The following is the gist of an Akahata reporter's analysis (Aug. 27) of the recent Prime Minister Koizumi Jun'ichiro's move to instruct the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to draft a constitutional revision.When he directed the LDP secretary general to finish drafting amendments to the Constitution by November 2005, Prime Minister Koizumi assured that this will not be on the … [Read more...] about – Constitution revision call analyzed/Missile Defense (Akahata)
-U.S. Military Bases and Environmental Problems by UI Jun
Introduction: Sixteen years ago, in 1987, Ui Jun left his post as an assistant in the engineering department at Tokyo University to go to Okinawa, then becoming an important new front in the anti-pollution struggle. With three of Japan's five most polluted rivers, and with the nation's worst water pollution, tropical Okinawa was simultaneously the crucible of American military … [Read more...] about -U.S. Military Bases and Environmental Problems by UI Jun
– Book Review: Nanking 1937: Memory and Healing (Review by Herbert Bix)
Commemorating the 60th anniversary of this dark event, students at Princeton University organized a conference out of which grew the 11 short essays in this collection. The authors address Japanese crimes in China from different viewpoints and probe postwar issues of remembrance by both victims and perpetrators. Some try to make sense out of the post-cold war interregnum during … [Read more...] about – Book Review: Nanking 1937: Memory and Healing (Review by Herbert Bix)
-This war on terrorism is bogus (former UK Environment Minster)/This story censored in U.S.
Massive attention has now been given - and rightly so - to the reasons why Britain went to war against Iraq. But far too little attention has focused on why the US went to war, and that throws light on British motives too. The conventional explanation is that after the Twin Towers were hit, retaliation against al-Qaida bases in Afghanistan was a natural first step in launching … [Read more...] about -This war on terrorism is bogus (former UK Environment Minster)/This story censored in U.S.
-Defying the U.S. Death Machine: Support Voices in the Wilderness
This email is to inform you of a new video clip that is available on our website:https://www.nonviolence.org/vitw/pages/newPages/movie1.htmlThis clip will provide images and voices of two of our members currently in Iraq as they talk about the recent OFAC lawsuit against Voices in the Wilderness. It also has new footage from Iraq. To view this clip, … [Read more...] about -Defying the U.S. Death Machine: Support Voices in the Wilderness