Eight nuclear weapons abolition activists were removed from the roadway on the morning of August 5 by the Washington State Patrol after blocking the entrance to Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, site of the world’s largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons. The action was part of the annual demonstration organized by the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action to commemorate the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan in August 1945.
Most of the blockaders were wearing black t-shirts that read “Pope Francis Says Possessing Nuclear Weapons is Immoral” in white letters on the front and back. Behind them was a banner reading “No More Genocide in My Name”. Caroline Wildflower, Mack Johnson, Deacon Denny Duffell, Rev. Gilberto Perez, Michael “Firefly” Siptroth, George Rodkey, Vic White and Susan Delaney were cited for being “pedestrians in the roadway”, and then released on site.
Photo: Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action