US military base expansions 'threat to peace & indigenous' communities Okinawa peace activist warns
Channel: Green Left
Date: 01/08/2023

The expansion of United States military bases in Okinawa, other islands in Japan, Guahan (Guam) and Australia is a deadly threat to peace and to indigenous communities, warned visiting Okinawa peace activist Shinako Oyakawa at a gathering hosted by the Catholic Justice & Peace Office in Sydney on July 31. She spoke alongside Monaeka Flores, a peace activist from Guahan (Guam), which is also the site for giant US military bases. The US was reconfiguring its military presence in the region by expanding its bases in Australia as well as the the other Pacific islands, they explained. They appealed to peace activists from around the Pacific to stand together against this dangerous military escalation.
Video by Peter Boyle for Green Left.