by Kageyama Asako Compiled, edited and translated by Philip Seaton1 The US military’s Kooni Firing Range in the South Korean village of Maehyang-ri was closed in 2005, following a concerted effort by anti-base activists. Maehyang-ri was one of three anti-base struggles featured in the documentary film Marines Go Home: Henoko, Maehyang-ri, Yausubetsu (official website here, … [Read more...] about Marines Go Home: Anti-Base Activism in Okinawa, Japan and Korea
Police Harassment of African American in Tokyo
投稿者: E. WestThis has been submitted by a reader. All reader articles represent the views of the writer, and not necessarily tokyoprogressive. I've been the victim of police harassment for over ten years. I'm continuously being stopped while riding my bike for ID checks. I'm living in Tokyo's Setagaya area and the police that work from the Himonya police … [Read more...] about Police Harassment of African American in Tokyo
Diary of a Wimpy Health Care Bill (California Nurses Association)
by Rose Ann DeMoro Executive Director, National Nurses United, AFL-CIO and California Nurses AssociationPassage of President Obama's healthcare bill proves that Congress can enact comprehensive social legislation in the face of virulent rightwing opposition. Now that we have an insurance bill, can we move on to healthcare reform? As an organization of registered … [Read more...] about Diary of a Wimpy Health Care Bill (California Nurses Association)
Pro-single-payer doctors: Health bill leaves 23 million uninsured-23,000 unnecessary deaths annually
For Immediate Release March 22, 2010 Contact:Oliver Fein, M.D.Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.David Himmelstein, M.D.Margaret Flowers, M.D.Mark Almberg, PNHP, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org The following statement was released today by leaders of Physicians for a National Health Program, www.pnhp.org. Their signatures appear below. As … [Read more...] about Pro-single-payer doctors: Health bill leaves 23 million uninsured-23,000 unnecessary deaths annually
More critiques of the health care bill acknowledging the good as well as the ugly (several articles)
A cause for celebration?Alan Maass (Socialist Worker) examines the claims made about the Democrats' health care legislation. March 24, 2010LAST SUNDAY night around 10 p.m., I was finishing up the next day's edition of SocialistWorker.org when my e-mail inbox started filling up like a casino slot machine finally paying off. The subject lines all had the same theme: "Historic … [Read more...] about More critiques of the health care bill acknowledging the good as well as the ugly (several articles)