When the working class and poor are deprived of educational and economic opportunities, the military is seen as the only alternative. This is called the “Poverty Draft”. As described in the article below from the Honolulu Advertiser, this pressure for the poor to join the military has become worse with the current economic crisis. Meanwhile,… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2009
Secret court records sought in alleged spy case
January 7, 2009 Secrecy tested in Isle spy case FBI says it had Maui man in its sights long before Oct. 2005 arrest By Jim Dooley Advertiser Staff Writer FBI counterintelligence agents had Maui resident Noshir Gowadia under aerial and ground surveillance for a year before they arrested him in 2005 on espionage and other… Read more »
ACTION ALERT: Let Gaza Live! Actions in Honolulu
STOP THE MASSACRE IN GAZA! Israel, with the full backing of the U.S. creates the largest open-air concentration camp in history. No one can escape. No humanitarian relief is allowed in. No journalists are allowed to witness the horror. THEN ISRAEL DROPS BOMBS ON THE CONCENTRATION CAMP! They are dropped by Apaches and F-16’s supplied… Read more »
Air Force orders troops to counter military-negative opinions in the blogosphere
Air Force Releases ‘Counter-Blog’ Marching Orders By Noah Shachtman January 06, 2009 Air_force_blog_char Bloggers: If you suddenly find Air Force officers leaving barbed comments after one of your posts, don’t be surprised. They’re just following the service’s new “counter-blogging” flow chart. In a twelve-point plan, put together by the emerging technology division of the Air… Read more »
Superferry sickens passengers, damages cars
View the video online: http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/12957/40/ Superferry Ride Sickens Passengers; Damages Cars Written by Tina Chau – tchau@kgmb9.com Monday, January 05, 2009 10:19 PM The Hawaii Superferry is no stranger to rough waters. Footage shows it plowing through choppy surf near Molokai last winter. The same thing happened Sunday. Rough conditions roughed-up the ferry and passengers… Read more »
Military chopper makes emergency landing on North Shore
http://kgmb9.com Military Chopper Lands on North Shore Written by KGMB9 News – news@kgmb9.com January 05, 2009 06:23 PM Schofield Barracks is releasing more information about the helicopter that went down at 5:30 Monday evening. The Army says two soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division smelled fumes in the aircraft and… Read more »
Richard Falk on Gaza Catastrophe
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-falk/understanding-the-gaza-ca_b_154777.html Understanding the Gaza Catastrophe By Richard Falk United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories January 2, 2009 For eighteen months the entire 1.5 million people of Gaza experienced a punishing blockade imposed by Israel, and a variety of traumatizing challenges to the normalcy of daily life. A flicker of hope… Read more »
NSA data-mining grows in San Antonio
This article came from a San Antonio alternative paper. The NSA has a regional signal intelligence (sigint) facility under the pineapple fields of Kunia. They threaten you too if you try to take photos. But the military is now upgrading to a new facility in Whitmore that will house both Navy and NSA intelligence facilities. … Read more »
Is Obama planning a Pentagon-NASA merger?
Obama Moves to Counter China in Space With Pentagon-NASA Link http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090102/pl_bloomberg/aovrno0oj41g By Demian McLean Thu Jan 1, 2009 Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) — President-elect Barack Obama will probably tear down long-standing barriers between the U.S.’s civilian and military space programs to speed up a mission to the moon amid the prospect of a new space race… Read more »
Article on Women and Military Bases in Asia-Pacific
Gender and U.S. Bases in Asia-Pacific Ellen-Rae Cachola, Lizelle Festejo, Annie Fukushima, Gwyn Kirk, and Sabina Perez March 14, 2008 Editor: John Feffer The power dynamics of militarism in the Asia-Pacific region rely on dominance and subordination. These hierarchical relationships, shaped by gender, can be seen in U.S. military exploitation of host communities, its abuse… Read more »
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