Posts Categorized: Pacific

Robert Naimann: Guam: Self-Determination, or More U.S. Troops?

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/guam-self-determination-o_b_614688.html?view=print June 17, 2010 Guam: Self-Determination, or More U.S. Troops? Robert Naimann Policy Director, Just Foreign Policy Posted: June 16, 2010 03:22 PM Usually, when someone refers to a place as a “U.S. colony,” they are making an analogy, suggesting that U.S. influence somewhere is so strong, and the indigenous residents of the place have… Read more »

Senate committee slashes Guam buildup funds by 70%

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This is interesting.  Two articles here and here report that the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee cut the Guam military build up funds by 70% because it was requested “ahead of need”.  This may help the anti-buildup resistance movement on Guam.  But these guys are optimistic that the funds are going to be there.  Maybe… Read more »

America’s Identity Crisis: Coming to Terms with Imperial Decline

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https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/90/americas-identity-crisis.ht Adbusters Is the rigid US position on military build-up in the A-P really about fragile national/military ego? America’s Identity Crisis: Coming to Terms with Imperial Decline Blake Sifton 11 Jun 2010 In the aftermath of the trauma suffered by the American psyche on 9/11, the United States lashed out blindly and irrationally in fear… Read more »

Gates describes U.S. military strategy in Asia

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http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=59503 Gates Describes U.S. Approach to Deterrence in Asia By John D. Banusiewicz American Forces Press Service SINGAPORE, June 5, 2010 – A U.S. defense posture in Asia that is more geographically distributed, operationally resilient and politically sustainable is necessary in deterring conflict in today’s world, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today. Gates… Read more »

Pimp My Contract: New Hawai’i consulting firm exploits military expansion in Guam

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http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2010/06/07/story4.html Friday, June 4, 2010 CommPac execs’ new firm will focus on military Pacific Business News (Honolulu) – by Linda Chiem Pacific Business News The top executives at Hawaii’s largest public relations firm have joined with three retired senior military officers to start a consulting firm that will connect Hawaii businesses with the military in… Read more »

Join DMZ-Hawai’i/ Aloha ‘Aina at the USSF: ‘American Lake’ or Ka Moana Nui?: Demilitarization movements in the Asia-Pacific

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‘American Lake’ or Ka Moana Nui?: Demilitarization movements in the Asia-Pacific Since the 1890s, the US has treated the Pacific ocean as an ‘American Lake’. Today, it seeks a drastic expansion of military bases in the region, primarily to contain a rising China. But movements against US bases in the Asia-Pacific are rising up and… Read more »

Hawaii Woman Held By Israelis

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http://www.kitv.com/news/23762985/detail.html Hawaii Woman Held By Israelis Activist Was On Aid Mission Attacked By Commandos Dick Allgire KITV 4 News Reporter POSTED: 3:54 pm HST June 1, 2010 HONOLULU — Retired Army Col. Ann Wright, a Honolulu resident, is reportedly being held by the Israeli government after commandos stormed a flotilla of ships taking aid to… Read more »

New website highlights Guam’s marine biodiversity: guamreeflife.com

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The proposed U.S. military expansion in Guam will destroy 71 acres of coral reef in the Apra Harbor to create room for nuclear aircraft carriers.  This new website will give people a sense of the incredible marine treasure that is threatened by this expansion. Raise your voices to stop the military destruction of Guam! >><<… Read more »

Ampo’s Troubled 50th: Hatoyama’s Abortive Rebellion, Okinawa’s Mounting Resistance and the US-Japan Relationship

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Gavan McCormack of Japan Focus has posted an excellent three-part paper on the history of the U.S.-Japan alliance and the Okinawan resistance to the U.S. military bases. >><< Ampo’s Troubled 50th: Hatoyama’s Abortive Rebellion, Okinawa’s Mounting Resistance and the US-Japan Relationship Gavan McCormack This is the first of a three part comprehensive survey of the… Read more »

“Priorities and Concerns of Civil Society Relating to the Decolonization of Guam as a UN Non Self-Governing Territory”

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http://overseasreview.blogspot.com/2010/05/perspectives-on-decolonisation-of-guam.html STATEMENT OF GUAHAN COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE and THE CHAMORRO STUDIES ASSOCIATION By HOPE A. CRISTOBAL THE UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONISATION Pacific Regional Seminar Noumea, New Caledonia 18 – 20 May 2010 “Priorities and Concerns of Civil Society Relating to the Decolonization of Guam as a UN Non Self-Governing Territory” CHAMORU… Read more »