The following article in the Honolulu Star Bulletin reports that foreclosures are soaring in Hawai’i. Although military housing allowances have historically tended to inflate the cost of housing in Hawai’i, with disruptions due to multiple deployments, military families who invested their housing allowances in buying homes seem to be getting hit hard by the downturn… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Two different perspectives on Mother’s Day
From Wikipedia: The “Mother’s Day Proclamation” by Julia Ward Howe was one of the early calls to celebrate Mother’s Day in the United States. Written in 1870, Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation was a pacifist reaction to the carnage of the American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War. The Proclamation was tied to Howe’s feminist belief… Read more »
Dugong Sighted – What is Sacred?
A dugong, the endangered sea manatee of Okinawa, a sacred animal deity that is recounted in ancient Okinawan songs, was recently seen in Henoko, proposed site of the military base relocation from Futenma. A ho’ailona (sign)? Meanwhile, Carolyn Raffensperger, Executive Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network., asks “what is sacred?” She reflects on… Read more »
Hawai’i contractors feeding on Guam’s destruction and loss
The following editorial from the Honolulu Star Bulletin reflects the pro-business thinking about militarization of Guam. Now that the wave of military expansion has swept past Hawai’i to Guam, the largest contractors are positioning themselves to feed on the ensuing disaster and misery the buildup will cause there. Will Hawai’i workers participate in this cannibal… Read more »
13 Kilometer Human Chain protest May 16 in Okinawa
According to email notices being distributed widely on listserves, Okinawans are planning another massive “human chain” protest at Futenma air base in Ginowan City: “13 Kilometer Human Chain” Protest Announced For May 16″ A massive 13 kilometer long human chain will protest against the Futenma relocation of the American military base in Okinawa on May… Read more »
Imperial Footprint: America’s Foreign Military Bases
http://www.worlddialogue.org/content.php?id=450 GLOBAL DIALOGUE Volume 11 ● Winter/Spring 2009—After Georgia Book Review Imperial Footprint: America’s Foreign Military Bases ZOLTAN GROSSMAN Zoltán Grossman is professor of geography at The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, US. The Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle against US Military Posts edited by Catherine Lutz London, Pluto Press, 2009. 356 pages Hardback… Read more »
Secretary of the Army statements about Makua insults community
So, the Secretary of the Army stops in Hawai’i, makes some remarks about the Army’s need to train in Makua and the military’s respect for Hawaiian culture and the environment. He did not dare to have a public audience in Hawai’i. The Army canceled a reception with its hand-picked Native Hawaiian leaders because of… Read more »
Procuring Academics for Empire: The Pentagon Minerva Research Initiative
I just came upon this article about the recruitment of social scientists to support military programs such as the Human Terrain System. >><< http://petras.lahaine.org/articulo.php?p=1776&more=1&c=1 Procuring Academics for Empire: The Pentagon Minerva Research Initiative The Pentagon’s military strategists have recognized that they have suffered political losses, with strategic consequences in their recent military invasions of Iraq… Read more »
China Extending its Naval Power
Spiraling militarization in Asia is increasing the level of danger. The U.S. encirclement of China with bases and missile defenses is driving counter moves by China. Bruce Gagnon points out that “In addition to China’s expanding their Navy to keep their oil supply routes open, they are also putting part of their nuclear retaliatory forces… Read more »
Thirty Meter Telescope Final EIS released
Eyes of the he’e…More desecration planned for sacred summit of Mauna Kea. The proposed Thirty Meter Telescope would be the largest telescope in the world. But Native Hawaiian and environmental groups will continue to fight the destructive project. While this project is not a direct military project, most of the astronomy and space research programs… Read more »
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