As they did last year, a group of courageous souls will be out in front of Naval Submarine Base Bangor, just 20 miles from downtown Seattle. The demonstrators will be mostly folks from the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action and other affiliated nonviolent warriors. Protests like this are going on all over the country. Among them will be activist and Local 46 IBEW electrician Glen Milner. I spoke to him last week.
Trident is the end of the world.
As Dr. King has shown us, we must begin anew. But, one Trident submarine carries the net explosive force of over 1,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs. Our reflection of Trident now extends to 16 hours and 40 minutes with the inferno of Hiroshima recurring on each and every minute. Our reflection, however, is not enough. There are 17 submarines in service.