Statement of appeal “We appeal to save Gangjeong!” The Joongduk coast of Gangjeong Village in Jeju Island is now suffering. In 2006, Jeju Island was designated as an Island of Peace for the purpose of consoling the deep sorrow of the April 3rd Massacre. And the Joongduk coast was appointed as a Biosphere Reserve, World… Read more »
ALERT: South Korean government cracks down on peaceful protesters
Please read and act on this urgent update and appeal from Christine Ahn: Dear friends, I have very tragic news to report from Jeju Island, South Korea. At the crack of dawn on Friday, undercover police officers came to Gangjeong village and arrested three major leaders of the peaceful resistance: Village Chief Kang Dong-Kyun, renowned… Read more »
Neighbor isles might challenge reapportionment vote
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: Neighbor island reapportionment advisory councils meet today to consider challenging a vote last month by the state Reapportionment Commission to include nonresident military members and their families along with nonresident students and incarcerated felons in Hawaii’s population count for purposes of redrawing state political boundaries to reflect population shifts in… Read more »
The struggle for ex-military lands from Puerto Rico to Hawai’i
In her article “Struggles for Ex-Base Lands in Puerto Rico” published in the Peace Review, Mills College professor and Puerto Rican activist/scholar Deborah Berman Santana writes: Community struggles against militarism do not end once they succeed in ending military occupation and closing down bases. In fact, such victories often signal the beginning of a potentially… Read more »
More on Jeju: Solidarity message from Gloria Steinem and a new article on the history of the Jeju anti-base struggle and
Gloria Steinem wrote a passionate solidarity appeal for the Jeju anti-base struggle: My dear friends, There are many reasons I thank you for signing the petition to stop the naval base on Jeju Island – and any one would be enough. First, nine years ago when I saw this island at the tip of South… Read more »
Man dies from heart attack playing ‘paintball’ at Bellows Air Force Station
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: A 25-year-old man participating in a “paintball exercise” at Bellows Air Force Station in Waimanalo collapsed in cardiac arrest Saturday afternoon and later died at a hospital, police said. There were no apparent signs of foul play, police said. The case is being handled by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service,… Read more »
Kauai tourist stumbles across spent smoke grenade on beach
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that a touris on Kauʻi found a spent smoke grenade on Kealia Beach this morning. Officers from the Kauai Police Department and an explosive specialist from the Transportation Security Administration examined the grenade and determined that it was likely spent, as indicated by its missing pin and a hole on… Read more »
Pearl Harbor Restoration Advisory Board Meeting, July 12, 2011
The next Pearl Harbor Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at the Holomua Elementary School Cafeteria, 911561 Keaunui Drive, ʻEwa Beach. On the agenda: Draft Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis for Substation P, Kalaeloa Draft Final Remedial Investigation for West Loch 4th Street Coral Pit Disposal Area… Read more »
Army to test underwater robots for removal of unexploded ordnance off Waiʻanae
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that Army demonstrated a remote-controlled underwater robot it will test for possible use to remove unexploded munitions off the Waiʻanae coast at a location known as “ordnance reef”. The Army said it will begin a 21-day trial run Monday of a remote-controlled submersible designed to remove discarded military munitions from… Read more »
Hawai`i Island: A Global Center for Peace, Justice and Conflict Resolution
Hawaiʻi Island artist and activist Tomas Belsky writes in “Hawai`i Island: A Global Center for Peace, Justice and Conflict Resolution” that the magnificent Moku o Keawe can become a global center for peace and justice rather than a one-stop shop for military training, as Governor Abercrombie proposes: I have always envisioned Hawaii as the best place… Read more »
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