As reported in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, Micronesian islanders in Hawai’i who are part of the group of Compact of Free Association (COFA) nations won a court victory to restore health insurance benefits several days ago: A federal judge ordered the state yesterday to restore lifesaving health benefits to low-income legal migrants from Micronesia, the… Read more »
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Marshallese confront existential threat with climate change
As reported in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, Marshall Islands delegates to the UN climate change conference in Cancun are confronting unique problems as a nation state that is rapidly disappearing under rising seas. Not only have Marshallese and other Micronesians had to deal with the legacy of imperialism, wars, and nuclear testing; they are now… Read more »
The Explosive Growth of U.S. Military Power on Guam Confronts People Power
Source: http://www.japanfocus.org/-LisaLinda-Natividad/3454 The Explosive Growth of U.S. Military Power on Guam Confronts People Power: Experience of an island people under Spanish, Japanese and American colonial rule LisaLinda S. Natividad and Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero Background The United States Department of Defense is planning a massive military build-up on Guahan (Guam) that threatens to change the entire… Read more »
Wikileaks Cables Reveal Diego Garcia Marine Reserve Will Prevent Return of Chagos Islanders
Marine conservation zones as cultural genocide? The British marine reserve in the Chagos islands was a deliberate attempt to prevent the return of the evicted Chagossians to Diego Garcia, one of America’s crucial military bases in the Indian Ocean. The Chagos reserve was modeled on the Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Monument and the proposed Mariana Island… Read more »
After NATO Summit, U.S. To Intensify Military Drive Into Asia
“The Pentagon has indeed marked this as its Asia-Pacific century.” >><< http://www.opednews.com/articles/After-NATO-Summit-U-S-To-by-Rick-Rozoff-101117-274.html Stop NATO November 17, 2010 After NATO Summit, U.S. To Intensify Military Drive Into Asia Rick Rozoff Barack Obama, the latest rotating imperator of the first global empire, will arrive in Lisbon on November 19 to receive the plaudits of 27 North Atlantic… Read more »
Guam preservation groups suing military to protect a Chamorro village
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that Guam cultural preservation groups and individual residents have sued the U.S. military to protect Pagat, a sacred site in Guam: The Guam Preservation Trust, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and individual residents of Guam are suing the U.S. military to protect a Chamorro village from the $10.3 billion… Read more »
Court Denies Hawaii’s Request for Dismissal of Suit against Basic Health Hawaii
As Yokwe Online reports, U.S. District Court Judge Seabright denied the State of Hawai’i motion to dismiss a class-action lawsuit brought by Hawai’i residents from the Compact of Free Association (COFA) countries of Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Republic of Palau. The State of Hawai’i cut off health insurance for… Read more »
Tomgram: Juan Cole, The Asian Century?
Source: http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175319/tomgram%3A_juan_cole%2C_the_asian_century/ Tomgram: Juan Cole, The Asian Century? Posted by Juan Cole at 9:15am, November 11, 2010. For Barack Obama, midterm 2010 has already been written off as a crushing Republican triumph, but that’s hardly the full story. After all, approximately 29 million Americans who voted for him in 2008 didn’t bother to stir for him… Read more »
Military public affairs officer “apologizes” for racist remarks
The Pacific News Center reports that the military Public Affairs Officer Paula Conhain, who made racist and demeaning remarks about a Chamorro man, sent a weak email “apology” to the PNC: JGPO D.C. Public Affairs Officer Conhain Apologies for Comments Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 November 2010 19:15 Written by Clynt Ridgell Wednesday, 10 November… Read more »
Conversation by military officers offends local residents
Source: http://pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9220%3Acasual-conversation-by-military-officers-insults-residents&catid=45%3Aguam-news&Itemid=156 Casual Conversation by JGPO Officers Insults Residents Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 November 2010 19:42 Written by Clynt Ridgell Tuesday, 09 November 2010 18:42 Guam News – Guam News Guam – We Are Guahan member Cara Flores Mays was having lunch at a restaurant in Hagatna when she overheard a conversation held amongst… Read more »
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