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Ground Zero Traditional Vigil and Nonviolent Direct Action

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Tue, 01/02/2007 - 4:00pm.

Start: Jan 15 2007 - 8:30am

MLK Day

Traditional Vigil

and Nonviolent
Direct Action

at the Gates of

Bangor Naval Base

Mon. Jan. 15, 2007

Event flyers

click below for PDF files:

Front (poster)

Back (schedule,directions)

Maps

KUUF to GZ
GZ to FUMC

Here's a link: http://www.gzcenter.org/

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What do they want?

Submitted by Scott Haley on Sat, 01/13/2007 - 7:21pm.

Is this Martin Luther King Day protest a plea for unilateral disarmament, in which foreign nations keep their nuclear weapons, but America gets rid of its own? It's not clear to me what this protest wants to achieve.

I think it's about global

Submitted by Mike on Sun, 01/14/2007 - 9:06am.

I think it's about global nuclear disarmament and since the US has far and away the biggest stockpile of nuclear weapons and we are citizens who have input in the nation's policy regarding nuclear weapons, the action seeks to move the country in the direction of reducing/eliminating our nuclear weapons.

The country signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty decades ago committing to reduction of our nuclear arsenal. We have not made good on our promise to reduce our nuclear arsenal and we are irritated that non-nuclear countries like Korea and Iran have decided that if we don't abide by that Treaty, then neither should they.

Why at the base?

Submitted by Scott Haley on Mon, 01/15/2007 - 10:25am.

I can accept that activists want us to live up to our treaty obligations. Why do they protest at the base? The people at Bangor can do nothing to make the decision makers in Washington DC do the right thing.

Protesting at the Base

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Tue, 01/16/2007 - 6:41pm.

There are several reasons for protesting at the base, and not in Washington D.C. Among them:

The organizers are local.
With three protests a year, it would require too much energy to mobilize across the country, all the way to D.C.
If any major accident was to occur, like an accidental detonation, the local community would be most affected.

I haven't been participating in these events for very long, so I am sure that I am missing some other important reasons.

In the Course of Events

Pictures from day of action:

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Wed, 01/17/2007 - 11:14am.

I didn't get many good pictures from, but here is one (linked to others):

In the Course of Events

Still, why at the base?

Submitted by Scott Haley on Fri, 01/19/2007 - 8:08pm.

Thank you for answering my questions. I understand that it's difficult, expensive, and time consuming to go to Washington DC, but it still seems to me that protesting at a military base is putting pressure on people who cannot change the situation. Perhaps it would be better to communicate their concerns to their senators and congressmen.

Because this is America, that's why

Submitted by Crenshaw Sepulveda on Fri, 01/19/2007 - 8:24pm.

People can protest at the gates of military bases. I suspect those that stood vigil at the gate do not appreciate you telling them what form their protest should take. It is their own time they are wasting, not yours, if their actions will bear no fruit. I will, however, in the future, make sure I check in with you to make certain any protest I attend meets with your approval. Is there anything else I can do so I express my political opinions in a way that suits you?

"I would make it impossible for the covetous and avaricious to utterly impoverish the poor. The rich can take care of themselves."
^@^

Come on Down!

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Fri, 01/19/2007 - 9:11pm.

Well Scott, I don't know if any of my answers will satisfy you! Instead I will suggest that you attend the next nonviolent direct action/vigil at the base, and I would like to invite you to do so personally! The next action will be associated with Mothers' Day. For more information: Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action. I hope to see you there!

In the Course of Events

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