http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2011/11/10/13740-in-apecs-shadow-the-pacific-peoples-economy/ In APEC’s Shadow: The Pacific People’s Economy By Chad Blair11/10/2011 John Hook/Civil Beat APEC is “armed and dangerous” and “drunk with power,” capable of enacting violence against people and destroying whole economies. That harsh assessment comes from Victor Menotti, executive director of the International Forum on Globalization. […] Moana Nui — Hawaiian for “big… Read more »
Hawai’i island residents blast Army expansion at Pohakuloa
The Hawaii Tribune Herald reports that more than fifty people turned out to testify against the Army’s proposed expansion of training facilities at Pohakuloa. “We don’t want any further militarization of our island,” Bunny Smith said. According the Hawaii Tribune Herald, The next step is to come up with the (cost) numbers to construct,” Egami… Read more »
Army engineers tackle toxic cleanup at Puunene, Maui
The AP reports “Army engineers tackle toxic cleanup at Puunene, Maui”: The Army Corps of Engineers is looking to remove toxic chemicals found in a military landfill at the old Puunene airport site on Maui. A spokesman for the Corps of Engineers Honolulu District said studies have found toxic and possibly carcinogenic chemicals in the… Read more »
Al Jazeera documentary on Jeju movement to stop naval base
The tiny South Korean island of Jeju has been called the ‘Island of Peace’, but could a new naval base endanger that? Here’s an excellent documentary produced by Al Jazeera. It really conveys the lives and struggles of the people who are protesting to protect their village from a naval base. Someone has also added… Read more »
APEC’s first defining moments: 1 man dead, 8 arrested for peaceful protest
An alleged murder in Waikiki involving a federal agent and arrests of (De)Occupy Honolulu protesters have heralded the debut of APEC 2011. Confusing details are emerging about the alleged killing of Kollin Elderts by off-duty APEC state department agent Christopher Deedy, an incident Ian Lind calls the “first defining moment of APEC”. KHON reported that:… Read more »
(De) Militarizing the Pacific – Hawaiʻi and Guahan
NATIVE VOICES #3: 11/9/11, 7pm, Halau O Haumea, Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies. DEMILITARIZING THE PACIFIC: a roundtable featuring scholars & activists from HAWAII & GUAHAN, including JULIAN AGUON, LISA NATIVIDAD, TY KAWIKA TENGAN, TERRI KEKOʻOLANI, & KALEIKOA KAʻEO. Hosted by CRAIG SANTOS PEREZ.
Pearl Harbor-Hickam man held in alleged sex assault at Ala Moana
Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that a 24-year old man, “who lives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, was arrested pending charges of first-degree sexual assault, unauthorized entry into a vehicle, fourth-degree theft and criminal property damage.” The victim alleges that “the man entered her vehicle without her permission and sexually assauilted her about 3 a.m. The… Read more »
Military expansion in Pohakuloa hearings on Hawaiʻi Island
Mahalo to Jim Albertini of Malu ʻAina: Two Important Meetings Coming Up! Published by jalbertini on November 2nd, 2011 in Hawaii Independence, Military, Public Events, Radiation, Social Justice, Take Action!. FYI Important meetings coming up: #1. DLNR & Senate people #2. EIS Pohakuloa expansion . See below for details Opportunity to talk about need for… Read more »
US GI in SKorea gets 10 years in prison for rape
The AP reports that a “US GI in SKorea gets 10 years in prison for rape”: A South Korean court sentenced a U.S. soldier to 10 years in prison Tuesday for raping a teenage girl — the second harshest punishment handed down to a convicted American soldier here in nearly 20 years. Uijeongbu District Court… Read more »
Lost Bases of Empire
As war, economic crises and political unrest continue to sap the United States, maintaining the vast network of U.S. foreign military bases may become more tenuous. Tarak Barkawi writes in Al Jazeera: But the US is divided and turned in on itself. Much of the government is hobbled by underinvestment, privatisation and party politics. Mainstream… Read more »
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