Monthly Archives: February 2009

Navy training expansion in Puget Sound meets resistance

2/4/2009 Navy training expansion draws criticism By Justin Burnett Examiner Staff Writer Photo: Howard Garrett Ruffles, the oldest known male orca in the world, swims past Fort Casey Lighthouse in October 2008. The U.S. Navy recently released its plans to increase operations in its Northwest Training Range Complex and the news has many people wondering… Read more »

Kyrgyz government seeks to close U.S. military base

The U.S. may lose a key military base in Central Asia as the Obama Administration prepares to “surge” in Afghanistan.  According to a report by the AP, the government of Kyrgyzstan introduced legislation to close the U.S. military bas at Manas: Kyrgyzstan’s government submitted a draft bill to parliament Wednesday that would close a U.S…. Read more »

William Blum: “Change (in rhetoric) we can believe in.”

http://killinghope.org/bblum6/aer66.html The Anti-Empire Report February 3rd, 2009 by William Blum www.killinghope.org Change (in rhetoric) we can believe in. I’ve said all along that whatever good changes might occur in regard to non-foreign policy issues, such as what’s already taken place concerning the environment and abortion, the Obama administration will not produce any significantly worthwhile change… Read more »

David Krieger to speak on Nuclear Weapons and the Human Future

NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE HUMAN FUTURE David Krieger, PhD President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Santa Barbara, California Thursday, February 12, 2009 6pm to 8pm Honolulu Friends Meeting House 2426 O`ahu Avenue Honolulu, Hawai`i Free and open to the public David Krieger is a founder and President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, which has initiated… Read more »

Protest and healing ceremony at Pohakuloa

Here’s a report from Jim Albertini, one of the organizers on Hawai’i island resisting further militarization.    They recently organized an action up at Pohakuloa.  You can also view a video covering both the Pro-Hawai’i/Pro-Peace protest and the Pro-war protest here. POHAKULOA HEALING CEREMONY AND PROTEST Aloha Kakou, Approximately 50 Big Island residents gathered on Saturday,… Read more »

Time for U.S. and Japan to get out of Okinawa

http://snipurl.com/b5af9 [Oped News] January 31, 2009 Time For U.S. And Japan To Get Out Of Okinawa By Sherwood Ross It’s way past time for the U.S. to get the hell out of Okinawa—and, for that matter, to take its Tokyo good buddies with it. Before Japanese warlords annexed the Ryuku islands in 1879, Okinawans enjoyed… Read more »

Activists in Vincenza, Italy occupy the site of a proposed U.S. military base

================================= 2009/1/31 Stephanie Westbrook <steph@webfabbrica.com> Hi all, This morning around 10am the movement opposing the new U.S. base in Vicenza entered and occupied the site. The police were caught completely off guard and the activists were able to cut the fence and gates and occupy the area. Once the police arrived, they were planning to… Read more »