There has been a raging political struggle between the villagers of Gangjeong village on Jeju Island, South Korea and the Korean government over the construction of a naval base that is destroying pristine coast line, sacred sites and cultural treasures. The conflict has intensified with the World Conservation Congress taking place this week in Jeju… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Movements and Resistance
Police standoff with another suicidal sailor leads to eviction threat for family
Last week there a navy man was arrested after a shotgun standoff with police. The sailor apparently was suicidal. This week the newspaper reported on another standoff where a sailor threatened to kill himself before surrendering to police. The family of this second sailor is being threatened with eviction by the private company that runs… Read more »
Sailor arrested in shotgun stand-off in an apparent suicide attempt
Last week Thursday, a Hawaiʻi sailor was arrested after a standoff with a shotgun. He was arrested on suspicion of four counts of terroristic threatening and two counts of firearms offenses. The Honolulu Star Advertiser reported “Navy sailor armed with shotgun arrested after standoff in Moanalua Terrace” (August 23, 2012): A 22-year-old Pearl Harbor sailor armed… Read more »
Toxic “Rainbow” across the Pacific: New Information Revealed About Agent Orange
Today is the 67th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Rebecca Solnit wrote on Facebook: In 1995 a woman who survived the bombing of Nagasaki (67 years ago today) came to San Francisco to tell her story. She spoke so slowly I was able to write much of her talk down: The city… Read more »
Poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner from the Marshall Islands
Check out this powerful poem by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner about the effects of nuclear colonialism in the Marshall Islands.
Military “pivot” in the Pacific, “Shadow wars” in Africa, “Lily Pads” and Drones
Last year, U.S. Congress required that a study of the basing options be done before any further funding for the Guam military buildup would be authorized. The Center for Strategic and International Studies [CSIS] was hired to produce the study. They released their findings this week. The Pacific News Center reported “Unclassified Portions of CSIS Report… Read more »
Ann Wright: Green-Washing War, Sinking Ships, Drones from Submarines — Largest International War Games around Hawaii
Ann Wright wrote an excellent article in Op Ed News on the RIMPAC exercises in Hawaiʻi, the Pacific “pivot” and protests from Okinawa to Pohakuloa: Green-Washing War, Sinking Ships, Drones from Submarines — Largest International War Games around Hawaii By Ann Wright Reflecting the Obama administration’s “pivot” to Asia and the Pacific, the United States… Read more »
RIMPAC Protest and Invasive ‘Lily-Pads’
Today Malu Aina organized a demonstration at Pohakuloa against the RIMPAC military exercises. Jim Albertini reports: Our group of about thirty set up along Saddle Rd. opposite the main gate and represented all parts of the island. We had people from Hilo, Kona, Waimea and and even Na’alehu, that included old time Kaho’olawe “Stop the… Read more »
We appeal to you to Join an International Action Week For No Naval Base
Appeal to International Society We appeal to you to Join an International Action Week For No Naval Base 2-9 September 2012 We appeal to the people of the world who are opposing warfare and are concerned with making the world peaceful and sustainable community. Please take part in an International Solidarity Action (2-9 September 2012)… Read more »
Korean groups statement about Jeju to IUCN and World Conservation Congress
http://cafe.daum.net/peacekj/I51g/391 July 10, 2012 Statement to the IUCN and the World Conservation Congress We, civic environmental groups in South Korea, denounce the IUCN and the World Conservation Congress that have overlooked and misrepresented environmental and social conflicts in South Korea 1. In September 2012, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) will organize the World… Read more »
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