Monthly Archives: December 2011

Streaming Video of the “Blue Pacific Continent” forum

Blue Pacific Continent: Militarized Experiences in Hawai’i, the Marshall Islands and Guahan Introduction to the Panel:   Ken Kuper, FITE Club   Victoria-Lola Leon Guererro, Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice Abacca Anjain-Maddison, Former Rongelap Senator, Marshall Islands   Kyle Kajihiro, Hawai’i Peace and Justice and DMZ-Hawai’i / Aloha ‘Aina Panel Discussion and Question and… Read more »

Moana Nui Conference air dates on ‘Olelo

Mahalo to Scotty Wong and the crew at ‘Olelo for documenting the Moana Nui peoples’ conference as well as the happenings within the ‘official’ APEC summit. Below are the airdates for the first installment of Moana Nui programs.  The programs stream live during their scheduled air date/time at www.olelo.org.   The shows will also be… Read more »

Senators Have Ideas for Cutting the Military Budget

Robert Naiman, Policy Director for Just Foreign Policy, wrote an article for the Huffington Post that outlines several legislative initiatives that seek to cut the military budget, including foreign bases: You can see that senators have ideas for cutting the military budget from the list of amendments filed in the Senate to the National Defense… Read more »

Arundhati Roy: “The People Who Created the Crisis Will Not Be the Ones That Come Up With a Solution”

In a Truthout interview Arundhati Roy: “The People Who Created the Crisis Will Not Be the Ones That Come Up With a Solution”, the acclaimed author and social visionary interprets and analyzes the significance of the Occupy Movement: AR: I don’t think the whole protest is only about occupying physical territory, but about reigniting a… Read more »

Rivals under the same heaven

President Obama used the backdrop of the November 2011 APEC summit in Honolulu to unveil his foreign policy ‘pivot’ to the Asia-Pacific region, then traveled to Australia where he announced the expansion of U.S. military exercises and bases there.  Recently, Secretary of State Clinton wrote an article in Foreign Policy entitled “America’s Pacific Century”, where… Read more »