The graphic in the Honolulu Star Advertiser article “Upgrade in Sight” is fitting: Pohakuloa in the crosshairs of a sniper’s scope. STAR-ADVERTISER / October 2009 Pohakuloa has become the target of massive military expansion since 2001. First the Stryker brigade expansion led to a 23,000 acre land grab by the Army: In 2006 the Army… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Movements and Resistance
Testifiers oppose Pohakuloa training plans
Source: http://www.bigislandweekly.com/articles/2011/01/19/read/news/news01.txt Residents to Army: NO Testifiers oppose Pohakuloa training plans By Alan D. Mcnarie Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:21 AM HST An army has to train if it wants to avoid unnecessary casualties. And American troops stationed in Hawai’i face a narrowing set of options for training. Kaho’olawe has been returned, much the worse… Read more »
Before You Enlist (2011)
Straight talk from soldiers, veterans and their family members tells what is missing from the sales pitches presented by recruiters and the military’s marketing efforts.
Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Pentagon’s Planet of Bases
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175338/tomgram:_nick_turse,_the_pentagon Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Pentagon’s Planet of Bases Posted by Nick Turse at 5:13pm, January 9, 2011. [TomDispatch recommendations: If you have a chance, check out “The Tyranny of Defense Inc.,” the latest piece by Andrew Bacevich, author of the bestselling Washington Rules, at the Atlantic. It was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of… Read more »
Japan Focus: New Year 2011, Okinawa and the Future of East Asia
Thanks to Gavan McCormack, Norimatsu Satoko and Mark Selden for this excellent recap of events surrounding the U.S. military base controversy in Okinawa and an analysis of prospects for for the future. Please visit the Japan Focus website for some of the best analysis of Japan and East Asia issues. >><< New Year 2011, Okinawa… Read more »
‘I didn’t think of Iraqis as humans,’ says U.S. soldier who raped 14-year-old girl before killing her and her family
Steven Green, the former soldier sentenced to five life terms for raping and killing a 14 year-old Iraqi girl and killing her family spoke to a reporter for the Daily Mail newspaper: An Iraq War veteran serving five life terms for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her parents and sister says… Read more »
Solidarity Actions to Protest US Military Expansion in Takae (Okinawa)
U.S. military helicopters buzzed the peace encampment near the Yambaru forest in Takae, at the northern end of Okinawa. Construction of the jungle warfare training area has begun. This is another site of community resistance to U.S. military base expansion in Okinawa, but it has gotten far less media attention than Futenma and Henoko. Groups… Read more »
Navy Awards Two Contracts to Build New Combat Ships
The New York Times reports that Lockheed Martin and Austal USA got nice Christmas gifts from the Navy: The Navy on Wednesday awarded two companies contracts that could be worth a total of more than $7 billion to build 20 of its new littoral combat ships, splitting the purchase to obtain the vessels more quickly…. Read more »
Global Day of Action on Military Spending
Check out this website and call to action for a Global Day of Action on Military Spending. It’s a great resource to discuss the cost of militarization and alternative social and fiscal priorities. Here’s some background info from the website: In 2009, global military spending surged to an all-time high of US $1.53 trillion. Given… Read more »
Two articles with analysis of the tensions in Korean peninsula
Mahalo to Marta Duenas of West Coast Famoksaiyan for posting the following articles about the tensions in the Korean Peninsula on her listserve. Another blog for Famoksaiyan is here. I am just reposting what she sent in her email as it captures my sentiments. Mahalo to Satoko Norimatsu and her Peace Philosophy Centre blog, to… Read more »
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