http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175214/tomgram:_john_feffer,_can_japan_say_no_to_washington/ Tomgram: John Feffer, Can Japan Say No to Washington? Posted by John Feffer at 11:15am, March 4, 2010. When it comes to cracks in America’s imperial edifice — as measured by the ability of other countries to say “no” to Washington, or just look the other way when American officials insist on something —… Read more »
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Women’s Rights Groups Urge the Philippines to Rethink Guam Military Buildup Bid
For Immediate Release Contact: Ellen-Rae Cachola Women’s Rights Groups Urge the Philippines to Rethink Guam Military Buildup Bid By Ellen-Rae Cachola and Terry Bautista March 1, 2010 In his statement to the press, Mayor James Gordon Jr. spoke with nostalgia about U.S. military presence in Olongapo and across the Philippines. He said that for Olongapo,… Read more »
More on Nuclear Survivors Remembrance Day
http://mvguam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11167:-nuclear-survivors-remembrance-day-&catid=36:bens-pen&Itemid=67 Nuclear Survivors Remembrance Day Tuesday, 02 March 2010 03:26 by Sen. Ben Pangelinan March 1, 2010 marks the 56th year of the explosion of the most devastating instrument of mass destruction of its time and for many decades to come, the nuclear bomb, Code named “Bravo” on the peoples of the Pacific. It was… Read more »
Nuclear survivors worry as U.S. presses for resettlement
http://www.mvariety.com/n-test-affected-islanders-worry-as-us-presses-for-resettlement.php N-test affected islanders worry as US presses for resettlement Tuesday, 02 March 2010 00:00 By Giff Johnson – For Variety MAJURO — Fifty-six years after an American hydrogen bomb blast in the Pacific exposed hundreds of people to radioactive fallout, the U.S. Congress is pressing islanders to return home by next year. March 1… Read more »
Gwyn Kirk: Nuclear Survivors Remembrance Day
Nuclear Survivors Remembrance Day Gwyn Kirk March 1, 2010 is the 56th anniversary of the U.S. hydrogen bomb test code-named ‘Bravo’ at Bikini Atoll, a ring of tiny coral islands in the central Pacific. Commemorations in affected communities will feature testimonies from those living with the long-term effects of radiation sickness, many forms of cancer,… Read more »
56th ‘BRAVO’ Nuclear Survivors Remembrance Day
Nuclear Survivors Remembrance Day March 1, 2010 56th anniversary of the ‘Bravo’ nuclear blast Hawaii State Capitol Rotunda 10:00 am – 1:00 pm All are invited to this solemn commemoration of the ‘Bravo’ nuclear test in remembrance of the survivors of the 67 nuclear blasts conducted by the U.S. in the Marshall Islands between 1946… Read more »
Pacific activists link up against buildup
http://mvguam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11059%3A-regions-activists-link-up-against-buildup&Itemid=11 Region’s activists link up against buildup Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:08 by Mar-Vic Cagurangan | Variety News Staff ACTIVISTS from Guam and the CNMI, joined by their supporters from Okinawa and Hawaii, are holding a protest rally today at the front gate of Pacific Command Headquarters at Camp Smith in ‘Aiea, Oahu, to oppose… Read more »
EPA slams military’s Guam plan
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sharply criticizes the military’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the buildup in Guam and the Mariana islands. See the Pacific News Center video below and the AP article at bottom. Mahalo to Koohan Paik for these links. >><< http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3546:epa-deis&catid=50:homepage-slideshow-rokstories Statement of the military buildup is “environmentally unsatisfactory”. This comes… Read more »
Solidarity Action Against U.S. Military Buildup in Pacific
Please come out and spread the word to make a statement of solidarity of the peoples of the Pacific against the U.S. military buildup in this region. Mahalo. PRESS RELEASE IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2010 CONTACTS: Kyle Kajihiro, American Friends Service Committee and DMZ Hawai‘i/Aloha ‘Aina http://www.dmzhawaii.org/ Tel. 808-542-3668, Email: KKajihiro@afsc.org Kisha Borja-kicho’cho’, Fight for… Read more »
Ginowan Mayor says relocation of Futenma base to Henoko is unnecessary
Mahalo to Jean Downey, Contributing Editor to www.kyotojournal.org and http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.com/ for pointing out the following article and analysis about the relocation of Futenma Marine Air Station. She also recommends japanfocus.org and Satoko Norimatsu’s www.peacephilosophy.blogspot.com for analysis about developments in Japan and Okinawa related to the bases. Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha has done serious research into… Read more »
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