Resistance to Militarism: Guam, Puerto Rico, Diego Garcia

Resistance to Militarism: Guam, Puerto Rico, Diego Garcia

Tues, May 19, 6:30-9:00pm

PANA Institute, 2357 Le Conte Ave, Berkeley, CA

PANA and Women for Genuine Security invite you to:
• Hear updates on Island Peoples’ resistance to U.S. military bases & their struggle for life and land.
• Including book launch of: Island of Shame: The Secret history of the US Military Base on Diego Garcia
• Share food and community
6:30pm dinner. Program starts at 7:00pm. RSVP for dinner to Gwyn Kirk (gwyn@igc.org; 510 652-7511)

Speakers:

DEBÓRAH BERMAN SANTANA
Ethnic Studies professor, Mills College;
Advisor, Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques, and Collaborator, Ceiba Alliance for Development (PR community organizations that address the issue of military and ex-military lands);
Author of Kicking Off the Bootstrap: Environment, evelopment and Community Power in Puerto Rico (University of Arizona Press) + many articles on Puerto Rico, resistance to militarism, and environmental justice.

DAVID VINE
Anthropology professor. American University, Washington, DC, and author of Island of Shame: The Secret history of the US Military Base on Diego Garcia.

This explosive new book exposes the other Guantánamo in the heart of the Indian Ocean. Although most don’t know it exists, the U.S. military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.S. military installations in the world, serving as a launch pad for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, a top-secret CIA prison, and a centerpiece for U.S. domination of Middle East oil supplies. Island of Shame also reveals the shocking truth of how the United States conspired with Britain to forcibly expel Diego Garcia’s indigenous people-the Chagossians-and dump them in impoverished exile. (All the author’s proceeds will be donated to the Chagossians).

FAMOKSAIYAN
Organizing for self-determination for Chamorro people of Guåhan/Guam.

DIRECTIONS:
Downtown Berkeley BART. Take University to Oxford. Left on Oxford, right on Hearst, left on Le Conte. Call 415 312 5583 if you need a ride from BART. Parking space in the driveway or on the street.

SPONSORS:
Women for Genuine Security & PANA Institute (Pacific School of Religion) For more information: Deborah Lee (dlee@psr.edu) • www.panainstitute.org
Gwyn Kirk (gwyn@igc.org);, 510 652- 7511 • www.genuinesecurity.org

Related event:
Author David Vine will also speak at Modern Times Bookstore in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 20, 7:00pm.