Last week, on the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the U.S., Amy Goodman interviewed Greg Mitchell about the dangerous U.S. psychological avoidance of the social, ecological and moral consequences of that act. Mitchell co-authored “Hiroshima in America: A Half Century of Denial,” with Robert Jay Lifton. It is an excellent history… Read more »
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Taxpayers Stuck With Unsold Ferries in Default
Bloomberg published an article about the wasteful Maritime Administration (MARAD) loan guarantee program, which became the reluctant owner of two high-speed ferry ships after the Hawaii Superferry went bankrupt in 2009: Two passenger ferries sit at a dock in Norfolk, Virginia, waiting for someone to take them off the government’s hands. The U.S. Maritime Administration… Read more »
The US military’s secret military
In the wake of the recent attack on a U.S. special forces helicopter that killed 30 U.S. troops including members of SEAL Team 6 and a Maui soldier, journalist Nick Turse published an article about the rise of special forces within the U.S. military and their deployment around the world: Somewhere on this planet a… Read more »
Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark
One forgotten uprising of the ‘Arab Spring’ took place in tiny Bahrain. I have posted articles on this site about the protests in Bahrain and why it matters. Bahrain is in the backyard of Saudi Arabia. It is also the location of the U.S. 5th Fleet. The U.S. and western countries turned a blind eye… Read more »
US military will be based on Australian soil – just don’t call it a US ‘base’
When is a foreign military base not a military base? When it’s a ‘lily-pad’ in the U.S. military’s global network of bases. The Herald Sun reports: “US military hardware and personnel are set to be permanently placed in Australia, though both governments continue to avoid the word “base””. The U.S. is negotiating an agreement with… Read more »
Hawaii attorney general cautions against counting nonresident military in political districts
The AP reports: The Hawaii Supreme Court would likely rule that nonresident members of the military can’t be counted when drawing legislative district lines, according to an opinion by the state attorney general’s office. […] The (reapportionment) commission voted 8-1 last month to count nonresident troops, a decision that prevents Hawaii County from gaining a… Read more »
U.S. base realignment in Japan threatens endangered deer
The recent “2 plu2 2” talks between the U.S. and Japan included discussions about moving aircraft carrier flight training from Iwo Jima to Mageshima. House of Japan reports: Japan has suggested the Iwo Jima flight training be conducted on Mageshima, an island in Japan’s southwest, where Tokyo plans to build a military base to bolster… Read more »
Neighbor isles might challenge reapportionment vote
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: Neighbor island reapportionment advisory councils meet today to consider challenging a vote last month by the state Reapportionment Commission to include nonresident military members and their families along with nonresident students and incarcerated felons in Hawaii’s population count for purposes of redrawing state political boundaries to reflect population shifts in… Read more »
Hawai`i Island: A Global Center for Peace, Justice and Conflict Resolution
Hawaiʻi Island artist and activist Tomas Belsky writes in “Hawai`i Island: A Global Center for Peace, Justice and Conflict Resolution” that the magnificent Moku o Keawe can become a global center for peace and justice rather than a one-stop shop for military training, as Governor Abercrombie proposes: I have always envisioned Hawaii as the best place… Read more »
Agent Orange in Korea
http://www.fpif.org/articles/agent_orange_in_korea Agent Orange in Korea By Christine Ahn and Gwyn Kirk, July 7, 2011 In May, three former U.S. soldiers admitted to dumping hundreds of barrels of chemical substances, including Agent Orange, at Camp Carroll in South Korea in 1978. This explosive news was a harsh reminder to South Koreans of the high costs and… Read more »
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