Blue Pacific Continent: Militarized Experiences in Hawai’i, the Marshall Islands and Guahan Introduction to the Panel: Ken Kuper, FITE Club Victoria-Lola Leon Guererro, Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice Abacca Anjain-Maddison, Former Rongelap Senator, Marshall Islands Kyle Kajihiro, Hawai’i Peace and Justice and DMZ-Hawai’i / Aloha ‘Aina Panel Discussion and Question and… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2011
Moana Nui Conference air dates on ‘Olelo
Mahalo to Scotty Wong and the crew at ‘Olelo for documenting the Moana Nui peoples’ conference as well as the happenings within the ‘official’ APEC summit. Below are the airdates for the first installment of Moana Nui programs. The programs stream live during their scheduled air date/time at www.olelo.org. The shows will also be… Read more »
Senators Have Ideas for Cutting the Military Budget
Robert Naiman, Policy Director for Just Foreign Policy, wrote an article for the Huffington Post that outlines several legislative initiatives that seek to cut the military budget, including foreign bases: You can see that senators have ideas for cutting the military budget from the list of amendments filed in the Senate to the National Defense… Read more »
Arundhati Roy: “The People Who Created the Crisis Will Not Be the Ones That Come Up With a Solution”
In a Truthout interview Arundhati Roy: “The People Who Created the Crisis Will Not Be the Ones That Come Up With a Solution”, the acclaimed author and social visionary interprets and analyzes the significance of the Occupy Movement: AR: I don’t think the whole protest is only about occupying physical territory, but about reigniting a… Read more »
Rivals under the same heaven
President Obama used the backdrop of the November 2011 APEC summit in Honolulu to unveil his foreign policy ‘pivot’ to the Asia-Pacific region, then traveled to Australia where he announced the expansion of U.S. military exercises and bases there. Recently, Secretary of State Clinton wrote an article in Foreign Policy entitled “America’s Pacific Century”, where… Read more »
Okinawan defense chief compared military relocation to rape
The head of the Okinawan Defense Bureau compared the relocation of the Futenma military base to Henoko to an act of rape and may lose his job because of it. It was probably a poor political choice of words given the politically charged atmosphere in Okinawa regarding U.S. military bases and the many crimes committed… Read more »
“The Pacific Blue Continent: Militarized Experiences in Hawai’i, the Marshall Islands and Guahan”
November 30, 2011 5:30 pm University of Guam CLASS Public Lecture Hall Featured Speakers: Kyle Kajihiro, Hawai’i Peace and Justice Abacca Anjain-Maddison, Former Senator, Rongelap Island, Ken Kuper, FITE Club Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero, Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice Sponsored by the Division of Social Work and Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice
Nye on U.S. ‘pivot’ to Asia Pacific
Joseph Nye, President Clinton’s first Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs wrote an opinion article for the New York Times that applauds President Obama for his ‘pivot’ towards the Asia Pacific region and decision to increase U.S. military training in Australia. This appears to be a concession that the move of Futenma air… Read more »
Costly aircraft suggests cuts won’t be easy
The New York Times published an interesting article that delves a little into the politics of the military-industrial-congressional complex and how difficult it will be to cut military programs in order to reduce the federal budget. They focus on one example, the troubled Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, which is being proposed to be stationed at the… Read more »
Navy wants the two Hawaii Superferries
When the community rallied to oppose the fast-track of the Hawaii Superferry back in 2007, we began to raise concerns about the military interests driving the venture. Corporate and public officials dismissed the concerns as paranoid rantings. But diligent research by Lance Holter and others surfaced many connections between the Hawaii Superferry prototype and… Read more »
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