VETERANS FOR PEACE SAILS GOLDEN RULE TO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 2024

September 13, 2024 nuclear

  • VFP GOLDEN RULE PROJECT

    The Golden Rule is a project of Veterans For Peace. We aim to advance Veterans For Peace opposition to nuclear weapons and war, and to do so in a dramatic fashion.

    We have recovered and restored the original peace ship, the Golden Rule, that set sail in 1958 to stop nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands, and which inspired the many peace makers and peace ships that followed.

    The reborn Golden Rule is sailing once more, to show that nuclear abolition is possible, and that bravery and tenacity can overcome militarism.

    If you’re interested in crewing, please fill out a crew application at vfpgoldenrule.org/crew-application

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    VFP’s Golden Rule peace boat joined an on-the-water protest outside the Indian Island Weapons Depot near Port Townsend, Washington on Thursday, September 5. As it happened, the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier was being loaded up with weapons at the time. Will it be headed back for the Middle East?
    This was part of with the Week of Action for Solidarity with the Palestinian People – coordinated protests by Veterans For Peace chapters in over 25 US cities.
    One day earlier, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, the Golden Rule protested outside the Bangor Trident Submarine Base on the Hood Canal 25 miles west of Seattle.
    “This is the largest concentration of nuclear weapons in the world,” said Leonard Eiger of the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, located adjacent to the deadly base. “Just one of these Trident submarines could destroy every major city in Russia and create a nuclear winter that would starve two billion people to death.”
    The Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat has been sailing throughout the Pacific Northwest for the past two months, making port stops and holding events in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Peace Arch Park on the US-Canada border, White Rock, British Columbia, Vancouver and Victoria, BC, Friday Harbor (San Juan Island,) and Port Townsend, Washington.
    The historic 34-foot wooden ketch and her intrepid crew are now headed back down the coast and into the Columbia River for stops in Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon.
    You can follow the Golden Rule in real time at www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org.
    Abolish Nuclear Weapons and War
    No More Weapons to Israel or Ukraine
    Do NOT Risk Nuclear War!
     
    Gerry Condon
     
    _______________________________________
    Golden Rule Committee
    Nuclear Abolition Working Group
    Board of Directors
    Gerry is also a member of Task Force on the Americas

     

VFP’s Golden Rule peace boat joined an on-the-water protest outside the Indian Island Weapons Depot near Port Townsend, Washington on Thursday, September 5. As it happened, the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier was being loaded up with weapons at the time. Will it be headed back for the Middle East?
This was part of with the Week of Action for Solidarity with the Palestinian People – coordinated protests by Veterans For Peace chapters in over 25 US cities.
One day earlier, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, the Golden Rule protested outside the Bangor Trident Submarine Base on the Hood Canal 25 miles west of Seattle.
“This is the largest concentration of nuclear weapons in the world,” said Leonard Eiger of the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, located adjacent to the deadly base. “Just one of these Trident submarines could destroy every major city in Russia and create a nuclear winter that would starve two billion people to death.”
The Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat has been sailing throughout the Pacific Northwest for the past two months, making port stops and holding events in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Peace Arch Park on the US-Canada border, White Rock, British Columbia, Vancouver and Victoria, BC, Friday Harbor (San Juan Island,) and Port Townsend, Washington.
The historic 34-foot wooden ketch and her intrepid crew are now headed back down the coast and into the Columbia River for stops in Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon.
You can follow the Golden Rule in real time at www.vfpgoldenruleproject.org.
Abolish Nuclear Weapons and War
No More Weapons to Israel or Ukraine
Do NOT Risk Nuclear War!
 
Gerry Condon
 
_______________________________________
Golden Rule Committee
Nuclear Abolition Working Group
Board of Directors

 

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