Tomorrow I fly to Honolulu, Hawaii to speak at the International Forum on Globalization conference on People of the Asia-Pacific. I will speak on a panel called: Militarization & Resistance in the Pacific. Obviously I will talk about the Jeju Island Navy base fight but will also put that effort into the larger strategic picture of U.S. military attempts to contain China.There will be a great batch of speakers at this event and they are paying my travel there. It should be a great experience.
I lived on the island of Oahu for 15 months in 1973-74 while in the Air Force. I spent alot of time in the water while living in Hawaii and was lucky I never drowned when body surfing in the big waves on the north shore.
Hawaii has been a U.S. military colony and a corporate agri-business plantation for many years. But the independence movement there has been strong for a long time and appears to be growing. Here is a video from the movement.
Brilliant communication strategy. I am going to find time to watch all of these, not only for the info, but to find out why they are so effective.
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