Navy’s proposed expansion of bombing range threatens outdoorsmen, endangered species by Fred Bonner It seems like the U.S. Government never stops trying to take over more land in North Carolina for one reason or another. If it’s not land (as in dry land) it’s our air space or our waters. A few weeks ago when… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Movements and Resistance
Stealing a Nation: the U.S. military occupation of Diego Garcia
This award winning documentary by British journalist John Pilger reveals the conspiracy between the U.S. and the U.K. to remove the entire population of Diego Garcia, an atoll in the Chagos archipelago, an Indian Ocean British colony, to make way for the construction of a massive U.S. military base. Diego Garcia is now one of… Read more »
Mumia Abu-Jamal: From Bases to Bars – The Military & Prison Industrial Complexes Go ‘Boom’
From Bases to Bars The Military & Prison Industrial Complexes Go ‘Boom’ By Mumia Abu-Jamal Looking back to the halcyon days of the movement against the Vietnam War, one sees the birth of what seemed to be a new world. Every day, one could almost see and touch giant boulders crumbling off the edifice of… Read more »
Strykers in Hilo veteran’s parade
CENTER FOR NON-VIOLENT EDUCATION AND ACTION Malu ‘Aina Farm P.O. Box AB Kurtistown, Hawaii 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 email ja@interpac.net http://www.malu-aina.org Lt. Col. Warline S. Richardson October 30, 2009 Commanding Officer Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) Dear Col. Richardson: I have received a report that Stryker urban assault vehicles from PTA, recently returned from Iraq, will be… Read more »
U.S. military forces will expand to seven bases in Colombia
According to the AP article below, the U.S. and Colombia signed an agreement to expand U.S. military presence in Colombia via a base use agreement. While the bases will technically be Colombian bases, the U.S. treats these ‘leased’ bases as part of the vast international network of bases. Ecuador recently expelled the U.S. military from… Read more »
US, Japan at odds over air base
US, Japan at odds over air base By North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy Posted Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:11am AEDT http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/26/2723915.htm?section=world Japan’s new centre-left government is finding itself squeezed between the Obama administration and the people of the southern islands of Okinawa. At the heart of the row is a US air base which the… Read more »
Stryker brigade prepares for Iraq deployment
The article says that the Army is the “owner” of Pohakuloa, but it actually occupies Hawaiian national lands that were stolen by the U.S. Much of the land is actually leased from the State of Hawaii. >><< http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20091026_new_look_stryker_team_trains_to_help_finish_mission_in_iraq.html New-look Stryker team trains to help finish mission in Iraq By Gregg K. Kakesako POSTED: 01:30 a.m…. Read more »
US Announces Military Base in Romania to Become “Permanent”
http://news.antiwar.com/2009/10/23/us-announces-military-base-in-romania-to-become-permanent/ US Announces Military Base in Romania to Become “Permanent” Enduring US Presence at Site Used in Iraq Invasion, CIA Renditions by Jason Ditz, October 23, 2009 In an announcement today which likely surprised no one, the US army announced that the military base just northwest of the Black Sea Port City of Constanta, Romania… Read more »
Hot Button Henoko Part 2: Clock ticking on base, its delicate environment
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091020a3.html Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 HOT BUTTON HENOKO Clock ticking on base, its delicate environment By ERIC JOHNSTON Staff writer Second of two parts NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — There are many reasons why the plan to relocate U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the shores of Camp Schwab on the Henoko Peninsula in northern… Read more »
Hot Button Henoko, Part 1: Opposition to Futenma move won’t go away
A good series from Japan Times giving some background on the political changes in Japan and its relevance to the Okinawa bases issue. Part 2 will be in a separate post. >><< http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091019a4.html Monday, Oct. 19, 2009 HOT BUTTON HENOKO Opposition to Futenma move won’t go away By ERIC JOHNSTON Staff writer First of Two… Read more »
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