Message from the International Women’s Network Against Militarism to the peoples movement for No Naval Base on Jeju! September 1, 2011 Dear friends in the struggle against US military expansion at Jeju Island We women from Okinawa, mainland Japan, the Philippines, Marshall Islands, Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Australia and west-coast USA send our greetings in… Read more »
Monthly Archives: September 2011
State allows public access on Ahu o Laka sandbar despite radiation leak
Using radiation monitors not designed to scan under water, the state determined that it was safe for the public to access the helicopter crash site in Kane’ohe Bay where radioactive Strontium 90 leaked out. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: The public will be allowed on the sandbar at Kaneohe Bay this holiday weekend despite concerns… Read more »
Kaneohe sandbar deemed safe after radiological testing?
Ahu o Laka, a sandbar in Kaneʻohe Bay, was the site of a fatal Marine Corps helicopter crash in March 2011. More about that crash can be read here and here. The crash resulted in the release of fuel and a radioactive substance Strontium 90, which mimics calcium and attacks bones. However, the Marine Corps… Read more »
Mokoliʻi takes the lives to two soldiers
In the legend of Hiʻiakaikapoliopele, Hiʻiaka kills a monstrous moʻo (lizard/dragon) named Mokoliʻi. Mokoliʻi island is its tail. As the Honolulu Star Advertiser reports, Mokoliʻi took the lives to two Schofield Barracks soldiers: 2 soldiers drown off Kualoa A group hits trouble on a return from Chinaman’s Hat By Gordon Y.K. Pang and Rob Shikina… Read more »
Another story about the radiation leak at Marine helicopter crash site
KHON TV carried a story about the radiation leak at the site of a fatal Marine Corps helicopter crash in Kane’ohe Bay: Activist concerned about possible radioactive contamination at Kaneohe Sandbar Reported by: Andrew Pereira Updated: 8:28 am KANEOHE- Environmental activist Carroll Cox says a helicopter that crashed onto the Kaneohe Sandbar on the evening… Read more »
Radioactive strontium leaked into Kaneʻohe Bay from helicopter crash
Brooks Baehr reports on Hawaii News Now that the fatal Marine Corps helicopter crash in Kaneʻohe Bay in March, resulted in radioactive Strontium 90 leaking into the bay. But the Marines never notified anyone, not even the State Department of Health. Meanwhile, Hawaii News Now reports that a missile defense test failed to hit its… Read more »
Critical perspectives on the U.S.-led NATO war on Libya
The western media has hyped the rebels’ “victory” in the war in Libya. But it’s impossible to know what is really going on if you only get the mainstream media. Reports are trickling out from independent journalists that contradict the disinformation being spread by mainstream media. Franklin Lamb reports in Countercurrents.org from Tripoli: NATO is… Read more »
US PLANS INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
From Waging Peace: US Plans Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Test on International Day of Peace by David Krieger August 31, 2011 In 1981, the United Nations General Assembly created an annual International Day of Peace to take place on the opening day of the regular sessions of the General Assembly. The purpose of the day is… Read more »
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