June 2007 DMZ Hawai’i/Aloha Aina Head to Australia to Particpate in Solidary Actions Opposing Talisman Sabre 07 – OZ/US Joint Military Exercises Operation Talisman Sabre is scheduled to taking place over a six week period from the end of May to 2 July 2007. According to the Public Environment Report released October 2006 it will… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Movements and Resistance
Nuclear War and Its Consequences
http://www.counterpunch.org/johnston04212007.html April 21 / 22, 2007 Reparations (and a Little Justice) for the the People of Rongelap Nuclear War and Its Consequences By BARBARA ROSE JOHNSTON In 1946 the United States detonated two atomic weapons in the Marshall Islands. In 1947, the United Nations designated the Marshall Islands a United States Trust Territory, and over… Read more »
New Network Forms to Close Foreign U.S. Military Bases
A New Network Forms to Close U.S. Overseas Military Bases Thursday, 15 March 2007 By Medea Benjamin In a new surge of energy for the global struggle against militarism, some 400 activists from 40 countries came together in Ecuador from March 5-9 to form a network to fight against foreign military bases. The conference began… Read more »
Upside Down World on the No Bases Conference
Ecuador: International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases Written by Marc Becker Thursday, 15 March 2007 Activists gathered in Quito, Ecuador the first week of March in an International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases. The International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases is a global network of individuals,… Read more »
An Anti-Bases Network Finds its Base
An Anti-Bases Network Finds its Base By Herbert Docena 14 March 2007 The consolidation of an international network for the abolition of foreign military bases marks an important advance for the global peace and justice movement On the perimeter fence of the Eloy Alfaro air base in Manta, Ecuador hangs a sign, “Warning: Military Base…. Read more »
Marshall Islander Speaks Out Against Missile Defense Tests
By Que Keju I first witnessed missiles being launched from Kwajalein Island in the 1960s. The beaches of Ebeye Island, an islet about 5 miles north of Kwajalein, would be swamped with both children and adults each time a launch was scheduled. It was always a spectacular scene each time-fire works, at its best. Ten… Read more »
Declaration: International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Base
March 9, 2007 Declaration: International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Base Quito and Manta, Ecuador We come together from 40 countries as grassroots activists from groups that promote women’s rights, indigenous sovereignty, environmental justice, human rights, and social justice. We come from social movements, peace movements, faith-based organizations, youth organizations, trade unions, and… Read more »
No Bases Network born in the Middle of the World
No Bases Network born in the Middle of the World Helga Serrano Narváez The consolidation of the International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases is one of the main achievements of the International Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases held in Ecuador on 5-9 March, 2007. The 400 delegates from 40… Read more »
America’s broken trust in Micronesia
Source: http://archives.starbulletin.com/print/2005.php?fr=/2007/02/20/news/story04.html Micronesia has a complicated past The islands have been conquered by a string of powers, the latest being the U.S. By Gary T. Kubota gkubota@starbulletin.com MAJURO, Marshall Islands » Micronesia, once known as the Caroline Islands, occupies an expanse of about 3 million square miles of ocean with more than 2,000 islands, atolls… Read more »
Hawai’i to participate in the International Conference for the Abolution of Foreign Military Bases in Quito and Manta, Ecuador
The construction of foreign military bases in Afghanistan and Iraq; the cases of torture at the bases in Guantanamo and Diego Garcia; the construction of new bases in Okinawa; the “realignment” of military alliances in Asia; and the dramatic increase of joint military exercises as part of the so-called “global war against terror” have highlighted… Read more »
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