BY DAVID MCNEILLSPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES Two elderly protesters have been hurt trying to block trucks from entering Camp Schwab in Okinawa Prefecture, near the construction site of a bitterly contested American base.Fumiko Shimabukuro, 85, was knocked to the ground during a scuffle with members of the Okinawan Prefectural Police who had been escorting the … [Read more...] about Elderly Henoko activists injured in base relocation protest (Japan Times)
War and Empire/戦争＆支配権力
IPS-Inter Press Agency stories
Nuclear States Face Barrage of Criticisms in Vienna Jamshed Baruah There was a sarcastic laughter when a civil society representative expressed his “admiration for the delegate of the United States, who with one insensitive, ill-timed, inappropriate and diplomatically inept intervention” had “managed to dispel the considerable goodwill the U.S. had garnered by its … [Read more...] about IPS-Inter Press Agency stories
Democracy Now Engllsh: GMO Deception and Nazis given safe haven by the U.S. government
"The GMO Deception": Sheldon Krimsky on How BigAg & the Government Is Putting Your Food at Risk11/01/2014 - 00:41From Democracy Now (English)Watch part 2 of our conversation with Sheldon Krimsky, editor of The GMO Deception: What You Need to Know about the Food, Corporations, and Government Agencies Putting Our Families and Our Environment at Risk. He is … [Read more...] about Democracy Now Engllsh: GMO Deception and Nazis given safe haven by the U.S. government
Okinawa Base Issue (compiled stories)
Nago City Assembly Statement: Demands halt of Jp govt drilling at the coral & dugong reef in the Sea of Henoko; says forced drilling "a denial of democracy and tramples on the dignity of the people of Nago and Okinawa, and absolutely cannot be … [Read more...] about Okinawa Base Issue (compiled stories)
My Lai Was Not An ‘Incident’: Seeking Full Disclosure on Vietnam
Friday, October 17, 2014 by Abby Zimet, staff writer. See the story in its original context at Common Dreams Language is telling; so are facts. With the approach of the "full panoply of Orwellian forgetfulness" that is a 13-year, $65 million commemoration of the Vietnam War by the same people who started it, it's nigh on impossible … [Read more...] about My Lai Was Not An ‘Incident’: Seeking Full Disclosure on Vietnam