Posts Categorized: Local Campaigns

Network for Okinawa announces solidarity actions to protest U.S. military bases in Okinawa

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http://closethebase.org/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 20, 2010 CONTACT: John Feffer, Institute for Policy Studies johnf@ips-dc.org, 202-234-9382, cell: 510-282-8983 New U.S.-Japan coalition demands closure of the Futenma U.S. Marine Corps base and opposes the construction of new bases in Okinawa and Tokunoshima; Holds rally in Washington and posts full-page ad in Washington Post Washington – April… Read more »

Hawaii Okinawa Alliance: Candlelight Peace Vigil for Okinawa

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Sunset Candlelight Peace Vigil for Okinawa Japanese Consulate Honolulu Nu`uanu Avenue & Kuakini, Sunday, April 25, 2010, 6pm This Sunday in Okinawa, as well as throughout Japan, Washington, D.C. and here in O`ahu, hundreds of thousands of supporters of demilitarizing Okinawa will be rallying to close down Futenma Marine Corps Airstation in the middle of… Read more »

Chamoru poets to read at UH Manoa

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WHAT: I Kareran I Palåbran Måmi (The Journey of Our Words) Poetry Reading WHO: Chamoru daughters of Guahan and Poets, Angela T. Hoppe-Cruz (MSW/MA Pacific Islands Studies Candidate) and Kisha Borja-Kicho`cho` (MA Pacific Island Studies Candidate) WHERE: University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Hawaiian Studies Halau o Haumea, 2645 Dole Street WHEN: Friday, April 9, 2010… Read more »

Isle Army recruitment trend mirrors nationwide upswing

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http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20100314_Isle_Army_recruitment_trend_mirrors_nationwide_upswing.html Isle Army recruitment trend mirrors nationwide upswing The poor economy is downplayed as a factor for enlistment gains By Gregg K. Kakesako POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Mar 14, 2010 For Army recruiters the numbers are up. “Last year was a banner year for us,” says Maj. Gen. Donald Campbell, head of the U.S. Army… Read more »

Hawaiians, mountain in ‘Avatar’-like struggle

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http://www.sacbee.com/2010/03/09/2592650/hawaiians-mountain-in-avatar-like.html My View: Hawaiians, mountain in ‘Avatar’-like struggle By Tom Peek Special to The Bee Published: Tuesday, Mar. 9, 2010 – 12:00 am If you’re one of the millions who sat riveted to James Cameron’s blockbuster movie Avatar, you probably sympathized with the indigenous Na’vi when American colonists bulldozed their magical rain forest to mine… Read more »

Mordor on Kaua’i?

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Thanks to Juan Wilson on Kaua’i for the following post on his blog Island Breath.  He compares Navy plans for Nohili, site of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, to Mordor, the land seeking to enslave the rest of humanity in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings.  Indeed, the military’s objective with missile defense and its other… Read more »

Women’s Rights Groups Urge the Philippines to Rethink Guam Military Buildup Bid

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For Immediate Release Contact: Ellen-Rae Cachola Women’s Rights Groups Urge the Philippines to Rethink Guam Military Buildup Bid By Ellen-Rae Cachola and Terry Bautista March 1, 2010 In his statement to the press, Mayor James Gordon Jr. spoke with nostalgia about U.S. military presence in Olongapo and across the Philippines. He said that for Olongapo,… Read more »

Time: The War Within for women in uniform

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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1968110,00.html The War Within By NANCY GIBBS Monday, Mar. 08, 2010 What does it tell us that female soldiers deployed overseas stop drinking water after 7 p.m. to reduce the odds of being raped if they have to use the bathroom at night? Or that a soldier who was assaulted when she went out for… Read more »

UPDATED: Rise Up! Roots of Liberation – Youth Camp for Justice and Peace

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UPDATE:  Thanks to a special gift from the Hawai’i Peoples Fund, we able to offer a $150 stipend to participants who successfully complete the program. DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 1st, 2010 youth camp for justice and peace March 15 – 19, 2010 Camp Kokokahi, Kane’ohe Who:             Youth ages 15 – 19 with a passion… Read more »

Protest greets Hillary Clinton at the East West Center

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Angela Hoppe Cruz, a Chamorro student at UH, demonstrates her solidarity against U.S. military bases in Okinawa as well as Guam, her homeland. Photo: Eri Oura Today in Honolulu, a lively protest outside the East West Center greeted U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who delivered a speech on the U.S. vision for the Asia-Pacific… Read more »