Watch the video of several U.S. veterans blowing the whistle on burial of Agent Orange at a base in South Korea in 1978. Hereʻs an excerpt from the transcript: Related To Story Valley Veteran Blows Whistle On Burial Of Agent Orange Steve House, 2 Others Say They Just Followed Orders In 1978 Tammy Leitner, KPHO… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Movements and Resistance
Superferry maker transforms into military ship builder
A recent article from the Alabama Press Register describes Austal USAʻs transformation into a military ship-builder. Austal was the ship builder of the controversial Hawaii Superferry. Opponents of the Superferry raised concerns that the project was a “Trojan Horse” military transport ship, but were ridiculed by the mainstream press and the political and business supporters… Read more »
Japan suspends funding for military expansion in Guam
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~eherring/hawnprop/ses-tome.htm Japan suspends funding for military expansion in Guam Photo: Reuters/ US Navy Created: 17/05/2011 Last Updated: Tue, 17 May 2011 12:09:00 +1000 Japan has decided to put on hold $US3 billion in funding it had promised for the military expansion in Guam. The US Navy says the suspension of funding means the bidding process… Read more »
Pressure builds for US shift on Okinawa
The Japan Dispatch blog has very interesting analysis about the possibility of shifts in U.S. policy about the military bases in Okinawa, and a larger shift in foreign policy toward an emphasis on Asia. He points to the APEC summit in Honolulu and the Trans Pacific Partnership as indicators that the Obama administration is… Read more »
Pacification of Okinawa – Senators call Base Realignment Plan “unrealistic, unworkable and unaffordable”
The Asahi News published a series of articles from Wikileaks diplomatic cables that reveal Tokyo-D.C. deception & fraud re the planned “Futenma Replacement” U.S. Marine base in Okinawa. The Network for Okinawa published a synopsis of the disclosures and links to each article in the series. These damaging disclosures were followed by a statement by… Read more »
Kwajalein landowners agree to extend U.S. Missile base
Sad news. The Kwajalein landowners in the Marshall Islands agreed to extend the U.S. missile defense base for another 50 years. They will immediately cash in on $32 million sitting in escrow since 2003. http://mvguam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17966%3Armi-agrees-to-extend-us-base&catid=59%3Afrontpagenews&Itemid=109 RMI agrees to extend US base Monday, 09 May 2011 03:32 by Giff Johnson For Variety * Islanders eye $32… Read more »
APEC will cause surge in prostitution
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports “Prostitution expected to surge for APEC”: “When big events come to town, the number of prostitutes increases on the street, and APEC is a big event,” said Ben Rafter, president and chief executive of Aqua Hotels & Resorts, operator of Aqua Waikiki Wave. APEC Leaders’ Week — Nov. 7 to… Read more »
Native American Activist Winona LaDuke on Use of “Geronimo” as Code for Osama bin Laden and the “Militarization of Indian Country”
Winona LaDuke has just published a book The Militarization of Indian Country in which she discusses the situation in Hawai’i and the Native-owned military contracting industry. I spoke with someone from her organization as they were researching information for the book. I haven’t seen it yet to know how the information was incorporated. Today, she… Read more »
Killing ‘Geronimo’ over and over again
In my previous post about the killing of Osama bin Laden and the reaction by many Americans, I lamented how: The jubilation over the killing of bin Laden reminded me of the grisly trophy photos of lynchings with leering faces and tortured black bodies, much like the torture photos to emerge from Abu Ghraib prison… Read more »
Grieving for our Full Humanity
“He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.” – Friedrich Nietzsche, “Beyond Good and Evil”, Aphorism 146 (1886) When the news broke that U.S. special forces have killed Osama bin Laden, U.S…. Read more »
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