Monthly Archives: July 2011

Military as jobs program vs base conversion

Posted by https://www.dmzhawaii.org/?author=3 & filed under O'ahu.

President Obama recently announced plans for partial troop withdrawals from Afghanistan.  But the headlines should have read “Obama continues the wars”, a betrayal of promises to end the wars.  The responses from military personnel in Kaneʻohe were surprising: Lance Cpl. Brandon Johnson, who just returned from Afghanistan last Saturday.”This war should be over,” Johnson said.Johnson,… Read more »

Save Jeju Island–No Naval Base Petition

Posted by https://www.dmzhawaii.org/?author=3 & filed under Uncategorized.

Hawaiʻi Peace and Justice / American Friends Service Committee Hawaiʻi and DMZ-Hawaiʻi / Aloha ʻAina hosted a visit by Ko YouKyoung, a leader in the Korean anti-bases movement.  She showed a documentary about the struggle of Pyongtaek villagers to resist eviction and destruction of their town and farm land for the expansion of a U.S…. Read more »

Man with Marine Base address arrested for alleged sex assault of woman in Waikiki

Posted by https://www.dmzhawaii.org/?author=3 & filed under Local Campaigns, O'ahu.

The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports “Officers arrested a 23-year-old man of an address at Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe  at 2:11 a.m. Friday” for allegedly sexually assaulting a 20-year old woman in Waikiki on June 23.   The man arrested and booked on suspicion of first-degree sexual assault and kidnapping was one of two… Read more »