The Washington Postpublished an informative article on China’s reaction to President Obama’s “pivot” toward Asia: With the Obama administration’s high-profile pivot toward Asia this week — pushing for a new free-trade agreement with at least eight other countries and securing military basing rights in Australia — China is feeling at once isolated, criticized, encircled and… Read more »
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Teaching Children War
Jon Letman describes how militarism has seeped into our society and culture, event the “Scholastic News” that his second grade son brings home from school. He asks profound questions about how our society has become so militarized and what it means for our future. With teaching materials like this, is it any wonder the U.S…. Read more »
Skies above Marine base expected to grow busier
The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that the proposed expansion of Marine Corps aviation activities in the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Kaneohe Bay will increase by 49%. Ko’olaupoko residents have an opportunity to speak out against this plan! http://www.staradvertiser.com/newspremium/20111116_Skies_above_Marine_base_expected_to_grow_busier.html?id=133945443&c=n Skies above Marine base expected to grow busier By William Cole POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 16,… Read more »
Pearl Harbor-Hickam Restoration Advisory Board (RAB)
The Pearl Harbor-Hickam Restoration Advisory Board will meet tomorrow at 7:00 pm at the ‘Aiea Library. The Pearl Harbor Sediment Draft Feasibility Study should be of interest to many. It will deal with proposals for cleaning up the contamination in the sediment of Ke Awalau o Pu’uloa, which is substantial. Here’s the invitation. The meetings… Read more »
Clinton convoy in paint attack in Philippines
U.S. empire was also confronted by demonstrators in the Philippines, where protests threw red paint on Clinton’s convoy and clashed with security forces. The convoy was forced to detour: Protesters clashed with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s security detail near the Malacañang Palace Wednesday, forcing her convoy to detour, an Agence France-Presse photographer on… Read more »
Obama on U.S. military expansion in Australia: “We are here to stay”
The New York Times carried another article about Obama’s decision to expand the U.S. military presence and activity in Australia as part of its containment of China. U.S. imperial arrogance is on full display. Also, the article also touches on the the new types of military basing arrangements that we are more likely to see… Read more »
U.S. to expand its military presence in Australia
On his trip to Australia, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. will expand its military footprint in Australia, but insists it is not intended to counter China in any way. Yeah, right. President Barack Obama insisted Wednesday that the United States does not fear China, even as he announced a new security agreement… Read more »
Open Letter from a Hawai’i Okinawan: “The Battle of Okinawa is not over…”
Eric Wada, a person of Okinawan ancestry in Hawai’i, teacher of Okinawan language and a master of traditional Okinawan sanshin and song, posted the following open letter on Facebook to the people of his ancestral homeland: OKINAWA 911 !!! PLEASE READ AND DISTRIBUTE ! To all in Okinawa, Okinawa needs to realize their rights have… Read more »
Navy will re-evaluate selection of Pagat for firing range
In a win for opponents of the Navy buildup on Guam, the Pacific News Center reports that the Navy has agreed to do a supplementary environmental impact statement for a proposed live fire training facility in Guam: The national trust for historic preservation, The Guam Preservation trust and We Are Guahan filed a suit against… Read more »
One Veteran’s Rough Path from Killing and Torturing to Peace
Check out this article about military whistleblower Evan Knappenberger and his journey from wanting to kill in revenge for 9/11 to speaking out against the crimes of the government: One Veteran’s Rough Path from Killing and Torturing to Peace By davidswanson – Posted on 15 November 2011 Not yet 30, Evan Knappenberger has already lived… Read more »
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