Appeal to Protect Waimanalo

From: Ryan Kalama Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:15 PM Subject: Waimanalo needs your Kokua Aloha Kakou; “WE THE KAILUA HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB, HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB OF WAIMANALO AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS EVERYONE’S HELP TO SAVE WAIMANALO AND TO GET BACK THEIR LAND” Waimanalo and Kailua have been having our hands full dealing with Bellows… Read more »

Pentagon Plans Latin America-Wide Intervention Ability for New Military Base in Colombia

Pentagon Plans Latin America-Wide Intervention Ability for New Military Base in Colombia May 18, 2009, Oakland, CA: The United States is planning to establish a new military facility in Colombia that will give the U.S. increased capacity for military intervention throughout most of Latin America. Given the tense relations of Washington with Venezuela, Bolivia, and… Read more »

Declaration of the Seven Puerto Rican Independentistas arrested in Congress

STATEMENT OF THE SEVEN May 14-20, 2009 http://claridadpuertorico.com/content/view/403978/32/ Editors’ Note: We are reproducing the Statement of the Seven, the words that the seven Puerto Rican patriots pronounced upon their release last Wednesday, May 6, and the entire text of the Letter they wrote to the President of the United States, Barack Obama, where they set… Read more »

Resistance to Militarism: Guam, Puerto Rico, Diego Garcia

Resistance to Militarism: Guam, Puerto Rico, Diego Garcia Tues, May 19, 6:30-9:00pm PANA Institute, 2357 Le Conte Ave, Berkeley, CA PANA and Women for Genuine Security invite you to: • Hear updates on Island Peoples’ resistance to U.S. military bases & their struggle for life and land. • Including book launch of: Island of Shame:… Read more »

Another US Marine accused of raping Filipina Victim shows clear sign of sexual assault-lawyer

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090514-204984/Another-US-Marine-accused-of-raping-Filipina Another US Marine accused of raping Filipina Victim shows clear sign of sexual assault-lawyer By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, Nikko Dizon Reporter INQUIRER.net Philippine Daily Inquirer Posted date: May 14, 2009 MANILA, Philippines-(UPDATE 5) Another United States Marine has been accused of raping another Filipino woman, this time a 22-year-old-university student, whose lawyer described her as… Read more »

Chalmers Johnson on the Cost of Empire

Chalmers Johnson on the Cost of Empire http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/20090514_chalmers_johnson_on_the_cost_of_empire/ Posted on May 15, 2009 By Chalmers Johnson In her foreword to “The Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle Against U.S. Military Posts,” an important collection of articles on United States militarism and imperialism, edited by Catherine Lutz, the prominent feminist writer Cynthia Enloe notes one of… Read more »

Depleted Uranium Meetings planned in Hawai’i

PRESS RELEASE Contact person: Ms. Cory Harden Sierra Club, Moku Loa group PO Box 1137 Hilo, Hawaii 96721 808-968-8965 mh@interpac.net http://www.hi.sierraclub.org/Hawaii/mokuloa.html Immediate Release DEPLETED URANIUM MEETINGS PLANNED FEDERAL ACTIONS QUESTIONED May 14, 2009, Hilo, Hawai’i As the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) plans meetings in Hawai’i on a depleted uranium (DU) license for the Army, DU… Read more »

Analysis of the Hawai’i Statehood plebiscite reveals major flaws

Arnie Saiki, who has been researching the Hawai’i statehood issue has posted some analysis of the demographics of the 1959 statehood plebiscite at http://statehoodhawaii.org/wp/index.php/2009/05/12/the-statehood-plebiscite/ One of the great myths of statehood is that the vast majority of Hawai’i residents favored statehood.   But as Saiki writes “Examining the assertion that 94% of Hawaii’s citizens voted for… Read more »

JULY 4th: VICENZA INDEPENDENCE DAY

JULY 4th: VICENZA INDEPENDENCE DAY Appeal: on the eve of G8 everybody come to Vicenza On the eve of G8 and the arrival of Obama in Italy the “No Dal Molin” invite everyone to Vicenza to free Dal Molin from the new war base. “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for… Read more »

‘Reclaim Guåhan’ rally gathers strength

‘Reclaim Guåhan’ rally gathers strength Monday, 11 May 2009 by Jude Lizama | Variety News Staff THE Guåhan Youth, an umbrella group for the island’s youth and grassroots organizations, will hold a rally that will amplify their collective voice that has been muffled amid rapid changes resulting from the ongoing military buildup and what some… Read more »