Thanks to Gavan McCormack, Norimatsu Satoko and Mark Selden for this excellent recap of events surrounding the U.S. military base controversy in Okinawa and an analysis of prospects for for the future. Please visit the Japan Focus website for some of the best analysis of Japan and East Asia issues. >><< New Year 2011, Okinawa… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2011
‘I didn’t think of Iraqis as humans,’ says U.S. soldier who raped 14-year-old girl before killing her and her family
Steven Green, the former soldier sentenced to five life terms for raping and killing a 14 year-old Iraqi girl and killing her family spoke to a reporter for the Daily Mail newspaper: An Iraq War veteran serving five life terms for raping and killing a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her parents and sister says… Read more »
Tucson Terrorism: A Deeply Rooted Assault on American Democracy
Tucson Terrorism: A Deeply Rooted Assault on American Democracy Joseph Gerson* Now its political assassination and murders in Tucson. William Faulkner wrote that the past isn’t dead, it isn’t even past. I’m a veteran of Arizona. As one of the state’s leading peace advocates and organizers during the Vietnam War, I had more than my… Read more »
Hawaii key in U.S. plans for Pacific region
As the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports, despite the Pentagon’s announced budget cuts of $78 billion, the message from the 10th annual Hawaii military partnership conference is that “Hawaii is of extreme strategic importance” to the United States because of our location in the critically important Asia Pacific region and because of the rising economic and… Read more »
Are Haoles Victimized?
Judy Rohrer recently published a book Haoles in Hawai’i. It is an excellent history of the U.S. occupation of Hawai’i, haole identity formation and race relations in Hawai’i. She also provides insightful analysis of haole reaction to Native Hawaiian and local demands for justice. Originally from Hawai’i, she is back in the islands to give… Read more »
Colonel Ann Wright to speak about recent peace delegations to Afghanistan and Gaza
Download flyer here Witness: Afghanistan and Gaza Col. (Ret.) Ann Wright Ann Wright will report back on her recent trip to Afghanistan and the 2nd Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Just back from Kabul to Honolulu on December 31st, 2010, Ann will describe the conditions in Afghanistan and the exciting peace activism. Ann worked with Afghan Youth… Read more »
Navy commander loses carrier job over anti-gay videos
A Commander of the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier was permanently relieved of command for producing and broadcasting a series of lewd anti-gay videos to his crew according to the Virginian-Pilot: Adm. John C. Harvey announced today that he has permanently relieved Capt. Owen Honors as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier Enterprise for showing “exceptionally… Read more »
Solidarity Actions to Protest US Military Expansion in Takae (Okinawa)
U.S. military helicopters buzzed the peace encampment near the Yambaru forest in Takae, at the northern end of Okinawa. Construction of the jungle warfare training area has begun. This is another site of community resistance to U.S. military base expansion in Okinawa, but it has gotten far less media attention than Futenma and Henoko. Groups… Read more »
Navy Awards Two Contracts to Build New Combat Ships
The New York Times reports that Lockheed Martin and Austal USA got nice Christmas gifts from the Navy: The Navy on Wednesday awarded two companies contracts that could be worth a total of more than $7 billion to build 20 of its new littoral combat ships, splitting the purchase to obtain the vessels more quickly…. Read more »
Army helicopter training enroaching on Mauna Kea
As reported previously on this site, the Army proposes to conduct High Altitude Mountainous Environmental Training (HAMET) on the slopes of Mauna Kea. This training would take place outside of the training areas currently under Army control. The Army has just posted the Environmental Assessment (EA), Appendices and Draft Fining of No Significant Impact on its… Read more »
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