Malama Makua is holding its 16th Annual Malama Makua Vigil for Peace Saturday, December 26th, 2009 4:00pm At the front gate of the Makua Military Reservation. Participants are welcome to share prayers, poems, readings, or songs related to peace and the restoration of Makua.
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Analysis of Obama’s Afghanistan war escalation speech
Below is a very good analysis of Obama’s Afghanistan escalation speech by Phyllis Bennis. You can also listen to presentations by Phyllis Bennis and Joseph Gerson and open strategy discussion at http://www.afsc.org/middleeast/ht/d/sp/i/81912/pid/81912 >><< http://www.ips-dc.org/articles/president_obamas_afghanistan_escalation_speech President Obama’s Afghanistan Escalation Speech December 2, 2009 · By Phyllis Bennis An assessment of what Obama said—and what he didn’t… Read more »
Army will use robots to clear munitions from ‘Ordnance Reef’
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20091204_Army_enlists_robots_to_clear_munitions_near_Pokai_Bay.html Army enlists robots to clear munitions near Pokai Bay The Ordnance Reef project also will study the long-term effects on the area’s sea life By Gregg K. Kakesako POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 04, 2009 The Army will undertake an unprecedented $2.5 million underwater robotics demonstration project beginning in October designed to remove or… Read more »
Risking the Lives of the Unborn
In Risking the Lives of the Unborn published in the Huffington Post, Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club, writes “For the last eight years, federal agencies charged with protecting our health were systematically discouraged or even prevented from doing their jobs.” One of the central villains of the great toxic cover-up, the Agency for… Read more »
Abercrombie defends $3.5 million earmark for a company owned by his campaign co-chair
Why is the Army occupying agricultural lands that can be farmed for biodiesel? Why can’t the community use these lands to increase food security? >><< http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091204/NEWS01/912040327/Candidate+defends++3.5M+earmark Posted on: Friday, December 4, 2009 Candidate defends $3.5M earmark Advertiser Staff A company co-founded by one of U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie’s gubernatorial campaign co-chairs received a $3.5 million… Read more »
U.S. presses Japan to resolve Okinawa base dispute ‘expeditiously’
The U.S. is trying to bully the new government in Japan into accepting the expansion of the military base in Henoko. >><< http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091204/BREAKING/91204007/U.S.%20presses%20Japan%20to%20resolve%20Okinawa%20base%20dispute%20%E2%80%98expeditiously%E2%80%99 Friday, December 4, 2009 U.S. presses Japan to resolve Okinawa base dispute ‘expeditiously’ By Blaine Harden and John Pomfret Washington Post TOKYO — U.S. Ambassador John Roos said Friday the Obama administration… Read more »
Militarization of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
Democracy Now! ran an interview with Lex Kassenberg, Director of CARE International’s efforts in Afghanistan since 2006, who discussed the danger of humanitarian aid becoming more militarized in the wake of Obama’s decision to expand the war. The fears are well founded. As Jeremy Scahill reported in a Nation article about covert operations in Pakistan… Read more »
Abercrombie in spotlight for military pork
Congressman Abercrombie has come under scrutiny for his military earmarks. The CBS news first highlighted Abercrombie’s $3.5 million earmark to Pacific Biodiesel to grow fuel for the Army. The founder of Pacific Biodiesel is the co-chair of the Congressman’s gubernatorial campaign. But as Dave Shapiro points out in the Honolulu Advertiser, Congresswoman Hirono actually was… Read more »
Scahill exposes involvement of Blackwater mercenaries in secret US operations in Pakistan
In this article published in The Nation, Jeremy Scahill exposes the existence of covert U.S. operations in Pakistan to assassinate or kidnap Taliban or al Qaeda operatives. Blackwater mercenaries are at the heart of this secret war. >><< http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091207/scahill The Secret US War in Pakistan By Jeremy Scahill November 23, 2009 At a covert forward… Read more »
More on Obama’s War, protest in Honolulu, ‘think tankers’, and the ‘good’ empire that doesn’t seek ‘global domination’
This afternoon at the Federal Building in Honolulu, around 40 people turned out on short-notice to demonstrate against President Obama’s decision to expand the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The response from the passing motorists was very positive with many honks and shaka signs. With the growing public opinion against the U.S. war in Afghanistan,… Read more »
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