On today’s show the subject was the situation of another colonized
people across the Pacific Ocean.
I was in conversation with Takazato Suzuyo, Ishikawa Hideki,
and Akibayashi Kozue organizing in
Okinawa to stop the construction of the new US Marine Corp Air Station
in Henoko. Like all colonized people, the will and
self-determination of the people of Okinawa are disregarded
by the central government dominated by the LDP, the ruling party.
Today’s show is also in solidarity with the people of Guahan,
a country known mostly as Guam,
the people of Hawaii, South Korea, and Philippines,
living under the dominant presence of the US
military, directly and indirectly.
Their main message to US listeners: please reach out to
our Congresspersons and senators to stop
the construction. What’s at stake are the lives of the
current generation and generations of Okinawan
people,
the fragile ecosystem being destroyed due to construction,
and the lives of young people in the
US facing the poverty draft .
Military security will never yield genuine security.
It is a culture of death and destruction, and
will create only deep insecurity and harm all life.
To listen click here 58 mins.
Learn more here about the history and the struggle!
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