Moana Nui 2013: Obama’s “Pacific Pivot” Destroys Environment, Democracy, Cultures
May 15, 2013
June 1, 201310:00 amto10:00 pmJune 2, 201310:00 amto6:00 pm Press Release ANNOUNCING: MOANA NUI #2 June 1-2, 2013 Martin Luther King Auditorium, Berkeley (“Moana Nui” is Polynesian for “Vast...
Islands of Peace – Casualties of War, a Pan-Pacific Discussion
April 17, 2013
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U.S. ship smashes into Philippines reef as the Navy plans to scrap another ship damaged in a similar accident in Hawaiʻi
January 23, 2013
A photo released on Jan. 20, 2013 by the Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Command (AFP-WESCOM) shows the US Navy ship USS Guardian remaining stuck in the vicinity of the Tubbataha Reef, western...
Two U.S. sailors arrested in alleged rape of Okinawan woman
October 16, 2012
The Associated Press reports “2 US sailors arrested in alleged rape of Japanese woman on Okinawa; Japan lodges protest” (October 16, 2012) that two U.S. sailors were arrested in Okinawa for...
Jeju naval base has been designed according to the US navy demands, a National Assembly woman says.
September 7, 2012
On the No Naval Base on Jeju! Facebook page and her blog, Sung-hee Choi reports an important revelation from a South Korean National Assembly woman, that despite repeated denials by the U.S. and...
Protest the environmental and cultural destruction on Jeju Island! Vigil at the South Korean Consulate in Honolulu
September 4, 2012
September 6, 20125:30 pmto6:30 pmProtest the environmental and cultural destruction on Jeju Island. No Naval Base! In solidarity with the Gangjeong villagers in the movement to protect their island from...
World Conservation Congress convenes in Jeju amid protests, deportations, and repression, while the state of Hawaiʻi aims to host the event in 2016
September 4, 2012
There has been a raging political struggle between the villagers of Gangjeong village on Jeju Island, South Korea and the Korean government over the construction of a naval base that is destroying pristine...
Toxic “Rainbow” across the Pacific: New Information Revealed About Agent Orange
August 10, 2012
Today is the 67th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Rebecca Solnit wrote on Facebook: In 1995 a woman who survived the bombing of Nagasaki (67 years ago today) came to San Francisco...
Military “pivot” in the Pacific, “Shadow wars” in Africa, “Lily Pads” and Drones
July 31, 2012
Last year, U.S. Congress required that a study of the basing options be done before any further funding for the Guam military buildup would be authorized. The Center for Strategic and International...
Ann Wright: Green-Washing War, Sinking Ships, Drones from Submarines — Largest International War Games around Hawaii
July 26, 2012
Ann Wright wrote an excellent article in Op Ed News on the RIMPAC exercises in Hawaiʻi, the Pacific “pivot” and protests from Okinawa to Pohakuloa: Green-Washing War, Sinking Ships, Drones...
