The Stars and Stripes reports that “Naval base puts S. Korea’s ‘island of world peace’ in hot spot”: JEJU ISLAND, South Korea — This country’s southernmost major island is a study in contrasts. A popular tourist destination, Jeju boasts some of the world’s most beautiful scenery and is one of 28 finalists in an international… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Movements and Resistance
MOANA NUI: PACIFIC PEOPLES, LANDS AND ECONOMIES, November 9-11, 2011
Moana Nui 2011 – Pacific voices against the APEC agenda. There will be a Panel on “MILITARIZATION AND RESISTANCE IN THE PACIFIC” Thursday, November 10, 2011 2-5:30 PM, CHURCH OF THE CROSSROADS featuring Suzuyo Takazato(Okinawan Women Act Against Military Violence), Christine Ahn (Korea Policy Institute), Lisa Natividad (Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice), Kyle Kajihiro… Read more »
Korea: U.S. soldier accused of raping teen released without arrest
The Hankyoreh newspaper reports: A female student in her teens was allegedly sexually assaulted by a drunk U.S. soldier in the middle of the night at her residence in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province. The same town was the site of a physical assault and attempted sexual assault on an old couple in February, also by a… Read more »
Secret drone bases multiply in Africa, Arabian Peninsula and Indian Ocean as base cuts considered
The Washington Post published an eye-opening report on the United States’ rapidly expanding network of secret drone bases in Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and even the Indian Ocean: The Obama administration is assembling a constellation of secret drone bases for counterterrorism operations in the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula as part of a… Read more »
War and the Tragedy of the Commons
http://www.truth-out.org/war-and-tragedy-commons/1312405464 War and the Tragedy of the Commons Thursday 4 August 2011 by: H. Patricia Hynes, Truthout | Series In this seven-part series of articles on each environmental impact of US militarism, scientist and author Patricia Hynes provides an overview of modern, military pollution and the use of natural resources with a central focus on… Read more »
Chinese view of Jeju naval base: “South Korea turns tourist resort into weapon”
Chinese scholar Lü Chao, with the Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences wrote an op ed article critical of a naval base in Jeju island: The South Korean Defence Ministry recently decided to build a naval base on the island. US troops in South Korea will certainly use the naval base as a strategic outpost to… Read more »
Obama’s Arc of Instability: Destabilizing the World One Region at a Time
Nick Turse has written another revealing article about the contours and scope of the U.S. empire: Obama’s Arc of Instability Destabilizing the World One Region at a Time By Nick Turse It’s a story that should take your breath away: the destabilization of what, in the Bush years, used to be called “the arc of… Read more »
Peace Day Event Calls for Ending Missile Testing in the Pacific
For Immediate Release Contact: Kyle Kajihiro 808-988-6266 kkajihiro@hawaiipeaceandjustice.org Peace Day Event Calls for Ending Missile Testing in the Pacific Hawai’i Peace and Justice (formerly the American Friends Service Committee Hawai’i Program) will sponsor a talk by a renowned peace activist to commemorate International Peace Day. MacGregor Eddy will speak about “Peace In… Read more »
Hawaiʻi women’s action in solidarity with Jeju islanders
http://www.facebook.com/notes/womens-voices-women-speak/womens-voices-women-speak-stand-in-solidarity-with-jeju-island-activists/10150310281896460 Women’s Voices Women Speak Stand in Solidarity with Jeju Island Activists On Sept. 4, 2011, Women’s Voices Women Speak, Ann Wright, and a few friends gathered at the Korean Consulate of Hawai’i to hold a vigil in solidarity with peace activists on Jeju Island. This action was catalyzed by the current military and… Read more »
“Unfinished Business” – Twenty years since the Philippines kicked out U.S. bases, what is the Status of Forces?
The Interaksyon news website has an excellent two-part series entitled “Unfinished Business: Transforming the former U.S. military bases into zones of peace and development remains a challenge, 20 years after a historic Senate vote scrapped the PH-US bases treaty.” “Unfinished Business” by Joel C. Paredes begins: Veteran nationalist lawmaker Wigberto Tañada still vividly recalls when… Read more »
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