ジェニファー・ティーター 今日は私が事務局を担当しているアイヌとマオリの交流団体で挑戦するクラウドファンディングに協力いただけないかと、連絡させてもらいました。来年2月に、この団体、アオテアロア・アイヌモシリ交流プログラムは、アイヌ文化復興を目指して、目覚ましい復権を遂げた、ニュージーランドの先住民族マオリの取組みを直接体験するプログラムを実施します。2013年の第一回研修では、アイヌ若者を中心に計15名が、1ヵ月にわたりニュージーランド北島各地を訪れ、歴史・文化・教育制度などを学びました。そのときに、マオリの人たちから、「40年前にはマオリは一つになれなかったが、いまは団結して立ち上がれるようになった。きっとアイヌもそうなれる。私たちが持っている経験・知識はすべて皆さんと分かち合いたい」と力強い言葉で励ましていただいたことが強く心に … [Read more...] about アイヌとマオリの交流団体で挑戦するクラウドファンディング
The Death of Liberalism in Japan
Koichi Nakano, Sophia University, Tokyo - TOKYO — Last month, when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan dissolved Parliament and called a snap election for Oct. 22, he seemed to be making the decision from a position of strength. The opposition was in disarray, and his popularity ratings were picking up again, his hawkishness apparently vindicated by North Korea’s mounting … [Read more...] about The Death of Liberalism in Japan
미군 파티장에서 벌어진 반미시위
Compiled and translated by Sung-Hee Choi, activist against the U.S. naval base on Jeju. Fwd: [Oct. 14][Busan] "US troops Go back home!" Cry in the party venue for the US navy (from No Naval Base on Jeju)The Busan Haeundae grand hotel is where movie directors and actors/actress used to stay together whenever there is the Busan international film festival … [Read more...] about 미군 파티장에서 벌어진 반미시위
My Lai, Sexual Assault and the Black Blouse Girl: Forty-Five Years Later, One of America’s Most Iconic Photos Hides Truth in Plain Sight
by Valerie Wieskamp - It has become almost a requirement in American culture that people talk about “supporting our veterans”. But this is what our soldiers do-they invade, they rape, they silence.Not every soldier, of course. But militarism embraces violence, and no- our soldiers have not died defending our freedoms. They have died defending our right to go anywhere, … [Read more...] about My Lai, Sexual Assault and the Black Blouse Girl: Forty-Five Years Later, One of America’s Most Iconic Photos Hides Truth in Plain Sight
Jimmy Kimmel, Las Vegas, and How the Wars Come Home
I just finished watching Jimmy Kimmel’s video where he addresses the recent shooting in Las Vegas. It’s easy to see that shootings across the country have affected him dearly and even myself, a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Jimmy went on to talk about other shootings, debates on gun issues, and made some really significant points. But Jimmy missed one point that … [Read more...] about Jimmy Kimmel, Las Vegas, and How the Wars Come Home