CARROLL COX / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-BULLETIN The wreck of a U.S. Army Kiowa Warrior helicopter lay on the tarmac at Wheeler Army Airfield yesterday after a crash that killed both pilots. Army officials are investigating the cause of the accident, which occurred while the helicopter was performing exercises above the main runway. Copter crash… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2009
When we almost nuked Savannah
http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair05152009.html May 15-17, 2009 When We Almost Nuked Savannah The Case of the Missing H-Bomb By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR Things go missing. It’s to be expected. Even at the Pentagon. Last October, the Pentagon’s inspector general reported that the military’s accountants had misplaced a destroyer, several tanks and armored personnel carriers, hundreds of machine guns,… Read more »
Jon Osorio Responds to the “Ceded” Lands Settlement
An Open Letter to the Lahui May 23rd, 2009 Letter to the Lāhui: Early this week I was a part of a panel “Hoʻopunipuni: The Myth of Statehood” organized by Arnie Saiki, in Los Angeles. Julian Aguon, Kekuni Blaisdell, Kuhio Vogeler and I all spoke about the many different and connected deceptions that have maintained… Read more »
Dahr Jamail: Colonizing Culture
As an independent journalist, Dahr Jamail has brought the world vivid and horrifying accounts of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. When he visited Hawai’i a few years ago, Hawaiian Independence activists introduced him to the history and current state of the U.S. occupation of Hawai’i and of the sovereignty movement. He immediately got it. In… Read more »
Another Case Confirms Agent Orange on Guam
Another case confirms AO on Guam http://guam.mvarietynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6726:another-case-confirms-ao-on-guam&catid=1:guam-local-news&Itemid=2 Tuesday, 26 May 2009 00:14 by Mar-Vic Cagurangan |Variety News Staff ANOTHER veteran who was stationed at Andersen Air Force Base from 1962 to 1965 won his claim for disability benefits based on medical findings which showed that his illness was the result of his exposure to Agent… Read more »
NYC schools to limit recruiter access to students
May 20, 2009 In a Switch, City Tells Schools to Monitor On-Campus Military Recruiting By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ Schools will be required to provide military opt-out forms to 9th- and 10th-grade students and to develop a plan to monitor on-campus recruiting by the armed forces, according to new guidelines announced by the city’s Department of… Read more »
Appeal to Protect Waimanalo
From: Ryan Kalama Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 11:15 PM Subject: Waimanalo needs your Kokua Aloha Kakou; “WE THE KAILUA HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB, HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB OF WAIMANALO AND THE COMMUNITY NEEDS EVERYONE’S HELP TO SAVE WAIMANALO AND TO GET BACK THEIR LAND” Waimanalo and Kailua have been having our hands full dealing with Bellows… Read more »
Pentagon Plans Latin America-Wide Intervention Ability for New Military Base in Colombia
Pentagon Plans Latin America-Wide Intervention Ability for New Military Base in Colombia May 18, 2009, Oakland, CA: The United States is planning to establish a new military facility in Colombia that will give the U.S. increased capacity for military intervention throughout most of Latin America. Given the tense relations of Washington with Venezuela, Bolivia, and… Read more »
Declaration of the Seven Puerto Rican Independentistas arrested in Congress
STATEMENT OF THE SEVEN May 14-20, 2009 http://claridadpuertorico.com/content/view/403978/32/ Editors’ Note: We are reproducing the Statement of the Seven, the words that the seven Puerto Rican patriots pronounced upon their release last Wednesday, May 6, and the entire text of the Letter they wrote to the President of the United States, Barack Obama, where they set… Read more »
Resistance to Militarism: Guam, Puerto Rico, Diego Garcia
Resistance to Militarism: Guam, Puerto Rico, Diego Garcia Tues, May 19, 6:30-9:00pm PANA Institute, 2357 Le Conte Ave, Berkeley, CA PANA and Women for Genuine Security invite you to: • Hear updates on Island Peoples’ resistance to U.S. military bases & their struggle for life and land. • Including book launch of: Island of Shame:… Read more »
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