(Thanks to David Mcreynolds for passing this on)http://www.city.hiroshima.jp/shimin/heiwa/protest/furse_spratt_030421e.htmlHis Excellency George W. Bush The President The White House The United States of AmericaLetter of Protest I have received a report that your administration has submitted to Congress a 2004 Defense Authorization Bill that requests funds for the … [Read more...] about -Letter to President Bush from the Mayor of Hiroshima
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-Michael Moore on Osaka’s Radio Lava Lamp Internet Radio
Michael Moore of "Bowling for Columbine" & "Stupid White Men" fame spoke in front of 4,000 students at University of Texas, Austin. Thanks to the IMC, Austin, Radio LavaLamp is currently carrying his talk (approximately 90 minutes).Other talkies include WPKN's "Between The Lines" with under-reported news, transhumanist "Changesurfer Radio" and UN Radio's "UN Calling Asia" … [Read more...] about -Michael Moore on Osaka’s Radio Lava Lamp Internet Radio
-International Green Network Japan
International Green Network Newsletter #24 April 30, 2003CONTENTS: 1. ANTI-WAR POSTINGS ARE ON THE IGN LISTSERV 2. IGN ECOSTUDY GROUP: FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2003 3. GOLDEN WEEK EVENT: FILM SHOW 4. ALISHAN ORGANIC MARKET DAY 5. FRIENDS OF THE EARTH HIKES IN MAY6. EQUINE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT RESEARCH PROJECT 7. UPDATE ON FUTO DOLPHIN DRIVE FISHERY 8. SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE … [Read more...] about -International Green Network Japan
-Korea, South and North, at Risk from U.S. Policy
By Chalmers Johnson, Pacific News Service April 23, 2003South Koreans are no doubt watching the "multilateral" talks between the United States, North Korea and China with great interest, but they would do well to chart their own course to security on the Korean peninsula.South Korea is obviously worried about the North's decision to arm itself with a "tremendous military … [Read more...] about -Korea, South and North, at Risk from U.S. Policy
-Protest: Resisting Defeatism and Sectarianism (by Paul)
The war in Iraq has been "won" by the Bushites, and people who have been fighting to stop it, understandably, feel defeated.They should not.Meanwhile, factionalism WITHIN the anti-war movement, always a problem, threatens to turn people agaginst one another. In Japan, too, we see this.Just as the U.S. has its "Answer" coalition, which on the one hand seeks to stage-manage … [Read more...] about -Protest: Resisting Defeatism and Sectarianism (by Paul)