In December 1899, more than two dozen migrants left Okinawa for Hawaii, starting a mass exodus that, for more than a century, has profoundly shaped the communities of those who departed and those who stayed behind. The upcoming sixth Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival offers thousands of Okinawans living overseas a chance to return to their roots BY JON MITCHELL (originally … [Read more...] about Welcome home, Okinawa
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An International View of Transnational Okinawa Activism
Okinawan scholar Annmaria Shimabuku's brilliant deconstruction of the US-Jp collaborative violation of human rights & democratic process in Okinawa: The problem of the U.S. military presence in Okinawa is the product of mutual colonialism by the U.S. and Japan... After its defeat in the Pacific War, Jp was stripped of all its colonies except Hokkaido. Fearing that the Jp … [Read more...] about An International View of Transnational Okinawa Activism
The Origins of the Ebola Crisis- By Tariq Ali and Allyson Pollock Source: Counterpunch
Read the article in its original ZNET context here: October 13, 2014Tariq Ali: Today we are going to discuss medicine and what is going on in Africa but not just there, in other parts of the world too, and how privatised medicine is now dominating the field except in a few oasis there are still left Cuba, Venezuela, etc. With me is Professor Allyson Pollock, one … [Read more...] about The Origins of the Ebola Crisis- By Tariq Ali and Allyson Pollock Source: Counterpunch