Alice Walker in the Boston Globe: http://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: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/opinion/30herbert.html Democracy Now! http://www.democracynow.org/2010/1/28/howard_zinn_1922_2010_a_tribute http://www.democracynow.org/tags/howard_zinn Marian Wright Edelman … [Read more...] about Tributes to Howard Zinn:
Obama Admin: Being openly gay in the military is now ok. Something to celebrate?
Abby Zimet says yes. We say no. If the debate is framed as the freedom to kill and be killed for imperialism and neoliberalism without having to hide one's identity, then we disagree. One can simply say that al gender-based discriminationshould be outlawed and not celebrate the fact that the death machine too has been liberated. What do you think? Write … [Read more...] about Obama Admin: Being openly gay in the military is now ok. Something to celebrate?
Japan Press Service News
2010 JANUARY 20 - JANUARY 26 Anti-U.S. base candidate elected as Nago mayor In the Nago City mayoral election on January 24 in Okinawa, Inamine Susumu, who opposes the construction of a new U.S. military base off the city’s Henoko district in the name of “transferring” the U.S. Futenma Air Station, was elected to be the next mayor.DPJ Ozawa questioned over source of 400 … [Read more...] about Japan Press Service News
官僚が隠す沖縄海兵隊グアム全移転
官僚が隠す沖縄海兵隊グアム全移転 ２００９年１２月１０日 田中 宇 この記事は「日中防衛協調と沖縄米軍基地」の続きですEnglish story here前回の記事を書いた後、読者からの連絡を受け、沖縄県宜野湾市の伊波洋一市長が１１月末から、在日米軍に関する常識を覆す非常に重要な指摘をしていることを知った。沖縄の海兵隊は米国のグアム島に移転する計画を進めている。日本のマスコミや国会では「沖縄からグアムに移転するのは、海兵隊の司令部が 中心であり、ヘリコプター部隊や地上戦闘部隊などの実戦部隊は沖縄に残る」という説明がなされてきた。しかし伊波市長ら宜野湾市役所の人々が調べたとこ ろ、司令部だけでなく、実戦部隊の大半や補給部隊など兵站部門まで、沖縄海兵隊のほとんどすべてを２０１４年までにグアム島に移転する計画を米軍がすでに … [Read more...] about 官僚が隠す沖縄海兵隊グアム全移転
Japanese Bureaucrats Hide Decision to Move All US Marines out of Okinawa to Guam
[Japanese original text at Tanaka News)(tanakanews.com)] Tanaka SakaiFrom Japan Focus Translation by William Steele Introduction by Gavan McCormack The Japanese government announced on 15 December 2009 that it was postponing indefinitely any decision on the contentious issue of a "Replacement Facility" for the Futenma Marine base in Okinawa. The decision to make no decision was … [Read more...] about Japanese Bureaucrats Hide Decision to Move All US Marines out of Okinawa to Guam