A documentary about the Jeju struggle is being produced by the same film maker who did “Pax Americana”. It’s called “The Base”. Check it out: http://thebasefilm.com/index.html A Tale of War, Peace and Resistance The South Korean Government is constructing a naval base on Jeju Island. Officially designated the “Island of World Peace,” Jeju was the… Read more »
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The militarization-globalization link
The International Business Times wrote an article about the APEC 2011 meeting in Honolulu, and particularly the issues and context of the U.S. – China dialogue. The article describes the relationship between militarization and globalization: United States Pacific Command What does a Hawaii-base military organization have to do with global commerce? The Pacific Command was… Read more »
Lost Bases of Empire
As war, economic crises and political unrest continue to sap the United States, maintaining the vast network of U.S. foreign military bases may become more tenuous. Tarak Barkawi writes in Al Jazeera: But the US is divided and turned in on itself. Much of the government is hobbled by underinvestment, privatisation and party politics. Mainstream… Read more »
Abercrombie’s communications director distributes anti-Obama chain email
Ian Lind reports that Governor Abercrombie’s new communications director sent an anti-Obama chain email to a list of contacts, including prominent media personalities and political movers and shakers: Governor Neil Abercrombie’s newly appointed communications director said he didn’t read a chain email falsely attacking President Obama for planning to honor a controversial Vietnam War-era critic… Read more »
Army says it will review bingo games for compliance
Now the Army is following the Navy’s lead and reviewing the legality of its bingo games on base. Gambling is not legal in Hawai’i. But the military has conducted bingo games for years. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports: The Army said it is examining its bingo gaming program less than a week after the Navy… Read more »
Secret drone bases multiply in Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Indian Ocean as base cuts considered
The Washington Post published an eye-opening report on the United States’ rapidly expanding network of secret drone bases in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and even the Indian Ocean: The Obama administration is assembling a constellation of secret drone bases for counterterrorism operations in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as part of a… Read more »
War and the Tragedy of the Commons
http://www.truth-out.org/war-and-tragedy-commons/1312405464 War and the Tragedy of the Commons Thursday 4 August 2011 by: H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout | Series In this seven-part series of articles on each environmental impact of US militarism, scientist and author Patricia Hynes provides an overview of modern, military pollution and the use of natural resources with a central focus on… Read more »
A Message from the People of Okinawa and Japan to the People of the United States
Okinawan and Japanese peace groups placed an opinion ad on the New York Times website 9/21 – 23 with a message to the people of U.S. A Message from the People of Okinawa and Japan to the People of the United States In 1945, during the last days of WWII, the U.S. and the former… Read more »
Chinese view of Jeju naval base: “South Korea turns tourist resort into weapon”
Chinese scholar Lü Chao, with the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences wrote an op ed article critical of a naval base in Jeju island: The South Korean Defence Ministry recently decided to build a naval base on the island. US troops in South Korea will certainly use the naval base as a strategic outpost to… Read more »
Obama’s Arc of Instability: Destabilizing the World One Region at a Time
Nick Turse has written another revealing article about the contours and scope of the U.S. empire: Obama’s Arc of Instability Destabilizing the World One Region at a Time By Nick Turse It’s a story that should take your breath away: the destabilization of what, in the Bush years, used to be called “the arc of… Read more »
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