In our view the below group should be focusing on the fact that bases in Japan support US imperial motives (in other words, they help to kill people in US wars), rather than just their danger in populated areas or threat to the enviornment. A report on Democracy Now revealed why the Social Democratic Party's proposal to move the base to Guam is also not the best option. … [Read more...] about US citizens opposed to US miitary bases in Okinawa
War and Empire/戦争＆支配権力
NATO’S FIRE SALE – ONE DEAD AFGHAN CHILD, $2,000
from MEDIA LENS On January 11, 2010, we sent out a media alert titled, 'Were Afghan children executed by US-led forces? And why aren't the media interested?' The alert concerned credible reports that American-led troops had dragged Afghan children from their beds and shot them during a night raid in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan on December 27 last year. Ten people … [Read more...] about NATO’S FIRE SALE – ONE DEAD AFGHAN CHILD, $2,000
After Seven Years: Iraq War “Forgotten”
DAHLIA WASFI, info@liberatethis.com, https://liberatethis.com Born in New York to an American Jewish mother (daughter of Holocaust survivors) and an Iraqi Muslim father, Wasfi has a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She spent three months in Iraq with her family in 2006. She has been speaking against the occupation since 2004. She is … [Read more...] about After Seven Years: Iraq War “Forgotten”
パレスチナ・アーカイブス
【パレ スチナ／イスラエル関連のイベント情報】 アル・ガド パレスチナ／イスラエル関連を中心としたイベント、テレビ番組、書籍、映画などの情報メモ 【パレ スチナ関連の主なブログ】 P-navi info 『パレスチナ・ナビ』管理人によるミニ情報、速報＆コラム（パレスチナ・ナビ）<!-- 中東の言語問題と文学の今後を考えるページ 「イスラエル／パレスチナの言語ポリティクスとアラブ文学を中心にイスラエル（歴史的パレスチナ）北部の町ハイファから発信しています」 --><!-- 浅井久仁臣『今日の中東』 「1971年のパレスチナ初取材から、30有余年パレスチナ問題を見続けてきた独自の視点をお届けします」 -->つつがある日々 主にガザの日常生活が書かれています。パレスチナに関する記述は、2005 年 4月 24日 … [Read more...] about パレスチナ・アーカイブス
Tributes to Howard Zinn:
Alice Walker in the Boston Globe: https://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2010/01/31/alice_walker_says_goodbye_to_her_friend_howard_zinn Bob Herbert in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/opinion/30herbert.html Democracy Now! https://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/28/howard_zinn_1922_2010_a_tribute https://www.democracynow.org/tags/howard_zinn Marian Wright … [Read more...] about Tributes to Howard Zinn: