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Asking the wrong questions on the build-up Instead, the underlying questions and concerns are mostly those of the military itself and some of the more powerful business people. They include underlying questions like "how can we get enough people to do the building and who would cause the build-up the least trouble?" not, "how much will inequality grow during the build-up?" |
Federal Judge Rules Against U.S. Defense Department Plans for Airbase in Habitat of Okinawa Dugong; Species Considered Cultural Icon by Okinawan People San Francisco Judge Marilyn Hall Patel today issued a final ruling in Okinawa Dugong v. Gates, N.D.Cal., C-03-4350, finding the Department of Defense in violation of the National Historic Preservation Act and requiring it to consider impacts of a new airbase on the endangered Okinawa dugong in order to avoid or mitigate any harm. |
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Guam’s Women Leaders Say No to U.S. Military Build-Up Maga'haga, a short film that documents the meeting, shows how the decision to increase the U.S. military presence on Guam is being made without the consent of Guam's people. The film also illustrates the unwavering strength and resistance of the island's women. Plastic Recycling on Guam Recycling of plastic bottles is now possible on Guam |
Philippines Filipina
to file rape case against US serviceman in Japan |
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Join us for a historic trans-pacific call on CNMI Bill Omnibus bill S. 2483 Title 7, if enacted, will greatly impact CNMI's labor and immigration practices as well as the indigenous and foreign worker community in the islands. Foreign workers make up one-third of the island chains' population and hail from Asian countries such as the Philippines, Bangladesh, China and Indonesia. Many of them have been long time residents of CNMI. If enacted, this bill could require all foreign workers regardless of length of residency in the islands to return to their home countries with no hope of accessing a pathway to citizenship. |
US Troops: Terrorizing Women and Children Enlivening Prostitution Due to the Visiting Forces Agreement, another shooting occurs in Sulu, killing 9 people. The fact finding Mission of the Citizens’ Peace Watch reveal that Filipino and American soldiers fired at civilians. Rage against Rape, Rage against US Bases and War Kaisa-ka sends solidarity to survivor and family of recent Okinawan rape. They link the presence of US troops to rapes of women and children. To keep soldiers in “fighting form,” they must also have “rest and recreation.” |
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Activists bare report on GI atrocities against Japanese Report written by Okinawa Women Act Against Military Violence is relevant to the island of Guam as it prepares for arrival of 8,000 Marines from Okinawa. Histories and contemporaries of military abuses by Japanese and U.S. armies link Okinawa and Guam. |
"What are they hiding?" Knocking on a US base's door in Zambo, a citizens' group is shut out Members of a citizens’ fact-finding mission walked up inside Camp Navarro in Zamboanga City and confirmed the presence of a little known fortified US military base with communication facilities inside the Philippine military camp. |
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Hawaii Are
We Eating Genetically Modified Organisms? Hawai`i Consumers
Deserve the Right to Know! |
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U.S.
warship Nimitz makes port call in Sasebo
Local organizations protest the port call of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz at Saebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. KYODO PHOTO, The Japan Times U.S.
base proponent takes Iwakuni mayoral race |
A child holds a placard calling for the ouster of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo during a demonstration along a street in Quezon City, Metro Manila February 14, 2008. (REUTERS/John Javellana) Boston.com |
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Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa Perfecture |
AFP
probes 'ugly American' incident |
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Urgent Appeal for Information About Military Crimes and Bases An email message asking for help on information between military bases and crime world wide. This is because American soldiers raped a 19 year old girl in Hiroshima. Simulataneous to when Iwakuni base is planning a major expansion. |
Solon [congresswoman] hits plan to allow mining firms to have militias "Military activities threatened the Lumad and peasant communities in the towns of Tago, Cagwait, Marihatag, San Agustin, Lianga and San Miguel in Surigao del Sur, who are actively opposing the mining operations," Ilagan said. |
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Press
STatement: Denouncing the Seoul Metropolitan City Government's
Water Privatization Plan |
Another Cordilleran murdered in Canada-report Migrant worker Arcelie Laoagan from Sagada, Philippines was allegedly found dead behind a church in Calgary, Alberta. Philippine Overseas Employment Adminstration has records of Laoagan in Hong Kong, but not to Canada. This case ties to Jocelyn Dulnuan, another Philippine migrant worker murder in Mississauga City. Police arrested two Latin American immigrants for the murder. |
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oKINAWA A
Message from the Women of Okinawa
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Statement on the Death of Cherrie Ann-Guzman-Coleman The Philippine Network on Peace and Security calls on the Okinawan and Japanese authorities to investigate the death of Cherrie-Ann Guzman. Also, they call upon Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to assist in determining the actual cause of death and to protect and promote the well being of their citizens working in military facilities around the world. |
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spreading in Okinawa over alleged rape by U.S. Marine Protests continued to spread Wednesday in Okinawa Prefecture in the wake of the alleged rape by a U.S. Marine of a 14-year-old girl over the weekend. |
Rape
in the U.S. military: How a fraternal culture and a habit
of blaming the victim leave sexual violence unexamined and
unpunished |
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puerto
rico coming soon!!! |
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