Near the end of this article it mentions the suicide of Air Force Staff Sgt. Brandon Stagner, who suffered from PTSD and was about to redeploy to on his fourth tour to Iraq. Very sad. I didn’t know Brandon, but I know some of his family. His father Ishmael Stagner is a respected kupuna in… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2009
Katharine Moon: Military Prostitution and the U.S. Military in Asia
Japan Focus Military Prostitution and the U.S. Military in Asia Katharine H.S. Moon Where there are soldiers, there are women who exist for them. This is practically a cliché. History is filled with examples of women as war booty and “camp followers,” their bodies being used for service labor of various kinds, including sex. Contrary… Read more »
“2009 International Conference against the Asia Pacific Missile Defense and for the End of Arms Race”
Updated Program as of: April 11, 2009 International Conference against the Asia Pacific Missile Defense and for the End of Arms Race Seoul Women’s Plaza, Seoul, South Korea, April 16-18, 2009 Daily Events and Programs (1). April 16, 2009 (Thursday): Field Trip to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and Getting Acquainted (Consecutive Interpretation) 08:00-09:00: Breakfast, Seoul… Read more »
Report shows gap in Army’s 2008 recruitment quantity and quality goals
January 21, 2009 Contact: Suzanne Smith, Research Director 413.320.8530 (cell), smsmith@nationalpriorities.org Jo Comerford, Executive Director 413.559.1649 (cell) On the heels of the U.S. Army’s announced goal of 65,000 additional recruits National Priorities Project (NPP) finds significant gap in Army’s 2008 quantity and quality goals Online Tool Allows the Public to Analyze Army Data by State,… Read more »
Navy destroyers from Hawai’i deploy to west Pacific, Middle East
January 21, 2009 Navy destroyers from Hawaii deploy to west Pacific, Middle East 1 ship escorting strike group while 2 others increase presence in region By William Cole Advertiser Military Writer PEARL HARBOR – Three Hawai’i-based destroyers and more than 1,000 sailors set sail for the western Pacific yesterday – one ship as an escort… Read more »
Security Without Empire: National Organizing Conference on Foreign Military Bases
Security Without Empire: National Organizing Conference on Foreign Military Bases American University, Washington, D.C. Feb. 27-Mar. 2, 2009 Join Us at the Security Without Empire Conference There is a sense of relief that many here in the U.S. feel after the presidential election, but we understand this is a time to step up our organizing… Read more »
Will Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Education militarize our schools even more?
The Duncan Doctrine The Military-Corporate Legacy of the New Secretary of Education By Andy Kroll On December 16th, a friendship forged nearly two decades ago on the hardwood of the basketball court culminated in a press conference at the Dodge Renaissance Academy, an elementary school located on the west side of Chicago. In a glowing… Read more »
Kako’o mai Kaua’i o Mano!
KAUAI SUPPORT Hawaiian rights activists protest on Kaua‘i, O‘ahu By Michael Levine – The Garden Island Published: Sunday, January 18, 2009 3:10 AM HST LIHU‘E – While an estimated 5,000 demonstrators protested the state of Hawai‘i’s stance on so-called ceded lands in Honolulu, roughly 15 assembled at the junction of Kapule Highway and Ahukini Road… Read more »
Thousands march to protest U.S. Occupation of Hawai’i and the Sale of Stolen Land
On the 116th anniversary of the U.S. invasion and overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom, thousands of Kanaka Maoli and allies marched through Waikiki and held a rally to protest the continuing U.S. occupation and to resist the state’s attempts to sell the stolen Crown and Government lands of the Hawaiian Kingdom. From From Top to… Read more »
“Anyone with a sense of humanity can understand our actions.”
Another article from the Honolulu Star Bulletin on the charges being dropped against Naue defenders. Good quotes by Andre Perez. Charges dropped against burial-site protesters By Tom Finnegan POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 16, 2009 LIHUE » Trespassing charges were dismissed yesterday against five of the eight people who chained themselves together in August to… Read more »
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