Press Release April 21, 2013 Activists arrested during a rally against APEC APC urged for the immediate release of their colleagues Jakarta, Indonesia – The Asian Peasant Coalition (APC) is calling the Indonesian government to release activists that joined the rally yesterday as the meeting of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade...
When Navy Admiral Samuel J. Locklear III, the Commander of U.S. Forces in the Pacific, says that the US Navy is, “working to set the stage for the region’s military forces to work together more effectively in responding to climate disruption driven disasters,” he sounds as if he is responding to a new threat that...
Currently, US military contractor, Lockheed Martin, is negotiating with Fiji’s Bainimarama administration to fast-track and sponsor new legislation that would allow the private U.S.-based transnational titan to delve into experimental deep seabed mining. Because the U.S. has not ratified the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), U.S. industries cannot engage in...
March 1st is Nuclear Free Independent Pacific (NFIP) Day and groups in the region will hold commemorative events, observing the anniversary of “Castle Bravo,” the first test of a thermo-nuclear hydrogen bomb near the Bikini Atolls in Micronesia in 1954. Between 1945 and 1992 the U.S. conducted (by official count) 1054 nuclear tests, and...
This is an updated repost from June 8th, 2010 “The New Pacific Build-up of the Gulf of Tonkin, Redux.” Among progressive media, most of the dialogue surrounding the recent military tensions between North Korea and the U.S. has focused on the nearly 60-year ongoing militarization discourse between the US/ROK (South Korea) cooperation and the...
Harold Green’s presentation (center, wearing white Morning Star t-shirt): I want to commend Moana Nui for organizing this demonstration on behalf of our Brothers and Sisters in West Papua to help give voice to their fight for freedom, the fight for their to right to self-determination. This being just 2 days after the birthday of...