An Anti-Bases Network Finds its Base By Herbert Docena 14 March 2007 The consolidation of an international network for the abolition of foreign military bases marks an important advance for the global peace and justice movement On the perimeter fence of the Eloy Alfaro air base in Manta, Ecuador hangs a sign, “Warning: Military Base…. Read more »
Marshall Islander Speaks Out Against Missile Defense Tests
By Que Keju I first witnessed missiles being launched from Kwajalein Island in the 1960s. The beaches of Ebeye Island, an islet about 5 miles north of Kwajalein, would be swamped with both children and adults each time a launch was scheduled. It was always a spectacular scene each time-fire works, at its best. Ten… Read more »
Declaration: International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Base
March 9, 2007 Declaration: International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Base Quito and Manta, Ecuador We come together from 40 countries as grassroots activists from groups that promote women’s rights, indigenous sovereignty, environmental justice, human rights, and social justice. We come from social movements, peace movements, faith-based organizations, youth organizations, trade unions, and… Read more »
Hawaiian Star Wars
Hawaiian Star Wars John Lasker / Mar 7, 2007 In January, a Chinese missile snarled and flashed its fangs 500-miles above the earth’s surface. China, in a show of its space war-fighting capabilities, had obliterated one its own weather satellites with a ground-based missile interceptor. Later that month, while still in the fall-out of China’s… Read more »
No Bases Network born in the Middle of the World
No Bases Network born in the Middle of the World Helga Serrano Narváez The consolidation of the International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases is one of the main achievements of the International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases held in Ecuador on 5-9 March, 2007. The 400 delegates from 40… Read more »
Soldier and wife beaten in parking altercation a hate crime?
A fight erupted in a shopping mall parking lot between a Native Hawaiian boy and the military couple, Andrew and Dawn Dussell, that hit his car. As the verbal exchange escalated, the boy called the soldier a ‘F____ haole”. Coming out of a store, the boy’s father Gerald Pa’akaula punched out both the soldier and… Read more »
America’s broken trust in Micronesia
Source: http://archives.starbulletin.com/print/2005.php?fr=/2007/02/20/news/story04.html Micronesia has a complicated past The islands have been conquered by a string of powers, the latest being the U.S. By Gary T. Kubota gkubota@starbulletin.com MAJURO, Marshall Islands » Micronesia, once known as the Caroline Islands, occupies an expanse of about 3 million square miles of ocean with more than 2,000 islands, atolls… Read more »
Hawai’i to participate in the International Conference for the Abolution of Foreign Military Bases in Quito and Manta, Ecuador
The construction of foreign military bases in Afghanistan and Iraq; the cases of torture at the bases in Guantanamo and Diego Garcia; the construction of new bases in Okinawa; the “realignment” of military alliances in Asia; and the dramatic increase of joint military exercises as part of the so-called “global war against terror” have highlighted… Read more »
Sen. Inouye: “Stryker brigade should not be a referendum on the Iraq war”
This was a very interesting op ed from Senator Inouye. It came after the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the Federal District Court and found that the Army decision to station the Stryker Brigade Combat Team in Hawai’i without considering alternatives violated NEPA. Inouye makes several arguments: (1) He tries to explain why… Read more »
Soldier gets life with no parole for killing fellow GI
Soldier gets life with no parole for killing fellow GI By Rosemarie Bernardo rbernardo@starbulletin.com A seven-member jury sentenced Spc. Jeffery White to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering Spc. Felicia LaDuke. White showed no emotion when his sentence was announced in a courtroom yesterday at Wheeler Army Airfield. The court-martial jury… Read more »
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