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KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK
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| Okinawa: fed up with the US military presence |
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Okinawa – the picturesque Japanese archipelago complete with sandy beaches, tourists… and US military bases. The locals are exasperated with the noise, accidents and rising crime rates. What they want is for the Americans, there since Japan’s defeat in 1945, to leave. The problems raised in this video are similiar to those world wide where there is a US base. |
| Chalmers Johnson on American Hegemony |
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Speaking Freely – Chalmers Johnson on American Hegemony |
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Author of Blowback, The Sorrows Of Empire and Nemesis: The Last Days Of The American Empire, Chalmers Johnson has literally written the book on the concept of American Hegemony. A former naval officer and consultant of the C.I.A., he now serves as professor Emeritus at UC San Diego. As co-founder and President of the Japan Policy Research Institute, Mr. Johnson also continues to promote public education about Asia’s role in the international community. In this exclusive interview, you will find out why the practice of empire building is, by no means, a thing of the past. As the United States continues to expand its military forces around the globe, the consequences are being suffered by each and every one of us. |
| Chomsky: Obama’s Imperialist Policies |
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Noam Chomsky criticizes Obama’s rightwing policies, war making, medical care, coziness with commercial interests . He warns of the coming war in Kandahar and Israel’s possible attack on Iran that could go nuclear. In the Q & A, moderated by Karen, Chomsky comments on BP’s Gulf Oil disaster, the likely next financial crisis, the Free Gaza Flotilla incident, urges Guantanamo being returned to Cuba and tortured detainees either being tried or released. |
| US military base in Okinawa. Issues still unsettled |
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Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has hinted that a final decision on relocating the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture may be postponed until after US President Barack Obama’s visit to Japan and the Okinawa gubernatorial election, both scheduled for November. |
| ‘Union Jack Boxes’ |
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This anti-war song is written and performed by the Damn Vandals who have kindly sent it to CAAB. |
| Chomsky says Israel, ‘US military base’ |
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Renowned American sociopolitical analyst Noam Chomsky says Israel functions as Washington’s main weapons storage base in the Middle East. “Israel is essentially a US military base, the US positions weapons there, that’s a very close military and intelligence tie.” From: http://thisiszionism.blogspot.com/2010/06/chomsky-says-israel-us-military-base.html |
| Saudi Arabia gives green light to Israeli raid on Iran |
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Saudi Arabia made preparations to allow the over-flight of the Israeli air force in the case of an eventual bombing raid on Iran’s nuclear facilities. According to media reports, just days after the UN Security Council imposed new sanctions on the Islamic Republic, the oil kingdom of Saudi Arabia has agreed to allow Israel to utilize an essential corridor in its air space and thereby shorten the route for a raid on Iran. In order to allow the Israeli raid, Riyadh has carried out tests to make certain its own jets are not scrambled and missile defense systems not activated. Once the Israelis are through, the kingdom’s air defenses will return to full alert. “The Saudis have given their permission for the Israelis to pass over and they will look the other way, according to US Defense Department sources, which averred that Saudi jets will not be scrambled and Israel’s will not be shot down. The US State Department is apparently in agreement. … |
| National Missile Defense Or Offense? The True Role of the US Missile Defense System |
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This video is long – nearly 2 hours and was made in 2002 – however we think it is informative so suggest you watch it. From MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/103 |
| Japan’s PM backtracks on US base |
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Yukio Hatoyama, Japan’s prime minister, says it will be impossible to completely move a key US military base out of Okinawa. The decision means Hatoyama is backtracking on a key election promise, the issue continues to divide the people on the island. |
| PAX AMERICANA – THE WEAPONIZATION OF SPACE |
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This new space issues film, now making its way around the world at major film festivals, features several of our key Global Network leaders. Created by French-Canadian filmmaker Denis Delestrac, Pax Americana is now seeking a U.S. distribution deal. Please help spread word about it. space4peace.blogspot.com |
| Medvedev: New START Treaty vs. Missile Defense |
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In an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos, Medvedev said the two countries negotiated specific language, or a “formula,” in the preamble of the new START treaty that states there is an “interconnection between the strategic offensive arms and missile defense.” Medvedev Exclusive: New START Treaty vs. Missile Defense Note: Embedding of this video has now been disabled by request to YouTube – watch it by following the link above. |
| Is Obama the puppeteer or puppet on a string? |
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THIS TRACK is not an attack upon the American people |
| Daniel Ellsberg on US Foreign Policy |
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Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg speaks on the under-reported leaked memos of US Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry, US Policy on Iran, and more.
In 1971, the then-RAND Corporation analyst Daniel Ellsberg leaked to the media what became known as the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000-page classified history outlining the true extent of US involvement in Vietnam. He’s calling for a new whistleblower to come forward today. |
| Nuclear debate: Paul Ingram on the NPT Review Conference |
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Speaking from Wilton Park, BASIC’s Executive Director Paul Ingram gives his vision of success for the May 2010 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). |
| The Convention on Modern Liberty: Tony Benn |
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Former MP and Minister Tony Benn on the history of civil liberties and how they are essential to political progress. On the 28th of Feb, The Convention on Modern Liberty takes place in 7 cities across the UK. We are coming together to discuss, debate and identify the current threats to our freedoms and liberties here in the UK; Counter-Terrorism, Financial Breakdown & The Database State, to name a few. |
| Chargos islands in crisis |
| The UK government evicted the Chaogossian islanders from one of the islands (previously known at Diego Garcia) to hand over the land to the US military in 1967. After years of legal actions the High Court ruled that the remaining people could not return. |
| ‘Obama’s War’ |
| Josh Rushing embeds with US troops on the front lines of Obama’s war and examines if an Iraq-style “surge” could work in Afghanistan. |
| ‘Should Tony Blair be charged with War Crimes?’ |
| This is a long discussion but well worth staying with it. |
SONG OF THE WEEK
Universal Soldier, written by Buffy Sainte-Marie, performed by Donovan.
(Thanks to ‘Stop the War Coalition’)
| ‘We’re acting like a latter day version of the Roman Empire’ |
| As President Obama unveils his plan to escalate the war in Afghanistan, listen to Ohio Congress member Dennis Kucinich. The United States is going deeper and deeper into debt, says Kucinich. We have money for Wall Street and money for war but we don’t have money for work for healthcare. We have to start asking ourselves, “Why is it that war is a priority but the basic needs of people in this country are not?” |
| An Interview with Noam Chomsky |
| Noam Chomsky is one of the world’s most prominent and controversial public intellectuals. He is an internationally renowned professor of linguistics, but he is also a longstanding critic of US foreign policy and the influence of big business over the US government.
When he published his first political critique 40 years ago, he was fired up by the war in Vietnam. Today he is still raging against America’s malign influence and calls the war in Afghanistan ‘immoral’. |
