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海保、船長の胸ぐらつかむ 市議視察船を一時拘束/Repression Japanese style

February 14, 2017 by tokyoprogressive Leave a Comment

辺野古問題取材班】米軍普天間飛行場の移設に伴う名護市辺野古への新基地建設で、12日に海上保安庁などに過剰な警備について抗議する名護市議会の議員ら6人が11日午前、船上から作業現場を事前視察した。議員たちが「暴力的で過剰な警備は許さない」と呼び掛けながら、臨時制限区域を示す油防止膜(オイルフェンス)内を航行していたところ、海上保安官が船を一時拘束した。 議員たちは取材陣と同じ船に乗っていた。船が拘束される際、海上保安官が男性船長(29)のライフジャケットの胸ぐらをつかみ、緊迫した。船には定員の1 3人が乗っていたが3、4人の海上保安官が乗り込み、一時定員オーバーとなった。海保のゴムボートで船をオイルフェンス外にえい航した。同議会軍事基地等対策特別委員会の大城敬人(よしたみ)委員長は「暴力的な警備をしていることが分かった。明日の要請の場で抗議し … [Read more...] about 海保、船長の胸ぐらつかむ 市議視察船を一時拘束/Repression Japanese style

Dorothea Lange’s Censored Photographs of the Japanese American Internment by Linda Gordon

February 14, 2017 by tokyoprogressive Leave a Comment

Shortly after Franklin Roosevelt ordered the internment of Japanese Americans in 1942, the War Location Authority hired photographer Dorothea Lange to document the process. I strongly suspect that whoever made the decision knew little about her previous work, but learned that she had worked for the federal government and that she lived in California, where most of the internees … [Read more...] about Dorothea Lange’s Censored Photographs of the Japanese American Internment by Linda Gordon

The Very Real Water Crisis That Few Are Acknowledging by Farron Cousins

February 14, 2017 by tokyoprogressive Leave a Comment

On January 16, 2016, President Obama declared a federal emergency for the city of Flint, Michigan, over the contamination of the city’s drinking water.One year later, not only is the city still struggling to provide clean sources of water to the Michigan city’s population, but the plight of residents in Flint has opened up the conversation about a water crisis in … [Read more...] about The Very Real Water Crisis That Few Are Acknowledging by Farron Cousins

Protests Greet Henoko Construction/辺野古移設 沖縄の美しい海、また埋め立てられていく

February 7, 2017 by tokyoprogressive Leave a Comment

From the Mainichi Shimbun and Japan Times 機動隊に強制排除される移設反対派の女性=沖縄県名護市辺野古の米軍キャンプ・シュワブ前で2017年2月6日午前9時46分、浅野翔太郎撮影 海上工事に政府が着手 移設反対派に怒りと焦燥感が交錯  沖縄の美しい海を埋め立てて巨大な米軍基地を造るための工事がまた一歩、前へと進んだ。米軍普天間飛行場(沖縄県宜野湾市)の名護市辺野古への県内移設に向け、政府が6日、初めて海上工事に着手。辺野古の米軍キャンプ・シュワブのゲート前では、移設反対派が作業に向かう車両を阻止し、排除する機動隊と衝突した。埋め立てへのカウントダウンが始まり、反対派には怒りと焦燥感が交錯した。【浅野翔太郎】【機動隊に強制排除される反対派の男性】 … [Read more...] about Protests Greet Henoko Construction/辺野古移設 沖縄の美しい海、また埋め立てられていく

The New Merchants of Death

February 7, 2017 by tokyoprogressive Leave a Comment

Jeremy KuzmarovROAR Magazine (Subscription link)Social movements ought to place private military contractors at the center of a broader critique of authoritarian neoliberalism and America’s permanent war economy.In August 2016, the Pentagon announced that Six3 Intelligence Solutions, a private intelligence company recently acquired by … [Read more...] about The New Merchants of Death

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