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Moms Against Bombs Make Statement at Nuke Base

Ground Zero holds three scheduled vigils and actions each year in resistance to Trident and in protest of U.S. nuclear weapons policy.

(SILVERDALE, WA) - On May 12, 2012 activists blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base in an act of civil resistance to nuclear weapons.

Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action's peaceful vigil protested the U.S. government’s continued deployment and upgrading of the Trident nuclear weapons system.

`Moms Against Bombs` Coming to Bangor Trident Base

Ground Zero Center holds three scheduled vigils and actions each year in resistance to Trident and in protest of U.S. nuclear weapons policy and its costs.

(SEATTLE) - Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action will hold its annual Mother’s Day Weekend observance on Saturday, May 12th.

This year’s theme, “Moms Against Bombs”, honors the origin of Mother’s Day by Julia Ward Howe. In 1870, after the Civil War, Howe called for mothers everywhere to unite against the continuing use of violence and war to solve differences.

Nuclear Israel: Image of Apocalyptic Horror

Israel test-fired a missile on November 2, 2011 which it said was capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and targeting any part of the Middle East including Iran.

(TEHRAN) - Imagine a world plunged in darkness and extreme cold with the sunlight screened off by a thick pall of dust cloud.

According to Samson Option theory, Israel reserves the option to retaliate massively with nuclear weapons when its existence is gravely endangered by the military might of another country although the regime refuses to admit to the possession of a huge nuclear arsenal.

Vanunu Convicted Again; Decries Israeli Apartheid by Mark Glenn

After obtaining his “freedom,” Vanunu has suffered a spate of verbal attacks and threats as a result of his activism from Zionists, both Jewish and Christian.

(DULWICH HILL, New South Wales) - It has been three years since Mordecai Vanunu was released from prison after serving 18 years for blowing the whistle on Israel’s nuclear weapons program.

Now he may be heading back to jail for violating a military court order forbidding him from speaking to foreign journalists.

Fukushima Daiichi Site: Cesium-137 Is 200 Times Greater Than At Chernobyl Accident

Begins with Urgent Request on UN Intervention to Stabilize the Fukushima Unit 4 Spent Nuclear Fuel

(WASHINGTON DC) - I believe the team at NaturalNews said it well: "The news you are about to read puts everything else in the category of 'insignificant' by comparison".

Israel Under Intelligence Fire Over Iran

A strong feeling of fear is eroding the Israeli regime from within and without.

(TEHRAN) - Producing from his pocket a sheet of paper which contained a biblical quote from the Prophet Zachariah, former Shin Bet chief said:

“I will tell you things that might be harsh. I cannot trust Netanyahu and Barak at the wheel in confronting Iran. They are infected with messianic feelings over Iran,” thereby dealing a heavy blow to the Israeli regime.

Reporting by Fukushima Local Newspaper: Root Cause of the Fukushima Accident

Head in the sand?

(FUKUSHIMA Prefecture) - Fukushima Minpo, the local Fukushima paper, has a very interesting series on the background of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident.

Looking back 10, 20 years or more, the paper tries to identify the root cause of the accident on the local level, on the prefectural level, and the national level through the eyes of the local or prefectural government.

Fear-Fuelling Conspiracies

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. --Aristotle

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - I don't believe in conspiracy theories. However I do believe in conspiracies. All that's necessary is to have two or more conspirators conspiring to do something--anything--together.

This includes every imaginable conspiracy, from a couple of kids conspiring to tease other kids, to thieves planning a robbery, to countries creating coalitions against other countries.

Reactor Reax - Stories About Nuclear Power and its Associated Hazards

Stories question the safety and future of nuclear power.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In this week's 'Reactor Reax', payments to the nuclear industry are waging a divisive voice in many states.

Reactors may be growing smaller, but smaller nuclear reactors are raising questions over cost, and The National Interest looks at 'The Steep Path to a Nuclear Future'.

Hanford May Be High-Level Nuclear Waste Storage Site

Heart of America Northwest, says a US Senate bill moved today could lead to trucks of radioactive waste on NW roads.

(SEATTLE) - US Senate proposes High-Level Nuclear Waste go to Hanford if a new governor does not respond in strong opposition.

Opponents say trucking High-Level Nuclear Waste to Hanford or any other short term storage site will unnecessarily cause hundreds of fatal cancers along the truck routes.