Sarah Stillman wrote an excellent article in the New Yorker about the “invisible army” of foreign workers or “third-country nationals” (TCNs) staffing U.S. military bases in war zones. She reports that “armed security personnel account for only about sixteen per cent of the over-all contracting force. The vast majority—more than sixty per cent of the… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Movements and Resistance
Agent Orange in Korea
http://www.fpif.org/articles/agent_orange_in_korea Agent Orange in Korea By Christine Ahn and Gwyn Kirk, July 7, 2011 In May, three former U.S. soldiers admitted to dumping hundreds of barrels of chemical substances, including Agent Orange, at Camp Carroll in South Korea in 1978. This explosive news was a harsh reminder to South Koreans of the high costs and… Read more »
“A lot of the guys who had bad discharges from the military just ended up staying here”
The Hawaii Reporter published an article about the challenges of helping Hawai’i’s homeless military population. It is not news that a large percentage of the homeless in any given place are former military personnel. Some of this population suffers from PTSD and/or substance abuse issues. Here are some facts reported in the article: On Oahu,… Read more »
Relief and Recovery in Japan: U.S. Should Decline Monies from Japan’s “Sympathy Budget” and End Military Dependence Globally
http://www.genuinesecurity.org/actions/notosympathybudget.html Press Statement Contact: IWNAM Secretariat, genuinesecurity [at] lists.riseup.net April 11, 2011 Relief and Recovery in Japan: U.S. Should Decline Monies from Japan’s “Sympathy Budget” and End Military Dependence Globally The International Women’s Network Against Militarism (IWNAM) demands that the U.S. and Japanese governments stop spending U.S. and Japanese taxpayer monies for the upkeep of… Read more »
Save Jeju Island–No Naval Base Petition
Hawaiʻi Peace and Justice / American Friends Service Committee Hawaiʻi and DMZ-Hawaiʻi / Aloha ʻAina hosted a visit by Ko YouKyoung, a leader in the Korean anti-bases movement. She showed a documentary about the struggle of Pyongtaek villagers to resist eviction and destruction of their town and farm land for the expansion of a U.S…. Read more »
U.S., China broach South China Sea in Hawaii talks
Travis Quezon, the editor of the Hawaii Independent, covered recent U.S.-China security talks in Hawai’i for Reuters. The United States and China kicked off a new round of consultations on the Asia Pacific region in Hawaii on Saturday by broaching the flaring tensions in the South China Sea, a U.S. official said. The first set… Read more »
Honolulu Solidarity Demonstration Against Militarism and Overseas U.S. Bases
RALLY AGAINST MILITARISM & OVERSEAS U.S. BASES THURSDAY, JUNE 30 4-6pm, FEDERAL BUILDING (Ala Moana Blvd & Punchbowl) Aloha, this Irei-no-Hi, the Okinawan Memorial Day for ALL War Dead (June 23). This day commemorates the end of war between Imperial powers Japan & USA in Okinawa. Unfortunately, 66 years after the fact, Okinawa remains heavily… Read more »
U.S. backs Saudi military intervention in Bahrain
The U.S. has a keen interest in suppressing the popular uprising in the tiny Persian Gulf island kingdom of Bahrain. Since WWII, the U.S. has stationed its 5th Fleet in Bahrain and has propped up the ruling family, which is Sunni and allied with Saudi Arabia. But the Bahraini population has traditionally been Shia and… Read more »
10 lawmakers sue Obama over unauthorized military operations in Libya
The AP reports that a bipartisan group of ten members of congress are is suing President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates for taking military action against Libya without war authorization from Congress: “The lawmakers say Obama violated the Constitution in bypassing Congress and using international organizations like the United Nations and the… Read more »
Korea women want nature instead of naval base on Jeju Island
Jeju island off of South Korea is a gem of beauty, abundant natural resources and resilient people. It is a recognized as world peace island and an endangered soft coral marine environment. The island is also made famous by the women pearl divers who have always been cultural and community leaders. Jeju has a long… Read more »
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