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Braving cold and steady rain in Seattle on Jan. 22, nine senior activists — myself included — celebrated the third anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. We held banners on an Interstate 5 freeway overpass from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The banners stated “93 Countries Have Signed the UN Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons” and “Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal, Get Them Out of Puget Sound.” Literally thousands of drivers on the busy interstate saw these messages.
Talking, smiling, waving, joking, laughing, singing and shivering, we enthusiastically weathered the cold and rain to inform many people in the Puget Sound area about the enormous threat posed by nuclear weapons, in particular the Trident missiles in submarines at Naval Base Kitsap in Bangor, a short 20 miles from Seattle.
Most people may think of such actions as an exercise in futility. Yet our group of activists believes that it is important for the people of the world to know that international law forbids the U.S. and other nations from possessing these horrific weapons that threaten virtually all life on Earth.
Tom Krebsbach, Brier
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