http://www.kuam.com/bm/news/dod-eyeing-chamorro-land-trust-property.shtml DoD eyeing Chamorro Land Trust property By Clynt Ridgell While most of the island is not a party to the specifics regarding the U.S. Department of Defense’s plans to buildup the military on Guam, it’s apparent now that the governor too has been left in the dark. In an interview with KUAM News Felix… Read more »
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Nuclear survivors of Rongelap
http://counterpunch.org/johnston11212008.html Weekend Edition November 21 / 23, 2008 The Voices of Rongelap Cautionary Tales From a Nuclear War Zone By BARBARA ROSE JOHNSTON and HOLLY M. BARKER John Anjain, Alab of Rongelap, Marshall Islands: Early in the morning of March 1, 1954, sometime around five or six o’clock, American planes dropped a hydrogen bomb on… Read more »
Nuclear Sub leaked radioactive water for months
August 1, 2008 CNN: Nuclear sub leaked radioactive water in Pacific for months From Jamie McIntyre and Mike Mount CNN Pentagon Unit WASHINGTON (CNN) — Water with trace amounts of radioactivity may have leaked for months from a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine as it traveled around the Pacific to ports in Guam, Japan and Hawaii,Navy… Read more »
B-52 crash is the fourth incident in the past year
A B-52 strategic bomber crashed in Guam. Here’s an excerpt from an AP article: A US air force B-52 bomber has crashed off the island of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, the US coastguard has said. The aircraft carrying six crew members went down while on its way to conduct a flyover in a parade… Read more »
”Guam Remains Functionally a US Colony”
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43244 Q&A ”Guam Remains Functionally a US Colony” Interview with Julian Aguon, Chamoru activist MELBOURNE, Jul 21, 2008 (IPS) – The tiny island of Guam – officially an unincorporated territory of the United States – is soon to be inundated with thousands more U.S. military personnel as the world’s superpower realigns its forces. In this… Read more »
Resisting the Empire
Foreign Policy In Focus www.fpif.org Resisting the Empire Joseph Gerson | March 20, 2008 Editor: Emily Schwarz Greco Victories are within sight for people in a growing number of nations where communities that host U.S. foreign military bases have long fought to get rid of them. Ecuador’s decision not to renew the U.S. lease for… Read more »
NATIVE HAWAIIANS & CHAMORRO (GUAM) WARN AUSTRALIA OVER TALISMAN SABRE 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 22, 2007 NATIVE HAWAIIANS & CHAMORRO (GUAM) WARN AUSTRALIA OVER TALISMAN SABRE 2007 Two indigenous Native Hawaiian activists and a Chamorro (GUAM) activist visiting Central Queensland expressed their shock and outrage at the destruction being inflicted on the local environment by the Talisman Sabre US/Australian joint military exercises. ” We are… Read more »
GUAM AND HAWAII BRING WARNING ABOUT MILITARY EXERCISES
PEACE CONVERGENCE – MEDIA RELEASE – 20 JUNE 2007 GUAM AND HAWAII BRING WARNING ABOUT MILITARY EXERCISES Three international guests arrived in Yeppoon – Rockhampton on Wednesday to add their voices to the protest of over 500 Australians concerned about the Australian-US Talisman Sabre 2007 military exercises at Shoalwater Bay Training Area near Yeppoon, central… Read more »
U.S. Ramps Up Missile Tests in the Pacific
June 3, 2007 U.S. Ramps Up Missile Tests in the Pacific by John Lasker Earlier this year, when China blasted one of its satellites into thousands of little floating pieces, it was condemned by Washington as a provocative act. But some arms-control experts believe Beijing was baring its teeth to send the White House a… Read more »
Hawai’i representatives participate in Demonstrations against Talisman Sabre
June 2007 DMZ Hawai’i/Aloha Aina Head to Australia to Particpate in Solidary Actions Opposing Talisman Sabre 07 – OZ/US Joint Military Exercises Operation Talisman Sabre is scheduled to taking place over a six week period from the end of May to 2 July 2007. According to the Public Environment Report released October 2006 it will… Read more »
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