on SSBN submarines based at Bangor and nuclear warheads stored at Strategic Weapons Facility […]
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SUNFLOWERS: THE SYMBOL OF A WORLD FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Editor’s Note: The following essay was written by David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. It was originally published on March 12, 1998. This version was revised on August 21, 2015. Ground Zero Center used it for a leaflet that is to be distributed next week when GZ members leaflet at the Bangor Trident nuclear submarine base. Click here to see the finished leaflet. ******************** Sunflowers are a simple miracle. They grow from a seed. They rise from the earth. They are natural. They are bright and beautiful. They bring a smile to one’s face. They produce seeds that are nutritious, […]
READ MOREAN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE: POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE NUCLEAR AGE
[Prefatory Note: What follows below is An Open Letter to the American People: Political Responsibility in the Nuclear Age. It was jointly written by myself [Richard Falk] in collaboration with David Krieger and Robert Laney. The three of us have been long connected with the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. For further information on the work of the foundation see wagingpeace.org. The NAPF focuses its effort on the menace posed by nuclear weaponry and the urgency of seeking nuclear disarmament. The nuclear agreement with Iran and the North Korean nuclear test explosion are reminders of the gravity of the unmet challenge, […]
READ MOREThree minutes to midnight no time to rebuild Trident missiles (Op-Ed)
Editor’s Note: Dr. David Hall is a longtime, active member of Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action. Dave has been a constant voice for abolishing Trident over the years, and continues to speak out against the government’s plans to build a new generation of ballistic missile submarines to replace the current Trident fleet. This guest commentary appeared in today’s Everett Herald newspaper. ****************** Guest commentary published on Saturday, January 30, 2016 in The Herald of Everett, Washington Three minutes to midnight no time to rebuild Trident missiles By David C. Hall A year ago the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved […]
READ MORE“Being Arrested for Peace is an Honor”
Editor’s Note: Doug Mulholland, one of the participants in Ground Zero’s August blockade of the Bangor Trident submarine base, wrote the following report on his August experience, the subsequent court hearing and his thoughts on nonviolent civil resistance. With great thanks to all of the resisters willing to take an extra step (out into the road) for peace. *********************** Tuesday Oct 27th Brenda McMillan, Mack Johnson, Michael Siptroth and I went to Port Orchard and paid $25 traffic tickets for being pedestrians in the roadway at the Trident Base Trigger gate on August 10th. We did this act of […]
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