Revolution Books is sponsoring a talk by Sunsara Taylor at UH Manoa “From the Burkha to the Thong: Everything Must and Can Change – We Need Total Revolution!” April 13th – University of Hawai’i 7-9:30 pm – Architecture Building University of Hawai’i-Manoa Suggested donation $20-10; students free w/ID Sponsored by Revolution Books contact: 808-944-3106 They… Read more »
Monthly Archives: April 2010
UK designates Chagos marine reserve, but right of return for Chagos refugees unclear
According to this AP article, the UK has outdone the US and created the largest marine reserve in the world in Chagos, surpassing the Papahanaumokuakea national marine monument. However, as the Times reported earlier this environmentally friendly move may make it more difficult for the evicted Chagos islanders to return to their island home in… Read more »
Documents confirm 1959 Japan-U.S. secret meeting over court case
Did the U.S. interfere with the outcome of a trespass case in Japan where in 1959 protesters were accused of trespassing on a U.S. military base slated for expansion? After a district court in Tokyo acquitted the protesters on the grounds that the U.S. bases were unconstitutional, secret meetings took place between the U.S. and… Read more »
Military may use stimulus money to start biofuel production in Hawai’i
Stimulating alternative sources of energy may be a good thing, but the question remains why is the military doing this? If the government were to subsidize conversion of diesel vehicles for example, wouldn’t it stimulate the necessary demand to justify biofuel ventures? The U.S. military is already the largest consumer of energy in the world,… Read more »
Army Commander won’t be sanctioned for advocating anti-gay policy
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100331/BREAKING01/100331005/Mixon+won+t+be+reprimanded+ Updated at 11:32 a.m., Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Mixon won’t be reprimanded Advertiser Wire Services The Hawaii-based commander of the Army in the Pacific will not be sanctioned for publicly urging troops to lobby against repeal of a ban on openly gay military service. Army Secretary John McHugh said today that Lt. Gen. Benjamin… Read more »
Federal Judge Finds N.S.A. Wiretaps Were Illegal
The Naional Security Agency (NSA) has a super secure regional signals intelligence center dug in under the pineapple fields in Kunia. The entire facility will move in with the Navy at a combined intelligence center being built in Wahiawa/Whitmore Village area. Can you hear me now? >><< http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/us/01nsa.html?th&emc=th Federal Judge Finds N.S.A. Wiretaps Were Illegal… Read more »
28 Nations Helped U.S. to Detain “Suspects”
http://smirkingchimp.com/print/27720/ Published on The Smirking Chimp (http://smirkingchimp.com) 28 Nations Helped U.S. to Detain “Suspects” By Sherwood Ross Created Mar 31 2010 – 10:19am Twenty-eight nations have cooperated with the U.S. to detain in their prisons, and sometimes to interrogate and torture, suspects arrested as part of the U.S. “War on Terror.” The complicit countries have… Read more »
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