Foreign Policy in Focus World Beat:Vol. 5, No. 12 Velvet Imperialists By John Feffer, March 23, 2010 I’m not a big fan of Dana Rohrabacher, the grandstanding Republican congressman from California. But last week at a congressional hearing on U.S.-Japan relations, he ably cut through the Pentagon’s doublespeak. The hearing’s topic was the current conflict… Read more »
Aleutian fish still contaminated by old military sites
http://www.adn.com/2010/03/22/1194421/aleutian-fish-still-contamined.html#ixzz0ixJA4FpV Aleutian fish still contaminated by old military sites Published: March 22nd, 2010 12:31 PM Fish caught in waters near old military sites in the western Aleutian Islands have more chemical contaminants than do fish caught farther away, according to a study reported by KUCB in Unalaska. Biologist Keith Miles of the U.S. Geological Survey… Read more »
Reforms could reduce earmarks for Hawaii
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20100322_reforms_could_reduce_earmarks_for_hawaii.html Reforms could reduce earmarks for Hawaii The $412 million the state gets in federal funds is the most per capita in the nation By Herbert A. Sample / Associated Press POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 22, 2010 Scores of private companies, nonprofit groups and state agencies will divvy up more than $412 million this… Read more »
On Guam, planned Marine base raises anger, infrastructure concerns
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/21/AR2010032101025_pf.html On Guam, planned Marine base raises anger, infrastructure concerns By Blaine Harden Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, March 22, 2010; A01 HAGATNA, GUAM — This remote Pacific island is home to U.S. citizens who are fervent supporters of the military, as measured by their record of fighting and dying in America’s recent wars. But… Read more »
A report on the March 20, 2010 Hilo Peace Rally
A report from Jim Albertini on the March 20, 2010 Hilo Peace Rally Aloha Peace Ohana, More than 60 people gathered on Hilo Bayfront from 10AM till noon today for a peace rally amid a light rain to call for an immediate and unconditional withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. The rally was… Read more »
Army Gags Badger Restoration Advisory Board Members
This press release comes from an environmental justice organization in Wisconsin that is fighting to clean up water contaminated by the nearby Army base. The Army has tried to weaken the clean up standard for this project by changing its land use designation. Now when citizen members of the Restoration Advisory Board obtained an independent… Read more »
Off-roading activities endanger environment
In Hawai’i, military personnel are major contributors to off-road vehicle environmental problems. Native Hawaiian fishing people and cultural practitioners have documented horrible abuses of the fragile coastal dune ecosystem at Ka’ena point on O’ahu and have taken license plates and gathered other evidence linking the destruction to military members. Military personnel have made enormous bonfires… Read more »
U.S. says base relocation plan must have acceptance of local community
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EJ212G0&show_article=1 LEAD: Local agreement necessary for Futemma relocation Mar 21 09:35 AM US/Eastern WASHINGTON, March 21 (AP) – (Kyodo) The United States has told Japan it will not renegotiate the relocation plan for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture if the local community will not accept the relocation, sources close to… Read more »
Obama to meet with Guam authorities, but not grassroots leaders concerned about the military buildup
President Obama will meet with local Guam officials on a stopover March 22nd to allay rising concerns about the proposed military expansion in the Marianas islands But he is not meeting with grassroots leaders who have demanded to be heard about their concerns regarding the military buildup. >><< http://www.guampdn.com/article/20100316/NEWS01/100316002/1001/NEWS/%3CB%3EBREAKING-NEWS-%3C-B%3E-8-15-a.m.-Obama-will-be-on-island-March-22-will-make-clear-his-commitment-to-the-people-of-Guam BREAKING NEWS: 8:15 a.m. –… Read more »
Tiananmen in Nawiliwili
http://informationfarm.blogspot.com/2010/03/kauai-superferry-chronicles.html Kauai | The Superferry Chronicles Although most people are not aware of it, the USA has an image which is similar to the scene from Tiananmen Square. Fortunately this David and Goliath event did not end in the loss of life and the citizens were successful. August 2007—Hawaii—A new Superferry transporting cars and people… Read more »
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